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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
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------10-------10-------10h11-------------------------------------|
|---8--------8--------8---------------------------------------------|
|-0---0----0---0----0---0-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|X4

Heavy distortion
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-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
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------00---------00------------------------00---------00------------------|
|-0001/2-00--0001/2-00--0001/2-0002/3--0001/2-00--0001/2-00--0001/2-0002/3---|
  ...    ..  ...    ..  ...    ...     ...    ..  ...    ..  ...    ...

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0001/2-00---------------------------------------------------------|
  ...    ..
verse riff 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-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
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------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
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|777755553333777755553333555533332222555533332222222233335533333333|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|777755553333777755553333999977775555101010107777555522222223333553|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

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)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-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
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-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|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

chorus guitar 2 exactly the same as the pre chorus
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-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--|
                                 ...                             ...

|------------------------------------------------10-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-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
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-000000000335------------------------------------------------------|
|-000000000335------------------------------------------------------|
|-000000000335------------------------------------------------------|
  ............
bridge (AWESOME RIFF)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------3----------------------|
|-0-000-0-000-0-000-0-000-0-000-0-000-0-00035-530-------------------|
    ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   .........

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----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
       ...   ...   ...               ...   ...   .........

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------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-|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------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-|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-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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