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My Last Serenade

Killswitch Engage

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Killswitch Engage
Alive Or Just Breathing
My Last Serenade
Drop C (C G C F A D)
/ means slide, and . means palm muted.

My take on the acoustic intro
|-----------|
|--6--5--6--|
|--5--5--5--|
|--3--3--3--|
|--0--0--0--|
|-----------|

Intro Riff
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--1h4-000-1h4-000-1h4-000-4-3-1-0--5-4-2-1--|
      ...     ...     ... . . . .  . . . .

Verse Riff
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------3---------------|
|--1-0-1-3-1-0--0-1-3-1-0--1-0-1-3-1-0---1----3----5-----|
|--1-0-1-3-1-0--0-1-3-1-0--1-0-1-3-1-0-0---00-3-00-5-00--|
     . . . .      . . .      . . . .   .   ..   ..   ..
Pre-Chorus
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------10--10--10---5/7/5---3/5/3----|
|-1/3p0-------------------8---7---7/8--3/5/3---1/3/1----|
|-1/3p0-000-0-000-0-000-0---0---0-----0------0-------0--|
        ...   ...   ... .   .   .     .      .       .

Chorus
Im only one person, so I put the lead and rhythm on one guitar.
|-------------------------------------------|
|--6---5---6---5----------------------------|
|--5---5---5---5----------------------------|
|--3---3---5---5---10------2-3p2-------2h3--|
|--3---3---3---3---10---------------3-------|
|--3---3-----------8-----00-0-----03-0------|
                         .. .     .. .

Upside down riff
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--------10/12---------------------------------|
|------8-------10---00000-0000000-0000000-1/3--|
|--0h7------------8-00000-0000000-0000000-1/3--|
   . .              ..... ....... .......

Little part above the verse riff
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--5/777777777777777-7/10101010101010-10/777777777777777--|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--3/555555555555555-5/888888888888888-7/555555555555555--|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

Song Order
Acoustic part   x100
Intro riff      x4
Verse riff      x4
Intro riff      x4
Pre-chorus      x4
Chorus          x4
Upsidedown riff x4
little part above verse riff x2 + Verse riff x4 (one guitar does the above riff twice, 
guitar does the verse riff twice, then they both the verse riff twice together)
Pre-Chorus      x4
Chorus          x4

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My Last Serenade

Killswitch Engage