Band:  Shadows Fall
Song:  Idle Hands
Album: The Art Of Balance (2002, re-released 2003)
Tabbed by: systemaregods (Ashley Jackson)
e-mail fivejacko@yahoo.co.uk

Tuning Gtr. 1, Backing, Matt Bachand (low to high) C G C F A D
Tuning Gtr. 2, Lead, Jon Donais (low to high) C G C F A D

Gtr. 1 				Gtr. 2

.  = palm mute			.  = palm mute
// = slide up			// = slide up
\ = slide down                 \ = slide down
v  = vibrate		         = harmonic
				bv = bend then vibrate
				v  = vibrate
				h  = hammer-on
				p  = pull off


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Shadows Fall’s songs can be played in D standard but the tuning they use is drop C.
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Intro: (Gtr. 1 0:02)
D ------------------------------------
A ------------------------------------
F ------------------------------------
C ----------------------------5-----3-
G ----------------------------3-3-2-1-
C -12\7--7//12—-12\7—-7//12---3-2---
		                . .


Intro cont.: (Gtr 1)
D -----------------------------------------------------------------
A -----------------------------------------------------------------
F -----------------------------------------------------------------
C -------3-2-----4-------3-2-4-----------3-2-----4-------3-2-4-----
G -2-----1-0-------4-----1-0---4-3-2-----1-0-------4-----1-0---4-3-
C -2-2-2-----2-2-----2-2---------3-2-2-2-----2-2-----2-2---------3-


Intro: (Gtr. 2 0:09)
D ------------------------------
A ------------------------------
F ------------------------------
C ------3-2----4------3-2-4-----
G -2----1-0------4----1-0---4-3-
C -2--------------------------3-


Verse: (Gtrs. 1 and 2 0:16)
D -----------------------------------------------------------------
A -----------------------------------------------------------------
F -----------------------------------------------------------------
C -------3-2-----4-------3-2-4-----------3-2-----4-------3-2-4-----
G -2-----1-0-------4-----1-0---4-3-2-----1-0-------4-----1-0---4-3-
C -2-2-2-----2-2-----2-2---------3-2-2-2-----2-2-----2-2---------3-


Bridge: (Gtrs. 1 and 2 0:26)   (Gtr 1)
D ------------------------------33-22-1111--------------------------------------	x 2
A -----------------------------(77-66-8888)-------------------------------------
F ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C ---------------4444------------------------------------4444-----------5-----3-
G -333-----------2222-333----33------------333-----------2222-333----33-3-3-2-1-
C -333-54-109-43------333-32-33------------333-54-109-43------333-32-33---3-2---
   ...                ...    ..            ...                ...    ..   . .


Chorus: (Gtr. 1 0:46)
D -------------------------------------------		x 2
A -------------------------------------------
F -------------------------------------------
C ---------------------------------------5-7-
G -2--------3-2--------5-4--------3-2—---3-5-
C -2--------3-2--------5-4--------3-2--------


Chorus: (Gtr. 2 0:47)
D ----------------------------------------------	x 2
A ----------------------------------------------
F -9-43-54----9-43-54----9-43-54----------------
C ---------45---------45---------45-0002-10-3-4-
G ----------------------------------------------
C ----------------------------------------------


Repeat Verse: (1:06)

Repeat Bridge: (1:17)

Repeat Chorus: (1:37)


Fill 1: (Gtr. 1 1:57)
D -0-1-----------0-1----------0-1-------------------------		x 2
A -0-1-2-3-0-----0-1-2-3------0-1—2-3-0-------------------
F -----------454------------------------454-543443235655v-
C -----------------------3--------------------------------
G --------------------------------------------------------
C --------------------------------------------------------


Fill 1: (Gtr. 2 1:57)
D ---------------------------------------------------		x 2
A -5-6-4-5-0-----5-6-4-5----5-6-4-5-0----------5655v-
F -----------454-------------------454--5434------
C ---------------------------------------------------
G ---------------------------------------------------
C ---------------------------------------------------


Rhythm Solo: (Gtr. 1 2:20)
D ------------------------------------------------------------
A ------------------------------------------------------------
F ------------------------------------------------------------
C ------------------------------------------------------------
G -2--8-------------2--8--2-1-3--2--8-------------2--8--2-1-3-
C -2--8-3-3-3-3-8\-2--8--2-1-3--2--8-3-3-3-3-8\-2--8--2-1-3-
        . . . .                       . . . .


D --------------------------------------------------
A --------------------------------------------------
F --------------------------------------------------
C --------------------------------------------------
G -777777-5--3--777777-5--3--777777-5--3—777777-6-5-
C -777777-5--3--777777-5--3--777777-5--3—777777-6-5-
    ....         ....         ....        ....


D --------------------------------------------------------------
A --------------------------------------------------------------
F --------------------------------------------------------------
C --------------------------------------------------------------
G -2--8-------------2--8--2-1-3--2--8-------------2--8--3-2-3-2-
C -2--8-3-3-3-3-8\-2--8--2-1-3--2--8-3-3-3-3-8\-2--8--3-2-3-2-
        . . . .                       . . . .


Lead Solo: (Gtr. 2 2:20)
D -------------------------------18p17h18p1716h17p16h1712h13p12----------------
A ------------1110p9h10p9h11p10--------------------------------1314b-----------
F ---67-98109------------------8------------------------------------10p9h1110v-
C -88--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
C -----------------------------------------------------------------------------


D -17v20p19h20p19h20--17v----------------17v20p19h20p19h20--22-21p20h21p2022v-
A ------------------18---18p17h181514---------------------18------------------
F -----------------------------------17v--------------------------------------
C ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
C ----------------------------------------------------------------------------


D -16v17v16v17v17v------------------------------------17161816131415141513)-17//20191817-1817-18b1917-
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
F -------------------------16-151618191920201919181615------------------------------------------------
C ----------------(15161516---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  (hammer-ons, pull offs)


Repeat Chorus: (Gtr. 1 2:50)
               (Gtr. 2 2:51)


Outro: (Gtrs. 1 and 2 3:11)
D -------------------------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------------------
F -------------------------------------------------------------------
C -------3-2-----4-------3-2-4-----------3-2-----4-------3-2-4-------
G -2-----1-0-------4-----1-0---4-3-2-----1-0-------4-----1-0---4-3-2-
C -2-2-2-----2-2-----2-2---------3-2-2-2-----2-2-----2-2---------3-2-


Thanks to Century Media for distributing this record, its awesome, 
and Shadows Fall for making such a brilliant album. Enjoy! 
Comments are welcome and please rate.


systemaregods (Ashley Jackson)