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PAIN OF SALVATION - ASHES
(From the 2000 Album THE PERFECT ELEMENT, PART I)
Version 1.0 - JANUARY 2002
Music by Daniel Gildenlow
Transcribed by Andrea Narciso <metal76@inwind.it>
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Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Overdrive'
Gtr IV (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Solo guitar'
Q=70
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 2x
||--------12----------12----|-------12----------12-----||
||o-10----------10----------|-10----------10----------o||
||------9-----9----10----10-|----------------10----10--||
||--------------------------|----12----12--------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 6x
||-----10----10----10----10-|----10----10----10----10--||
||o-13----------13----------|-13----------13----12----o||
||--------14----------14----|-------14-----------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||--------12----------12----|-------12----------12-----||
||o-10----------10----------|-10----------10----------o||
||------9-----9----10----10-|----------------10----10--||
||--------------------------|----12----12--------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 6x
||-----10----10----10----10-|----10----10----10----10--||
||o-13----------13----------|-13----------13----12----o||
||--------14----------14----|-------14-----------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
"You claim I don't know..."
4/4
Gtr III
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------------|
||o-10---10---10---10---10---10---10---10---|
||-----9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9-|
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E
||-------10--------10--------10--------10---|
||o-13------------------13------------------|
||------------14------------------14--------|
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|
"Let's burn together..."
1.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-10----10----10----10----10----10----12----12----o||
|----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10--||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|-------10----------10----------10----------10-----||
|-13----------------------13----------12----------o||
|-------------14-----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10\----|
|----10----10----10----10----12----12----12--------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|-------10----------10----------10----------10-----|
|-13----------------------13----------12-----------|
|-------------14-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
Gtr IV
E E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S E S E E E
||------------------------|----------------------||
||o-----------------------|---------------------o||
||------------------------|----------------------||
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0--||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0-o||
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0--||
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||--------12----------12----|-------12----------12-----||
||o-10----------10----------|-10----------10----------o||
||------9-----9----10----10-|----------------10----10--||
||--------------------------|----12----12--------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||-----10----10----10----10-|----10----10----10----10--||
||o-13----------13----------|-13----------13----12----o||
||--------14----------14----|-------14-----------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
"I taste your sorrow..."
4/4
Gtr III
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----|
||------9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10-|
||o-13----------13----------13----------13----------|
||--------14----------14----------14----------14----|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
"Touching you harder..."
1.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-10----10----10----10----10----10----12----12----o||
|----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10--||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----10----10----10----10----10----10-10----10-----||
|-13----------13----------13-------------12----12-o||
|-------14----------14----------14-----------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10\----|
|----10----10----10----10----12----12----12--------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|----10----10----10----10----10----10-10----10\----|
|-13----------13----------13-------------12--------|
|-------14----------14----------14-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
Gtr IV
E E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S E S E E E 4x
||------------------------|----------------------||
||o-----------------------|---------------------o||
||------------------------|----------------------||
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0--||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0-o||
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0--||
"As we walk through the ashes..."
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||--------12----------12----|-------12----------12-----||
||o-10----------10----------|-10----------10----------o||
||------9-----9----10----10-|----------------10----10--||
||--------------------------|----12----12--------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||-----10----10----10----10-|----10----10----10----10--||
||o-13----------13----------|-13----------13----12----o||
||--------14----------14----|-------14-----------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
"This pain will never end..."
4/4
Gtr III
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----|
||------9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10-|
||o-13----------13----------13----------13----------|
||--------14----------14----------14----------14----|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
"Scrubbing it harder..."
1.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-10----10----10----10----10----10----12----12----o||
|----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10--||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----10----10----10----10----10----10-10----10-----||
|-13----------13----------13-------------12----12-o||
|-------14----------14----------14-----------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10\----|
|----10----10----10----10----12----12----12--------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|----10----10----10----10----10----10-10----10\----|
|-13----------13----------13-------------12--------|
|-------14----------14----------14-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
Gtr IV
E E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S E S E E E 4x
||------------------------|----------------------||
||o-----------------------|---------------------o||
||------------------------|----------------------||
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0--||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0-o||
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0--||
"As we walk through the ashes..."
