Band: Shadows Fall
Album: The Art Of Balance
Song:  Thoughts Without Words

Transcribed By: Tyler Leach


.  - palm mute           /  - slide up      \  -slide down
  - slide down          b-bend (full bend)
h  - hammer on           rb-release bend
p  - pull off            ^-hold bend
t  - tap                 hb-half bend
<#>- pinch harmonic      ?-tremolo pick
v-vibrato
 

Guitarists=Jonathan Donais, Matthew Bachand
Tuning is Drop C (Low To High) CGCFAD

Intro Riff
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|Gtr
|------43---77----43---77------| 1
|---31021---55-31021---55------|
|---310---0-55-310---0-55------|
    ...        ...        

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|Gtr
|------43---77----43---77--------------------| 2
|---31021---55-31021---55---00000000000000---|
|---310---0-55-310---0-55---00000000000000---|
    ...        ...          ..............

Riff 1
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------<3>----------------------|Gtr
|----43---77---------------43---77---5h6-3h5-------43---77------------| 1
|-31021---55---5--5h6p5-31021---55--------------31021---55---5--5h6p5-|
|-310---0-55-00-00------310---0-55-00-----------310---0-55-00-00------|
  ...        .. ..      ...        ..           ...        .. ..
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|----43---77---------------43---77-----------3b----43---77------------| 2
|-31021---55---5--5h6p5-31021---55---5h6-3h5----31021---55---5--5h6p5-|
|-310---0-55-00-00------310---0-55-00-----------310---0-55-00-00------|
  ...        .. ..      ...        ..           ...        .. ..





|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|----7--8--5--2--33-------------------------|
|----5--5--3--0--11-------------------------|
|--00-00-00-00-00---------------------------|
   .. .. .. .. ..

Riff 3
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------7-7-5-8-8-5-7-----------------------------------|
|--------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------|
|--5-1-0-5-5-3-6-6-3-5--0-0-0-0-000-0-0-6-6-6-6-0-0-0-0--|
|--5-1-0----------------0-0-0-0-000-0-0-6-6-6-6-0-0-0-0--|
                        . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .
                 Guitar 2 plays the same thing but couple frets lower
|----------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------|-6h8p6-5h6p5-3h5p3-1-2-3-2-----------|
|--7-7-5-8-8-5-7-|--------------------------3-2-0------|
|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--------------------------------3-2-3|
|--5-5-3-6-6-3-5-|-------------------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------------------|

Chorus Riff(s)
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------------97-75-----|1
|--------87---5---57---3/5---2/3-------79109----97------------|
|--0-0-0-87-0-5-0-57-0-3/5-0-2/3-0-0-0---------0---0--0-------|
   . . .     .   .    .     .    . . .         .   .  .

		       |---------------------------------|
		       |---------------------------------|
		       |---------------------------------|Gtr
		       |---------------------1210-108----|2
		       |------10121312--1210-------------|
		       |0-0-0----------0----0----0-------|
		        . . .          .    .    .

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------5--|
|--------87---5---57---3/5---2/3--8--1-3--|
|--0-0-0-87-0-5-0-57-0-3/5-0-2/3--8--1----|
   . . .    .   .    .     .

Repeat Riffs 1,2, and 3  (Fill: 1:50)
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----3-1-----------3-1---0---|
|-000-----1-<3>-000-----1-0---|
  ...           ...   


Bridge
Part A
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|Gtr
|---------3---------------------------------| 1
|--5-3h5p3--53--3-----3/5555/6666555-3530---|
|-------------56-6530-3/5555/6666555-3530---|
                         ..   ..  .. ...
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------| 2
|--0--(let ring from fill)------------3530---|
|--0----------------------------------3530---|
Part B                                ...
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|Gtr
|----------3-------------------------5-7-7--| 1
|--5-3h5p3--53--3-----3/5555/6666555-3-5-5--|
|-------------56-6530-3/5555/6666555--------|
                         ..   ..  ..
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|Gtr
|----------------------------------5-7-7--| 2
|--0--(let ring from last)---------3-5-5--|
|--0--------------------------------------|

Then both guitars play bridge together

(Under Solo)
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--0---------------3/5555/6666555-3530-|
|--0-0000000000000-3/5555/6666555-3530-|
     .............    ..   ..  ..

Then this harmonized with solo
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------3-------------------------------------------------|
|--5-3h5p3--53--3-----3/5555/6666555-3530-------------------|
|-------------56-6530-3/5555/6666555-3530-0000000000000000--|
                         ..   ..  ..      ................
  





Under second part of solo
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------43---77-----------------|x7
|---31021---55-----5-----5h6p5-|
|---310---0----0-0---0-0-------|
    ...        . .   . .

|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----7--8--5--2--33----|
|----5--5--3--0--11----|
|--00-00-00-00-00------|
   .. .. .. .. ..
Riff 3
Chorus
Solo                                                 
|----8---8--------------------------------13-15-15-13---|
|---7-7777-5454----------------13-10h13p10-----------15-|
|---------------7---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
                                               bend the 2 20's together
|----------16182022201816-----------------|      |--20-|
|-15171921----------------21191715--------|      |--20-|
|----------------------------------181614-|      |-----|
|-----------------------------------------|x2    |-----|
|-----------------------------------------|      |-----|
|-----------------------------------------|      |-----|

|-10-------------------------------------------------------|
|----8-9-8p0-5-7-5-----------------------------------------|
|------------------7-5-7-<7>-7-5h7p5---7-6-5---------------| 
|------------------------------------7-------8-7-5-7-6-5---|
|--------------------------------------------------------5-|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
                                                   . . .
With Part A of Bridge Riff
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------6/8--8/9--9\8----------------|
|-7-5h7p5-<7>---75---5-----x/x--x/x--x\x-------------|
|---------------56-6530-3/5555/6666\555-3-5-3-0------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
                           ..   ..   ..
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|kinda rub your picking hand
|-18b-18b-18b-18b-18b-18^t22-18t20-17t20-15-------------------------|before you pluck to get the 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|sound before the bends.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|listen to the song to see how much
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|to tap


|--------------------------------------------7h9p7-----------10b----10b-----|
|---------------------------------------7h9p7-----7h9p7--10hb---10hb--------|
|-----------------10h12p10---------7h9p7------------------------------------|
|---------10h12p10--------10h12p10--------------------------------------12"|
|-10h12p10------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--20^20^20^20^-17-18-18b--18----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------19-17-15-------------------------|
|--------------------------------------15v---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------182022182022-|
|--------------------------------------171921171921-------------|
|--------------1719201917--------171920-------------------------|
|--171920171920----------201917---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
   ..............................
|--1820222018---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------211917------------171615------------------151617v--|
|------------------201816------------171615------151617---------|
|------------------------191715------------171615---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Then play riff 3 and chorus

Outro
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------5-----------------3-2-----------------|
|--0-0000000-0-0--0330-0000000-0-5-1-1-0-3---------------|
|--0-0000000-0-0--0-30-0000000-0-5-1-----3---------------|
     ....... . .  . .  .......

|--------------------------------------------------------|-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------|-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------|-----|end on this
|------------------5-----------------3-2---------5-3-2---|-----|
|--0-0000000-0-0--0330-0000000-0-5-1-1-0-3-0-5-1-3-1-0---|--0--|
|--0-0000000-0-0--0-30-0000000-0-5-1-----3-0-5-1---------|--0--|
     ....... . .  . .  .......