Swallow The Sun - Weight Of The Dead (First Version)
 Swallow The Sun - Weight Of The Dead First Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) Swallow The Sun. Other chords and tabs for the "Weight Of The Dead" can find at the bottom of the page. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Tuning: Drop C
Intro, part 1:
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---2----------8-----2----------8-------------------------------------------|
G|---2----2-2-2-8-----2----2-2-2-8-------------------------------------------|
C|---2----2-2-2-8-----2----2-2-2-8----/13-13-13-13-13-13-15-15-15-15-15-15---| (x 2)
PM . . . . . .
Intro, part 2:
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------|
G|---------------1-------------------|
C|---2-----4------------3----3-4-3---| (x 4)
(x 9) (x 3) (x 12) (x 9)
Intro, part 3 (this is where the high-pitched keyboard enters):
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---2---------2---------8---------8---------8---------8-----------|
G|---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-8---8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8---8-8-8---|
C|---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-8---8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8---8-8-8---|
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---2---------2---------8---------8---------8-----------------------------------------|
G|---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-8---8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-----------------------------------------|
C|---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-8---8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8---13-13-13-13-13-13-15-15-15-15-15-15---|
PM . . . . . . . . . . . .
After part 3, play part 2 again two times.
Verse (clean sound):
D|-----------------|
A|---3-------------|
F|-------2--3--2---|
C|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
C|-----------------| (repeated MANY times)
Verse (distorted guitar):
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|---0---------------5-------3---2---|
G|---0---------------5---------------|
C|---0-----3---2--3--5---------------| (x 4)
Keyboard melody transitioned to guitar:
D|--------------------17---------------|
A|---17-----18---20----------17---18---|
F|-------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------| (x 2)
Then play verse (distorted guitar) again 4 times and enter bridge.
Bridge:
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------7--7--5--5-----------5-------------------7------------------------------|
G|---5---------------8--7--8--------8---7--8--8-------5---5h7-8--8p7-7--7h8--7---|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| (x 3)
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------7--7--5--5-----------5-------------------7------------------1---1---|
G|---5---------------8--7--8--------8---7--8--8-------5---5h7-8--8p7-1---1---|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------1---1---|
Interlude (repeats this palm-muted power chord several times):
D|-------|
A|-------|
F|-------|
C|-------|
G|---0---|
C|---0---|
PM .
Keyboard melody transitioned to guitar (repeated MANY times):
D|-------17--15--13-------15--13--12---|
A|---15---------------15---------------|
F|-------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------|
Interlude background melody:
("There was so much in me that I trusted but so little I knew...")
NOTE: Tremolo picking, listen to the song for the rhytm.
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
F|---14---12-14-15-14-12----14------------12--------------|
C|-----------------------------15---14-15----15-14---15---|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------| (x 3)
Outro:
(the C5 power chord is actually played on another guitar,
but you can play the whole thing with one, although it doesn't
sound the same since the 2 guitars have a different sound)
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------|
C|---------3--3--2--2----5--5--2--2---|
G|---(0)------------------------------|
C|---(0)------------------------------| (x 16)
Outro lead melody (enters on the 11th repeat):
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
F|---12-14-15-14-12--12----9-10-12-10-9--9---|
C|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------| (x 6)
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| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| b Bend
| br Bend release
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