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Pain of Salvation - On A Tuesday From the 2017 album "In The Passing Light Of Day" Words and music by Daniel Gildenlow and Ragnar Zolberg Transcribed by Travis Lausch [Notes] Ahhhh... the beast of an opening track. There's quite a bit going on, both with regards to guitar playing and rhythms. The primary time signature in the intro and solo sections is a bit tricky. I tend to think of it as five groups of seven sixteenth notes, and it could be notated as either a bar of 7/4 followed by a bar of 7/16, though the note groupings suggest something more like 35/16 or some kind of weird hybrid meter like 5x7/16 (a totally valid meter, but utterly ridiculous to look at). The rest of the song is either in some kind of similar time signature (groupings of 7, like 21/16, or just straight 7/8 or 14/16 depending on how you want to count it) or just 4/4. I've indicated time signatures above the tab staff. As for the playing, there's a lot of rapid-fire strumming and picking, mixed with a lot of slower playing in sections. The slide guitar parts are not played with a lot of precision, so what I wrote is merely an interpretation. The "solo" may have parts played an octave lower, but I used live videos to verify this, and Ragnar and Daniel play the same thing for each part. Most of the positions were verified by live video, though some parts are still my interpretation, since I had a hard time really seeing what they played. Normally I'd put a link to a video here, but I don't have one yet. I'll update it when I have one made. [Tuning] Tune all guitars to drop-A tuning: (low to high) A E A D G B e [Intro] 35/16 time (7/4 + 7/16) P.M------ P.M------ P.M------ P.M------ P.M.--- x6 e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|| B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|| G||o-------------------------------------------------------------------------o|| D||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|| A||o-------------------------------------------------------------------------o|| E||----------------------------------------------------------2h3p2p0----------|| A||--3p2-2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2-2---------5-3-2-0--|| Pause for one bar P.M------ P.M------ P.M------ P.M------ P.M.--- x2 e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|| B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|| G||o-------------------------------------------------------------------------o|| D||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|| A||o-------------------------------------------------------------------------o|| E||----------------------------------------------------------2h3p2p0----------|| A||--3p2-2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2-2---------5-3-2-0--|| P.M------ P.M------ P.M------ P.M------ P.M.--- e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--/13-----13\--------------------------------------------------------------| G|--/16-----16\--------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------2h3p2p0----------| A|----------------3p2-2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2-2---------5-3-2-0--| P.M------ P.M------ P.M------ P.M------ P.M.--- e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------2h3p2p0----------| A|--3p2-2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2-2---------5-3-2-0--| [Pre-verse] 14/16 time (7/8, grouped into 2 groups of 7) Ragnar e||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| B||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| G||o-11-11-11-11-11----12-12-12-12-12----|--11-11-11-11-11----12-12-12-12-12----| D||--9--9--9--9--9-----9--9--9--9--9-----|--9--9--9--9--9-----9--9--9--9--9-----| A||o-7--7--7--7--7-----7--7--7--7--7-----|--7--7--7--7--7-----7--7--7--7--7-----| E||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| A||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| x6 e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|| B|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|| G|--------------------9--9--9--9--9-----|--9--9--9--9--9-----11-11-11-11-11---o|| D|--12-12-12-12-12----x--x--x--x--x-----|--x--x--x--x--x-----x--x--x--x--x-----|| A|--10-10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10-10----|--10-10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10-10---o|| E|--8--8--8--8--8-----8--8--8--8--8-----|--8--8--8--8--8-----8--8--8--8--8-----|| A|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|| Then Daniel joins in after two repeats with: e||----------------------------|----------------------------| B||----------------------------|----------------------------| G||o-9-9-9-9-9----7-7-7-7-7----|---------------7-7-7-7-7----| D||--x-x-x-x-x----x-x-x-x-x----|--9-9-9-9-9----x-x-x-x-x----| A||o-7-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-7----|--7-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-7----| E||----------------------------|----------------------------| A||----------------------------|----------------------------| x4 e|----------------------------|----------------------------|| B|----------------------------|----------------------------|| G|--9-9-9-9-9----7-7-7-7-7----|--9-9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9-11--o|| D|--x-x-x-x-x----x-x-x-x-x----|--x-x-x-x-x----x-x-x-x-x----|| A|--7-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-7----|--7-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-9---o|| E|----------------------------|----------------------------|| A|----------------------------|----------------------------|| [Verse] [Ragnar](clean) e||-------------------------------|-------------------------------| B||--------------------3-----3----|--------------------3-----3----| G||o---4-----4--------------------|----4-----4--------------------| D||-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A||o-2-----2---------2-----2------|--2-----2---------2-----2------| E||-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A||-------------------------------|-------------------------------| x4 e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|| B|----3-----3---------1-----1----|----3-----3---------1-----1----|| G|-------------------------------|------------------------------o|| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|| A|--1-----1---------1-----1------|--1-----1---------1-----1-----o|| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|| A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|| [Daniel](enters 3rd repeat) w/slide e||-------------------------------|-------------------------------| B||-------------------------------|-------------------------------| G||o-----16---------19------19----|------16---------19------19----| D||--/16--------/19-----/19-------|--/16--------/19-----/19-------| A||o------------------------------|-------------------------------| E||-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A||-------------------------------|-------------------------------| x2 