Fig.1
E|-----------------|
B|-8-6--8-6--8-6-8-|
G|-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-|
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-|
A|-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-|
E|-----------------|

Fig.2
E|E|-----------------------|E|-----------------------|-|
B|-0-1/4--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3/6-4-3--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|E|-----------------------|E|-----------------------|-|

Fig.3
E|E|-----------------------|E|-----------------------|-|
B|-0-1/4--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---0-1-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|E|-----------------------|E|-----------------------|-|

Fig.4
E|-3/5-3--3-3-3-3-3--------|
B|-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--------|
G|-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--------|
D|-3/5-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3/5-|
A|-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--------|
E|-------------------3-3/5-|

Fig.5
E|-3/5-2--2-2-2-2-2--------|
B|-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--------|
G|-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--------|
D|-3/5-2--2-2-2-2-2--3-3/6-|
A|-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--------|
E|-------------------3-3/6-|

Fig.6
E|---------------------|
B|-5h6-6-6--3-3-3-3--0-|
G|-0---0-0--0-0-0-0--0-|
D|-0---0-0--0-0-0-0--0-|
A|-------------------0-|
E|---------------------|

Fig.7
E|-9-9-9-9-10-9-7-5-3-7-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-|
B|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-9-9-9-9-10-9-7-5-3-7-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-|
A|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|E|-----------------------|--------------|

Fig.8
E|-9-9-9-9-10-9-7-5-3-7-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
B|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-9-9-9-9-10-9-7-5-3-7-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|E|-----------------------|--------------|

Fig.9
E|-0--0-0-0-0--2--2-2-2-2--3--3-3-|
B|-0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-|
G|-0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-|
D|-0--0-0-0-0--2--2-2-2-2--3--3-3-|
A|-0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-|
E|E|-----------------------|---------|



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How it goes together
E|E|-----------------------|E|-----------------------|E|-----------------------|---|

Fig.1 x 4

Fig.2 Silent spirit walks before me
Fig.3 With her beauty and with her eyes
Fig.2 Heaven help me I feel I'm fading
Fig.3 I should be rest here for a while

Fig.1 x 4

Fig.2 In the dream time I'm awakened
Fig.3 As my senses seize the night
Fig.2 Heaven help me I'm forsaken
Fig.3 I should rest here for a while

Fig.4  Fig.5  Fig.4  Fig.6

Fig.7 And lie in the bed you've made ophelia
Fig.8 Dry are the lips that lost their taste of love
Fig.7 Drown in the waters that would give you life
Fig.8 Cry as this lamentation thrusts its knife
Fig.9 x 8 In silence... silence... silence

Fig.1 x 4
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From: lmsmith@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca (Larry M. Smith)
Date: 16 Jul 1995 17:21:58 GMT
Subject: TAB: Silence by the Tea Party

Here's something I've been working at for a little while now.

Song: B LENCE
Artist: THE TEA PARTY
Tabbed by: KRIST SE TH
E|-----------------------|
This song uses another cool tuning (I think it's something like open Gsus2/D
or something):
e tuned down to d
B tuned down to A
G left the same
D left the same
A tuned down to G
E tuned down to D

There are a lot of instruments in on this, so I'm VERY likely wrong.  This
is just MY interpretation.  The timing is probably wrong (I'm not that good).
It's just four dashes (-) for every quarter note.  This is just a guess, but
I think it's in 4/4 timing (please correct me).

INTRO:       
             
             (4 times)
   Bb G  Bb G   F G
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|o-3-0-0-3-0-0---0-o|
D|o-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-o|
A|--3-0-0-3-0-0-5-0--|
E|--------------3----|

VERSE:
   (G)
 (Strum these)
E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
B|---2---3---6---5--|--8---6---5---3--|--2---3---6---5--|--2---3---0-------|
G|o--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0------o|
D|o--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0------o|
A|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
    Si-lent spirit  watch me for  me  with her beauty and with her eyes

    Heaven help me  I feel I'm fading  I should rest here for a  while

(INTRO riff again)

VERSE riff over
    
    In the springtime I'm awakened     as   my  spirits  sieze the night

    Heaven help me  I'm foresaken      I should rest here for a  while

BRIDGE:
(For the beginning, just improvise by playing assorted notes on the B (A)
string and the two lower ones open [like the verse], but remember to keep
them in scale-just fool around with it).

                                        (4 times)
  (G)
d|---9---9---9---9-10--|-9----------------------|
A|--10--10--10--10-10--|10-12-10--8---12---10---|
G|o--0---0---0---0--0--|-0--0--0--0----0----0--o|
A|o-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)(0)-|(0)(0)(0)(0)--(0)--(0)-o|
D|---------------------|E|-----------------------|-|
E|---------------------|E|-----------------------|-|
  (I don't know the lyrics.  Anyone?)


            (8 times)
E|------------------|
B|--5-----7-----8---|
G|o-0-----0-----0--o|
D|o-0-----0-----0--o|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
          -
    In    si -  lence
    In    si -  lence
          si -  lence

INTRO riff

VERSE 1 again

INTRO riff twice over
        -
 In silence
 In silence
  silence!

E|-------|
                    Well, that's my interpretation.