This is "The Path to Decay" from Sirenia's album "The 13th Floor".
It's tuned a step and a half down from standard with the sixth string tuned down an
step to make it drop B. So from low to high it's B F# B E G# C#.
x = left hand mute
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
/ = slide up
= slide down
b = bend up or down (specified in the tab)
* = staccato (play the note short)
PM = palm mute
~ = vibrato
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*|| = repeat (go back to ||* )
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INTRO
C#|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B |----------2-0-2--2-5-----------|-----------2-0-2--2-5------------|
F#|----------2-0-2--2-5-----------|-----------2-0-2--2-5------------|
B |----------2-0-2--2-5-----------|-----------2-0-2--2-5------------|
* *
C#|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
E |-------------------------------|---------------------------|
B |-2-0-2--2--2-0-2-5-2--2--2-0-X-|--7---7--7-7---5---5--5-5--|
F#|-2-0-2--2--2-0-2-5-2--2--2-0-X-|--7---7--7-7---5---5--5-5--|
B |-2-0-2--2--2-0-2-5-2--2--2-0-X-|--7---7--7-7---5---5--5-5--|
* *
C#|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
E |-------------------------------|---------------------------|
B |-2-0-2--2--2-0-2-5-2--2--2-0-X-|--0---0--0-0---3---3--3-3--|
F#|-2-0-2--2--2-0-2-5-2--2--2-0-X-|--0---0--0-0---3---3--3-3--|
B |-2-0-2--2--2-0-2-5-2--2--2-0-X-|--0---0--0-0---3---3--3-3--|
* *
VERSE 1
1. Life.... brings nothing for the sane...
2.
C#||-------------------------|------------------------|
G#||-------------------------|------------------------|
E ||*------------------------|------------------------|
B ||*-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-3--|-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-0--|
F#||--2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-3--|-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-0--|
B ||--2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-3--|-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-0--|
* PM... PM... * PM... PM...
1. Keep searching the days on the horizon...
2.
C#|------------------------|-----------------------------||
G#|------------------------|-----------------------------||
E |------------------------|----------------------------*||
B |-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-3--|-5---5-5-5-5--3-5-3-5-3-2-3-*||
F#|-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-3--|-5---5-5-5-5--3-5-3-5-3-2-3--||
B |-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-3--|-5---5-5-5-5--3-5-3-5-3-2-3--||
* PM... PM... * PM... PM...........
CHORUS
1.
2.
C#||---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
G#||---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E ||*--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B ||*-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
F#||--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B ||--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
1.
2.
C#|--------------------------|---------------------------------||
G#|--------------------------|---------------------------------||
E |--------------------------|--------------------------------*||
B |-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--0--0-0-0-3-2-0-0-*||
F#|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--0--0-0-0-3-2-0-0--||
B |-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--0--0-0-0-3-2-0-0--||
PM...........
(repeat lines 2 and 3 of the INTRO)
VERSE 2 (guitar plays the same thing from VERSE 1)
1.
2.
(repeat CHORUS)
BRIDGE
C#||--------------------------|------------------------------||
G#||--------------------------|------------------------------||
E ||*-------------------------|-----------------------------*||
B ||*-0--0--7--0-0---0-0-0-1--|-0--0--7--0-0--0-3-0-1-0-3-0-*||
F#||--0--0--5--0-0---0-0-0-1--|-0--0--5--0-0--0-3-0-1-0-3-0--||
B ||--0--0-----0-0---0-0-0-1--|-0--0-----0-0--0-3-0-1-0-3-0--||
PM PM... PM PM...........
GUITAR SOLO
C#|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
G#|----/13-13-12h13p13-10--8--12--10-|--10-10-12-13-15---13-12-13-|
E |----------------------------------|----------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G#|-12h13p12--10--8--12b(13)--10-----|-/17-17-15h17p15-13--12-12h13--15-|
E |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G#|-15-15-13-15-17----10-13-12----|-17p15p13-15p1312-13p1210-12p108-|
E |-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|--------------|
G#|-10p87-8p75-7p53-5/7p5---|-5-4-5-4-2----|
E |----------------------------|--------------|
B |----------------------------|--------------|
F#|----------------------------|--------------|
B |----------------------------|--------------|
PM..... ~
C#|------------------------------------15p14p12----------17p15p14----------|
G#|--------------------------12h13h15-----------15p13p12----------17p15p13-|
E |---------9h11h12-11h12h14-----------------------------------------------|
B |-9h10h12----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------|
G#|-17-------|
E |----------|
B |----------|
F#|----------|
B |----------|
~
FINAL CHORUS
(for the first half, play the CHORUS as it is)
C#|-----------|
G#|-----------|
E |-----------| let it ring after you play the CHORUS as it's written
B |-0---------| above
F#|-0---------|
B |-0---------|
C#|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B |-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-8--8-8-8-8-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
F#|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-8--8-8-8-8-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
B |-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-8--8-8-8-8-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
C#|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B |-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-8--8-8-8-8-3--3--3-3-3-6-5-3-3-|
F#|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-8--8-8-8-8-3--3--3-3-3-6-5-3-3-|
B |-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-8--8-8-8-8-3--3--3-3-3-6-5-3-3-|
PM...........
(repeat the first 3 lines of the FINAL CHORUS)
C#|------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------|
E |------------------------------|
B |-5--3--1--0--10---------------|
F#|-5--3--1--0--10---------------|
B |-5--3--1--0--10---------------|
let ring.....
So that's it. The guitar solo has a second guitar playing a harmony in a few parts. I'll
the second guitar out later. The solo is based on a C# natural minor scale (C# D E F#
A B C#) so if you want to figure it out on your own go right ahead.
If you have any questions, comments, or suggenstions please send me a PM or email
me at vanguard456@msn.com.
