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The Convalescent
(Wire/Bradfield/Moore)

Transcribed by Daniel Bamsey (drbams@yahoo.co.uk)

standard tuning (E A D G B E)

Chords:

 Em Esus2 D      Am   Asus2
-7----7------2---5-0---5-0-----------
-8----7---7--3---5-1---5-0-----------
-9----9---7--2---5-2---5-2-----------
-9----9---7--0---7-2---9-2-----------
-7----7---5------7-0---7-0-----------
-----------------5-----5-------------

 F   E    Am7 D7  F   G   G#  C   C7
----------0---2---1-------4---0---0---
-10--9----1---1---1-------4---1---1---
-10--9----0---2---2---4---8---0---3---
-10--9----2---0---3---5---6---2---2---
-8---7----0-------3---5---6---3---3---
------------------1---3---4-----------

INTRO: Em       RIFF A x2

 Em
---------------------------------||
---------------------------------||
---------------------------------||
---------------------------------|| x2
-/7-7-7---5-7--------------------||
--------8-----8--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
 Am
---------------------------------||
---------------------------------||
---------------------------------||
-/7-7-7---5-7---/8-8-8-8-8-8-8---||x2
--------8-----8------------------||
---------------------------------||

Verse:

 Em       Esus2           Em       Esus2      
---7--7---7-7-----7-7---|---7--7---7-7-----7-7--
---8--8---7-7-----7-7---|---8--8---7-7-----7-7-
---9--9---9-9-----7-7---|---9--9---9-9-----7-7-
-9-9--9---9-9--9--9-9---|-9-9--9---9-9--9--9-9-
-7-------------7--------|-7-------------7-------
------------------------|-----------------------

 Am       Asus2           Am       Asus2
---0--0---0-0-----0-0---|---0--0---0-0-----0-0-
---1--1---0-0-----0-0---|---1--1---0-0-----0-0-
---2--2---2-2-----0-0---|---2--2---2-2-----0-0-
-2-2--2---2-2--2--2-2---|-2-2--2---2-2--2--2-2-
-0-------------0--------|-0-0-----------0------
------------------------|----------------------

repeat verse x2

Pre-chorus: F       E         Am7     D7  x2

            F       E         Am (let ring)

            D (let ring)   RIFF B


RIFF B (Bass arr for guitar)
---------------
---------------
---------------
-5-4-2--0-2-4--
---------------
---------------

Chorus: C            C7            Am            F

        F      G     G#            C             C7

        Am                         D(with RIFF C x2)

RIFF C

 D l.r
-2-------10-(10)--10-10-10-10-||
-3-------10-(10)--10-10-10-10-||
-2-------12bu14---------------||
-0----------------------------||
------------------------------||
------------------------------||

in 3rd verse play RIFF D over chords

RIFF D

-------------------------||   
-/12-10------------------||   
--------12-11-9/7-7/9--9-||x2 
-------------------------||   
-------------------------||   
-------------------------||   

---------------------||
---------------------||
-7/9-/11-11/12-12/14-|| x2
---------------------||
---------------------||
---------------------||

---------------------------||
-/12~~~~---12/15--12~~~~~~-||
---------------------------||x2
---------------------------||
---------------------------||
---------------------------||

---------------------------||
------12-10----------------||
------------12-11-9/7-7/9-9||x2
---------------------------||
---------------------------||
---------------------------||

------------
---5-(5)-\--
-7-7bu9--\--
------------
------------
------------

Outro: Em            D            C            Am

with crescendo of the following riffs over above
chords

(in E minor: E F# G A B C D E) just ad lib it sounds
just as good

RIFF E
------------------------------------------||
------------------------------------------||
-11--11--11-11-11-11-11-11-9/11/12-11\9---||
-x---x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x--x--x--x---|| x4
-9---9---9--9--9--9--9--9--7/9-/10-9-\7---||
------------------------------------------||

---------------------------------||
---------------------------------||
-4-4-4---2-2-2--0-0-0------------||
-----------------------4-4--2--4-|| x2
---------------------------------||
---------------------------------||

-----------------------||
-----------------------||
-----------------------||
-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-|| x2
-----------------------||
-----------------------||

RIFF F
        l.r          l.r
--------------------------||
-12-(12)-----12-(12)------||
-14bu16------14bu16-------||
--------------------------|| x4
--------------------------||
--------------------------||
          hold and repick
---------------------------||
-8---(8)-(8--8--8--8-)-----||
-10bu12--(12-12-12-12)-----|| x2
---------------------------||
---------------------------||
---------------------------||

                 hold and repick
--------------------------------||
-7--(7)---5-(5)-(5--5--5--5-)---||
-9bu11----7bu9--(9--9--9--9-)---|| x2
--------------------------------||
--------------------------------||
--------------------------------||

RIFF G
                         Am  l.r
------------------||     -0------
-7--(7)-----------||     -1------
-9bu11------------|| x12 -2------
-----------2bu4---||     -2------
------------------||     -0------
------------------||     --------

End on Em

("Scream until the war is over")