Band: Shadows Fall
Album: The Art Of Balance
Song:  Thoughts Without Words

Transcribed By: Shaun Secaur


.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        <> - Trill

Guitarists=Jonathan Donais, Matthew Bachand
Tuning-Drop C (Low To High) C,G,C,F,A,D

Intro Riff
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------432-77----432-77-------One-Guitar--------|
|---320210-55-320210-55--2222222222222222-------|
|---320-------320--------2222222222222222-------|
    ...       ...        ................

Riff 1
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------ph------------------------|
|-----------------------------------h--h--3~~----------------------|
|------432-77-------------432-77---56-35----------432-77-----------|
|---320210-55---5--565-320210-55---------------320210-55---5--565--|
|---320-------00-00----320-------00------------320-------00-00-----|
    ...       .. ..    ...       ..            ...       .. ..
                        |-----------------------|
                        |-----------------------|
                        |-----------------------|Gtr.
                        |------------h--h-3-----| 2
                        |-----------56-35-------|
                        |---------00------------|


Riff 2
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|----7--8--5--2--33-------------------------|
|----5--5--3--0--11-------------------------|
|--00-00-00-00-00---------------------------|
   .. .. .. .. ..
Repeat Riff 1 and 2 then,
Riff 3
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--------77-5/8--5/7------------------------|
|--5-1-0-55-3/6--3/5-----|Triplets|---------|
|--5-1-0--------------000-666-666-666333----|
                      ... ... ... ......

|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------hp----hp---hp--hp-----------|
|---------------101210-9109-797-575-75--------|
|---77-5/8--5/7-----------------------875-----|
|---55-3/6--3/5--------------------------878--|
|---------------------------------------------|

Chorus Riff(s)
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|Gtr.
|-----------------------------------------1210-108-|1
|-----87--5-57--35--23----10121312--1012----------|
|--00087-05057-035-023-000--------00----0----0----|
   ...    . .   .   .   ...        ..    .    .

		       |---------------------------|
		       |---------------------------|
		       |---------------------------|Gtr.
		       |-------------87-75---------|2
		       |---78108--78---------------|
		       |000-----00--0--0-----------|
			...     ..  .  .

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------3-------|
|-----87--5-57--35--23-1--1-3--|
|--00087-05057-035-023----1-3--|


Repeat Riffs 1,2, and 3
Fill (1:50)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-------ph---------------------|
|-3----(3~)-------Let ring-----|
|-1-1-31--1-31-0---------------|
|---1-----1----0---------------|


Bridge
Part A
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|Gtr.
|----hp3--p-------------------------------| 1
|---353--53--5-----3/5555/6666333-3530---|
|--0-------56-6530-3/5555/6666333-3530---|
                      ..   ..   ..
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|Gtr.
|-----------------------------------------| 2
|--0--(let ring)-------------------3530---|
|--0-------------------------------3530---|
Part B
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|Gtr.
|----hp3--p------------------------5/7----| 1
|---353--53--5-----3/5555/6666333-3/5----|
|--0-------56-6530-3/5555/6666333--------|
                      ..   ..   ..
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|Gtr.
|----------------------------------5/7----| 2
|--0--(let ring)-------------------3/5----|
|--0--------------------------------------|

Then Both guitars play both parts together

(Under Solo)
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--0---------------3/5555/6666333----|
|--0-0000000000000-3/5555/6666333----|
     .............    ..   ..   ..

Then
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|----hp3--p-----------------------------------------------|
|---353--53--5-----3/5555/6666333-3530-------------------|
|--0-------56-6530-3/5555/6666333-3530-0000000000000000--|
                      ..   ..   ..      ................

Under Second Solo
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|------432-77----------|x7
|---320210-55---5--565-|
|---320-------00-00----|

Then
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----7--8--5-----------|
|----5--5--3--7--88----|
|--00-00-00-0070088----|

Riff 3
Chorus
Solo                                                 h p
|-----------------------------------h-p--13fb-15fb-131513---|
|-----13------------p--p-----13fb-101310-----------------15-|
|--12hb-^121212rb-109109------------------------------------|
|------------------------1212-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------17202017------------------17202017-------20fb20fb|
|--------181820--------202018------181820--------202018---------|
|--171719--------------------171719-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------|
|--15---13-------p--------------hp------------|
|----12fb-12rb-1210--p----ph--7575-5-h--------|
|------------------121012(12)-----7-57-53-----|
|----------------------------------------55---|
|---------------------------------------------|

With Part A of Bridge Riff
|-------ph---------------------------------|
|-----h-6-p--------------------------------|
|---757--75-h5-----------------------------|
|----------56-653-3/5555/6666333-3530-----|
|--------------------..---..---..----------|
|------------------------------------------|
                          *
|-------------------------15-t1915t19t1913t1913t1912t1912t1910t1910-|
|--17fb-17fb-17fb-17fb-17fb-----------------------------------------|
|----^^**ABSURD bar-like bends^^------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

*=tap with edge of pick
**=Sounds like bar, but Jonathan uses a guitar without one,I believe,
 so bend like crazy.

|--10hb-8----------hp-----hp-hp-hp-hp-------------------------|
|--------------hp-575-hp-686696686696-10hb-13fb-10hb-13fb-----|
|----------hp-575----575--------------------------------------|
|---------585-------------------------------------------12~~--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

|--20fb^20^20^20rb-17-18-18fb-18-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------19-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------1920~~-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

(Really Not Sure About These Next two bars....)
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------182022-|
|--------------------------------------171921171921-------|
|--------------1719201917--------171920-------------------|
|--171920171920----------201917---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|-------182022222018----------------------------------|
|-182022------------222018201817----------------------|
|-------------------------------1917------------------|
|-----------------------------------201917--171920~~--|
|-----------------------------------------20----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

Then Play Riff 3 and Chorus

Ending
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------5------------------3-2-----------------|
|--0----------00--0330----------0-5-1-1-0-3---------------|
|--0--0000000000--0-30-00000000-0-5-1-----3---------------|
      ........    . .   ........

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------5------------------3-2---------5-3-2---|
|--0----------00--0330----------0-5-1-1-0-3-0-5-1-3-1-0---|
|--0--0000000000--0-30-00000000-0-5-1-----3-0-5-1---------|

I know this isn't fully my tab, but this site didn't have this song by Shadows Fall on the site, so i found another tabbers version and fixed it up a little, except for the solo, which me and my friend tried to get right, but not quite there yet, so feel free to use it and update it with corrections if you want.  I still give the originator of the tab, Shaun Secaur, 100% credit for taking the time to tab this great song out, and i just wanted to spread it so have fun playing this song and PLAY HARD