Tom: Ebm
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Plague of Butterflies - Swallow The Sun
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Tuning: C tuning
This is the second part of the epic "Plague of Butterflies" 3-part EP.
This tab starts at time 12:18 (since all the 3 songs are as one, nearly 35 minutes long track).
The other songs of the EP, "Losing the Sunsets" and "Evael 10:00" are tabbed on this site as well.
Check them out!
Verse:
("Silent people walking by, they are leaving...")
("Village is empty, dead cold empty...")
C |E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------|
G |E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------|
D#|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------|
A#|--2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2--1--1-1--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-1--1-1--1-1--|
F |--2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2--1--1-1--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-1--1-1--1-1--|
C |--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0---------------------------------------------------|x2
Bridge 1 ("Buried a few of them today, the children and the old by the road..."):
E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|--7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7--|
A|--7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7--|
E|--5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5--| (x 8)
PM . . . . . . . . . .
Bridge 2:
("But they decide to go...")
("But her face I could not find...")
("Maybe I'm the old one sheltered by these woods...")
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|--7--7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|--7--7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|--5--5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--| (x 4)
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Quick lead to second verse:
E|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|--10-9-9-9--------|
A|-----------9-9-7--|
E|------------------|
Bridge 3:
("But when even the trail of dead ended by the road...")
("Dancing through the flame of a candle...")
Second guitar plays bridge 1 at the same time.
E|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|--7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7--|
A|--7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7--|
E|--5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--| (x 8)
Bridge 4:
("Hoping, in this kingdom of my loneliness...")
("Taking me to sleep...")
("When Evael is lost still...")
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|--3--2--2-2-2-5--4--2--3--2---3--2--2-2-2-5--4--/5--1--|
A|--3--2--2-2-2-5--4--2--3--2---3--2--2-2-2-5--4--/5--1--|
E|--1--0--0-0-0-3--2--0--1--0---1--0--0-0-0-3--2--/3-----| (x 2)
PM . . . . . .
Break 1 ("On this throne of my thoughts..."):
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|--2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2--2-2-2--|
A|--2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2--2-2-2--|
E|--0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0--0-0-0--| (x 2 on first time, x 4 other times)
PM . . . . . . . .
Interlude (clean sound), this continues playing also in background:
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--12-------12-------12-------12-------11-------11-------11---------------|
G|-----12-11----12-11----12-11----12-11----12-11----12-11---12-11-9-11-12--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Interlude, piano transition to guitar (repeated twice):
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-13--------------------|
G|--9-9-9-11-11-11-12-12-12----------------------------14-14-14-14-14-14--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15-15-15-12-12-12-13-13-13-15-15-15-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Interlude ends, distorted guitar slowly rises (use volume control):
E|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--2--|
A|--2--|
E|--0--|
Bridge 5 ("Hoping for my time to come, I closed my eyes and took a deep breath..."):
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-4-4-4-5-5-5-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|-2-2-2-4-4-4-5-5-5-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|-0-0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-7-7-7--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--12-12-12-9-9-9-10-10-10-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|--12-12-12-9-9-9-10-10-10-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|--10-10-10-7-7-7--8--8--8-10-10-10--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Bridge 5 ("The wings, they moved and danced, as a butterfly they kept dancing..."):
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-2-2-4-4-4-5-5-5-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A|--2-2-2-4-4-4-5-5-5-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|--0-0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9-9-5-5-5-7-7-7-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4--|
A|--9-9-9-5-5-5-7-7-7-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4--|
E|--7-7-7-3-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2--|
Bridge 5 ("But why are you here when Evael is lost still?"):
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-2-2-4-4-4-5-5-5-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|--2-2-2-4-4-4-5-5-5-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|--0-0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-7-7-7--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--12-12-12-9-9-9-10-10-10-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|--12-12-12-9-9-9-10-10-10-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|--10-10-10-7-7-7--8--8--8-10-10-10--8--8--8--8--8--8-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Then bridge 4 (x 2) and break (x 4) again. And silence.
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Time 20:56:
Clean melody:
E|----7---------------8--5--|
B|--5----7--5--7-8--8-------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------| (x 4)
Then break 1 (x 4), it also has a new lead now:
E|--------------|--------------|
B|--20--17------|--19--16------|
G|----------16--|----------16--|
D|--------------|--------------|
A|--------------|--------------|
E|--------------|--------------| (x 2 on first time, x 4 other times)
(x 6) | (x 2)
Bridge to outro:
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5-5-5-2----4--5-5--/8--8\4----5-5-5-2----4--5-5--8\3--3-3-3-3-3-3--|
A|--5-5-5-2----4--5-5--/8--8\4----5-5-5-2----4--5-5--8\3--3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E|--3-3-3-0----2--3-3--/6--6\2----3-3-3-0----2--3-3--6\1--1-1-1-1-1-1--| (x 4)
PM . . . . . . . . . . . .
Outro ("The morning came with its cold caress.."):
E|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--2--|
A|--2--|
E|--0--|
Outro, this starts just before "I curse your light for waking me again...":
E|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|--3----2----3--3--2--|
A|--3----2----3--3--2--|
E|--1----0----1--1--0--| (x 2)
Outro ("I opened my window painted by thick ice..."):
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|------9-------------------------------9--|
A|--7-------10--15---15---15\6------9------|
E|-----------------------------------------| (x 4)
