Killswitch Engage - This Is Absolution Chords & Tabs

		This Is Absolution – Killswitch Engage
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Tabbed by: Dweebusonguitar
Email:Adam@icarpenter.freeserve.co.uk

Tuning: Drop C (CGCFAD)

This whole tab is Adam’s parts for the song but I have added Joel’s part in some places.

Intro (Both guitars)

D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-5---7-0------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-3-5-5-0------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---5---0------------------------------------------------------------|

Main Riff (Both guitars) All x2

D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------5p2p0------------------------------|
C|-0h2-22222222-5p2-222222222-2h4h5--------0h2-22222222-5p2-22222222--|
       ++++++++     +++++++++                  ++++++++     ++++++++


D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------7777557755445544-(Joel)------------------|
C|-7777557755445544-(Adam)---++++++++++++++++-------------------------|
G|-++++++++++++++++---------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse Riff 1 (Adam)  All x2

D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------0---------------|
G|-5--- 7--2-2-2-2--2--5-4h5--5----7--2-2-2-2--2—-5p4-0---------------|
C|-7-00-9--2-2-2-2--2--5-4h5--7-00-9--2-2-2-2--2—-5p4-0---------------|
     ++    +   + +  +           ++    +   + +  +

Joel plays the same thing except for the first two chords

D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-4--5---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5--7---------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

At the end of 2nd time round play

D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-5---7----\---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-3-5-5----\---------------------------------------------------------|
C|---5----7-\---------------------------------------------------------|

Verse Riff 2 – Play the same thing as verse riff 1 but play with heavy palm muting but 
the notes ring out, don’t choke them with your left hand. Play x2 again but at the 2nd 
round instead of this at the end

D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------0--------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-2--2—-5p4-0--------------------------------------------------|
C|-2-2-2-2--2—-5p4-0--------------------------------------------------|
   +   + +  +
Play this

D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------7-4h5p4----------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------7-5------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2--2-------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-2-2--2-------------------------------------------------------------|
   + +  +

Pre-Chorus (Adam)

D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-4/5555555/7777777/99999/1111/121212121212--------------------------|
C|-x-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxx-x-x--xxxxxxxxxxxx--------------------------|
G|-2/3333333/5555555/77777/9-9-/101010101010--------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/killswitch_engage/this_is_absolution_tab_ver_4.html ]
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-4/5555555/5555555/1212121212/1111/9-~------------------------------|
C|-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx--------------------------------|
G|-2/3333333/7777777/1010101010/9-9-/7-~------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Pre Chorus (Joel) x2

D|-------------------------------------33--------33-------------------|
A|-------------------------------------33--------33-------------------|
F|-------12-------12----12-----12------00--------00-------------------|
C|-------12-------12----12-----12------00--------00-------------------|
G|-10-10-10-10-10-10-0-0-0-9-9-9-------00--2-2/3-33-------------------|
C|-10-10-10-10-10-10-0-0-0-9-9-9---0h2-22-----------------------------|



Chorus (only done Adam’s part because I can’t quite work out the timing for Joel’s clean 
I know the notes but there is weird timing going on!!!)

D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-5--------5--------5--55-----5--0-----------------------------------|
G|-3--0--2--3--0--2--3--33-02--3--0-----------------------------------|
C|-+--0--2--+--0--2-----++-02--+--0-----------------------------------|
      +  +     +  +        ++

Repeat main riff
Repeat verse riff 1 but cut off the end and do this fill again

D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-7-4h5p4------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------7-5--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat pre-chorus and chorus

Bridge (Adam) x4

D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-2---------------------0--------------------------------------------|
G|-222222222-------------000000000-------------333333333--------------|
C|-222222222-4/5-4-4/5-4-000000000-4/5-4-4/5-4-555555555-4/5-4-4/5-4--|
    ++++++++              ++++++++              ++++++++

D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-000000000----------------------------------------------------------|
C|-000000000-4/5-4-4/5-4----------------------------------------------|
    ++++++++

Joel starts by ringing out the chords in time with Adam’s riff (x2)

D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-2-----0----------0-------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-----0----3-----0-------------------------------------------------|
C|-2-----0----5-----0-------------------------------------------------|

On the third time he starts playing this (x2)

D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--7--7--7--7------------------7--7--7--7----------------------------|
C|--------------7--7---9--9-----------------7--7--9--9----------------|
G|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------|


D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--7--7--7--7--------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------7--7--9--9--4--4--4--4--7--7--5--5--------------------|
G|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------|


Repeat pre-chorus and chorus and end chorus by playing this twice (listen out for the timing)


D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-5-0---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-3-0---------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---0---------------------------------------------------------------|


| +  palm mute
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| *  harmonic
| x mute note


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