Artist: Still Remains
Title: The Wax Walls of an Empty Room
Album: The Serpent (2007) RoadRunner Records
Tabber: Surge (surge_ on efnet, xsurgey on youtube)
Tuning: Drop D
First things first, let's pay tribute to this awesome song, and let's support the
called "Still Remains" who wrote this fucking masterpiece.
Tabs are now "illegal" in the united states for the most part, so please do these guys a
and go out and pick up both of their albums if you like the song. They are available
Hot Topic if they don't have it at your local CD store. It's not like they're
and all over MTV. They diserve to be, but they're not, so get off your ass, take out
wallet and buy this cd if the tab helps you out at all.
This song was a cunt to figure out cause of the keyboards sounding exactly like the
both guitar parts, and everything meshing all together. How I did it was I imported the
into Sony Sound Forge 9.0 and I slowed it down by 50%, put on some headphones and went
work. Took me a few hours. This should be almost perfect.
I only tabbed the lower guitar parts, you can add in the lead harmonies yourself. Solo
down perfect too. The lyrics may be off, didn't have time to double check them. You
the idea though.
X = chug/mute
/ = slide
p = pull off
h = hammer on
Intro / Chorus:
Repeat twice, play very fast.
Reverb and mild distortion, neck pickup.
E|-------------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------------------|D|---15p0-0---15p0-14p0---10p0-10p0---7/10p0-12p0--|A|-------------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------------------|D|---15p0-0---15p0-14p0---10p0-10p0---7/10p0-7p0---|A|-------------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------------------|D|---15p0-0---15p0-14p0---10p0-10p0---7/10p0-12p0--|A|-------------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------ E|--------------17-------------|B|------------------------ B|----------------15----18-15--|G|------------------------ G|--12/14-----------14---------|D|---15p0-0---15p0-14p0--- D|--------14-15----------------|A|------------------------ A|-----------------------------|D|------------------------ D|-----------------------------|
Verse 1:
Rythm guitar just chugs open D power chord, bottom 3 strings left open palm muted.
Lead plays this, Neck pickup, more fuzz, play very fast.
"burn the candle.." "down to the end.."
E|------------------------------------- E|--------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------- B|--------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------- G|--------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------- D|---------------------------5----------|A|---8/5---7p0--3/5-------5----7------- A|---8/5---7p0--3/5-------5-----7h8p7p5-|D|------X-----------X---3----5--------- D|------X-----------X---3---------------|
"the time is undefined.." "erased until pretend.."
E|--------------------------------------------------------------| rythm:B|--------------------------------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------- D|---------------------|D|------------------------------------- A|---X-3----------X-5--|A|---8/5---7p0--3/5-------5----7------- D|---X-3----------X-5--|D|------X-----------X---3----5----------------------------------| lead:
E|---------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|-----5--3-5/3------7--5-7h8p7p5----------| D|---3---------5/--5---------------------|
Now it switches up just a little.
"made me see things.." "that i don't want to see.."
E|------------------------------------- E|--------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------- B|--------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------- G|--------------------------------------|D|--------5p0-------------------------- D|----------5p0---------------5---------|A|---5/8-------7/8---------5----7------ A|---5/8---------7/8-------5----7h8p7p5-|D|------X------------X---3----5-------- D|------X------------X---3--------------|
"evidence of someone.." "who i used to be.."
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| rythm:B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------- D|---------------------|D|---------5p0------------------------- A|---X-3----------X-5--|A|---5/8-------7/8---------5----7------ D|---X-3----------X-5--|D|------X------------X---3----5------------------------------------| lead:
E|---------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|-----5--3-5/3------7--5-7h8p7p5----------| D|---3---------5/--5---------------------|
Pre-Chorus:
Palm muted throughout.
"this empty room is my companion.."
E|---------------------------- E|-------------------------------|B|---------------------------- B|-------------------------------|G|---------------------------- G|---------------5---------------|D|--00--0----2----3------0-2-- D|-------------------8---7---5---|A|--11----11---11---1--3------ A|-55--5----7--------------------|D|---------------------------- D|-55----55---55---5---5---5-----|
"my empty heart gives me compassion.."
E|---------------------------- E|---------------------------------|B|---------------------------- B|-------------------------------|G|---------------------------- G|-------------------------------|D|--22-2---3---5---0--2--3---- D|--77777------------------------|A|--33--33--33--3---3--3--3--- A|--77777--12-10-----------------|D|---------------------------- D|--77777------------------------|
Verse 2:
Same as verse 1 until this.
"i can hear it beating.." "is this where it all starts.."
E|-------------------------------- E|--------------------------------|B|-------------------------------- B|--------------------------------|G|-------------------------------- G|--------------------------------|D|-------------------------------- D|----------------------XX--1-----|A|---8/5---7p0--3/5-------5----7-- A|-----5--3-5/3------7--XX--1-----|D|------X-----------X---3----5---- D|---3---------5/--5----XX--1-----|
Bridge:
Repeat.
"show me your scars.."
E|--------------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------5-----8-7-5-----|D|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0----0-7-8---8-5-------8--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------3--------5---7-|D|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0----0-5-7---7-5--3---5---|
Solo:
rythm:
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|D|--7/---77--3-5-3---7-10-7/---77--3-5-7---00000--88888--33333--7777/88--|A|--7/---77--3-5-3---7-10-7/---77--3-5-7---00000--88888--33333--7777/88--|D|--7/---77--3-5-3---7-10-7/---77--3-5-7---00000--88888--33333--7777/88--|
lead:
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|--5/9--101010-9------------------------------------------9h10p9--101010-9--------|D|----------------10-12-10-----10--101010------------10-12------------------10-12--|A|--------------------------12-------------12-10-12--------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------12--------13--------15--------20/--|B|--10/13-----13/15-----15/17-----17/20------|G|-------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------------|
(this may or not be right, i can't make it out through all the diff instruments playing!)
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--8/10--8-------8/10-------------13-13--------------------------------|G|----------9-----------9-10-9--12--------15-14-15--14-12-14------------|D|------------10----------------------------------------------17-15-17--|A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|B|------------------------------15--------17-15-----18\-|G|-----------14--------14-15-17----17-15--------14------|D|--14-15-17----17-15-----------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge:
Palm muted throughout.
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------10-7-10-7-10-7-10---7-5-----7-5----|A|--8-5-8-5-8-5-8--10-7-10-7-10-7-10--------------------------7-8----7-8-|D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro:
"show me your scars.."
2nd time play pinch harmonics on 3rd fret where "*" is.
* *E|--------------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------5-----8-7-5-----|D|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0----0-7-8---8-5-------8--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------3--------5---7-|D|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0----0-5-7---7-5--3---5---|
E|----------------|B|----------------|G|----------------|D|----------------|A|--88888-8--5/---|D|----------------|
Enjoy!
Feel free to post corrections.
I'm sure the solo needs work!
Or if someone wants to do both guitar parts..
:)
