As I Lay Dying - "The Beginning" Guitar Tab
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Band: As I Lay Dying
Album: frail words collapse
Song: the beginning
Copyright (c) Metal Blade 2003
Version 1.0 - (DATE)
Transcribed By: Jeremy D. Brown
Email: jeremydbrown@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
It should be pretty accurate. For timing and whatnot, just listen to the CD. Enjoy
Tuning Drop D down one step
opening riff played 4 times:
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|--------------------------------------------------10--------10-----|
|-14-14-14p12p10-12-12-12p10p9 10 9----9--------------10--------10--|
|-----------------------------------12---12-10-8-8-------8-8------8-|
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repeat this part 2 times:
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|-888888888888--101010101010--777777-------9-9/10---9-9/10----------|
|-888888888888--101010101010--777777-------7-7/8----7-7/8-----------|
|-888888888888--101010101010--777777----00--------00-------000000000|
.. .. .........
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|-8-10-7------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8-10-7------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8-10-7------------------------------------------------------------|
galloping rhythym played 2 times:
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|0------------------------------------------------------------------|
|0-000-000-000-000-000-000-000--------------------------------------|
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Played 2 times:
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|8-8-7h8-7-8-7h8--0---0------0------0------0------------------------|
|8-------7--------0---0------0------0------0------------------------|
|8-------7--------0-0-0 0000-0-0000-0-0000-0------------------------|
. . . .... . .... . .... .
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|------------------------------------------------10-10h12p10--10--10h12p10-8|
|14-14-14p12p10-12-12-12p10p9-10-9----9---------------------10--------------|
|-----------------------------------12--12-10-8-8---------------------------|
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|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-8-7h8-7-8-7h8-8-8h10-8-7-8-7----5-8-7h8-7-8-7h8-8-8-7h8-8h10-8-7-8-7---|
|-------7-------8--------------10-5-------7-------8-------------------10-|
|-------7-------8-----------------5-------7-------8----------------------|
Twice:
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|------------9----------10----------12------------------------------|
|-0----------X-----------X-----------X----7p5---7-------------------|
|-0-00-00000-7-00-00000--8-00-00000-10-00-----8---8-7---------------|
|-0-00-00000-9-00-00000-10-00-00000-12-00---------------------------|
.. ..... .. ..... .. ..... ..
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|---7-5/7---7-5/7-8-0-8-7h8-10-0-10--7-7-7--------------------------|
|-0-5-3/5-0-5-3/5-8-0-8-7h8-10-0-10--7-7-7--------------------------|
|-0-------0-------8-0-8-7h8-10-0-10--7-7-7--------------------------|
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