Forever

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Song

Artist: Breaking Benjamin

Song: Forever

Album: Saturate

Tabbed by: DarkStar11589

http://www.shallowbay.com

Notation:

h - hammer on

p - pull off

b - bend string up

r - release bend

/ - slide up

\ - slide down

pm - palm muting

ah - artificial harmonic

nh - natural harmonic

Tuning (low to high): Db, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb

Intro (pluck fingerstyle)

Eb|-4----------4------------------|-4----------4------------------|
Bb|-5----------5------------------|-5----------5------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Dd|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Ad|-0----------0------------------|-0----------0------------------|
Dd|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Bb|-4----------5--------------x---|-4----------5------------------|
Gb|-4----------4--------------x---|-4----------4--------------4/9-|
Dd|---------------------------x---|-------------------------------|
Ad|---------------------------x---|-------------------------------|
Dd|-2----------2--------------x---|-2----------2------------------|

Verse (00:09) "Do you know..."

Guitar 1

Eb|-------------7-----------------|-------------7-----------------|
Bb|---------9----------9----------|---------9----------9----------|
Gb|-----9--------------------9----|--------------------------9----|
Dd|-7-----------------------------|-----7-------------------------|
Ad|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Dd|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------2-----------------|-------------2-----------------|
Bb|---------5----------5----------|--------------------5----------|
Gb|-----4--------------------4----|---------4----------------4----|
Dd|-2-----------------------------|----2--------------------------|
Ad|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Dd|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

*play 6x

Guitar 2

Eb|-4----------4------------------|-4----------4------------------|
Bb|-5----------5------------------|-5----------5------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Dd|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Ad|-0----------0------------------|-0----------0------------------|
Dd|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Bb|-4----------5------------------|-4----------5------------------|
Gb|-4----------4------------------|-4----------4------------------|
Dd|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Ad|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Dd|-2----------2------------------|-2----------2------------------|

*play 6x

Chorus (01:02) "Can I stay alive..."

Eb|-4-------------4---------------|-7--------------7--------------|
Bb|-5---------------------5-------|-7--------------------7--------|
Gb|-6-----------------------------|-9--------------------------9--|
Dd|-6-----------------------------|-9-----------------------------|
Ad|-4-----------------------------|-7-----------------------------|
Dd|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Eb|-0-----------------------------|-0-----------------------------|
Bb|-5-----------------------------|-5-----------------------------|
Gb|-4-----------------------------|-4-----------------------------|
Dd|-2-----------------------------|-2-----------------------------|
Ad|-0-----------------------------|-0-----------------------------|
Dd|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Eb|-4------------------4----------|-------------7-----------------|
Bb|-5------------------------5----|---------------------7---------|
Gb|-6-----------------------------|---------9-----------------7---|
Dd|-6-----------------------------|-----9-------------------------|
Ad|-4-----------------------------|-7-----------------------------|
Dd|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------0-----------------|-------------0-----------------|
Bb|-------------5-----------------|-------------5-----------------|
Gb|---------4---------------------|---------4---------------------|
Dd|-----2-------------------------|-----2--------------------2----|
Ad|-0-----------------------------|-0-----------------------------|
Dd|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Eb|-4------------------4----------|-------------7-----------------|
Bb|-5------------------------5----|---------------------7---------|
Gb|-6-----------------------------|---------9-----------------7---|
Dd|-6-----------------------------|-----9-------------------------|
Ad|-4-----------------------------|-7-----------------------------|
Dd|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------0-----------------|-0-----------------------------|
Bb|-------------5-----------------|-5-----------------------------|
Gb|---------4-----------------4---|-4-----------------------------|
Dd|-----2-------------------------|-2-----------------------------|
Ad|-0-----------------------------|-0-----------------------------|
Dd|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

*(01:29) play this after chorus

Eb|-------------2-----------------|-------------2-----------------|
Bb|-------------------5-----------|---------------------5---------|
Gb|-------------------------4-----|---------4------------------4--|
Dd|-------------------------------|-----2-------------------------|
Ad|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Dd|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

Back to verse (01:34)

Outro (02:58) w/ distortion

Eb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Dd|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
Ad|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
Dd|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|

*p.m. (let off p.m toward end of measure)

Eb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Gb|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9-|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9-|
Dd|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9-|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9-|
Ad|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
Dd|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Dd|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
Ad|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
Dd|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
Eb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Gb|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9-|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9-|
Dd|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9-|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9-|
Ad|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
Dd|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Dd|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
Ad|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
Dd|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|

Guitar 2 (03:20)

Eb|------|
Bb|------|
Gb|------|
Dd|------|
Ad|------|

Dd|-14\--|

Eb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Gb|-9---9---9--11--11--11--13--13-|-9---9---9--11--11--11--13--13-|
Dd|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Ad|-7---7---7---9---9---9--11--11-|-7---7---7---9---9---9--11--11-|
Dd|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Gb|-14--13--13--14--13--13--14-13-|-13--14--13--13--16--16--16-16-|
Dd|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Ad|-12--11--11--12--11--11--12-11-|-11--12--11--11--14--14--14-14-|
Dd|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

*play 2x

Guitars 1 & 2

Eb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Dd|-2---------------(2)-----------|-------------------------------|
Ad|-2---------------(2)-----------|-------------------------------|
Dd|-2---------------(2)-----------|-------------------------------|

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