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Hourglass by Lamb Of God

Hourglass tab by Lamb Of God

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Band: Lamb of God
Song: Hourglass
Album: Ashes of the Wake (2004)

Tuning: Drop D MajorD

🏷Legend:
. = palm mute
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h = hammer-on

I know there are many other tabs for this song. Some are bad, some are good,
but none are perfect. This is almost certainly 99-100% correct. I used the
studio recording (slowing it down to 50% speed sometimes), as well as the
following videos to figure out how Willie Adler and Mark Morton play this song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l054kS3Fcuw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwVKMdmXvT8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw7zYploBLc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHZb0OvfSRE

There are 2 guitars in this song, but besides a couple parts, they play almost
exactly the same thing.

Questions, comments, and corrections are encouraged. If you have any,
please comment below, or message me.

Part 1
E MajorE||----------------------------------|------------------------------------| Willie plays
BB||----------------------------------|-------------------------------10-9-| these last 2
G+G||----------------------------------|--------------------------10-9------| notes on the
D MajorD||----------------------------------|------------------------------------| G+G string.
A augmentedA||---------7h8-----8h10-------------|---------7h8-----8h12---------------| Mark plays
D MajorD||-000-000-----000------000-3-7-6-2-|-000-000-----000------000-----------| it like this.
  ... ...   ...   ...      ... ...   ...   ...

continued
E MajorE|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
BB|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
G+G|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||x2
D MajorD|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|---------7h8-----8h10-------------|-------------------------------------------||
D MajorD|-000-000-----000------000-3-7-6-2-|-000-000-13-12-000-12-11-000-0-13-16\17/16-||
  ... ...   ...   ...      ... ...    ...    ... . .

continued
E MajorE|-------|
BB|-------|
G+G|-------|
D MajorD|-------|
A augmentedA|-0-0-0-|
D MajorD|-0-0-0-|
  . . .

Part 2
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------13-12-11-|
D MajorD|-0-0-0-13-12-0-0-13-16/17\16-0-0-0----------|
  . . .    . . .     . . .

continued
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------8-5-4-|
D MajorD|0-0-0-13-12-0-0-12-11-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-13-12-0-0-1-4/5\4-0-0-0-8-5-4-|
 . . .    . .    . . . . . . . . . .    . . .    . . .

continued
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------13-12-11-|
D MajorD|-0-0-0-13-12-0-0-12-11-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-13-12-0-0-13-16/17\16-0-0-0----------|
  . . .    . .    . . . . . . . . . .    . . .     . . .

continued
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------8-5-4-|-0-1-4-1-000-|
D MajorD|-0-0-0-13-12-0-0-12-11-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-13-12-0-0-1-4/5\4-0-0-0-8-5-4-|-0-1-4-1-000-|
  . . .    . .    . . . . . . . . . .    . . .    . . .     . . . . ...

Part 3 (x2) - (The first 3 notes are played at the same time as the last 3 notes in
the previous section.)
E MajorE||----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
BB||----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
G+G||----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D MajorD||-----------------------------------10---|-------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA||-----13---10h12-----13---10h12----------|-----13---10h12--------12-10---------------|
D MajorD||-000----0-------000----0-------0-8----8-|-000----0-------000-10-------13-9/10\9-6-5-|
  ...  .    ...  .    . .    ...  .    ... . . . .

continued
E MajorE|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------10---|----------------------8-7----------|
A augmentedA|-----13---10h12-----13---10h12----------|-----13---10h12-----6-----10-7/8\7-|
D MajorD|-000----0-------000--=-0-------0-8----8-|-000----0-------000----------------|
  ...  .    ...  .    . .    ...  .    ... . .

continued
 (1st ending)(2nd ending)
E MajorE|-----------|-----------|
BB|-----------|-----------|
G+G|-----------|-----------|
D MajorD|-----------|-----------|
A augmentedA|----5-4----|-----------|
D MajorD|-----------|----5-1----|

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Part 4 (x4)(alternating endings)
E MajorE||----------------------------------------------|
BB||----------------------------------------------|
G+G||----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD||---8---5/7---8---5/7---------------8---5/7----|
A augmentedA||---6---3/5---6---3/5---------------6---3/5----|
D MajorD||-0---0-----0---0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-----0--|
  .  .   .  .   . . . . . . .  .   .

