Sound Of Madness - Shinedown
00:00 / 00:00
Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Guitar 1

E----------------------------|
B----------------------------|
G-1-1-1-0--------------------|
D---------3-0--3-0-0-0-0-0-0-| [intro/verse]
A----------------------------|
d----------------------------|

(Yea I get it your an outcast ...)



Guitar 1 - intro

Guitar 2

E------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G------------------------------|
D-6-6-6-5-3-0--3-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-| [verse]
A-6-6-6-5-3-0--3-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-|
d-6-6-6-5-3-0--3-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-|

(Oh my here we go ...)




Guitar 1

E------------------|
B------------------|
G-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0-| [pre-chorus]
D------------------|
A------------------|
d------------------|


Guitar 2

E------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D-6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5-| [pre-chorus]
A-6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5-|
d-6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5-|

(So take your medicine ...)




Guitar 1

E--------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------|
G-15-----14-----12-----10----14-----10-----17------|
D -X-(4x)--X-(4x)--X-(4x)- X-(4x)--X-(16x)-X-(16x)-X-(16x)-| [chorus]
A-13-----12-----10-----8-----12------8-----15------|
d--------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2

E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| [chorus]
A-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
d-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|



verse

chorus



Guitar 1

E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------15b17--15--15b17--12--13--15-----------------------15b17--15-|
G-14--12--14--------------------------------14-------14--12--14------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d --------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E---------------------------|
B-15b17--12--13--15--15b17--|
G---------------------------|
D---------------------------| [solo]
A---------------------------|
d---------------------------|



You can figure out the rest. Its just the chorus again and then the ending is the intro.
Tunning: Drop D (D A D G B E)
[Intro]

E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6--6-5-3-0--3----------------------------------|
A|-----------------5\------5---5---5---5---5--------|
D|-----------------------0---0---0---0---0----------|
repeats 4 times, on the 3rd time the last part goes about 7 times instead of 5, and on
fourth it ends with,

E|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|-6-6-6-6-|
A|-6-6-6-6-|
D|-6-6-6-6-|


[Verse]

Guitar 1
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3---------------------------6-6--6-5-3-0--3---------------6666-55-30-|
A|---5\---5---5---5---5---5-------------------5\---5---5---5-6666-55-30-|
D|------0---0---0---0---0------------------------0---0---0---6666-55-30-|

guitar 1
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3------------------3---------6-6--6-5-3-0--3-----------------6666-55-30-|
A|---5\----5---5---5----5\---5-------------------5\---5---5---5-6666-55-30-|
D|-------0---0---0---------0------------------------0---0---0---6666-55-30-|
repeat 2 times but on the second end with

E|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|-6-6--6-5-3-0-|
A|--------------|
D|--------------|

guitar 2
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-----------------0--3---------6-6-5-5-3-------------------6666-55-30-|
A|---5\-0-0--3-3---------5\--0-0--6-6-5-5---5\--0-0-3-3----0--6666-55-30-|
D|------0-0--3-3-3\----------0-0--6-6-5-5-------0-0-3-3-3\----6666-55-30-|
repeat 2 times and on the second time guitar 1 finishes with the intro part


[Chorus]

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|8-8-8-8-8--8-8--8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10| x2
A|8-8-8-8-10-8-11-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|
D|8-8-8-8-8--8-8--8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|

then finish with
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-3-0-3----|
A|-------------------------5\-|
D|----------------------------|
then back to the verse


[Solo]

Guitar 1 tremolo pick
E|---------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-10-8-10-5-----------------|10-8-10-5-----------------|
G|-----------7-7^-7-4-5-7-2~-|----------7-7^-7-4-5-7-9~-|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------|

Guitar 2
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|


[Quiet part]

Guitar 1
E|--------------|tremolo pick, im not to sure about the 11th
B|-11--10--6--8-|fret, but it sounds right.
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
D|--------------|

