This is an acoustic version of Sadist by Stone Sour. There are some passages where you will need to listen to
the song in order to get the rhythm, but that shouldn't be too hard. Also this is my first tab, so some things
might not be correct.
The power chords used in the Verses can be substituted for minor chords, depending on your voice, and if you
want to sing it heavier or softer.
Chords used:
Riff:
Withering eyes catch you as you fall
A bitter sigh...
No one knows at all
Let me in...
For one more long disgrace
Just forget...
The same distractions you refuse to face
Pre-Chorus:
We both know that it's gone
But what if no one knows...
/ -
No one knows to remember why it's wrong?
/ -
This is all the pain a man can take
This is how a broken heart still breaks
I don't need much to show you
Only enough to control you
Bury your head inside this
And gather the darkness that binds it
I think I'll die if you deny me
Swallowed alive in eternity
Give me a way to be the agony
That knew you all along
Push it down and hide me from this waste
Don't hold back...
I'd kill to take your place
Tell me a lie...
Tell me you don't care
Just forget... A storm is coming
Just forget your skin
Pre-Chorus:
We both know how this ends
But what if no one knows...
/ -
No one knows how to kill us in the end?
/ -
This is all you need for who you are
This is how a good man goes too far...
I don't need much to show you
Only enough to control you
Bury your head inside this
And gather the darkness that binds it
I think I'll die if you deny me
Swallowed alive in eternity
Give me a way to be the agony
That knew you all along
Interlude/Solo:
> The following Riff starts on "along" of the previous Chorus:
> (This is where the solo plays in the original recording. That means in the original it is played more often
> than two times. But as this is an acoustic version I will cut it to only two repetitions. How often you
> want to play it is up to you.)
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> And then this (listen to the song for the strumming rhythm):
- / - - - - -
- / -
Pre-Chorus:
/ -
This is all the pain a man can take!
This is how the blackest circle breaks
I don't need much to show you
Only enough to control you
Bury your head inside this
And gather the darkness that binds it
I think I'll die if you deny me
Swallowed alive in eternity
Give me a way to be the agony
That knew you all along
- 2x:
(starts on "along" of the previous Chorus)
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|8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~4~~~~~6~~~~~~~4~~~~~|8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~4~~~~~4~~~~~~~4~~~~~|
|8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~4~~~~~6~~~~~~~4~~~~~|3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
|6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~2~~~~~4~~~~~~~2~~~~~|1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
I knew you all along!