Guitar tabs with lyrics
AWAKE
As recorded by Pillar
(From the 2006 Album THE RECKONING)
Transcribed by Aidan (hairhockey@hotmail.com) Words and Music by Pillar
Gtr I (
C majorC 
G+G C majorC 
FF 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD) - 'light distortion 1'
Gtr II (C majorC G+G C majorC FF A augmentedA D MajorD) - 'Light Distortion 2'
Gtr III (C majorC G+G C majorC FF A augmentedA D MajorD) - 'Heavy Distortion'
Intro
There are a couple of effects at the beginning but I didn't know how to tab them. I
just a couple of volume swells.
This does NOT include the bass part, so I don't have the riff that the bass plays during
Intro and Verse.
4/4
Gtr I
< > < >
|---------|----------|------------|----------|------------|
|---------|-3--------|-(3)--------|-5--------|-(5)--------|
|---------|----------|------------|----------|------------|
|---------|----------|------------|----------|------------|
|---------|----------|------------|----------|------------|
|---------|----------|------------|----------|------------|
Verse 1
A minorAm
||--------------------------|---------|---------|------||
||o-1p0-x-x-x-x-1p0-x-x-x---|---------|---------|-----o||
||--------------------------|---------|---------|------||
||--------------------------|---------|---------|------||
||o-------------------------|---------|---------|-----o||
||--------------------------|---------|---------|------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-1p0-x-x-x-x-1p0-x-x-x---------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-1p0-x-x-x-x-1p0-x-x-x---------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
||------------------------------3--|----------------------------------||
||o-1p0-x-x-x-x-1p0-x-x-x-x-1-0----|-x-x-1-0-x-x-x-x-1-0-x-x-x-x-x-x-o||
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
C5C5
|--------------------------------------|
|-x-x-1-0-x-x-x-x-1-0-x-x--x--x-x-x----|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
Gtr 3
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------10\----------|
|-------------------------10\----------|
|-------------------------10\----------|
Chorus 1
If you only have one guitar I would play the guitar 3 part
A5A5 C5C5 
G5G5
Gtr I
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-13-13-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
|-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--x--x--x|
|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|--7-----7-----------7-----7----------10----10----|-------10----10-----------5-----------5--------|
|--7-----7-----------7-----7----------10----10----|-------10----10-----------5-----------5--------|
|--7-----7-----------7-----7----------10----10----|-------10----10-----------5-----------5--------|
A5A5 C5C5 G5G5
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-13-13-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----|
|--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-x-x-x----|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--7-----7-----------7-----7----------10----10----|-------10----10----------5-------5---5------|
|--7-----7-----------7-----7----------10----10----|-------10----10----------5-------5---5------|
|--7-----7-----------7-----7----------10----10----|-------10----10----------5-------5---5------|
F5F5 
D5D5 G5G5
Gtr I
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-5-5-5--5-5-5--------|-------------12-12-12-|
|-x-x-x--x-x-x--7-7-7-|--7-7-7--x-0--x--x--x-|
|-3-3-3--3-3-3--x-x-x-|--x-x-x--x-0-10-10-10-|
|---------------7-7-7-|--7-7-7--x-0----------|
|
| Gtr III
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-3-3-3--3-3-3--0-0-0-|--0-0-0--x-0--5--5--5-|
|-3-3-3--3-3-3--0-0-0-|--0-0-0--x-0--5--5--5-|
|-3-3-3--3-3-3--0-0-0-|--0-0-0--x-0--5--5--5-|
F5F5 D5D5 
E5E5
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|-5-5-5--5-5-5---------|-------------9-9-9-|
|-x-x-x--x-x-x--7-7-7--|--7-7-7--x-0-x-x-x-|
|-3-3-3--3-3-3--x-x-x--|--x-x-x--x-0-7-7-7-|
|---------------7-7-7--|--7-7-7--x-0-------|
|A augmentedA
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|-3-3-3--3-3-3--0-0-0--|--0-0-0--x-0-2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3--3-3-3--0-0-0--|--0-0-0--x-0-2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3--3-3-3--0-0-0--|--0-0-0--x-0-2-2-2-|
Interlude
Gtr III
>
~~~~~~~~~~~
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------/5----|----------/7--|
|-(2)----------|--------------|
|-(2)----------|--------------|
|-(2)----------|--------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|--------4-5-4-x-x-x-x-|-4-5-4-x-x-5s7-x-x-5s4--x-----|
|-5---7----------------|--------------------------5s7-|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
Verse 2
Gtr I
3x
||------------------------------3-|-----------------------------------||
||o-1p0-x-x-x-x-1p0-x-x-x-x-1-0---|-x-x-1-0-x-x-x-x-1-0-x-x-x-x-x-x--o||
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------3-|-------------------------------------|
|-1p0-x-x-x-x-1p0-x-x-x-x-1-0---|-x-x-1-0-x-x-x-x-1-0-x-x--x--x-x-x---|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Gtr III
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------10\---------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------10\---------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------10\---------|
After playing this, go back to the chorus and play it through twice
Bridge
Guitar two plays in playing the harmony along with guitar 3, its barely audible, and It
need to be played.
