My Last Serenade Tab

Killswitch Engage: "My Last Serenade"
(2002, Alive Or Just Breathing)
Full Tab Submitted by Mikey
Email: chasethegreenpaper@hotmail.com

Strummed acoustic simulator intro

|-2---2-10-|
|-3-5-3-7--|
|-2-5-2-7--|
|-0-3-0-0--|
|-0-0-0-0--|
|----------|

Distorted intro

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-4p0-0-0-4p0-0-0-4p0-0-0-----------------|
|-4p0-0-0-4p0-0-0-4p0-0-0-----------------|
|-4p0-0-0-4p0-0-0-4p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
                          pmpmpmpmpmpmpmpm

Verse 1

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------3-----------|
|-1-0-1-3-1-0---0-1-3-1-0---1-0-1-3-1-0--3-0-0-5-0-7-|
|-1-0-1-3-1-0---0-1-3-1-0---1-0-1-3-1-0--1-0-0-5-0-7-|
|-1-0-1-3-1-0---0-1-3-1-0---1-0-1-3-1-0----0-0-5-0-7-|
  pmpmpmpmpmpm  pmpmpmpmpm  pmpmpmpmpm     pmpm  pm

Prechorus

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------| and immediately
|---------------------------------10-10-10-10-7-5-5-3-|   back again
|-3p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10-10-10-10-7-5-5-3-|
|-3p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8--7--7--8--5-3-3-1-|
|-3p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------|
      pmpmpmpmpmpmpmpmpmpmpmpmpmpm

Chorus

|--------          |-------|
|--------          |-6-5-6-|
|---5-10- Guitar 1 |-5-5-5-| Guitar 2
|-0-5-10-          |-0-0-0-|
|-0-3-8--          |-------|
|-0---8--          |-------|

Turnaround (Played at end of each bar of chorus)

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-----2-3/2------2/3-|
|--------------3-----|
|-0-0--------0-------|
  pmpm       pm

Verse 2, Part I (G5 bar chord and intro turnaround played
simultaneously over both guitars.)

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----10h12-----0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-7-|
|----8-----10---0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-7-|
|-0h7--------8--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-7-|
                pmpmpmpmpmpm pmpmpmpmpmpm pmpmpmpmpmpm

Verse 2, Part II, Guitar 1

|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------3-----------|
|-1-0-1-3-1-0---0-1-3-1-0---1-0-1-3-1-0--0-3-0-0-5-0-7-|
|-1-0-1-3-1-0---0-1-3-1-0---1-0-1-3-1-0--0-1-0-0-5-0-7-|
|-1-0-1-3-1-0---0-1-3-1-0---1-0-1-3-1-0--0---0-0-5-0-7-|
  pmpmpmpmpmpm  pmpmpmpmpm  pmpmpmpmpmpm pm  pmpm  pm

Verse 2, Part II, Guitar 2
(This part begins after Guitar 1 plays the bar above twice)

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

2nd chorus is actually the same minus the last turnaround: the guitars
split to harmonize again.

Last Turnaround, Guitar 2

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-----5-7/5------5h7-|
|--------------7-----|
|-0-0--------0-------|
  pmpm       pm

Killswitch songs are definitely an interesting breed as a lot of ear
training is needed to pick up all the intricacies.  Then again, those
intricacies are half the reason their music is so listenable.  Due to
the nature of this music, I cannot guarantee complete accuracy although
I know for a fact it's very close.