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Artist: Pillar
Song: Echelon
Album: Fireproof
Tuning: Standard
KEY:
b=bend
r=release bend
h=hammer on
p=pull off
|=measure/bar marker
Intro / Verse Riff (Guitar 1)
E----------------------------|----------------------------|-
B----------------------------|----------------------------|-
G----------------------------|----------------------------|-
D-9-9---9-9---9-9---9-9-11-11|-12-12-----12-12--12-12-----|-
A----9-9---9-9---9-9---------|------12-12-----12-----12-12|-
E----------------------------|----------------------------|-
E--------------------------|---------------------------------|-
B--------------------------|---------------------------------|-
G--------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5-7-7|-9-9-----9-9-----9-9-----9-9-----|-
A----7-7---7-7---7-7-------|----10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10|-
E--------------------------|---------------------------------|-
Maybe it's because I'm kinda a beginner, or maybe i just suck, but
it's hard for me to fingerpick that fast, so i usually just play each
note once.
Intro / Verse Riff (Guitar 2)
E-------|---------|---------|-------|-------------------------
B-------|---------|---------|-------|-------------------------
G-------|---------|---------|-12----|-------------------------
D---12--|----12---|----12---|---12--|-------------------------
A-----12|------12-|------12-|-------|-------------------------
E-10----|--10-----|--10-----|-------|-------------------------
Chorus
B5 G5 E5 F#5
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------9---------------------5----(2)---------------(4)--------
A--------------9---------------------5----(2)---------------(4)--------
E--------------7---------------------3----(0)---------------(2)--------
"Now that it's on...Drive on (Drive on)...and you know we don't stop..."
The chords in parentheses are marked thus because I'm not sure if Noah
really plays them, but they go well with the bass progression and add
sort of a definitive sound to the chorus. Hit each chord twice, the
E5 chord with "and" and "you" and the F#5 with "don't" and "stop".
Solo
E------|------------|---|-------------|----------|---------------
B------|------------|---|-------------|----------|---------------
G------|------------|---|-------------|----------|---------------
D------|------------|---|-------------|------7-9-|-7-12-11-9p7-9-
A------|------------|---|-------------|-5-7-9----|--9------------
E-7b8r-|-7b8r7-10-9-|-7-|-7h9p7-5-2-0-|----------|---------------
E-------|------------------------|-----------------|-------------
B-------|------------------------|-----------------|-------------
G-----7-|--7-9-11-12p11-9-11-9---|-9---7------9----|-------------
D-7-9---|-9-------------------12-|---9---12-9---12-|-9-----------
A-------|------------------------|-----------------|-------------
E-------|------------------------|-----------------|-------------
Listen to the cd for timing, this is my best version of the solo.
Hold the last 9 throughout the clean chorus
Outro Riff
E-19-19-19-10-10-14-14-12-12-10-10-|-19-10-|-------------------------|
B----------------------------------|-------|-------------------------|
G----------------------------------|-------|-------------------------|
D----------------------------------|-------|-11b12r11b12r11b12r11b12-|
A----------------------------------|-------|-------------------------|
E----------------------------------|-------|-------------------------|
Outro Riff Cont'd.
E------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D-r11b12r11b12r11--|
A------------------|
E------------------|
Order:
Intro / Verse Riff x5
Chorus Riff x2
Intro / Verse Riff x3
Chorus Riff x2
Solo
Clean chorus (no guitar part necessary, although I think there is one,
it sounds ok with just the bass.)
Chorus Riff x3
Guitar 2 Intro / Verse Riff x7 (starts right after last chorus, goes
alone with bass for 4 bars, then guitar 1 comes in with outro riff.)
Outro Riff x6
Lyrics
You know it's time for us to step it up
Another level now 'cause we finished warming up
So we rise up elevate to maintain fill up with octane
And fan the flame we regain all the names
The enemy took away
And like a green beret we will lead the way
Into battle so have no fear we will draw near
So that we can persevere like a gondolier
We headed straight to the top nonstop
Set shop at the top of the Rock
You'll feel the aftershock after we rock the spot
Cause you forgot these soldiers won't turn and walk
We take hard knocks come back for more
Cause we're hardcore we fight for the One who died for (you)
And like Saigon we're on the frontlines
And we carry on to the end times
Now that it's on, we're out in the front of this marathon
With our armor on, stay strong we drive on (drive on)
Our echelon pressin' on 'til we reach the top
And you know we don't stop (our echelon)
Now that it's on
We're on the enemy's hit list
I'm hopin' you get this
You're takin' a risk when you resist the one who made you exist
Evolutionists we got love for you too but we're breakin' down
Walls seeking out the truth
I'm a soldier in this army of One
Like I told ya the battle's already won
So about face move outta the way I gotta pray for you
And this is how we do
And that's it! Enjoy.
