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Song
Artist: Shadows Fall
Song: "The First Nobel Truth"
Album: "Of One Blood"
Notation Key:
h = hammer on " = tremolo picking / = slide down
p = pull off ~ = vibrato \ = slide up
. = palm mute * = pinch harmonic ^ = bend
r = resolve bend () = note bent to
Version 3.0
Updated November 19, 2001
Fixed Riffs A1, A2, Riff C (guitar 2), and Riff E.
Any comments or questions can be e-mailed to me at Dblanchard2@charter.net
Guitar 1 - Matt Bachand (right channel)
Guitar 2 - Jon Donais (left channel)
Tune guitar one step down (D G C F A D)
(1) D (4) C
(2) A (5) G
(3) F (6) D
Riff A1
(Guitars 1 and 2)
"As reality washes away..."
|----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |-5-----6--------------------------------------------| |---000---00000000?"-6"-5"---------5-----5-5-3-1-0---| |---------------------------6"--333---333----------3-|
... ........ . . . . ... ...
Riff A2
Guitar 1 plays Riff A1
(Guitar 2)
"Realization of my mind’s..."
|---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |------------------7"-5"-4"-7"----------------------| |-5-----6-------------------------------------------| |---000---00000000?---------------5-----5-5-3-1-0---| |------------------------------333---333----------3-|
... ........ ... ...
Melody
Part 1 (Guitar 2)
|-----------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------|---8-7-8-8h10-8-7---7-8-7^(8)-7-| |-4-----4h5h7-7-7p5p4---|-7----------------9-------------| |----5----------------7-|--------------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------------|
Part 2
Guitar 2 with harmonizer in thirds.
(Guitar 2)
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------| |---------------------------|---12-10-12-12h13-12-10--10-12-10^(12)-10-| |-7-----7h9h11-11-11p9p7----|-9---------------------12-----------------| |----9-------------------11-|------------------------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------------------------|
(Guitar 1)
Play over melody
|-------------------| |----------3--------| |-4--------2---2----| |-4---5----0---2----| |-2---5--------0----| |---0-3-00---0---00-|
. .. . ..
Riff B
|---------------------| |---------------------| |---------------------|
|---------------------| Guitar 1
|-------8-6-5-6-6p5---| |-------------------6-| |---------------------| |---------------------| |------10-8-7-8-8p7---| |-------------------8-| Guitar 2 |-5-00----------------| |---------------------|
..
Riff C
(Guitar 1)
"Will not remain enslaved..."
|----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |-3/5-5---------------3/5----------------| |-3/5-5--6-5-6-8-6-5--3/5----------------| |-1/3-3---------------1/3--8-6-5-6-6p5---| |--------------------------------------6-|
(Guitar 2)
|----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |-3/5-5-----8p7-10----3/5----------------| |-3/5-5-----5p5--7----3/5----------------| |-1/3-3--00----0---00-1/3--8-6-5-6-6p5---| |--------------------------------------6-|
.. . ..
Riff D1 under solo
(Guitar 1)
"I walk alone."
|------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |-5-5---------------------5-5--------------------| |-5-5----8-6--------------5-5----5-3-------------| |-3-3----8-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--3-3----5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-----00-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------00-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
.. . . . . . . .. . . . . . .
Riff D2 (ending of Riff D1)
(Guitar 1) at end of solo
|----------------------| |----------------------| |-5-5------------------| |-5-5----8-6-------8-5-| |-3-3----8-6-6-6-6-8-5-| |-----00-6-4-4-4-4-6-3-|
.. . . .
Riff E
(Guitars 1 and 2)
"Extinction of thirst..."
|--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |----2-1-3-2-1-2p1-2-| |----2-1-3-2-1-2p1-2-| |-00---------------0-|
..
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