To Think Of You Is To Treasure An Absent Memory Tab by Zao


Song: To Think of you is to Treasure an Absent emory
Artist: Zao
Album: Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest
Transcribed by: BJ Woodward (sk8ing_woody@hotmail.com)

Tuning: Drop "C" Tuning

In the intro russ/brett are mainly just playing this one chord along
with the three thickest strings open.

D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
F|---7------------------------------------------|
C|---7------------------------------------------|
G|---5------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------|

then when Dan says "when you shut your eyes"
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
F|---7----8-----10----8----7--------------------|
C|---7----8-----10----8----7--------------------|
G|---5----6-----8-----6----5--------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------|
(strummed a few times each, just listen to it)

then they hit the overdrive!
"dark cloud descended..."
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
F|---9------------------------------------------|
C|---9-----------5-------------0----------------|
G|---7-----------5-------------0----------------|
C|---------------5-------------0----------------|

It mellows out after he was screaming "close to their hearts"
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--7^------------------------------------------------7^--7^--7^----|
C|------*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0----------------------|
G|------*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0----------------------|
C|------*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0-*0----------------------|
^=bend   *=palm mute that note

When Dan goes "my heart broke" just play the open
3 strings palm muted

"opennnnnnnnn"
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------*0-*0-*0----3^--|
G|------------------------------*0-*0-*0----3^--|
C|--0--12--0--10--12--13--12----*0-*0-*0----3^--|

D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------*0-*3-*0-*3-*0---12^-|
G|------------------------------*0-*3-*0-*3-*0-------|
C|--0--12--0--10--12--13--12----*0-*3-*0-*3-*0-------|

D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------*0-*0-*0----3^--|
G|-----12--0--10--12--13--12----*0-*0-*0----3^--|
C|--0---------------------------*0-*0-*0----3^--|

D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------*0-*3-*0-*3-*0---12^-|
G|-----12--0--10--12--13--12----*0-*3-*0-*3-*0-------|
C|--0---------------------------*0-*3-*0-*3-*0-------|

"the beauty of an embrace"
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
F|-7----5-----10--------------------------------|
C|-7----5-----10--------------------------------|
G|-5----3-----8---------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------|

"where blood and fire bring...."
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
F|-----------11---------------|
C|--12---12--9---11-----------|
G|--9----10------9------------|
C|-------10-------------------|
  Strum the chords above.

"I think of you!...  My heart breaks open!!!!"
D|---------------14^-|
A|-------------------|
F|-------------------|
C|-*0-*0-*0-*0-------|
G|-*0-*0-*0-*0-------|
C|-*0-*0-*0-*0-------|