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Shape Of Things To Come Tabs

(ver. 3)
Audioslave
                             SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
                            As recorded by Audioslave
                        (From the 2006 Album REVELATIONS)

Words by Chris Cornell

Music by Audioslave

Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 1 (dist.)'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 2 (clean)'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 3 (dist.)'

 Intro
  Moderately Slow Q=82
 4/4
           Gtr I
  S Q       S  S  S  S S S  S  S  S  S S S  S  S S S
|------||--------------------------------------------|
|------||o-------------------------------------------|
|------||--------------------------------------------|
|------||--------------------------------------------|
|------||o-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
|------||--10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|


  S  S  S  S S S S  S  S  S S S S  S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|


  1.                           2.
  S S S S S S E +Q    E  E     S S S S S S E +H
|---------------------------||----------------------||
|--------------------------o||----------------------||
|---------------------------||----------------------||
|---------------------------||----------------------||
|-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)--10-12-o||-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)----||
|-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)--10-12--||-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)----||


   Verse
    Gtr II
     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E
||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||--------12----------14----------12----------15-|
||o----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----|
||--12----------12----------12----------12-------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------14----------10-12p10--------|
|----12----12----12----12----10----------10-----|
|-12----------12----------10----------------10--|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------14----------12----------15----|
|----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12-|
|-12----------12----------12----------12----------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S   S  S  S  S  S  S  E    3x
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------12----------14-----------15-17p15----------||
|----12----12----12----12-----12----------15------o||
|-12----------12----------/15----------------15\---||


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------14----------12----------15-|
|----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----|
|-12----------12----------12----------12-------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------14----------10-12p10-------|
|----12----12----12----12----10----------10----|
|-12----------12----------10----------------10-|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------14----------12----------15----|
|----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12-|
|-12----------12----------12----------12----------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S   S  S  S  S  S  E.
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|-------12----------14-----------15-17p15-15\-||
|----12----12----12----12-----12--------------||
|-12----------12----------/15-----------------||


 Chorus
  Gtr I
   S  S  S  S S S  S  S  S  S S S  S  S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|


  S  S  S  S S S S  S  S  S S S S  S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S E +Q   E  E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3p0-5-(5)--7-10--|
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3p0-5-(5)--7-10--|


   S  S  S  S S S  S  S  S  S S S  S  S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|


  S  S  S  S S S S  S  S  S S S S  S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S E +H
|---------------------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------||
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)----||
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)----||


 Interlude
  Gtr II
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------12----------12----------12----|
|----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12-|
|-12----------12----------12----------12----------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------12----------12----------12----------12----||
|----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12-||
|-12----------12----------12----------12----------||


   Verse 2
     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E
||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||--------12----------14----------12----------15-|
||o----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----|
||--12----------12----------12----------12-------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------14----------10-12p10--------|
|----12----12----12----12----10----------10-----|
|-12----------12----------10----------------10--|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------14----------12----------15----|
|----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12-|
|-12----------12----------12----------12----------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S   S  S  S  S  S  S  E    3x
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------12----------14-----------15-17p15----------||
|----12----12----12----12-----12----------15------o||
|-12----------12----------/15----------------15\---||


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------14----------12----------15-|
|----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----|
|-12----------12----------12----------12-------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------14----------10-12p10-------|
|----12----12----12----12----10----------10----|
|-12----------12----------10----------------10-|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------14----------12----------15----|
|----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12-|
|-12----------12----------12----------12----------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S   S  S  S  S  S  E.
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|-------12----------14-----------15-17p15-15\-||
|----12----12----12----12-----12--------------||
|-12----------12----------/15-----------------||


 Chorus
  Gtr I
   S  S  S  S S S  S  S  S  S S S  S  S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|


  S  S  S  S S S S  S  S  S S S S  S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S E +Q   E  E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3p0-5-(5)--7-10--|
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3p0-5-(5)--7-10--|


   S  S  S  S S S  S  S  S  S S S  S  S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|


  S  S  S  S S S S  S  S  S S S S  S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S E +H
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)----|
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)----|


