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Band:  In Flames
Album: Soundtrack to Your Escape
Song:  Borders & Shading

Copyright (c) Nuclear Blast Records 2004
Version 1.3 - 5.4.2006


Transcribed by: Jesper Ruuska


Tuning: A#


INTRO:

riff1a:

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5----5----5--5--5-4---|
|-2----2----2--2--2-2--2--3----3----3--3--3-2---|
|-0----0----0--0--0-0--0------------------------|
|                                               |
|                                               |
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5----5----55-55-4-2---|
|-2----2----25-55-4-2--2------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
             x                       x

riff1b:

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5----5----5-/7--7-4---|
|-2----2----2--2--2-2--2--3----3----3-/5--5-2---|
|-0----0----0--0--0-0--0------------------------|
|                                               |
|                                               |
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5--4--2--4--555554-2--|
|-2----2----25-55-4-2--2------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
             x

riff1c:

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5----5----5--5--5-4---|
|-2----2----2--2--2-2--2--3----3----3--3--3-2---|
|-0----0----0--0--0-0--0------------------------|
|                                               |
|                                               |
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5----5----55-55-4-2---|
|-2----2----25-55-4-2--2------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|            x                       x          |
|                                               |
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-2----2----25-55-4-2--2--7----7----77-77-5-4---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
             x                       x

riff1d:

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5----5----5-/7--7-4---|
|-2----2----2--2--2-2--2--3----3----3-/5--5-2---|
|-0----0----0--0--0-0--0------------------------|
|                                               |
|                                               |
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5--4--2--4--555554-2--|
|-2----2----25-55-4-2--2------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|            x                                  |
|                                               |
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-2----2----25-55-4-2--2--7--5--4--5--777775-4--|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
             x


VERSE 1  (no guitar)

FILL:

riff2a:

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----4-5-5-------5-7-7-7-7-4-4-4---|
|-----------------------------------|
|-0-0---------0-0-------------------|
| ...         ...                   |
|                                   |
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----5-7-7-------7-9-9-9-9-5-5-5---|
|-0-0---------0-0-------------------|
  ...         ...

riff2b:

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-----7-9-9-------9-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-0-0---------0-0---------------------|
| ...         ...                     |
|                                     |
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-----4-5-5-------5-7 -7 -7 -7 -4-4-4-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-0-0---------0-0---------------------|
  ...         ...

riff2a

riff2b


VERSE 2:

riff3:

  (with very little volume)
|--h8p7-h8p7-h8p7-h8p7-h8p7-----h5p3-h5p3-h5p3-h5p3-h5p3-----|
|--------------------------h8---------------------------h5---|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
      x    x    x    x             x    x    x    x

repeat riff3

riff2a

riff2b

riff2a

riff2b

riff2a

riff2b

riff2a

riff2c:

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----7-9-9-------9-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-5-5-5---|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0---------0-0---------------------------------------|
| ...         ...                                       |
|                                                       |
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----4-5-5-------5-7 -7 -7 -7 -5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-2-2-2---|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0---------0-0---------------------------------------|
  ...         ...


CHORUS:

riff4a:

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5----5----5--5--5-4--|
|-2----2----2--2--2-2--2--3----3----3--3--3-2--|
|-0----0----0--0--0-0--0-----------------------|


riff4b:

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5----5----5-/7--7-4--|
|-2----2----2--2--2-2--2--3----3----3-/5--5-2--|
|-0----0----0--0--0-0--0-----------------------|


riff4a

riff4b


VERSE 3: (no guitar - riff3 enters after awhile; at the part:
          "Leaving a hotbed of virulence...")

riff3 x 2

riff2a

riff2b

riff2a

riff2c


CHORUS


SOLO: (rhythym-guitar plays the chords continuously)

riff5a:

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-10~--9-10-9~--5h7-9~--10-9-7~---|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|                                 |
|                                 |
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------|
|-0---------5-------5--------3----|
|-----------3-------3--------1----|

riff5b:

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--13~--15-17-17p15----------------------------------17~~---|
|------------------16~--16p12-14~--16-17-14~--16-17---------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                           |
|                                                           |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--2---------------------------------------7----------------|
|--0---------------5-----------3-----------5----------------|
|------------------3-----------1----------------------------|

INTERLUDE:

riff6a:

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-----5-5-5-5-----5-5----------|
|------------------------------|
|-0-0---------0-0-----0-0-7~~--|
| ...         ...     ... ph   |
|                              |
|                              |
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-----7-7-7-7-----7-7----------|
|-0-0---------0-0-----0-0-7~~--|
  ...         ...     ... ph

riff 6a x 2

riff6b:

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--2---2--2-2------------------|
|--0---0--0-0---3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|---------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
                  ...........

repeat INTERLUDE


VERSE 4:

riff2a

riff2b

riff2a

riff2c


BREAK: (both guitars drop their volume close to zero, guitar 2 fades in)

riff7:

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|                                                 |
|                                                 |
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------<-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


FINAL CHORUS:

riff8a:

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------8----8----8--8--8-7--|
|-5----5----5--5--5-5--5--6----6----6--6--6-5--|
|-3----3----3--3--3-3--3-----------------------|


riff8b:

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------8----8----8-/11-117--|
|-5----5----5--5--5-5--5--6----6----6-/8--8-5--|
|-3----3----3--3--3-3--3-----------------------|


riff8a

riff8b

riff8a

riff8b

riff8a

riff8b


OUTRO:

riff2a

riff2c

riff9:

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-2-*---------------------------------|
|-0-*-let ring------------------------|

(the second guitar plays riff3 on the background 'till fadeout)


END


Tabulature legend:

.  - 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

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