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Band: Killswitch Engage
Album: Alive or Just Breathing
Song: The Element of One

Copyright (c) Roadrunner Records (2002)
Version 1.0 - (May - 11 - 2004)

Transcribed By: exoDo
Email: edoheadxx@aol.com


Legend
.  - palm mute          /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to      ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on          b  - Bend
p  - pull off            f  - full bend
h  - half bend                q  - quarter bend
t  - tap bend                r  - release bend
*  - see comment        ,  - slight palm mute



Tunning C G C F A D


Intro in Acoustic Guitar
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|-1----------------------------1-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|-0----------------------------0-----------------------------|
|-0----------------------------0-----------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|-1----------------------------1-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|-0----------------------------0-----------------------------|
|-0----------------------------0-----------------------------|


Intro Chorus (Repeat X4)
Gtr I
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----3-----3-3--3--3-3-3-5--------------------------5--|
|-1-----1-----1-1--1--1-1-1-3-0----0----0-0---0--0-0-0-3--|
|-----------------------------0----0----0-0---0--0-0-0----|
              . .  .  .                 . .   .  .

Gtr II
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------7-7-----------|
|----------------------------10-10-10-10-10-----8-8-10-10-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

Gtr III (it appears in some parts of the chorus)
|--------------------------------------------5---5-5-5-8-8|
|--------------------------------------------6---6-6-6-8-8|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 1 (Repeat X2)
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------5-----------5-----------5-----8-----5---------|
|-0-3-7---8-7-0-3-7---8-7-8-3-7---8-7---8-8---8-7-----|
  . . .       . . .       . . .

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------5-----------5-----------3-------------1-------|
|-0-3-7---8-7-0-3-7---8-7-3-3-3---3-3-3-1-1-1---1-1-1-|
  . . .       . . .       . . .         . . .

Riff 2 (Repeat X2)
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|---3---2---5---7-------10---------|
|---1---0---3---5--------8---------|
|-0---0---0---0---0-0-0----0-0-0-0-|
  .   .   .   .   . . .    . . . .

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---3---2---5---7------10-10-10\5-5---|
|---1---0---3---5-------8--8--8\3-3---|
|-0---0---0---0---0-0-0---------------|
  .   .   .   .   . . .

Play Riff 1 X2
Play Riff 2 X2
Play Chorus X4

Acoustic Part (Repeat X2)
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------10-----------10-----------10-----------10---|
|-8---8--------8---8--------8---8--------8---8--------|
|---6---6----6---6---6----6---6---6----6---6---6----6-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

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


Riff 3 (Repeat X2)
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-3p0---0-----3p0---0-----3p0---0-----3p0---0---------|
|-----0---0-0-----0---0-0-----0---0-0-----0---0-0-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
      .   . .     .   . .     .   . .     .   . .

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----10-----7-----10-----7-----7-----5-----5-------|
|---0-0----0-0---0-0----0-0---------------------------|
|----------------------------10-8--10-8---8-7---8-7---|
    . .    . .   . .    . .

Bridge
Gtr I
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3|
|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3|
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gtr II
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------5-7----5-7----5-7-------|
|---------7-8----7-8----7-8-------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

Gtr I
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3|
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gtr II
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------5-7----5-7----5-7-------|
|---------7-8----7-8----7-8-------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

Gtr I
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3|
|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3|
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gtr II
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------5-7----5-7----5-7-------|
|---------7-8----7-8----7-8-------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

Gtr I
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3|
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gtr II
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------5-7----5-7----5-7-------|
|---------7-8----7-8----7-8-------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|


Final Chorus
Gtr I
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----3-----3-3--3--3-3-3-5--------------------------5--|
|-1-----1-----1-1--1--1-1-1-3-0----0----0-0---0--0-0-0-3--|
|-----------------------------0----0----0-0---0--0-0-0----|
              . .  .  .                 . .   .  .

Gtr II
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------7-7-----------|
|----------------------------10-10-10-10-10-----8-8-10-10-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat X2
Gtr I
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-3---3--3-3---3-3-3--3-3-3-5----------------------------5--|
|-1---1--1-1---1-1-1--1-1-1-3-0--0--0-0---0-0---0--0-0-0-3--|
|-----------------------------0--0--0-0---0-0---0--0-0-0----|

Gtr II
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------7-7-----------|
|----------------------------10-10-10-10-10-----8-8-10-10-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

Outro
Gtr I
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|1-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------------------|
|1-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------------------|
|1-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------------------|

Gtr II
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|10---------10----------10----------10-----------------------|
|-8----------8-----------8-----------8-----------------------|
|-6----------6-----------6-----------6-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

END

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