Wolves in the Throne Room - Born from the Serpent's Eye
Standard tuning - EADGBe
Acoustic Intro (fingerstyle, let notes ring)
e|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|----10-----------12-------10------------12-----------|----13-----10----13----12-------|
D|-10------8-6--10-------10------8-6---10-----10----10-|-10-----10----10----10----10-10-|x2
A|----8----8-8-----10-------8----8-8------10--10h11-8--|----11-----8-----11----10-11-13-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Distorted Guitars
e|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-10"--8"-6"-10"---10"--8"-6"-10"--10"-10"-|-10"--10"-10"-10"---10"-10"--|x2
A|-8"---8"-8"-10"---8"---8"-8"-10"--11"-8"--|-11"--8"--11"-10"---11"-13"--|
E|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------8"--7"-8"-10"----|
D|----------------------------------------------|x4
A|-----10"--11"--8"-6"-----10"------------------|
E|-8"-------------------8"----------------------|
Vocals enter (While this riff plays 4 times the lead holds tremolo picking the 13 fret 5th string)
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|-6"---------5"----------|x4
A|-3"---------3"----------|
E|------------------------|
This riff is played twice clean with delay then once through distorted and tremolo pick the chords
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-11--10--8--10-11-10--8--7--7h8p7h8-10---11--10--8--10-11-13-|
E|-8---8---8--8--8--8---8--8--8-------8----8---8---8--8--8--11-|
Distorted Guitars (the top note of the chords is played by a second guitar)
e|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| \
B|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| |
G|-10"--10"10"12"---10"--10"10"12"--13"-10"-|-13"--10--13"-12"---13"-15"--| | play whole
D|-10"--8"-6"-10"---10"--8"-6"-10"--10"-10"-|-10"--10"-10"-10"---10"-10"--|x2 |x4 section 4 times
A|-8"---8"-8"-10"---8"---8"-8"-10"--11"-8"--|-11"--8"--11"-10"---11"-13"--| |
E|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| /
e|--------------------------------| e|----------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|
D|-7--8\7-8\7-8\6--7--8\7-7/10-8--|x4 D|----------------------------------|x4
A|-5--6\5-6\5-6\4--5--6\5-5/8--6--| A|-5--6\5-6\5-6\4--5--6\5-6\5-6\4---|
E|--------------------------------| E|-3--4\3-4\3-4\2--3--4\3-4\3-4\2---|
Tremolo pick these chords, on the fourth time the last three chords are hit single times
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-7--8\7-8\7-8\6--7--8\7-7/10-8--|x4
A|-5--6\5-6\5-6\4--5--6\5-5/8--6--|
E|--------------------------------|
Interlude (vocal break)
Distorted guitars come back with slowed tempo more slow riffing
e|-------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|x4 D|-7---8-8\7-7--7--8-8\7-7--|x4
A|-5"---7"-8"-5"---7"-8"-8"--7"-7h8p7"-5"-3"-| A|-5---6-6\5-5--5--6-6\5-5--|
E|-5"---5"-5"-5"---5"-5"-6"--6"-6"-----6"-5"-| E|-5---6-6\5-5--5--6-6\5-5--|
back to up tempo Lead comes in after 2x of the rhythm riff by itself
e|-------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------| This whole section
B|-------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| is played about 10 times
G|-------------------| G|-14"----------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------| D|--------15"-14"---14"---15"-14"---12"-------------| Play these until
A|-5"------5"--------| A|-----------------------------------------13"-12"--| fade out
E|-5"------6"--------| E|--------------------------------------------------|
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| x Dead note
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| " Tremelo picking
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