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Shadows Fall Guitar Tablature
Author/Artist: Shadows Fall
Title: Stepping Outside the Circle
Album: The Art of Balance
Transcribed by: Dennis Weichert
Email: [email protected]

Your lucky day kids, looks like you'll be getting both guitar parts out of me this time.
I wasn't really feeling the other tab for this song so I decided to do it.  (To be fair
I stole the rhythm guitar from a tab I already found, cause I got lazy so thanks to whomever
you are ^_^)


Tuned (C, G, C, F, A, D)

/   Slide Up
   Slide Down
h   Hammer On
p   Pull Off
^   Bend String Up
r   Release Bend
X   Mute String
.   Palm Mute
*   Stop Ring
<>  Pinch Harmonic

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5--------6-5---5---------------------6--------6-5---5-----x-8----8-x-6----6--|
|-5------------8---8-6--------66335533-6-5----------8---8-6-x-8----8-x-6----6--|
|-5-555555-------------6555555---------6-555555-------------x-8----8-x-6----6--| X 1                                                              
    ......             .......           ......
  Guitar 1
 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-*----------------------------------6-5-*----------------x-8----8-x-6----6--|
|-5-*----------------------------------6-5-*----------------x-8----8-x-6----6--|
|-5-*----------------------------------6-5-*----------------x-8----8-x-6----6--| X 1  
  
  Guitar 2                                                                          
  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------6-5---5-------------------------------6-5---5-----x-8----8-x-6----6--|
|-------------8---8-6----------66335533-------------8---8-6-x-8----8-x-6----6--|
|-6555555-------------65555555----------6555555-------------x-8----8-x-6----6--| X 2
  .......             ........          .......           
  Both Guitars                                                                        
  Fourth time play this
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------6-5---5-------------------------------6-5---5------------------------|
|-------------8---8-6----------66335533-------------8---8-6-5-8----8-3-6-x-----|
|-6555555-------------65555555----------6555555-------------5-8----8-3-6-x-----|
  .......             ........          .......             . .    . . . .


|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------5----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------6--------------------|
|-5-6-5-3-5---------6-*-6-5-*-5-6-5-3-5-*-----8--------------------------------|
|-5-6-5-3-5-5-555-5-6-*-6-5-*-5-6-5-3-5-*-----8-----3-6------------------------| X 3
            . ... .                                           
  Both Guitars

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------4-----------4---3------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2---------2---3-2-----2---1------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2-2-2-2-2---2-3-2-2-2---2---2----------------------------------------------| X 4 
      . . . .   .     . .   .   .   
  Both Guitars      

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------887755777101077------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------6677--------------------|
|---9-----------10-----------9-------------------------------------------------|
|-x-9---------9-10---7---7-x-9-------------------------------------------------|
|-x-9---------9-10---7---7-x-9-------------------------------------------------| 
  
  Guitar 1  

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------99776677(11)(11)77---------------------|
|---9-----------10-----------9----------------------------7799-----------------|
|-x-9---------9-10---7---7-x-9-------------------------------------------------|
|-x-9---------9-10---7---7-x-9-------------------------------------------------|  
  (Put those 11's in parantheses for easier reading)
  Guitar 2
  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------4-----------4---3------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2---------2---3-2-----2---1------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2-2-2-2-2---2-3-2-2-2---2---2----------------------------------------------| X 4 
      . . . .   .     . .   .   .   
  Both Guitars      
  
|------------------------------------------------------------------5-6-5-6-8-6-5-----5---3-|
|-----------------9h12p9h12p9h12p9-8h11p8h11p8h11p8------------------------------8-6---6---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2-*----5-2-*------------------------------------3-2-*---5-2-*--------------------------|
|-3-2-*----5-2-*------------------------------------3-2-*---5-2-*--------------------------| X 2

  Guitar 1

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------2h5p2h5p2h5p2-1h4p1h4p1h4p1-----------------------6---5-8-6--------6---5-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------5---5-------9----5---5---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------10---------|
|-3-2-*----5-2-*------------------------------------3-2-*---5-2-*--------------------------|
|-3-2-*----5-2-*------------------------------------3-2-*---5-2-*--------------------------| X 2
   
  Guitar 2
  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---5-------5-------5--------8-7------5--------5-----5-------------------------|
|-3-----5---------6---6-8-----------3-----5--------6----6-8-*-8-*--------------|
|-3---3-5---------6---6-8-----------3---3-5--------6----6-8-*-8-*--------------| X 1

  Both Guitars

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------8---9-8---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------8--------------------5--------5----------|
|-6---------8-*-10------10----11-10-8-6---6------------3-------5-------5-------|
|-6---66666-8-*-10---10----10--------------------------3-------5-------5-------| X 4
      .....          .      .                         
  Guitar 1        

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------8-----8---8-8-8------5--------5----------|
|-6---------8-*-10------10----11-10-8-6---6-6-6-6-6-6--3-------5-------5-------|
|-6---66666-8-*-10---10----10--------------------------3-------5-------5-------| X 4
      .....          .      .                         
  Guitar 2

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------3-----------------------------------------------------------|
|------3--1h3p1----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------0-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---6--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6----------------------------------------------------------------------------| X 1
          
  Guitar 1          

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3------------------------------------------------------------|
|------5-3h5p3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---6-----------1--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6----------------------------------------------------------------------------| X 1
          
  Guitar 2       

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------4-----------4---3------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2---------2---3-2-----2---1------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2-2-2-2-2---2-3-2-2-2---2---2----------------------------------------------| X 4 
      . . . .   .     . .   .   .   
  Both Guitars    

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------80008000(10)0005577----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---9-----------10-----------9-------------------------------------------------|
|-x-9---------9-10---7---7-x-9-------------------------------------------------|
|-x-9---------9-10---7---7-x-9-------------------------------------------------| X 1
  (Again I put the 10 in paranthesis to make it easier to read)
  Guitar 1

|-------------------------------------7000700080003355-------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---9-----------10-----------9-------------------------------------------------|
|-x-9---------9-10---7---7-x-9-------------------------------------------------|
|-x-9---------9-10---7---7-x-9-------------------------------------------------| X 1

  Guitar 2

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------4-----------4---3------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2---------2---3-2-----2---1------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2-2-2-2-2---2-3-2-2-2---2---2----------------------------------------------| X 2 
      . . . .   .     . .   .   .   
  Both Guitars   


|------------------------------------------------------------------5-6-5-6-8-6-5-----5---3-|
|-----------------9h12p9h12p9h12p9-8h11p8h11p8h11p8------------------------------8-6---6---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2-*----5-2-*------------------------------------3-2-*---5-2-*--------------------------|
|-3-2-*----5-2-*------------------------------------3-2-*---5-2-*--------------------------| X 2

  Guitar 1

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------2h5p2h5p2h5p2-1h4p1h4p1h4p1-----------------------6---5-8-6--------6---5-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------5---5-------9----5---5---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------10---------|
|-3-2-*----5-2-*------------------------------------3-2-*---5-2-*--------------------------|
|-3-2-*----5-2-*------------------------------------3-2-*---5-2-*--------------------------| X 2
   
  Guitar 2

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---5-------5-------5--------8-7------5--------5-----5-------------------------|
|-3-----5---------6---6-8-----------3-----5--------6----6-8-*-8-*--------------|
|-3---3-5---------6---6-8-----------3---3-5--------6----6-8-*-8-*--------------| X 1

  Both Guitars

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------8---9-8---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------8--------------------5--------5----------|
|-6---------8-*-10------10----11-10-8-6---6------------3-------5-------5-------|
|-6---66666-8-*-10---10----10--------------------------3-------5-------5-------| X 4
      .....          .      .                         
  Guitar 1        

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------8-----8---8-8-8------5--------5----------|
|-6---------8-*-10------10----11-10-8-6---6-6-6-6-6-6--3-------5-------5-------|
|-6---66666-8-*-10---10----10--------------------------3-------5-------5-------| X 4
      .....          .      .                         
  Guitar 2



|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-----8----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-----8----------------------------------------------------------------------| X 1
  
  Both Guitars

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------5------------------------------3-----------------------|
|---8-----7------8----------8---7----7-----5-----7---------7---5---------------|
|-----5-----5------5-------------------3-----3-----3---------------------------|
|-5-----5-----5------5----5---5---3------3-----3-----3---3---3-----------------| X 2

  Guitar 1

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5--------5---3-*--------5--------------------3-------------------------------|
|-5--------5---3-*--------5--------------------3-------------------------------| X 1  

  Guitar 2

|-------6---5------------------------------------------------8-------------------|
|---------8-------------------------------------------------------11-------------|
|-----8-------8------------------------------------------10----10----------------|
|---8-----------8-------------------------------------10-------------------------|
|-6-------------------------------------------------8----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| X 2

  Guitar 1

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8-------------------------------------------------10-------------------------|
|-8-------------------------------------------------10-------------------------|
|-6-------------------------------------------------8--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| X 2

  Guitar 2

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------11p10----11p10-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------12-----------------------------|
|-------10h<12>-----10h12p10----10h<12>----------------------------------------|
|-10h13----------------------13--------------------------10-13^----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

  Guitar Solo (Here we go all one big part tabbed out ok)

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------11----11-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------10^-12----12---------12^------12r10---------------------|
|-13h15p13-12-13----13---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

  Solo

|-10-11-10----11-10-------13^15--------18-17-----------------------------------|
|----------11----------11--------18-20-------15-18^20--------------------------|
|-------------------10---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

  Solo

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------8-10-11-10-8-10-13/15-13-11-10-11-10-13-11-10-------------------------|
|-7-8-10------------------------------------------------12^14------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

  Solo (Played pretty fast but spaced for easy reading)

|----------10-11-10-10-11-10---------------------------------------------------|
|-10-11-13-------------------13-11-10-11-------------------------13------------|
|----------------------------------------15-17-15-14-10-12-10-12---------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

  Solo (Same as above)

|-15^17-------17-------17-------13-15------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------15------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------13------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

  Solo (Hands bleeding yet...)

