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Behind Me Lies Another Fallen Soldier

As I Lay Dying
Tab
4.4(22)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

as i lay dying-behind me lies anouther fallen soldier

Intro:

play 2x add extra note at the end of 2nd time

D|-------------------------------------- |---|
A|-------1-------1--------1-------------'|---|
F|-------------------------------------- |---|
C|----3p0---3--3--3-----3--3-----3-5-3-- |-3-|
G|3/5--------00-0--0-0h1-1--1-1/3-3---3-.|---|
C|0~~----------------------------------- |---|

that keeps on playing over and over while a second guitar

comes in and plays this over the top

quietly and clean.

D|5h6p5-3-1~~--5h6p5-3-1~~--5h6p5-3-8-6-5-3-3\1-1/3-
A|--------------------------------------------------
F|--------------------------------------------------
C|--------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------
C|--------------------------------------------------
D|5h6p5-3-1~~--5h6p5-3-1~~--5h6p5-3-8-6-5-6-8-6-5-13-12
A|-----------------------------------------------------
F|-----------------------------------------------------
C|-----------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------
C|-----------------------------------------------------
D|10h12p10-8--13-12-10h12p10-6-5-3-8-\6-\5-\3--6p5-3-1-0-0h1p0-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------|

those will keep playing again while a THIRD guitar with medium

distortion will play this and towards the end of this next bit,

the other two guitars fade out

D|-----------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------
F|-----------------------------------------------------------
C|-----------------------------------------------------------
G|3h5--5-5h7--7-7h8--8-8h10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10h12-12-12-12-
C|-----------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------
F|--------------------------------------
C|--------------------------------------
G|12-12\10-10-10-10\7-7-7-7/8-8-8-8--8/3
C|--------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------
F|-----------------------------------------
C|-----------------------------------------
G|3h5-5-5-5--5-5-5/7-7-7-7--7-7-7/8-8-8-8--
C|-----------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------
F|-------------------------------------------------------
C|-------------------------------------------------------
G|8-8-8/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10/12-12-12-12--12-12-12\10-
C|-------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------
F|------------------------------------
C|------------------------------------
G|10-10-10\7-7-7-7/8-8-8-8-8/15~~~~~~~
C|------------------------------------

OK thats the end of the intro. the rest of the song is

played with two guitars.

at the end of that last bit, a guitar will come in and make a

screeching noise, to do that u just scratch down the neck of

the 6th and 5th strings with ur pick

Riff 1

Guitar one

Heavy distortion

D|------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------
F|------------------------------------------

C|00-000-00-0h7-777-77-7h8-888-88-8\3-333-33 x4

G|00-000-00-0h7-777-77-7h8-888-88-8\3-333-33

C|00-000-00-0h7-777-77-7h8-888-88-8\3-333-33

Guitar two

Med. distortion

D|---------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------
F|---------------------------------------
C|---------------------------------------     x4
G|88-888-88-88-888-88-88-888-88-33-333-33
C|---------------------------------------

Riff 2

Guitar one

D|----------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------
F|----------------------------------------

C|3~xx-2~-00000000000000000000000000000000

G|3~xx-2~-00000000000000000000000000000000 x2

C|3~xx-2~-00000000000000000000000000000000

Guitar two

D|-----------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------
F|-----------------------------------------------------------

C|--------5/77777777/88888888/1010101010101010/12121212121212 x2

G|-----------------------------------------------------------
C|-----------------------------------------------------------

at the end of the second time, Guitar two will play the

12th fret a few extra times then it goes into riff 3

Riff 3

Guitar one

D|-----------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------
F|-----------------------------------------------------

C|12-1212-121212121212121212-10-1010-101010101010101010

G|12-1212-121212121212121212-10-1010-101010101010101010

C|12-1212-121212121212121212-10-1010-101010101010101010

D|------------------------------
A|------------------------------
F|------------------------------

C|8-88-888888888-7-77-7788888888 x2

G|8-88-888888888-7-77-7788888888

C|8-88-888888888-7-77-7788888888

Guitar two

D|---------------------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------
G|12-1212-1212-12h13-1313-13p12-12\10-10-1010-1010-10h12-1212-12p10-10\
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------
F|-------------------------------------------
C|-------------------------------------------                  x2
G|8-88-88-8h10-1010-10p8-8\7-7-77-777/8888888
C|-------------------------------------------

after that it goes back to riff one and u play that

four times then the outro

outro

Guitar one

D|---------------
A|---------------
F|---------------

C|3~~-2~~-0~~~~~~

G|3~~-2~~-0~~~~~~

C|3~~-2~~-0~~~~~~

i guess thats pretty much it

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