Shadows Fall - "Thoughts Without Words" Guitar Tab
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Band: Shadows Fall
Album: The Art Of Balance
Song: Thoughts Without Words
Copyright (c) Century Media 2002
Version 1.0 - 11/28/2002
Transcribed By: Shaun Secaur
Email: Soulterashaun@yahoo.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Guitarists=Jonathan Donais, Matthew Bachand
Tuning-Drop C (Low To High) C,G,C,F,A,D
Intro Riff
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------432-77----432-77-------One-Guitar--------|
|---320210-55-320210-55--2222222222222222-------|
|---320-------320--------2222222222222222-------|
... ... ................
Riff 1
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------ph------------------------|
|-----------------------------------h--h--3~~----------------------|
|------432-77-------------432-77---56-35----------432-77-----------|
|---320210-55---5--565-320210-55---------------320210-55---5--565--|
|---320-------00-00----320-------00------------320-------00-00-----|
... .. .. ... .. ... .. ..
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|Gtr.
|------------h--h-3-----| 2
|-----------56-35-------|
|---------00------------|
Riff 2
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|----7--8--5--2--33-------------------------|
|----5--5--3--0--11-------------------------|
|--00-00-00-00-00---------------------------|
.. .. .. .. ..
Repeat Riff 1 and 2 then,
Riff 3
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--------77-5/8--5/7------------------------|
|--5-1-0-55-3/6--3/5-----|Triplets|---------|
|--5-1-0--------------000-666-666-666333----|
... ... ... ......
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------hp----hp---hp--hp-----------|
|---------------101210-9109-797-575-75--------|
|---77-5/8--5/7-----------------------875-----|
|---55-3/6--3/5--------------------------878--|
|---------------------------------------------|
Chorus Riff(s)
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|Gtr.
|-----------------------------------------1210-108-|1
|-----8\7--5-57--35--23----10121312--1012----------|
|--0008\7-05057-035-023-000--------00----0----0----|
... . . . . ... .. . .
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|Gtr.
|-------------87-75---------|2
|---78108--78---------------|
|000-----00--0--0-----------|
... .. . .
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------3-------|
|-----8\7--5-57--35--23-1--1-3--|
|--0008\7-05057-035-023----1-3--|
Repeat Riffs 1,2, and 3
Fill (1:50)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-------ph---------------------|
|-3----(3~)-------Let ring-----|
|-1-1-31--1-31-0---------------|
|---1-----1----0---------------|
Bridge
Part A
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|Gtr.
|----hp3--p-------------------------------| 1
|---353--53--5-----3/5555/6666\333-3530---|
|--0-------56-6530-3/5555/6666\333-3530---|
.. .. ..
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|Gtr.
|-----------------------------------------| 2
|--0--(let ring)-------------------3530---|
|--0-------------------------------3530---|
Part B
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|Gtr.
|----hp3--p------------------------5/7----| 1
|---353--53--5-----3/5555/6666\333-3/5----|
|--0-------56-6530-3/5555/6666\333--------|
.. .. ..
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|Gtr.
|----------------------------------5/7----| 2
|--0--(let ring)-------------------3/5----|
|--0--------------------------------------|
Then Both guitars play both parts together
(Under Solo)
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--0---------------3/5555/6666\333----|
|--0-0000000000000-3/5555/6666\333----|
............. .. .. ..
Then
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|----hp3--p-----------------------------------------------|
|---353--53--5-----3/5555/6666\333-3530-------------------|
|--0-------56-6530-3/5555/6666\333-3530-0000000000000000--|
.. .. .. ................
Under Second Solo
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|------432-77----------|x7
|---320210-55---5--565-|
|---320-------00-00----|
Then
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----7--8--5-----------|
|----5--5--3--7--88----|
|--00-00-00-0070088----|
Riff 3
Chorus
Solo h p
|-----------------------------------h-p--13fb-15fb-131513---|
|-----13------------p--p-----13fb-101310-----------------15-|
|--12hb-^121212rb-109109------------------------------------|
|------------------------1212-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------17202017------------------17202017-------20fb20fb|
|--------181820--------202018------181820--------202018---------|
|--171719--------------------171719-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--15---13-------p--------------hp------------|
|----12fb-12rb-1210--p----ph--7575-5-h--------|
|------------------121012(12)-----7-57-53-----|
|----------------------------------------55---|
|---------------------------------------------|
With Part A of Bridge Riff
|-------ph---------------------------------|
|-----h-6-p--------------------------------|
|---757--75-h5-----------------------------|
|----------56-653-3/5555/6666\333-3530-----|
|--------------------..---..---..----------|
|------------------------------------------|
*
|-------------------------15-t1915t19t1913t1913t1912t1912t1910t1910-|
|--17fb-17fb-17fb-17fb-17fb-----------------------------------------|
|----^^**ABSURD bar-like bends^^------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
*=tap with edge of pick
**=Sounds like bar, but Jonathan uses a guitar without one,I believe,
so bend like crazy.
|--10hb-8----------hp-----hp-hp-hp-hp-------------------------|
|--------------hp-575-hp-686696686696-10hb-13fb-10hb-13fb-----|
|----------hp-575----575--------------------------------------|
|---------585-------------------------------------------12~~--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--20fb^20^20^20rb-17-18-18fb-18-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------19-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------1920~~-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
(Really Not Sure About These Next two bars....)
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------182022-|
|--------------------------------------171921171921-------|
|--------------1719201917--------171920-------------------|
|--171920171920----------201917---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------182022222018----------------------------------|
|-182022------------222018201817----------------------|
|-------------------------------1917------------------|
|-----------------------------------201917--171920~~--|
|-----------------------------------------20----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Then Play Riff 3 and Chorus
Ending
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------5------------------3-2-----------------|
|--0----------00--0330----------0-5-1-1-0-3---------------|
|--0--0000000000--0-30-00000000-0-5-1-----3---------------|
........ . . ........
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------5------------------3-2---------5-3-2---|
|--0----------00--0330----------0-5-1-1-0-3-0-5-1-3-1-0---|
|--0--0000000000--0-30-00000000-0-5-1-----3-0-5-1---------|
Took me forever to figure out the last run in the solo, and it still
doesnt sound right....sorry. But the rest of the song is near perfect,
I think. Email me with corrections, complaints, questions, "get out of
jail free" cards, or catnip. And if your going to play Shadows Fall,
make sure you know how to use pinch harmonics, its crucial....ok,
so its not that important, but it sounds cool as hell.
Enjoy!
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