Guitar 2
with bass lines
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10--6---8---11--10--6-------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------5------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-------------8----------3-builds up------------------------------|
D|-0---3---5---8---0---3-------------------------------------------|

Back to Chorus, play 4 times
On the fourth finish with this
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8-8-8-8-8--8-8--8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6----|
A|-8-8-8-8-10-8-11-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------|
D|-8-8-8-8-8--8-8--8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------|

E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-5-3-0-3------------------------|
A|-------------5\---5---5---5---5---5-|
D|----------------0---0---0---0---0---|2x

E|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-5-3-0--6-6-6-5-3-0-3----|
A|----------------------------5\-|
D|-------------------------------|


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| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato
| ^ Bend

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Tunning: Drop D (D A D G B E)
Song: Sound of Madness
Album: The Sound of Madness
Artist: Shinedown
Release Date: June 24, 2008

Intro:
Guitar 2
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-6--6--6-5-3-0--3----------------------------------|
A|-------------------5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-|
D|----------------------0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|

E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-6--6--6-5-3-0-3-----------------------|
A|-----------------5---5---5---5---5---5-|
D|-------------------0---0---0---0---0---|

E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-6--6--6-5-3-0-3-------------------------------|
A|-----------------5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|
D|-------------------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|

E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-6--6--6-5-3-0-3------------------------6-6-6-6-5-|
A|-----------------5---5---5---5---5---5--6-6-6-6-5-|
D|-------------------0---0---0---0---0----6-6-6-6-5-|

Verse:
Guitar 1 & 2
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-----------------------6--6--6-5-3-0-3----------------6-6-6-6-5-5-3-0-|
A|---5---5---5---5---5---5-----------------5---5---5---5--6-6-6-6-5-5-3-0-|
D|-----0---0---0---0---0---------------------0---0---0----6-6-6-6-5-5-3-0-|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3----------------3-------6--6--6-5-3-0-3----------------6-6-6-6-5-5-3-0-|
A|---5---5---5---5----5---5-----------------5---5---5---5--6-6-6-6-5-5-3-0-|
D|-----0---0---0--------0---------------------0---0---0----6-6-6-6-5-5-3-0-|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3----------------3-------6--6--6-5-3-0-3----------------6--6--6-5-3-0---|
A|---5---5---5---5----5---5-----------------5---5---5---5------------------|
D|-----0---0---0--------0---------------------0---0---0--------------------|

Chorus:
Guitar 1
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-6--6--6--6--6--6--6-5-3-0-|
A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---------------------------|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---------------------------|

Guitar 2
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11~~~10~~~8----8-10~~~~~------8~~~~~-11~~~10~~~8----8-10~~~~~------8~~~~~---------------------------|
G|-------------10----------10~~~~-------------------10----------10~~~~---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------6--6--6--6--6--6--6-5-3-0-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Verse
Repeat Chorus

Solo:
Guitar 1
E|-17~~~~~15-17-----------------------------|
B|--------------15b17-15-17-12-13b15-10-10/-|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|

E|-1717171717171717171717171717171715151515151515151717171717171717-|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1717171717171717171717171717171715151515151515151717171717171717-|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1212121212121212121212121212121213131313131313131515151515151515-17-17-17-17-17-17-17~~~~-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Quiet Part:
(This row starts right before Brent Smith says "That the darkest hour never comes in the night, but its actually a bass guitar")
Guitar 2
E|---------------------
B|-11~~~~~3~~~~~6~~~~~-
G|-10~~~~~2~~~~~5~~~~~-
D|-8~~~~~~0~~~~~3~~~~~-
A|-8~~~~~~0~~~~~3~~~~~-
D|-8~~~~~~0~~~~~3~~~~~-

Build-Up:
Guitar 2
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-6--6--6--6--6--6--6-5-3-0-|
A|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---------------------------|

Guitar 1
E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6-5-3-0-|
A|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|

Chorus:
Guitar 1
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6--6--6--6--6--6--6-5-3-0-|
A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------|

