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If These Scars Could Speak

Zao

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Song: If These Scars Could Speak
Artist: Zao
Album: Liberate Te Ex Infernis
Transcribed by: BJ Woodward (sk8ing_woody@hotmail.com)

Tuning: Drop "C" Tuning

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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If These Scars Could Speak

Zao