Song: Not In Rivers, But In Drops
Artist: ISIS
Album: In the Absence of Truth
Tabbed By: Nathan Zwiener
Tuning: Drop B (B F# B E G# C#)
Guitar 1 - Aaron Turner
Guitar 2 - Michael Gallagher
Guitar 3 / Keys - Cliff Meyer
(A) Gtr 1 - 0:09 Seconds, fade in|-----------------------------------------------------||-10-10-10-10-(x2 measures)-10-10-10-10---------------||---------------------------------------(x2 measures)-||---------------------------7--7--7--7----------------||-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|
(B) Gtr 1 - Enter w/ vocals (repeat x4)|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-------7-7-7-7-7-------7-7-7-10-10-||-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-------------||-----------------------------------|
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|Gtr 2 - 0:24 seconds, feedback|-----------------------------------||-10~-----10b~--3~------------------||-----------------------------------||----------------------0~-----------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
(C) All gtrs - 0:33 seconds|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------||-3~----3~----3~--|-3~----3~----3/555-|-5p3~----3~----3~--|-/5---5----/7--||-3~----3~----3~--|-3~----3~----3/555-|-5p3~----3~----3~--|-/5---5----/7--||-3~----3~----3~--|-3~----3~----3/555-|-5p3~----3~----3~--|-/5---5----/7--|
Gtrs 1-2 play written, gtr 3 plays parenthisized - 0:41 seconds|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||(2~)--(2~)--(2~)-|(2~)--(2~)--(2~)-|(2~)--(2~)--(2~)-|(2~)--(2~)--(2~)-||-0~----0~----0~--|-0~----0~----0~--|-0~----0~----0~--|-0~----0~----0~--||-0~----0~----0~--|-0~----0~----0~--|-0~----0~----0~--|-0~----0~----0~--||-0~----0~----0~--|-0~----0~----0~--|-0~----0~----0~--|-0~----0~----0~--|
REPEATS:
Part A
Part B, pick 16th notes
Part C, 16ths
Part B, 16ths and palm mute
Part C, 16ths
Let last note ring until 1:49
Gtr 1 - fast delay|-17\---10\---13\---10\---17\---10\---13\---15\-10\---||-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|
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|Gtr 2 - this was hard to tab, probably not accurate|------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||-2---2-2--2-2---2-2/-5--2---2-2--2-2---2-2/-5---||-3---3-3\-0-3---3-3/-5--3---3-3\-0-3---3-3/-5---||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1 - some kinda watery effect (play 2x)|-8--8/10------------------------------------||----------10-8---5-----5---8---5---------5--||--------------------7-------------7---------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
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|Gtr 2 - again, probably not accurate (play 2x)|-------------------------------------------------------||---------------------5------------------12-12-10-------||-2---2-2--2-2---2-2/-5--2---2-2--2-2-------------12-11-||-3---3-3\-0-3---3-3/-5--3---3-3--0-3-------------------||-3---3-3----3---3-3---------3-3----3-------------------||-------------------------------------------------------|
All gtrs - 2:22 (play 2x)|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||-2-2-2-0-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-2-2-||-2-2-2-0-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-2-2-||-2-2-2-0-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-2-2-|
Gtr 1 - 2:33, distortion (play 4x)|------------|--------5---|------------||---5----8---|---5--------|---5----4---||-7----7---7-|-7----7---7-|-7----7---7-||------------|------------|------------||------------|------------|------------||------------|------------|------------|
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|Gtr 2 (play 4x)|------------|------------|------------||------------|------------|------------||------------|------------|------------||-2---2----0-|-2---2----0-|-0----5-4-0-||-2---2----0-|-2---2----0-|-0----5-4-0-||-2---2----0-|-2---2----0-|-0----5-4-0-|
Gtr 1 cont.|----17-----19----|----17-----15----|----15-----17----|----15-----13----||-19-----19----19-|-19-----19----19-|-19-----19----19-|-19-----17----17-||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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|Gtr 2 cont.|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-10----10-----7--|-10----10-----7--|-10----10-----7--|-10---10---5-4-0-||-10----10-----7--|-10----10-----7--|-10----10-----7--|-10---10---5-4-0-||-10----10-----7--|-10----10-----7--|-10----10-----7--|-10---10---5-4-0-|
Gtr 1 - 2:58, reverb (play 4x)|----------------|----------------|-------------------------------||----------------|----------------|-------------------------------||-12-----12------|-11-----11------|-------11----12-<-(14-on-2/4x)-||-----12------12-|-----12------12-|-12-12----12---12--------------||----------------|----------------|-------------------------------||----------------|----------------|-------------------------------|
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|Gtr 2 (play 4x)|----------------|----------------|------------------||----------------|----------------|------------------||----------------|----------------|------------------||-2------2-------|-2------2-------|-0--------5-4-0---||-2------2-------|-2------2-------|-0--------5-4-0---||-2------2-------|-2------2-------|-0--------5-4-0---|
Gtr 1 - same effect|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||-------13---12-----|-10------12--------|-10-------8--------|-7--------8--------||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
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|Gtr 2|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-12-12-||-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-12-12-||-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-12-12-|
All gtrs - 3:23 do pts 1/2 x4|-----|------------|-------||-----|------------|-------||-----|------------|-------||-----|------------|-------||-2-0-|-2-2-0------|-5h7-0-||-2-0-|-2-2-0-(x7)-|-5h7-0-||-2-0-|-2-2-0------|-5h7-0-|
