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Title : Take This Oath
Artist : Killswitch Engage
Album : The End of Heartache
Copyright (c): (Road Runner Records) (2004)
Version: 1.0
Date: 8/14/2004
Transcribed by : sumpm1 <slickbitch1@yahoo.com>
Tuning : C G C F A D (Drop C)
Release Notes:Almost every Riff has 2 guitars at the same time. If you
see 2 staffs connected, or 3 staffs connected, that means
there is 3 guitars for that part. The top staff is Gtr 1,
next down is Gtr 2 etc..... Listen to song for exact
timings. The Song Structure can be found at the bottom
of the page.
Some of the notes that are denoted hammer-on or pull-off
are really slides. It just made it easer to write the tab
that way. Use your good judgement as to which notes I
refer to.
If you see more than one version tab of this song, consider
mine to be correct and the other to be crap. I wouldn't
have to tab songs that have already been tabbed if people
would submit complete and correct tabs. Now go tear it up.
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. - 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
[] - 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
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Riff 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-5-0-3--6-5-0-3-5-0-8-0--6-5-0-3-5-0-8-0--0-0--0-0--0----|
|-6-5-0-3--6-5-0-3-5-0-8-0--6-5-0-3-5-0-8-0--0-0--0-0--0----|
Riff 2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-------------------------------6---------------3------------------|
|-5-------------------------------6---------------3------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----5-----6---3-----5-----6---3-----5-----6---3-----5-----6------|
|---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---6-6---6-6---6---3-3---3-3---3----|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------5-----------3----------5----------|
|---------------------------------5-----------3----------5----------|
|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------3h5--3-----3----------|
|-3-----5-----6---3-----5-----6---3-----5---6--------6-5---6-5-1----|
|---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---6-6---6-------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 3
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---6-----6-----6---3-----3-----3------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----5-----6---3-----5-----6---3-----5-----6---3-----5-----6------|
|---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---6-6---6-6---6---3-3---3-3---3----|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---6-----6---6-3----------6----------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-3----------6----------|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------3h5--3-----3----------|
|-3-----5-----6---3-----5-----6---3-----5---6--------6-5---6-5-1----|
|---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---6-6---6-------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 4
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------8---6---5-----5--------------|
|-6-----3-----6--6---6---6---6-8---8-6-8-6-5----|
|-6-----3---------------------------------------|
| . . . .
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------5---3------------------------|
|-6-----3-----3--3---3---3-6-3-5-6-5-3-6p3------|
|-6-----3----------------------------------6----|
| . . .
|---3-----3-------------------------------------|
|-----4-----4-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
Riff 5
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--0----0------------0---------0----|
|--0----0------------0---------0----|
|
| Strumming... Listen to song for timing
|
|-10----8--6-5--6-5--6---3----10----|
|-10----8--6-5--6-5--6---3----10----|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
Riff 6
Repeat each section 4 times
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|--8--5-----5-----5-|--7----------------|-10--7-----7-----7-|--8-5---5---5---0-|
|--------7-----7----|----10--7-10--7-10-|-------10----10----|------7---7-----0-|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-12----------------|-10--7-----7-----7-|-13-10----10----10-|--8-5---5---5---0-|
|----15-12-15-12-15-|-------10----10----|-------13----13----|------7---7-----0-|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|
| Strumming... Listen to song for timing
|
|-10----------------|--8-----6--5--6--5-|--6--------3-------|-10---------------|
|-10----------------|--8-----6--5--6--5-|--6--------3-------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
Riff 7
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
|
| Repeat over and over
|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-8-5---5---5----------------|
|-----7---7------------------|
. . . . .
Song Structure: Timestamp:
--------------- ----------
Riff 1 6X 0:00-0:32
Riff 2 1X 0:32-0:42
Riff 3 2X 0:42-1:02
Riff 4 4X 1:02-1:21
Riff 3 1X 1:21-1:31
Riff 4 4X 1:39-1:49
Riff 1 4X 1:49-2:10
Riff 5 1X 2:10-2:26
Riff 6 1X (Gtr 1 only) 2:26-2:42 (Gtr 1 only)
Riff 6 1X 2:42-2:57
Riff 7 4X 2:57-3:13
Riff 1 6X 3:13-3:46
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