"Empty Words"
Notation: When two guitars are listed play all guitars simultaneously.
. - palm mute
/ - slide up to
\ - slide down to
~ - vibrato
h - hammer on
b - bend Suffixes for bend
p - pull off
ph - pinch harmonic
f - full bend
h - half bend
* - see comment
r - release
t - tap bend
X - percussion mute
~ - vibrato bend
@ - slight palm mute
() - ghost note, sustained note
Tune To D (D,G,C,F,A,D)
Repeat Four Times And Fade In ||------0-----0-----0------|-----0-----0-----------------0--|| ||------0-----0-----0--5/8-|-----0-----0-----------------0--|| ||*--------------------4/7-|-----------------9/10-10-------*|| ||*---2-----2-----2--------|---2-----2---0---9/10-10-------*|| ||--0----------------------|-0-------------7---------5/7----|| ||--------1-----0----------|-------1------------------------|| Riff A |-----------|---------|-----------| |-----------|---------|-----------| Gtr I |-----------|---------|-----------| & |-5-4-------|-5-4-----|-5-4-------| Gtr II |-3-2-5-6-3-|-3-2-5-6-|-3-2-5-6-2-| |-----3-4-1-|-----3-4-|-----3-4-0-| . . _______________ ___________________ | 1,3 | 2. (end of Riff A) |-13/15-15/16-15~-|-13/15-15/16-16/18~-| Gtr II |-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------| |--3/5---5/6---5~-|--3/5---5/6---6/8~--| Gtr I |-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------| ______________________________________ Riff B | 1,2 |---------|------------------------------------------| |---------|------------------------------------------| |---------|------------------------------------------| Gtr I |-2-------|-3-------------6--------------------------| |-0---2---|-1-----3-------4-----------6--------------| |-----0---|-------1-------------------4--------------| | |---------|----------------------------8-7-----------| |---------|---------------10-9h10p9--------10-9------| |---------|--------10-9-7-----------10----------10-9-| Gtr II |---------|-10-9-7-----------------------------------| |---------|------------------------------------------| |---------|------------------------------------------| continuation of Riff B |-------|-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------|-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------|-------------------------------------------------------------| GTR 1 |-2-----|-3-----------------------------------------------------------| |-0---2-|-1---------------------------------------------3-------------| |-----0-|-----------------------------------------------1-------------| | T T T |-------|-12h13h15-19----*-------12h13h15-19-----*------12h13h15-19---| |-------|-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------|-------------------------------------------------------------| GTR 2 |-------|-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------|-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------|-------------------------------------------------------------| | T T |-------|-----*-------12h13h15-19-----*------12h13h15-19-----*--------| |-------|-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------|-------------------------------------------------------------| GTR 3 |-------|-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------|-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------|-------------------------------------------------------------| continuation of Riff B |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR |------------------------------------6----------------------------------| 1 |------------------------------------4----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | T T T |----*--------12h13h15-19------*------12h13h15-19-----*-----12h13h15-19-| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 2 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | T T T |-12h13h15-19-----*-------12h13h15-19------------12h13h15-19----*-------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 3 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| continuation of Riff B (gtr 1) |----------------------|----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------|----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------|----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------|2---------------------------------------------------| |-----------6----------|0-------------------------------2-------------------| |-----------4----------|--------------------------------0-------------------| | guitar 2 |--*--------20bf-20-20-|20-20\19-19-19\17-----------------------------------| |----------------------|------------------20\18-18\17-17\15-15-15/17-17-17~-| |----------------------|----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------|----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------|----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------|----------------------------------------------------| | T |12h13h15-19-----------| |----------------------| GTR 3 |----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------| continuation of Riff B(end of Riff B) |---------------------| |---------------------| |---------------------| GTR 1 |-3---------6---------| |-1----3----4----6----| |------1---------4----| | |---------------------| |(17)~~~--------------| |---------------------| GTR 2 |---------------------| |---------------------| |---------------------| Riff C (end of Riff C) |------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------| |------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------| |------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------| Gtr I |------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------| & |------------|-------5-7-8-7-5-|------------|-------3-5-6-5-3-| Gtr II |-0-5-6-7-6~-|-5-6-7-----------|-0-3-5-6-5~-|-3-5-6-----------| Play Riff C a total of two times Riff D (end of Riff D) |------------------------------|----------------------------------| |------------------------------|----------------------------------| |------------------------------|----------------------------------| |------------------------------|----------------------------a.h.--| |----------3----------5------6-|----------3----------5------7~----| |-00000000-1-00000000-3-0000-4-|-00000000-1-00000000-3-0000-------| ........ ........ .... ........ ........ .... Play Riff C two times, then play Riff D Riff E.1 |------------------| |------------------| |------------------| Gtr I |-9-10-7--/12-9-10-| |-7-8--5--/10-7-8--| |------------------| Riff E.2(play with Riff E.1) |------------------| |------------------| |------------------| Gtr II |------------------| |------------------| |-0000000000000000-| ................ Riff E.3(play with Riff E.1) |------------------------------------------------------------------------ |-T--------------T--------------T--------------T--------------T---------- |-16-9h12p9h12p9-17-9h12p9h12p9-16-9h12p9h12p9-19-9h12p9h12p9-14-9h12p9-- |------------------------------------------------------------------------ |------------------------------------------------------------------------ |------------------------------------------------------------------------ continuation of above ------------| -T----------| Play Riff E.3 a total of two times -16-9h12p9--| ------------| Gtr II ------------| ------------| Riff F |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |----------------------------7----------------| Gtr I & Gtr II |-9---------10----------5-------5--7-----9----| |-7---------7--------------3----------5-----7-| |---0000000----0-0-0-0------------------------| ....... . . . . Play Riff F a total of four times Riff G(play four times with solos) |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------10----10--10----7----7--7-| Gtr II |-------------------------------------10----10--10----7----7--7-| |---------------------------------8888--8888--88--5555-5555-55--| |-55555555555555556666666666666666------------------------------| .................................... .... .. .... .... .. Play Twice Play Twice ||-8-7-5-7~------|-8-7-5-7-8-10-7~--||-7h8p7~--7h8-5~--|-7h8p7~-7h8h10~-|| G2 ||---------------|------------------||-----------------|----------------|| ||*5-4-2-4~------|-5-4-3-4-5-7--4~-*||*4h5p4~--4h5-2~--|-4h5p4~-4h5h7~-*|| G3 ||*don't play this part the 1st time||*----------------|---------------*|| ||---------------|------------------||-----------------|----------------|| ||---------------|------------------||-----------------|----------------|| || ||---------------|------------------||-----------------|----------------|| ||---------------|------------------||-----------------|----------------|| ||*--------------|-----------------*||*----------------|----------------|| ||*-2------------|-----------------*||*----------------|----------------|| G1 ||--0-----2------|-3------------5---||--2----------3---|-5-----------3--|| ||--------0------|-1------------3---||--0----------1---|-3-----------1--|| Play twice |----------------| |----------------| |----------------| Gtr I |----------------| |-2---3---5---3--| |-0---1---3---1--| | |----------------| |----------------| |----------------| Gtr II |----------------| |-7~--8~--10~-8~-| |----------------| Play Riff A Play Riff B Play Riff C Play Riff D Play Riff C Play Riff D Play Riff E.1, E.2, E.3, E.4 Play Riff F(fade out)
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