• Song:

    Shogun

  • Artist:

    Trivium

  • Album:

    Shogun [Special Edition...

Band:  Trivium
Song:  Shogun
Album: Shogun

This song is played on a seven string standard tuning 
(B,E,A,D,G,B,E) LOW TO HIGH

ive taken this from my album version, but i have updated quite a bit
including the harmony on Coreys heavy section solo and Matts heavy
section solo. its taken me a while to figure them out so please... 
rate and enjoy :)

intro
guitar 1
E||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G||o---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A||o-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-|
E||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

E||---------------------------------|---------------------------|
B||---------------------------------|---------------------------|
G||---------------------------------|---------------------------|
D||---------------------------------|---------------------------|
A||-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-9-9-|-7-7-7-9-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E||---------------------------------|---------------------------|
B||---------------------------------|---------------------------|

guitar 2
E||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D||----------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8---------------|
A||o-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-|
E||--9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-|
B||--7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-3-3-|-------------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-|

E||---------------------------------|--------------------------|
B||---------------------------------|--------------------------|
G||---------------------------------|--------------------------|
D||---------------------------------|--------------------------|
A||-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E||-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
B||-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

both guitars
E||----------------|-------------------------------------------------|
B||----------------|-------------------------------------------------|
G||---------------o|-------------------------------------------------|
D||----7----7------|-------------------------------------------------|
A||----7----7-----o|-------------------------------------------------|
E||----5----5------|-----2-----------2-----------3-----------3-------|
B||-00---00--------|-0235--0-0-0-0235--0-0-0-0235--0-0-0-0235--0-0-0-|

verse 1
both guitars
E||---------------------------|-------------------------------|----------|
B||---------------------------|-------------------------------|----------|
G||---------------------------|-------------------------------|----------|
D||---------------------------|-------------------------------|--------4-|
A||---------------------------|-------------------------------|-5--5-4-4-|
E||---------2---------------2-|---------------3---------------|-5--5-4-2-|
B||-0-2-3-5---0-0-0-0-2-3-5---|-0-0-0-0-2-3-5---0-0-0-0-2-3-5-|-3--3-2---|

E||---------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------|
B||---------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------|
G||---------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------|
D||---------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------|
A||---------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------|
E||---------2---------------2-|---------------3---------------|-----------|
B||-0-2-3-5---0-0-0-0-2-3-5---|-0-0-0-0-2-3-5---0-0-0-0-2-3-5-|-/12\/12\--|

E||---------------------------|-------------------------------|----------|
B||---------------------------|-------------------------------|----------|
G||---------------------------|-------------------------------|----------|
D||---------------------------|-------------------------------|--------4-|
A||---------------------------|-------------------------------|-5--5-4-4-|
E||---------2---------------2-|---------------3---------------|-5--5-4-2-|
B||-0-2-3-5---0-0-0-0-2-3-5---|-0-0-0-0-2-3-5---0-0-0-0-2-3-5-|-3--3-2---|

this part is only played when verse 2 is being played
E||---------------------------|-------------------------------|---------|
B||---------------------------|-------------------------------|---------|
G||---------------------------|-------------------------------|---------|
D||---------------------------|-------------------------------|---------|
A||---------------------------|-------------------------------|-5--5--0-|
E||---------2---------------2-|---------------3---------------|-5--5--0-|
B||-0-2-3-5---0-0-0-0-2-3-5---|-0-0-0-0-2-3-5---0-0-0-0-2-3-5-|-3--3--0-|

verse 2
guitar 1 plays this whilst guitar 2
continues to play verse 1
E||----------------------|--------|
B||----------------------|--------|
G||-4--6--7--9--11-6--9--|-7-7-6--|
D||----------------------|--------|
A||-2--4--5--7---9-4--7--|-5-5-4--|
E||----------------------|--------|
B||----------------------|--------|

verse 3
both guitars
E||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||o-12\11-11-11--12\11-11-11--12\11-11-11-11\9-9-9--11\9-9-9--11\9-9-9-|
D||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A||o-10\-9--9--9--10\-9--9--9--10\-9--9--9--9\7-7-7---9\7-7-7---9\7-7-7-|
E||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------|

E||-------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------|
B||-------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------|
G||-4-4-4-------6-6-6-------|-------7-7-7-------4-4-4-3-3-3-|----------o|
D||-------4-4-4-------4-4-4-|-4-4-4-------4-4-4-------------|-----------|
A||-------------------------|-------------------------------|----------o|
E||-------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------|
B||-------------------------|-------------------------------|-00000000--|

chorus
guitar 1
E||--------------------------------------------|
B||-333-222-------------777-555-33-------------|
G||---------44---------------------444-333333--|
D||------------55555555------------------------|
A||--------------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------------------|

E||-----------------------------------------|
B||-333-222----88888888-777-555-33----------|
G||---------44---------------------444-3333-|
D||-----------------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------------|

guitar 2
    Bm  G   D   F#Sus F#    Bm  G   D   F#Sus F#7
E||-2---3-------2-----2-----2---3-------2-----2----------|
B||-3---3---7---2-----2-----3---3-------2-----2----------|
G||-4---4---7---4-----3-----4---4-------4-----3----------|
D||-4---5---7---4-----4-----4---5---4---4-----2----------|
A||-2---5---5---4-----4-----2---5---5---4-----4----------|
E||-----3-------2-----2---------3---5---2-----2----------|
B||---------------------------------3--------------------|

verse 4
both guitars
E||------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B||------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G||o-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
D||------------------------------------------|-----------------4-4/7-7/5-5-|
A||o---------4-4/7-7/5-5---------4-4/7-7/5-5-|--9---9--------2-5-5/9-9/7-7-|
E||--------2-5-5/9-9/7-7-------2-5-5/9-9/7-7-|-10--10--0000000-------------|
B||--0000000-------------0000000-------------|-----------------------------|

E||----------------------------||------------|
B||----------------------------||------------|
G||---------------------------o||------------|
D||--------5-------------------||------------|
A||--------5-------5--------4-o||-------2~~~-|
E||-333333-3-------5--------4--||-------2~~~-|
B||-----------3333-3---2222-2--||-00000-0~~~-|


Acoustic section~~~~~
verse 1
E||---------------------------0-----------|
B||-----3---3-------3---3-------2---------|
G||---0---0---0---0---0---0-------0-------|
D||---------------------------------0-----|
A||-2-----------2-----------------------1-|
E||---------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------|

E||-----------------------------0---------|
B||-----3---3-------3---3-----2---2-------|
G||---0---0---0---0---0---0---------------|
D||---------------------------------0-----|
A||-2-----------2-----------------------4-|
E||---------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------|

verse 2
E||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||-----3---3-------3---3-------2---2-------2---2-------3---3-------5---5--|
G||---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
D||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A||-2-----------2-----------1-----------1-----------2-----------4----------|
E||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E||-------------------------|
B||-----2---2-------2---2---|
G||---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
D||-------------------------|
A||-1-----------1-----------|
E||-------------------------|
B||-------------------------|

verse 3
E||--------------------------------------------------|
B||-----3---3-------2---0-------2---3-------2---2----|
G||---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
D||--------------------------------------------------|
A||-2-----------2-----------1-----------1------------|
E||--------------------------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------------------------|

E||-----3---3-------0---0-----|-----2---3------------------|
B||---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-----------------2---2------|
G||---------------------------|---0---0---0---0---0---0----|
D||---------------------------|----------------------------|
A||-2-----------2-------------|-4-----------1--------------|
E||---------------------------|----------------------------|
B||---------------------------|----------------------------|

verse 4
E||-----3---3-------2---2-------0---0--------------------|
B||-----------------------------------------2---2h3------|
G||---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----------|
D||-0----------------------------------------------------|
A||-------------4-----------2-----------1----------------|
E||------------------------------------------------------|
B||------------------------------------------------------|

verse 5
E||---------------------|----------------------|
B||-------7-----7h8p7---|--------7-----7h8p7---|
G||-7---7-------------7-|--7---7-------------7-|
D||---7-------7---------|----8-------8---------|
A||---------------------|----------------------|
E||---------------------|----------------------|
B||---------------------|----------------------|

E||---------------------|-------------------------|
B||-------7-----7h8p7---|---------8------7h8------|
G||-7---7-------------7-|-------9---9--------9----|
D||---9-------9---------|--10~~-------10-------10-|
A||---------------------|-------------------------|
E||---------------------|-------------------------|
B||---------------------|-------------------------|

verse 6
     A          Gm         A          Gm
E||-----------------------------------------------|
B||--7-777-7777-5-555-5555-7-777-7777-5-555-5555--|
G||o-7-777-7777-6-666-6666-7-777-7777-6-666-6666-o|
D||--7-777-7777-5-555-5555-7-777-7777-5-555-5555--|
A||o---------------------------------------------o|
E||-----------------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------------------|

Acoustic solo
E||----------------|-1st-ending--------|-2nd-ending---|
B||----------------|-------------------|----------14--|
G||o---------------|-9BU(11)-9BU(11)-9-|---9--11--12--|
D||--7-8-9-12-12-9-|-------------------|-7----12--14--|
A||o---------------|-------------------|--------------|
E||----------------|-------------------|--------------|
B||----------------|-------------------|--------------|

E||-----------------------------------------------|
B||-14BU(15)~~--15BU(17)~~--17BU(19)-(17)---11~~~-|
G||-----------------------------------------------|
D||-----------------------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------------------|

