INCUBUS - THE ORIGINAL From the album 'If not now, when?' Fantastic alternative-pop song from an incredibly innovative rock band, really wanted to pick this piece apart, so I'm sharing the tab with you. Opening electric guitar theme (repeated) This is way I think Mike will have played it, he seems to love these hand-spanning chords. A1 E|-------------------------------------------| B|--------5---------5--------------------5---| G|-----2---------2-------2-----2------2----X5| D|--5--------5--------5-----5-----5----------| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| (After playing that 5 times, play this part below, for the final, sixth time of the introduction) A2 E|-------------------------------------------| B|--------5---------5--------------------0---| G|-----2---------2-------2-----2------2------| D|--5--------5--------5-----5-----5----------| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| Continue to play the above before Brandon's vocals kick in, that is: A1 X3 A2 X1 This theme reoccurs over the chord progression many times throughout the verse, there are variations on the theme in terms of entry, I won't patronise you by noting that here. Piano Chord progression - I did the whole thing with lyrics, because people are kind of romantic like that..

^CI only go ^G where I'm wanted ^F you go only ^Dm where you want ^CI aim to be ^G more like you ^F ^DM ^Cthere is a ^G ghost in my house ^Frattling handles ^DM on every door ^Cshow us an ^G open window or two ^F ^DM ^DMwould you, ^Cho-^Foh-old?

Doors are ^C starting to close ^G and you drew a rose my, my ^F ^DMyour mind it is ^C original,^G ah-ah-ah-^Fah-ah-ahh^DM you're a ^C skeleton key, ^G opening me, ^Fmy, my; ^DMyour mind it is ^C original, ^Ggirl you're the ^F original ^AMalways ^F were ^Gand always will ^C be

[Guitar solo using natural harmonics, as usual, Einzeiger is still incredibly hard to tab, due to heavy use of delay and sh7tcool technique - It sounds like he's improvising but I may be wrong] *If you wish to improvise, then the changes are the same as the verse progression.

^CThe flowers ^G of adaptation ^Funfold and ^DM lovingly alarm ^Cyou effortlessly ^G ring that bell ^F ^DM ^Cyour stripes are ^G yours and yours only ^Fthe bow ideal ^DM of rare birds ^Cand now I am ^G under your ^Fspell ^DM ^DMoh, ^C ^F under your spell

^AMalways ^F were ^G always weer-^DMeerr ^AMalways ^F were ^G always weer-^DMeerr ^AMalways ^F were ^G always weer-^DMand will beeee

BRIDGE electric guitar: This lovely little guitar part is filled with distortion and fuzz (that migrates to the right pan on the recording], and sound beautiful, play it after the previous section and into the final choruses. B1 E|-----------8--7--------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|--5--------5--4--------------------| D|--5--------------3-----------------| A|--3[v]-----------3-----------------| E|-----------------1[v]--------0--3--| B2 E|-----------8--7--------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|--5--------5--4--------------------| D|--5--------------3-----------------| A|--3[v]-----------3-----------------| E|-----------------1-----------0-----| B3 E|-----------8--7--------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|--5--------5--4-------*77777777[b]-| D|--5--------------------------------| A|--3[v]-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------------| *slowly and gradually bending a full bend, into the chorus Play these chronologically at first, and then play B1 and B2 in that order through the chorus.

Any feedback are appreciated, this isn't the most thorough tab, but I've laid down the main themes of the song, and I hope you enjoy this tab and chord chart. xo