Artist: Lamb of God 
Song: Ruin
Album: As The Palaces Burn (2003)
Tabbed by: Casey Hill (mrhappypants)
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Drop D tuning (D A D G B e)

Riff 1

e|--------------------------|
b|--------------------------|
g|--------------------------| x16
d|--------------------------|
A|-------5---6-------5---6--|
D|-0-0-0-5-0-6-0-0-0-5-0-6--|
 pm. . .   .   . . .   .


Riff 2A x2

e|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|
a|-------------------------|
D|-2-222-5-2-6-2-222-5-2-6-|
   . ...   .   .   .   .
                             
e|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|
a|-------------------------|
D|-2-222-5-2-6-2-5-2-3-2-5-|
   . ...   .   .   .   .


Riff 2B x2  (play Riff 2A 2 times under this)
e|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|
A|-------2---3-------2---3-|
D|-2-222---2---2-222---2---|
   . ...   .   .   .   .

e|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|
A|-------2---3---2---0---2-|
D|-2-222---2---2---2---2---|
   . ...   .   .   .   .

Riff 1

e|--------------------------|
b|--------------------------|
g|--------------------------| x16
d|--------------------------|
A|-------5---6-------5---6--|
D|-0-0-0-5-0-6-0-0-0-5-0-6--|
 pm. . .   .   . . .   .
Verse1/Chorus

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|-------------3-2---1-0---|
A|-------5---6-------------|-------5---6-----3-----1-|
D|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-000-0-|-0-0-0---0---------------|
   . . .   .   . . . ... .   . . .   .

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------5---6-------------|-------6-----5-----------|
D|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-000-0-|-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-3-5-6-|
   . . .   .   . . . ... .   . . .   . .   . . . . .

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|-------------3-2---1-0---|
A|-------5---6-------------|-------5---6-----3-----1-|
D|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-000-0-|-0-0-0---0---------------|
   . . .   .   . . . ... .   . . .   .

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------5---6-------------|-------------------------|
D|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-000-0-|-0-0-0-3-3-5-6-6-6-3-5-6-|


Guitar 2 plays this under the last part

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------5-4---3-2---|
d|-------7---8-------------|-------7---8-----5-----3-|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-000-0-|-0-0-0---0---------------|
   . . .   .   . . . ... .   . . .   .

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|-------------------------|
d|-------7---8-------------|-------8-----7-----------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-000-0-|-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-3-5-6-|
   . . .   .   . . . ... .   . . .   . .   . . . . .


e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------5-4---3-2---|
d|-------7---8-------------|-------7---8-----5-----3-|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-000-0-|-0-0-0---0---------------|
   . . .   .   . . . ... .   . . .   .



e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|-------------------------|
d|-------7---8-------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-000-0-|-0-0-0-3-3-5-6-6-6-3-5-6-|



Verse 2
2 Guitars

e|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
b|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
g|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
d|---------7-7---------8-8-|-------------7-7-8-8-8-5-5-5-|
A|---------5-5---------6-6-|-------------5-5-6-6-6-3-3-3-|
D|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----|-------0-0-0-----------------|
   . . . .     . . . .             . . .

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|------------------10-8-8-|
d|---------7-7---------8-8-|-------------8-8-8-8-7-7-|
A|---------5-5---------6-6-|-------------6-6-6-------|
D|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----|-------0-0-0-------------|
   . . . .     . . . .             . . .

Interlude

These chords are played under the next part
E|---|---|------|---|
B|-3-|-3-|---5--|-3-|
G|-2-|-3-|---4--|-2-|
d|-0-|-0-|-0----|-0-|
A|-0-|-0-|-0----|-0-|
D|-0-|-0-|-0----|-0-|

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|-------------------------|
a|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-0-4-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-3-4-|

Verse1/Chorus

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|-------------3-2---1-0---|
A|-------5---6-------------|-------5---6-----3-----1-|
D|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-000-0-|-0-0-0---0---------------|
   . . .   .   . . . ... .   . . .   .

