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                   Plague of Butterflies - Swallow The Sun
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Tuning: Drop C


Here's the middle part of the "Plague of Butterflies" EP in drop C tuning.


Verse:
("Silent people walking by, they are leaving...")
("Village is empty, dead cold empty...")
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--0--0-0--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--0-0--0--4--4-4--4-4-4--4-4--4-4-4--4-4--4-4-4--4-4--4-4--|
C|--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--6--6-6--6-6-6--6-6--6-6-6--6-6--6-6-6--6-6--6-6--|
                                          (x 2)


Bridge 1 ("Buried a few of them today, the children and the old by the road..."):
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
F|---------------------------|
C|--5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5--|
G|--5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5--|
C|--5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5--| (x 8)
PM  .  .  . . . .  .  . . .


Bridge 2:
("But they decide to go...")
("But her face I could not find...")
("Maybe I'm the old one sheltered by these woods...")
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------|
C|--5--5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
G|--5--5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
C|--5--5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--| (x 4)
PM  .  .  . . . .  . . . . . . .  . . . . . .


Quick lead to next verse:
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
F|-----------------|
C|--8-7-7----------|
G|--------8-7-7-5--|
C|-----------------|


Bridge 3 ("But when even the trail of dead ended by the road..."):
Second guitar plays bridge 1 at the same time.
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------|
C|--5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--|
G|--5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--|
C|--5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--|
                     (x 8)


Bridge 4:
("Hoping, in this kingdom of my loneliness...")
("Taking me to sleep...")
("When Evael is lost still...")
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------|
C|--1--0--0-0-0-3--2--0--1--0---1--0--0-0-0-3--2--3-----|
G|--1--0--0-0-0-3--2--0--1--0---1--0--0-0-0-3--2--3--4--|
C|--1--0--0-0-0-3--2--0--1--0---1--0--0-0-0-3--2--3--6--| (x 2)
PM        . . .                       . . .


Break ("On this throne of my thoughts..."):
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
F|-----------------------------|
C|--0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0--0-0-0--|
G|--0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0--0-0-0--|
C|--0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0--0-0-0--| (x 2 on first time, x 4 other times)
PM  . . .      . . .    . .


Break lead guitar:
D|--------------|--------------|
A|--18--15------|--17--14------|
F|----------14--|----------14--|
C|--------------|--------------|
G|--------------|--------------|
C|--------------|--------------| (x 2 on first time, x 4 other times)
      (x 6)     |    (x 2)


Interlude (clean sound), this continues playing also in background:
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--10------10------10------10------9------9------9--------------|
F|-----10-9----10-9----10-9----10-9---10-9---10-9---10-9-7-9-10--|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------|


Interlude, piano transition to guitar (repeated twice):
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------10-10-10-11-11-11-11-11-11--------------------|
F|--7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10----------------------------12-12-12-12-12-12--|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--13-13-13-10-10-10-11-11-11-13-13-13-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Distorted guitar slowly rising:
D|-----|
A|-----|
F|-----|
C|--0--|
G|--0--|
C|--0--|


("Hoping for my time to come, I closed my eyes and took a deep breath..."):
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------|
C|--0-0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
G|--0-0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
C|--0-0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5--|

D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------|
C|--10-10-10-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G|--10-10-10-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
C|--10-10-10-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


("The wings, they moved and danced, as a butterfly they kept dancing..."):
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------|
C|--0-0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
G|--0-0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
C|--0-0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3--|

D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------|
C|--7-7-7-3-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2--|
G|--7-7-7-3-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2--|
C|--7-7-7-3-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2--|


("But why are you here when Evael is lost still?"):
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------|
C|--0-0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
G|--0-0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
C|--0-0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5--|

D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------|
C|--10-10-10-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G|--10-10-10-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
C|--10-10-10-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-1-1-1-1-1-1-|


Then bridge 4 (x 2) and break (x 4) again.


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Time 20:56:

Clean melody:
D|----5---------------6--3--|
A|--3----5--3--5-6--6-------|
F|--------------------------|
C|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
C|--------------------------| (x 4)


Then break (x 4)....


...and continue with heavy guitars:
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--3-3-3-0----2--3-3--/6--6/2----3-3-3-0----2--3-3--6/1--1-1-1-1-1-1--|
G|--3-3-3-0----2--3-3--/6--6/2----3-3-3-0----2--3-3--6/1--1-1-1-1-1-1--|
C|--3-3-3-0----2--3-3--/6--6/2----3-3-3-0----2--3-3--6/1--1-1-1-1-1-1--| (x 4)
PM  . . .                         . . .                   . . . . . .


Growling vocals begin ("The morning came with its cold caress.."):
D|-----|
A|-----|
F|-----|
C|--0--|
G|--0--|
C|--0--|


Starts just before "I curse your light for waking me again...":
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
F|---------------------|
C|--1----0----1--1--0--|
F|--1----0----1--1--0--|
C|--1----0----1--1--0--| (x 2)


("I opened my window painted by thick ice..."):
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------|
C|--0---7------------------------------7--|
G|----------8--13---13---13/4------7------|
C|----------------------------------------|
               (x 4)


You can now begin playing Evael 10:00 from my other tab (at time 26:26). Cheers!


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