Artist: Sevendust
Title: Contradiction
Album: Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow

Tuning: (low to high) B F# B E G# C#

Tabbed by: FireReaverX


Intro
C#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-14-14---------14-14---------10-10---------12-12---------8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-12-12---------12-12----------8--8---------10-10---------6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
B |-------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-----------------|
          . . . .       . . . .       . . . .       . . . .


Verse
C#|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------------------| 3x
F#|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-3-3-3-6-6-3-5-----5-5---5-5-5-5b---5-5---5-5-5---3-5-6-5-5-4-3---|

C#|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------0-----3-----1--------------------|
F#|---------------------------------0-----3---x-1--------------------|
B |-3-3-3-6-6-3-5-----5-5---5-5-5-5-0-----3---x-1--------------------|


Chorus
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-3p0---3p0---5h6-5-3-0-----------3p0---3p0---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6-5---|
B |-3p0---3p0---5h6-5-3-0-----------3p0---3p0---5h6-5h6-5h6-5h6-5---|

C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7---------------------|
B |---------------------------------8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|
F#|-0-------3p0---3p0---5h6-5-3-0---6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|
B |-0---0-0-3p0---3p0---5h6-5-3-0-------------------8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|
        . .


Intro riff
Verse
Chorus


Chorus (lead guitar)
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------12-13--------------12-----------------------11v------13v------|
E |-14v----------------13v----------------12v----------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------14--------------12-14-------------------| 2x
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Intro riff
*various effects*


Guitar solo
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------------------------------/10v-----12v--\|
F#|/5---8---8v--------3b4==r3-----------/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8v-----------------------|
B |-------------------------/5v-----------------------------------------------------------------|

C#|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------12---12v----14-12-14-14b15r14p12--------12-14-12-14-12-14-14h15--------------------|
F#|-/15------------------------------------13-------------------------------12-12h13p12------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12---|

C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------17h18h20-/22v----|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------------15h16p15-15--------------------|
E |-------------------------12-----------------------14h15p14-14--------------------------------|
B |-------12----------121415--151412-12h13p12-12------------------------------------------------|
F#|-121315--1513121315--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Final Verse
C#|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-3-3-3-6-6-3-5-----5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5b=5=5=5=5=5=5=5---------|

C#|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------------5*-5*-5*-5*-----|
F#|--------------------------------------------------4*-4*-4*-4*-----|
B |-3-3-3-6-6-3-5-----5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5b=5=5=5-----------------|


Chorus w/ lead guitar
(fade out)


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| b  bend
| r  release bend
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| v  vibrato
| *  harmonic
| x  mute string
| .  palm mute
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