Tom: C
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Forced to Die - As I Lay Dying
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Tabbed by: Karleen Heong
Tuning: Drop C (6=C,5=G,4=C,3=F,2=A,1=D)
This needs 3 guitars later in the song but I suppose it can still
be played with 2. Other than that it's short and straightfoward.
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
E|------------------------------------|
B|---0---0---0---0----0---0---0---0---|
G|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| Play 8 times and 1st half
D|-7---7---7---7----3---3---3---3-----| of riff on 9th time
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
Uses a dirty (slight overdrive) sound - Put your middle finger on
fret 5 and alternate between the index and little fingers on 3rd
string
Guitar 2 - Clean
E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------| Play twice - on 3rd and 4th times of
D|------------------------| the above riff
A|-0--2/3--2--2/3---------|
E|-----------------3---5--|
Guitar 2 - Distortion - Enters when the growling starts
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-5---5---5---5---5-------5---5---5-----------------|
D|-7---3---7---3---3---0---7---3---3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-7---3---7---3---3---0---7---3---3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-7---3---7---3---3---0---7---3---3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
pm . . . . . . .
Note: The 5th and 9th chords (3335) can be played (2225) if no bass
guitar is playing
Guitar 1 - Distorted
E|------------|
B|------------| Play this on the last
G|------------| palm muted chord that guitar 2 plays
C|-7b(1/4)*~~-|
E|------------|
B|------------|
Bend the note at the 7th fret a quarter of the way while
playing it as a pinch harmonic and add some vibrato
Guitar 1 - Distortion
E|----------| |----------| |----------| |----------|
B|----------| |----------| |----------| |----------|
G|----------| |----------| |----------| |----------|
D|----------| |----------| |----------| |----------|
G|-5-7-8-10-|x4|-8-7-8-10-|x4|-7-8-7-10-|x4|-5-7-8-10-|x4
c|----------| |----------| |----------| |----------|
(Play each section 4 times)
Play this whole sequence 2 times
Guitar 2 - Distortion
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------| Play 6 times
D|-7---3---3---0---|
A|-7---3---3---0---|
E|-7---3---3---0---|
Again if there's no bass play 233 (fret 2 on 6th string) on the 2nd 333
so the moving bassline is heard. Also you can add some strumming to
these chords
Guitar 1 - Distortion - enters after it's completed the previous riff
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-999-99-9999-9-12-12-1212\10-101010-10-12-12-1212/17-171717-1717--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-777-77-7777-7-10-10-1010\-8--8-8-8--8-10-10-1010/15-151515-1515--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-19-19-1919-1919191919--9-999-99-9999-9-12-12\10101010101010-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-17-17-1717-1717171717--7-777-77-7777-7-10-10\-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
F|-12-12/1717171717171717-12121212\10101010-|
C|------------------------------------------| Play whole thing twice
G|-10-10/1515151515151515-10101010\-8-8-8-8-|
C|------------------------------------------|
You can work out the strumming pattern easily. Octaves like the 10-12 are
ten-twelve not one-zero-one-two
Guitar 3 - Plays the four bar sequence thing twice when guitar 1 is
on its 2nd time playing the octaves
Ending - all guitars
E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|-0--0--0----0-----------|
A|-0--0--0----0--| let ring-|
E|-0--0--0----0-----------|
That's it. Really simple. Took no time to tab. It's rare to come across
short metal songs but this could be an interlude type of thing on their
album, don't know coz I only started listening to them.
Please email comments and suggestions and rate!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| . palm mute (pm)
| ~ vibrato
| * pinch harmonic
| b bend
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