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------5---6-------------|-------6-----5-----------|
D|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-000-0-|-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-3-5-6-|
   . . .   .   . . . ... .   . . .   . .   . . . . .

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|-------------3-2---1-0---|
A|-------5---6-------------|-------5---6-----3-----1-|
D|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-000-0-|-0-0-0---0---------------|
   . . .   .   . . . ... .   . . .   .

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------5---6-------------|-------------------------|
D|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-000-0-|-0-0-0-3-3-5-6-6-6-3-5-6-|

Solo

Over Riff 2A & 2B

e|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
b|-17b---------------------|-------------------------------------|
g|-------------------------|-------------------111211------------|
d|-------------------------|----11-12-11-12-14-------14-13-12-13-|
A|-------------------------|-14----------------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
                          pm .. .. .. .. .. ..

e|-------------------------|--------------------------|
b|-------------------------|/13----121312-------------|
g|-14b--14b--12------------|-------------11^~~~~------|
d|-------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-------------------------|--------------------------|
e|-19-15----15-19-15-20-15-19-15-17-15-|
b|-------17----------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|

e|-17-14----14-17-14-19-14-17-14-15-14-|
b|-------15----------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|

e|-17-14----14-17-14-19-14-17-14-15-14-|
b|-------15----------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|

e|-15-14-12-14-12----12----------------|---------|
b|----------------15----15-13-15-13-12-|-15~~~~~-|
g|-------------------------------------|---------|
d|-------------------------------------|---------|
A|-------------------------------------|---------|
D|-------------------------------------|---------|



Then play the verse 2 riff again:
e|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
b|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
g|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
d|---------7-7---------8-8-|-------------7-7-8-8-8-5-5-5-|
A|---------5-5---------6-6-|-------------5-5-6-6-6-3-3-3-|
D|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----|-------0-0-0-----------------|
   . . . .     . . . .             . . .

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|------------------10-8-8-|
d|---------7-7---------8-8-|-------------8-8-8-8-7-7-|
A|---------5-5---------6-6-|-------------6-6-6-------|
D|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----|-------0-0-0-------------|
   . . . .     . . . .             . . .

Riff 3

e|---------------------------|---------------------------|
b|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|------------------------677|---------------------------|
d|--------------------788-455|--------------------788-555|
A|-0--0--0000-0--0----566----|-0--0--0000-0--0----566-333|
D|-0--0--0000-0--0--0--------|-0--0--0000-0--0--0--------|
   .  .  .... .  .  .          .  .  .... .  .  .


e|---------------------------|---------------------------|
b|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|------------------------777|---------------------------|
d|--------------------888-555|--------------------888-555|
A|--------------------666----|--------------------666-333|
D|-00-00-0000-00-00-0--------|-00-00-0000-00-00-0--------|

Riff 4
e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
b|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-----------------------777|--------------------------|
d|-------------------788-555|-------------------788-555|
A|-------------------566----|-------------------566-333|
D|-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--------|-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--------|
   . . .   . .   . .          . . .   . .   . .


e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
b|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-----------------------777|--------------------------|
d|-------------------788-555|-------------------788-555|
A|-------------------566----|-------------------566-333|
D|-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--------|-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--------|
   . . .   . .   . .          . . .   . .   . .

Use a wang bar on this part, or it doesn’t sound right
e|-------------------------------------------------|
b|-17b18----17b18----17b18--17b18--17b18--17b18----|
g|-------------------------------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|



e|-------------------------------------------------|
b|-18b20----18b20----18b20--18b20--18b20--18b20----|
g|--------------------------18b20--18b20--18b20----|
d|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
b|-13----13-----13------12------12-----|
g|----13-----13-----13------12------12-|
d|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|

e|------------------|
b|------------------|
g|------------------|
d|--0--0--0---0--0--| fade into “As The Palaces Burn”
A|--0--0--0---0--0--|
D|--0--0--0---0--0--|
    .  .  .   .  .


That’s it!