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As We Speak by Soilwork
Natural Born Chaos
Again they rule
Guitar for intro and chorus
e-----------------------|---------------------------------|----------------|
b-----------------------|---------------------------------|----------------|
g------44---44---44---44|----x-5---x-5---x-5---x5---x5----|-----------7---6|
d----4----4----4----4---|----x-5---x-5---x-5—--x5---x5--7-|----12/0---7---6|
a----2----2----2----2---|----x-3---x-3---x-3---x3---x5--7-|----12/0---5---4|
D-----------------------|-------------------------------7-|----12/0--------|
Keyboard part 1 for intro and chorus
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b-------------------------------5---------------------------------------------3---2-|
g---4------------------------------------------5---------------2--------------------|
d-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Keyboard part 2 for intro and chorus
e--------------------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|
b--------------------------|--15-14-14p15----|------------|-----------------|
g---16----16---------------|--------------14-|--14--14----|------16----14---|
d-------16-----14----------|-----------------|----14---12-|----14----12-----|
a--------------------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|
D--------------------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|
Guitar for verse
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b--------------------(12)-------------------------(15)-------------------------(10)-|
g----4---4---4-4-4---(11)---4-4-4-4---4---4-4-4---(14)----4-4-4-4---4---4-4-4---(9)-|
d----4---4---4-4-4---(9)----4-4-4-4---4---4-4-4---(12)----4-4-4-4---4---4-4-4---(7)-|
a----2---2---2-2-2----------2-2-2-2---2---2-2-2-----------2-2-2-2---2---2-2-2-------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
________________________ _________________
1 | 2 |
e------------------------------|-----------------------|
b--------------------------(7)-|-----------------------|
g----4-4-4-4---4---4-4-4---(6)-|---6-6-6-4---6-6-7-7-9-|
d----4-4-4-4---4---4-4-4---(4)-|---6-6-6-4---6-6-7-7-9-|
a----2-2-2-2---2---2-2-2-------|---4-4-4-2---4-4-5-5-7-|
D------------------------------|-----------------------|
Bridge
e--------------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------------|
g--------10---10-10-------10-10-10--10-----10-10---|
d---x-x--x----x--x-x-x----x--x---x---x-x-x-x---x---|
a---x-x--8---8---8-x-x----8--8---8---8-x-x-8---8---|
D---x-x------------x-x-----------------x—x---------|
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1 |
e------------------------------------------------|
b------------------------------------------------|
g---------11-11-11-------11-11--11--11-----11-11-|
d---x-x---x--x---x---x-x--x--x---x--x--x-x-x--x--|
a---x-x---9--9---9---x-x--9--9---9--9--x-x-9--9--|
D---x-x--------------x-x---------------x-x-------|
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2 |
e---------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------|
g--------11-11-11-----11-11-11--13--14--|
d---x-x--x--x---x-x-x--x--x---x--x--x---|
a---x-x--9--9---9-x-x--9--9---9--11-12--|
D---x-x-----------x-x-------------------|
Solo
1st Lead - FRENNING
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|----------------------------|-------------11-12-14-15-14-12-14b15^14~~~~|
|---/3----4/6~---6/7^--6~~~~~|----10-11-13-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|12p11-------------------11------12------|
|------11--------9b11^11----9-11----9-11-|
|---------11-8---------------------------|
|--------------9-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|11------12------11------11----11---------10----10---------|------------|
|---9-11----9-11----9-11----11----------9----11----------9-|9b11^~~~~~~~|
|---------------------------------11-12------------11-12---|------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|------------|
2nd Lead - WICHERS
|7h9---7---6---7---6------------|--19b21b19b21^------19-18-------|
|--------------------7---9---11~|~~------------------------19----|
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|-------------------------------|-----------------------------16-|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|16----16b18^16-------------------------|
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|---16----------18~~~-------------------|
|------------------------------5~~~~----|
|-----------------------222222(5)---2-2-|
|-----------------------222222(5)---2-2-|
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Rhythm Player |
#1 by riotsk8team001 (jason) at Jul 12, 1970 at 11:13 PM EST |
| I took the song to mean as life goes on we loose the innocence we once had as children. And to the part where the mother wonders if its the end of her precious time. It's not only about our own innocence but those around us. The kid went insane and killed someone and is therefor without innocence anymore. And the chorus says it right there. As we speak in relation to time. (the saying I'm sure you've heard) And without innocence we have a "stone" heart. | |
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Jason Rhythm Player |
#2 by Jason ...... at Jun 29, 1973 at 10:30 AM EST |
| Uranium is ok considering the fact they only play the newest videos by the bands and you see the same videos over and over and over and over again. And damn I can't stand when people spell "losing" like "loosing". Goddamn it's not that hard to spell simple words like that. | |
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John Rhythm Player |
#3 by John McElyea at Sep 26, 1973 at 8:25 AM EST |
| I want to see the video for this song. Has anyone seen it? | |
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patrick Wanna Be |
#4 by patrick at Apr 3, 1974 at 10:12 AM EST |
| prtrs i bet u are an american because thats where the majority of crappy nu metal is!! Soilwork is Melodic Death Metal, or Scandinavian metal or death/thrash metal there are some other categorys i cant think of right now that they fit under but nu metal is not one of them. kick ass song by the way!! | |
