Tabs
Better Off Dead - Lostprophets
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Tabbed by: Calum Manning
Email: [email protected]
YouTube: www.youtube.com/calumman17
Video of me playing the song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uQ4ZV7GotI
This tab is just the rhythm guitar
Tuning: DADGBE
Intro
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-6666-2222-9999-4444--6666-2222-9-11-8-8-44--6666-2222-9999-1111-22222222-222222-44-6-|
A augmentedA|-6666-2222-9999-4444--6666-2222-9-11-8-8-44--6666-2222-9999-1111-22222222-222222-44-6-|
D MajorD|-6666-2222-9999-4444--6666-2222-9-11-8-8-44--6666-2222-9999-1111-22222222-222222-44-6-|
(Those are 1's not 11's)
Verse
e|--------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-66666666-66666666-22222222-9999-4444-| x4
A augmentedA|-66666666-66666666-22222222-9999-4444-|
D MajorD|-66666666-66666666-22222222-9999-4444-|
*-----------------------------------*heavy palm muting first 2 times round,
lighter palm muting last 2 times round
Chorus
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-6666-2222-9999-4444--6666-2222-9-11-8-8-44--6666-2222-4444-1111-22222222-222222-44-|
A augmentedA|-6666-2222-9999-4444--6666-2222-9-11-8-8-44--6666-2222-4444-1111-22222222-222222-44-|
D MajorD|-6666-2222-9999-4444--6666-2222-9-11-8-8-44--6666-2222-4444-1111-22222222-222222-44-|
Pre verse
e|-------------------|
BB|-------------------|
G+G|-------------------|
D MajorD|-66666666-66666666-|
A augmentedA|-66666666-66666666-|
D MajorD|-66666666-66666666-|
*----------------* heavy palm muting
Play Verse again
Play Chorus through twice
Post Chorus
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-22222222-22222244--22222222-22222244--22222222-22222222--6-|
A augmentedA|-22222222-22222244--22222222-22222244--22222222-22222222--6-|
D MajorD|-22222222-22222244--22222222-22222244--22222222-22222222--6-|
*---------------*pm
Bridge
e|----------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------6-6------------------------6-6------------| x4
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-6-8-6-8-------8-8-6-8-6-8--6-8-6-8-------8-8-6-8-6-|
Outro
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-6--6-6--6--6-6--6--6--6--6-4-4-6------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-6--6-6--6--6-6--6--6--6--6-4-4-6------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-6--6-6--6--6-6--6--6--6--6-4-4-6------------------------------------------|
Let chords ring
And there you have it!
If you have any corrections/comments/complaints feel free to post them, any constructive feedback
good or bad is helpful!
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend