Shadow of the Day - tabbed by Astat Guitar 1 - Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Slightly distorted) Guitar 2 - Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Semi-distorted w/reverb and slight delay) Guitar 3 - Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Distorted w/delay and reverb) Guitar 4 - Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Distorted) Guitar 5 - Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Distorted) Guitar 6 - Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Distorted) Guitar 7 - Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Distorted) *Note* All guitars on this track are humbucker-equipped (most likely PRS Custom 24's). Use the bridge pickup unless otherwise noted. I've tabbed this tuned down half a step because it's played that way live, and I really have no reason to believe it was recorded any differently. Anyway, a lot of people don't realize just how early in the song the guitar comes in. Guitar 1 enters during the first chorus, doubling the bass part with soft palm-muted notes on the bottom string. This palm-muted guitar continues under the first guitar solo and following chorus. During the outro guitar solo and chorus, there are a total of 4 rhythm guitars that enter the mix. Two of them play powerchords, the other two play octaves. Oddly enough, the guitars that play powerchords during that part move down to an F#5 chord on the second chord of their progression, while the bass actually goes up to a C# note. On the live version, Chester follows the bassline instead, replacing the F#5 with a C#5 on all but one repeat during the outro (the octave guitar parts are completely absent from the live version). The biggest note I have about this tab is that Guitar 2 is played on the top 3 strings on the album version, despite the fact Brad plays it higher up the neck on the D, G, and B strings live. The difference in timbre from the bottom note being played on a wound string vs. an unwound string is really obvious (Brad likely just plays it higher up the neck live to make the transition to the higher part played by Guitar 3 easier). Another little thing to pay close attention to, during the chorus after the first guitar solo, Guitar 1 does NOT go back up to the 5th fret at the end of the first line! It seemed weird to me that it only does that in one place the entire song, but I double-checked and that's really how it goes (the same is true of the bass part). On the live version, Brad plays Guitar 1 until the first guitar solo, Guitar 2 during the first solo and following chorus, and Guitar 3 from the 2nd solo until the end of the song. Chester plays Guitar 4/5 (save for the variation on one chord that I already mentioned). Also, one BIG note about this song is that there are two different versions of it with variations in the guitar parts: The version of Shadow of the Day on the Minutes to Midnight Deluxe Edition that was released digitally in late 2012 is a different mix than the original 2007 release, and on this version, Guitar 1 is actually completely absent! This is also the mix of the song used in Rock Band 3, so you won't hear Guitar 1 on the multitracks either. 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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--| Post-Chorus - Guitar 1 (Palm-muted) |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--| |Guitar 1 (Palm-muted) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6-----| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-----5--| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Guitar 2 Guitar Solo #1 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--| |Guitar 1 (Palm-muted) | |-------------------------------------8-----------------------------------------------8-----------| |-8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----6-----------6-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----6-----------6-----| |----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5--| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Guitar 2 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--| |Guitar 1 (Palm-muted) | |-------------------------------------8-----------------------------------------------------------| 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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--| |Guitar 1 (Palm-muted) | |-------------------------------------8-----------------------------------------------8-----------| |-8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----6-----------6-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----6-----------6-----| |----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5--| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Guitar 2 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--| |Guitar 1 (Palm-muted) | |-------------------------------------8-----------------------------------------------8-----------| |-8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----6-----------6-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----6-----------------| |----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5--------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Guitar 2 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------18----| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17----17-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Guitar 3 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------(Fade in w/feedback)--5*~---------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Guitars 4 and 5 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------(Fade in w/feedback)--5v~---------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Guitars 6 and 7 Guitar Solo #2 |-------------------------------------20----------------------------------------------20----------| |-20----20----20----20----20----18----------18----20----20----20----20----20----18----------18----| |----17----17----17----17----17----17----17----17----17----17----17----17----17----17----17----17-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Guitar 3 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--| |-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--| |-------------------------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--| |Guitars 4 and 5 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--| |-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--| 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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--| |-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--| |-------------------------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--| |Guitars 4 and 5 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| |-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--| 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