Wolves in the Throne Room - Born from the Serpent's Eye Standard tuning - EADGBe Acoustic Intro (fingerstyle, let notes ring) e|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|----10-----------12-------10------------12-----------|----13-----10----13----12-------| D|-10------8-6--10-------10------8-6---10-----10----10-|-10-----10----10----10----10-10-|x2 A|----8----8-8-----10-------8----8-8------10--10h11-8--|----11-----8-----11----10-11-13-| E|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------| Distorted Guitars e|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| B|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| G|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| D|-10"--8"-6"-10"---10"--8"-6"-10"--10"-10"-|-10"--10"-10"-10"---10"-10"--|x2 A|-8"---8"-8"-10"---8"---8"-8"-10"--11"-8"--|-11"--8"--11"-10"---11"-13"--| E|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------8"--7"-8"-10"----| D|----------------------------------------------|x4 A|-----10"--11"--8"-6"-----10"------------------| E|-8"-------------------8"----------------------| Vocals enter (While this riff plays 4 times the lead holds tremolo picking the 13 fret 5th string) e|------------------------| B|------------------------| G|------------------------| D|-6"---------5"----------|x4 A|-3"---------3"----------| E|------------------------| This riff is played twice clean with delay then once through distorted and tremolo pick the chords e|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-11--10--8--10-11-10--8--7--7h8p7h8-10---11--10--8--10-11-13-| E|-8---8---8--8--8--8---8--8--8-------8----8---8---8--8--8--11-| Distorted Guitars (the top note of the chords is played by a second guitar) e|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| \ B|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| | G|-10"--10"10"12"---10"--10"10"12"--13"-10"-|-13"--10--13"-12"---13"-15"--| | play whole D|-10"--8"-6"-10"---10"--8"-6"-10"--10"-10"-|-10"--10"-10"-10"---10"-10"--|x2 |x4 section 4 times A|-8"---8"-8"-10"---8"---8"-8"-10"--11"-8"--|-11"--8"--11"-10"---11"-13"--| | E|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| / e|--------------------------------| e|----------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| B|----------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| G|----------------------------------| D|-7--8\7-8\7-8\6--7--8\7-7/10-8--|x4 D|----------------------------------|x4 A|-5--6\5-6\5-6\4--5--6\5-5/8--6--| A|-5--6\5-6\5-6\4--5--6\5-6\5-6\4---| E|--------------------------------| E|-3--4\3-4\3-4\2--3--4\3-4\3-4\2---| Tremolo pick these chords, on the fourth time the last three chords are hit single times e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|-7--8\7-8\7-8\6--7--8\7-7/10-8--|x4 A|-5--6\5-6\5-6\4--5--6\5-5/8--6--| E|--------------------------------| Interlude (vocal break) Distorted guitars come back with slowed tempo more slow riffing e|-------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------|x4 D|-7---8-8\7-7--7--8-8\7-7--|x4 A|-5"---7"-8"-5"---7"-8"-8"--7"-7h8p7"-5"-3"-| A|-5---6-6\5-5--5--6-6\5-5--| E|-5"---5"-5"-5"---5"-5"-6"--6"-6"-----6"-5"-| E|-5---6-6\5-5--5--6-6\5-5--| back to up tempo Lead comes in after 2x of the rhythm riff by itself e|-------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------| This whole section B|-------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| is played about 10 times G|-------------------| G|-14"----------------------------------------------| D|-------------------| D|--------15"-14"---14"---15"-14"---12"-------------| Play these until A|-5"------5"--------| A|-----------------------------------------13"-12"--| fade out E|-5"------6"--------| E|--------------------------------------------------| ************************************ | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | x Dead note | / Slide up | \ Slide down | " Tremelo picking ************************************

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