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Elegy
As I Lay Dying
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Artist: As I Lay Dying
Song: Elegy
Album: Frail Words Collapse (2003)
This is an awesome song and me and my friends play it all the time and we know
that this is right 100%
pm: palm mute
h: hammer on
p: pull off
/: slide
Intro (both guitars)
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------0------------------8/10-8-7h8-7h8p7------------------|
G|-----8p7p0-10p8p0---0---8p7p0-10p8p0--------------------10-8-7h8---------|
C|-00---------------0-0-0--------------0-----------------------------------|
pm .. . . .
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------0----------------------7-8-5-7---10-8-7----7---------|
G|-----8p7p0-10p8p0---0---8p7p0-10p8p0---5-8---------8--------10---8-10-7-8|
C|-00---------------0-0-0--------------0-----------------------------------|
pm .. . . . . . . . . . .(gradually release pm)
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------0------------------8/10-8-7h8-7h8p7------------------|
G|-----8p7p0-10p8p0---0---8p7p0-10p8p0--------------------10-8-7h8---------|
C|-00---------------0-0-0--------------0-----------------------------------|
pm .. . . .
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------0----------------------7-8-5-7----777~--333~---------|
G|-----8p7p0-10p8p0---0---8p7p0-10p8p0---5-8---------8--777~--333~---------|
C|-00---------------0-0-0--------------0----------------777~--333~---------|
pm .. . . . . . . . . . . .. ..
Verse
Gtr 1 2x
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------7-8-5-7---0-----------------7-8-5-7---10--8-7-8--7-5-7-------------|
G|--5-8---------8-0-------------5-8---------8------------------------------|
C|----------------0-000-000-000--------------------------------------------|
pm ... ... ...
Gtr 2
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------0~-------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------0~-------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------0~-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------|
C|--0~---------------------------0---------------|
G|--0~---------------------------0-dont let ring-|
C|--0~---------------------------0---------------|
Both Guitars 4x
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------7-8-5-7---0-----------------7-8-5-7---10--8-7-8--7-5-7-------------|
G|--5-8---------8-0-------------5-8---------8------------------------------|
C|----------------0-000-000-000--------------------------------------------|
pm ... ... ...
Pre-Chorus
Both Guitars 2x
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------10-8-7--------|
G|------7---7h8---3---10-8-7-8-7-5------7---7h8---3---10-8-7---------------|
C|--0-0---0-----0---0---------------0-0---0-----0---0----------------------|
pm . . . . . . . . . .
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------8--8---10--10-10-10--------|
G|------7---7h8---3---10-8-7-8-7-5------7---7h8-8--8---10--10-10-10--------|
C|--0-0---0-----0---0---------------0-0---0-----8--8---10--10-10-10--------|
pm . . . . . . . .
Chorus
Both Guitars
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-8-------0-----------8-------0--------10---------------------------------|
G|-8-(16x)-0-(16x)-----8-(16x)-0-(8x)---10-(8x)----------------------------|
C|-8-------0-----------8-------0--------10---------------------------------|
Gtr 1
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-8-------0-----------8-------0--------10---------------------------------|
G|-8-(16x)-0-(16x)-----8-(16x)-0-(8x)---10-(8x)----------------------------|
C|-8-------0-----------8-------0--------10---------------------------------|
Gtr 2
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-10-9-7--7/9/7/5/7---10-9-7--12-10-99/10---------------------------------|
C|-x--x-x--x/x/x/x/x---x--x-x--x--x--xx/x----------------------------------|
G|-8--7-5--5/7/5/3/5---8--7-5--10-8--77/8----------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro (both guitars)
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------0------------------8/10-8-7h8-7h8p7------------------|
G|-----8p7p0-10p8p0---0---8p7p0-10p8p0--------------------10-8-7h8---------|
C|-00---------------0-0-0--------------0-----------------------------------|
pm .. . . .
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------0----------------------7-8-5-7---10-8-7----7---------|
G|-----8p7p0-10p8p0---0---8p7p0-10p8p0---5-8---------8--------10---8-10-7-8|
C|-00---------------0-0-0--------------0-----------------------------------|
pm .. . . . . . . . . . .(gradually release pm)
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------0------------------8/10-8-7h8-7h8p7------------------|
G|-----8p7p0-10p8p0---0---8p7p0-10p8p0--------------------10-8-7h8---------|
C|-00---------------0-0-0--------------0-----------------------------------|
pm .. . . .
