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THIS SONG WAS WITTEN AND RECORDED ENTIRELY BY SHADOWS FALL. BAND: SHADOWS FALL SONG: GHOSTS OF PAST FAILURES ALBUM: THE WAR WITHIN NUMBER: 8 TUNING: DROP C (CGCFAD) TABBED BY: MATT FREE EMAIL: MATTFREE5@YAHOO.COM PLEASE RATE THIS TAB!!! I'VE WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THIS SONG SINCE IT WAS RELEASED. BUT EVERY TAB I FOUND ON THE INTERNET WAS WAY OFF AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PUBLISHED TAB BOOK ON IT YET, SO I DECIDED TO LEARN IT BY EAR. I THINK EVERY METAL GUITARIST SHOULD KNOW THIS ONE. IT'S SUCH AN AWESOME SONG. THIS TAB SHOULD BE 100% CORRECT. PLEASE SEND FEEDBACK! 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PT.1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --2-----------------5------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --2-----------------5-------5----------------------------------------------------------------------- --0-----------------3-------5---------2-----3---3-2---2-----3---5-3---2-----3---3-2---2-----3---5-3- ----------------------------5-------3---3-3---3-----3---3-3---3-----3---3-3---3-----3---3-3---3----- m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --2-----------------5------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --2-----------------5-------5----------------------------------------------------------------------- --0-----------------3-------5---------2-----3---3-2---2-----3---5-3---2-----3---3-2---2-----3---5--- ----------------------------5-------3---3-3---3-----3---3-3---3-----3---3-3---3-----3---3-3---3----- m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m RIFF 5 (VERSE - PT.2) --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- --2---------------0-------------------------------------------------- PLAY FOUR --------------- --2---------------------3---2h3p2p0-3-------------------------------- TIMES AND THEN -3--5--5--3--5- --0---0-3-0-2h3-0---0-0---0---------3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-- -3--5--3--3--5- ------------------------------------3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-- -3--5--5--3--5- m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m RIFF 6 (INTERLUDE) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------9-----------------9---10--------------9------------9--------9--- ------9-----9-10-------10--------10------9-10-----9-10-------9-10-----9- ----7----------------8----------------10-----------------8--------7----- --7----------------7---------------------------------------------------- RIFF 7 (RYTHEM FOR SOLO - PT.1) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------7---------7-7---10---------10---------10---------10----10-------------- ----------7---------7-7---10---------10---------10---------10----10-------------- --777777777-----7-7-7-7---10---10-10-10---10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-------------- mmmmmmmm m m m m m m m m m --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------5---------5-5---3-------3-------2-------2------------------------------ ----------5---------5-5---3-------3-------2-------2------------------------------ --555555555-----5-5-5-5---3---3-3-3---2-2-2---2-2-2------------------------------ mmmmmmmm m m m m m m m m RIFF 8 (RYTHEM FOR SOLO - PT.2) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --10---------------------------------------------8------------------------------- --10------------------------11-------10----11----8------------------------------- --10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10----10-10----10----10-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8- m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m GUITAR SOLO THIS SOLO WAS RATHER HARD TO TAB OUT, BUT I'M CONFIDENT IT'S CORRECT. ONCE YOU LEARN IT, IT'S REALLY FUN TO PLAY 1 ^ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --12b~-----10h12p10/9h10h12p10p9------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------12p10p9h10/12---14---14-12-10---9-10---9-10-9-------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-10~- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------10-12-10-12-10~-----| 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--------------------------14-15-17-17--------------------------------------------------------------- --16-17-19-19-16-17-19-19--------------------------------------------------------------------------- KILLER SOLO! SONG LAYOUT: RIFF 1 (INTRO) RIFF 2 (CHORUS) RIFF 3 (PRE-VERSE) RIFF 4 (VERSE - PT.1) RIFF 5 (VERSE - PT.2) RIFF 2 (CHORUS) TWICE RIFF 4 (VERSE - PT.1) RIFF 5 (VERSE - PT.2) RIFF 2 (CHORUS) TWICE RIFF 6 (INTERLUDE) TWICE RIFF 7 AND 8 OVER GUITAR SOLO RIFF 1 (BRIDGE) RIFF 2 (CHORUS) 3 TIMES