G minorGm 
Bbsus2Bbsus2 
Bb majorBb F/Bb 
Eb5Eb5
Gtr I
|---------------------|------------------||-----------|--------|
|---------------------|------------------||o----------|--------|
|---------------------|------------------||-----------|--------|
|-10-10-10-12-12-12---|-14-14-14-9-9-9---||--3--------|-(3)----|
|--8--8--8-10-10-10---|-10-10-10-5-5-5---||o-3--------|-(3)----|
|--7--7--7--9--9--9---|-10-10-10-5-5-5---||--3--------|-(3)----|
|
| ~
|---------------------|------------------||-----------|--------|
|---------------------|------------------||o----------|--------|
|---------------------|------------------||--2--------|-(2)----|
|---------------------|------------------||-----------|--------|
|---------------------|------------------||o----------|--------|
|---------------------|------------------||-----------|--------|
G5G5 A5A5 
Bb5Bb5 C5C5 Eb5Eb5
|---------------|----------------||-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------o||-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|----------------||-----------------|-------------------|
|-7-----9-------|-10-----5-------||-3-3-x-x-x-3-3-3-|--3--3-x-x-x-3-3-3-|
|-7-----9-------|-10-----5------o||-3-3-x-x-x-3-3-3-|--3--3-x-x-x-3-3-3-|
|-7-----9-------|-10-----5-------||-3-3-x-x-x-3-3-3-|--3--3-x-x-x-3-3-3-|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~
|---------------|----------------||-----------------|-------------------|
|-8-6-5-3--(3)--|--8-6-5-3-5-6--o||-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|----------------||-5---------------|-(5)---------------|
|---------------|----------------||-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------o||-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|----------------||-----------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~
|---------------|----------------||-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------o||-----------------|-------------------|
|-9-7-5-4--(4)--|--9-7-5-4-5-7---||-2---------------|-(2)---------------|
|---------------|----------------||-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------o||-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|----------------||-----------------|-------------------|
G5G5 A5A5 Bb5Bb5 C5C5 Eb5Eb5 F5F5
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-----9-------|-10-----5------|-3-3-x-x-x-3-3-3-|-3-3-x-x-x-3-3-3--|
|-7-----9-------|-10-----5------|-3-3-x-x-x-3-3-3-|-3-3-x-x-x-3-3-3--|
|-7-----9-------|-10-----5------|-3-3-x-x-x-3-3-3-|-3-3-x-x-x-3-3-3--|
|
| ~~~~~~~
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-8-6-5-3--(3)--|--8-6-5-3-5-6--|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-9-7-5-4--(4)--|--9-7-5-4-5-7--|-2---------------|-2----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-0---------------|-0----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
3/4
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
|-5-5-x-x-x-5-5-5-|-5-5-x-x-x-5-5-5-|-7-7--7-7--10-10-|--10-10--5--|
|-5-5-x-x-x-5-5-5-|-5-5-x-x-x-5-5-5-|-7-7--7-7--10-10-|--10-10--5--|
|-5-5-x-x-x-5-5-5-|-5-5-x-x-x-5-5-5-|-7-7--7-7--10-10-|--10-10--5--|
|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
|-4---------------|-4---------------|-----------------|------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
|-2---------------|-2---------------|-----------------|------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
Chorus 3
4/4
Go back to the chorus
Outro/Guitar Solo
The accompaniment is guitar 3 part in the chorus.
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-20pb22r==============|=20--------20--(20)-17-20-17-|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------17b18-(17)------------------|
|-19b21---(19)---(19)--------|-(19)-17-19-------------19-17-19--------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------19-----|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|---(19)-----------------|-(19)--------19-17------------|
|------------------------|-------------------20-19-(19)-|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------*|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------*|
|----------------------|------17-[19]b21-17------------------*|
|----------------------|--------------------17-19-19---------*|
|-15-------------------|-(15)--------------------------------*|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------*|
Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