Guitar 2
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11~~~10~~~8----8-10~~~~~------8~~~~~-11~~~10~~~8----8-10~~~~~------8~~~~~-|
G|-------------10----------10~~~~-------------------10----------10~~~~-------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11~~~10~~~8----8-10-----------------8~~~~~-11~~~10~~~8----8-10----------|
G|-------------10------10~~~~\---10~~~~-------------------10------10~~~~\--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

----------------------------------|
----------------------------------|
-10~~~~---------------------------|
--------6--6--6--6--6--6--6-5-3-0-|
----------------------------------|
----------------------------------|


Outro:
Guitar 1 & 2
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-----------------------6--6--6-5-3-0-3-----------------------6--6--6-5-3-0-6--6--6-5-3-0-3---|
A|---5---5---5---5---5---5-----------------5---5---5---5---5---5-------------------------------5-|
D|-----0---0---0---0---0---------------------0---0---0---0---0-----------------------------------|
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Sound of Madness
By: Shinedown
Transcribed by: Imorie Curry

Intro

E / --------------------------------------------------------------------|
B / --------------------------------------------------------------------|
G / --------------------------------------------------------------------|
D / --6--6--6-5-3-----3------------------------------------------------|
A / ---------------5-----5-----5---5---5--5---5-------------------------|
D / ------------------------0----0---0--0---0---------------------------|

E / --------------------------------------------------------------------|
B / --------------------------------------------------------------------|
G / --------------------------------------------------------------------|
D / --6--6--6-5-3-----3------------------------------------------------|
A / -----------------5-----5-----5---5---5--5---5-----------------------|
D / --------------------------0----0---0--0---0-------------------------|

E / --------------------------------------------------------------------|
B / --------------------------------------------------------------------|
G / --------------------------------------------------------------------|
D / --6--6--6-5-3-----3------------------------------------------------|
A / ----------------5-----5-----5---5---5--5---5---5---5----------------|
D / -------------------------0----0---0--0---0---0---0------------------|

E / -------------------------------------------------------------------|
B / -------------------------------------------------------------------|
G / -------------------------------------------------------------------|
D / --6--6--6-5-3-----3-----------------------------------------------|
A / ----------------5-----5-----5---5---5--5---5--6-6-6-6--------------|
D / -------------------------0----0---0--0---0----6-6-6-6--------------|

Verse

E / --------------------------------------------------------------------|
B / --------------------------------------------------------------------|
G / --------------------------------------------------------------------|
D / --3----------------------6-6-6-5-3---3-----------------------------|
A / -----5---5--5----5---5--5-----------5---5—--5--5---6-6-6-6-5-5-3-3--|
D / -------0--0----0---0--0----------------0---0--0----6-6-6-6-5-5-3-3--|


E / --------------------------------------------------------------------|
B / --------------------------------------------------------------------|
G / --------------------------------------------------------------------|
D / --3-----------------3------6-6-6-5-3---3---------------------------|
A / -----5---5----5----5---5--5-----------5---5--5-5-5-6-6-6-6-5-5-3-3--|
D / -------0----0----0------0------------------0--0—0--6-6-6-6-5-5-3-3--|

E / -------------------------------------------------------------------|
B / -------------------------------------------------------------------|
G / -------------------------------------------------------------------|
D / --3-----------------3------6-6-6-5-3---3----------6-6-6-5-3-------|
A / -----5---5----5----5---5--5-----------5---5--5-5-5-----------5-----|
D / -------0----0----0------0------------------0--0—0------------------|


Chorus

E / --------------------------------------------------------------------|
B / --------------------------------------------------------------------|
G / -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------------------------------------|
D / -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A / -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D / ------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------|

E / --------------------------------------------------------------------|
B / --------------------------------------------------------------------|
G / -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------------------------------------|
D / -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A / -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D / ------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------|

Intro
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Break Down
Chorus
Song info
Sound Of Madness
Shinedown
2001
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  • Alternative Rock
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