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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

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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

- 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

Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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* Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen - http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org *

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