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15--------16-------15-------13-----------------------------------------------|
|----15--------15-------15-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------13--------13-------13--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

  Solo

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----11-10-8----8-11-10------------8-11-10-----8--------8-11-10--------8-11-10-13-11-10-11--|
|-------------10-----------------10-------------------10-------------10----------------------|
|-10-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Solo

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----11-10-8----8-11-10---------8-11-10-----8--------8-11-10--------8-11-10-13-11-10-11-15-13-11-13-16-13-11-13-|
|-------------10--------------10-------------------10-------------10---------------------------------------------|
|-10-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Solo

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------7-8-10--------------------------------101210---101210--101310--10-----|
|-6-8-10--------121312131213101210121012101213--------13------13------13-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  (Those are 10's and 12's not 1's and 2's)
  Solo (If you can even play this you can figure out what Hammer on's, etc go where)

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------161820---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------151719---------------------------|
|-------121312--12------131513--13------151719---------------------------------|
|-121315------15--131517------17--151718---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  
  Solo

|-17182022232318181515181817171818151518182222202018181717---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------18-------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  
  Solo

|-20^22-------22--------18^20-----18-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------6-----8-----9----11----11-----------|
|------------------------------------------10^---12^---13---15^---15^----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  
  Solo

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5---------5--------5--------5----------3----------3--------3--------3--------|
|-5----5-5--5----5-5-5-5-5----5----5-5-5-3----3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3--| X 2
       . .       . .   . .         . . .      . . .      . .   . .      . . .
  Rhythm Guitar for Solo

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8---------------8------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8---------------8-----8-----8----3---------------3---------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--3---------------3-----3---------------------|
|----------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------| X 2
  . . . . . . . .   . .   . .   .    . . . . . . .   . .   . . . .
  Rhythm  

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5------------3-------------5-------------3-----------------------------------|
|-5------------3-------------5-------------3-----------------------------------|
|-5------------3-------------5-------------3-----------------------------------|
  
  Rhythm

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------5------8-7----------------------------------------------|
|-------5-----5----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-------5-------6-------8--------3------5------6--------8-*-8----------------|
|-3-------5-------6-------8--------3------5------6--------8-*-8----------------|
  
  Rhythm

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------8---9-8---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------8--------------------5--------5----------|
|-6---------8-*-10------10----11-10-8-6---6------------3-------5-------5-------|
|-6---66666-8-*-10---10----10--------------------------3-------5-------5-------| X 4
      .....          .      .                         
  Guitar 1        

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------8-----8---8-8-8------5--------5----------|
|-6---------8-*-10------10----11-10-8-6---6-6-6-6-6-6--3-------5-------5-------|
|-6---66666-8-*-10---10----10--------------------------3-------5-------5-------| X 4
      .....          .      .                         
  Guitar 2

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------8----------------5---------------|
|---3-----3-------10---6---5---6--------6-------6----6-----6-----6-5--6--------|
|-6---666---666-8----8---8---8---101010---10------10---888---8-----------------| X 3
  .   ...   ... .    .   .   .    . . .    .       .   ...   .
  Both Guitars

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---3-----3-----6-*-5--*-6--*-8-*----------------------------------------------|
|-6---666---666----------------------------------------------------------------| X 1
  .   ...   ...
  Guitar (On fourth time)

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3---------------------------------------3------------------------------------|
|-1---2-----2-------1-------1-------3---2-1------------------------------------|
|-------2-5---2-5-4---2-5-4---2-5-4---2----------------------------------------| X 1
  
  Guitar 1

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----4-*---------------------------------3-*----------------------------------|
|-----2-*---------------------------------1-*----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| X 1
  
  Guitar 2

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3---------------------------------------3------------------------------------|
|-1---2-----2-------1-------1-------3---2-1------------------------------------|
|-------2-5---2-5-4---2-5-4---2-5-4---2----------------------------------------| X 10
        . .   . . .   . . .   . . .   . 
  Both Guitars

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-*--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-*---------------------------------------------------------------------------| X 1
  
  Both Guitars (end on)


  Wow this tab didn't take forever to do at all, hope you enjoy it.
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