Written by Lamb of God
Tuning: Drop Db (Db,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,eb)
Or Drop D (D,A,D,G,B,e) - you just can't play along with the record
Note: Sometimes I feel it necessary to notate rhythm, My conventions are as
follows:
W = whole note/rest R = rest
h = half note/rest
q = quarter note/rest /
e = eighth note/rest o/o = repeat previous bar
s = sixteenth note/rest /
t = thirty-second note/rest
q.= dotted quarter note
Tied note values are connected with an underscore.
example: s__(s) (a 16th tied to another 16th)
anything under: /--3--\ is a triplet
Double bar lines indicate the end of parts.
Bar lines occur every 4 beats.
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Intro:
Gtr 1 - (panned leftish)
/--3--\
q. e s s s e e e e e e e e e e e q. e s s s s s s s s
Eb|--------------------------|----------------------|-----3--5p3---3----------|
Bb|--------------------------|----------------------|------------6----6-5-3-6-|
Gb|-10~-14-12h14p12\10-14p10-|-10/12-12/14-14\5-5/7-|-7~----------------------|
Db|--------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
/-3-\
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s q. e s s s e e e___
Eb|------------------------------------|--------------------|
Bb|-5-3---5--3-----3-------------------|--------------------|
Gb|-----5------5-3----5-3-2-5--3-2-----|--------------------|
Db|--------------------------------5\3-|-/8~--8-7h8p7\5-7p5-|
Ab|------------------------------------|--------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|--------------------|
/--3---\
____(e) q e e e e e e W s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
Eb|-------------------------|--------|------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|--------|----------------5--6p5\3-5--3-------|
Gb|-------------------------|--------|------------5-7---------------5\3-0-|
Db|-(5)\3--5--5b(7)r(5)-3---|--------|-----3-5-/7-------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------3-|-5~~----|-3-5--------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------|--------|------------------------------------|
/--3--\
q. e e s s s e e 16ths - - >
Eb|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Bb|-11~-11--11-10h11p10\8----|-10-8------8--------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------10-|-----10-9---10-9-7--10-9-7----8-7-6---|
Db|--------------------------|--------------------------10--------7-|
Ab|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
h____(e)e e e e e e e e e e e W h h W_________(W)
Eb|----------------|-------------------|-------|-----------|--------|--------||
Bb|----------------|-------------------|-------|-----------|--------|--------||
Gb|-7~~----/9-9/10-|-10\9-9\7----------|-------|-----------|--------|--------||
Db|----------------|----------12\5-5-7-|-8~----|-7~~\\-----|--------|--------||
Ab|----------------|-------------------|-------|-------3---|-5------|-(5)----||
Db|----------------|-------------------|-------|-----------|--------|--------||
Gtr2 - (harmony part - panned rightish - much weaker in the mix)
/-3-\
q. e s s s e e e e e e e e e e e W W
Eb|-----------------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
Bb|-----------------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
Gb|-7~--10-9h10p9\7--10p7-|-7/9-9/10-10\9-9/10-|-10~~-----|-9~~~~----|
Db|-----------------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
Ab|-----------------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
Db|-----------------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
/--3--\ /---3---\
h s s s e e e e e e e e e e e e W W
Eb|------------------------|-------------------------|-------|-------|
Bb|------------------------|-------------------------|-------|-------|
Gb|------------------------|-------------------------|-------|-------|
Db|-/12~--10h12p10\8--10p8-|-8\7-7/8--8b(10)r(8)-7\5-|-/7~~--|-5~~~--|
Ab|------------------------|-------------------------|-------|-------|
Db|------------------------|-------------------------|-------|-------|
/--3--\
q. e e s s s e e 16ths - - >
Eb|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
Bb|-15~~-15-15-13h15p13-------|-13--------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------15-14-|---15-14-12--15-14-12---14-12-------12---------|
Db|---------------------------|---------------------15------15-14----15-14-11-|
Ab|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
W__________etc W__________etc
Eb|-----------|----------|-------|--------|--------|---------||
Bb|-----------|----------|-------|--------|--------|---------||
Gb|-----------|----------|-------|-10-----|-(10)---|-(10)----||
Db|-12~-------|-(12)-----|-(12)--|--------|--------|---------||
Ab|-----------|----------|-------|--------|--------|---------||
Db|-----------|----------|-------|--------|--------|---------||
And then there's one more guitar playing chords which I have a hell of a time
hearing. It's basically following a Bb, Gm, Dm, C type of harmony but it's a
bit denser than that. Here are my suggestions for chord voicings, although
I'm sure they're not quite what's on the record...
