------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blinding Tears will Break the Skies - Trivium ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Josh Coppola Email: joshcoppola@adelphia.net Tuning: Drop D Note: This is nowhere near 100% correct but it's much better than the other version posted here. Email me with any corrections. Opening (guitar 2 plays this a third higher) e|---------------| B|---------------| G|---------------| D|---------------| A|-7h8p7-0h5h7p4-| D|---------------| Riff A: (verse) e|----------------------|------------------------------| B|----------------------|------------------------------| G|----------------------|------------------------------| D|----------------------|------------------------------| A|-5-----7------8----7--|--5-----7----7h8p7-0h5h7p4----| D|---000-----88---88----|----000-----------------------| Riff B: (pre-chorus) e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------7h8p7---------7h8p7---------7h8p7-----------7h8p7--------| D|--000-000-------000-000-------888-888-------10-10-10---------------| Riff C: (chorus [syncopate this any way you think sounds right, these are just the chords]) e|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------| D|--0----0-----8--5--|-0----0-----8--10---------------------------------------| A|--0----0-----8--5--|-0----0-----8--10---------------------------------------| D|--0-00-0--0--8--5--|-0-00-0--0--8--10---------------------------------------| Riff D1: (The lead played in the 2nd part of the chorus) e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--11----11-10---10-------------------------------------------------------------10-11-10------| G|-----10-------x----12-x-12--12-10-12-10-9-10--9-10-9----------9-10-9--------------------10---| D|-----------------------------------------------------12-10-12--------12-10-12----------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Riff D2: (same riff as before only I play it a little different. Try each and play whichever one sounds better, neither are 100% correct though) e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-11----11-10----11-10----10-x-10----10------------------------------------------10-11-10--------| G|----10-------12-------12---------12----12-10-9--9-10-9----------9-10-9-------------------10-----| D|-------------------------------------------------------12-10-12--------12-10-12-----------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Riff E: (2nd part to the breakdown and backing to the solo. I can't get the first part to the breakdown, sorry) e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-0-2-3-7-3-2-----0-2-3-8-7-3-----------------------------------------------| A|-0-2-3-7-3-2-----0-2-3-8-7-3-----------------------------------------------| D|-0-2-3-7-3-2-----0-2-3-8-7-3-----------------------------------------------| | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================