Shape of Things to Come Tabs & Lyrics by Audioslave
Shape of Things to Come
guitar tabs lyrics
SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
As recorded by Audioslave
(From the 2006 Album REVELATIONS)
Words by Chris Cornell
Music by Audioslave
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 1 (dist.)'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 2 (clean)'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 3 (dist.)'
Intro
Moderately Slow Q=82
4/4
Gtr I
S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------||--------------------------------------------|
|------||o-------------------------------------------|
|------||--------------------------------------------|
|------||--------------------------------------------|
|------||o-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
|------||--10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|
1. 2.
S S S S S S E +Q E E S S S S S S E +H
|---------------------------||----------------------||
|--------------------------o||----------------------||
|---------------------------||----------------------||
|---------------------------||----------------------||
|-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)--10-12-o||-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)----||
|-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)--10-12--||-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)----||
Verse
Gtr II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||--------12----------14----------12----------15-|
||o----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----|
||--12----------12----------12----------12-------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------14----------10-12p10--------|
|----12----12----12----12----10----------10-----|
|-12----------12----------10----------------10--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------14----------12----------15----|
|----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12-|
|-12----------12----------12----------12----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 3x
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------12----------14-----------15-17p15----------||
|----12----12----12----12-----12----------15------o||
|-12----------12----------/15----------------15\---||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------14----------12----------15-|
|----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----|
|-12----------12----------12----------12-------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------14----------10-12p10-------|
|----12----12----12----12----10----------10----|
|-12----------12----------10----------------10-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------14----------12----------15----|
|----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12-|
|-12----------12----------12----------12----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|-------12----------14-----------15-17p15-15\-||
|----12----12----12----12-----12--------------||
|-12----------12----------/15-----------------||
Chorus
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +Q E E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3p0-5-(5)--7-10--|
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3p0-5-(5)--7-10--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +H
|---------------------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------||
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)----||
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)----||
Interlude
Gtr II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------12----------12----------12----|
|----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12-|
|-12----------12----------12----------12----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------12----------12----------12----------12----||
|----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12-||
|-12----------12----------12----------12----------||
Verse 2
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||--------12----------14----------12----------15-|
||o----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----|
||--12----------12----------12----------12-------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------14----------10-12p10--------|
|----12----12----12----12----10----------10-----|
|-12----------12----------10----------------10--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------14----------12----------15----|
|----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12-|
|-12----------12----------12----------12----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 3x
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------12----------14-----------15-17p15----------||
|----12----12----12----12-----12----------15------o||
|-12----------12----------/15----------------15\---||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------14----------12----------15-|
|----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----|
|-12----------12----------12----------12-------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------14----------10-12p10-------|
|----12----12----12----12----10----------10----|
|-12----------12----------10----------------10-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------12----------14----------12----------15----|
|----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12-|
|-12----------12----------12----------12----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|-------12----------14-----------15-17p15-15\-||
|----12----12----12----12-----12--------------||
|-12----------12----------/15-----------------||
Chorus
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +Q E E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3p0-5-(5)--7-10--|
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3p0-5-(5)--7-10--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +H
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)----|
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)----|
3/8
S S S S S S E +H S S S S S S E +H S S S S S S
|----------------------|----------------------|-------------||
|----------------------|----------------------|-------------||
|----------------------|----------------------|-------------||
|----------------------|----------------------|-------------||
|-0h2-2h3-3p0-5-(5)----|-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)----|-0h2-2h3-3s5-||
|-0h2-2h3-3p0-5-(5)----|-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)----|-0h2-2h3-3s5-||
Bridge
6/4 4/4
E. S +E E +S E. E. S +E E +S E. H E S S S S S S 3x
||---------------------------------------|---------------------||
||o--------------------------------------|--------------------o||
||---------------------------------------|---------------------||
||--5--------3-(3)-----------------------|------x-x-x---x-x-x--||
||o----5-(5)-------3--5--1-(1)-3-(3)-/5--|------x-x-x---x-x-x-o||
||---------------------------------------|-5----x-x-x---x-x-x--||
6/4
E. S +E E +S E. E. S +E E +S E S
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-5--3-(3)--------------------------------||
|----------4-(4)-1--3--------1-(1)-3-(3)/-||
|----------------------5-(5)--------------||
Guitar Solo
4/4
Gtr III
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------10-10-10----------------10-10--------------|
|--------10-10-10-------10-10----10-10-------10-10--|
|--------10-10-10----10-10-10----10-10-10----10-10--|
|-----12----------12----------12----------12--------|
|-/12-12--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------10-------------------------------------13-10----10----------------|
|----10----13-10----12-------12----------------------13----13-10-13p10----|
|-12-------------13-12-12-10-12-10----10-------------------------------12-|
|----------------------------------12----12-10----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------6-------| |------6-------| |-----6-----| |------6-------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13----12----------12p10-------------13p10-12-------12p10-12-10-------|
|-------12-10-10--x-12p10----10----10-------12-------12p10-12-10-10-10-|
|----11----10-10--x-------11----11-------------x-x-x-------------11-10-|
|----------------10----------------------------x-x-x-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------12-10-12-10-------------------------|
|-------12-10-12-10-10-10-10-10----------x--|
|----10-12-10-12-10-10-10-10-10-0--------x--|
|-12----------------------------0--------x--|
|---------------------------------5s8s12----|
E S S S E S E S S S E S
|-----12--------------------13----------------|
|-----------20-22-(22)\-----------13s10-(10)\-|
|-/19----19-------------/10----10-------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~
S S S S S E S S S S S +E S T T
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----10------10-(10)\-13----15-15-(15)-15-13h15--|
|--------7s10-------------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------------------------------|
|---0---------------------13----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|------6-------| |--------7--------| |----3----|
T T T T T T T S T S S S S S S S T T T T T T T T T T T T S S T T
|-17-17-15-13----------------------------------------------------14-15-16-15-14---------------------|
|-------------17-15-15-13-------------------------------14-15-16----------------16-15-14------------|
|-------------------------15p14-12----------12-14-15-16----------------------------------16-\13-13--|
|----------------------------------15-14-15---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5-----| |------5-------|
T T T T T X X T T T T T T T T T T T T T E. S S S S S
|----------------16-16-16-16-16-20-21-21-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22--22-22-22----22-22-||
|-------------14--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-13-14-15-16-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| Gtr I
| H Q E E
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------10-------12-------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------10-------12-------||
Chorus
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +Q E E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3p0-5-(5)--7-10--|
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3p0-5-(5)--7-10--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
|-7h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-10-10-x-x-8h10-x-x-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E W
|-------------------------------|------||
|-------------------------------|------||
|-------------------------------|------||
|-------------------------------|------||
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3---|------||
|-5h7-7-7-x-x-3h5-5-5-x-x-2h3---|------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +H +W
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------|--------*|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------|--------*|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------|--------*|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------|--------*|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)----|-(0)----*|
|-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-12-12-x-x-10h12-x-x-|-0h2-2h3-3s5-0-(0)----|-(0)----*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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