Sevendust: Black Out The Sun
Transcribed by: mysticguitar77
YouTube Username: MysticGuitar77
Date last modified: April 1, 2013
Tuning: Altered Drop B (B,F#,B,E,F#,B)
Intro (light distortion)
B|----------------------------|
F#|----------------------------|
E|-6-6--6-6-6----6-6----4-4---|
B|-4-4--4-4-4----4-4----2-2---| x2
F#|-4-4--4-4-4----0-0----0-0---|
B|-4-4--4-4-4--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
B|-------------------------0-----0-------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------|
E|-6-6--6-6-6----6-6-----6-----6---6-----------|
B|-4-4--4-4-4----4-4---------------------------|
F#|-4-4--4-4-4----0-0---------------------------|
B|-4-4--4-4-4--0-0-0-0-8-----7-------9~--2b4r2-|
Riff 1 "Screaming at the sky again..."
B|---------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------|
E|------------------------3-3-3-3\-|
B|------------------------3-3-3-3\-| x3
F#|------------------------1-1-1-1\-|
B|-4--2-4---4-2-4--0--0-0----------|
"Through the day..."
B|-----------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-7-7--7-7-7----2-2--2-2-0-0--0-0-0-|
F#|-7-7--7-7-7----2-2--2-2-0-0--0-0-0-|
B|-7-7--7-7-7--0-2-2--2-2-0-0--0-0-0-|
Play Riff 1 x2 "I said wait, where's my father..."
Riff 2 "So far I have to go..."
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------6-6-6-|
B|-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-2-2-2-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-x-x-x-|
F#|-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-2-2-2-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-4-4-4-|
B|-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-2-2-2-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-9-9--9-9-0-0-9-9--9-9-0-0-7-7--7-7-7--7/9-9-9--9-9-0-0-0-0-|
F#|-9-9--9-9-0-0-9-9--9-9-0-0-7-7--7-7-7--7/9-9-9--9-9-0-0-0-0-|
B|-9-9--9-9-0-0-9-9--9-9-0-0-7-7--7-7-7--7/9-9-9--9-9-0-0-0-0-|
Play Riff 1 x2 "Praying for another day..."
Play Riff 2 x2 "So far I have to go..."
Fill 1
B|-------------|
F#|-------------|
E|-------------|
B|-4~----------|
F#|-4~----------|
B|-4~----------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/sevendust/349940.html ]
Solo (w/ delay)
B|-----0--------------------------------------------11~-|
F#|------------4-b6r4---------/9~------/9--9/11--12------|
E|-/6-----/4~---------3-/-4-------/6--------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------7b8~-------8b9r8~----0----------------------|
F#|-/7-9-------/7-9-------------------------7b8r7-7~-|
E|------------------------/6---4/6\4-3-3-4----------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-20b21r20-16----16-------16-------16------|
F#|-------------19----19\16----16/19----19b~-|
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------16---------------14b15r14-|
F#|-17-16-14-16-14-16----16-14-13~--14----------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
B|----------12-------11-18-18b20-18b20~--21--21b23-21b23~-|
F#|-16-16-16----16-14--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
Play Riff 2 x2 "So far I have to go..."
Ending Solo
B|----------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------|
E|-/11-9-11~-/11-9-11~--11-9-11-/11-9-11~-|
B|----------------------------------------| x2
F#|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
B|----16---------16------16-14-16-16b17-14-17--16-14-16\-|
F#|-19----19b--19----19-----------------------------------|
E|-------17b--------17b----------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
Enjoy!!