Pain of Salvation – The Taming Of A Beast (Guitar Tab)
Drop A (A-E-A-D-F#-B)
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From the 2017 album "In The Passing Light Of Day"
Words and music by Daniel Gildenlow and Ragnar Zolberg
Transcribed by Travis Lausch
[Notes]
Nothing really difficult about the song at all. Take note of the rhythms in the instrumental
section/last chorus, though. I don't normally put bar lines in my tab staves, but I have here,
along with the time signature shifts, to make it all kind of make sense.
As always, here's a video of me playing it:
[Tuning]
Tune all guitars to drop-A tuning:
(low to high) A E A D G B e
[Intro]
w/"broken amp" fuzz effect
x12
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|--8b9-6----8b9-6~~~---|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
[Verse]
clean w/tremolo effect x4
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|--4-------6-------7-------9----11----|
E|-------------------------------------|
A|--4-------6-------7-------9----11----|
x15
e|-------------------|
B|--5-------5--------|
G|----8-------8b9----|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
(slow bend, let ring throughout)
[Chorus]
w/heavy distortion
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|--4----7---1--------0---4----7---1---0--------|
E|--4----7---1--------0---4----7---1---0--------|
A|--4----7---1--------0---4----7---1---0--------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------3--3--3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5--|
A|--4--4-4-4-4-6-7--7--7-7-7-7-1--1--1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3--|
E|--2--2-2-2-2-4-5--5--5-5-5-5-1--1--1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3--|
A|-----------------------------1--1--1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3--|
P.M.----------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9\--------|
E|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9\--------|
A|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9\--------|
[Post-chorus]
w/"broken amp" fuzz effect
x8
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|--8b9-6----8b9-6~~~---|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
[Verse]
clean w/tremolo effect x4
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|--4-------6-------7-------9----11----|
E|-------------------------------------|
A|--4-------6-------7-------9----11----|
x15
e|-------------------|
B|--5-------5--------|
G|----8-------8b9----|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
(slow bend, let ring throughout)
[Chorus]
w/heavy distortion
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|--4----7---1--------0---4----7---1---0--------|
E|--4----7---1--------0---4----7---1---0--------|
A|--4----7---1--------0---4----7---1---0--------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------3--3--3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5--|
A|--4--4-4-4-4-6-7--7--7-7-7-7-1--1--1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3--|
E|--2--2-2-2-2-4-5--5--5-5-5-5-1--1--1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3--|
A|-----------------------------1--1--1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3--|
P.M.----------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9\--------|
E|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9\--------|
A|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9\--------|
[Bridge]
clean x8
e|-------------------|
B|--5-------5--------|
G|----8-------8b9----|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
[Instrumental part]
w/heavy distortion x2
4/4 2/4
e|---------------|-------------|------------|---------------|----------|------------|-------|----------|
B|---------------|-------------|------------|---------------|----------|------------|-------|----------|
G|---------------|-------------|------------|---------------|----------|------------|-------|----------|
D|---------------|-------------|------------|---------------|----------|------------|-------|----------|
A|--x-4-4---4----|-x-6-6-------|-7-7-7------|-x-9-9--11---4-|-4-4------|-6-6----6-6-|-7-----|-9-9-9----|
E|--x-4-4---4----|-x-6-6-------|-7-7-7------|-x-9-9--11---4-|-4-4------|-6-6----6-6-|-7-----|-9-9-9----|
A|--x-4-4---4----|-x-6-6-------|-7-7-7------|-x-9-9--11---4-|-4-4------|-6-6----6-6-|-7-----|-9-9-9----|
4/4
e|---------------|-----------|------------|---------------|----------|------------|-------|------------------|
B|---------------|-----------|------------|---------------|----------|------------|-------|------------------|
G|---------------|-----------|------------|---------------|----------|------------|-------|------------------|
D|---------------|-----------|------------|---------------|----------|------------|-------|------------------|
A|--x-4-4---4----|-x-6-6-----|-7-7-7------|-x-9-9--11---4-|-4-4------|-6-6----6-6-|-7-----|-9-9-9--11-11-11--|
E|--x-4-4---4----|-x-6-6-----|-7-7-7------|-x-9-9--11---4-|-4-4------|-6-6----6-6-|-7-----|-9-9-9--11-11-11--|
A|--x-4-4---4----|-x-6-6-----|-7-7-7------|-x-9-9--11---4-|-4-4------|-6-6----6-6-|-7-----|-9-9-9--11-11-11--|[Last chorus]
e|---------------|-----------|------------|---------------|----------|------------|-------|------------------| B|---------------|-----------|------------|---------------|----------|------------|-------|------------------| G|---------------|-----------|------------|---------------|----------|------------|-------|------------------| D|---------------|-----------|------------|---------------|----------|------------|-------|------------------| A|--x-4-4---4----|-x-6-6-----|-7-7-7------|-x-9-9--11---4-|-4-4------|-6-6----6-6-|-7-----|-9-9-9--11-11-11--| E|--x-4-4---4----|-x-6-6-----|-7-7-7------|-x-9-9--11---4-|-4-4------|-6-6----6-6-|-7-----|-9-9-9--11-11-11--| A|--x-4-4---4----|-x-6-6-----|-7-7-7------|-x-9-9--11---4-|-4-4------|-6-6----6-6-|-7-----|-9-9-9--11-11-11--| e|---------------|-------------|------------|---------------|----------|------------|-------|----------| B|---------------|-------------|------------|---------------|----------|------------|-------|----------| G|---------------|-------------|------------|---------------|----------|------------|-------|----------| D|---------------|-------------|------------|-------------4-|-4-4------|-6-6----6-6-|-7-----|-5-5-5----| A|--x-0-0---0----|-x-2-2-------|-4-4-4------|-x-6-6--7----4-|-4-4------|-6-6----6-6-|-7-----|-4-4-4----| E|--x-0-0---0----|-x-2-2-------|-4-4-4------|-x-6-6--7----2-|-2-2------|-4-4----4-4-|-5-----|-3-3-3----| A|--x-0-0---0----|-x-2-2-------|-4-4-4------|-x-6-6--7------|----------|------------|-------|----------| [Outro] clean x4 e|-------------------| B|--5-------5--------| G|----8-------8b9----| D|-------------------| A|-------------------| E|-------------------| A|-------------------| Let last notes ring out and "wobble" in dissonance a bit.
[Legend]
8b9 = bend 8th fret note to pitch of 9th fret note
~~~ = vibrato
P.M. = palm mute
x = muted note