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57

As recorded by Biffy Clyro

(From the 2002 Album BLACKENED SKY)

Words by Simon Neil

Music by Biffy Clyro

Transcribed by GuitarHero_JP

Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Simon Neil Distortion'

Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Simon Neil Clean'

Intro

Q=115

5/4 3/4

Gtr II Gtr I

E E E E S S E E E Q Q E S S S S S S

|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|-----4-4-------4-4----|------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-x-x-3-3-3----|-0--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-4-4-4-4-x-x-4-4-4----|-0--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-4-4-4-4-x-x-4-4-4----|-0--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

5/4 3/4

E E E E. S E E E Q Q E S S S S S S

|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4----|------------------|
|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3----|-0--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4----|-0--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4----|-0--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

5/4

E E E E S S E E E Q Q E S S S S S S

||-----------------------|-------------------||
||o----------------------|------------------o||
||--4-4-4-4-x-x-4-4-4----|-------------------||
||--3-3-3-3-x-x-3-3-3----|-0--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
||o-4-4-4-4-x-x-4-4-4----|-0--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
||--4-4-4-4-x-x-4-4-4----|-0--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||

Verse 1

Q=108 1.

4/4

Gtr II

W W W W

||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||--6--------|-7--------|-6--------|-7-----||
||--4--------|-7--------|-4--------|-7-----||
||o-4--------|-5--------|-4--------|-5----o||
||--4--------|-0--------|-4--------|-0-----||

2.

|-3-|

H. E E E

|----------------||
|----------------||
|-7-------11-9-7-||
|-7--------------||
|-5--------9-7-5-||
|-0--------0-0-0-||

|-3-| |-3-|

Q E. E E S E E E Q E. E E S E E E

||--------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------------|
||--6--6--6-6-6-6-7-9-|-11--11--11-11-11-11-9-7-|
||--4--4--4-4-4-4-----|-------------------------|
||o-4--4--4-4-4-4-5-7-|--9---9---9--9--9--9-7-5-|
||--4--4--4-4-4-4-0-0-|--0---0---0--0--0--0-0-0-|

1.

|-3-| |-3-|

Q E. E E S E E E Q E. E E S E E E

|-------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------------o||
|-6--6--6-6-6-6-7-9-|-11--11--11-11-11-11-9-7---||
|-4--4--4-4-4-4-----|---------------------------||
|-4--4--4-4-4-4-5-7-|--9---9---9--9--9--9-7-5--o||
|-4--4--4-4-4-4-0-0-|--0---0---0--0--0--0-0-0---||

2.

Gtr I

Q E. E E S S S S S

|---------------------||
|---------------------||
|-7--7--7-7-x-x-7-7-7-||
|-----------x-x-7-7-7-||
|-5--5--5-5-x-x-5-5-5-||
|-0--0--0-0-x-x-0-0-0-||

Pre-Chorus

Q E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S

|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9-9-9-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|

Q E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S

|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9/11-11-11-|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/=9--9--9-|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------|

Q E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S

|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9-9-9-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9--9-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9--9-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9--9-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

Q E S S S S S S E S S Wx2

|------------------------|--------|
|------------------------|--------|
|-7--7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9-9-9-|--------|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|--------|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|--------|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|--------|

Chorus

Q E S S S S E E S S Q E S S S S E E S S

|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

Q E S S S S E E S S Q E S S S S E E S S

|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

Gtr I

Q E S S S S E E S S Q E S S S S E E S S

|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

|

| Gtr II

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----5-----------5-----|-----5-----------5-----|
|-2-3---3---2---3---3---|-2-3---3---2---3---3---|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|

Q E S S S S E E S S Q E S S S S E E S S

|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

|

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----5-----------5-----|-----5-----------5-----|
|-2-3---3---2---3---3---|-2-3---3---2---3---3---|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|

Pre-Verse & Verse 2

Gtr I

|-3-| |-3-|

Q E. E E S E E E Q E. E E S E E E

||--------------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------|
||--11--11--11-11-11-11-9-7-|-6--6--6-6-6-6-7-9-|
||--------------------------|-4--4--4-4-4-4-----|
||o--9---9---9--9--9--9-7-5-|-4--4--4-4-4-4-5-7-|
||---0---0---0--0--0--0-0-0-|-4--4--4-4-4-4-0-0-|

1.

|-3-| |-3-|

Q E. E E S E E E Q E. E E S E E E

|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------o||
|-11--11--11-11-11-11-9-7-|-6--6--6-6-6-6-7-9---||
|-------------------------|-4--4--4-4-4-4-------||
|--9---9---9--9--9--9-7-5-|-4--4--4-4-4-4-5-7--o||
|--0---0---0--0--0--0-0-0-|-4--4--4-4-4-4-0-0---||

2.

Q E. E E S S S S S

|---------------------||
|---------------------||
|-6--6--6-6-6-6-x-x-x-||
|-4--4--4-4-4-4-x-x-x-||
|-4--4--4-4-4-4-x-x-x-||
|-4--4--4-4-4-4-x-x-x-||

Pre-Chorus 2

Q E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S

|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9-9-9-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|

Q E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S

|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9/11-11-11-|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/=9--9--9-|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------|

Q E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S

|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9-9-9-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9--9-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9--9-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9--9-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

Gtr II

Q E S S S S S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.

|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9-9-9-|-------14----------14----|-------14------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|-11-12----12-11-12----12-|-11-12----12-11------|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------------------|---------------------|

Chorus

Bridge

Gtr I

Q E S S S S E E S S Q E S S S S E E S S

||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||--2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
||--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||o-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

|

| Gtr III

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

||------5-----------5-----|-----5-----------5-----|
||o-2-3---3---2---3---3---|-2-3---3---2---3---3---|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|

Q E S S S S E E S S Q E S S S S E E S S

|-----------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------o||
|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---o||
|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||

|

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----5-----------5-----|-----5-----------5--------||
|-2-3---3---2---3---3---|-2-3---3---2---3---3-----o||
|-----------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------o||
|-----------------------|--------------------------||

Outro

1.,2.,3. 4.

4/4 2/4 4/4

Gtr I

|-3-|

Q E. E E S E E E S E. E S S 4x S E. Q W +W

||--------------------------|-------------||---------|----------|--------|
||o-------------------------|------------o||---------|----------|--------|
||--11--11--11-11-11-11-9-7-|-6/7--7-7-7--||-6/7--7--|----------|--------|
||--------------------------|-4/5--5-5-5--||-4/5--5--|-0--------|-(0)----|
||o--9---9---9--9--9--9-7-5-|-4/5--5-5-5-o||-4/5--5--|-0--------|-(0)----|
||---0---0---0--0--0--0-0-0-|-4/5--5-5-5--||-4/5--5--|-0--------|-(0)----|

E Q. H

|-------------*|
|-------------*|
|-------------*|
|-0-----------*|
|-0-----------*|
|-0-----------*|

Duration Legend

---------------

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)

Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line

Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the

duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-

bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low

melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend

----------------

h - hammer-on

p - pull-off

b - bend

pb - pre-bend

r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)

/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

s - legato slide

S - shift slide

<n> - natural harmonic

[n] - artificial harmonic

n(n) - tapped harmonic

~ - vibrato

tr - trill

T - tap

TP - trem. picking

PM - palm muting

\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

\n - tremolo bar down

n/ - tremolo bar up

/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip

= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls

<> - volume swell (louder/softer)

x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash

o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend

-----------

| - bar

|| - double bar

||o - repeat start

o|| - repeat end

*| - double bar (ending)

: - bar (freetime)

$ - Segno

& - Coda

Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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