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Artist: Killswitch Engage
Album: Alive or Just Breathing
Song: My Last Serenade
Copyright The All Blacks B.V. Roadrunner Records 2002
Performed by Joel Stroetzel and Adam Dutkiewicz
Transcribed by Thaddé Mahmourian
tadem85@hotmail.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off r release bend
Tuning Drop C (C G C F A D)
Intro (clean-fading in)
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---10------------------------------------------|
|---10-----------9-------------10--------10-----|
|----7----------10-------------10--------10-----|
|----8-----------8--------------8---------8-----|
|----7-----------8--------------8---------8-----|
Play 3x
Then play
|-------------------
|---10--------------
|---10-----------9--
|----7----------10--
|----8-----------8--
|----7-----------8--
Pre-verse
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-/4-0-0-0--/4-0-0-0--/4-0-0-0--/40004000-|
|-/4-0-0-0--/4-0-0-0--/4-0-0-0--/40004000-|
|-/4-0-0-0--/4-0-0-0--/4-0-0-0--/40004000-|
. . . . . . . . . ........
Verse
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-1-0-2-3-4-0----0-2-3-4-0--1-0-2-3-4-0-0-8-0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-|
|-1-0-2-3-4-0----0-2-3-4-0--1-0-2-3-4-0-0-8-0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-|
|-1-0-2-3-4-0----0-2-3-4-0--1-0-2-3-4-0-0-8-0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Play pre-verse 3x then, 4th time, play:
|----------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------
|-/4-0-0-0--/4-0-0-0--/4-0-0-0--/4-0-0-3-
|-/4-0-0-0--/4-0-0-0--/4-0-0-0--/4-0-0-3-
|-/4-0-0-0--/4-0-0-0--/4-0-0-0--/4-0-0-3-
. . . . . . . . . . .
Pre-chorus
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Pre-chorus (continued)
---------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------|
-15-0-13-0-13-15-0-11h12---10-0-9h10---8---3-|
-15-0-13-0-13-15-0-11h12---10-0-9h10---8---3-|
-15-0-13-0-13-15-0-11h12---10-0-9h10---8---3-|
. . . .
Play 3x (both parts, of course!)
Then, the 4th time, “continued” part like that
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-------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|
-15-0-13-0-13-15-0-11h12---10-0-9h10---8---|
-15-0-13-0-13-15-0-11h12---10-0-9h10---8---|
-15-0-13-0-13-15-0-11h12---10-0-9h10---8---|
Chorus
guitar 1 (play 4x)
|-------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
|--9-10-10-10-10-10-10-9----9-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-
|-------------------------------------------------
|--7--8--8--8--8--8--8-7----7--8--8--8--8--8--8-7-
|-------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
-9/10--10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10---|
------------------------------------|
-7/8----8--8--8--8-----8--8--8--8---|
------------------------------------|
guitar 2 (play 3x)
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--0------0-0-0-0------0-0-0-10------10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-
|--0------0-0-0-0------0-0-0-10------10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-
|--0------0-0-0-0------0-0-0-10------10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-
--------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------|
-8------8-8-8-8------8-8-8------------------------------|
-8------8-8-8-8------8-8-8-7-7-7---8p7-10-10------7h8---|
-8------8-8-8-8------8-8-8-7-7---------10-10-10---------|
the 4th time, play
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--0------0-0-0-0------0-0-0-10------10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-
|--0------0-0-0-0------0-0-0-10------10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-
|--0------0-0-0-0------0-0-0-10------10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-
--------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------|
-8------8-8-8-8------8-8-8-7-7-7-10b12r10-------00000---|
-8------8-8-8-8------8-8-8-7-7-7----------------00000---|
-8------8-8-8-8------8-8-8-7-7-7----------8~----00000---|
. . . .....
Interlude: 3x w/end #1, then 1x w/end#2 ¦1 ¦2
|---------------------------------------------¦---------¦-----------|
|---------------------------------------------¦---------¦-----------|
|---------------------------------------------¦---------¦-----------|
|-0000000-------00000003-----7---10b12r10-----¦--00000--¦-8-8-8-8-7-|
|-0000000-------00000003-----7----------------¦--00000--¦-8-8-8-----|
|-0000000-------00000003-----7------------8~--¦--00000--¦-8-8-8-----|
....... ....... ..... . . .
verse 4x w/guitar2 playing this during the first 2x:
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-7777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------|
10101010101010101010101010101010101010777777777777777777777|
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play from pre-chorus and chorus like previously unless
the fourth play chorus like that
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|--0------0-0-0-0------0-0-0-10------10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-8-
|--0------0-0-0-0------0-0-0-10------10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-8-
|--0------0-0-0-0------0-0-0-10------10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-8-
play intro as the outro until fade
the end
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