Band: Trivium
Song: Shattering The Skies Above
Album: From the God Of War 3 sound track "Blood & Metal"
This song is played on a 6 string guitar in drop D tuning
(D,A,D,G,B,E) high to low
Comments and suggestions at greatly appreciated.
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#UPDATE#
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29/09/13: Full revamp and revision of the entire tab.
Please check it out, a lot has been corrected.
Bend up: BU(?)
Bend return: (?)
Pre bend: PB
Hammer on: h
Pull off: p
Vibrato: ~
Tremelo pick: TR
Triplets: _3_
Slide up: /
Pinch harmonic: PH
Whammy bar pitch lowered: WBL
Palm mute: PM
______________________________________________________________________________
Intro/verse 1
Guitar 1
PM---
|---------------------|-1st,2nd&3rd-----|
|---------------------|-------ending----|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|--------------3--|
|-4BU(5)-------4BU(5)-|--------5--------|
|--------0-0-0--------|--0-3-7---0-3----|
PM---
|---------------------|--4th-ending---------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|--------5h7p5--------|
|-4BU(5)-------4BU(5)-|--------------8-7----|
|--------0-0-0--------|--0-3-7--------------|
Verse 1 harmony
guitar 2
PM---
|---------------------|-1st,2nd&3rd----|
|---------------------|------ending----|
|---------------------|----------------|
|---------------------|--------------7-|
|-7BU(8)-------7BU(8)-|--------8-------|
|--------0-0-0--------|-0-7-11---0-7---|
PM---
|---------------------|-4th-ending---------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|-------8h10p8-------|
|-7BU(8)-------7BU(8)-|--------------12-10-|
|--------0-0-0--------|-0-7-11-------------|
______________________________________________________________________________
Verse 2
Guitar 1
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-4BU(5)---------4BU(5)-----------------|
|----------0-0-0----------0-0-0-0-0---0-|
Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-4BU(5)---------4BU(5)-----------------|
|----------0-0-0----------0---0---0---0-|
Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-4BU(5)---------4BU(5)-----------------|
|----------0-0-0----------0-0-0-0-0---0-|
Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------5h7p-5-------|
|-4BU(5)---------4BU(5)--------------------8--7-|
|----------0-0-0----------0-3--7-0--------------|
Guitar 2
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-----------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----------8h10p8-------|
|-----------------------------------------12-10-|
|-------------------------0-7-10-0--------------|
______________________________________________________________________________
Verse 3
Guitar 1
PM- PM- PM- PM-
|-------------------------|-1st,2nd&3rd-|
|-------------------------|------ending-|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------5-----|
|-5-----8-----5-----8-----|-7-----------|
|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|---8-5-------|
PM- PM-
|------------------|-4th-ending----------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|-5h7p5---------------------|
|--5-----8-----5---|-------8-7--5h7p5----------|
|----0-0---0-0---0-|------------------8-7------|
Verse 3
Guitar 2 harmony
PM- PM- PM- PM-
|---------------------------|-1st,2nd&3rd--|
|---------------------------|------ending--|
|---------------------------|--------------|
|---------------------------|---------8----|
|-8-----12-----8-----12-----|-10-----------|
|---0-0----0-0---0-0----0-0-|----12-8------|
PM- PM-
|------------------|-4th-ending-----------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------|-8h10p8---------------------|
|-8-----12-----8---|--------12-10--8h10p8-------|
|---0-0----0-0---0-|----------------------12-10-|
______________________________________________________________________________
Chorus
Guitar 2
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|-12~--14~--10~~~--|-/14-12~--14~--9~---7~-|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|-10~--12~---8~~~--|-/12-10~--12~--7~---5~-|
|------------------|-----------------------|
PM- PM- PM- PM- PM PM
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-----6-----9-----7-----6---7---|-10~~---12~~---14~~~~~~~-|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-----4-----7-----5-----4---5---|--8~~---10~~---12~~~~~~~-|
|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-|-------------------------|
Guitar 1
PM- PM---
||----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o|
||----------------------------------||
||--2-----3-------------------------||
||o-1-----1-----0-----0-----0-------o|
||--------------0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-2-2-2-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-3-3-|-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
______________________________________________________________________________
Verse 2 variation
(Guitar 2 plays the same lead from verse 2 whilst guitar 1 plays
Guitar 1
|----------------------| |---------------------------|
|----------------------| |---------------------------|
|----------------------| |---------------------------|
|----------------------| x 3 |-----------------5h7p5-----|
|-0--------------------| |-----------------------8-7-|
|-0-----------00000000-| |-0-------0-3-7-0-----------|
______________________________________________________________________________
Solo 1 CKB
Guitar 2
TR-------- ___3___ ___3___ ___3___ ___3___
|-22----------22-20-18-20-18-17-18-17----17-------17~~~-|
