Copyright 2009 Ian Marquis, all rights reserved.
Tuning: Standard, half-step down - D# B# C# F# A# D#
Tone: Bridge humbucker, full distortion
The song begins with no guitar. After the first stanza of the
first verse, one of our guitars enters, playing power chords:
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--7/9X-9X---7/9X-9X---7-7X-7-7X-X-7-x-7-7-XX--|
|--7/9X-9X---7/9X-9X---7-7X-7-7X-X-7-X-7-7-XX--|
|--5/7X-7X---5/7X-7X---5-5X-5-5X-X-5-X-5-5-XX--|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--7/9X-9X---7/9X-9X---3---X-5----------XX--|
|--7/9X-9X---7/9X-9X---3---X-5----------XX--|
|--5/7X-7X---5/7X-7X---1---X-3----------XX--|
|---------------------------------------XX--|
Then, a second guitar comes in, doubling the first with
heavier chords, like so:
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|----------------------------------------------|
|--7/9X-9X---7/9X-9X---7-7X-7-7X-X-7-x-7-7-XX--|
|--7/9X-9X---7/9X-9X---7-7X-7-7X-X-7-X-7-7-XX--|
|--5/7X-7X---5/7X-7X---5-5X-5-5X-X-5-X-5-5-XX--|
|--5/7X-7X---5/7X-7X---5-5X-5-5X-X-5-X-5-5-XX--|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--7/9X-9X---7/9X-9X---3---X-5-5X-X-5x-5-X--|
|--7/9X-9X---7/9X-9X---3---X-5-5X-X-5X-5-X--|
|--5/7X-7X---5/7X-7X---1---X-3-3X-X-3X-3-X--|
|--5/7X-7X---5/7X-7X---1---X-3-3X-X-3X-3-X--|
The guitars drop out for the second verse, with only a
little bit of harmonic bleeding in from the previous
section, like so:
|-------|
|-------|
|--<5>--|
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
Then, we enter a little break section with rising chords:
|--X--------------------|
|--0--------------------|
|--0--2--4--5--5/7-X-7--|
|--0--2--4--5--5/7-X-7--|
|--X--0--2--3--3/5-X-5--|
|--3--X-----------------|
After that, we play the verse chord riff once again, before
slamming directly into a breakdown of sorts:
The first guitar plays strongly muted chords:
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|--7h9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--| For the first part, we hold
|--7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| on this chord, but then the
|---------------------| whole progression begins:
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--7h9-9...--7...--9...--3...--5...--| The rhythm is the
|--7---7...--5...--7...--1...--3...--| same throughout
|------------------------------------| the changes.
There is a second guitar that soon enters, playing a strident
riff that follows the same chords:
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--9--X-9-X-9--X-9-X-9--X-9-X-9--X-9-X--|
|--7--X-7-X-7--X-7-X-7--X-7-X-7--X-7-X--|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--7--X-7-X-7--X-7-X-7--X-7-X-7--X-7-X--|
|--5--X-5-X-5--X-5-X-5--X-5-X-5--X-5-X--|
|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--7/9-X-9-X-9--X-9-X-9--X-9-X-9--X-9-X--|
|--5/7-X-7-X-7--X-7-X-7--X-7-X-7--X-7-X--|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|--3--------X-5---------|
|--3-(hold)-X-5-(hold)--|
|--1--------X-3---------|
|-----------X-----------|
And then, there's the lead riff:
|----------------------------------------|
|--14b15r14-\10-12v----14b15r14-\10-12v--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--14b15r14-\10-12v----12--12b13r12-10---------|
|--------------------------------------12/14v--|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
The first bit of the lead riff repeats three times during
a small break, and then we dive back into the verse again,
only with the lead riff over the top. The song ends mid-word
in a hard stop.
