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This Is War Tabs by Alter Bridge

This Is War tab by Alter Bridge

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  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Key: Bbm

Intro:

  PM all low Bb string notes
Eb|-----|---------------------|---------------------|
Bb|-----|---------------------|---------------------|
Gb|-----|-5-------------------|-4-------------------|
Db|-----|-x-------------------|-x-------------------|
Ab|-----|-3-------------------|-2-------------------|
Bb|-0-0-|-----------------0-0-|-----------------0-0-|




Eb|---------------------|---------------------|
Bb|---------------------|---------------------|
Gb|-2-------------------|---------------------|
Db|-x-------------------|-1-------------------|
Ab|-3-------------------|-2-----------2--2--2-|
Bb|-----------------0-0-|-------------0--0--0-|
                   > > >
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Two parts for Intro ending:

  Guitar 1
Eb|---------------------|---------------------|
Bb|---------------------|---------------------|
Gb|-5-------------------|-4-------------------|
Db|-x-------------------|-x-------------------|
Ab|-3-------------------|-2-------------------|
Bb|-----------------0-0-|-----------------0-0-|

Eb|---------------------|
Bb|---------------------|
Gb|-2-------------------|  Guitar 1 joins Guitar 2
Db|-x-------------------|
Ab|-3-------------------|
Bb|---------------10b12-|

  Guitar 2 - repeated rhythm - 32nd notes
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|



Pre

Verse :
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|

Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------3-------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------2-------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------0-------|
Ab|--------------------------------7-5-4-0-5-4-2-0-2-1-0-----------|
Bb|-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------0---------|

Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|

Eb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-------10\----5/-----12\----4------|


muted second guitar part during last two bars of Pre

Verse :

Eb|-5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|

Eb|-5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--8--7--8--7--|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|





Verse 1:

Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------| play 3x
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------|

Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------12--------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------------14b16-----------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-3--------------7---------------6-------------------------------|
Bb|-1--------------5---------------4-------------------------------|

Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-12\------------0---------------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|

Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-10\------------0---------------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|

Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-8\-------------0---------------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|

Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------12--------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------------14b16-----------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-3--------------7---------------6-------------------------------|
Bb|-1--------------5---------------4-------------------------------|



PreChorus:

Eb|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Gb|-5-----------------------------|-8~-----------------------------|
Db|-7-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
Ab|-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|-0------------------------------|

Eb|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|-0--------0--------0------------|
Gb|-5-----------------------------|-4--------4--------4------------|
Db|-7-----------------------------|-4--------4--------4------------|
Ab|-0-----------------------------|-2--------2--------2------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|--------------------------12\---|



Chorus:

Eb|---------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------|
Db|-9---9---9-----------9---9---9---------------|
Ab|-7---7---7-----------7---7---7---------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|

Eb|---------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------|
Db|-9---9---9-----------9---9---9---7---7---7---|
Ab|-7---7---7-----------7---7---7---5---5---5---|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|

Eb|---------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------|
Db|-5---5---5-----------5---5---5---------------|
Ab|-3---3---3-----------3---3---3---------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------|

Eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-0---------------------------------------|
Db|-2---------------------------------------|
Ab|-0-------------------6-------/9----------|
Eb|---------------------4-------/7----------|

Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-7---7---7----------------------7---7---7----------------------|
Bb|-5---5---5------8---7---5---0---5---5---5------8---7---5---0---|

Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-7---7---7----------------------7---7---7------5---5---5-------|
Bb|-5---5---5------8---7---5---0---5---5---5------3---3---3-------|

Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-3---3---3----------------------3---3---3----------------------|
Bb|-1---1---1------8---7---5---0---1---1---1------8---7---5---0---|

Eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
Db|-2---------------------------------------|
Ab|-0-------------------6---------/9--------|
Bb|---------------------4---------/7--------|



PreVerse 2:

Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|

Eb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-------10\----5/-----12\----4------|



Verse 2:

Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------| play 3x
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------|

Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------12-12-12-12-0----|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-3--------------7---------------6-------------------------------|
Bb|-1--------------5---------------4-------------------------------|

Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-12\------------0---------------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|

Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-10\------------0---------------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|

Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-8\-------------0---------------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|

Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------12--------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------------14b16-----------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-3--------------7---------------6-------------------------------|
Bb|-1--------------5---------------4-------------------------------|



PreChorus 2:

Eb|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|-0--------0--------0------------|
Gb|-5-----------------------------|-4~-------4~-------4~-----------|
Db|-7-----------------------------|-4--------4--------4------------|
Ab|-0-----------------------------|-2--------2--------2------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|--------------------------12\---|


Chorus 2:

Eb|---------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------|
Db|-9---9---9-----------9---9---9---------------|
Ab|-7---7---7-----------7---7---7---------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|

Eb|---------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------|
Db|-9---9---9-----------9---9---9---7---7---7---|
Ab|-7---7---7-----------7---7---7---5---5---5---|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|

Eb|---------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------|
Db|-5---5---5-----------5---5---5---------------|
Ab|-3---3---3-----------3---3---3---------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|

Eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-0---------------------------------------|
Db|-2---------------------------------------|
Ab|-0-------------------6-------/9----------|
Bb|---------------------4-------/7----------|

Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-7---7---7----------------------7---7---7----------------------|
Bb|-5---5---5------8---7---5---0---5---5---5------8---7---5---0---|

Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-7---7---7----------------------7---7---7------5---5---5-------|
Bb|-5---5---5------8---7---5---0---5---5---5------3---3---3-------|

Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-3---3---3----------------------3---3---3----------------------|
Bb|-1---1---1------8---7---5---0---1---1---1------8---7---5---0---|

Eb|-----------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------|
Gb|-0---0---0---0---0---0-------------------------|
Db|-2---2---2---2---2---2-------------------------|
Ab|-0---0---0---0---0---0---6-----------/9--------|
Bb|-------------------------4-----------/7--------|



Bridge 1:

  Guitar 1
Eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------| play 4x
Db|------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------|
Bb|-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0---9-10-11-12-|

  Guitar 2 - on 3rd time through above rhythm
Eb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Bb|-0----------------------------------|-------------------15--15--15--15-|



Bridge 2:

Eb|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb|-12\---------------0----------------|-10\--------------0--------------|

Eb|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|------------------7---7---7------|
Db|------------------------------------|------------------7---7---7------|
Ab|------------------------------------|------------------5---5---5------|
Bb|-8\----------------0----------------|-7-------------------------------|

Eb|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb|-12\---------------0----------------|-10\--------------0--------------|

Eb|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Ab|-3-----------------7----------------|-6-------------------------------|
Bb|-1-----------------5----------------|-4---------------12\-------------|



Solo:
  Rhythm Part is Chorus Riff. Each line is a 4 beat bar except where noted

            triplet
Eb|-0-----------------0-----0-----0-----0---------------0------0------0----|
Bb|-5-----------------5-----7-----8----10---------------8-----10-----12----|
Gb|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Eb|-0-----------------0---------------0--------0-----0----0----0-----0----0--|
Bb|-12b13-------------12b13-----------13pbr12-12p10-12~--12~--12~---12p10-12-|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Eb|-0-----------------0-------0---0-----------------------------------|
Bb|-15----------------13------12--13--13p12-10~~~~~-------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Eb|---------------14brbr15-12---17brbr19-15-17b19------0-0-|
Bb|-14brbr15-12--------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------|

Eb|-12p8p0-10p7p0-8p5p0-10p7p0-8p5p0-7p4p0-8p5p0-7p4p0-8p5p0-7p4p0-8p5p0-7p4p0-|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Eb|-7p5p0-3-5p0-3p0--------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------3p0-5p0-3p0--------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------0-0--4PH~~~--2-------2PH~~~--2p0-----|
Db|--------------------------------------------4-2-4-------------2p0-|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Eb|-----------------------------------14h15p14p12-12-14-15-14b15~~----|
Bb|-------------------------10-12-13----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------9-11-12-------------------------------------------|
Db|-2PH~~~------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Eb|-12-14-15-14-14-15-17-15-15-17-20-17-14-15-17-15-|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------| continued
Db|-------------------------------------------------| below
Ab|-------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|

Eb|-12-14-15p14-12------------------------------------|----------------|
Bb|---------------12-13-15-13-------------------------|----------------|
Gb|--------------------------11-12-14-12-9-11-12p11-9-|-11PH~~---------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------|----------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------|----------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------|--------------0-|



Final

Verse :

Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----|

Eb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-------10\----5/-----12\----4------|

Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----|

Eb|--------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-3--------------7---------------6--hold-----------------|
Bb|-1--------------5---------------4-----------------------|
  >       >        >


Chorus:

Eb|---------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------|
Db|-9---9---9-----------9---9---9---------------|
Ab|-7---7---7-----------7---7---7---------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|

Eb|---------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------|
Db|-9---9---9-----------9---9---9---7---7---7---|
Ab|-7---7---7-----------7---7---7---5---5---5---|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|

Eb|---------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------|
Db|-5---5---5-----------5---5---5---------------|
Ab|-3---3---3-----------3---3---3---------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|

Eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-0---------------------------------------|
Db|-2---------------------------------------|
Ab|-0-------------------6-------/9----------|
Bb|---------------------4-------/7----------|

Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-7---7---7----------------------7---7---7----------------------|
Bb|-5---5---5------8---7---5---0---5---5---5------8---7---5---0---|

Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-7---7---7----------------------7---7---7------5---5---5-------|
Bb|-5---5---5------8---7---5---0---5---5---5------3---3---3-------|

Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-3---3---3----------------------3---3---3----------------------|
Bb|-1---1---1------8---7---5---0---1---1---1------8---7---5---0---|

Eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
Db|-2---------------------------------------|
Ab|-0-------------------6---------/9--------|
Bb|---------------------4---------/7--------|



Outro:

Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|

Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------7-5-4-0-5-4-2-0-2-1-0-----------|
Bb|-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------0---------|

Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|

Eb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-------10\----5/-----12\----4------|



************************************

| x  Dead note
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| >  Accented note
| t  Tapping
| b  Bend
| r  Release
| br Bend release
| pb Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| ~  Vibrato
| PM Palm mute
| PH Pinch Harmonic

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This Is War tab

Alter Bridge tabs for This is war

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