Not Today tab by Sevendust

Sevendust: Not Today

Transcribed by: mysticguitar77

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Date last modified: September 16, 2015

Tuning: Modified Drop A# (G,F,A#,D#,G,C) *6th string dropped to G from A# normally*

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|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-16--14--17--14-----14-14-14-14---16---14--14--14-14-14-/20-20-20-20-|
A#|-x---x---x---x------x--x--x--x----x----x---x---x--x--x---x--x--x--x--|
 F|-14--12--15--12--12-12-12-12-12-x-14---12--12--12-12-12-/18-18-18-18-|
 G|-0---0---0---0---0--0--0--0--0--x-0----0---0---0--0--0---0--0--0--0--|

 C|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-16--14--17--14-----14-14-14-14---16---14--14--16-16-16-16b-16b-|
A#|-x---x---x---x------x--x--x--x----x----x---x---x--x--x--x---x---|
 F|-14--12--15--12--12-12-12-12-12-x-14---12--12--14-14-14-14b-14b-|
 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|------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------1------------------|
D#|--------------------------------------------4---------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------2-1--1-2-4-4-|
 F|---12---12------------12--------12--------------------------|
 G|-0----0----0--0-13--0----0-13-0----0-0-0--------------------|
                                        * *

 C|-------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------1-----7-4-5-7-0-8\7-|
D#|--------------------------------------------4----------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------------|
 F|---12---12------------12--------12---------------------------|
 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|----------------------|
 G|---1------------------|
D#|------4---------------|
A#|---------2-1--1-2-4-4-|
 F|----------------------|
 G|-0--------------------|

Riff 3   "This is the thing that swallows you whole..."
 C|-------------------------------12*--------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------1------------|
D#|--------------------------------------------------4---------|
A#|------------------------------------------------------------|
 F|-12-----12---12b~--12-----12-------12-----12----------------|
 G|----0-0----0----------0-0----0--------0-0----0------0-0-0-0-|

 C|-----------------------------14/15-------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------x--x--------------------------------|
D#|-----------------------------11/12-----14-----14/16-----14/16/17-|
A#|---------------------------------------x------x--x------x--x--x--|
 F|-12-----12-----12-----12---------------12-----12/14-----12/14/15-|
 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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 F|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 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|--------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
 F|--------------------------------------------------------------|
 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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 F|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 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|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 F|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 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|-------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------------|
 F|-------------------------------------------------------------|
 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|------------------------------------------------------|
 G|------------------------------------------------------|
D#|------------------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------------------------|
 F|------------------------------------------------------|
 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|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-11--11--11--11-11--11-11-------------------11--11--11--11-11--11-11--------------------|
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-|
 F|-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|-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|-----|
 G|-----|
D#|-----|
A#|-----|
 F|-----|
 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!!