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Back to Shadows Fall Tabs
Shadows-Fall - Thoughts without words Tab
Band: Shadows Fall
Album: The Art Of Balance
Song: Thoughts Without Words
Transcribed By: Tyler Leach
. - palm mute / - slide up \\ -slide down
- slide down b-bend (full bend)
h - hammer on rb-release bend
p - pull off ^-hold bend
t - tap hb-half bend
<#>- pinch harmonic ?-tremolo pick
v-vibrato
Guitarists=Jonathan Donais, Matthew Bachand
Tuning is Drop C (Low To High) CGCFAD
Intro Riff
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|Gtr
|------43---77----43---77------| 1
|---31021---55-31021---55------|
|---310---0-55-310---0-55------|
... ...
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|Gtr
|------43---77----43---77--------------------| 2
|---31021---55-31021---55---00000000000000---|
|---310---0-55-310---0-55---00000000000000---|
... ... ..............
Riff 1
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------<3>----------------------|Gtr
|----43---77---------------43---77---5h6-3h5-------43---77------------| 1
|-31021---55---5--5h6p5-31021---55--------------31021---55---5--5h6p5-|
|-310---0-55-00-00------310---0-55-00-----------310---0-55-00-00------|
... .. .. ... .. ... .. ..
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|----43---77---------------43---77-----------3b----43---77------------| 2
|-31021---55---5--5h6p5-31021---55---5h6-3h5----31021---55---5--5h6p5-|
|-310---0-55-00-00------310---0-55-00-----------310---0-55-00-00------|
... .. .. ... .. ... .. ..
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|----7--8--5--2--33-------------------------|
|----5--5--3--0--11-------------------------|
|--00-00-00-00-00---------------------------|
.. .. .. .. ..
Riff 3
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------7-7-5-8-8-5-7-----------------------------------|
|--------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------|
|--5-1-0-5-5-3-6-6-3-5--0-0-0-0-000-0-0-6-6-6-6-0-0-0-0--|
|--5-1-0----------------0-0-0-0-000-0-0-6-6-6-6-0-0-0-0--|
. . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .
Guitar 2 plays the same thing but couple frets lower
|----------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------|-6h8p6-5h6p5-3h5p3-1-2-3-2-----------|
|--7-7-5-8-8-5-7-|--------------------------3-2-0------|
|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--------------------------------3-2-3|
|--5-5-3-6-6-3-5-|-------------------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------------------|
Chorus Riff(s)
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------------97-75-----|1
|--------87---5---57---3/5---2/3-------79109----97------------|
|--0-0-0-87-0-5-0-57-0-3/5-0-2/3-0-0-0---------0---0--0-------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|Gtr
|---------------------1210-108----|2
|------10121312--1210-------------|
|0-0-0----------0----0----0-------|
. . . . . .
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------5--|
|--------87---5---57---3/5---2/3--8--1-3--|
|--0-0-0-87-0-5-0-57-0-3/5-0-2/3--8--1----|
. . . . . . .
Repeat Riffs 1,2, and 3 (Fill: 1:50)
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----3-1-----------3-1---0---|
|-000-----1-<3>-000-----1-0---|
... ...
Bridge
Part A
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|Gtr
|---------3---------------------------------| 1
|--5-3h5p3--53--3-----3/5555/6666555-3530---|
|-------------56-6530-3/5555/6666555-3530---|
.. .. .. ...
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------| 2
|--0--(let ring from fill)------------3530---|
|--0----------------------------------3530---|
Part B ...
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|Gtr
|----------3-------------------------5-7-7--| 1
|--5-3h5p3--53--3-----3/5555/6666555-3-5-5--|
|-------------56-6530-3/5555/6666555--------|
.. .. ..
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|Gtr
|----------------------------------5-7-7--| 2
|--0--(let ring from last)---------3-5-5--|
|--0--------------------------------------|
Then both guitars play bridge together
(Under Solo)
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--0---------------3/5555/6666555-3530-|
|--0-0000000000000-3/5555/6666555-3530-|
............. .. .. ..
Then this harmonized with solo
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------3-------------------------------------------------|
|--5-3h5p3--53--3-----3/5555/6666555-3530-------------------|
|-------------56-6530-3/5555/6666555-3530-0000000000000000--|
.. .. .. ................
Under second part of solo
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------43---77-----------------|x7
|---31021---55-----5-----5h6p5-|
|---310---0----0-0---0-0-------|
... . . . .
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----7--8--5--2--33----|
|----5--5--3--0--11----|
|--00-00-00-00-00------|
.. .. .. .. ..
Riff 3
Chorus
Solo
|----8---8--------------------------------13-15-15-13---|
|---7-7777-5454----------------13-10h13p10-----------15-|
|---------------7---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
bend the 2 20\'s together
|----------16182022201816-----------------| |--20-|
|-15171921----------------21191715--------| |--20-|
|----------------------------------181614-| |-----|
|-----------------------------------------|x2 |-----|
|-----------------------------------------| |-----|
|-----------------------------------------| |-----|
|-10-------------------------------------------------------|
|----8-9-8p0-5-7-5-----------------------------------------|
|------------------7-5-7-<7>-7-5h7p5---7-6-5---------------|
|------------------------------------7-------8-7-5-7-6-5---|
|--------------------------------------------------------5-|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
. . .
With Part A of Bridge Riff
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------6/8--8/9--9\\8----------------|
|-7-5h7p5-<7>---75---5-----x/x--x/x--x\\x-------------|
|---------------56-6530-3/5555/6666\\555-3-5-3-0------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
.. .. ..
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|kinda rub your picking hand
|-18b-18b-18b-18b-18b-18^t22-18t20-17t20-15-------------------------|before you pluck to get the
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|sound before the bends.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|listen to the song to see how much
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|to tap
|--------------------------------------------7h9p7-----------10b----10b-----|
|---------------------------------------7h9p7-----7h9p7--10hb---10hb--------|
|-----------------10h12p10---------7h9p7------------------------------------|
|---------10h12p10--------10h12p10--------------------------------------12\"|
|-10h12p10------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--20^20^20^20^-17-18-18b--18----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------19-17-15-------------------------|
|--------------------------------------15v---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------182022182022-|
|--------------------------------------171921171921-------------|
|--------------1719201917--------171920-------------------------|
|--171920171920----------201917---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
..............................
|--1820222018---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------211917------------171615------------------151617v--|
|------------------201816------------171615------151617---------|
|------------------------191715------------171615---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Then play riff 3 and chorus
Outro
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------5-----------------3-2-----------------|
|--0-0000000-0-0--0330-0000000-0-5-1-1-0-3---------------|
|--0-0000000-0-0--0-30-0000000-0-5-1-----3---------------|
....... . . . . .......
|--------------------------------------------------------|-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------|-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------|-----|end on this
|------------------5-----------------3-2---------5-3-2---|-----|
|--0-0000000-0-0--0330-0000000-0-5-1-1-0-3-0-5-1-3-1-0---|--0--|
|--0-0000000-0-0--0-30-0000000-0-5-1-----3-0-5-1---------|--0--|
....... . . . . .......
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