Band: Fates Warning
Song: We Only Say Goodbye
Album: Parallels
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Tuning: Standard E (A 440)
Key Signature: E Minor
Guitar 1 - Jim Matheos
Guitar 2 - Frank Aresti
Riff 1 (both guitars) *acoustic
|----------|-------3-0--|
|----------|------------|
|-----0----|-----2------|
|-------2--|---2--------| Play both measures 2 times
|---2------|-0----------|
|-0--------|------------|
Riff 2A (distorted)
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|----------5---9--7-|
|----5-------------|----5-----5---9--7-| GTR 1
|---------------5--|----------3---7--5-|
|-0----------3-----|-0----------0------|
Riff 2A (clean) .
|----0-------0-----|----0--------0-----|
|-------2-------2--|-------2-------2---|
|----------------4-|-----------------4-|
|------------------|-------------------| GTR 2
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
Riff 2B (distorted)
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|----------5---7---------|
|----5-------------|----5-----5---7---5--2--| GTR 1
|---------------5--|----------3---5---5--2--|
|-0----------3-----|-0----------0---0-3--0--|
GTR 2 plays Riff 2A (clean) over Riff 2B.
Riff 3 (clean) *verse
“As I watched your shadow disappear”
Strum chords
|-3----------|-0-------0--|
|-3----------|-3-----3----|
|-2----------|-2----------|
|------------|-0----------| GTR 1
|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|
| | |
|---0----0---|---0-----3--|
|------3-----|-------3----|
|----------4-|------------|
|------------|------------| GTR 2
|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|
Riff 4
“I thought I heard you…”
|----------------|-----------------|
|-------8--------|-----------------|
|-5-----7-9------|-5-----9---------|
|-5-----5-9------|-5-----9---------| GTR 1
|-3-------7------|-3-----7---------|
|----------------|-----------------|
| | |
|----0------0----|---0------3--2-0-|
|------3------3--|-----3-----------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------| GTR 2
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
“But you only…”
|----------------|-------------|-------|
|-------8--------|-------------|-------|
|-5-----7-9-7----|-5-----9-----|-5---7-|
|-5-----5-9-7----|-5-----9-----|-5---7-| GTR 1
|-3-------7-5----|-3-----7-----|-3---5-|
|----------------|-------------|-------|
| | | |
|----0------0----|---0---------|-------|
|------3------3--|-----3-------|-------|
|----------------|-------------|-5---7-|
|----------------|-------------|-5---7-| GTR 2
|----------------|-------------|-3---5-|
|----------------|-------------|-------|
Riff 5
“Across the miles…”
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|------4---5---12--9--7-|
|-7---------------------| GTRS 1&2
|------2---3---10--7--5-|
|-5---------------------|
“But it’s so hard…”
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|------4---5---12-10--9--7--9-|
|-7---------------------------| GTRS 1&2
|------2---3---10--9--7--5--7-|
|-5---------------------------|
Solo – Jim
|---------|------------------------------------------|
|---------|------------------------------------------|
|---------|-9h11h12p11----9--7-----------------------|
|-7/9-\7~-|---------------------7--9-----7-----------|
|---------|---------------------------10---10--9-7-\-|
|---------|------------------------------------------|
|-------14-15-14-
|-15-17----------
|----------------
|---------------- *Frank comes in w/ harmony
|----------------
|----------------
-14^(15)—14p12--------------------------------------|
---------------15--12--15--12--8--10--8--7-7h8p7—5~-|
----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------| GTR 1
----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|
-17^(19)-17p15-14---------------------------------------|
-------------------15--17--15--12-13--12-10-10h12p10-8~-|
--------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------| GTR 2
--------------------------------------------------------|
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Notation Key:
h = hammer on
p = pull off
/ = ascending slide
\ = descending slide
^ = bend
() = note bent to
r = release
~ = vibrato
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/f/fates-warning/38615.html ]
