Shadows Fall - The First Noble Truth Chords & Tabs

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 Dblanchard2@charter.net 

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.  
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/shadows_fall/the_first_noble_truth_tab.html ]
(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-|
  ..