E E E S S S S E E S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--7-7-----7----7---7--7-3-3------3----3----3-|
|--7-7-----7----7---7--7-3-3------3----3----3-|
|--7-7-----7----7---7--7-3-3------3----3----3-|
|
| Gtr V - SOLO
| ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
| |-3--| |---3----| |----3-----|
| Q +Q E E Q +Q E E
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------10-----(10)--------10---|
|-/9---(9)--------9-----------------/9--------|
|------------/7-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
S S E E S E S E E E
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-0----0-----0----3----3-------0-0------0-----0-----|
|--3-0----0-----0----3----3-------0-0------0-----0-----|
|--3-0----0-----0----3----3-------0-0------0-----0-----|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
| |----3----| |---3---| |---3---| |-3--|
| E E E Q E a Q +Q E E
|-12---12---12-11b12r==12---12s17-----(17)---/19---19--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
E E E S S S S E E S S
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--7----7--------7-7---7-------7-3--3-----3-----3--3-|
|--7----7--------7-7---7-------7-3--3-----3-----3--3-|
|--7----7--------7-7---7-------7-3--3-----3-----3--3-|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~
| E. Q +T T E S E. a S S
|-19b20---19b20======(19)rp17-19---15-17----15s12-15-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
S S E E S E S E E E
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---3------0--0----0----3---3---0---0----0-----0----|
|---3------0--0----0----3---3---0---0----0-----0----|
|---3------0--0----0----3---3---0---0----0-----0----|
|
|~~~~~~ ~~ ~~ ~
| +S a S E a S E a S E a S E a S S S
|-(15)-12s10-12-10s8-10---8s7-8---7s5-7/---5s3-5-0--|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
E E E S S S S E E S S
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-7---7-7---7-7-7---3----3-----3-3-3-|
|-7---7-7---7-7-7---3----3-----3-3-3-|
|-7---7-7---7-7-7---3----3-----3-3-3-|
|
| ~~~ ~
| Q Q S E +S Q
|-3b5---3b5-----3b5-3b5====(3)r3-----|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
S S E E S E S E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3---0---0-------------0-------------3-----3-----0-0---0--0--|
|-3---0---0-------------0-------------3-----3-----0-0---0--0--|
|-3---0---0-------------0-------------3-----3-----0-0---0--0--|
|
| PM----| ~~
| |--3--| |-----------10:8------------|
| S S S T T T T X X T T T T T T S T S S S S Q
|---------7-8-10p8h10p8p==7-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-7---9-------------------10p9h10p9p==7---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------8---7h8-7-5-7-5\----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
*******************************************************************
** NOTE: The next two measures have been divided into two parts **
** to avoid text wraparound in Notepad. **
*******************************************************************
E E E S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7------7-----------7---------7----------7------7----------3-------|
|-7------7-----------7---------7----------7------7----------3-------|
|-7------7-----------7---------7----------7------7----------3-------|
|
|
| |-3--| |---5----| |-------5-------| |-------5--------|
| S S S T T T T T T T T T X X T T T T X X T T T T
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------10h==12h13-|
|--------7h9h10p9p7------------9h10h12p10p==9----9h10h12------------|
|-------------------10-9-10-12----------------12--------------------|
|-7-8-10------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-3-----------------3-------------3---3---|
|-3-----------------3-------------3---3---|
|-3-----------------3-------------3---3---|
|
| ~~~~~~~~
| |------6-------|
| T T T T T T T T T T a S +S
|---------12h13h15-12p0-12-15-15s17-(17)\-|
|12h13h15---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
S S E E S E
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|---3-----0--------0----0--------------3-----3----------|
|---3-----0--------0----0--------------3-----3----------|
|---3-----0--------0----0--------------3-----3----------|
|
| T T T T T
| |-----5-----| |-----5-----| |--3--|
| S X X T T E S X X T T T T S T T T
|-/12-15-17-15-17-15\-/12-15-17-15-17-15p12h15-17s19s17-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
S E E E
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-----0------------------------0-----------------0----------|
|--0-----0------------------------0-----------------0----------|
|--0-----0------------------------0-----------------0----------|
|
| T T T T
| |-------------8:6--------------| |--3--|
| T T T T T T +T +T T T T T T T T T T
|-15p12-15-17s19-17b19==(17)r(17)---15p12h15-17s19s17-15p12-17-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~
W +W
|--------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------|
|--7-----------|-(7)---------------------------|
|--7-----------|-(7)---------------------------|
|--7-----------|-(7)---------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~
| W H E E. S S +S
|-15b17--------|----------12b13r===============|
|--------------|----------------13-12b13==(12)r|
|--------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------|
W +H +H
|-(12)--------|-(12)----(12)\----------------|
|-------------|------------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +W +H. +E +E
|-------------|------------------------------|
|-(12)--------|-(12)-----------(12)b13r(12)--|
|-------------|------------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------------|
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------16----16-------16--------16---|----16----16-------16--------16---|
|--17-----16-------17-------16-------|-17----16----17---------16--------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q. S S E +S S E. S H +S S S E S S S
|------------------------------------|-----------------5----6---------5-|
|-/10---------9h10p=9-(9)s5p=4-----5-|--4----------(4)--------------7---|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|------16------------16------------16--------------16---|
|-17----------16------------17------------16------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |-------7:6-------| |----6-----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T S S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--6----5---7-------------------------------------------|
|----7----6------5-6------5-------------5----5-6-7--8-6-|
|-----------------------7----6-7-5--6-7----7------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
H.=H
E E E E E E E E W
|---------------------------------------------|-------*|
|------16------------16--------16--------16---|-------*|
|-17----------16------------17------16--------|-17----*|
|---------------------------------------------|-------*|
|---------------------------------------------|-------*|
|---------------------------------------------|-------*|
|
| ~~~~~~~ ~~
| |-------9:6-------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S E +E S S S S W
|---------6-9--8-7-6------------------------3-|-------*|
|-------7-------------7-------------------3---|--5----*|
|--7-8------------------8-6--5-(5)\----3------|-------*|
|-----------------------------------/5--------|-------*|
|---------------------------------------------|-------*|
|---------------------------------------------|-------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
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