Tabs
Sevendust: Not Today
Transcribed by: mysticguitar77
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Date last modified: September 16, 2015
Notes: This was a fairly challenging song to learn. The guitars are very layered and have a lot of effects,
plus they're buried a little bit in the mix so it was hard to hear some of the little nuances of the
song and there are a lot of them. Not particularly hard to play, but tricky as there are a lot of
odd time signatures, rhythm patterns, and even a key change during the bridge. This tab is only the
main guitar parts during the song and what I played in my cover video.
Riff 1 "Transcend, we try to rip the shell away..."
C majorC|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-16--14--17--14-----14-14-14-14---16---14--14--14-14-14-/20-20-20-20-|
A#A#|-x---x---x---x------x--x--x--x----x----x---x---x--x--x---x--x--x--x--|
FF|-14--12--15--12--12-12-12-12-12-x-14---12--12--12-12-12-/18-18-18-18-|
G+G|-0---0---0---0---0--0--0--0--0--x-0----0---0---0--0--0---0--0--0--0--|
C majorC|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-16--14--17--14-----14-14-14-14---16---14--14--16-16-16-16b-16b-|
A#A#|-x---x---x---x------x--x--x--x----x----x---x---x--x--x--x---x---|
FF|-14--12--15--12--12-12-12-12-12-x-14---12--12--14-14-14-14b-14b-|
G+G|-0---0---0---0---0--0--0--0--0--x-0----0---0---0--0--0--0---0---|
Play Riff 1 x2 "The counter measure you have..."
Riff 2 "It won't stick..."
C majorC|------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------1------------------|
D#D#|--------------------------------------------4---------------|
A#A#|-----------------------------------------------2-1--1-2-4-4-|
FF|---12---12------------12--------12--------------------------|
G+G|-0----0----0--0-13--0----0-13-0----0-0-0--------------------|
* *
C majorC|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------1-----7-4-5-7-0-8\7-|
D#D#|--------------------------------------------4----------------|
A#A#|-------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|---12---12------------12--------12---------------------------|
G+G|-0----0----0--0-13--0----0-13-0----0-0-0---------------------|
* *
Play Riff 2 x2 "The crooked smile we fake..."
Fill 1 "...is that the best we get..."
C majorC|----------------------|
G+G|---1------------------|
D#D#|------4---------------|
A#A#|---------2-1--1-2-4-4-|
FF|----------------------|
G+G|-0--------------------|
Riff 3 "This is the thing that swallows you whole..."
C majorC|-------------------------------12*--------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------1------------|
D#D#|--------------------------------------------------4---------|
A#A#|------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|-12-----12---12b~--12-----12-------12-----12----------------|
G+G|----0-0----0----------0-0----0--------0-0----0------0-0-0-0-|
C majorC|-----------------------------14/15-------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------x--x--------------------------------|
D#D#|-----------------------------11/12-----14-----14/16-----14/16/17-|
A#A#|---------------------------------------x------x--x------x--x--x--|
FF|-12-----12-----12-----12---------------12-----12/14-----12/14/15-|
G+G|----0-0----0------0-0----0-0-------0-0----0-0-------0-0----------|
*
Riff 4 "There's no more words, no more reasons..."
C majorC|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#A#|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10-13-13-13-13-13\12-0--0-13\12-0--0-12\10-0-|
C majorC|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A#A#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10-1-1-1-1-1p0-0--0-1111-0--0--0-0-0-|
****
C majorC|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#A#|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10-13-13-13-13-13\12-0--0-13\12-0--0-12\10-0-|
C majorC|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#A#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10-13-13-13-13-13\12-0--0-13\12-0--0-12\10-0-13\12-0--0-13\12-0--0-12\10-0-|
Play Riff 1 x2 "Resist, you bite your tongue and stay asleep..."
Play Riff 2 x2 "It don't stick..."
Play Fill 1 x1 "...yeah, that's the thanks we get..."
Play Riff 3 x1 "This is the thing that swallows you whole..."
Play Riff 4 x1 "There's no more words, no more reasons..."
Fill 2 "I defeated it, we will become this..."
C majorC|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A#A#|-------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-13\12-0--0-13\12-0--0-12\10-0-13\12-0--0-13\12-0--0-12\10-0-|
Riff 5 "All things must end..."
C majorC|------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|------------------------------------------------------|
A#A#|------------------------------------------------------|
FF|------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-4-1-0--3-1-0--3-1-0--3--3--3-1-0-3-1-0--3-1-0--3-1-0-|
"But you don't know what gives us hope..."
C majorC|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-11--11--11--11-11--11-11-------------------11--11--11--11-11--11-11--------------------|
A#A#|-9---9---9---9--9---9--9--9--9--9--9-9--9-9-9---9---9---9--9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-9-|
FF|-x---x---x---x--x---x--x--7--7--7--7-7--7-7-x---x---x---x--x---x--x--7--7--7--7--7--7-7-|
G+G|-8---8---8---8--8---8--8--5--5--5--5-5--5-5-8---8---8---8--8---8--8--5--5--5--5--5--5-5-|
Fill 3
C majorC|-----|
G+G|-----|
D#D#|-----|
A#A#|-----|
FF|-----|
G+G|-0-0-|
*
Play Riff 3 x0.5 "This is what you wanted so long..."
Play Riff 4 x1 "There's no more words, no more reasons..."
Play Riff 5 x2 "I defeated it, we will become this..." (first half only gets repeated twice to end song)
Enjoy!!