continued
 (1st and 3rd endings) (2nd and 4th endings)
E MajorE|----------------------|------------------|
BB|----------------------|------------------|
G+G|----------------------|------------------| on the 4th ending,
D MajorD|-10--10---10--10------|------------------| the last note is
A augmentedA|--8---8----6---6----0-|-3--3---1--1----0-| palm muted.
E MajorE|--------0---------0-0-|-3--3-0-1--1--0-0-|
     .     .     .    .

Part 5
E MajorE||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
BB||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G+G||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||x2
D MajorD||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA||-------12-----------------12-------------------------------------------------||
D MajorD||-12-13----0-0-0-0-0-12-13----0-0-0-0-0-12-13-11-0-0-0-0-0-12-13-10-0-0-0-0-0-||
       . . . . .     . . . . .     . . . . .     . . . . .

continued
E MajorE|---------------|
BB|---------------|
G+G|---------------|
D MajorD|---------------|
A augmentedA|---------------|
D MajorD|-6-5-4-5-4-3-0-|
  . . . . . . .

continued
E MajorE||-------------------------------------------------------------------||  E MajorE|---|
BB||-------------------------------------------------------------------||  BB|---|
G+G||-------------------------------------------------------------------||x2 G+G|---|
D MajorD||-------------------------------------------------------------------||  D MajorD|---|
A augmentedA||-------12-----------------12---------------------------------------||  A augmentedA|---|
D MajorD||-12-13----0-0-0-0-0-12-13----0-0-0-0-0-12-13-11-0-0-0-0-0-12-13-10-||  D MajorD|-6-|
       . . . . .     . . . . .     . . . . .         .

Part 6
E MajorE||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
BB||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
G+G||---------------------------------------------------------------------||x2
D MajorD||-------14-----------------14-----------------------------------------||
A augmentedA||-12-13-12-----------12-13-12-----------12-13-11-----------12-13-10---||
D MajorD||-12-13----0-0-0-0-0-12-13----0-0-0-0-0-12-13-11-0-0-0-0-0-12-13-10---||
       . . . . .     . . . . .     . . . . .

continued
E MajorE|---------------|
BB|---------------|
G+G|---------------|
D MajorD|---------------|
A augmentedA|---------------|
D MajorD|-6-5-4-5-4-3-0-|
  . . . . . . .

continued
E MajorE||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
BB||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
G+G||---------------------------------------------------------------------||x2
D MajorD||-------14-----------------14-----------------------------------------||
A augmentedA||-12-13-12-----------12-13-12-----------12-13-11-----------12-13-10---||
D MajorD||-12-13----0-0-0-0-0-12-13----0-0-0-0-0-12-13-11-0-0-0-0-0-12-13-10---||
       . . . . .     . . . . .     . . . . .

continued
E MajorE|--------------------------|
BB|--------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------6-5-4-8-7-6--|
D MajorD|-6-5-4-5-4-3--------------|
  . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part 7 (The Vomit Riff!) (Guitar 1)
E MajorE||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD||---------------------------11------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA||---------12----------12-13----13-12---------12----------------13-12-11-|\
D MajorD||-0-12-13----13-12-13----------------0-12-13----13-12-11-12-10----------| \
  . . .   . . . . .     . . .   . . . . .      x4
                                      /
(Guitar 1) - continued                           /
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------||   /
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------||  /
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------||  /
D MajorD|---------------------------11------------------------------------|| /
A augmentedA|---------12----------12-13----13-12---------12-------------------|| /
D MajorD|-0-12-13----13-12-13----------------0-12-13----13-12-5-8-4-7-6-3-||/
  . . .   . . . . .     . . .   . . . . . . . .

