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If These Scars Could Speak
Zao
CD: Liberate te ex infernis
C1999 Tooth&Nail Records
Tab by Steve Cruickshank
(postlambjam@hotmail.com)

Guitars are in drop-C tuning, which is down a whole step and the 
low string dropped another full step


Acoustic intro (x4)
d---0----------0----------1--1-1-1---0--0-0-0-----------------------
A---3--3-3-3---3--3-3-3---3--3-3-3---3--3-3-3-----------------------
F---2--2-2-2---3--3-3-3---2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2-----------------------
C---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0----------0------------------------------
G---0----------0----------0----------0------------------------------
C---0----------0----------0----------0------------------------------


Electric riff 1:                           |  Palm-mute here
d------------------------------------------|---------------------
A------------------------------------------|---------------------
F---10--9--10--9-------10--9--10--9--------|---------------------
C---0---0--0---0--0----0---0--0---0--0-----|----0-0-0-0----------
G---0-------------0----0-------------0-----|----0-0-0-0----------
C---0-------------0----0-------------0-----|----0-0-0-0----------

Come out of your stare
Touch the ground, with your prayers


[Acoustic intro x2] Breathe out the lies, breathe

[Electric riff 1 again]


Electric riff 2:
d----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
F----------------------------------------------------------------
C---------------------------0-------------------------0----------
G-----7b8r7-7b8r7---6/7--4--0---7b8r7-7b8r7---6/7--4--0----------
C---0---------------4/5--4--0-----------------4/5--4--0----------

His words were sharpened hooks beneath your skin
You left them in
As he shone into the eyes around him



Electric riff 3: palm-muted
d----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
F----------------------------------------------------------------
C---00000000---0-0----0--0-0-------------------------------------
G---00000000---0-0----0--0-0-------------------------------------
C---00000000---0-0----0--0-0-------------------------------------



2nd acoustic part:        | Electric part over acoustic:
d-------------------------|----14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~14~~~~~~~~~-------
A---0----0----0-----------|--------13~~~~~~~~~~~~~~13~~~~~~~-----
F---2----2----2-----------|--------------------------------------
C---0----0----0----0------|--------------------------------------
G---0----0----0----2--0---|--------------------------------------
C---0----0----0-------2---|--------------------------------------

Cradled by a cold floor
Isolation reveals its true motivation
Her pedals are slowly torn away



Electric riff 4:
d----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
F--------------------9~~------------9~~------------9~~-----------
C---2---1---0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0----------------
G---2---1---0-0-0-0--7~~---0-0-0-0--7~~---0-0-0-0--7~~-----------
C---2---1---0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0----------------

Scarlet adorns the snow
Scarlet


Electric riff 5 (really fast and palm-mute. Im not sure if its 
right, it might be all on one string sliding down, but it sounds
like each note is picked)
d----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
F--7-5-4--------7-5-4---------8-6-5--------8-6-5-----------------
C--------7-5-4--------7-5-4---------8-6-5--------8-6-5-----------
G----------------------------------------------------------------
C----------------------------------------------------------------

d----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
F--7-5-4----------4/7--4p2-0--------7\0--7\0---------------------
C--------7-5-4----0----0------5-4---0----0----etc-(gets jumbled)-
G----------------------------------------------------------------
C----------------------------------------------------------------

SCARLET

Electric riff 6:
d----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
F----------------------------------------------------------------
C---3-3-3--x-x-x--3-3-3--x-x-x-----------------------------------
G---0-0-0--x-x-x--0-0-0--x-x-x-----------------------------------
C---0-0-0--x-x-x--0-0-0--x-x-x-----------------------------------


End with electric riff 5, then low C (0002xx)

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