Dust tab by Mark Tremonti

Song: Tremonti - "Dust"
From the album "Dust"
Tuning: C# Standard
Tabbed by: jjhand

With the mix of acoustic and electric this song sounds much more like what Mark had played for
Alter Bridge than most of the Cauterize album. The chorus sounds very radio-friendly but the
solo is quite good. Please enjoy, rate and/or comment.


Intro/Verse - Acoustic
c#|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------|------------------2-------------|
B |----------0-----------0------------|---------0------3---------------|
F#|---10---------10----7--------------|---5-------5--------------------|
C#|-8------8--------\5----------------|-3-----3-----\1-----------------|

Verse Lyrics:
"Cut through the fetters, reach the end
 Only to fight yourself again
 Who would believe that now you're done?
 You carried the weight of everyone"

"After all the time we spent
 Rewriting the rules that now we bend
 The whole damn thing has turned to dust
 You left us alone, defeated us"




Prechorus Riff (0:54, Acoustic):
                                                      play this bar 2x
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------0----|
|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0----------------|
|----3-----3-----3-----3--|----3-----3-----3-----3--|----7-----7-----7-------|
|-1-----------1-----------|-0-----------0-----------|-5-----------5----------|



Prechorus (Played by Electric Guitar when Acoustic repeats the Prechorus Riff)

|------------------|-------------------|-7TP---------------|-8TP-----------7---|
|-8TP--------------|-8TP---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|



Chorus - Rhythm Electric Chords
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5----------------|-5-----------------|-7-----------------|-3-----------------|
|-3----------------|-5-----------------|-7-----------------|-3-----------------|
|------------------|-3-----------------|-5-----------------|-1-----------------|
"Why did you head out? Did you lack the love"
"Hide from our eyes now, the reflection of..."



Chorus - Lead Electric Part
|-------------------------------15----------------|
|-12h13-13-13-12h13-13-13-12h13----13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------------------| play similarly 3x
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

4th bar
|----13-------12-------10-------10h12-------------|
|-13-------13-------13-------13-------13----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


Rhythm & Lead repeat, but 4th bar changes to:

Rhythm:
|---------------------|
|--0------------------|
|--5----hold----------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|




Pre-Verse 2 Mini-Solo (1:45)
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--8b10r~~~~~~~~~~~~-5----------|
|-9pbr7----5---7-5-5____/7--|-------------------------------|
|------------7--------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|

|---------------------------|
|-8b10----------------------|
|------7b8r-5---7p5---------|
|-------------7-----7~~~~~~-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|



Play Verse Riff Again

Lyrics:
"Once fell behind that carried me
You know it was never meant to be
Bled for the right to see it through
Now is the time to carry you

Why were we afraid to go
We asked for the truth and now we now
The whole damn thing has turned to dust
The ashes you left to bury us"



Play Prechorus & Chorus Again




Bridge - Bass plays melody


Acoustic Riff (at 3:19)
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---0------0------0------0--|-(0)----0------0------0------0-|
|-2------2------2------2----|------4------4------4------4---|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|

|-----------------------------|
|-(0)----0------0------0------|
|------5------5------5------5-| play this riff 3x
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|


Bridge Lead (3:31) - let notes ring
|-15--------------------|-15--------------|----------------------15-|
|-----------12----------|-13-----------13-|-15h17--15h17--15h17-----|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|

|-15-------------|--------------------------|--------12--------|
|----------------|-12h13--12h13--12h13--13--|-15---------------|
|----------------|--------------------------|------------------|
|----------------|--------------------------|------------------|
|----------------|--------------------------|------------------|
|----------------|--------------------------|------------------|



Solo
|-17-21-19----17p15--------15-17--15--17-20-|-19----17p15--------15-17--15--------|
|------------------17-15h17-----------------|------------17-15h17---------17br-15-|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


|----------------17h20p17--17h19p17----------------------17h22p17--17h19p17-------|
|-17h20p17--17h20--------20--------20p17--17h20p17--17h20------------------20p17--|
|---------19----------------------------19--------19----------------------------19|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-17h19p17--17------20b22--20--17------------------------------|
|---------20--20p17--------------17-20b22--20--17-17--17\15-17-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------17-16-15----------|---------------------------------|
|-17---17---15------------17-16-15-|-15---15---13---------13------17-|
|-14---14---14---------------------|-12---12---12---12/14----14------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-22p17--20p17-----------17-20-17--------17-20-17---17x-17x-20~~-----|
|------19-----19-19-17-19--------19-17-19--------19------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-17-19-20pbr19-----------------------------------------19-|-20~~~~---
|----------------20p17--17-20---------------------17-20----|----------
|---------------------19-----19b21r19-17----17-19----------|----------
|----------------------------------------19----------------|----------
|----------------------------------------------------------|----------
|----------------------------------------------------------|----------


Solo Rhythm Chords - Played 2x
|---------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------------|-5----------------|-7--------------|-7---------------|
|-1-------------|-3----------------|-5--------------|-5---------------|



Play Chorus Again


Chorus Repeat Rhythm Variation (4:35)
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-5----5---rest (mute strings)| continue with Chorus normally
|-5----5----------------------|
|-3----3----------------------|
|-----------------------------|
             "Why did you head out..."



Play Intro/Verse Riff and fade out




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KEY
| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend