Swallow The Sun - Evael 10:00
Tuning: Drop C
OK, this is how I play the song.
Now, I know this tab does NOT contain ALL the guitars (and there are MANY).
While not being as comprehensive as the Power Tabs and Guitar Pro tabs found here,
it does, however, contain all the lead guitar parts for the whole song
+ some background guitars as well. You can play through the whole song with this.
Also do note that according to the lyrics in the CD booklet, the beginning of this
tab is actually from the end of the middle song "Plague of Butterflies". But as the
songs are not separate tracks, but one, long song instead, I prefer to start it here.
If you don't like that, then feel free to cut the beginning of the tab away.
Enjoy!
This tab starts at time 20:56 of the nearly 35 minutes long Plague of Butterflies track:
Intro (clean):
D|----5---------------6--3--|
A|--3----5--3--5-6--6-------|
F|--------------------------|
C|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
C|--------------------------| (x 4)
Intro, growling scream (distorted):
D|--------------|--------------|
A|--18--15------|--17--14------|
F|----------14--|----------14--|
C|--------------|--------------|
G|--------------|--------------|
C|--------------|--------------| (x 4)
(x 6) | (x 2)
Intro (heavily distorted background chords):
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
F|-----------------------------|
C|--0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0--0-0-0--|
G|--0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0--0-0-0--|
C|--0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0--0-0-0--| (x 4)
PM . . . . . . . .
Intro continues with heavy guitars:
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--3-3-3-0----2--3-3--/6--6/2----3-3-3-0----2--3-3--6/1--1-1-1-1-1-1--|
G|--3-3-3-0----2--3-3--/6--6/2----3-3-3-0----2--3-3--6/1--1-1-1-1-1-1--|
C|--3-3-3-0----2--3-3--/6--6/2----3-3-3-0----2--3-3--6/1--1-1-1-1-1-1--| (x 4)
PM . . . . . . . . . . . .
Growling vocals begin ("The morning came with its cold caress.."):
D|-----|
A|-----|
F|-----|
C|--0--|
G|--0--|
C|--0--|
Starts just before "I curse your light for waking me again...":
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
F|---------------------|
C|--1----0----1--1--0--|
F|--1----0----1--1--0--|
C|--1----0----1--1--0--| (x 2)
("I opened my window painted by thick ice..."):
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------|
C|--0---7-----------------------7--|
G|----------8--13---/4------7------|
C|---------------------------------|
(x 4)
Then silence.
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Time 26:26: This is where Evael actually begins, according to the lyrics:
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------|
C|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
G|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
C|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
PM . . . . . . . . .
Lead melody:
D|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|
F|--17------17---16------16---14---------------------------|----------|
C|------14-----------14-----------14--14--14----12--12/14--|--14b(h)--|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|
(x 2 before verse, x 4 between verses) | (NOT on last repeat)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/swallow_the_sun/evael_1000_tab.html ]
Background (lead melody):
D|-----------------------------------|---------------|
A|-----------------------------------|---------------|
F|-----------------------------------|---------------|
C|--0----3----7----5----0----3----7--|--5----0----3--|
G|--0----3----7----5----0----3----7--|--5----0----3--|
C|--0----3----7----5----0----3----7--|--5----0----3--|
(before and between verses) |(between verses)
Guitars go silent for the verse ("Cold, so cold is this air that the night brought...").
("Evael, my dream has been so alive and this plague has cleansed this world for us..."):
D|-------------------------------------|-----|
A|-------------------------------------|-----|
F|-------------------------------------|-----|
C|--10-9-7---7--6--6/2-2--2/3----3--0--|--7--|
G|--10-9-7---7--6--6/2-2--2/3----3--0--|--7--|
C|--10-9-7---7--6--6/2-2--2/3----3--0--|--7--|
(x 2)
Guitars go silent for the verse ("Sink deeper to your loneliness...").
Second chorus ("Wake up, old man, let it go..."), background chords the same as above:
D|--12/19--19--20--20---------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------17----17--18--18-17----17---18--18-17----17--|
F|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------|
(x 4)
Right after "And the room was filled by butterflies...":
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--0-0-0--0--0---0----0-0-0--0--0---0----0-0-0--0--0---0----7----8--|
G|--0-0-0--0--0---0----0-0-0--0--0---0----0-0-0--0--0---0----7----8--|
C|--0-0-0--0--0---0----0-0-0--0--0---0----0-0-0--0--0---0----7----8--|
PM . . . . . . . . . . . .
NOTE: After "And She fell, She fell to my arms..."
this same riff still continues playing, but without palm-muting.
("She trembled and whispered..."):
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------|
C|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
C|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
PM . . . . . . . . . . . .
Silence, only keyboards and whispering.
("I was lost in the woods and the trees kept me away from you...")
Guitars kick in after the break ("Hush now and let it go..."):
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--11/16-16-16--/12/11-12/11--11---11/19-19-19--/12/11-12/11--11--|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9/14-14-14--/10/9--10/9----9----9/17-17-17--/10/9--10/9----9--|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
(x 4)
Same melody, higher octave (right after "The room was filled... filled only with butterflies."):
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
F|---11/16-16-16--/12p11-12p11----11----11/19-19-19--/12p11-12p11--|--/14--14--14---12p11--|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
(x 6) (ONLY after 2nd repeat)
During this final part of the song the background chords are:
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--9--9--9--9--9--9--2--2--2--2--2--2--5--5--5--5--5--5--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
G|--9--9--9--9--9--9--2--2--2--2--2--2--5--5--5--5--5--5--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
C|--9--9--9--9--9--9--2--2--2--2--2--2--5--5--5--5--5--5--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
(x 8)
