Band: Lamb of God Song: Hourglass Album: Ashes of the Wake (2004) Tuning: Drop D Legend: . = palm mute / = slide up \ = slide down h = hammer-on I know there are many other tabs for this song. Some are bad, some are good, but none are perfect. This is almost certainly 99-100% correct. I used the studio recording (slowing it down to 50% speed sometimes), as well as the following videos to figure out how Willie Adler and Mark Morton play this song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l054kS3Fcuw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwVKMdmXvT8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw7zYploBLc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHZb0OvfSRE There are 2 guitars in this song, but besides a couple parts, they play almost exactly the same thing. Questions, comments, and corrections are encouraged. If you have any, please comment below, or message me. Part 1 E||----------------------------------|------------------------------------| Willie plays B||----------------------------------|-------------------------------10-9-| these last 2 G||----------------------------------|--------------------------10-9------| notes on the D||----------------------------------|------------------------------------| G string. A||---------7h8-----8h10-------------|---------7h8-----8h12---------------| Mark plays D||-000-000-----000------000-3-7-6-2-|-000-000-----000------000-----------| it like this. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... continued E|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|| B|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|| G|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||x2 D|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|| A|---------7h8-----8h10-------------|-------------------------------------------|| D|-000-000-----000------000-3-7-6-2-|-000-000-13-12-000-12-11-000-0-13-16\17/16-|| ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . . continued E|-------| B|-------| G|-------| D|-------| A|-0-0-0-| D|-0-0-0-| . . . Part 2 E|--------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------13-12-11-| D|-0-0-0-13-12-0-0-13-16/17\16-0-0-0----------| . . . . . . . . . continued E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------8-5-4-| D|0-0-0-13-12-0-0-12-11-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-13-12-0-0-1-4/5\4-0-0-0-8-5-4-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . continued E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------13-12-11-| D|-0-0-0-13-12-0-0-12-11-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-13-12-0-0-13-16/17\16-0-0-0----------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . continued E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------8-5-4-|-0-1-4-1-000-| D|-0-0-0-13-12-0-0-12-11-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-13-12-0-0-1-4/5\4-0-0-0-8-5-4-|-0-1-4-1-000-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Part 3 (x2) - (The first 3 notes are played at the same time as the last 3 notes in the previous section.) E||----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| B||----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| G||----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| D||-----------------------------------10---|-------------------------------------------| A||-----13---10h12-----13---10h12----------|-----13---10h12--------12-10---------------| D||-000----0-------000----0-------0-8----8-|-000----0-------000-10-------13-9/10\9-6-5-| ... . ... . . . ... . ... . . . . continued E|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------10---|----------------------8-7----------| A|-----13---10h12-----13---10h12----------|-----13---10h12-----6-----10-7/8\7-| D|-000----0-------000--=-0-------0-8----8-|-000----0-------000----------------| ... . ... . . . ... . ... . . continued (1st ending)(2nd ending) E|-----------|-----------| B|-----------|-----------| G|-----------|-----------| D|-----------|-----------| A|----5-4----|-----------| D|-----------|----5-1----| Part 4 (x4)(alternating endings) E||----------------------------------------------| B||----------------------------------------------| G||----------------------------------------------| D||---8---5/7---8---5/7---------------8---5/7----| A||---6---3/5---6---3/5---------------6---3/5----| D||-0---0-----0---0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-----0--| . . . . . . . . . . . . . continued (1st and 3rd endings) (2nd and 4th endings) E|----------------------|------------------| B|----------------------|------------------| G|----------------------|------------------| on the 4th ending, D|-10--10---10--10------|------------------| the last note is A|--8---8----6---6----0-|-3--3---1--1----0-| palm muted. E|--------0---------0-0-|-3--3-0-1--1--0-0-| . . . . Part 5 E||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| G||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||x2 D||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| A||-------12-----------------12-------------------------------------------------|| D||-12-13----0-0-0-0-0-12-13----0-0-0-0-0-12-13-11-0-0-0-0-0-12-13-10-0-0-0-0-0-|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . continued E|---------------| B|---------------| G|---------------| D|---------------| A|---------------| D|-6-5-4-5-4-3-0-| . . . . . . . continued E||-------------------------------------------------------------------|| E|---| B||-------------------------------------------------------------------|| B|---| G||-------------------------------------------------------------------||x2 G|---| D||-------------------------------------------------------------------|| D|---| A||-------12-----------------12---------------------------------------|| A|---| D||-12-13----0-0-0-0-0-12-13----0-0-0-0-0-12-13-11-0-0-0-0-0-12-13-10-|| D|-6-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part 6 E||---------------------------------------------------------------------|| B||---------------------------------------------------------------------|| G||---------------------------------------------------------------------||x2 D||-------14-----------------14-----------------------------------------|| A||-12-13-12-----------12-13-12-----------12-13-11-----------12-13-10---|| D||-12-13----0-0-0-0-0-12-13----0-0-0-0-0-12-13-11-0-0-0-0-0-12-13-10---|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . continued E|---------------| B|---------------| G|---------------| D|---------------| A|---------------| D|-6-5-4-5-4-3-0-| . . . . . . . continued E||---------------------------------------------------------------------|| B||---------------------------------------------------------------------|| G||---------------------------------------------------------------------||x2 D||-------14-----------------14-----------------------------------------|| A||-12-13-12-----------12-13-12-----------12-13-11-----------12-13-10---|| D||-12-13----0-0-0-0-0-12-13----0-0-0-0-0-12-13-11-0-0-0-0-0-12-13-10---|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . continued