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marc Professional |
#5 by marc at Jan 13, 1975 at 4:48 AM EST |
| I always thought of the 'As we speak, we turn to stone' part of the lyrics as - As we discuss things more and more, instead of solving them we gradually feel less and thus become lifeless - stone. But yeah, that's just me probably :) | |
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The Mexican Who Average |
#6 by The Mexican Who's Living Under Satan's Wing at Jul 10, 1977 at 4:13 AM EST |
| To actually put comments on WHAT THE SONG MEANS (after all, this is SongMeanings.com, NOT "SongsYouLike.com" or whatever)... I think this song is a sort of sociological look at the world around us, "as we speak." One line that particularly gets to me is "As we speak a broken-down mother asks herself why/ Is this the end of her precious time?" This is just one thing happening in the world around us. "As We Speak" also has something of an epic feeling, because "as we speak, we turn to stone." I take that as meaning that as time goes on, people die, people are born, and ultimately, people become like stones: forever in existance, just in one form or another. | |
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Alex Average |
#7 by Alex P at Jun 30, 1978 at 9:50 PM EST |
| I really don't think this sounds like new metal at all. Soilwork rules, I hope to see the video soon. This is definitely my favorite song. I think its funny that they made the typo "ass" instead of "as" | |
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tim Lead Player |
#8 by tim sears at Mar 1, 1980 at 5:01 AM EST |
| HOLY SHIT!!! As i scroll down the page reading everyones posts i see "theotherness". He Wrote ""As We Speak" also has something of an epic feeling". Thats exactly what i was going to say. Im a producer/songwriter, and one of the things that i noticed about this band was their FULL sound. The Natural born chaos CD is so perfect. Honestly I was reading other bands on this site and there were people dissing the bands on the page. So thats the reason i came here. I honestly feel that this band can not be declared horrible...its impossible. Not everyone has to like them, but anyone with a respect for music can admit they are good. End of story. | |
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Rene Average |
#9 by Rene Salojärvi at Dec 29, 1982 at 1:01 AM EST |
| oh yeah...my favorite song off of natural born chaos is song of the damned. | |
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sebastian Average |
#10 by sebastian daalmeijer at Feb 7, 1983 at 8:12 AM EST |
| This song kicks ass, these guys have so much talent! This is the song that got me into soilwork,and its still my favourite number by them. The opening phrase on the Keyboard sounds mint played on a bass guitar aswell. | |
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amy Average |
#11 by amy at Apr 10, 1984 at 7:00 PM EST |
| I saw the viedo for this song on the much music u. s. a. it is really cool. I love this song it rocks. I saw it on the show called uranium! the best show in the world that dont play crappy music videos. | |
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Jeremy Average |
#12 by Jeremy Rees at Dec 2, 1987 at 8:52 AM EST |
| I love this song, saw the video too it's pretty cool. These guy's have a heavy thrash metal sound, mixed with melodic dark parts. Kind of like Fear Factory or Type O Negative, well not really, but sort of. "Don't despair, time will heal your torment Don't you dare, spend your days in hell So beware, faith will bring you treason While you stare... Oh!" Oh yeah, kick ass lines right there. Best part of the song, followed by a pretty good guitar solo. | |
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Dale :D Average |
#13 by Dale :D O' Mondo Of DOOM!!! at Jun 8, 1988 at 5:34 AM EST |
| I'm not normally a heavy metal fan, but these guys rock. They hold a great, hard, heavy sound but along with it is this harmony of darkness, like an apocolyptic sound. I think that the keyboard/synth. adds a ton to the sound of Soilwork | |
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silent Rhythm Player |
#14 by silent support at May 16, 1992 at 1:51 AM EST |
| yea i saw the video, its pretty cool | |
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Shreder Dude Wanna Be |
#15 by Shreder Dude at Jun 4, 1995 at 4:44 AM EST |
| just noticed that "elimination complete" is left out of the lyrics page seeing as this has most comments, im hoping someone answers or does something about it i dont know the lyrics oh my god life has ended we area meaningless too far? thought so | |
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steve Wanna Be |
#16 by steve hoffmann at Oct 5, 1996 at 6:13 PM EST |
| So I take it no-one else else noticed this - Ass we speak we turn to stone Check the lyrics again. | |
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Francesco Lead Player |
#17 by Francesco DeVito at Feb 16, 1998 at 9:55 AM EST |
| This is a beautiful song. Soilwork deserves much more credit than they get. Listen to Natural Born Chaos and you will never look at music the same way. | |
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More Cowbell Lead Player |
#18 by More Cowbell at Oct 24, 1999 at 5:26 AM EST |
| Actually, you idiot, 'overthestars' mentioned that about seven thousand posts back. | |
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Matt Rhythm Player |
#19 by Matt at Jan 30, 2000 at 4:12 PM EST |
| this band is great, but sounds a little like new metal... even this way, they rocks! | |
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Guitar Master Wanna Be |
#20 by Guitar Master J at Sep 30, 2006 at 3:21 PM EST |
| I think this song is looking around the world at an exact moment. As we speak (at this moment), all these things are happening. The "As we speak we turn to stone" line means that this moment is carved into your memory forever. | |
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