(Guitar 2) - After Guitar 1 plays the above part once, strum this chord and let it ring.
E MajorE|------------------------0~-----------------------|
BB|------------------------3------------------------|
G+G|------------------------2~-----------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------0~-----------------------|
A augmentedA|~-----------------------0~-----------------------|
D MajorD|~-----------------------0~-----------------------|


(Guitar 2) - continued - After Guitar 1 has played its section twice, play this.
E MajorE||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD||---------------------------15------------------------------------------|\
A augmentedA||---------15----------15-16----16-15---------15----------------16-15-14-| \
D MajorD||-0-15-16----16-15-16----------------0-15-16----16-15-15-16-15----------| x2
  . . .   . . . . .     . . .   . . . . .      /
                                      /
(Guitar 2) - continued                          /
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------||   /
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------||  /
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------||  /
D MajorD|--------------------------15------------------------------------|| /
A augmentedA|--------15----------15-16----16-15---------15-------------------|| /
D MajorD|0-15-16----16-15-16----------------0-15-16----16-15-5-8-4-7-6-3-||/
 . . .   . . . . .     . . .   . . . . . . . .

Part 8 (both guitars)
E MajorE||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
BB||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G+G||------------------------------------------------------------------------|| x4
D MajorD||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA||-0~~------------1~~-------------3~~-------------4-5-4-8-7-6-------------||
D MajorD||-0~~5-8-4-7-6-3-1~~-5-8-4-7-6-3-3~~-5-8-4-7-6-3-------------6-5-4-5-4-3-||
    . . . . . .   . . . . . .   . . . . . .       . . . . . .

Part 9
E MajorE||-------------------------------||
BB||-------------------------------||
G+G||-------------------------------|| x4
D MajorD||-------------------------------||
A augmentedA||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
D MajorD||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part 10 (Guitar 1)
E MajorE||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD||---------------------------11------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA||---------12----------12-13----13-12---------12----------------13-12-11-|\
D MajorD||-0-12-13----13-12-13----------------0-12-13----13-12-11-12-10----------| \
  . . .   . . . . .     . . .   . . . . .      x4
                                      /
(Guitar 1) - continued                           /
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------||   /
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------||  /
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------||  /
D MajorD|---------------------------11------------------------------------|| /
A augmentedA|---------12----------12-13----13-12---------12-------------------|| /
D MajorD|-0-12-13----13-12-13----------------0-12-13----13-12-5-8-4-7-6-3-||/
  . . .   . . . . .     . . .   . . . . . . . .

(Guitar 1) - continued (same as previous section, but not palm muted)
E MajorE||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD||---------------------------11------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA||---------12----------12-13----13-12---------12----------------13-12-11-|\
D MajorD||-0-12-13----13-12-13----------------0-12-13----13-12-11-12-10----------| \
                                      x2
                                      /
(Guitar 1) - continued                           /
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------||   /
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------||  /
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------||  /
D MajorD|---------------------------11------------------------------------|| /
A augmentedA|---------12----------12-13----13-12---------12-------------------|| /
D MajorD|-0-12-13----13-12-13----------------0-12-13----13-12-5-8-4-7-6-3-||/

(Guitar 2)
E MajorE||-------------------------------||
BB||-------------------------------||
G+G||-------------------------------|| x4
D MajorD||-------------------------------||
A augmentedA||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
D MajorD||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Guitar 2) - continued
E MajorE||-------------------------------------------------|
BB||-------------------------------------------------|
G+G||-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD||-------------------------------------------------|\
A augmentedA||-------------------------------------------------| \
D MajorD||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| \
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   \ x2
                            /
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------||  /
BB|------------------------------------------------|| /
G+G|------------------------------------------------|| /
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------||/
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------||
D MajorD|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-8-4-7-6-3-||
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Guitar 2) - continued (same as previous section, but not palm muted)
E MajorE||-------------------------------------------------|
BB||-------------------------------------------------|
G+G||-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD||-------------------------------------------------|\
A augmentedA||-------------------------------------------------| \
D MajorD||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| \
                            \ x2
                            /
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------||  /
BB|------------------------------------------------|| /
G+G|------------------------------------------------|| /
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------||/
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------||
D MajorD|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-8-4-7-6-3-||

Both guitars end on this (let it ring)
E MajorE|---|
BB|---|
G+G|---|
D MajorD|---|
A augmentedA|-0-|
D MajorD|-0-|

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