E|--------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|--------------------------| D|--------------------------| A|-------------6-5-4-8-7-6--| D|-6-5-4-5-4-3--------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . Part 7 (The Vomit Riff!) (Guitar 1) E||-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G||-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D||---------------------------11------------------------------------------| A||---------12----------12-13----13-12---------12----------------13-12-11-|\ D||-0-12-13----13-12-13----------------0-12-13----13-12-11-12-10----------| \ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x4 / (Guitar 1) - continued / E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|| / B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|| / G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|| / D|---------------------------11------------------------------------|| / A|---------12----------12-13----13-12---------12-------------------|| / D|-0-12-13----13-12-13----------------0-12-13----13-12-5-8-4-7-6-3-||/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Guitar 2) - After Guitar 1 plays the above part once, strum this chord and let it ring. E|------------------------0~-----------------------| B|------------------------3------------------------| G|------------------------2~-----------------------| D|------------------------0~-----------------------| A|~-----------------------0~-----------------------| D|~-----------------------0~-----------------------| (Guitar 2) - continued - After Guitar 1 has played its section twice, play this. E||-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G||-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D||---------------------------15------------------------------------------|\ A||---------15----------15-16----16-15---------15----------------16-15-14-| \ D||-0-15-16----16-15-16----------------0-15-16----16-15-15-16-15----------| x2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . / / (Guitar 2) - continued / E|----------------------------------------------------------------|| / B|----------------------------------------------------------------|| / G|----------------------------------------------------------------|| / D|--------------------------15------------------------------------|| / A|--------15----------15-16----16-15---------15-------------------|| / D|0-15-16----16-15-16----------------0-15-16----16-15-5-8-4-7-6-3-||/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part 8 (both guitars) E||------------------------------------------------------------------------|| B||------------------------------------------------------------------------|| G||------------------------------------------------------------------------|| x4 D||------------------------------------------------------------------------|| A||-0~~------------1~~-------------3~~-------------4-5-4-8-7-6-------------|| D||-0~~5-8-4-7-6-3-1~~-5-8-4-7-6-3-3~~-5-8-4-7-6-3-------------6-5-4-5-4-3-|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part 9 E||-------------------------------|| B||-------------------------------|| G||-------------------------------|| x4 D||-------------------------------|| A||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|| D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part 10 (Guitar 1) E||-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G||-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D||---------------------------11------------------------------------------| A||---------12----------12-13----13-12---------12----------------13-12-11-|\ D||-0-12-13----13-12-13----------------0-12-13----13-12-11-12-10----------| \ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x4 / (Guitar 1) - continued / E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|| / B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|| / G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|| / D|---------------------------11------------------------------------|| / A|---------12----------12-13----13-12---------12-------------------|| / D|-0-12-13----13-12-13----------------0-12-13----13-12-5-8-4-7-6-3-||/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Guitar 1) - continued (same as previous section, but not palm muted) E||-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G||-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D||---------------------------11------------------------------------------| A||---------12----------12-13----13-12---------12----------------13-12-11-|\ D||-0-12-13----13-12-13----------------0-12-13----13-12-11-12-10----------| \ x2 / (Guitar 1) - continued / E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|| / B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|| / G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|| / D|---------------------------11------------------------------------|| / A|---------12----------12-13----13-12---------12-------------------|| / D|-0-12-13----13-12-13----------------0-12-13----13-12-5-8-4-7-6-3-||/ (Guitar 2) E||-------------------------------|| B||-------------------------------|| G||-------------------------------|| x4 D||-------------------------------|| A||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|| D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Guitar 2) - continued E||-------------------------------------------------| B||-------------------------------------------------| G||-------------------------------------------------| D||-------------------------------------------------|\ A||-------------------------------------------------| \ D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| \ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ x2 / E|------------------------------------------------|| / B|------------------------------------------------|| / G|------------------------------------------------|| / D|------------------------------------------------||/ A|------------------------------------------------|| D|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-8-4-7-6-3-|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Guitar 2) - continued (same as previous section, but not palm muted) E||-------------------------------------------------| B||-------------------------------------------------| G||-------------------------------------------------| D||-------------------------------------------------|\ A||-------------------------------------------------| \ D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| \ \ x2 / E|------------------------------------------------|| / B|------------------------------------------------|| / G|------------------------------------------------|| / D|------------------------------------------------||/ A|------------------------------------------------|| D|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-8-4-7-6-3-|| Both guitars end on this (let it ring) E|---| B|---| G|---| D|---| A|-0-| D|-0-|