Eb|--0---|--3---|--0---|--3---| |--0---|--3---|--0---|------||
Bb|--3---|--3---|--3---|--3---| |--3---|--3---|--3---|------||
Gb|--0---|--3---|--2---|--0---| X3 |--0---|--3---|--2---|------||
Db|--3---|--0---|--0---|--0---| |--3---|--0---|--0---|------||
Ab|--1---|--x---|--x---|--3---| |--1---|--x---|--x---|------||
Db|------|--5---|--0---|------| |------|--5---|--0---|------||
Just arpeggiate as desired.
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Main Riff: (slight pm throughout)
Eb|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Ab|----------0--------1-0------0-------|----------0--------6----------------|
Db|-0-1-4-5----5-4-5------5-4----5-4-1-|-0-1-4-5----5-4-5----8-7-5--7-5-4-5-|
1st end - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\
Eb|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Bb|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Gb|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||X2
Db|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Ab|----------0--------1-0------0-------|----------0------------------------||
Db|-0-1-4-5----5-4-5------5-4----5-4-1-|-0-1-4-5----5-4-5--3-5-3-6--3-5-3-6||
2nd end - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - \
Eb|------------------------------------|------------------||
Bb|------------------------------------|------------------||
Gb|------------------------------------|------------------||<(bar of 2)
Db|------------------------------------|------------------||
Ab|----------0-------------------------|------------------||
Db|-0-1-4-5----5-4-5--3-5-3-6--3-5-3-6-|-3-5-3-6--3-5-3-6-||
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verse 1:
Eb|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Ab|-------5--------5-------------------|-------5------------------------0-3-|
Db|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0-0--3-5-3-6-|-0-0-0----0-0-0-0--5-3-1-0--5-3-----|
pm - | pm - | pm - - | pm - | pm - - |
X2
Eb|------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
Bb|------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
Gb|------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
Db|------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
Ab|-------5--------5-------------------|-------5-----------6-5-5-3--6-5-5-3-||
Db|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0-0--3-5-3-6-|-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-------------------||
pm - | pm - | pm - - | pm - | pm - - |
s s s s e e s s s s e e s se e e e e q
Eb|-------------------------------|------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|------------------|
Gb|-10101010-10-10-10101010-10-10-|-1077-7-7-7-7-----|
Db|-8-8-8-8--8--8--8-8-8-8--8--8--|-8-55-5-5-5-5-----|
Ab|-8-8-8-8--8--8--8-8-8-8--8--8--|-8-55-5-5-5-5-----|
Db|-8-8-8-8--8--8--8-8-8-8--8--8--|-8-55-5-5-5-5-8b~~|
ph
(Separate Gtr1 and Gtr2 parts written on 1 staff)
(if you're only going to play one, play the top)
Eb|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------8-7-5-7--10-8-7-8-|-------------------8-7-5-4--7-5-4---|
Ab|----------6-5-3-5--------------------|----------6-5-3-0-----------------6-|
Db|-0-0-0-0--0-0-5-7--8-7-5-7--10-8-7-8-|-0-0-0-0--0-0-5-7--8-7-5-4--7-5-4-1-|
pm - - - - - - -| pm - - - - - - -|
s s s s e e s s s s e e s se e e e e q
Eb|-------------------------------|------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|------------------|
Gb|-10101010-10-10-10101010-10-10-|-1077-7-7-7-7-----|
Db|-8-8-8-8--8--8--8-8-8-8--8--8--|-8-55-5-5-5-5-----|
Ab|-8-8-8-8--8--8--8-8-8-8--8--8--|-8-55-5-5-5-5-----|
Db|-8-8-8-8--8--8--8-8-8-8--8--8--|-8-55-5-5-5-5-8b~~|
ph
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Repeat Main Riff with 2nd ending only.
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Verse 2
Repeat everything listed as Verse 1, then:
Eb|-------------------|-------------------|
Bb|-------------------|-------------------|
Gb|-2222-2-2-2222-2-2-|-5555-5-5-5555-5-5-|
Db|-0000-0-0-0000-0-0-|-5555-5-5-5555-5-5-|
Ab|-0000-0-0-0000-0-0-|-3333-3-3-3333-3-3-|
Db|-0000-0-0-0000-0-0-|-------------------|
s s s s e e s s s s e e s se e e e e q
Eb|-------------------------------|------------------||
Bb|-------------------------------|------------------||
Gb|-10101010-10-10-10101010-10-10-|-1077-7-7-7-7-----||
Db|-8-8-8-8--8--8--8-8-8-8--8--8--|-8-55-5-5-5-5-----||
Ab|-8-8-8-8--8--8--8-8-8-8--8--8--|-8-55-5-5-5-5-----||
Db|-8-8-8-8--8--8--8-8-8-8--8--8--|-8-55-5-5-5-5-8b~~||
ph
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Repeat Main Riff with both endings.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Breakdown:
Eb|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Ab|-------5-----------6----------------|------------------------------------|
Db|-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-3-1-0-3--1-0-3-5--6-5-3-0--8-7-4-7-|
pm - | pm - - -| pm - - - - - - |
Eb|------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
Bb|------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
Gb|------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
Db|------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
Ab|-------5-----------6----------------|-5-8-7-5--7-5-3-5--6-5-3-5----------||
Db|-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|----------------------------8-7-4-7-||
pm - | pm - - -| pm - - - - - - |
Play this figure 2X with the fills being played by Gtr 2 (right pan) only, then
2X more with both guitars playing fills in unison.
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Solo:
Gtr 1 - (panned left-ish)
/--3--\ /---3---\ /--3-\
(2:40) q. e e s s s e e e e e e e e s s s e e
Eb|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Bb|-//-11~--11--11-10h11p10-------|------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------12-10-|-12b(14)r(12)-10-9--10-9h10p9-------|
Db|-------------------------------|------------------------------12-10-|
Ab|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
(2:48) /-3-\
q. e e e e e e e e e e e e e q. e e s s s e e
Eb|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
Bb|---------15/17--17/18-|-18\17--17\15--15\8--8/10-|-11------------------|
Gb|---------x--x---x--x--|-x--x---x--x---x--x--x-x--|-x---\3--3-2h3p2-----|
Db|-12~~-12-12/14--14/15-|-15\14--14\12--12\5--5/7--|-8---------------5-3-|
Ab|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
Db|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
ph
/--3--\ /-3-\
e e e e e e s s s e e q. e h
Eb|----------------------------|-----------------|
Bb|----------------------------|-----------------|
Gb|----------------------------|-----------------|
Db|-5b(7)r(5)-3-2--3-2h3p2-----|-----------------|
Ab|------------------------5-3-|-5~~~b(7)r(5)~~~~|
Db|----------------------------|-----------------|
ph
/-3-\ /--3-\ /--3--\/--3-\
s s s s s s s s s s s s e. s_(e.) s
Eb|---------13h17t22p17p13-------20~b(22)~~~~~13-|
Bb|-------15--------------15---------------------|
Gb|-----14------------------14-------------------|
Db|---15----------------------15-----------------|
Ab|-17-------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------|
h s s s s s s s s
Eb|-15b(18)~~~13h15p13\12--13p12\10h12-|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|
16ths - - > t t s s s
Eb|-10p9---9----------------------------------------|
Bb|------11---11p10--11--10-------------------------|
Gb|----------------12------12-10-12--12p11-11-------|
Db|-------------------------------------------12-11-|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------|
