Band: As I Lay Dying
Album: frail words collapse
Song: the beginning
Copyright (c) Metal Blade 2003
Version 1.0 - (DATE)
Transcribed By: Jeremy D. Brown (mostly)
Completion and corrections by: Steven Germain
. - 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
It should be pretty accurate. For timing and whatnot, just listen to the CD. Enjoy
Tuning Drop D down one step
opening riff played 4 times:|-------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------10--------10-----||-14-14-14p12p10-12-12-12p10p9 10 9----9--------------10--------10--||-----------------------------------12---12-10-8-8-------8-8------8-||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
repeat this part 2 times:|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-888888888888--101010101010--777777-------9-9/10---9-9/10----------||-888888888888--101010101010--777777-------7-7/8----7-7/8-----------||-888888888888--101010101010--777777----00--------00-------000000000| .. .. .........
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-8-10-7------------------------------------------------------------||-8-10-7------------------------------------------------------------||-8-10-7------------------------------------------------------------|
galloping rhythym played 2 times:|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||0------------------------------------------------------------------||0-000-000-000-000-000-000-000--------------------------------------| ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Played 2 times:|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||8-8-7h8-7-8-7h8--0---0------0------0------0------------------------||8-------7--------0---0------0------0------0------------------------||8-------7--------0-0-0 0000-0-0000-0-0000-0------------------------| . . . .... . .... . .... .
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------10-10h12p10--10--10h12p10-8---||14-14-14p12p10-12-12-12p10p9-10-9---9---------------------10-----------------||----------------------------------12--12-10-8-8------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||-(5)-8-7h8-7-8-7h8-8-8h10-8-7-8-7----5-8-7h8-7-8-7h8-8-8-7h8-8h10-8-7-8-7---||-(5)-------7-------8--------------10-5-------7-------8-------------------10-||-(5)-------7-------8-----------------5-------7-------8----------------------|
Twice:|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||------------9----------10----------12------------------------------||-0----------X-----------X-----------X----7p5---7-------------------||-0-00-00000-7-00-00000--8-00-00000-10-00-----8---8-7---------------||-0-00-00000-9-00-00000-10-00-00000-12-00---------------------------| .. ..... .. ..... .. ..... ..
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||-5-8-7h8-7-8-7h8-8-8h10-8-7-8-7----5-8-7h8-7-8-7h8-8-8-7h8-8h10-8-7-8-7---||-5-------7-------8--------------10-5-------7-------8-------------------10-||-5-------7-------8-----------------5-------7-------8----------------------|
4x:|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||---7-5/7---7-5/7-8-0-8-7h8-10-0-10--7-7-7--------------------------||-0-5-3/5-0-5-3/5-8-0-8-7h8-10-0-10--7-7-7--------------------------||-0-------0-------8-0-8-7h8-10-0-10--7-7-7--------------------------|
2x|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-888888888888--101010101010--777777-------9-9/10---9-9/10----------||-888888888888--101010101010--777777-------7-7/8----7-7/8-----------||-888888888888--101010101010--777777----00--------00-------000000000|
.. .. .........|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-888888888888-10~--------------------------------------------------||-888888888888-10~--------------------------------------------------||-888888888888-10~--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||-5-8-7h8-7-8-7h8-8-8h10-8-7-8-7----5-8-7h8-7-8-7h8-8-8-7h8-8h10-8-7-8-7---||-5-------7-------8--------------10-5-------7-------8-------------------10-||-5-------7-------8-----------------5-------7-------8----------------------|
4x:|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||---7-5/7---7-5/7-8-0-8-7h8-10-0-10--7-7-7--------------------------||-0-5-3/5-0-5-3/5-8-0-8-7h8-10-0-10--7-7-7--------------------------||-0-------0-------8-0-8-7h8-10-0-10--7-7-7--------------------------|
