If These Scars Could Speak Guitar Tab

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Tuning: Drop "C" Tuning

Acoustic intro (x4)
D|---0------------0------------1--1-1-1-----0--0-0-0-----------------------|
A|---3--3-3-3---3--3-3-3---3--3-3-3---3--3-3-3-----------------------|
F|---2--2-2-2---3--3-3-3---2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2-----------------------|
C|---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0----------0------------------------------|
G|---0----------0----------0----------0------------------------------|
C|---0----------0----------0----------0------------------------------|


Electric riff 1:                           |  Palm-mute here
D|------------------------------------------|---------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|---------------------|
F|---10--9--10--9-------10--9--10--9--------|---------------------|
C|---0---0--0---0--0----0---0--0---0--0-----|----0-0-0-0----------|
G|---0-------------0----0-------------0-----|----0-0-0-0----------|
C|---0-------------0----0-------------0-----|----0-0-0-0----------|

Come out of your stare
Touch the ground, with your prayers

[Acoustic intro x2] Breathe out the lies, breathe

[Electric riff 1 again]


Electric riff 2:
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------0-------------------------0----------|
G|-----7b8r7-7b8r7---6/7--4--0---7b8r7-7b8r7---6/7--4--0----------|
C|---0---------------4/5--4--0-----------------4/5--4--0----------|

His words were sharpened hooks beneath your skin
You left them in
As he shone into the eyes around him

Electric riff 3: palm-muted
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---00000000---0-0----0--0-0-------------------------------------|
G|---00000000---0-0----0--0-0-------------------------------------|
C|---00000000---0-0----0--0-0-------------------------------------|



2nd acoustic part:        | Electric part over acoustic:
D|-------------------------|----14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~14~~~~~~~~~-------|
A|---0----0----0-----------|--------13~~~~~~~~~~~~~~13~~~~~~~-----|
F|---2----2----2-----------|--------------------------------------|
C|---0----0----0----0------|--------------------------------------|
G|---0----0----0----2--0---|--------------------------------------|
C|---0----0----0-------2---|--------------------------------------|

Cradled by a cold floor
Isolation reveals its true motivation
Her pedals are slowly torn away



Electric riff 4:
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------9~~------------9~~------------9~~-----------|
C|---2---1---0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0----------------|
G|---2---1---0-0-0-0--7~~---0-0-0-0--7~~---0-0-0-0--7~~-----------|
C|---2---1---0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0----------------|

Scarlet adorns the snow
Scarlet


Electric riff 5 (really fast and palm-mute. Im not sure if its 
right, it might be all on one string sliding down, but it sounds
like each note is picked)
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--7-5-4--------7-5-4---------8-6-5--------8-6-5-----------------|
C|--------7-5-4--------7-5-4---------8-6-5--------8-6-5-----------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--7-5-4----------4/7--4p2-0--------7


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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Marcus19 Rhythm Player	#1 by Marcus19 Doug at Jan 14, 1982 at 4:33 AM EST
	this songs has a lot of meaning ot me, because sometinhg simaliar has happened to me, and it hurts the most because it's someone yu trust and feel comfortable around, and then they do something like that to you. it's something that is burned in your memory forever. I completly understand the meaning of this song.

No Picture Senour Average	#2 by Senour Dakota at Oct 11, 1988 at 4:56 PM EST
	Are you serious rapala46? Fear before the march of flames sound nothing like the incredible ZAO. I hate that band, ZAO however is brilliant. This is my favorite song of theirs, so powerful and emotional and the lyrics are off the hinges of course due to dan's prolificness.

No Picture Lamb Of God Wor Average	#3 by Lamb Of God Worshiper at Sep 30, 1995 at 8:52 PM EST
	this is the song that got me into zao...i heard it in my friends car awhile ago and i just love how everything comes together

No Picture Jesse Wanna Be	#4 by Jesse Seibel at Dec 26, 1997 at 11:34 PM EST
	basically the first tour went on, while brett was still in the band, and it was about 6 or 7 weeks long. dan was seeing a girl (not neccesarily a girlfriend, just a very close relationship). she was going through a lot of things and was looking for someone to help her out. when dan left the tour, he (not dan or brett, a member of the church the girl went to) was really involved in the church, so she really trusted him. they went out together, not even really on a date, just to hang out and he raped her. alot of the song has to do with the fact that when she told people, no one would believe her since he was a such a great member of the church.

No Picture Justin Average	#5 by Justin Ruiz at Sep 25, 2001 at 6:35 PM EST
	Are you serious rapala46? Fear before the march of flames sound nothing like the incredible ZAO. I hate that band, ZAO however is brilliant. This is my favorite song of theirs, so powerful and emotional and the lyrics are off the hinges of course due to dan's prolificness.

No Picture Simon (Si) Lead Player	#6 by Simon (Si) Brown at Jun 2, 2005 at 2:35 AM EST
	Hey Darth-Squrril you got the same story as me, bought Cheapstakes first ZAO song i heard and never heard anything that hard before CHanged my life ZAO RULES!!!!!!

No Picture Goat Average	#7 by Goat Screwer at Oct 10, 2007 at 6:10 PM EST
	I just heard this song today and I think the lyrics are really powerful. They don't sound like fbtmof but they do remind me if anything of nodes of ranvier. And shadows_fall the peTal thing was annoying me too lol