The End Of Heartache Tab

Killswitch Engage
"The End of Heartache" from The End of Heartache - song #7
Tabbed by: shredyr
E-mail: hollowseedaxeman@hotmail.com
Any comments or requests, please e-mail me...

Tuning: C G C F A D (low to high) thicker strings will help a lot here, i suggest 12-56 ;)
bpm:124

» intro
lightly palm mute the open notes
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------8-------------|
F|---10p9-------10p9-------10p9-------10p9-----------9------9---|
C|-----------0----------0----------0-----------0--------10------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------|

the second guitar plays these chords, let them ring out
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----0------------------------------------------10-------------|
G|----0------------------------------------------10-------------|
C|----0------------------------------------------10-------------|

» intro part 2/verse riff 1
these are the first two sequences... palm mute the open chords
D|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------9/10\9--10/12---|------------------------------9/10\9--10---|
G|---0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-------7/-8\7--10/12---|---0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-------7/-8\7--10---|
C|---0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0---------------10/12---|---0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0---------------10---|

...then play this for the third and fourth times... palm mute the eights
D|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------9/10\9--10/12---|-----------------------------------8/10--10\---|
G|---8-8-8-8---8--8-8-8-8-------7/-8\7--10/12---|---8-8-8-8---8--8-8-8-8------------8/10--10\---|
C|---8-8-8-8---8--8-8-8-8---------------10/12---|---8-8-8-8---8--8-8-8-8------------8/10--10\---|

» fill riff 1/verse riff 2
this is the cool depths of hell sounding riff
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---------------------------|
C|---0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0--7h10p7h10p7--6h9p6h9p6---|

and this is the second part of it
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0--5h8p5h8p5--4h7p4h7p4-----|
C|---0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---------------------------|

then end it with this
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
F|------------------|
C|------8/10--10\---|
G|------8/10--10\---|
C|------8/10--10\---|

» chorus riff
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------10-10----10-10----10-10----10-10-10------------9--9-----9--9-----9--9-----9--9--9--9---|
C|---8-8-8-10-10--8-10-10--8-10-10--8-10-10-10--8--7-7-7-10-10--7-10-10--7-10-10--7-10-10-10-10---|
G|---8-8-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--7-7-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---|
C|---8-8-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--7-7-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---|

D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-5-0---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-12-10-7---|
G|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-5-0---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-12-10-7---|
C|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-5-0---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-12-10-7---|

» fill riff 2
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!! oh yeah, and lightly palm mute the first time through
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---0-0-10p0h8p0h10p0h8p0h7p0h8p0h7p0h5p0h7p0h5p0h3p0h2p0h3p0h2p0h3p0---|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

the second guitar plays {verse riff 1} and then hits this pinch harmonic
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
F|----------------|
C|----------------|
G|----------------|
C|------5*~-------|

» heavy breakdown riff
this is mostly palm muted, you can listen for the exact timing
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------0-1-----------0-1---|
G|-----------------------0------0---0-0-0----0-0--0-1--0-0-0-0--0-1---|
C|---5h6p5--0--5--0--3~--0------0---0-0-0----0-0--0-1--0-0-0-0--0-1---|

» clean fill riff
lightly palm mute the open notes
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
C|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|------------------------------------------------------8---8---8---8---|
A|------------------------------------------------------x---x---x---x---|
F|-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---|
C|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

» finishing riff
palm mute this one
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
F|--------------------------|
C|---0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0---|
G|---0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0---|
C|---0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0---|

 /  slide up
 \  slide down
 h  hammer-on
 p  pull-off
 ~  vibrato
 *  pinch harmonic
 x  Mute note

Well there ya go, this is all of the riffs, peice them in where there are gaps and enjoy!
I will have more tabs from their new cd on here soon hopefully.
Killswitch is one of my favorite bands and I look for them to do big things in the future...