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Farther Than The Sun tab by Alter Bridge

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Alter Bridge - "Farther Than The Sun"
From "Fortress"
Tuning - Bb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb, low to high
tabbed by jjhand


Intro - 0:08
|-------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-0--5--4--1b3------------|
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Pre-Verse Riff
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|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-0---0-1-0-0-1-0---|-0-1-0-0-1-0---5-4---|-0---0-1-0-0-1-0---|

|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-0-1-0-0-1-0--5-4PH~-|-0---0-1-0-0-1-0---|-0-1-0-0-1-0---5-4---|

|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-0---0-1-0-0-1-0---|-0--5--4--1b3-----|




Verse Riff 1 - with Palm Muting throughout

play 3x
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----5-3-2-3-2-----|-5-3-2-3-2---2-------|
|-0-0-----------0-0-|---------------4-3-1-|

"Drifting like a comet in the cold
I cannot feel at all"

|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-----5-3-2-3-2-----|------------------|
|-0-0-----------0-0-|-0--5--4--1b3-----|


Verse Riff 2
|-------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------3h5p3-2-3-2-------|-3h5p3-2-3-2---7-6~|------3h5p3-2-3-2-------|
|-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-|-------------------|------------------0-0-0-|

"I fade to black and set out on my own
This is my resolve"

 play 2x
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-3h5p3-2-3-2---7-6~|------3h5p3-2-3-2-------|
|-------------------|------------------0-0-0-|

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-0--5--4--1b3------|




Chorus - Not all strums are indicated but listen to the song

|-2-------------|-2---------------|-0--------------|----------------------|
|-4-------------|-3---------------|-2--------------|----------------------|
|-4-------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|----------------------|
|-4-------------|-0---------------|-2---------6--6-|-4--------------------|
|-2-------------|-0---------------|-0---------7--7-|-5--------------0-----|
|-0-------------|-----------------|-----------5--5-|-3-----1-1--0-1---3-1-|
"I have to find a place where I belong I do not like what I have become"

|-2-------------|-2---------------|-0--------------|----------------------|
|-4-------------|-3---------------|-2--------------|----------------------|
|-4-------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|----------------------|
|-4-------------|-0---------------|-2---------6--6-|-4---4-4--------------|
|-2-------------|-0---------------|-0---------7--7-|-5---5-5--------------|
|-0-------------|-----------------|-----------5--5-|-3---3-3-----1b3---1--|
"No more compromise I will be gone Free to fly farther than the Sun ..."




Play Verse Again, but end Verse Riff 1 with:

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|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-6-5-3-------6-5-3-------|
|-------4-3-1-------4-3-1-|
 PM**********************

Lyrics:
"Something in the silence beckons me
And tells me every time
Only your defiance sets you free
And brings you back to life"




Play Chorus Again




Pre-Bridge - Played 3x with slow thick flanger effect
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-13p0-12p0-10p0-12p0-10p0-8p0-10p0-8p0-7p0-5p0-4p0-5p0-|


  fourth bar:
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-7TP\___\2TP-----------|  Play natural harmonics in 16ths sliding down the string
 All NH





Bridge - Repeat this during Solo 1 below
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-12-12-10h12-12-12-12-12-|-10h12-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-13-|

|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-12-12-10h12-12-12-12-12-|-10h12-12-12-12-12-15-15-15-15-15-15-|

|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-12-12-10h12-12-12-12-12-|-10h12-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-13-|

|-------------------------------------|----------------------12/x-----------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------9-10-12---------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-9-10-12-----------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-12-12-10h12-12-12-12-12-|-------------------------------------|



Solo 1 - Repeatedly pick while bending first note

|--------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|-9TP_b11______|_b11TP---11r9--|-9-9flt---9p7---|-9---7---------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------9-|-------9~~~----|
|--------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|

|----------------------|-----------------|-10-10h14p10-10------------------|
|-12/15-----12\10------|-7h12p7-/15~~~-0-|---------------14-10-7h10p7-7--7-|
|------14\11-----11\-0-|-----------------|-----------------------------10--|
|----------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|

** other solo starts
|----------------------|-9PH~~----|
|-7--10p7--7-----------|----------|
|--------9---9b11___---|----------|
|----------------------|----------|
|----------------------|----------|
|----------------------|----------|


Solo 2 - Starts in last 2 bars of Solo 1 (rhythm guitar track starts playing Preverse riff)
|-----------|-19------------|-----------|-19b21____r------|----------------------|
|--------19-|----22b24~~~~--|(22b24~~~)-|------------22~~-|-(22~~)--0h7-10p7-12p-|
|-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----21----|---------------|-----------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------------|----------------------|

 * all triplets
|---12--14--17--------17-------|-15-14-12-------------------------|
|-10--12--15-----17\15--15\14--|---------15-14-13-----------------|
|-------------16---------------|-----------------16-15-14---------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------14-13-12-|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|

faster
|--------------------------------------------|-14h17p14-------------------------------|----
|----------------------------14-15------14-15|---------15p14-----0--17p14-------------|----
|-----------14-16-------14-16------14-16-----|--------------16p14--------16p14--------|----
|------14-16-------14-16---------------------|--------------------------------14\12---|----
|-14-17--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------12-|-14~
|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----



Play Chorus Again similarly


Ending: Play Pre-Verse Riff




KEY
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| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| r  Bend release
| br  bend then release
| flt flutter - pull whammy bar and let it snap to make note sound choppy
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