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This Is The Time Ballast Tab by Nothing More

This Is The Time Ballast tab by Nothing More

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Tuning: Drop C
w/ 6th string dropped to A (A,G,C,F,A,D)

Riff 1   "When did we become these sinking stones..."
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------4-4---------2-2---------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-12-12-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-3-3-3-----1-1-1-1-|
           *   *   *   *         *   *   *   *         *   *   *   *         *   *       *   *

Play Riff 1 x3   "Dropping our hearts to grip our brothers' throat..."

Riff 2 (w/ heavy delay and lightly palm-muted)   "You can't see because you don't know..."
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-----7-----7---3-----3-----3---5-----5-----5---3-----3-----3---|
F|---7-----7-----7---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6-|
C|-----9-----9---------4-----4---------7-----7---------5-----5-----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-----7-----7---3-----3-----3---5-----5-----5---7-----7-----7---|
F|---7-----7-----7---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6-|
C|-----9-----9---------4-----4---------7-----7---------4-----4-----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 3   "We always start with good intentions..."
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------14h15p14p0-12-0-10\9-|
A|-0-10h12-0-12h14-0-14h15-0-10h12-0-12h14-0-14h15-0-10h12-0-12h14----------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------------|
A|-0-10h12-0-12h14-0-10h12-0-12h14-0-12\10-10-|
F|--------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|

D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10/22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-|
F|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
C|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7//19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 4   "This is the time that we let it go..."
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-12-12-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
F|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
C|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-9--9--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-14-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
F|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
C|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--11-11-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-12-12-14-14-14-14-14-14-14b-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
F|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
C|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-9--9--11-11-11-11-11-11-11b-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
F|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
C|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Fill 1
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
F|---------------------|
C|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
A|-12-12-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
           *   *   * ^ whammy pedal down an octave

Play Riff 1 x2   "Anchored in anger, we exile ourselves..."
Play Riff 2 x1   "You can't see because you don't know..."
Play Riff 3 x1   "We always start with good intentions..."
Play Riff 4 x1   "This is the time that we let it go..."

Riff 5   (lower volume, lightly palm-muted)
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-10-12-0-10-12-0-10-12-0-12-0--12-14-0-12-14-0-12-14-0-14-0-|

D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-14-15-0-14-15-0-14-15-0-15-0--12-14-0-12-14-0-12-14-0-14-|
                                           ^ ends here 2nd time through

Play Riff 5 x2

Riff 6
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0h10h12p0h10h12p0h10h12p0h12p0-12h14p0h12h14p0h12h14p0h14p0-|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|

D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-14h15p0h14h15p0h14h15p0h15p0-12h14p0h12h14p0h12h14p0h14-|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|

Play Riff 6 x2

Riff 7
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-10h12-0-10h12-0-10h12-0-12-0--10h12-0-10h12-0-10h12-0-12-0-|
           *       *       *             *       *       *

D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10h12-0-10h12-0-10h12-0-12-0--10h12-0-10h12-0-10-0-0---0-0-|
         *       *       *             *       *

Play Riff 4 x2   "This is the time that we let it go..."

Ending
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------4-4---------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-12-12-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-3-3-3-1--1--1--1/-|
           *   *   *   *         *   *   *   *         *   *   *   *         *   * *  *  *  *

D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------4-4---------2-----2-----|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-/12-12-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1/7-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1/8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-3-3-3---1-1---1-1-|
            *   *   *   *         *   *   *   *         *   *   *   *         *   *   * *

Enjoy!!

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