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This Is The Time Ballast by Nothing More
This Is The Time Ballast
I play this song with no capo but i have a really deep voice...
People with higher voices should play on capo 2 or 3
Verse One
Am
When did we become these sinking stones
C
When did we build this broken home
G
Holding each other like ransom notes
F
Dropping our hearts to grip our brother's throats
Prechorus
Am
You can't see 'cause you don't know caught beneath your own shadow
C
Stuck inside half-alive do we ever stop to ask ourselves why
G
Close your mind Identify do you think do you really call this a life
F
All you've waited for drowning just to keep a score
Chorus
Am
This is the time that we let it go
C
And these are the words that will take you home
G
Singing the song that's inside us all
F
If we don't open our eyes we're- walking blind
Verse Two
Am
Anchored in anger we exile ourselves
C
Bitter blood builds up our prison cells
G
Dark water slowly fills up our lungs
F
The darkness in our hearts blackens out the sun
Prechorus
Am
You can't see 'cause you don't know caught beneath your own shadow
C
Stuck inside half-alive do we ever stop to ask ourselves why
G
Close your mind Identify do you think do you really call this a life
F
All you've waited for drowning just to keep a score
Chorus
Am
This is the time that we let it go
C
And these are the words that will take you home
G
Singing the song that's inside us all
F
If we don't open our eyes we're- walking blind
Instrumental
Am-C-G-F
Bridge
Am
This is the time that we let it go
C
And this is the pain we are forced to know
G
Singing the song that's inside us all
F
If we just open our eyes
Chorus
Am
This is the time that we let it go
C
And these are the words that will take you home
G
Singing the song that's inside us all
F
If we don't open our eyes we're- walking blind
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version 2
(Verse 1)
Am C
When did we become these sinking stones?
G F
When did we build this broken home?
Am C
Holding each other like ransom notes
G F
Dropping our hearts to grip our brother's throats
(Pre-Chorus)
Am
You can't see because you don't know
C
You're caught below, beneath your own shadow
G
Stuck inside, half alive
F
Do you ever stop to ask yourself why?
Am
Close your mind, identify
C G
Do you feel, do you feel, do you call this a life?
F
All you waited for, drowning just to keep score
Am
We always start with good intentions
G
But lose ourselves along the way
(Chorus)
Am G
This is the time that we let it go
Em F
These are the words that will take us home
Am G
Singing the song that's inside us all
Em F Am
If we don't open our eyes we're walking blind
(Verse 2)
Am C
Anchored in anger, we exile ourselves
G F
Bitter blood builds our prison cell
Am C
Darker water now fills our lungs
G F
The depths of our heart have blacked the sun
[Pre-Chorus]
Am C G F x2
Am G
[Chorus]
Am G Em F x2
(Break/Solo Section) - (This section is up to how you arrange it for an acoustic version, it could just be
an instrumental break using the chords from the verse (Am, C, G, F) or the chords form the chorus (Am, G, Em,
F). Below I have put the lyrics in for this section along with the bass notes as chords, however for an
acoustic cover just play about with this section until you find what works for you)
Am
Naked we come, naked we leave
Fools we are, to hold tightly
Am B C Am
We are free, we are free
F G A B Am
We are the jail, we are the key, We are the jail, we are the key
(Chorus (w/ Lyric Changes))
Am G
This is the time that we let it go
Em F
These are the words that will save us all
Am G
Singing the song that's inside us all
Em F
If we just open our eyes
Am G
This is the time that we let it go
Em F
This is the pain we are forced to know
Am G Em F
Singing the song that's inside, inside us all, inside us all
(Outro)
(Am, C, G, F)
(Walking blind)
(Am, C, G, F)
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version 3
Tuning: Drop C w/ 6th string dropped to A (A,G,C,F,A,D)
Riff 1 "When did we become these sinking stones..."
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------4-4---------2-2---------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-12-12-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-3-3-3-----1-1-1-1-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Play Riff 1 x3 "Dropping our hearts to grip our brothers' throat..."
Riff 2 (w/ heavy delay and lightly palm-muted) "You can't see because you don't know..."
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-----7-----7---3-----3-----3---5-----5-----5---3-----3-----3---|
F|---7-----7-----7---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6-|
C|-----9-----9---------4-----4---------7-----7---------5-----5-----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-----7-----7---3-----3-----3---5-----5-----5---7-----7-----7---|
F|---7-----7-----7---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6-|
C|-----9-----9---------4-----4---------7-----7---------4-----4-----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 3 "We always start with good intentions..."
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------14h15p14p0-12-0-10\9-|
A|-0-10h12-0-12h14-0-14h15-0-10h12-0-12h14-0-14h15-0-10h12-0-12h14----------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|-0-10h12-0-12h14-0-10h12-0-12h14-0-12\10-10-|
F|--------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10/22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-|
F|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
C|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7//19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 4 "This is the time that we let it go..."
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-12-12-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
F|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
C|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-9--9--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-14-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
F|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
C|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--11-11-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-12-12-14-14-14-14-14-14-14b-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
F|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
C|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-9--9--11-11-11-11-11-11-11b-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
F|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
C|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fill 1
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
F|---------------------|
C|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
A|-12-12-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
* * * ^ whammy pedal down an octave
Play Riff 1 x2 "Anchored in anger, we exile ourselves..."
Play Riff 2 x1 "You can't see because you don't know..."
