On Distant Shores Chords & Tabs
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ON DISTANT SHORES... - Five Iron Frenzy
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Album: The End is Near
Tabbed by: me
Email: skemo_the_fish@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
Okay, so nobody was tabbing this song, so I decided to give it a try, most of it
I am totally unsure of, especially the ska guitar part, but i did my best and if
you could post corrections that would help, thanks.
Intro:
Em D G A C D G B
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----5---4---4-------0---2---2-------2---4---4-------5---4---4----|
A|--7---5---5---5---2---4---4---4---3---5---5---5---5---6---6---6--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Em D G A C D G G
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----5---4---4-------0---2---2-------2---4---4-------5---5---5----|
A|--7---5---5---5---2---4---4---4---3---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Then the ska guitar comes in:
Em D G A C D G B
e|----3------2----------------------------------------3------2-------------|
B|----5------3--------3------5--------5------7--------3------4-------------|
G|----4------2--------4------6--------5------7--------4------4-------------|
D|--------------------5------7--------5------7--------5------4-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Em D G A C D G G
e|----3------2----------------------------------------3------3-------------|
B|----5------3--------3------5--------5------7--------3------3-------------|
G|----4------2--------4------6--------5------7--------4------4-------------|
D|--------------------5------7--------5------7--------5------5-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
You basically play this all through the first half of the song (the
intro, verse & chorus) except for the prechorus, where you don't play
anything.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/five_iron_frenzy/on_distant_shores_tab.html ]
When you get to "And off of the blocks" it changes:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5-----5-----5------5------5------4-----4-----4------4------4----| (x8)
A|----7-7---7-7---7--7---7--7---7------5-5---5-5---5--5---5--5---5--|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
At "With both eyes fastened tight" Guitar Two comes in with:
e|--7-----7-----7------7------77-----5-----5-----5------5------55---|
B|--8-----8-----8------8------88-----7-----7-----7------7------77---|
G|--9-----9-----9------9------99-----7-----7-----7------7------77---|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Night came and I broke my stride":
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--------------9-9999-------------7-7777--|
D|--5-55-55555--9-9999-9-99-99999--7-7777--| (x2)
A|--5-55-55555--7-7777-9-99-99999--5-5555--|
E|--3-33-33333---------7-77-77777----------|
"Casting first stones"
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--------------5-5555-------------5-5777--|
D|--7-77-77777--5-5555-7-77-77777--5-5777--|
A|--7-77-77777--3-3333-7-77-77777--3-3555--|
E|--5-55-55555---------5-55-55555----------|
"You would unscale my blind eyes"
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--------------9-9999-------------7-7777--|
D|--5-55-55555--9-9999-9-99-99999--7-7777--| (x3)
A|--5-55-55555--7-7777-9-99-99999--5-5555--|
E|--3-33-33333---------7-77-77777----------|
"And on my knees"
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--------------5-5555-------------5-5777--|
D|--7-77-77777--5-5555-7-77-77777--5-5777--|
A|--7-77-77777--3-3333-7-77-77777--3-3555--|
E|--5-55-55555---------5-55-55555----------|
"I finally believed"
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--------------9-9999-------------7-7777--|
D|--5-55-55555--9-9999-9-99-99999--7-7777--|
A|--5-55-55555--7-7777-9-99-99999--5-5555--|
E|--3-33-33333---------7-77-77777----------|
"Healing hands"
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9999-xx-----------------------------------------------44444444--|
D|--9999-xx-9-999-6666-xx-11-9-7-777777-6-666666-4-444444-44444444--|
A|--7777-xx-9-999-6666-xx-11-9-7-777777-6-666666-4-444444-22222222--|
E|----------7-777-4444-xx-9--7-5-555555-4-444444-2-222222-----------|
keep playing until the end.
Ends on:
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|--9--|
D|--9--|
A|--7--|
E|-----|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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