THE VELOURIUM CAMPER III: AL THE KILLER
As recorded by Coheed and Cambria
(From the 2003 Album IN KEEPING SECRETS OF SILENT EARTH: 3)
Words by Claudio Sanchez
Music by Coheed and Cambria
Transcribed by K-os + sprinklerthief
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'dist.'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'dist.'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'dist.'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'w/ talkbox'
Intro/Verse
Q=159 1.
F#5 D5/AG5 A5/EG5 D5/AF#5 A5/E
3/4
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
||------------0-|-------------|-----------0-|---------------||
||o-4-4-4-2-3-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-3-2-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-0--o||
||--2-2-2-------|-3-3-3-3-3-0-|-3-3-3-------|-2-2-2-2-2-0---||
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
2. 1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,7.
$
F#5 F#5 B5C5D5/AG5 A5/EG5 C5B5D5/AF#5 A5/E
Gtrs I, II, IV
q q q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|----------||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------||--------4-5-0-|-------------|-------5-4-0-|--------------||
|-4--4--4--||o-4-4-4-2-3-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-3-2-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-0-o||
|-2--2--2--||--2-2-2-------|-3-3-3-3-3-0-|-3-3-3-------|-2-2-2-2-2-0--||
8.
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E Q +Q Q
|-------------|--------------------||
|-------------|--------------------||
|-------------|--------------------||
|---4-----5---|--------------------||
|-----4-----4-|-/10b10.5--(10)--0--||
|-2-----3-----|--------------------||
|
| Gtr IV
| ~~~~~~~~
| E E E E E E H Q
|-------------|--------------------||
|-------------|--------------------||
|-------------|--------------------||
|-------------|--------------------||
|---4-----5-4-|---5-------------0--||
|-----2-------|--------------------||
Pre-Chorus
E5/B EmE5Em/GE5/B EEm/G
4/4
Gtrs I, II, IV
q q E E E E q q E E E E
|---------------|---------------|
|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|
|-4--4--4-0-4-0-|-4--4--4-0-4-0-|
|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|
E5/B EEm/E5/B F5/C F#5/C#
q q E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------|----------------||
|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-6-6-6-7--||
|-4--4--4-0-4-0-|-4-4-4-5-5-5-6--||
|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|----------------||
Chorus
B5
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9-|-9----9-9-9--9-9-9-9-|
||--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7----7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|
|
| Gtr III
| Q E E E E E E S S E E Q. q
||------10-7----------|---------------------|
||o----------10-7-----|---------------------|
||--------------------|-9s11s9---7----------|
||------------------9-|--------9--------9---|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|---7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-|--7-7--7-7--7-7--7--7--|
|---5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-|--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--5--|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------10---12--------|-10---12--------10\----|
|-/11-------------11---|-----------11----------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
To Coda
G5 B5 E5 B5 E5 A5 E5 D5 C#D5/A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|-----9-9------9-9-|-----9-9--7-7-6-0---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-9-9-7-7--9-9-7-7-|-7-7-7-7--5-5-4-0--o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-7------7-7-----|-5-5----------------||
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------||
|---------3---/7---|-5---3---2-------|------------------|-------------------o||
|-----4------------|-----------4-2---|-----4---/9---7---|-6-4-2---/6---------||
|-5----------------|-----------------|-4----------------|--------------7-----||
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------||
Break
D.S. al Coda
F#5 D5/AG5 A5/EG5 D5/AF#5
3/4
Gtrs I, II, IV
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q q q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------||
|-----------0-|-------------|-----------0-|----------||
|-4-4-4-2-3-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-3-2-0-|-4--4--4--||
|-2-2-2-------|-3-3-3-3-3-0-|-3-3-3-------|-2--2--2--||
Bridge
&
F#5 E5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11--11-11-9-|
||o--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--9---9--9-7-|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| E E E E E E Q Q Q Q. E
||---7-----7----------------|-------------------------|
||o-----9-----9-------------|-------------------------|
||---------------9-----9----|--9----------------------|
||-----------------11-------|-------11-----9--------7-|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
F#5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11--11-11--11-11-11-11--|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9---9--9---9--9--9--9--|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----7-----9--9S11--7----|-------/11----/11-----------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-|--7-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-|--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-|
|
| E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E
|-7----------------|----------------------|
|---9---9----------|----------------------|
|-----9---9----9---|----------------------|
|-----------11-----|-12---11--------------|
|------------------|-----------12---12-12-|
|------------------|----------------------|
E/A A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|--6--6--6--6--6-6--6-6-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
|--7--7--7--7--7-7--7-7-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--o||
|--5--5--5--5--5-5--5-5-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
|
| E E E E q q W
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-11-12-11-12-11---11---|-12----------------o||
|-----------------------|--------------------||
Interlude
F#5 D5/AG5 A5/EG5 D5/AF#5
3/4
Gtrs I, II, IV
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q q q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|
|-----------0-|-------------|-----------0-|----------|
|-4-4-4-2-3-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-3-2-0-|-4--4--4--|
|-2-2-2-------|-3-3-3-3-3-0-|-3-3-3-------|-2--2--2--|
F#5 B5C5D5/AG5 A5/EG5 C5B5D5/AF#5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q q q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|
|-------4-5-0-|-------------|-------5-4-0-|----------|
|-4-4-4-2-3-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-3-2-0-|-4--4--4--|
|-2-2-2-------|-3-3-3-3-3-0-|-3-3-3-------|-2--2--2--|
F#5 B5C5D5/AG5 A5/EG5 C5B5D5/AF#5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q q q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|
|-------4-5-0-|-------------|-------5-4-0-|----------|
|-4-4-4-2-3-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-3-2-0-|-4--4--4--|
|-2-2-2-------|-3-3-3-3-3-0-|-3-3-3-------|-2--2--2--|
F#5 B5C5D5/AG5 A5/EG5 C5B5D5/A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------4-5-0-|-------------|-------5-4-0-|
|-4-4-4-2-3-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-3-2-0-|
|-2-2-2-------|-3-3-3-3-3-0-|-3-3-3-------|
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E Q +Q Q
|-------------|--------------------||
|-------------|--------------------||
|-------------|--------------------||
|---4-----5---|--------------------||
|-----4-----4-|-/10b10.5--(10)--0--||
|-2-----3-----|--------------------||
|
| Gtr IV
| ~~~~~~~~
| E E E E E E H Q
|-------------|--------------------||
|-------------|--------------------||
|-------------|--------------------||
|-------------|--------------------||
|---4-----5-4-|---5-------------0--||
|-----2-------|--------------------||
Pre-Chorus
E5/B EmE5Em/GE5/B EmE5Em/G
4/4
Gtrs II, III
q q E E E E q q E E E E
|---------------|---------------|
|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|
|-4--4--4-0-4-0-|-4--4--4-0-4-0-|
|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|
E5/B EmE5/Em/GE5/B F5/C F#5/C#
q q E E E E E E E E E E Q
|------------------|--------------------||
|-5---5---5-5--5-5-|-5-5--5-6--6-6--7---||
|-4---4---4-0--4-0-|-4-4--4-5--5-5--6---||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|
| Gtr IV
| TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-9---10---11---12\--||
|-9--10--11---12---|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
Out-Chorus
B5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9-|-9----9-9-9--9-9-9-9-|
||--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7----7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|
|
| Gtr III
| Q E E E E E E S S E E Q. q
||------10-7----------|---------------------|
||o----------10-7-----|---------------------|
||--------------------|-9s11s9---7----------|
||------------------9-|--------9--------9---|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|---7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-|--7-7--7-7--7-7--7--7--|
|---5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-|--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--5--|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------10---12--------|-10---12--------10\----|
|-/11-------------11---|-----------11----------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
G5 B5 E5 B5 E5 A5 E5 D5 C#D5/A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|-----9-9------9-9-|-----9-9--7-7-6-0---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-9-9-7-7--9-9-7-7-|-7-7-7-7--5-5-4-0--o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-7------7-7-----|-5-5----------------||
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------||
|---------3---/7---|-5---3---2-------|------------------|-------------------o||
|-----4------------|-----------4-2---|-----4---/9---7---|-6-4-2---/6---------||
|-5----------------|-----------------|-4----------------|--------------7-----||
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------||
B5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-9-9--9-9--9-9-9--9--|-9----9-9-9-----9-9-9-9-|
|-7-7--7-7--7-7-7--7--|-7----7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-|
|
| ~~~~~
| Q E E E E E E S S E E Q E Q
|-----10-7------------|------------------------|
|----------10-7-------|------------------------|
|---------------------|-9s11s9---9b9.5---7-----|
|-----------------(x)-|--------------------9---|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-12p10----14-------12p10-|----15-------12p10-------|
|-------11----11-11-------|-11----11-11-------11-11-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5-|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---3--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +H Q Q
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|------------10--------|
|-11---------------|-(11)------------11---|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
B5 E5 B5 E5 A5 E5 D5 C#D5/A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|-----9-9------9-9-|-----9-9--7-7-6-0--|
|-9-9-7-7--9-9-7-7-|-7-7-7-7--5-5-4-0--|
|-7-7------7-7-----|-5-5---------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|-----4---/9---7---|-6-4-2---/6--------|
|-4----------------|--------------7----|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
B5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9---|-9---9-9-9---9-9-9-9-|
|-7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7---|-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|
|
| Q E E E E E S S S S E E S S E E Q
|-----10-7------------|---------------------|
|----------10-7-------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-7-9-7---7-9-7---7---|
|-----------------7S9-|-------9-------9-----|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------12p10----14p10----|-12p10----15p10----12\---|
|----11-------11-------11-|-------11-------11-------|
|-12----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G5 B5 E5 B5 E5 A5 E5 A5 E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----9-9------9-9-|-----9-9------9-9--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-9-9-7-7--9-9-7-7-|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-7------7-7-----|-5-5------5-5------|
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---------3---/7---|-5---3---2-------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----4------------|-----------4-2---|-----4---/9---7---|-6-4-2---/6--------|
|-5----------------|-----------------|-4----------------|--------------7----|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
B5 E5 B5 E5 A5 E5 D5 C#A5 B5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W +W
|------------------|------------------|----------|--------|
|------------------|------------------|----------|--------|
|------------------|------------------|----------|--------|
|-----9-9------9-9-|-----9-9--7-7-6---|----------|--------|
|-9-9-7-7--9-9-7-7-|-7-7-7-7--5-5-4-7-|-9--------|-(9)----|
|-7-7------7-7-----|-5-5------------5-|-7--------|-(7)----|
|
| Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q W +W
|------------------|------------------|----------|--------|
|------------------|------------------|----------|--------|
|-----4---/9---7---|-6-4-2---/6-------|----------|--------|
|-4----------------|--------------7---|----------|--------|
|------------------|------------------|-9--------|-(9)----|
|------------------|------------------|-7--------|-(7)----|
+W +W
|------------|--------*|
|------------|--------*|
|------------|--------*|
|------------|--------*|
|-(9)--------|-(9)----*|
|-(7)--------|-(7)----*|
|
| +W +W
|------------|--------*|
|------------|--------*|
|------------|--------*|
|------------|--------*|
|-(9)--------|-(9)----*|
|-(7)--------|-(7)----*|
Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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