e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|| B|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|| G|------15---------17------17----|------15---------17------17---o|| D|--/15--------/17-----/17-------|--/15--------/17-----/17-------|| A|-------------------------------|------------------------------o|| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|| A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|| [Chorus] Both guitars e||--------------------------|--------------------------| B||--------------------------|--------------------------| G||o-------------------------|--------------------------| D||--9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9---|--9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9---| A||o-9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9---|--9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9---| E||--7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---|--7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---| A||--------------------------|--------------------------| e|--------------------------|--------------------------| B|--------------------------|--------------------------| G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---| A|--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---| E|--3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---|--3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---| A|--------------------------|--------------------------| e|--------------------------|--------------------------| B|--------------------------|--------------------------| G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--------------------------|--------------------------| A|--7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---|--7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---| E|--7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---|--7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---| A|--7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---|--7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---| x2 e|--------------------------|--------------------------|| B|--------------------------|--------------------------|| G|--------------------------|-------------------------o|| D|--------------------------|--------------------------|| A|--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---|--9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9--o|| E|--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---|--9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9---|| A|--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---|--9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9---|| [Pre-verse] Ragnar e||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| B||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| G||o-11-11-11-11-11----12-12-12-12-12----|--11-11-11-11-11----12-12-12-12-12----| D||--9--9--9--9--9-----9--9--9--9--9-----|--9--9--9--9--9-----9--9--9--9--9-----| A||o-7--7--7--7--7-----7--7--7--7--7-----|--7--7--7--7--7-----7--7--7--7--7-----| E||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| A||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| x4 e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|| B|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|| G|--------------------9--9--9--9--9-----|--9--9--9--9--9-----11-11-11-11-11---o|| D|--12-12-12-12-12----x--x--x--x--x-----|--x--x--x--x--x-----x--x--x--x--x-----|| A|--10-10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10-10----|--10-10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10-10---o|| E|--8--8--8--8--8-----8--8--8--8--8-----|--8--8--8--8--8-----8--8--8--8--8-----|| A|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|| [Daniel] e||----------------------------|----------------------------| B||----------------------------|----------------------------| G||o-9-9-9-9-9----7-7-7-7-7----|---------------7-7-7-7-7----| D||--x-x-x-x-x----x-x-x-x-x----|--9-9-9-9-9----x-x-x-x-x----| A||o-7-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-7----|--7-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-7----| E||----------------------------|----------------------------| A||----------------------------|----------------------------| x4 e|----------------------------|----------------------------|| B|----------------------------|----------------------------|| G|--9-9-9-9-9----7-7-7-7-7----|--9-9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9-11--o|| D|--x-x-x-x-x----x-x-x-x-x----|--x-x-x-x-x----x-x-x-x-x----|| A|--7-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-7----|--7-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-9---o|| E|----------------------------|----------------------------|| A|----------------------------|----------------------------|| [Verse] Ragnar omit first measure on first repeat e||-------------------------------|-------------------------------| B||--------------------3-----3----|--------------------3-----3----| G||o---4-----4--------------------|----4-----4--------------------| D||-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A||o-2-----2---------2-----2------|--2-----2---------2-----2------| E||-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A||-------------------------------|-------------------------------| x4 e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|| B|----3-----3---------1-----1----|----3-----3---------1-----1----|| G|-------------------------------|------------------------------o|| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|| A|--1-----1---------1-----1------|--1-----1---------1-----1-----o|| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|| A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|| Daniel (enters right away this verse) w/slide play softly first two times, then louder last two times e||-------------------------------|-------------------------------| B||-------------------------------|-------------------------------| G||o-----16---------19------19----|------16---------19------19----| D||--/16--------/19-----/19-------|--/16--------/19-----/19-------| A||o------------------------------|-------------------------------| E||-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A||-------------------------------|-------------------------------| x4 e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|| B|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|| G|------15---------17------17----|------15---------17------17---o|| D|--/15--------/17-----/17-------|--/15--------/17-----/17-------|| A|-------------------------------|------------------------------o|| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|| A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|| [Chorus] Both guitars