|-------------------------------------20----20-18-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
TR--- ___3___
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-18----18-17-15-17----17-|--15-14--------|
|-------------------------|--------15-14--|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--/WBL10----WBL10-p-9-p7-WBL9-p-7-6------|
|------------------------------------7~~~-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------15PH-WBL-|
|-----6-9----------9-12------------12-15----------|
|---------5-8-----------8-11----------------------|
|-4-7---------7-10-----------10-13----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
______________________________________________________________________________
Verse 4
Guitar 1
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5555--5555--5555--5555--5555-5555--4444--4444--4444--0000--8888-7777-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Both guitars
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5555--5555--5555--5555--5555-5555--4444--4444--4444--0000--8888-7777-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------4444--4444--4444--0000------------|
|-0000--0000--0000--0000--0000-0000--------------------------3333-2222-|
|
|Guitar 2
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3333--3333--3333--3333--7777-5555--2222--3333--5555--0000--3333-2222-|
______________________________________________________________________________
Solo 2 CKB
Guitar 2
|-10----------------------10-12-13~~---12h13p12-12----------|
|-13BU(15)-13BU(15)~~~-----------------------------13-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------12\10-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-12/14----15---14-12------12-10----10\9-10/12-12~-|-14~~~--15p14p12-14~-|
|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------13---------12----------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
The notes on the E are the harmony
|-------WBL15p14p12-WBL14p12p10--14BU(15)(14)-10\8/10-10~----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------/10-10~~-|
|-12\10-WBL12p10p-9-WBL10p-9p-7---9BU(10)-(9)--7\5/-7--7~----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------/-7--7~~-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Solo 3 MKH
Guitar 1
All of these note are triplets
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------7-8-10-7-8-10----------------|
|-----------------7-8-10-7-8-10---------------7-8-10-7-8-10--|
|-8-10-12-8-10-12--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|---------------7-9-10-7-9-10----|
|-7-8-10-7-8-10------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----------------9-10-12-9-10-12-|
|-8-10-12-8-10-12-----------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------11-13-15-11-13-15----|
|-------------------10-12-14-10-12-14----------------------|
|-10-12-14-10-12-14----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------12-13-15-12-13-15-|
|-------------------11-13-15-11-13-15-------------------|
|-10-12-14-10-12-14-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-13-12-13-15-13~~-|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------13PH-BU(15)~~~-|
|------------------|-----10-12-12BU(14)-12-10----------------|
|------------------|-/12-------------------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
|harmony
|-17-15-17-18-17~~-|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
Each bend except the last is picked once but after the note
is picked the bend then goes up, then down and then up again
|-10----------------12----------------13----------------|
|-13BU(15)(13)(15)--15BU(17)(15)(17)--16BU(18)(16)(18)--|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-15----------------17----------------20~-20BU(22)~~--|
|-18BU(20)(18)(20)--20BU(22)(20)(22)------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Verse 5
Guitar 1
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-----9-----10------14-12-14-15--|--7----------------------|
|---x24---x8-----x24---------------|----x16--10----7-----0~--|
|-5-----7-----8-------12-10-12-13--|--5---------x8---x8--0~--|
|----------------------------------|---------10----7-----0~--|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-7~-9~-10~-14-12-14-15-|--7-------------|
|-x--x---x---x--x--x--x-|--x--10--7------|
|-5~-7~--8~-12-10-12-13-|--5---x--x------|
|-----------------------|-----10--7------|
Guitar 2
Harmony
E||--------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------|
G||-3-----5-----7------10-9-10-12--|
D||---x24---x8-----x24--x-x--x--x--|
A||-1-----3-----5-------8-7--8-10--|
D||--------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------------------------|
G||-----------------3~-5~-7~--10-9-10-12----------------|
D||--8--7--3---0~---x--x--x----x-x--x--x---8--7--3------|
A||--8--7--3---0~---1~-3~-5~---8-7--8-10---8--7--3------|
D||--8--7--3---0~--------------------------8--7--3------|
verse 6
both guitars
E||---------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
G||---------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
D||-2---3-3---3-----------2--3-3---3------------|---------------------------|
A||-1---1-1---1-0----0----1--1-1---1-0----0-----|-----------------000444777-|
D||-------------0-0000000------------0-0000000--|-3332225553332233----------|
Order of song:
Intro/Verse 1
Verse 2
Verse 3
Chorus
Verse 1
Verse 2
Solo 1 CKB
Verse 3
Chorus
Verse 4
Solo 2 CKB
Solo 3 MKH
Verse 5
Verse 3
Chorus
Verse 6
Verse 3
Thats all ,enjoy :)
