------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HANDS THAT DECAY - Hanging Garden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning: C# (C# F# B E G# C#) Hanging Garden website: http://www.hanging-garden.net Intro (clean sound): C#|----------------------------------------------------------------| G#|----------------------------------------------------------------| E |------9------9-------9-----9--------4-----4---------9----9+-----| B |---9------9-----9--9----9-----9--4------4-----4--9----------9---| F#|----------------------------------------------------------------| C#|----------------------------------------------------------------| (x 2) Main riff (clean sound): C#|------------------------------------------------------------------| G#|------------------------------------------------------------------| E |------------------------------------------------------------------| B |-----9-----9---------9-----9---------10----10--------9----9-------| F#|---7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7---6----6-----6---| C#|------------------------------------------------------------------| (x 4 after intro, x 2 between verses) Verse: ("Is this finally the winter when solar wind breaks our fate?") ("Run away from this dead end point...") C#|------------------------------------------------------------------------| G#|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E |-------------5-5-4-----------5-5-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-12-12-12---| B |---2-2-2-2-2-5-5-4-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-12-12-12---| F#|---2-2-2-2-2-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-10-10-10---| C#|---0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------------------| (x 2) Bridge: ("So long I've lost everything... Visions from my eyes...") ("...untouched by the hands that decay...") ("Run away from this soil ground...") C#|---------------------------------------------------------| G#|---------------------------------------------------------| E |---------------------------------------------------------| B |---------------------------------------------------------| F#|---7------9----10----12-----10----12-----9----10-----9---| C#|---------------------------------------------------------| (x 16) (x 8) (x 4) (x 4) (x 12) (x 4) (x 8) (x 4) (x 4) C#|---------------------------------------------------|---| G#|---------------------------------------------------|---| E |---------------------------------------------------|---| B |---------------------------------------------------|---| F#|---7-----9----10----12-----14----10-----12-----9---|-7-| C#|---------------------------------------------------|---| (x 8) (x 8) (x 8) (x 4) (x 16) (x 4) (x 12) (x 4) Pre-chorus (repeat 2 times): ("Breaking like zero degrees in my heart...") C#|-----------------------------------------------------------| G#|-----------------------------------------------------------| E |---9--9--9--9--7--7--7--5--5--5----4----5--5--5--4--4--4---| B |---9--9--9--9--7--7--7--5--5--5----4----5--5--5--4--4--4---| F#|---7--7--7--7--5--5--5--3--3--3----2----3--3--3--2--2--2---| C#|-----------------------------------------------------------| (x 11) C#|-----------------------------------------------------------| G#|-----------------------------------------------------------| E |---9--9--9--9--7--7--7--5--5--5----4----5--5--5--7--7--7---| B |---9--9--9--9--7--7--7--5--5--5----4----5--5--5--7--7--7---| F#|---7--7--7--7--5--5--5--3--3--3----2----3--3--3--5--5--5---| C#|-----------------------------------------------------------| (x 11) Chorus (repeat x 2, then back to pre-chorus): ("Waiting hands stained in blood...") C#|----------------------------------------| G#|----------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------| B |---11----12------9-----11-----9----12---| F#|----------------------------------------| C#|----------------------------------------| (x 9) (x 3) (x 12) (x 12) (x 6) (x 6) C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| E |---16-16-16-16-16-16-14-14-14-14-14-14-17-17-17-17-17-17-16-16-16-17-17-17--| B |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| F#|---14-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-15-15-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-15-15-15--| C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| Chorus background chords for rhytm guitar: C#|---------------------|-----------------| G#|---------------------|-----------------| E |---------------------|-----------------| B |---11--11-11-11-11---|---9---9-9-9-9---| F#|----9---9--9--9--9---|---7---7-7-7-7---| C#|---------------------|-----------------| (x 8) (x 8) Song ends with: C#|--------| G#|--------| E |---16---| B |--------| F#|---14---| C#|--------| ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************