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Kill Me Quickly

Thrice
Tab
4.4(5)

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

Song

Song: Kill Me Quickly

Artist: Thrice

Album: The Illusion of Safety

Tabbed by: Christian / silent_warrior_@hotmail.com

p - Pull off

h - Hammer on

PM - Palm mute

Tuning - Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

Most of it is lead guitar. It's all in order, just figure out the times to play each riff.

Intro/Verse

|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-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--2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|
|---------------------------------|

|-8p5-0h5-7p5-0h5-8p5-0h5-7p5-0h5-|

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---0---0---0---0---0---0----0----0---0---0---0---0---0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|
|-9---9---9---9---7---7---10---10---9---9---9---7---7---12---12---10---10---10---10---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
|-9---9---7---7---5---5---5---5---4---4---4---4---|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

|-8p5-0h5-7p5-0h5-8p5-0h5-7p5-0h5-|

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-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--2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|
|---------------------------------|

|-8p5-0h5-7p5-0h5-8p5-0h5-7p5-0h5-|

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-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--2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|
|---------------------------------|

|-8p5-0h5-7p5-0h5-8p5-0h5-7p5-0h5-|

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--1--1-1-|
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--1--1-1-|
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--1--1-1-|

PM - -

Bridge

|---0---0---0---0---0-|
|-5---5---5---5---5---|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|

Don't pick the string, just hammer on and pull off

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-0h8p0-0h8p0-0h8p0-0h8p0-0h7p0-0h7p0-0h7p0-0h7p0-0h10p0-0h10p10-0h10p10-0h10p10-0h8p0-0h8p0-0h8p0-0h8p0-|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|12-8-0-12-8-0-12-8-0-12-8-0-8--10-7-0-10-7-0-10-7-0-10-7-0-7--13-10-0-13-10-0-13-10-0-13-10-0-10--12-8-0-12-8-0|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-2-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2-|

PM- - - -

Outro with some slight variations and palm mutes

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|    |-----|
|--------8-8-8-8---------8-8-8-8---------3-3-3-3---------8-8-8-7--|    |-----|
|--------7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7---------2-2-2-2---------7-7-7-7--|    |-----|
|-2-2-2-----------2-2-2-----------5-5-5-----------9-9-9-----------|    |--2--|
|-2-2-2-----------2-2-2-----------5-5-5-----------9-9-9-----------|    |--2--|
|-2-2-2-----------2-2-2-----------5-5-5-----------9-9-9-----------|    |--2--|

PM- - - - - - - -

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