Guitar tablature for "The One Im Waiting For" by "Relient K"

Artist: Relient K
Piece: The One Im Waiting For
Instrument: Guitar
Submitter: van relient k
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Song: The One I'm Waiting for
Artist: Relient K
Album: Mmhmm
Tabbed by: David L. 'van relient k' email: michiganrelientk@gmail.com

Tuning: 1/2 step down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb) I play it in standard because it doesnt sound so much different and it saves the trouble of tuning your guitar over and over again, but Matt Thiessen wrote it in Eb

Key:
b(#) bend up. The # in parentheses is the pitch you should bend up to
<#> harmonic. If harmonics are grouped together, i just put brackets around the whole section of them
ill tell you when to palm mute a note
/ slide up
\ slide down
^ hammer on or pull off
lr---| let ring

*Note*: In the studio version, there's alot of parts going on at once. I'm trying to tab whatever the newest part is or whatever is the melody or loudest part. Just play it like this and it will sound like youre playing the whole thing

(Guitar with distortion)

Intro (Moderate Rock)
*for this part, palm mute all d's (B string 3rd fret)*
e|5--5--5-5--5--5-|2--2--2-2--2--2-|3--3--3-3--3--3-|0--0--0--10-10-10-10|1010-10-10-10-10-10-101010
B|-33-33-3-33-33-3|-33-33-3-33-33-3|-33-33-3-33-33-3|-33-33---10-10-10-10|8-8--8--8--8--8--8--8-1010
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------7--7--7--7-|7-7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7-7-
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|--------------------------
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|--------------------------
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|--------------------------

e|10101010-10-10-10-10-101010|1010-10-10-101010-10-10-10|1010-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|
B|10108-8--8--8--8--8--8-8-7-|7-7--7--7--7-7-7--7--7--7-|7-7--7--7--7--10-10-10-10|
G|7-7-7-7--7--7--7--7--7-7-7-|7-7--7--7--7-7-7--7--7--7-|7-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------7--7--7--7-|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------7--7--7--7-|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------5--5--5--5-|

then you repeat measures 5-7. Sorry if its hard to read cuz the notes are all smashed together. Basically the e and G strings stay the same and the B string moves around from 10 to 8 and to 7 and most of the chords are on the backbeats. Then you play this measure before heading into the verse:

e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|----7-7-7---------7|
A|----7-7-7---------7|
E|<55>5-5-5-<555555>5|

Ok now for the verse. Watch out for which notes are palm muted, because it's important to the song and it changes around.

*PM G's (E string 3rd fret)      *now D's (A string 5th fret)        *now G's
                                                        lr---|
e|----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|---2-------2-4--|
D|---4-------4-5--|---4-------4-5--|---4---------44^5|---4---4-7-7-7--|-----4----------|
A|-----5----------|-----5---------5|55---5-555-55----|55---5---7-7-7--|----------------|
E|33-----333-----3|33-----333------|-----------------|---------5-5-5-0|33-----333-----3|

                 *now D's
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|---2-------2-4--|---2---------224|---2------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-----4----------|-----4-----44---|-----4-4-7-7-7--|5---------------|7---------------|
A|---------------5|55-----555------|55-------7-7-7--|5---------------|7---------------|
E|33-----333------|----------------|---------5-5-5-0|3---------------|5---------------|

I made a slight mistake. When I said to palm mute all D's, what you should actually do is just palm mute the D's at the same points in the rhythm where you palm muted the G's and just play the other D's. Confusing to explain, but that's the way it's played

Pre-Chorus 1

*Palm Mute all f#'s (B string 7th fret)
e|-5---5---5---5--|                               |----------------| Now play that whole line again
B|7-777-777-777-77|                               |3 --------------|
G|----------------| X3, except on the third time, |0---------------|
D|----------------| don't play the last two f#'s  |2---------------|
A|----------------|                               |2---------------|
E|----------------|                               |0---------------|

Ok now for the interlude, put guitar on clean with chorus


lr-----|lr------|
e|----------------|----------------| X4
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----0-------0---|----0-----------|
A|--5-------7-----|--9------------\|
E|3-------5-------|7--------------\|

Now for verse 2, switch back to distortion, play measures 5-8 twice, then do the following:

e|----------------| X2
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|55-4--55-4--77--|
A|55----55----77--|
E|33-3--33-3--55--|

Chorus 1

e|----------------| X2 |----------------| X2 |----------------| X2 |----------------|--------------|
B|----------------|    |----------------|    |33--3---33--3---|    |----------------|--------------|
G|77--7---77--7---|    |----------------|    |00--0---00--0---|    |----------------|--------------|
D|77--7---77--7---|    |55--5---55--5---|    |22--2---22--2---|    |55--5---55--5---|5-------------|
A|55--5---55--5---|    |55--5---55--5---|    |22--2---22--2---|    |55--5---55--5---|5-------------|
E|----------------|    |33--3---33--3---|    |00--0---00--0---|    |33--3---33--3---|3-------------|

Now for Interlude 2, play the first three measures of the song, then do this:

e|----------------|
B|---/8---7-------|
G|------------7---|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

Pre-Chorus 2 is exactly the first one, except instead of the last measure, play this:

e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|5--------------------|
A|5--------------------|
E|3-----------<3.1-3.1>|

I say the harmonic is on 3.1, but really it's just on 3, but it sounds better a little bit past the third fret, so I tabbed it as 3.1 for your convenience

Now for Chorus 2, play the first 4 measures of Chorus 1, then this:

e|00--0---00--0---|00--0---00--0---|----------------|----------------|
B|00--0---00--0---|00--0---00--0---|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|99--9---99--9---|77--7---77--7---|55--5---55--5---|55--5---55--5---|
A|99--9---99--9---|77--7---77--7---|55--5---55--5---|55--5---55--5---|
E|77--7---77--7---|55--5---55--5---|33--3---33--3---|33--3---33--3---|

Then you play the first 6 measures of Chorus 1, then this chord:

e|----|
B|----|
G|----|
D|5---|
A|5---|
E|3---|  And you hold it for 3 measures and then let it fade out.

Well thats it. I think it's all right but if it's not, email me. Or you can email me if you thought it was good. Anyways I hope to have all of mmhmm on pretty soon so see ya.