e||--------------------------|--------------------------| B||--------------------------|--------------------------| G||o-------------------------|--------------------------| D||--9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9---|--9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9---| A||o-9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9---|--9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9---| E||--7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---|--7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---| A||--------------------------|--------------------------| e|--------------------------|--------------------------| B|--------------------------|--------------------------| G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---| A|--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---| E|--3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---|--3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---| A|--------------------------|--------------------------| e|--------------------------|--------------------------| B|--------------------------|--------------------------| G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--------------------------|--------------------------| A|--7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---|--7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---| E|--7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---|--7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---| A|--7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---|--7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---| x2 e|--------------------------|--------------------------|| B|--------------------------|--------------------------|| G|--------------------------|-------------------------o|| D|--------------------------|--------------------------|| A|--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---|--9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9--o|| E|--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---|--9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9---|| A|--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---|--9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9---|| [Pause for keyboard/vocal bridge] 4/4 time. [Oboe melody leading to instrumental] oboe arr. for gtr. e|--7~~~-5~~~----------------------------7~~~-5~~~--------------5~~~-----9~~~--| B|------------7~~~-5~~~-5-7---5~~~~~~~~-----------7~~~-5~~~--------------------| G|--------------------------4-------------------------------6-7------6-7-------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| [Guitar "solo"] 35/16 time (7/4 + 7/16) x4 e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| B||13r12-12-12-12-12-12-13r12-12-12-12-12-12-13r12-12-12-12-12-12-13r12-12-12-12-12-12-13r12-12-12-12-12-12-|| G||o-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------o|| D||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| A||o-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------o|| E||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| A||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| P.M------ P.M------ P.M------ P.M------ P.M.--- e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------2h3p2p0----------| A|--3p2-2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2-2---------5-3-2-0--| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--13r12-12-12-12-12-12-13r12-12-12-12-12-12-13r12-12-12-12-12-12-13r12-12-12-12-12-12------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2h3p2p0----------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-3-2-0--| P.M------ P.M------ P.M------ P.M------ P.M.--- e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------2h3p2p0----------| A|--3p2-2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2-2---------5-3-2-0--| e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-13r12-12-12-12-12-12-13r12-12-12-12-12-12-13r12-12-12-12-12-12-13r12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-14r13-13-13-13-13-13-14r13-13-13-13-13-13-14r13-13-13-13-13-13-14r13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-13r12-12-12-12-12-12-13r12-12-12-12-12-12-13r12-12-12-12-12-12-13r12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-12r11-11-11-11-11-11-12r11-11-11-11-11-11-12r11-11-11-11-11-11-12r11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-14r13-13-13-13-13-13-14r13-13-13-13-13-13-14r13-13-13-13-13-13-14r13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 21/16 time (7/8 + 7/16) e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-15r14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-14r13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-15r14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-14r13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| [Pause for keyboard/vocal bridge] 4/4 time [Outro] Ragnar (in live videos he plays this differently each time, sometimes using just the D string, sometimes playing entirely in the second position) e||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G||o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D||---------------7--9----------------10--9-----------------7--9-----------------7---9b10r9--| A||o------/7--10---------------7--10-----------------7--10--------------9--10----------------| E||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| (when Daniel enters on the heavy part, it's actually during this line on the 3rd repeat) x5 e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| G|------------------------------------7--------------9--7----------------------------------o|| D|---------------7--9--------------------9-----------------7--9-----------10--9p7bbbbbb8----|| A|-------/7--10---------------7--10--------------------------------------------------------o|| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Daniel x2 e||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| B||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| G||o--------------------------------------------------------------------------o|| D||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| A||o-7--------3--------0--------10----8----7--------3--------5--------2-------o|| E||--7--------3--------0--------10----8----7--------3--------5--------2--------|| A||--7--------3--------0--------10----8----7--------3--------5--------2--------|| e|----------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|--7--------3--------0--------10----8----| E|--7--------3--------0--------10----8----| A|--7--------3--------0--------10----8----| [Legend] ************************** | P.M. = Palm mute | / = slide | ~ = vibrato | | || | |o o|| | | || = repeat sign (repeat everything between these lines. repeat more if specified above last line) | |o o|| | | || | 13r12 = pre-bend 12th fret to pitch of 13th and then release | 7bbb8 = slow bend *************************