E||---/10-7---------------------------------------------------------|
B||---------10-7-----10-7------------9BU(10)(9)--------14BU-(15)~~~-|
G||--------------9-7------9-7--------9BU(10)(9)---------------------|
D||---------------------------9-7-9-------------7---9---------------|
A||-----------------------------------------------8-----------------|
E||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------|

the acoustic section ends here and the heavy
begins again
verse 5
both guitars
E||---------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------|
G||o-------------------------------------------o|
D||---------------------------------------------|
A||o-5--5-5-5---8-8--7-4---5--5-5-5---8-8--7-4-o|
E||--5--5-5-5---8-8--7-4---5--5-5-5---8-8--7-4--|
B||--3--3-3-3---6-6--5-2---3--3-3-3---6-6--5-2--|

verse 6
guitar 1 plays this whilst guitar 2
continues to play verse 5
E||--------------|--------------|---------------|-------------------------|
B||--------------|--------------|---------------|-------------------------|
G||-4--6--7--9-6-|-7--9-11-9/11-|---------------|-------------------------|
D||--------------|--------------|-9-11-12-11/12-|-9-12--11-14--12-12--5/8-|
A||-2--4--5--7-4-|-5--7--9-7/-9-|---------------|-------------------------|
E||--------------|--------------|-7--9-10--9/10-|-7-10---9-12--10-10--3/6-|
B||--------------|--------------|---------------|-------------------------|

verse 7
E||--------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
B||--------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
G||--------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D||-9\-----9---9-|-11\----11--11-|-12\-----12---12-|-14\-----17---17---|
A||--------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E||-7\-2---7---7-|--9\-2---9---9-|-10\-2---10---10-|-12\-2---15---15---|
B||----0-----0---|-----0-----0---|-----0------0----|-----0------0------|

solo rhythm
guitar 2
E||----------------------------|-------------------------------|
B||----------------------------|-------------------------------|
G||----------------------------|-------------------------------|
D||----------------------------|-------------------------------|
A||----------------------------|-------------------------------|
E||-----7-5h7-----9-7h9--------|-------------------------------|
B||-0-0-------0-0--------0-0-0-|-0-2-3-0-3-5-0-5-7-0-7-8-7-5-3-|

solo 1
CKB
E||------------15-----19-17-15----------------------------|
B||----------17--16------------19-17-15-------------------|
G||--------16------17-------------------18-16-14----------|
D||------17--------------------------------------17-16-14-|
A||-16h19-------------------------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------------------------------|
B||-------------------------------------------------------|

E||--------------------|----------------------------------------|
B||--------------------|----------------------------------------|
G||--------------------|-----------------------9-11-12-11-11~~~-|
D||--------------------|---------------9-11-12------------------|
A||-17-16-14-----------|--------7-9-10--------------------------|
E||----------17-14-12--|-7-9-10---------------------------------|
B||--------------------|----------------------------------------|

E||---------------------------------------------|
B||-12------------------------------------------|
G||----11-11-12-12-9-9-9------------------------|
D||----------------------12-11-12--11h12p11-9~~-|
A||---------------------------------------------|
E||---------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------|

E||---------------------------------|
B||-10-12-8-10-7-8---7--------------|
G||----------------9---7-9-7-6------|
D||----------------------------9-9\-|
A||---------------------------------|
E||---------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------|

Do each little section twice (except the last one)
E||-9-7-5-7-9-7-9-7-5-7-9-7-9-7-5-7-|-10-9-7-9-10-9-10-9-7-9-10-9-10-9-7-9-|
B||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

E||-12-10-9-10-12-10-12-10-9-10-12-10-12-10-9-10-|
B||----------------------------------------------|
G||----------------------------------------------|
D||----------------------------------------------|
A||----------------------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------------------|

E||-14-12-10-12-14-12-10-12-|-15-14-12-14-15-14-12-14-|
B||-------------------------|-------------------------|
G||-------------------------|-------------------------|
D||-------------------------|-------------------------|
A||-------------------------|-------------------------|
E||-------------------------|-------------------------|
B||-------------------------|-------------------------|

E||-19-14----------------17BU(19)~~~--|
B||-------20-17-19-15-17--------------|
G||-----------------------------------|
D||-----------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------|

harmony solo 1
CKB
E||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G||-6-4-2-4-6-4-6-4-2-4-6-4-6-4-2-4-|-7-6-4-6-7-6-7-6-4-6-7-6-7-6-4-6-|
D||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

E||---------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------|
G||-9-7-6-7-9-7-9-7-6-7-9-7-9-7-6-7-|
D||---------------------------------|
A||---------------------------------|
E||---------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------|

E||-------------------|-----------------------|
B||-------------------|-----------------------|
G||-11-9-7-9-11-9-7-9-|-12-11-9-11-12-11-9-11-|
D||-------------------|-----------------------|
A||-------------------|-----------------------|
E||-------------------|-----------------------|
B||-------------------|-----------------------|

E||----------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------|
G||-16-11----------------14BU(16)~~~-|
D||-------17-14-16-12-14-------------|
A||----------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------|

verse 8
Do 1st section 3 times and then the others once
E||-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B||-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
G||-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
D||-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
A||-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B||-0-2-3-0-3-5-0-5-7-0-7-8-7-5-3-|-0-5-7-0-7-8-0-8-10-0-10-12-10-8-7------|

E||---------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------------------|
D||---------------------------------------------|
A||---------------------------------------------|
E||---------------------------------------------|
B||-0-8-10-0-10-12-0-12-14-0-14-15-14-12-0------|

verse 9
E||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||-16--14--12--11--16--14--12--9-----------18-18BU(20)(18)-16--16--------|
D||--------------------------------------19---------------------19BU(21)--|
A||-14--12--10---9--14--12--10--7-----17----------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------14-------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

solo 2
MKH guitar 1 plays the solo rhythm instead
E||-10--------12--------14--------15--------|
B||-13BU(15)--15BU(17)--17BU(19)--18BU(20)--|
G||-----------------------------------------|
D||-----------------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------------|

E||--------------------------------------------------|
B||-15-12-11-12-15-12-15-12-11-12-15-12-15-12-11-12--|
G||--------------------------------------------------|
D||--------------------------------------------------|
A||--------------------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------------------------|

E||--------------------------------------------------|
B||-14-12-11-12-14-12-14-12-11-12-14-12-14-12-11-12--|
G||--------------------------------------------------|
D||--------------------------------------------------|
A||--------------------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------------------------|

E||-14--------15--------17--------19-------|
B||-17BU(19)--18BU(20)--20BU(22)--22BU(24)-|
G||----------------------------------------|
D||----------------------------------------|
A||----------------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------------|

E||--22-19-18-19-22-19-22-19-18-19-22-19-22-19-18-19--|
B||---------------------------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------------------------|
D||---------------------------------------------------|
A||---------------------------------------------------|
E||---------------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------------|

E||-21-19-18-19-21-19-21-19-18-19-21-19-21-19-18-19--19-----------|
B||--------------------------------------------------22BU(24)-----|
G||---------------------------------------------------------------|
D||---------------------------------------------------------------|
A||---------------------------------------------------------------|
E||---------------------------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------------------------|

harmony solo 2
MKH (the fast picking bit doesnt have a harmony)
(just the bends are harmonys)
E||-------------------------------------|
B||-------------------------------------|
G||--7--------9-------11-------12-------|
D||-10BU(12)-12BU(14)-14BU(16)-15BU(17)-|
A||-------------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------------|
B||-------------------------------------|

E||-------------------------------------|
B||-------------------------------------|
G||-11-------12-------14-------16-------|
D||-14BU(16)-15BU(17)-17BU(19)-19BU(21)-|
A||-------------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------------|
B||-------------------------------------|

verse 10
play this riff then play it again but change
the 12 to a 14, to 15, to 17 and then to 15
on the E string
(it makes it easier to tab)
E||----------------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------------|
G||----------------------------------------|
D||----------------------------------------|
A||----------------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------|
B||-12~-0-12-0-12-0-12-0-12-0-12-0-12-0-12-|

verse 11
E||----------------------------3------------5-----3-----------|
B||-3------2-------------0-3-0---3------------3-----3---------|
G||---4------4---4---0-------------4------------4-----4--4--3-|
D||-----4------4---4-----------------5----4--------------4--2-|
A||------------------------------------------------------5--4-|
E||-----------------------------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------------------------------|

E||--------------------------------|
B||----------8---8-7-8-7--7--5-----|
G||--7--6----7---7-7------7--6-----|
D||--9----9--9---9-7------7--7-----|
A||--9-----------------------------|
E||--------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------|

outro
both guitars (play till fade out)
E||---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D||---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A||-999999-5~-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-9-9-|-101010101010-4~-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-|
E||---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

E||---------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|
B||---------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|
G||---------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|
D||---------------------------------|-------------------------|----7----7-|
A||-999999-5~-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-9-9-|-7-7-9-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----7----7-|
E||---------------------------------|-------------------------|----5----5-|
B||---------------------------------|-------------------------|-00---00---|

song in order:
intro
verse 1
verse 2
verse 3
chorus
verse 1
verse 2
verse 3
chorus
verse 4
acoustic section~~~~~
verse 1
verse 2
verse 3
verse 4
verse 5
verse 6
acoustic solo
verse 3
verse 4
verse 5
back to heavy section~~~~~
verse 5
verse 6
verse 7
solo 1 CKB
verse 8
verse 7
verse 9
solo 2 MKH
verse 10
verse 11
chorus
outro (fade out)

thats all guys, enjoy :)
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