• Song:

    Shadow On The Sun

  • Artist:

    Audioslave

  • Album:

    Hultsfred, Sweden - 200...

Tuning (low to high):

B F# B E Ab C#
I think that's right. Anyways, it is
Dropped D, and then 1 and 1/2 steps down.

Key:

/= slide up
\=slide down
b= bend
r= release
h= hammer on
p= pull off

Verse:

C# --1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
Ab -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--
E  ------------------|------------------
B  ------------------|------------------
F# ------------------|------------------
B  ------------------|------------------

Chorus #1
first three notes are pickup notes

C# -------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Ab -------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E  -------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B  -------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
F# -------|------/5----------|------/5----------|------/5----------|
B  -0-7-3-|-5--3--0----0-7-3-|-5--3--0----0-7-3-|-5--3--0----0-7-3-|

then

C# ------------------|
Ab ------------------|
E  ------------------|
B  ------------------|
F# ------/3----------|
B  -5--3-------------|

Chorus #2

C# -------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Ab -------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E  -------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B  -------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
F# -------|------/5----------|------/5----------|------/5----------|
B  -0-7-3-|-5--3--0----0-7-3-|-5--3--0----0-7-3-|-5--3--0----0-7-3-|

then

C# ---------------------------|
Ab ---------------------------|
E  ---------------------------|
B  ---------------------------|
F# ---------------------------|
B  -5--3--0-5h7p5----3h5p3-0--|


C# ------------------|------------------|------------------|
Ab ------------------|------------------|------------------|
E  ------------------|------------------|------------------|
B  ------------------|------------------|------------------|
F# ------/5----------|------/5----------|------/5----------|
B  -5--3--0----0-7-3-|-5--3--0----0-7-3-|-5--3--0----0-7-3-|

then

C# ------------------|
Ab ------------------|
E  ------------------|
B  ------------------|
F# ------/3----------|
B  -5--3-------------|

Chorus #3

C# -------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Ab -------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E  -------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B  -------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
F# -------|------/5----------|------/5----------|------/5----------|
B  -0-7-3-|-5--3--0----0-7-3-|-5--3--0----0-7-3-|-5--3--0----0-7-3-|

then

C# ---------------------------|
Ab ---------------------------|
E  ---------------------------|
B  ---------------------------|
F# ---------------------------|
B  -5--3--0-5h7p5----3h5p3-0--|


C# ------------------|------------------|------------------|
Ab ------------------|------------------|------------------|
E  ------------------|------------------|------------------|
B  ------------------|------------------|------------------|
F# ------/5----------|------/5----------|------/5----------|
B  -5--3--0----0-7-3-|-5--3--0----0-7-3-|-5--3--0----0-7-3-|

then

C# ------------------|
Ab ------------------|
E  ------------------|
B  --------0---------|
F# --------0---------|
B  -5--3---0---------|

Solo:

Of course I don't know how to play the solo, but I will type
up a portion of an interview with Tom Morello from
Guitar World Magazine, Dec. 2002. Here he describes
how to perform the solo:

'It's all the toggle switch on the guitar. I have the
toggle switch configured differently on a few of my guitars.
So rather than the normal toggle--with one pickup off,
one pickup on--this one has off, on, off. So it allows
for a 'hummingbird wing' kind of effect.' p. 74

After that part, mess around with your Digitech Whammy Pedal.

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After the solo, there is a 4 measure rest, during which you
can hear a note being tapped(I think). The note is:

C# -10-|
Ab ----|
E  ----|
B  ----|
F# ----|
B  ----|

Break down:

C# ------------------------------|
Ab ------------------------------|
E  ------------------------------|
B  ------------------------------| X 4
F# ------------------------------|
B  -12\--3-5-0--10-12\---0-3-5p0-|

then


C# ------------------------------|
Ab ------------------------------|
E  ------------------------------|
B  -12\--3-5-0--10-12\---0-3-5p0-| X 12
F# -12\--3-5-0--10-12\---0-3-5p0-|
B  -12\--3-5-0--10-12\---0-3-5p0-|

C# ---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Ab ---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E  ---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B  ---------------------------------|-------------------------------0-|
F# ---------------------------------|-------------------------------0-|
B  -3p0-3p0-3p0-3p0-3p0-3p0-3p0-3p0-|-3p0-3p0-3p0-3p0-3p0-3p0-3p0-3-0-|


Structure:

Verse x 10

Chorus #1

Verse x 6

Chorus #2

Solo

Rest 4 measures

Verse x 6

Chorus #3

Breakdown
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