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End of the World

The Living End
Tab
★4.8(5)

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

Song

END OF THE WORLD

/= slide up

\= slide down

p= pull off

h= hammer on

pm= palm mute

b= half bend

^= full bend

v= bring bend down

This song is more than possible to do with just one guitar,

but I'll write out two guitar parts because it's easier.

Intro:

Rythem

Bm Bb dim

e----2--2---0--0----|
b----3--3---2--2----|
g--4-4--4-3-3--3----|
d--4-4--4-2-2--2----| x4
a--2-2--2-1-1--1----|
e-------------------|

Lead

e------2--------0-----------|-----2--2-2h3p2p0--------------------|
b------3--3-----2--2--------|-----3------------3------------------|
g--3/4-4---4--3-3---3--(x3)-|-3/4-4--------------2-3-4~-----------|
d---------------------------|-------------------------------------|
a---------------------------|-------------------------------------|
e---------------------------|-------------------------------------|

Verse 1: With the Palm mute chords, strum down-down, down-up-down.

Rythem

Bm Em

e---------------------------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------------------------|
g----4------4-----------------------------4------4--------|
d--4-4--4-4-4--(x16)----2------2--(x2)--4-4--4-4-4--(x2)--|
a--2-2--2-2-2---------2-2--2-2-2--------2-2--2-2-2--------|
e---------------------0-0--0-0-0--------------------------|

pm.....................................................

"Last night I had me a dream son,

the end of the world could be seen.

No sign of life could I feel son,

nothing was what it had been.

Black as the night, life out of sight..."

F#/Db G A

e-------------------------------|----------------------|
b-------------------------------|----------------------|
g-------------------------------|---4------4-----------|
d----2------2----5--x-x--7--x-x-|-4-4--4-4-4--(x4)-----|
a--4-4--4-4-4----5--x-x--7--x-x-|-2-2--2-2-2-----------|
e--2-2--2-2-2----3--x-x--5--x-x-|----------------------|

pm.....................................................

"You can't imagine the scene."

Verse 2:

e---------------------------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------------------------|
g----4------4-----------------------------4------4--------|
d--4-4--4-4-4--(x16)----2------2--(x2)--4-4--4-4-4--(x2)--|
a--2-2--2-2-2---------2-2--2-2-2--------2-2--2-2-2--------|
e---------------------0-0--0-0-0--------------------------|

pm.....................................................

"Well last night I had me a dream son,

the end of the world could be seen.

I didn't know where to turn son,

The absence of life was obscene.

The end of time, or just in my mind..."

e---------------------------------|
b---------------------------------|
g--------------------------4--4---|
d----2------2----5----7----4--4---|
a--4-4--4-4-4----5----7----2--2---|
e--2-2--2-2-2----3----5-----------|

pm........

"I know that it's hard to believe!"

Verse 1:

Lead

e-----------------------0----------------2-----------------|
b-----------------------0----------------3-----------------|
g-----------------------1----------------4-----------------|
d-----------------------2----------------4-----------------|
a-------------/2-0------2----------------2-----------------|
e------------------3-2--0----------------------------------|
e--2---------------------------------2------------5/6/7----|
b--2---------------------------------3---------------------|
g--3---------------------------------4---------------------|
d--2---------------------------------4---------------------|
a--4----------------0h2p0------------2---------------------|
e--2----------0h2h3-------2--------------------------------|

pm.............

Verse 2:

e----5/6/7--------------0----------------2-----------------|
b-----------------------0----------------3-----------------|
g-----------------------1----------------4-----------------|
d-----------------------2----------------4-----------------|
a-------------/2-0------2----------------2-----------------|
e------------------3-2--0----------------------------------|
e--2-------------------------------|
b--2-------------------------------|
g--3------------------4----4-------|
d--2--------5----7----4----4-------|
a--4--------5----7----2----2-------|
e--2--------3----5-----------------|

Chorus: One Guitar

e----2------2------2------2-------5------5------5------5-----|
b----3------3------3------3-------5------5------5------5-----|
g--4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-------6------6------6------6-----|
d--4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-----7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7--| x2
a--2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--0--7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7--|
e----------------------------0--5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--|

"And I can almost see the end of the world"

e----0------0-------2------2-------2------------|
b----0------0-------3------3-------2------------|
g----0------0-----4-4--4-4-4--4----3-------2----|
d--2-2--2-2-2--2--4-4--4-4-4--4--2-2--2-5--2----|
a--2-2--2-2-2--2--2-2--2-2-2--2--4-4--4-5--0----|
e--0-0--0-0-0--0-----------------2-2--2-3-------|

Intro

Verse 3: Same as Verse 2

Chorus

Pre Solo: Slow it down

e--2--------2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--|
b--3--------3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--|
g--4----2\--4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--|
d--4----2\--4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--|
a--2----2\--2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--|
e-------2\--------------------------------------------------------|
e--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---------|
b--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---------|
g--3-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1---------|
d--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---------|
a--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---------|
e--------------------------------0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---------|
e--0-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7---------|
b--0-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8---------|
g--1-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8---------|
d--2-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9---------|
a--2-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7---------|
e--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0----------------------------------|
e--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7----------------2--2--2--2-----------|
b--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8-------2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----------|
g--8-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7----2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3-----------|
d--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----------|
a--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--0-0--0--0--0--4--4--4--4-----------|
e------------------------------0-------------2--2--2--2-----------|

Solo: Backround Chords are

Bm,

Em, Bm, F#/Db, G, A, Bm

e----------------------------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------------------|
g----------------------------------------------------------|
d-----------------------------/5-5-5--4-4-4--8-8-8--4-4-4--|
a--2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4--5-5-5-------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------------------|
g----------------------------------------------------------|
d--/9-9-9-9-9-7-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-2-2-2-4~-------|
a----------------------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------|
e----7----9----10-12--------------14^v---------------------|
b---------------------------14h15------15------------------|
g--4---/6---/7----9-----/16---------------16~--------------|
d----------------------------------------------------------|
a----------------------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------|

Nutcase bit

e------14h15p14---------------------------------------------------------------------|
b--------------17h15-----15p14-----16p14--------------------------------------------|
g-/16---------------16h14-----16p14-------14-16p14----------------------------------|
d---------------------------------------16--------16p14-----14----------------------|
a------------------------------------------------------17p14---17p14--14--------14--|
e-------------------------------------------------------------------17--17p14h17----|
e--7-0---0-5-0---0-3-0---0-5-0---0-------------------------0--|
b------5-------5-------5-------5---7p6h7----------------0--0--|
g----------------------------------------7-6-6h7p6-6-2-/4--4--|
d-------------------------------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------------------------------|
e-------------------------------------------------------------|
e---------3-2h3p2p0---2-----------9--------(10)----|
b-----2-3-----------3---0--------12----------------|
g--/4----------------------------11----------------|
d--------------------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------|

()= Harmonic

Last Verse: Rest until "Black as the night"

Rythem

Em, Bm, F#/Db, G, A, Bm

Lead

e---------------3--------------2--------------0--------------|
b-------------5---5----------3---3----------2---2-------3----|
g-----------4--------(x2)--4--------(x2)--3-------(x2)-------|
d------------------------------------------------------------|
a-/2-0-------------------------------------------------------|
e------3-2---------------------------------------------------|

pm............................................

Chorus

Intro

Outro:

e-----------------------9-----|
b-----------------------12----|
g--4-3-2----------------11----|
d--------4-3-2-0--------9-----|
a----------------0-2----------|
e-----------------------------|

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