Acoustic or even electric, not fussed I really wanna know the correct way to play this....

I've been tinkering with it in OpenC as that seems to make the most sense.

however, after watchingthis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0dPadh5Qyk
and this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCE0e_W7mSQ

I'm not sure that Dev is playing it in an open tuning at all

I've trawled this entire forum and various other tab sites and colated the following:

Can anyone help me figure this out properly?

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E||-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----------------||
C||---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0-||
G||-2-------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------||
C||-----------------|-5-------5-------|-4-------4-------|-----------------||
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
C||-a-c-e-c-a-c-e-c-|-f-c-e-c-f-c-e-c-|-e-c-e-c-e-c-e-c-|-g-c-d-c-g-c-d-c-||                                                       


 [strummy bits]
E||-------------------------||-------------------------||
C||-0-----------------------||-c-----------------------||
G||-2--5--0--4--------------||-a--c--g--b--------------||
C||-4--5--4--7--------------||-e--f--e--g--------------||
G||----5--5-----------------||----c--c-----------------||
C||-------------------------||-------------------------||
    1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8     1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8 
                               Am C5 C  G?                     

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
As everything in life, comes together now. I need your mind.

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4
And everything is light, I remember now. I see you rise.

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
And all the lonely things, seem to want to change. I'll sleep on it tonight.

1 2 3 4
Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Aaah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Aaaah...

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5
We don't even understand, Something's going on. We don't even understand, So how could this be wrong.

1 2 3 4
Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Aaah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Aaaah...

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
I'm so in love with you, how could I? Ever be untrue. Am I with you? With everything I do. God I love you. I love you...

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5
We don't even understand, Something's going on. We don't even understand, So how could we be wrong.

1 2 3 4
Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Aaah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Aaah-Ih., Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Aaah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Aaah-Ih.

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
We don't know or care, Somethings always there. We see it's in our hands, But we just don't understand.



CHORDS USED?
Am    - A  C  E
F     - F  A  C
G     - G  B  D
C     - C  E  G
Abdim - Ab C  E
C/B   - C  E  G  B
B     - B  D# F#
D     - D  F# A





some other varient i found in standard tuning....

-----------------------------------------------------------------
Ih-Ah! - Devin Townsend
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Intro:                 
E|------0-------0--------0-------0--------0-------0---------------------|
B|----1---1---1---1----------------------------------------3-------3----|
G|--2-------2----------2---2---2---2----0---0---0---0----5---5---5---5--|
D|-------------------3-------3--------2-------2--------5-------5--------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--a-c-e-c-a-c-e-c--f-a-e-a-f-a-e-a--e-g-e-g-e-g-e-g--g-a-d-a-g-a-d-a--|

Am       F        C       G
As everything in life, comes together now
Am  F     C    G
I need your mind
Am        F         C     G   Abdim
And everything is light, I remember now
Am  F        C   G
I see you rise.       
Am     F               C     G
And all the lonely things, seem to want to change
Am    F          C     G
I'll sleep on it tonight.

(Am F C G)
Ah-Ih, Ah-Ih
Ah-Ih, Ah-Ih
Ah-Ih, Ah-Ih
Ah-Ih, Ah-Ih
Ah-

Am        F         C   
We don't even understand
 G
Something's going on
Am        F         C
We don't even understand
 G                  Abdim 
So how could this be wrong

(Am F C G)
Ah-Ih, Ah-Ih
Ah-Ih, Ah-Ih
Ah-Ih, Ah-Ih
Ah-Ih, Ah-

F                     C  C/B
I'm so in love with you
 D B  C
...how could I?
F              C  C/B
Ever be untrue.
 D B  C
Am I with you?
F                 Am
With everything I do.
God I love you.
I love you...

Am        F         C
We don't even understand
 G
Something's going on
Am        F         C
We don't even understand
 G
So how could we be wrong
Am        F        C
We don't know or care
 G
Somethings always there
Am          F          C
We see it's in own our hands,
 G
But we just don't understand.




Might be wrong but, pretty sure this is a bit closer to the truth. The song is def in open C.

My 2 cents. Feel free to finger the low C and G strings only on the 2nd chord, as well as omitting the open G strings in the 3rd, 4th, and (sometimes, depending on the bar) 5th chord, as I think it is more accurate to how Dev plays it. I just let them ring though, as the G is either the root or the 5th of the chord, except of course in the G#5 in which case I have no idea what to call it, but it still sounds nice.

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E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
C||---0-4p0---0-4p0-|---0-4p0---0-4p0-|---0-4p0---0-4p0-|---0-2p0---0-2p0-||
G||-2-------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------||
C||-----------------|-5-------5-------|-4-------4-------|-----------------||
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
C||-a-c-e-c-a-c-e-c-|-f-c-e-c-f-c-e-c-|-e-c-e-c-e-c-e-c-|-g-c-d-c-g-c-d-c-||           
                                         


[strummy bits]
E||-------------------------||--------------------------||
C||-------------------------||--------------------------||
G||-5-----0--0--------------||-5-----0--0-(0)-----------||
C||-4--5--7--2--------------||-4--5--7--2--3------------||
G||-2--5--5--0--------------||-2--5--5--0--1------------||
C||----5--------------------||----5---------------------||
    1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8     1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8
                               Am F5 C5 G5 G#5


I'll try a little harder later in the week if this is unacceptable for anyone... I'm just really tired and braindead right now.

