Chord/Tab song: On Distant Shores

Titlle: On Distant Shores
Album: The End is Near
Tabbed by: me
Email: skemo_the_fish@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard

Intro:
[Em] [D] [G] [A] [C] [D] [G] [B]

e -----------------------------------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------------------------------
G -----------------------------------------------------------------
D ----5---4---4-------0---2---2-------2---4---4-------5---4---4----
A --7---5---5---5---2---4---4---4---3---5---5---5---5---6---6---6--
E ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

[Em] [D] [G] [A] [C] [D] [G] [G]

e -----------------------------------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------------------------------
G -----------------------------------------------------------------
D ----5---4---4-------0---2---2-------2---4---4-------5---5---5----
A --7---5---5---5---2---4---4---4---3---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--
E ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

Then the ska guitar comes in:
[Em] [D] [G] [A] [C] [D] [G] [B]

e ----3------2----------------------------------------3------2-------------
B ----5------3--------3------5--------5------7--------3------4-------------
G ----4------2--------4------6--------5------7--------4------4-------------
D --------------------5------7--------5------7--------5------4-------------
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

[Em] [D] [G] [A] [C] [D] [G] [G]

e ----3------2----------------------------------------3------3-------------
B ----5------3--------3------5--------5------7--------3------3-------------
G ----4------2--------4------6--------5------7--------4------4-------------
D --------------------5------7--------5------7--------5------5-------------
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

You basically play this all through the first half of the song (the
intro, verse & chorus) except for the prechorus, where you don't play
anything.

When you get to "And off of the blocks" it changes:

e ------------------------------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------------------------------------
G ------------------------------------------------------------------
D --5-----5-----5------5------5------4-----4-----4------4------4---- (x8)
A ----7-7---7-7---7--7---7--7---7------5-5---5-5---5--5---5--5---5--
E ------------------------------------------------------------------ 

At "With both eyes fastened tight" Guitar Two comes in with:

e --7-----7-----7------7------77-----5-----5-----5------5------55---
B --8-----8-----8------8------88-----7-----7-----7------7------77---
G --9-----9-----9------9------99-----7-----7-----7------7------77---
D ------------------------------------------------------------------
A ------------------------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------------------------ 

"Night came and I broke my stride":

e -----------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------
G --------------9-9999-------------7-7777--
D --5-55-55555--9-9999-9-99-99999--7-7777-- (x2)
A --5-55-55555--7-7777-9-99-99999--5-5555--
E --3-33-33333---------7-77-77777---------- 

"Casting first stones"

e -----------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------
G --------------5-5555-------------5-5777--
D --7-77-77777--5-5555-7-77-77777--5-5777--
A --7-77-77777--3-3333-7-77-77777--3-3555--
E --5-55-55555---------5-55-55555---------- 

"You would unscale my blind eyes"

e -----------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------
G --------------9-9999-------------7-7777--
D --5-55-55555--9-9999-9-99-99999--7-7777-- (x3)
A --5-55-55555--7-7777-9-99-99999--5-5555--
E --3-33-33333---------7-77-77777---------- 

"And on my knees"

e -----------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------
G --------------5-5555-------------5-5777--
D --7-77-77777--5-5555-7-77-77777--5-5777--
A --7-77-77777--3-3333-7-77-77777--3-3555--
E --5-55-55555---------5-55-55555---------- 

"I finally believed"

e -----------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------
G --------------9-9999-------------7-7777--
D --5-55-55555--9-9999-9-99-99999--7-7777--
A --5-55-55555--7-7777-9-99-99999--5-5555--
E --3-33-33333---------7-77-77777---------- 

"Healing hands"

e ------------------------------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------------------------------------
G --9999-xx-----------------------------------------------44444444--
D --9999-xx-9-999-6666-xx-11-9-7-777777-6-666666-4-444444-44444444--
A --7777-xx-9-999-6666-xx-11-9-7-777777-6-666666-4-444444-22222222--
E ----------7-777-4444-xx-9--7-5-555555-4-444444-2-222222----------- 

keep playing until the end.

Ends on:

e -----
[B] [-----]
[G] [--9--]
[D] [--9--]
[A] [--7--]
[E] [-----]
/ slide up
\ slide down
h hammer-on
p pull-off
~ vibrato
+ harmonic
x Mute note