Gtr 1 - 3:48|--------------------------------------------------------||-13---13---13---13---13-\12-\10---10---12---12---10-----||-10---10---10---10---10-\9--\7----7----7----7----7--\5--||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------|
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|Gtr 2|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||-12---12---12---12---12--12--14---14---14---14---14--10-||-10---10---10---10---10--10--12---12---12---12---12-\8--||--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1 - 3:53 (play 2x)|------------------------------||--------------------------5/9-||------------------------------||-2-----0-----2-----5----------||---0-----0-----0-----0--------||-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
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|Gtr 2|------------------------------||------------------------------||------------------------------||-2-----5-----2----------------||-2-----5-----2----------------||-2-----5-----2----------------|
(D) Gtr 1 - play each note 3x, *=play 2x|------------12---------------------------------||-10--12--13----15*-13*--12--10--15--13--10*-6*-||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|
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|Gtr 2|---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||-7---7---7---7---7--\5-5---5---7---7---5--\3-||-7---7---7---7---7--\5-5---5---7---7---5--\3-||-7---7---7---7---7--\5-5---5---7---7---5--\3-|
(E) Gtr 1 - 4:11 (play 2x)|------------------------------||--------------------------5/9-||------------------------------||-2-----0-----2-----5----------||---0-----0-----0-----0--------||-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
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|Gtr 2|------------------------------||------------------------------||------------------------------||-2-----5-----2----------------||-2-----5-----2----------------||-2-----5-----2----------------|
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|Gtr 3|------------------------------||-------------10----8----------||-9-----7----------------------||------------------------------||------------------------------||------------------------------|
REPEATS:
Part D
Part E
Part D
Part E
Part D
All gtrs - 4:43|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||-2-2-0------5-7-0-|-2-2-0------5-7-0-|-2-2-0------5-7-0-|-2-2-0------10--9-||-2-2-0-(x7)-5-7-0-|-2-2-0-(x7)-5-7-0-|-2-2-0-(x7)-5-7-0-|-2-2-0-(x7)-10--9-||-2-2-0------5-7-0-|-2-2-0------5-7-0-|-2-2-0------5-7-0-|-2-2-0------10--9-|
cresc. Gtr 1 - (5:03) play 4x|-----------------------------||-----------------------------||-----------------------------||-------7---7-5---------------||-7-5-7------------7----7-7-7-||-----------------------------|
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|Gtr 2 - play 4x|-----------------------------||-----------------------------||-----------------------------||-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Gtr 1 - 5:15|-------------------------------------------||-12~-----12\--8~-------10~-------12~-------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
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|Gtr 2|-------------------------------------------||---------------------------------12~-------||-14~----------12~------14~-----------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
All Gtrs - play 4x|-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-2-0---2-0---2-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-2-0---2-0---2-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-2-0---2-0---2-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| pm . . . . . .
All Gtrs|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-2-0-2/5-7-7-7p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-0-2/7-10-10-10-p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-2-0-2/5-7-7-7p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-0-2/7-10-10-10-p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-2-0-2/5-7-7-7p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-0-2/7-10-10-10-p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
cont...|-----------------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------||-2-0-2/5-7-7-7p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-0-10-10-9--9-9\7-7~-||-2-0-2/5-7-7-7p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-0-10-10-9--9-9\7-7~-||-2-0-2/5-7-7-7p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-0-10-10-9--9-9\7-7~-|
All Gtrs - 5:50 (play this all 2x)|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||-2-0-2-2-0-2/5--7--0-|-2-0-2-2-0-2/5--10--0-|-2-0-2-2-0-2/5--7--0-|2-0-2-2-0-2/10--9--0-||-2-0-2-2-0-2/5--7--0-|-2-0-2-2-0-2/5--10--0-|-2-0-2-2-0-2/5--7--0-|2-0-2-2-0-2/10--9--0-||-2-0-2-2-0-2/5--7--0-|-2-0-2-2-0-2/5--10--0-|-2-0-2-2-0-2/5--7--0-|2-0-2-2-0-2/10--9--0-|
Gtr 1 - Heavy distortion and delay (6:02) Last note|-12~----12~---10~b~12~---15~-----13~----12~---12~~~-----|---12~---||--------------------------------------------------------|---15~---||--------------------------------------------------------|---------||--------------------------------------------------------|---------||--------------------------------------------------------|---------||--------------------------------------------------------|---------|
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|Gtr 2 - play 2x|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||-2~----2----0-|-2~----2----0-|-2~----2----0-|-2~----2----0-||-2~----2----0-|-2~----2----0-|-2~----2----0-|-2~----2----0-||-2~----2----0-|-2~----2----0-|-2~----2----0-|-2~----2----0-|
Outro - just make noises and improvise, essentially.
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