I'll try a little harder later in the week if this is unacceptable for anyone... I'm just really tired and braindead right now.

you sir, are a gent.

I'll have a play with it and let you know my findings

*edit*

Your tab there is spot on. makes sense now.

I prefer my picky interpretation though as it rings out better.
Yours is defo the way Dev plays it though

Just the bridge to go!

this maybe?

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[melodic picky bit]
E||-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----------------||
C||---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0-||
G||-2-------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------||
C||-----------------|-5-------5-------|-4-------4-------|-----------------||
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
C||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
    a c e c a c e c   f c e c f c e c   e c e c e c e c   g c d c g c d c

 [strummy bits]
E||---------------------------------||-------------------------||
C||----------------------0----------||----------------c--------||
G||--5-------0---0-------0----------||-c-----g--g-----g--------||
C||--4---5---7---2---3---5---2---6--||-e--f--g--d--d#-e--d--f#-||
G||--2---5---5---0---1---4---2---4--||-a--c--c--g--g#-b--a--b--||
C||------5-------------------2------||----f--------------d-----||

     1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8     1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8 
     Am  F5  C5  G5  G#5 C/B D5  B5                   



Song:G-Guitar L-Lyrics)

G1: picking
G2: -
L1: Oh Oh Yeah yeah
L2: -

G1: -
G2: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
L1: As everything in life, comes together now. I need your mind.
L2: -

G1: -
G2: 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4
L1: And everything is light, I remember now. I see you rise.
L2: -

G1: picking
G2: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5
L1: And all the lonely things, seem to want to change. I'll sleep on it tonight.
L2: -

G1: -
G2: 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
L1: Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Aaah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Aaaah...
L2: Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Aaah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Aaaah...

G1: picking
G2: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5
L1: We don't even understand, Something's going on. We don't even understand, So how could this be wrong.
L2: -

G1: picking
G2: 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
L1: Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Aaah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Aaaah...
L2: Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Aaah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Aaaah...

G1: -
G2: 2 3 6 7 8 3 2 3 6 7 8 3 2 1           
L1: I'm so in love with you, how could I? Ever be untrue. Am I with you? With everything I do. God I love you.
L2: -

G1: picking
G2: -
L1: I love you...
L2: -

G1: picking
G2: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 (heavier)
L1: We don't even understand, Something's going on. We don't even understand, So how could we be wrong.
L2: -

G1: picking
G2: 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 
L1: Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Aaah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Aaah-Ih.
L2: -

G1: picking
G2: 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4
L1: Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Aaah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Ah-Ih. Aaah-Ih.
L2: We don't know or care, Somethings always there. We see it's in our hands, But we just don't understand.

G1: picking
G2: -
L1: -
L2: -




I got the bridge down for you, I haven't forgotten. Sometime this weekend when I'm not completely beat, I'll write it down.

Hi Guys and Gals,
I'm not a guitarist; I am a pianist, who has transcribed several of Mr. Townsend's works to piano. 'Ih-Ah' is one of them.

This is the basic chord progression that the verses and chorus use (not the bridge):

Amin, Fmaj7, C/E, Gsusp.

The opening riff is played as a constant stream of 8th notes and follows the progression above. If each comma represented a new measure, then this is what you would play:

A C E C A C E C, F C E C F C E C, E C E(8va) C E C E(8va) C, G C D C G C D C. ( Repeat, ad lib.)

I hope this helps someone; if I could show you on manuscript paper, I would

Enjoy!

Hi Guys and Gals,
I'm not a guitarist; I am a pianist, who has transcribed several of Mr. Townsend's works to piano. 'Ih-Ah' is one of them.

This is the basic chord progression that the verses and chorus use (not the bridge):

Amin, Fmaj7, C/E, Gsusp.

The opening riff is played as a constant stream of 8th notes and follows the progression above. If each comma represented a new measure, then this is what you would play:

A C E C A C E C, F C E C F C E C, E C E(8va) C E C E(8va) C, G C D C G C D C. ( Repeat, ad lib.)

I hope this helps someone; if I could show you on manuscript paper, I would

Enjoy!

could you advise on the chord progression for the bridge at all?

Got a day off work today.

The bridge:

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    Fsus2                               Am                Asus2   
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
C||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
G||-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
C||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
G||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
C||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|| X3
      * *   * *   *     * *   * *   *     * *   * *   *     * *   * *   *

    Fsus2                               Dmaj
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
C||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
C||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
G||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
C||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|| X1
      * *   * *   *     * *   * *   *     * *   * *   *     * *   * *   *


Got a day off work today.

The bridge:

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w00t
although I count the first measure played twice, not 3 times.



Awesome stuff, cheers fella!