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Band: killswitch engage
Album: alive or just breathing
Song:  when the balance is broken

Copyright (c)  roadrunner records (2002)
Version 1.0 - (february - 25 - 2006)

Transcribed By: dicer4
Email: dicer4@msn.com


.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        <> - Trill


intro
d|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--10--12--12--12--9---9---------------------------|
C|--10--10--10--10--10--10--8-----------------------|
G|--8--------8------8-------5-----------------------|
C|--8--------8------8-------5-----------------------|

riff 1
d|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|---------7-----7-7---7777-5555--------------------|
G|-0-0-0-0-5-0-0-5-5-------------0000---------------|
C|-0-0-0-0---0-0------------------------------------|
pm . . . .   . .

d|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------<3>--------------|
C|---------8-----8-8---7777-5555--------------------|
G|-0-0-0-0-6-0-0-6-6--------------------------------|
C|-0-0-0-0---0-0------------------------------------|
pm . . . .   . .

d|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------<5>--------------|
C|---------9-----9-9---7777-5555--------------------|
G|-0-0-0-0-7-0-0-7-7--------------------------------|
C|-0-0-0-0---0-0------------------------------------|
pm . . . .   . .

d|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|---------10-10-------10-10--10h12-----------------|
G|-0-0-0-0-8--8--9p8-0-8--8-------------------------|
C|-0-0-0-0-----------0------------------------------|
pm . . . .           .

riff 2
d|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-7-4-3-6-5-3-1-3-------|
C|-4-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-7-4-3-6-5-3-1-3-------|
pm   . . .  . . .  . . .  . . . . . . . . . .

d|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------5~-------|
G|-4-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-7-4-3-6-5-3-----------|
C|-4-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-7-4-3-6-5-3-----------|
pm   . . .  . . .  . . .  . . . . . . . .

riff 3
d|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|-7-----6-----8-----5-----4-----5------------------|
C|-5-----4-----6-----3-----2-----3------------------|
G|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0--------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
pm   . .   . .   . .   . .   . .

d|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--7-----6-----8-----5-----4-----5-----------------|
C|--7-----4-----6-----3-----2-----3-----------------|
G|----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
pm    . .   . .   . .   . .   . .

d|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--7-----6-----8-----5-----------------------------|
C|--5-----4-----6-----3----3------------------------|
G|----0-0---0-0---0-0------1--3---------------------|
C|----------------------------3---------------------|
pm    . .   . .   . .

riff 4
d|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|-4-3---------------------7-5-6--4-3---------------|
G|-2-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-3-4--2-1---------------|
C|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------|
pm     . . . . . . . . . .



d|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------7-5-6--4-3---------------------|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-3-4--2-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
C|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
pm . . . . . . . . . .            . . . . . . . . . .

d|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|-7-5-6--4-3---------------------------------------|
G|-5-3-4--2-1-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-----|
C|------------0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-----|
pm            . . .  . . .  . . .  . . .  . . .

riff 5
d|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|-3------5-5-------7-7-------8-8-------10-10-------|
G|--00000-----00000-----00000-----00000-------00000-|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
pm  .....     .....     .....     .....       .....

d|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|-12-12---------7-7-------5-5----------------------|
G|-------00000-------00000-----00000----------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
pm       .....       .....     .....

outro gtr.1
d|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-10-------------9-------------12----------------------------|
C|-x--------------x-------------x--------------10-------------|
G|-8--0--0-0--0-0-7-0--0-0--0-0-10-0--0-0--0-0-8--8--8-8--8-8-|
C|----0--0-0--0-0---0--0-0--0-0----0--0-0--0-0----0--0-0--0-0-|
pm    .  . .  . .   .  . .  . .    .  . .  . .    .  . .  . .

gtr.2
d|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--10------9-----12--------------------------------|
C|--x-------x-----x------10-------------------------|
G|--8-------7-----10-----8--------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|

song structure:
intro
riff 1 x2
riff 2 x4
riff 3 x2
riff 4 x3(guitar 1 plays it once then guitar 2 comes in then they play it twice)
riff 1 x1
riff 2 x2
riff 3 x2
riff 4 x2
riff 5 x1
outro (gtr.1 plays twice then gtr.2 comes in then it slow fades out)

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