Sevendust: Black Out The Sun

Transcribed by: mysticguitar77

YouTube Username: MysticGuitar77

Date last modified: April 1, 2013

Tuning: Altered Drop B (B,F#,B,E,F#,B)

Intro (light distortion)
 B|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
F#|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 E|–6–6––6–6–6––––6–6––––4–4–––|
 B|–4–4––4–4–4––––4–4––––2–2–––|   x2
F#|–4–4––4–4–4––––0–0––––0–0–––|
 B|–4–4––4–4–4––0–0–0––0–0–0–0–|

 B|–––––––––––––––––––––––––0–––––0–––––––––––––|
F#|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 E|–6–6––6–6–6––––6–6–––––6–––––6–––6–––––––––––|
 B|–4–4––4–4–4––––4–4–––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
F#|–4–4––4–4–4––––0–0–––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 B|–4–4––4–4–4––0–0–0–0–8–––––7–––––––9~––2b4r2–|

Riff 1   "Screaming at the sky again..."
 B|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
F#|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 E|––––––––––––––––––––––––3–3–3–3\–|
 B|––––––––––––––––––––––––3–3–3–3\–|   x3
F#|––––––––––––––––––––––––1–1–1–1\–|
 B|–4––2–4–––4–2–4––0––0–0––––––––––|

         "Through the day..."
 B|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
F#|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 E|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 B|–7–7––7–7–7––––2–2––2–2–0–0––0–0–0–|
F#|–7–7––7–7–7––––2–2––2–2–0–0––0–0–0–|
 B|–7–7––7–7–7––0–2–2––2–2–0–0––0–0–0–|

Play Riff 1 x2   "I said wait, where's my father..."

Riff 2   "So far I have to go..."
 B|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
F#|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 E|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––6–6–6–|
 B|–4–4––4–4–4––4–4–4––4–2–2–2–0–0––0–0–0––0–0–0––0–x–x–x–|
F#|–4–4––4–4–4––4–4–4––4–2–2–2–0–0––0–0–0––0–0–0––0–4–4–4–|
 B|–4–4––4–4–4––4–4–4––4–2–2–2–0–0––0–0–0––0–0–0––0–––––––|

 B|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
F#|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 E|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 B|–9–9––9–9–0–0–9–9––9–9–0–0–7–7––7–7–7––7/9–9–9––9–9–0–0–0–0–|
F#|–9–9––9–9–0–0–9–9––9–9–0–0–7–7––7–7–7––7/9–9–9––9–9–0–0–0–0–|
 B|–9–9––9–9–0–0–9–9––9–9–0–0–7–7––7–7–7––7/9–9–9––9–9–0–0–0–0–|

Play Riff 1 x2   "Praying for another day..."
Play Riff 2 x2   "So far I have to go..."

Fill 1
 B|–––––––––––––|
F#|–––––––––––––|
 E|–––––––––––––|
 B|–4~––––––––––|
F#|–4~––––––––––|
 B|–4~––––––––––|

Solo (w/ delay)
 B|–––––0––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11~–|
F#|––––––––––––4–b6r4–––––––––/9~––––––/9––9/11––12––––––|
 E|–/6–––––/4~–––––––––3–/–4–––––––/6––––––––––––––––––––|
 B|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
F#|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 B|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|

 B|––––––7b8~–––––––8b9r8~––––0––––––––––––––––––––––|
F#|–/7–9–––––––/7–9–––––––––––––––––––––––––7b8r7–7~–|
 E|––––––––––––––––––––––––/6–––4/6\4–3–3–4––––––––––|
 B|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
F#|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 B|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|

 B|–20b21r20–16––––16–––––––16–––––––16––––––|
F#|–––––––––––––19––––19\16––––16/19––––19b~–|
 E|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 B|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
F#|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 B|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|

 B|–––––––––––––––––––16–––––––––––––––14b15r14–|
F#|–17–16–14–16–14–16––––16–14–13~––14––––––––––|
 E|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 B|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
F#|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 B|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|

 B|––––––––––12–––––––11–18–18b20–18b20~––21––21b23–21b23~–|
F#|–16–16–16––––16–14––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 E|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 B|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
F#|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 B|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|

Play Riff 2 x2   "So far I have to go..."

Ending Solo
 B|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
F#|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 E|–/11–9–11~–/11–9–11~––11–9–11–/11–9–11~–|
 B|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|   x2
F#|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 B|––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|

 B|––––16–––––––––16––––––16–14–16–16b17–14–17––16–14–16\–|
F#|–19––––19b––19––––19–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 E|–––––––17b––––––––17b––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 B|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
F#|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
 B|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|

Enjoy!!