Killswitch Engage - "A Bid Farewell" Guitar Tab
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Band: KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
Album: The end of heartache
Song: A bid farewell
Copyright (c) roadrunner records 2004
Version 1.0 - 2004
Transcribed By: KsE (jay)
Email: thejaydon@hotmail.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
KsE RULE and this is probably their most simple song to play and there's
loads of wrong tabs out there,this is how i figured it out and it sounds
near on perfect
Tuning C G C F A D
I can't figure out what effect joel uses in this intro.
I use a tiny bit of chorus and a slight distortion, sounds all good to me
intro
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|-------10-------10-------10h11-------------------------------------|
|---8--------8--------8---------------------------------------------|
|-0---0----0---0----0---0-------------------------------------------|
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Heavy distortion
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|-000000--000000--00000000-3----------------------------------------|
|-000000--000000--00000000-3----------------------------------------|guitar 1 x2
|-000000--000000--00000000-3----------------------------------------|guitar 2 x4
...... ...... ........
then guitar 1 the intro riff over the top with distortion x2
verse riff 1
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|-0001/2-00--0001/2-00--0001/2-0002/3--0001/2-00--0001/2-00--0001/2-0002/3---|
... .. ... .. ... ... ... .. ... .. ... ...
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|-0001/2-00---------------------------------------------------------|
... ..
verse riff 2
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|-000000--000000--00000000-3--000000--000000--00000000-3------------|
|-000000--000000--00000000-3--000000--000000--00000000-3------------|
|-000000--000000--00000000-3--000000--000000--00000000-3------------|
...... ...... ........ ...... ...... ........
verse riff 3
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|----------8/9------------8/9------------8/9-----------------------------|
|------00--------8/9--00--------8/9--00---------9/10---------------------|
|------00--6/7---6/7--00--6/7---6/7--00--6/7-00-7/8----------------------|
|-\\\\\00------0------00------0------00------00--------------------------|x2
.. . .. . .. ..
pre chorus guitar 1
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|777755553333777755553333555533332222555533332222222233335533333333|
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|777755553333777755553333999977775555101010107777555522222223333553|
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pre chorus guitar 2 (i don't thing the guitar does this part it sounds
like it's just the bass but when i'm jamin' with mates it sounds cool)
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|-0--0--0-10--10--10-7--7--7-8-0-3230--0--0-10--10--10-7--7--7-8-323--|
|-0--0--0-10--10--10-7--7--7-8-0-3230--0--0-10--10--10-7--7--7-8-323--|
|-0--0--0-10--10--10-7--7--7-8-0-3230--0--0-10--10--10-7--7--7-8-323--|
... ...
chorus guitar 1 with wah
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|-10p8--10p8--8----8------------------10p8--10p8--12p10--13p10----------|
|-----10----10-10-9--10-9-9-10-12-10~-----10----10-----12------9-10-12-9|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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chorus guitar 2 exactly the same as the pre chorus
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|-0--0--0-10--10--10-7--7--7-8-0-3230--0--0-10--10--10-7--7--7-8-323--|
|-0--0--0-10--10--10-7--7--7-8-0-3230--0--0-10--10--10-7--7--7-8-323--|
|-0--0--0-10--10--10-7--7--7-8-0-3230--0--0-10--10--10-7--7--7-8-323--|
... ...
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|-000000--000000--00000000-3--000000--000000--000--0000-3-----------|
|-000000--000000--00000000-3--000000--000000--000--0000-3-----------|
|-000000--000000--00000000-3--000000--000000--000--0000-3-----------|
...... ...... ........ ...... ...... ... ....
just before the second pre chorus there's a bit that i can't
quite figure out but i play this along to it and it sounds
ok
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|-000000000335------------------------------------------------------|
|-000000000335------------------------------------------------------|
|-000000000335------------------------------------------------------|
............
bridge (AWESOME RIFF)
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|-0-000-0-000-0-000-0-000-0-000-0-000-0-00035-530-------------------|
... ... ... ... ... ... .........
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|----0-----0-----0-----------------0-----0-----0--------------------|
|----0-----0-----0-----------0h3h5-0-----0-----0------3-------------|
|-\\\0-000-0-000-0-000-0h3h5-------0-000-0-000-0-00035-530----------|x2
... ... ... ... ... .........
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|-----------7-----7------9-----9------10-----10---------------------121212-|
|--------555555555555-777777777777-8888-888888-88-888888888888101010101010-|
|--------555555555555-777777777777-8888-888888-88-888888888888101010101010-|
|-\\\\\\-555555555555-777777777777-8888-888888-88-888888888888101010101010-|
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|-----------7-----7------9-----9------10-----10---------------------121212-|
|--------555555555555-777777777777-8888-888888-88-888888888888101010101010-|
|--------555555555555-777777777777-8888-888888-88-888888888888101010101010-|
|-\\\\\\-555555555555-777777777777-8888-888888-88-888888888888101010101010-|
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|-7-----9-----10----10-12----7----9----10--12-----------------------|
|-5-----7-----8-----8--10----5----7----8---10-----------------------|
|-5-----7-----8-----8--10----5----7----8---10-----------------------|
|-5-----7-----8-----8--10----5----7----8---10-----------------------|
thats bout it
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