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ApocalypticA
Life Burns! (Instrumental)
Track #2 on the 2005 single "Life Burns!"
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Tabbed by Pedro Macedo, A.K.A. Linkerman
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NOTES:
This tab is for the instrumental version of the song.
To play along the original song (featuring Lauri Ylonen's vocals)
you should make minor changes to the lead guitar.
Also, if you want to be precise, in the "Breakdown" bit i suggest
playing the Main riff in the high e string for ease of playing.
However, the correct place to play it is on the 2nd fret, D string.
Standard tuning
Main riff
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| x2
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-0---3-0--3-5-3--0--0-3-0-3-5-3-0-|-0---3-0--3-5-3--0--0-3-0-5-6-5-3-|
Verse 1 (0:10)
Lead
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-8-7-------7------------------7----------|
G|-----9-7-9---7-9----------7-9---9-7------|
D|-----------------9~--9-10-----------9--9-|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|
B|-8-7-------7-----------------8-7---7---|
G|-----9-7-9---9-7-9~--------------7---9-|
D|---------------------9--9-10-----------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
Rhythm
e||-----------------------------------------------------||
B||o---------------------------------------------------o||
G||-----------------------------------------------------||
D||-----------------------------------------------------||
A||o-(10101010-9999)-----------------------------------o||
E||----8-8-8-8-7777---0---3-0--3-5-3--0--0-3-0-3-5-3-0--||
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------(9999)---------------------------|
A|-(10101010-9999)--7777--(12121212-10101010-9-9-9)-|
E|---8-8-8-8-7777----------10101010--8-8-8-8-7-7-7--|
Play Main riff x2
Chorus 1 (0:38)
Lead
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12-12-10----------10~-----------------------------------------|
G|----------12-11-12------12-12-11-9----9-11-9~--12-11-9---------|
D|-----------------------------------12------------------12-9--9-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12-12-10----------10~--------------------------------------|
G|----------12-11-12------12-12-11-9----9-11-9~--12-11-9-7/-9-|
D|-----------------------------------12-----------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/apocalyptica/life_burns_tab_ver_3.html ]
Rhythm
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-(10101010-9999-2222-12121212-10101010-9999)-------------(121212-121212)-|
E|---8-8-8-8-7777-0000-10101010--8-8-8-8-7777--0-3-0-3-5-3--101010-101010--|
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|-(10101010-9999-2222-12121212-10101010--9--9)-|
E|---8-8-8-8-7777-0000-10101010--8-8-8-8--7--7--|
Post-Chorus (0:55) :: Rhythm plays Main riff x2
e|--------------------------------------|
B|------------17----17----17------------|
G|-9~~----/16---------------------------|
D|------------------------------7-8-7-5-|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
Verse 2 (1:05) :: Rhythm plays Verse 1
Lead
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|-8-7-------7--------------------7------------|
G|-----9-7-9---9-7-9----------7-9---9-7-\-4--4-|
D|-------------------9~--9-10------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-8-7-------7-----------------8-7---7-----|
G|-----9-7-9---9-7-9~--------------7---7h9-|
D|---------------------9--9-10-------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Play Main riff x1
Chorus 2 (1:27) :: Rhythm plays Chorus 1
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12-12-10----------10~----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------12-11-12------12-12-11-9----9-11-----9-11-12-11-9-\-7-\-4~--\-2-|
D|-----------------------------------12------12-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12-12-10----------10~-----------------------------------------|
G|----------12-11-12------12-12-11-9----9-11----9-11-12-11-9-7h9-|
D|-----------------------------------12------12------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Breakdown (1:44) :: Rhythm plays Main riff x6
Lead - pickscrape, then play Main riff on high e string
End (2:13)
Lead
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12-12-10----------10~------------------------------------------------|
G|----------12-11-12------12-12-11-9----9-11----9-11-12-11-9-11-12~--11-|
D|-----------------------------------12------12-------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12-12-10----------10~-----------------------------------------|
G|----------12-11-12------12-12-11-9----9-11----9-11-12-11-9-7h9-|
D|-----------------------------------12------12------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Then play Chorus 2 again, end sliding to the 21st fret in the G string,
and mess around with that note (bends, tremolo picking...).
End for Rhythm :: Chorus 1
Main riff x1
Chorus 1
Main riff x2
Finish with E5