16ths - - >
Eb|--------------------10--13-12-10-12--10---------|
Bb|------------10-11-14-------------------14-11-10-|
Gb|---9-10-12--------------------------------------|
Db|-12---------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------|
(3:01)
16ths - - > h q s s s s
Eb|-13-12-10---15-13-12---17-15-13---18-17------|-20b(22)~---------5-------|
Bb|---------14---------15---------17------18-17-|----------8b(10)----8p6---|
Gb|---------------------------------------------|------------------------7-|
Db|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
16ths - - >
Eb|------------------------------------||---------|
Bb|-8p6---6----------------------------||---------|
Gb|-----7----7-6-5----7-6-5------------||---------|
Db|----------------7--------7--7-6-5-3-||---------|
Ab|------------------------------------||-5~~~~---|
Db|------------------------------------||---------|
ph
Gtr 2 (harmony part - panned rightish - much weaker in the mix)
You can reference where these parts line up with Gtr 1 by using
the timings - e.g. (2:40) - provided in both parts.
1st chunk (2:40) (a diatonic 6th below Gtr 1)
/-3-\ /----3--\ /-3-\
q. e e s s s e e e e e e e e s s s e e W
Eb|-----------------------|-----------------------------|----------||
Bb|-----------------------|-----------------------------|----------||
Gb|-//-7~--7--7-5h7p5-----|-----------------------------|----------||
Db|-------------------8-7-|-8b(10)r(8)-7-5--7-5h7p5-----|----------||
Ab|-----------------------|-------------------------8-7-|-5~~~-----||
Db|-----------------------|-----------------------------|----------||
2nd chunk (2:48)
Same as the first, only now it sits a 3rd above Gtr 1 instead of a 6th
below it. So even though you're playing the same thing, it sounds a bit
different because it sits differently against the lead part...
3rd chunk (3:01) (a diatonic 6th below Gtr 1)
16ths - - > W
Eb|---------------------------------------10----------|-15b(17)~~~~~---||
Bb|-10----------11-10--------13-11-10--------13-11-10-|----------------||
Gb|----12-10-9--------12-10-----------12--------------|----------------||
Db|---------------------------------------------------|----------------||
Ab|---------------------------------------------------|----------------||
Db|---------------------------------------------------|----------------||
Gtr 3 (rhythm guitar underneath solo)
I'm going to save some ink and just write the chords once for each bar.
But the rhythm just sounds like steady 16ths so that's 16 per bar.
Eb|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----||
Bb|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----||
Gb|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----||
Db|-3--|----|-7--|-5--|-3--|----|-7--|-2--|-3--|----|-7--|-5--|-3--|----||
Ab|-1--|-5--|-5--|-3--|-1--|-5--|-5--|-0--|-1--|-5--|-5--|-3--|-1--|-5--||
Db|----|-5--|----|----|----|-5--|----|----|----|-5--|----|----|----|-5--||
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Repeat Main Riff with both endings.
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Outro:
Basically the same as the Breakdown riff - those 32nds might be in the bd
too - sometimes I hear them and sometimes I don't. But it sounds fine
with or without that little "gallop."
s s s s s s tt s s s s s s s s s
Eb|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Ab|-------5------------6----------------|------------------------------------|
Db|-0-0-0----0-0-00-0----0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-3-5-3-6--3-5-3-6--3-5-3-6--3-5-3-6-|
pm - | pm - - -| pm - - - - - - |
Repeat 8X, end on a low C#
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| b bend
| r release
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| t tap with right hand
| ~ vibrato
| x Mute note
