Tabs
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Let It Die - Three Days Grace
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Tabbed by: Karleen Heong
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: Drop 
D MajorD (6=D,5=A,4=D,3=G,2=B,1=E)
I just heard this song two days ago and decided
to tab it. It's a pretty simple song so I did it
completely by ear, and there may be some minor
errors but it's as close as I can get. This can
be played with two guitars or three, instead of
an acoustic just use clean.Hope the layout isn't
confusing.
Guitar 1: Clean with chorus and distortion pedals
Guitar 2: Distortion with clean channel
Guitar 3: Acoustic
| . palm mute (pm)
| / slide up
| x Mute (dead) note
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FOLLOW THE ORDER:
Verse 1------Riff 1 then
Riffs 1 & 2 together with the
acoustic strumming a faster pattern
(quavers and semi-quavers) then
Repeat the 1st half of riffs 1 & 2
Pre-Chorus 1-Riff 3 then
Riffs 3 and 4 together and chop
riff 3 after one 12-10-10
Chorus 1-----Riff 5 two times then
Riff 6
Verse 2------Riffs 1 & 2 together with fast
acoustic strum again and play
this two times then
Repeat the 1st half of riffs 1 & 2
Pre-chorus 2-Same as first pre-chorus
Chorus 2-----Same as first chorus
Bridge-------Riffs 7 & 9 together play two times
then
Riffs 8 & 10 together once
Chorus 3-----Same as previous chorus but start
playing on the 333 chord -
everything else is the same
Chorus 4-----Riffs 5 & 11 together twice and on
(outro) the second time, end on Riffs 12
and 13
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Riff 1 - Acoustic
e|--------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|---7---7-------9---9-------5---5-------5---5|
D MajorD|5--5-5-5----7--7-7-7----3--3-3-3----3--3-3-3|
A augmentedA|5--5-5-5----7--7-7-7----3--3-3-3----3--3-3-3|
D MajorD|5--5-5-5----7--7-7-7----3--3-3-3----3--3-3-3|
Riff 2 - Clean electric with slight chorus effect
e|----------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------5-------------|
G+G|--------7-----------9-----------5-----------5-|
D MajorD|-5--5-5-5----7--7-7-7----3--3-3-3----3--3-3-3-|
A augmentedA|-5--5-5-5----7--7-7-7----3--3-3-3----3--3-3-3-|
D MajorD|-5--5-5-5----7--7-7-7----3--3-3-3----3--3-3-3-|
Note: Emphasise the top notes with the chorus
sound
Riff 3 - Clean electric palm muted
(bridge pickup)
e|------------------------|
BB|------------------------|
G+G|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
D MajorD|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A augmentedA|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
D MajorD|------------------------|
pm . . . . . . . .
Cont. Riff 3
e|-----------------------|
BB|-----------------------|
G+G|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
D MajorD|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|
A augmentedA|-8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10|
D MajorD|-----------------------|
pm . . . . . . . .
Note: Emphasise the changing bass notes and
plant two fingers on the D MajorD and G+G strings
Riff 4 - Distorted
e|------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------|
D MajorD|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--5--|
A augmentedA|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--5--|
D MajorD|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--5--|
pm . . . . . . . .
Riff 5 - Distorted (One or both guitars)
e|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|
G+G|-------5-5-------------5-5-------|
D MajorD|-7-7---5-5---0---3-3---5-5---5---|
A augmentedA|-7-7---3-3---0---3-3---3-3---5---|
D MajorD|-7-7---------0---3-3---------5---|
Cont. Riff 5
e|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|
G+G|-------5-5-----------------------|
D MajorD|-7-7---5-5---0---3-3-3-3--xx-5-5-|
A augmentedA|-7-7---3-5---0---3-3-3-3--xx-5-5-|
D MajorD|-7-7---------0---3-3-3-3--xx-5-5-|
Note: The last two fret 5 powerchords sound best
if muted fast right after striking
Riff 6 - Distorted
e|--------------------|
BB|-(hold for one bar)-|
G+G|--------------------|
D MajorD|---7----------------|
A augmentedA|---7----------------|
D MajorD|---7----------------|
Riff 7 - Distorted high bit (guitar 1)
e|--------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9--10-10-10-10--12-12-12-12-|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7---8--8--8--8--10-10-10-10-|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------|
Riff 8 - Distorted high bit (guitar 1)
e|-----------------------|
BB|-----------------------|
G+G|14-14-14-14-16-16-16-16|
D MajorD|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14|
D MajorD|-----------------------|
Cont. Riff 8
e|-----------------------|
BB|-----------------------|
G+G|10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12|
D MajorD|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|-8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10|
D MajorD|-----------------------|
Cont. Riff 8
e|--------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------|
G+G|14-14-14-14--16-16-16-16--17-17-17-17-|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14--15-15-15-15-|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------|
Cont. Riff 8
e|-------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------|
G+G|19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19--14-14-|
D MajorD|-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--12-12-|
D MajorD|-------------------------------|
Riff 9 - Distorted chords (guitar 2)
e|------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-|
A augmentedA|-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-|
D MajorD|-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-|
Riff 10 - Distorted chords (guitar 2)
e|--------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7|
A augmentedA|-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7|
D MajorD|-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7|
Cont. Riff 10
e|--------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
A augmentedA|9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
D MajorD|9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
Cont. Riff 10
e|-----|
BB|-----|
G+G|-----|
D MajorD|-7-7-|
A augmentedA|-7-7-|
D MajorD|-7-7-|
Riff 11 - Distorted (more high parts for
guitar 1)
e|----------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------|
G+G|-9-9---12-12---11----------12-12---7----|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-7-7---10-10---9-----------10-10---5----|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------|
Note: As far as I can hear nothing else is
played while guitar 2 plays the 333
powerchord so guitar 1 can also play
that instead of the 9-7 octave
Cont. Riff 11
e|------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------|
G+G|-9-9---12-12---11-------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------3-3-3-3--xx-5-5-|
A augmentedA|-7-7---10-10---9----3-3-3-3--xx-5-5-|
D MajorD|--------------------3-3-3-3--xx-5-5-|
Riff 12 - Distorted (guitar 2)
e|-----------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------|
D MajorD|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2----------|
A augmentedA|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2--(hold)--|
D MajorD|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2----------|
Riff 13 - Clean with high level of chorus
(guitar 1)
e|---------------------|
BB|--------------8------|
G+G|--7/9--7---------9---|
D MajorD|----------10---------|
A augmentedA|---------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------|
Note: This part is slower and enters when guitar
2 plays the 222 chord
Okay that looks way more complicated than it is
but it's really not. Well at least it's specific.
Please enjoy the tab. Don't hesitate to email if there are problems or you can't understand something.
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