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On Distant Shores  Five Iron Frenzy

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

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