If These Scars Could Speak Guitar Tab

Liberate Te Ex Inferis (Save Yourself From Hell) Tabs:

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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

Source: GuitarMasta.net
http://www.guitarmasta.net/z/zao/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Faiz Average	#1 by Faiz fender at Sep 4, 1970 at 7:32 PM EST
	it's just something that's been bothering me for quite some time now. flower petals are with a t, bike pedals with a d. that's how it works.

No Picture Alex Lead Player	#2 by Alex at Jul 22, 1977 at 6:28 PM EST
	i believe this is the first Zao song i ever heard... i bought the Cheapskates Harder Side CD like 4 years ago, and "Scars" was on it... i hadn't really been introduced to anything really metalcore or hardcore before, and Dan's intense growl-scream changed my life forever... LoL... outsyder101 has again hit the bull's eye by copy/pasting an interview with Dan... and yes Master Yoda, Dan is a genius... he is an incredible lyricist, one of the best i've come across... i don't understand the first few lines really well, but the line about the hooks means that his (the rapist) words/lies hurt her and stayed beneath her skin to bother her, and "as he shone..." means that he still looked like a Saint to everyone because no one believed he could do it, so he was still perfect in their eyes... "cradled..." could be literal or figurative about her lying on the ground and "isolation..." means that when he (the rapist) and she were alone is when his true motivations were revealed... it's pretty self-explanatory and very poetic...

No Picture Zane Rhythm Player	#3 by Zane Haight at Oct 10, 1978 at 7:03 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 James Average	#4 by James Newsome at Oct 7, 1980 at 1:40 AM EST
	i believe this is the first Zao song i ever heard... i bought the Cheapskates Harder Side CD like 4 years ago, and "Scars" was on it... i hadn't really been introduced to anything really metalcore or hardcore before, and Dan's intense growl-scream changed my life forever... LoL... outsyder101 has again hit the bull's eye by copy/pasting an interview with Dan... and yes Master Yoda, Dan is a genius... he is an incredible lyricist, one of the best i've come across... i don't understand the first few lines really well, but the line about the hooks means that his (the rapist) words/lies hurt her and stayed beneath her skin to bother her, and "as he shone..." means that he still looked like a Saint to everyone because no one believed he could do it, so he was still perfect in their eyes... "cradled..." could be literal or figurative about her lying on the ground and "isolation..." means that when he (the rapist) and she were alone is when his true motivations were revealed... it's pretty self-explanatory and very poetic...

No Picture Marcus19 Rhythm Player	#5 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 Ryan Sutherland Rhythm Player	#6 by Ryan Sutherland at Jan 31, 1985 at 8:34 PM EST
	When Dan talks about "Her pedals are slowly torn away," it seems like he is talking about the girl's innocence. Dan is a genius.

No Picture Goat Average	#7 by Goat Screwer at Jan 3, 1986 at 3:45 AM EST
	blah? glah? wha? i'm kinda confused, anyway, yeah, dan is the best lyricist, jesse is the best drummer, and everyone else is good at waht they do too. lol perfect band, too bad they're leaving the music scene.

No Picture Francesco Lead Player	#8 by Francesco DeVito at Mar 27, 1988 at 3:27 PM EST
	Anyoen else think tyhey sound a lot like FBTMOF?

No Picture Senour Average	#9 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 Adrian Lead Player	#10 by Adrian Ortega at Mar 2, 1990 at 9:21 PM EST
	i heard this song and just had to buy liberate. my first experience with this genre of music, and i havent regretted getting into hard/metalcore whatever you want to call it ZAO ROCKS MY SOCKS

No Picture birdman Average	#11 by birdman ethdh at Aug 23, 1991 at 10:31 AM EST
	ohh i get it now she mustve been a virgin. thats soo sad, mad thats horrible. because loosing your virginity is referred to as "de-flowering" ... her petals are slowly torn away... scarlet, oh man, thats so horrible. amazing song, but really sad.

No Picture Julian Average	#12 by Julian . at Sep 17, 1995 at 2:34 AM EST
	haha... that last one made me laugh

No Picture Lamb Of God Wor Average	#13 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 health risk Average	#14 by health risk at Feb 2, 1997 at 11:22 AM EST
	brett detAr...good one "jesse"

No Picture Rodney Wanna Be	#15 by Rodney at Nov 20, 1997 at 10:21 PM 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 Jesse Wanna Be	#16 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 Jordan Wanna Be	#17 by Jordan Ivory-Marcotte at Dec 27, 2000 at 5:34 PM EST
	you almost had it right, actually brett deter raped the girl and that is why he was kicked out. this is coming from jesse himself.

No Picture Justin Average	#18 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 Harvey Rhythm Player	#19 by Harvey Puentes at May 1, 2003 at 7:25 PM EST
	isn't is supposed to be "petals"? with a "t"? that's how petals is spelled. otherwise, with a "d", you're talking like, bicycle pedals.

No Picture duncan_player Wanna Be	#20 by duncan_player at Aug 30, 2003 at 9:50 PM EST
	wooow. i had no clue this song was about rape victim. i thought it was about a bully making fun of someone. -"his words were sharpened hooks beneath your skin u left them in" see i thought the bully was calling someone bad names, and those bad words stayed with the victim for a long time and really hurt him deep. and usually we make fun of people to make ourselfves feel better. so "he shined into the eyes around him" when he was cutting this other person down it made him look cool. but that makes more sense that its a rape victim. dan weyandt is so smart with his lyrics! zao forever!

No Picture duncan_player Wanna Be	#21 by duncan_player at Feb 4, 2004 at 8:42 PM EST
	When Dan talks about "Her pedals are slowly torn away," it seems like he is talking about the girl's innocence. Dan is a genius.

No Picture Simon (Si) Lead Player	#22 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 Master Shaïtan Wanna Be	#23 by Master Shaïtan at Mar 27, 2007 at 7:22 AM EST
	I didn't get this song either but now i do

No Picture Goat Average	#24 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