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A Steady Decline

After The Burial

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A# standard tuning (A#D#G#C#) This was when Lee used a 4 string.

Key:
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
~ - let ring
b - bend
r - rest
x - choke

Intro

C#-----------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
G#-----------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
D#----------------------6------|------------------------5-|---------------------------|
A#-(r)--1-1--1b-1-1--1/----1-1-|-1b-1---1-1--1b-1-1--1/---|-(r)--1-1--1b-1---1-1-1b-1-|

C#-----------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
G#-----------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
D#----------------------6------|------------------------5-|---------------------------|
A#-(r)--1-1--1b-1-1--1/----1-1-|-1b-1---1-1--1b-1-1--1/---|-(r)--1-1--1b-1---1-1-1b-1-|

C#-----------------------------|--------------------------|
G#-----------------------------|--------------------------|
D#----------------------6------|------------------------5-|
A#-(r)--1-1--1b-1-1--1/----1-1-|-1b-1---1-1--1b-1-1--1/---| x3

Pre-Chorus

C#---------------|-----------------|
G#---------------|-----------------|
D#---------------|-----------------|
A#-1~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-1x--------------|

Chorus

C#-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G#-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D#-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| x about 7

A#-1-1x-|

Riff #1

C#---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
G#---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
D#---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
A#-1-1~~~1-1-1-1~|~~1-1~~1-1~~|-1-1~~~1-1-1-1~|~~1-1~~1-1~~|

C#-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G#-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D#-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#-000x--000x-000x-|-(r)-000x--000x--|-000x--000x-000x-|-(r)-000x--000x--| x2 (all of it)

Riff #2

C#----------------|----------------|
G#--------3-3-3-3-|----------------|
D#----------------|----------------|
A#-1-1x-----------|-(r)-1-1x--1-1x-| x2

C#----------------|----------------|
G#----------------|----------------|
D#----------------|----------------|
A#-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

Breakdown #1

C#-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G#-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D#-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A#-0-0x---0-0x-|-0-0x---0-0x-|-0-0x---0-0x-|-0-0x---0-0x-|

C#------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G#------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D#------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A#-0-0~~0-0-1/12~~~~|-0-0~~0-0-1/12~~~~|-0-0~~0-0-1/12~~~~|-0-0~~0-0-1/12~~~~|

-guitar fill-

Chorus #2

C#-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G#-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D#-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| x about 3

Breakdown #2 (after guitar lick)

C#-------------------------|-----------------------|
G#-------------------------|-----------------------|
D#-000x---000000000x--000x-|-000000000x--000x-000x-|
A#-------------------------|-----------------------|

C#---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G#-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D#---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A#---------------------------------|---------------------------------| x2

-guitar fill-

A#-12/-| (slide down)

Buildup

C#-------------------------|------------------------------|
G#-------------------------|------------------------------|
D#-000x---000000000x--000x-|-000000000x--000x--000000000x-|
A#-------------------------|------------------------------|

C#-------------------------------------------|
G#-------------------------------------------|
D#-000x---000000000x--000000000x--000x--000x-|
A#-------------------------------------------|

C#---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G#-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D#---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A#---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

C#------|------|
G#------|------|
D#------|------|
A#-3x---|-3x---|

Breakdown #3

C#------------|---------------|----------------|-------------|
G#------------|---------------|----------------|-------------|
D#------------|---------------|----------------|-------------|
A#-3b~~2x-3b~~|-2x-2x--3b~~2x-|-(r)-3b~~2x-3b~~|~2x-2x-2x-2x-|

C#----------------|------------|---------------|----------|
G#----------------|------------|---------------|----------|
D#----------------|------------|---------------|----------|
A#-(r)-3b~~2x-3b~~|~2x-2x--3b~~|~2x-3b~~2x-3b~~|~2x-2x-2x-| x4

Outro

C#-----------------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
G#-----------------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
D#-----------------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
A#-1-1-1-1x--1-1-1-|-1x-1x--1-1-1-1-|-(r)-1-1-1-1x--1-1-|-1-1x--1x-1x-1x-|

C#-------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
G#-------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
D#-------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
A#-(r)-1-1-1-1x--1-1-|-1-1x-1x-1-1-1-|-1x--1-1-1-1x--1-|-1-1-1x--1x--1x-| x2

C#----------|
G#----------|
D#----------|
A#-1-1-1-1x-|

Enjoy.

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A Steady Decline

After The Burial