                                               3/8
  S S S S S S E +H       S S S S S S E +H       S S S S S S
|----------------------|----------------------|-------------||
|----------------------|----------------------|-------------||
|----------------------|----------------------|-------------||
|----------------------|----------------------|-------------||
|-0h2-2h3-3p0-5-(5)----|-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)----|-0h2-2h3-3s5-||
|-0h2-2h3-3p0-5-(5)----|-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)----|-0h2-2h3-3s5-||


   Bridge
   6/4                                    4/4
    E. S +E  E +S  E. E. S +E  E +S   E.   H    E S S S S S S  3x
||---------------------------------------|---------------------||
||o--------------------------------------|--------------------o||
||---------------------------------------|---------------------||
||--5--------3-(3)-----------------------|------x-x-x---x-x-x--||
||o----5-(5)-------3--5--1-(1)-3-(3)-/5--|------x-x-x---x-x-x-o||
||---------------------------------------|-5----x-x-x---x-x-x--||


 6/4
  E. S +E  E +S  E. E. S +E  E +S  E  S
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-5--3-(3)--------------------------------||
|----------4-(4)-1--3--------1-(1)-3-(3)/-||
|----------------------5-(5)--------------||


 Guitar Solo
 4/4
  Gtr III
    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|--------10-10-10----------------10-10--------------|
|--------10-10-10-------10-10----10-10-------10-10--|
|--------10-10-10----10-10-10----10-10-10----10-10--|
|-----12----------12----------12----------12--------|
|-/12-12--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|


   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------10-------------------------------------13-10----10----------------|
|----10----13-10----12-------12----------------------13----13-10-13p10----|
|-12-------------13-12-12-10-12-10----10-------------------------------12-|
|----------------------------------12----12-10----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |-----6-----|  |------6-------|
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S S S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13----12----------12p10-------------13p10-12-------12p10-12-10-------|
|-------12-10-10--x-12p10----10----10-------12-------12p10-12-10-10-10-|
|----11----10-10--x-------11----11-------------x-x-x-------------11-10-|
|----------------10----------------------------x-x-x-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S S S  E S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------12-10-12-10-------------------------|
|-------12-10-12-10-10-10-10-10----------x--|
|----10-12-10-12-10-10-10-10-10-0--------x--|
|-12----------------------------0--------x--|
|---------------------------------5s8s12----|


    E  S  S  S  E   S     E  S  S  S  E   S
|-----12--------------------13----------------|
|-----------20-22-(22)\-----------13s10-(10)\-|
|-/19----19-------------/10----10-------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


                                 ~~~~~~~
  S S  S S  S  E   S    S  S  S  S  +E   S  T  T
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----10------10-(10)\-13----15-15-(15)-15-13h15--|
|--------7s10-------------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------------------------------|
|---0---------------------13----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   |------6-------|           |--------7--------|                                      |----3----|
   T  T  T  T  T  T  T  S  T  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  S  S   T  T
|-17-17-15-13----------------------------------------------------14-15-16-15-14---------------------|
|-------------17-15-15-13-------------------------------14-15-16----------------16-15-14------------|
|-------------------------15p14-12----------12-14-15-16----------------------------------16-\13-13--|
|----------------------------------15-14-15---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


                                          |-----5-----|            |------5-------|
   T  T  T  T  T  X  X  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  E.  S  S  S     S  S
|----------------16-16-16-16-16-20-21-21-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22--22-22-22----22-22-||
|-------------14--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-13-14-15-16-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| Gtr I
|  H                                                     Q         E        E
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------10-------12-------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------10-------12-------||


 Chorus
   S  S  S  S S S  S  S  S  S S S  S  S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|


  S  S  S  S S S S  S  S  S S S S  S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S E +Q   E  E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3p0-5-(5)--7-10--|
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3p0-5-(5)--7-10--|


   S  S  S  S S S  S  S  S  S S S  S  S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|


  S  S  S  S S S S  S  S  S S S S  S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   W
|-------------------------------|------||
|-------------------------------|------||
|-------------------------------|------||
|-------------------------------|------||
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3---|------||
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3---|------||


   S  S  S  S S S  S  S  S  S S S  S  S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|


   S  S  S  S S S  S  S  S  S S S  S  S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|


   S  S  S  S S S  S  S  S  S S S  S  S S S   S S S S S S E +H       +W
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------|--------*|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------|--------*|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------|--------*|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------|--------*|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)----|-(0)----*|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)----|-(0)----*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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