Play Riff 3 x1 "We always start with good intentions..."
Play Riff 4 x1 "This is the time that we let it go..."
Riff 5 (lower volume, lightly palm-muted)
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-10-12-0-10-12-0-10-12-0-12-0--12-14-0-12-14-0-12-14-0-14-0-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-14-15-0-14-15-0-14-15-0-15-0--12-14-0-12-14-0-12-14-0-14-|
^ ends here 2nd time through
Play Riff 5 x2
Riff 6
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0h10h12p0h10h12p0h10h12p0h12p0-12h14p0h12h14p0h12h14p0h14p0-|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-14h15p0h14h15p0h14h15p0h15p0-12h14p0h12h14p0h12h14p0h14-|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
Play Riff 6 x2
Riff 7
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-10h12-0-10h12-0-10h12-0-12-0--10h12-0-10h12-0-10h12-0-12-0-|
* * * * * *
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10h12-0-10h12-0-10h12-0-12-0--10h12-0-10h12-0-10-0-0---0-0-|
* * * * *
Play Riff 4 x2 "This is the time that we let it go..."
Ending
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------4-4---------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-12-12-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-3-3-3-1--1--1--1/-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------4-4---------2-----2-----|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-/12-12-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1/7-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1/8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-3-3-3---1-1---1-1-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
When did we become these sinking stones?
When did we build this broken home?
Holding each other like ransom notes
Dropping our hearts to grip our brother's throat
You can't see because you don't know
You're caught below, beneath your own shadow
Stuck inside, half alive
Do you ever stop to ask yourself why?
Close your mind, identify
Do you feel, do you feel?
Do you call this a life?
All you waited for
Drowning just to keep score
We always start with good intentions
But lose ourselves along the way
This is the time that we let it go
These are the words that will take us home
Singing the song that's inside us all
If we don't open our eyes we're walking blind
Anchored in anger, we exile ourselves
Bitter blood builds our prison cell
Darker water now fills our lungs
The depths of our heart have blacked the sun
Naked we come, naked we leave
Fools we are, to hold tightly
We are the jail, we are the key
We are free, we are free
This is the time that we let it go
This is the pain we are forced to know
Singing the song that's inside us all
If we just open our eyes
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version 4
Tuning: Drop A
A E A D F# B (Seven String, Can also be on six string)
Intro is electronic, Guitar fades in slowly without bass track.
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------| 4x (listen for strum pattern)
a|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
A|12-12-0---0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0----|
x x x x x x x x x x x
Main Riff
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-3--3-3-3--1-1--1-1-1-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-3--3-3-3--1-1--1-1-1-|
A|-12-12-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--7-7-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--8-8-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--3-3--3-3-3--1-1--1-1-1-|
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Bridge (high vocal notes)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7--7--7--7--7--7--10-10-10-10-10-10-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
a|-7--7--7--7--7--7--10-10-10-10-10-10-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
E|-5--5--5--5--5--5--8--8--8--8--8--8--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--1--1--1--1--1--1--|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7--7--7--7--7--7--10-10-10-10-10-10-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
a|-7--7--7--7--7--7--10-10-10-10-10-10-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
E|-5--5--5--5--5--5--8--8--8--8--8--8--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
Pre-Chorus
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
a|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7------3------5-------------------2---2---2------5------3-----------------|
a|-7------3------5-------------------2---2---2------5------3-----------------|
E|-5------1------3-------------------0-0-0-0-0------3------1-----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x x
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7------3------5-------------------2---2---2------5------3-----------------|
a|-7------3------5-------------------2---2---2------5------3-------1-1-1-----|
E|-5------1------3-------------------0-0-0-0-0------3------1-----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x x
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
A|12-12-0---0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0----|
x x x x x x x x x x x
Main Riff (Augmented)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|---0-------------------------------------------------------------------------3-3--3-3-3--1-1--1-1-1-|
E|---------------------------0------------------------1------------------------3-3--3-3-3--1-1--1-1-1-|
A|----0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0----0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0----0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--3-3--3-3-3--1-1--1-1-1-|
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Tapping Break
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-12-14-12-14-14(x5)-12-16-12-16-16(x5)-12-17-12-17-17(x5)-12-16-12-16-16(x5)|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2 (Strange pattern,just listen)
a|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (This riff is also in the
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| background of the pre-chorus
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| with a different pattern.)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
G|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Transition
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
a|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
A|-10-12-10-12-10-12-------10-12---------|
*Chorus
*Main Riff
When did we become these sinking stones?
When did we build this broken home?
Holding each other like ransom notes
Dropping our hearts to grip our brother's throat
You can't see because you don't know
You're caught below, beneath your own shadow
Stuck inside, half alive
Do you ever stop to ask yourself why?
Close your mind, identify
Do you feel, do you feel?
Do you call this a life?
All you waited for
Drowning just to keep score
We always start with good intentions
But lose ourselves along the way
This is the time that we let it go
These are the words that will take us home
Singing the song that's inside us all
If we don't open our eyes we're walking blind
Anchored in anger, we exile ourselves
Bitter blood builds our prison cell
Darker water now fills our lungs
The depths of our heart have blacked the sun
Naked we come, naked we leave
Fools we are, to hold tightly
We are the jail, we are the key
We are free, we are free
This is the time that we let it go
This is the pain we are forced to know
Singing the song that's inside us all
If we just open our eyes
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