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Song

Hello again.

my second tab.

If you are into deftoness, you'll like [the old] Pillar.

they were the christian version of deftones.

here's one of their earlier songs for all to enjoy.

Travis plays this song drop-d and with some nice rectified distortion.

Not Pillar's most complex song, but a lot of fun to play.

· e-

· B-

· G- played in drop-d tuning

· D-

· A-

· D-

Verses:

-----------------|-----------------------|-

-----------------|-----------------------|- Play fast

-----------------|-----------------------|- over and over

-----------------|-1--0-0-1-0-1-0--0-1-0-|-
-----------------|-1--0-0-1-0-1-0--0-1-0-|-
-----------------|-1--0-0-1-0-1-0--0-1-0-|-

you're runnin the race...

Chorus:

-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|--/5-5--5--5-----5-5--5--5----5--3-3--3--3-----3-3--3--3----3/5-5--5--5-----
-|--/5-5--5--5-----5-5--5--5----5--3-3--3--3-----3-3--3--3----3/5-5--5--5-----
-|--/5-5--5--5-----5-5--5--5----5--3-3--3--3-----3-3--3--3----3/5-5--5--5-----
-----------------------------------------------------------|-
-----------------------------------------------------------|-
-----------------------------------------------------------|-
---5-5--5--5----5--3-3--3--3-----3-3--3--3----3---0~-------|-
---5-5--5--5----5--3-3--3--3-----3-3--3--3----3---0~-------|-
---5-5--5--5----5--3-3--3--3-----3-3--3--3----3---0~-------|-

Note: these notes are all natual harmonics

-|--------------------|- 		-|------------------------|-

-|--------------------|- repeat those -|------------------------|-

-|--------------------|-  a couple of	-|--7-----7------7--------|-
-|--5-----5-----5-----|-  times, then...-|-----7-----7-------7----|-
-|-----5-----5-----5--|- 		-|------------------------|-
-|--------------------|- 		-|------------------------|-

Bridge:

-|----------------------------------|-

-|----------------------------------|- repeat this a couple of times

-|----------------------------------|- play the dead notes behind the

-|-1----0----1----0-----x—x—x—x--|-	scratching
-|-1----0----1----0-----x—x—x—x--|-
-|-1----0----1----0-----x—x—x—x--|-
-|------------------------------|------
-|------------------------------|------

-|------------------------------|------ then play this and go back into

-|-1----0----3----0----3-0-3-0--|-3/5-- 	the chorus
-|-1----0----3----0----3-0-3-0--|-3/5--
-|-1----0----3----0----3-0-3-0--|-3/5--

at the end, just play the verse/intro again.

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