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                      HANDS THAT DECAY - Hanging Garden
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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#|--------|


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| /   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

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