Audioslave - Shape Of Things To Come Chords & Tabs

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   / Audioslave               /  I think this song is about Cornell's speculations
  / Shape of Things To Come  /  about the future for him and his family. Note the
 / Revelations              /  family that he mentions in most of his lyrics on 
/__________________________/  Revelations. On the dvd that follow with the cd, he says
                             that now that he has become a father, he now writes his
lyrics from the view of his family and not himself as a single person anymore, sweet isn't it?

 Intro:
 The distorted guitar (in drop-d tuning of course) is overdubed here
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|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|-7h10-10-10---x-8h10-10-10---x-8h10---x-|
|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|-7h10-10-10---x-8h10-10-10---x-8h10---x-|
|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|-7h10-10-10---x-8h10-10-10---x-8h10---x-|

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|-5h7-7-7---x-3h5-5-5---x-2h3---x-|-0h2-2h3-3/5-0-----------10---12---|
|-5h7-7-7---x-3h5-5-5---x-2h3---x-|-0h2-2h3-3/5-0-----------10---12---|
|-5h7-7-7---x-3h5-5-5---x-2h3---x-|-0h2-2h3-3/5-0-----------10---12---|

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|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|-7h10-10-10---x-8h10-10-10---x-8h10---x-|
|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|-7h10-10-10---x-8h10-10-10---x-8h10---x-|
|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|-7h10-10-10---x-8h10-10-10---x-8h10---x-|

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|-5h7-7-7---x-3h5-5-5---x-2h3---x-|-0h2-2h3-3/5-0-------------------|
|-5h7-7-7---x-3h5-5-5---x-2h3---x-|-0h2-2h3-3/5-0-------------------|
|-5h7-7-7---x-3h5-5-5---x-2h3---x-|-0h2-2h3-3/5-0-------------------|




 1st Verse: 4x
 a clean sound with a little chorus effect
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|-------------5---------------6---|-------------5-------------------|
|-----7---------------7-----------|-----7---------------5-7p5-------|
|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7---5-------7-----|
|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|-5-------5-------8-----------8---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------5---------------6---|-------------5-------------------------|
|-----7---------------7-----------|-----7-----------------10-12p10--------|
|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7----10----------10-----|
|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|-5-------5-------/8----------------8---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

  " When it's late in the hour
    And a few more grains of sand will fall
    On the colourful flowers
    Grown upon the dust and moss
    Now I fear the worst is near
    I hold them close and count their years
    I pray a ray of light appears
    To shine down on us here "



 Chorus:

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|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|-7h10-10-10---x-8h10-10-10---x-8h10---x-|
|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|-7h10-10-10---x-8h10-10-10---x-8h10---x-|
|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|-7h10-10-10---x-8h10-10-10---x-8h10---x-|

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|-5h7-7-7---x-3h5-5-5---x-2h3---x-|-0h2-2h3-3p0-/5-----------7---10---|
|-5h7-7-7---x-3h5-5-5---x-2h3---x-|-0h2-2h3-3p0-/5-----------7---10---|
|-5h7-7-7---x-3h5-5-5---x-2h3---x-|-0h2-2h3-3p0-/5-----------7---10---|

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|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|-7h10-10-10---x-8h10-10-10---x-8h10---x-|
|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|-7h10-10-10---x-8h10-10-10---x-8h10---x-|
|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|-7h10-10-10---x-8h10-10-10---x-8h10---x-|

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|-5h7-7-7---x-3h5-5-5---x-2h3---x-|-0h2-2h3-3/5-0-------------------|
|-5h7-7-7---x-3h5-5-5---x-2h3---x-|-0h2-2h3-3/5-0-------------------|
|-5h7-7-7---x-3h5-5-5---x-2h3---x-|-0h2-2h3-3/5-0-------------------|

  " Break down in the shape of things to come
    But I'm moving on like a soldier
    And I'll say it now, when all is said and done
    It's not ours to break the shape of things to come "



 Interlude:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/audioslave/shape_of_things_to_come_tab_ver_3.html ]
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|-----7-------7-------7-------7---|-----7-------7-------7-------7---|
|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|
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 2nd Verse: 4x
similar to 1st Verse

  " There's a crack in the clouds
    But only for a moment now
    Like an eye looking out
    The blue sky spies the roads we will go down
    I wonder what they hold for us
    I hold my family to my breast
    I fear the worst and hope the best
    Will come to see us blessed "



 Chorus:
similar to previous




 Bridge: (I really like this part, reminds me of the good old Soundgarden days!)
 4/4                               4/4                              3/8
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|-0h2-2h3-3p0-5-------------------|-0h2-2h3-3/5-0------------------|-0h2-2h3-3p0-|
|-0h2-2h3-3p0-5-------------------|-0h2-2h3-3/5-0------------------|-0h2-2h3-3p0-|
|-0h2-2h3-3p0-5-------------------|-0h2-2h3-3/5-0------------------|-0h2-2h3-3p0-|

 6/4                                  4/4
|------------------------------------|--------------------|  \
|------------------------------------|--------------------|  |
|------------------------------------|--------------------|  3x
|-5--------3-------0-----------------|-5------x--x--x-x-x-|  |
|-----5--------3-------1---3---3/5---|-5------x--x--x-x-x-|  |
|------------------------------------|-5------x--x--x-x-x-|  /

 6/4
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|-5---3---------------------------|
|---------4---1---3-------1---3---|
|---------------------5-----------|

  " Given one more try, what would I change?
    I won't deny the thought is strange
    I've done my best and I will lay no blame
    But on myself "



 Solo:
|-------10----10----10-10------10-10------10----|
|-------10----10----10-10------10-10------10----|
|-------10----10----10-10------10-10------10----|
|-10/12----12----12---------12---------12----12-|
|-10/12-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

|----------10-------------------------------------13-10----10-------------------------|
|-------10----13-10-------------------------------------13----13-10-13-10----10-------|
|-10b12-------------13-12-12-10-12p10----10-------------------------------12----12-10-|
|-------------------------------------12----12-10-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------10------------------------------|
|-13----12----------12----------------10-------x-x-x-10-------x-------|
|-13----12----------12----------------10-12-10-x-x-x-10-12-10-x-10-12-|
|----12----12-10-12----12-10-12-11-12----------x-x-x----12-10-x-10-12-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

(there's a weird break here, but they actually do stick to 4/4)
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|----------------------------------10-10-10-10-------10---x/---|
|----------12-10-12p10-10-12p10-10-10-10-10-10h12p10-10---x/---|
|-------10-12-10-12p10-10-12p10-10------------------------x/---|
|-10-12---------------------------------------------------x/---|
|---------------------------------------------------------x/---|

(Morello uses a harmoniser that produces random notes (I think),
the point is however just to make it sounds weird - his speciality)
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|------15-----------------13----13\10--|--------------13\-----------------------|
|------------12-14----10-----10--------|------10\7/10----------10---------------|
|-/12-----12---------------------------|-------------------/12----12-12---10-12-|
|--------------------------------------|--/12-----------------------------------|
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| here he randomly slides up and down at the b-string,      |
| forget about a tab for it, just play something fucked! ;) |
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 Chorus:
rest in the last bar




 Outro:
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|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|
|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|
|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|

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|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|-0h2-2h3-3/5-0-------------------[out]-----|
|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|-0h2-2h3-3/5-0-----------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12---x-10h12-12-12---x-10h12---x-|-0h2-2h3-3/5-0-----------------------------|

  " The shape of things to come
    The shape of things to come
    The shape of things to come "


- 21th /September /06
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