Destroyer Tab by Skillet

Destroyer tab by Skillet

Guitar Tab

Use an octave pedal for the low effect on the album.

Intro:
B |----------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------7-------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|
A |7b8r7-7b8r7-----7-7b8r7--7-10b11r10-7b8r7--5-4-3-1b2|
                   m        m                 m m m



B |-------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------7----------------------------x-x-x--x-x-x|
E |-------------------------------------------x-x-x--x-x-x|
A |7b8r7-7b8r7-----7-7b8r7--7-10b11r10-7b8r7--x-x-x--x-x-x|
                   m        m

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Verse 1:
B |----------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------|
A |7b8r7-7b8r7--8p7-5-8p7-5-10b11r10-7b-5-4-3-1b2|(x4)
                    m     m             m m m

Pre-Chorus:
B |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |10-10-10--7-7-7---------------------------------10-10-10--7-7-7-------------------------|
E |8--8--8---5-5-5---------------------------------8--8--8---5-5-5-------------------------|
A |-----------------7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-9b10r9--------------------7b8r7--7b8r7--5-5--7b8r|
                                        m                                         m

B |-----------------|
F#|-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-----------------|
E |-----------------|
A |7b8r7-7b8r7-7b8r7|

Chorus:
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3------------------------------------------------------------|
D |7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-----4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-----3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7|
A |7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-----4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-----3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7|
E |5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5(x2)-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2(x2)-1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5|
A |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B |-------------------|
F#|-------------------|
D |-------------------|
A |-------------------|
E |5-5--10b11r10p8-5-5|
A |-------------------|

Intro 2:
B |-----------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------------|
A |---------------7-------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------|
A |7b8r7-7b8r7--7---7-7b8r7--7-10b11r10-7b8r7--5-4-3-1b2|
                m   m        m                 m m m

B |--------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------7----------------------------------x-x-x-x|
E |-------------------------------------------------x-x-x-x|
A |7b8r7-7b8r7-----7-7b8r7--7-10b11r10-7b8r7--5-4-3-x-x-x-x|
                   m        m                 m m m

Verse 2:
B |----------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------|
A |---------------7------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|
A |7b8r7-7b8r7--7--7-7b8r7--7-10b11r10-7b8r7--5-4-3-1b2|(x4)
                m  m        m                 m m m

Pre Chorus 2:
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |10-10-10--7-7-7---------------------------------10-10-10--7-7-7----------------------------|
E |8--8--8---5-5-5---------------------------------8--8--8---5-5-5----------------------------|
A |-----------------7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-9b10r9--------------------7b8r7--7b8r7p5--5-5--7b8r7|
                                        m                                           m

B |---------------------|
F#|---------------------|
D |---------------------|
A |---------------------|
E |3b5r3--10b11r10p8-5-5|
A |---------------------|
   Pick fully bent and slowly release the bend

Chorus:

Bridge:
B |-----------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------|
A |7b8r7-7b8r7--7b8r7-7b8r7--10b11r10--7b8r7|(x2)

B |------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------------------------|
A |------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------|
A |7b8r7-7b8r7--7b8r7-7b8r7--7b8r7-7b8r7--10b11r10--7b8r7|

B |-------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|
A |7b8r7-7b8r7--7b8r7-7b8r7--7b8r7-7b8r7|

Pre Chorus 3:
B |-------------------|
F#|-------------------|
D |-------------------|
A |7-7--7-7-----------|
E |5-5--5-5--8-8-7-5-3|
A |-------------------|

Chorus 3: (x2)
B |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3---3-3-3--3-3------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4---4-4-4--4-4-----------3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7|
A |4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4---4-4-4--4-4-----------3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7|
E |2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2---2-2-2--2-2-8-8-7-5-3-1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5|
A |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B |-------------------|
F#|-------------------|
D |-------------------|
A |-------------------|
E |5-5--10b11r10p8-5-5|
A |-------------------|

Outro:
B |------------------------|
F#|------------------------|
D |------------------------|
A |---------------------7-7|
E |5-5--10b11r10p8-5-5--5-5|
A |------------------------|

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b   - bend
r   - release
p   - pull off
m   - palm mute
x   - dead note
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Published: January 15, 2022

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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