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------0----------------------7-8-5-7----777~--333~---------|
G|-----8p7p0-10p8p0---0---8p7p0-10p8p0---5-8---------8--777~--333~---------|
C|-00---------------0-0-0--------------0----------------777~--333~---------|
pm .. . . . . . . . . . . .. ..
Breakdown
Gtr 1
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|-000-0-0-000-000---000-0-000-000---|
G|-000-0-0-000-000---000-0-000-000---|
C|-000-0-0-000-000---000-0-000-000---|
pm ... . . ... ... ... . ... ...
Both Guitars 4x
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|-000-0-0-000-000---000-0-000-000---|
G|-000-0-0-000-000---000-0-000-000---|
C|-000-0-0-000-000---000-0-000-000---|
pm ... . . ... ... ... . ... ...
Gtr 1 4x
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------|
C|------7-8-5-7---10-8-7----7----------------|
G|--5-8---------8--------10---8-10-7-8-------|
C|-------------------------------------------|
Gtr 2 4x
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|-000-0-0-000-000---000-0-000-000---|
G|-000-0-0-000-000---000-0-000-000---|
C|-000-0-0-000-000---000-0-000-000---|
pm ... . . ... ... ... . ... ...
Pre-Chorus
Both Guitars
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------10-8-7--------|
G|------7---7h8---3---10-8-7-8-7-5------7---7h8---3---10-8-7---------------|
C|--0-0---0-----0---0---------------0-0---0-----0---0----------------------|
pm . . . . . . . . . .
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------8--8---10--10-10-10--------|
G|------7---7h8---3---10-8-7-8-7-5------7---7h8-8--8---10--10-10-10--------|
C|--0-0---0-----0---0---------------0-0---0-----8--8---10--10-10-10--------|
pm . . . . . . . .
Chorus
Both Guitars
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-8-------0-----------8-------0--------10---------------------------------|
G|-8-(16x)-0-(16x)-----8-(16x)-0-(8x)---10-(8x)----------------------------|
C|-8-------0-----------8-------0--------10---------------------------------|
Gtr 1
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-8-------0-----------8-------0--------10---------------------------------|
G|-8-(16x)-0-(16x)-----8-(16x)-0-(8x)---10-(8x)----------------------------|
C|-8-------0-----------8-------0--------10---------------------------------|
Gtr 2
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-10-9-7--7/9/7/5/7---10-9-7--12-10-99/10---------------------------------|
C|-x--x-x--x/x/x/x/x---x--x-x--x--x--xx/x----------------------------------|
G|-8--7-5--5/7/5/3/5---8--7-5--10-8--77/8----------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro 2x
Gtr 1
D|---------|
A|---------|
F|---------|
C|-8~------|
G|-8~------|
C|-8~------|
Gtr 2
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------14-15-12-14----17-15-14----14-------------------------------------|
C|-12-15-------------15----------17----15-17-14-15-------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1
D|---------|
A|---------|
F|---------|
C|-0~------|
G|-0~------|
C|-0~------|
Gtr 2
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------14-15-12-14----17-15-14----14-------------------------------------|
C|-12-15-------------15----------17----15-17-14-15-------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1
D|---------|
A|---------|
F|---------|
C|-8~------|
G|-8~------|
C|-8~------|
Gtr 2
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------14-15-12-14----17-15-14----14-------------------------------------|
C|-12-15-------------15----------17----15-17-14-15-------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1
D|---------|
A|---------|
F|---------|
C|-0~------|
G|-0~------|
C|-0~------|
Gtr 2
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------15----------------------------------------------|
F|-------14-15-12-14----17----17-15-14-15-14-12-14-------------------------|
C|-12-15-------------15----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
____________________________________________________________________________
Gtr 2 repeats those 4 bars throughout outro until fade out
Gtr 1 then plays chorus through fade out
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-8-------0-----------8-------0--------10---------------------------------|
G|-8-(16x)-0-(16x)-----8-(16x)-0-(8x)---10-(8x)----------------------------|
C|-8-------0-----------8-------0--------10---------------------------------|
Gtr 3 comes in with original Gtr 2 part of chorus through fade out
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-10-9-7--7/9/7/5/7---10-9-7--12-10-99/10---------------------------------|
C|-x--x-x--x/x/x/x/x---x--x-x--x--x--xx/x----------------------------------|
G|-8--7-5--5/7/5/3/5---8--7-5--10-8--77/8----------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
That's all of it...im an ok guitarist and can play this song and again, this is
100%...ive listened over and over again
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