Swallow The Sun - These Woods Breathe Evil
Tuning: C tuning


Here's the whole song, except for the clean intro and guitar 2 from break.
I'm still trying to figure those out and will update the tab when finished.

Have fun!



After the clean intro the distorted guitars begin, this is the background riff:
C |------------------------------------------------------|
G |------------------------------------------------------|
D#|------------------------------------------------------|
A#|--7--9--10--3--2--2--2--2--10--9/7--2--2--5--7--2--2--|
F |--7--9--10--3--2--2--2--2--10--9/7--2--2--5--7--2--2--|
C |--5--7---8--1--0--0--0--0---8--7/5--0--0--3--5--0--0--|


Lead guitar enters with main melody:
C |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|--9---/16-16-17/11---/17/11--12-9---9-11-11-11-12-12-12-14-14-14-12-12--|
A#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C |------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|--12---/16-16-17/11---/17/11--12-9---9-11-11-11-12-12-12-14-14-14-16-16--|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |-------19--19h20p19------19--------------------------------------------------|
D#|--16----------------17-------17/14-16---14-16-16-16-17-17-17-16-16-16-14-14--|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |-------19--19h20p19------19-----------------------------------------------------|
D#|--16----------------17-------17/14-16---14-16-16-16-17-17-17-19-19-19-17-17-16--|
A#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse ("Serpents betrayed me..."):
C |------------------------------------------------------|
G |------------------------------------------------------|
D#|------------------------------------------------------|
A#|--2--2--2--2--10--10--10--10--9--9--9--9--5--5--7--7--|
F |--2--2--2--2--10--10--10--10--9--9--9--9--5--5--7--7--|
C |--0--0--0--0---8---8---8---8--7--7--7--7--3--3--5--5--|
                  (repeated many times)


Verse ending ("But this blood is real that stains my hands..."): 
C |---------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------------------|
A#|--2--2--2--2--10--10--10--10--9-----------5-----7--|
F |--2--2--2--2--10--10--10--10--9-----------5-----7--|
C |--0--0--0--0---8---8---8---8--7-----------3-----5--|


Pre-chorus ("Tortured by these voices, like flies around me..."):
C |--------------------------|
G |--------------------------|
D#|--------------------------|
A#|--2--2--2--2--2--2--1--1--|
F |--2--2--2--2--2--2--1--1--|
C |--0--0--0--0--0--0--------|
              (x 4)


Chorus ("These woods breathe evil! Rust on the ground and the arches of fire..."):
C |------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|--2---2-2-2-2-----2---2-2-2-1-----2---2-2-2-2-----2---2-2-2-1--1--|
F |--2---2-2-2-2-----2---2-2-2-1-----2---2-2-2-2-----2---2-2-2-1--1--|
C |--0---0-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-------0---0-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-------| (x 2)
PM       . . .           . . .           . . .           . . .


Chorus ending ("Towards the black heart of magnetic north..."):
C |------------------------------|
G |------------------------------|
D#|------------------------------|
A#|--5-3-3-3-3-3-9-9-9-10-10-10--|
F |--5-3-3-3-3-3-9-9-9-10-10-10--|
C |--3-1-1-1-1-1-7-7-7--8--8--8--|


After the interlude, pre-chorus has an extra melody:
C |-----------------------|
G |-----------------------|
D#|--12---11h12p11-9---8--|
A#|-----------------------|
F |-----------------------|
C |-----------------------|
            (x 4)


Interlude distorted background guitar:
C |-----------------------------------------------|----------|
G |-----------------------------------------------|----------|
D#|-----------------------------------------------|----------|
A#|--2-----10-----9----/5---7-----2-----10-----9--|--/5---4--|
F |--2-----10-----9----/5---7-----2-----10-----9--|--/5---4--|
C |--0------8-----7----/3---5-----0------8-----7--|--/3---2--|
                        (x 2)


Interlude lead guitar (clean):
C |------------------------|-----------|
G |------------------------|-----------|
D#|--9---16-17-11---17-11--|--12-9-14--|
A#|------------------------|-----------|
F |------------------------|-----------|
C |------------------------|-----------|
            (x 4)              (x 3)


Break:
C |-----------------------------------------------------------|
G |--20p19h20-17h20p19---20p19h20-17h19p17-20p17h19-17h19p17--|
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
F |-----------------------------------------------------------|
C |-----------------------------------------------------------|


After the break, chorus ending leads to the pre-chorus again.
Chorus is played twice and guitar 1 from break enters on the 2nd repeat.
Song ends to:
C |-----|
G |-----|
D#|-----|
A#|--2--|
F |--2--|
C |--0--|
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