Intro
WHEN IT FALLS (opening theme from RWBY Volume 3) - Jeff Williams feat. Casey Lee Williams
Guitar TAB
by Matty Jay ([email protected])
guitarist for Alyce Hart (www.alycehart.com)
I could NOT get this song out of my head and couldn't find any transcriptions of it, so
I sat down and learned it the best I could. This isn't 100%, but it's pretty close. I
believe there are at least 2 guitar parts, but my arrangement takes bits from both parts
and combines them into one main guitar part.
Feel free to e-mail with questions or comments!
Key of D-minor, Dropped-D tuning
Intro: (piano arranged for guitar)
BdimBdim 
C7C7 
A minorAm 
Am7/GAm7/G 
Fmaj7Fmaj7
E7sus4E7sus4
e--7-8-7---7-8-7---7-8-7---7-8-7---|-6-8-6---6-8-6---6-8-6-------|-----5---7---5---8---7---0----|
B--6-----6-------6-------6-------6-|-5-----5-------5-------5-----|-5-------5-------5-------3----|
G--4-------------------------------|-5---------------------------|-5-------5-------5-------2----|
D----------------------------------|-----------------------------|-7-------5-------3-------2----|
A----------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
D----------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
Verse:
N.C. (
DmDm)
e-----|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B-----|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G-----|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D-----|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A-5-3-|5-------------------------|----------------------------------5-3-|
D-----|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|3-5-6-5---3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
e-------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------|
A--5----------------------------------------------------------|
D-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-5-6-5-3-5-5-3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
e---------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B---------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G---------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D---------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A-5/6\5\3-|5-------------------------|----------------------------------5-3-|
D---------|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|3-5-6-5---3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
e----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A--5-------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-5-6-5-3-5-5-3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(7)\-|
Pre-Chorus:
(Bdim/F) (
C7/EC7/E) Am6/9 A minorAm
e---------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|--------------------------|9---7-----9---7-----9---7-----9---10----------|
A-2h3p2---2h3p2---2h3p2---2h3p2---|1h3p1---1h3p1---1h3p1-----|8---7-----8---7-----8---7-----8----7----------|
D-------3-------3-------3-------3-|------2-------2-------2~--|7---7-----7---7-----7---7-----7----7----------|
Fmaj7Fmaj7 
E5E5 Bbmaj7#11 (not 100% sure
about this chord)
e--0------------------------------|-0------------------------|-0--------------------------------------------|
B--x------------------------------|-0------------------------|-3--------------------------------------------|
G--2------------------------------|-x------------------------|-2--------------------------------------------|
D--3------------------------------|-2------------------------|-3--------------------------------------------|
A--3------------------------------|-2------------------------|-1--------------------------------------------|
D--3------------------------------|-2------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
G minorGm 
Eb MajorEb DmDm 
G/BG/B BdimBdim
e----------------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------------|
B----------------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------------|
G----------------------|--------------------|------------------|0---4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|
D--5-------------------|1-------------------|7-----------------|3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
A--5-------------0-1-3-|1-------------3-5-6-|5-----------------|2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
D--5---5-5-5-5-5-------|1---1-1-1-1-1-------|0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------|
Bb majorBb 
F/AF/A 
C5C5 
Bb5Bb5 
Ab5Ab5 
G5G5 C5C5 
D5D5 C5C5 G5G5 
F5F5
e----------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------|--------------------|13-----11------9-----8----13-/-15---13---8---6----------|
G----------------------|--------------------|12-----10------8-----7----12-/-14---12---7---5----------|
D--8-------------------|7-------------------|10------8------6-----5----10-/-12---10---5---3----------|
A--8-------------------|8-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
D--8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--------------------------------------------------------|
Cm6/9 (play this riff 5 times
and end)
e------------------------||
B--3--3----3--3---------o||
G--2--2----2--2----------||
D--1--1----1--1----------||
A--3--3----3--3---------o||
D------------------------||
Here's the song structure with lyrics, so you can see how it all goes together!
Intro: BdimBdim C7C7 A minorAm Am7/GAm7/G Fmaj7Fmaj7 E7sus4E7sus4
Verse:
DmDm
Maybe red's like roses, maybe it's the pool of blood the innocents will lay in when in
the end
you've failed to save them.
DmDm
Their dying eyes are wide and white like snow, and now they know the cost of trusting
you is obliteration
Pre-Chorus:
Bdim/F C7/EC7/E Am6/9 A minorAm Am6/9 A minorAm Am6/9 A minorAm
Mirrors will shatter, crushed by the weight of the world
Fmaj7Fmaj7 E5E5 Bbmaj7#11
The pillars collapse in shame.
Chorus:
G minorGm Eb MajorEb DmDm G/BG/B BdimBdim
There'll be no rest, there'll be no love, there'll be no hero in the end who will rise above
Bb majorBb F/AF/A
And when it ends, the good will crawl
C5C5 Bb5Bb5 Ab5Ab5 G5G5 C5C5 D5D5 C5C5 G5G5 F5F5
The shining light will sink in darkness, victory for hate incarnate, mis - e - ry and
pain for all
Cm6/9
When it falls
