The Bitter End tab by Placebo

Tabs

The Bitter End.

At least over 95% correct. Brian uses his Gibson SG and Stefan uses his Gibson Les Paul
Custom. This will be a mixture between the live and the studio versions.

BRIAN TUNING: FF Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb AbAb C majorC C majorC (down-tune your high E MajorE string to match
                  your BB string and stick a capo on the
                  1st fret)

STEFAN TUNING: Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb AbAb C majorC C majorC (down-tune your low E MajorE string to a D MajorD
                   and then your high E MajorE string to the BB
                   again and stick a capo on the 1st fret)

Intro (Stefan; distorted):
|--5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5--|
|--6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6--|
|--7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7--|
|--7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7--|
|--5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5--|
|-------------------------| (x4)

Verse (Stefan; distorted):
|--5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5--|
|--6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6--|
|--7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7--|
|--7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7--|
|--5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5--|
|-------------------------|

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-10------8------7------5------|
|--8(x8)--8(x8)--8(x8)--8(x8)--|
|--8------8------8------8------| Fast downstrokes.

Chorus (Stefan; distorted):
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-10------9------7------5------|
|--x(x6)--x(x6)--x(x6)--x(x6)--|
|--8------7------5------3------|
|------------------------------|

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-17-----15-----14-----12------|
|--x(x6)--x(x6)--x(x6)--x(x6)--|
|-15-----13-----12-----10------|
|------------------------------|

Chorus (Brian; distorted):
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-12-------8-------12--|
|-12(x32)--8(x32)--12--|
|-10-------6-------10--|

Break (Stefan; distorted):
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-10------9------7------5------|
|--x(x6)--x(x6)--x(x6)--x(x6)--|
|--8------7------5------3------|
|------------------------------|

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-17-----15-----14-----12------|
|--x(x6)--x(x6)--x(x6)--x(x6)--|
|-15-----13-----12-----10------|
|------------------------------|

Break (Brian; distorted; after Stefan plays his bit twice):
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-12-------8-------|
|-12(x32)--8(x32)--|
|-10-------6-------|

Outro (Stefan; distorted):
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--7------10------11-------|
|--x(x64)--x(x32)--x(x32)--|
|--5-------7-------8-------|
|--------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-17------22-21-22-21-22-21-22-21-22-21-22-21-22-21-22-21--|
|--x(x16)--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
|-15------20-19-20-19-20-19-20-19-20-19-20-19-20-19-20-19--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

End On (Stefan):
|-----|
|-----|
|-17--|
|--x--|
|-15--|
|-----|

Outro (Brian; distorted):
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-12-------8-------|
|-12(x32)--8(x32)--|
|-10-------6-------| (Same rhythm as chorus)

|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-12-------8-------|
|-12(x16)--8(x16)--|
|-10-------6-------| (Stacatto beat)

End On (Brian):
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-12--|
|-12--|
|-10--|

Order of Riffs:
Intro
Verse
Chorus (Brian + Stefan)
Verse
Break (Second part Brian + Stefan; First part just Stefan)
Outro (Brian + Stefan)

Key/🏷Legend:
x = Palm mute

Thanks for reading; hope you get at least some us out of it.

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