The First Noble Truth Tabs & Lyrics by Shadows Fall

The First Noble Truth

guitar tabs lyrics

Shadows Fall

Artist: Shadows Fall
Song: "The First Nobel Truth"
Album: "Of One Blood"

Notation Key:
h = hammer on " = tremolo picking / = slide down
p = pull off ~ = vibrato \ = slide up
. = palm mute * = pinch harmonic ^ = bend
r = resolve bend () = note bent to

Version 3.0
Updated November 19, 2001
Fixed Riffs A1, A2, Riff C (guitar 2), and Riff E.

Any comments or questions can be e-mailed to me at [email protected]

Guitar 1 - Matt Bachand (right channel)
Guitar 2 - Jon Donais (left channel)

Tune guitar one step down (D G C F A D)

(1) D (4) C
(2) A (5) G
(3) F (6) D

Riff A1
(Guitars 1 and 2)
"As reality washes away..."
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----6--------------------------------------------|
|---000---00000000?"-6"-5"---------5-----5-5-3-1-0---|
|---------------------------6"--333---333----------3-|
... ........ . . . . ... ...

Riff A2
Guitar 1 plays Riff A1

(Guitar 2)
"Realization of my mind�s..."
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|------------------7"-5"-4"-7"----------------------|
|-5-----6-------------------------------------------|
|---000---00000000?---------------5-----5-5-3-1-0---|
|------------------------------333---333----------3-|
... ........ ... ...

Melody

Part 1 (Guitar 2)
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|---8-7-8-8h10-8-7---7-8-7^(8)-7-|
|-4-----4h5h7-7-7p5p4---|-7----------------9-------------|
|----5----------------7-|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|

Part 2
Guitar 2 with harmonizer in thirds.

(Guitar 2)
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---12-10-12-12h13-12-10--10-12-10^(12)-10-|
|-7-----7h9h11-11-11p9p7----|-9---------------------12-----------------|
|----9-------------------11-|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|

(Guitar 1)
Play over melody
|-------------------|
|----------3--------|
|-4--------2---2----|
|-4---5----0---2----|
|-2---5--------0----|
|---0-3-00---0---00-|
. .. . ..

Riff B

|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------| Guitar 1
|-------8-6-5-6-6p5---|
|-------------------6-|

|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|------10-8-7-8-8p7---|
|-------------------8-| Guitar 2
|-5-00----------------|
|---------------------|
..

Riff C
(Guitar 1)
"Will not remain enslaved..."
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5---------------3/5----------------|
|-3/5-5--6-5-6-8-6-5--3/5----------------|
|-1/3-3---------------1/3--8-6-5-6-6p5---|
|--------------------------------------6-|

(Guitar 2)
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----8p7-10----3/5----------------|
|-3/5-5-----5p5--7----3/5----------------|
|-1/3-3--00----0---00-1/3--8-6-5-6-6p5---|
|--------------------------------------6-|
.. . ..

Riff D1 under solo
(Guitar 1)
"I walk alone."
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5---------------------5-5--------------------|
|-5-5----8-6--------------5-5----5-3-------------|
|-3-3----8-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--3-3----5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----00-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------00-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
.. . . . . . . .. . . . . . .

Riff D2 (ending of Riff D1)
(Guitar 1) at end of solo
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-5-5------------------|
|-5-5----8-6-------8-5-|
|-3-3----8-6-6-6-6-8-5-|
|-----00-6-4-4-4-4-6-3-|
.. . . .

Riff E
(Guitars 1 and 2)
"Extinction of thirst..."
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|----2-1-3-2-1-2p1-2-|
|----2-1-3-2-1-2p1-2-|
|-00---------------0-|
..