It's probably not 100% right so please correct it if you have a better version
(although it sounds good when i play it along with the cd.)
This is my first tab so i hope it's not horrible.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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No Picture
The Crow Rhythm Player |
#1 by The Crow at Nov 22, 1970 at 6:29 AM EST |
| Hi annoyance, read your journal, thought i'd just say hi ^^ HI! | |
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steven Lead Player |
#2 by steven ratliff at Feb 17, 1992 at 7:37 AM EST |
| Pillar is an awesome band. You don't know what your talking about. | |
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daint Rhythm Player |
#3 by daint at Dec 27, 1993 at 5:14 PM EST |
| pillar is still super-lame, and I say that as a Christian. Christian rock doesn't make Christianity better, it makes rock n roll worse. | |
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steve Wanna Be |
#4 by steve hoffmann at Jun 9, 2001 at 3:01 PM EST |
| Definition of echelon ~ A vanguard formation of soldiers. | |
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Kyle Average |
#5 by Kyle Bish at May 16, 2003 at 12:43 AM EST |
| Hello, I am annoyance. I love this song. it kinda means to me to stand for something or fall for anything the devil tricks us into. | |
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patrick Wanna Be |
#6 by patrick at May 21, 2005 at 6:16 PM EST |
| In Vietnam, the U.S. fought a defensive war only, but a true Bible believing, on fire (active) for God Christian lives an offensive war. Note these differences in how a Christian should live and how the U.S. fought the Vietnam War: 1. "it's time for us to step it up Another level now..." (We take the offensive; the U.S. forces had to wait to be attacked.) 2. "we regain all the names The enemy took away" (Christians seek and save the lost souls of the world, in a since, p.o.w.s; the U.S. government ordered a withdraw from Vietnam, leaving dozens, or possibly hundreds of p.o.w.s to die.) 3. "And like a green beret we will lead the way Into battle so have no fear we will draw near So that we can persevere" (The Green Berets were a special ops troops, and they the first American to see action in Vietnam. The type of Christians that I described above are found few and far apart. They are God’s special ops! They need to lead the battle and be an example to lukewarm [um, like soup that has been left out for 10 minutes or so: not hot, not cold, but really gross tasting] Christians so that they can “finish warming up” and join the war as well.) 4. “We headed straight to the top nonstop Set shop at the top of the Rock You'll feel the aftershock after we rock the spot” (With God on their side, Christian are heading straight to the top, they are going to stay there, and what they do will accomplish something. Its true- I know how the war ends. Don’t believe me? Read Revelations 19: 11- 22: 6; the Vietnam War accomplished nothing except humiliating the U.S. and getting a lot of people killed.) 5. “Cause you forgot these soldiers won't turn and walk We take hard knocks come back for more Cause we're hardcore we fight for the One who died for (you)” (No how tuff the enemy is a special ops Christian would run away like a coward because he fighting for Jesus Christ, the one that gave him eternal life; in Vietnam, when the going got tuff, the tuff got going [home]. The U.S. gave up on a war that, if fought differently, could have been won.) 6. “And like Saigon we're on the frontlines And we carry on to the end times” (The North Vietnamese [the U.S.’s opponents in the Vietnam War] marched to Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, took it, and won the war; the world is marching upon Christians like the North Vietnamese did on Saigon. Christians are a part of these war wither they realize it or not. They can either take the offensive and win for Christ, or they can be crushed by the opposition.) If you closely read the chorus and second stanza of this song you will find that, like the first stanza, they DO PERFECTLY DESCRIBE the life a Christian. Pillar is a great band, and Echelon is a great song. P.S. I am not against the Vietnam War. I do think that it was poorly fought but only because we had a weak administration in Washington. They were in control of what the army was allowed to do, not the generals. | |
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