Hands That Decay

Tom: Em

E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
                      HANDS THAT DECAY - Hanging Garden
E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

Tuning: C# (C# F# B E G# C#)


Intro (clean sound):
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------9------9-------9-----9--------4-----4---------9----9+-----|
D|---9------9-----9--9----9-----9--4------4-----4--9----------9---|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| (x 2)

Main riff (clean sound):
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----9-----9---------9-----9---------10----10--------9----9-------|
A|---7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7---6----6-----6---|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
                 (x 4 after intro, x 2 between verses)


Verse:
("Is this finally the winter when solar wind breaks our fate?")
("Run away from this dead end point...")
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------5-5-4-----------5-5-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-12-12-12---|
D|---2-2-2-2-2-5-5-4-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-12-12-12---|
A|---2-2-2-2-2-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-10-10-10---|
E|---0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------------------| (x 2)


Bridge:
("So long I've lost everything... Visions from my eyes...")
("...untouched by the hands that decay...")
("Run away from this soil ground...")
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---7------9----10----12-----10----12-----9----10-----9---|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
   (x 16) (x 8) (x 4) (x 4) (x 12) (x 4) (x 8) (x 4) (x 4)

E|---------------------------------------------------|---|
B|---------------------------------------------------|---|
G|---------------------------------------------------|---|
D|---------------------------------------------------|---|
A|---7-----9----10----12-----14----10-----12-----9---|-7-|
E|---------------------------------------------------|---|
   (x 8) (x 8) (x 8) (x 4) (x 16) (x 4) (x 12) (x 4)


Pre-chorus (repeat 2 times):
("Breaking like zero degrees in my heart...")
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9--9--9--9--7--7--7--5--5--5----4----5--5--5--4--4--4---|
D|---9--9--9--9--7--7--7--5--5--5----4----5--5--5--4--4--4---|
A|---7--7--7--7--5--5--5--3--3--3----2----3--3--3--2--2--2---|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
                                  (x 11)

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9--9--9--9--7--7--7--5--5--5----4----5--5--5--7--7--7---|
D|---9--9--9--9--7--7--7--5--5--5----4----5--5--5--7--7--7---|
A|---7--7--7--7--5--5--5--3--3--3----2----3--3--3--5--5--5---|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
                                  (x 11)


Chorus (repeat x 2, then back to pre-chorus):
("Waiting hands stained in blood...")
E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|---11----12------9-----11-----9----12---|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
    (x 9) (x 3) (x 12) (x 12) (x 6) (x 6)

E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---16-16-16-16-16-16-14-14-14-14-14-14-17-17-17-17-17-17-16-16-16-17-17-17--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---14-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-15-15-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-15-15-15--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus background chords for rhytm guitar:
E|---------------------|-----------------|
B|---------------------|-----------------|
G|---------------------|-----------------|
D|---11--11-11-11-11---|---9---9-9-9-9---|
A|----9---9--9--9--9---|---7---7-7-7-7---|
E|---------------------|-----------------|
           (x 8)               (x 8)


Song ends with:
E|--------|
B|--------|
G|---16---|
D|--------|
A|---14---|
E|--------|


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| /   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