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Artist: As I Lay Dying
Album: Frail Words Collapse
Song: Elegy
Copyright Metal Blade Records 2003

Transcribed by Thaddé M.

Comments, questions or corrections, email me at tadem85@hotmail.com

.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
ph - pinched harmonic    b~ - vibrato bend
+  - staccato
x  - blocked string

Tuning Drop C  (C G C F A B)


Pre verse
   Guitar 1
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|-0-0--3p2p0-5p3p2p0--0---3p2p0-5p3p2p0-
|-0-0-----------------0-----------------
|-0-0-----------------0-----------------
  . .

----------------------------|
----------------------------|
-/5----------hp\h-----------|
------8-7-8-57535---3-2-3---|
----------------------------|
----------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|-0-0--3p2p0-5p3p2p0--0---3p2p0-5p3p2p0---
|-0-0-----------------0-------------------
|-0-0-----------------0-------------------
  . .

--|----------------------------------------------------------|
--|----------------------------------------------------------|
--|---------------5------------------------------------------|
--|-----7-8-5-7-----8-7-5-7---5------------------------------|
--|-5-8---------8-----------8---7-8--------------------------|
-0|----------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|-0-0--3p2p0-5p3p2p0--0---3p2p0-5p3p2p0-
|-0-0-----------------0-----------------
|-0-0-----------------0-----------------
  . .

----------------------------|
----------------------------|
-/5----------hp\h-----------|
------8-7-8-57535---3-2-3---|
----------------------------|
----------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|-0-0--3p2p0-5p3p2p0--0---3p2p0-5p3p2p0---
|-0-0-----------------0-------------------
|-0-0-----------------0-------------------
  . .

--|----------------------------------------------------------|
--|----------------------------------------------------------|
--|----------------------------------------------------------|
--|-----7-8-5-7------xx7------xx3----------------------------|
--|-5-8---------8-5--xx7------xx3----------------------------|
-0|------------------xx7------xx3----------------------------|

  Guitar 2
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|-0-0--3p2p0-5p3p2p0--0---3p2p0-5p3p2p0-
|-0-0-----------------0-----------------
|-0-0-----------------0-----------------
  . .

------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------|
--8---8-8-8---8-8-10---10-10-10---10-10---|
--8---8-8-8---8-8-10---10-10-10---10-10---|
--8---8-8-8---8-8-10---10-10-10---10-10---|

|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|-0-0--3p2p0-5p3p2p0--0---3p2p0-5p3p2p0-
|-0-0-----------------0-----------------
|-0-0-----------------0-----------------
  . .

----------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|
--8---8-8-8---8-8-7---7-7-7---7-7-------|
--8---8-8-8---8-8-7---7-7-7---7-7-------|
--8---8-8-8---8-8-7---7-7-7---7-7-------|

|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|-0-0--3p2p0-5p3p2p0--0---3p2p0-5p3p2p0-
|-0-0-----------------0-----------------
|-0-0-----------------0-----------------
  . .

------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------|
--8---8-8-8---8-8-10---10-10-10---10-10---|
--8---8-8-8---8-8-10---10-10-10---10-10---|
--8---8-8-8---8-8-10---10-10-10---10-10---|

|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|-0-0--3p2p0-5p3p2p0--0---3p2p0-5p3p2p0-
|-0-0-----------------0-----------------
|-0-0-----------------0-----------------
  . .

-----------------------------------|
-----------------------------------|
-----------------------------------|
--8---8-8-8---8-8--xx7----xx3------|
--8---8-8-8---8-8--xx7----xx3------|
--8---8-8-8---8-8--xx7----xx3------|

Verse #1 play 6x
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-----7-8-5-7---0---0-000-000-000-
|-5-8---------8-0---0-000-000-000-
|---------------0---0-000-000-000-
                    . ... ... ...

---------------------------------|
---------------------------------|
---------------5-----------------|
-----7-8-5-7-------8-7-8---7-5-7-|
-5-8---------8-------------------|
---------------------------------|

Verse #2
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-0-0-+----------------5-----------|
|-0-0-5---5h8---3--------8-7-8-7-5-|
|-0-0------------------------------|
  . .
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------5-----|
|-0-0-+----------------5-------8-7-|
|-0-0-5---5h8------------8-7-------|
|-0-0-----------8------------------|
  . .
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-0-0-+----------------5-----------|
|-0-0-5---5h8---3--------8-7-8-7-5-|
|-0-0------------------------------|
  . .
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-+---------8---8-8-10----|
|-0-0-5---5h8---8---8-8-10----|
|-0-0-----------8---8-8-10----|
  . .

Chorus
   Guitar 1
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0------0-0---|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0------0-0---|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0------0-0---|

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0------0-10---|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0------0-10---|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0------0-10---|

   Guitar 2 (at the second time)
|------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-7-7-7---9\7\5/7------
|------------------------------------------------------
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-7-7-7-7-5-5-5---7\5\3/5------
|------------------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-12---12---12\10\9/10--
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-7-7-7-7--8--8--8-10---10---10\-8\7/-8--
|----------------------------------------------------------------

Play the entire pre-verse 1x then

Interlude
   Guitar 1 (play 9x)
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-000-0-0-000-000---000-0-000-000-|
|-000-0-0-000-000---000-0-000-000-|
|-000-0-0-000-000---000-0-000-000-|

   Guitar 2 (starts at the sixth time of guitar 1)
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------5-----------------|
|-----7-8-5-7-----8-7-5-7---5-----|
|-5-8---------8-----------8---7-8-|
|---------------------------------|

Play verse #2 1x
Play chorus   1x
Outro
   Guitar 1 (play until fade out)
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------13-------------------------|
|-------14-15-12-14-------15-14-12-14----12-------|
|-12-15-------------15----------------15----14-15-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------13-------------------------|
|-------14-15-12-14-------15-14-12-14----12-------|
|-12-15-------------15----------------15----14-15-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------13-------------------------|
|-------14-15-12-14-------15-14-12-14----12-------|
|-12-15-------------15----------------15----14-15-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------13-15-13-------------------|
|-------14-15-12-14-------------15-14-15-14-12-14-|
|-12-15-------------15----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

   Guitar 2
|------...--|------...--|------...--|------...--|
|------...--|------...--|------...--|------...--|
|------...--|------...--|------...--|------...--|
|-8----...--|-0----...--|-8----...--|-0----...--|
|-8----...--|-0----...--|-8----...--|-0----...--|
|-8----...--|-0----...--|-8----...--|-0----...--|
play 1x then play this 1x
|------...--|------...--|------...--|----------------------------...-|
|------...--|------...--|------...--|----------------------------...-|
|------...--|------...--|------...--|----------------------------...-|
|-8----...--|-0----...--|-8----...--|-0-----------------------10-...-|
|-8----...--|-0----...--|-8----...--|-0-----------------------10-...-|
|-8----...--|-0----...--|-8----...--|-0-----------------------10-...-|
then play the following ‘til fade out
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-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-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|

Guitar 3 (start after the 4x of guitar 1 and play ‘til fade out)
|------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-7-7-7---9\7\5/7------
|------------------------------------------------------
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-7-7-7-7-5-5-5---7\5\3/5------
|------------------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-12---12---12\10\9/10--
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-7-7-7-7--8--8--8-10---10---10\-8\7/-8--
|----------------------------------------------------------------

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