Artist: Sevendust
Title: Contradiction
Album: Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow
Intro
| C# | |
| G# | |
| E | 14 14 14 14 10 10 12 12 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
| B | |
| F# | 12 12 12 12 8 8 10 10 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 |
| B | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Verse
| C# | |
| G# | |
| E | |
| B | | 3x |
| F# | |
| B | 3 3 3 6 6 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5b 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 6 5 5 4 3 |
| C# | |
| G# | |
| E | |
| B | 0 3 1 |
| F# | 0 3 x 1 |
| B | 3 3 3 6 6 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 3 x 1 |
Chorus
| C# | |
| G# | |
| E | |
| B | |
| F# | 3p0 3p0 5h6 5 3 0 3p0 3p0 5h6 5h6 5h6 5h6 5 |
| B | 3p0 3p0 5h6 5 3 0 3p0 3p0 5h6 5h6 5h6 5h6 5 |
| C# | |
| G# | |
| E | 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 |
| B | 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 |
| F# | 0 3p0 3p0 5h6 5 3 0 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 |
| B | 0 0 0 3p0 3p0 5h6 5 3 0 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 |
. .
Intro riff
Verse
Chorus
Chorus (lead guitar)
| C# | |
| G# | 12 13 12 11v 13v |
| E | 14v 13v 12v |
| B | 14 12 14 | 2x |
| F# | |
| B | |
Guitar solo
| C# | |
| G# | |
| E | |
| B | /10v 12v \ |
| F# | /5 8 8v 3b4 r3 /10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8v |
| B | /5v |
| C# | |
| G# | |
| E | |
| B | 12 12v 14 12 14 14b15r14p12 12 14 12 14 12 14 14h15 |
| F# | /15 13 12 12h13p12 |
| B | 12 |
| C# | 17h18h20 /22v |
| G# | 15h16p15 15 |
| E | 12 14h15p14 14 |
| B | 12 121415 151412 12h13p12 12 |
| F# | 121315 1513121315 |
| B | |
Final Verse
| C# | |
| G# | |
| E | |
| B | |
| F# | |
| B | 3 3 3 6 6 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5b 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| C# | |
| G# | |
| E | |
| B | 5* 5* 5* 5* |
| F# | 4* 4* 4* 4* |
| B | 3 3 3 6 6 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5b 5 5 5 |
Chorus w/ lead guitar
(fade out)
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| b bend
| r release bend
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| v vibrato
| * harmonic
| x mute string
| . palm mute
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