Down Again by Chimaira
The Impossibility of Reason
Tuning Drop C (low to high CGCFAD)
Intro
Guitar 1 (slowly coming in after piano until fully in at 00:20)
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F-13--12--13--13/15\13--15--13--15--15/17\15--15-15-15--17-17-17-17----|
C-x---x----x---x--x--x---x---x---x---x--x--x---x--x--x---x--x--x--x----|
G-11--10--11--11/13\11--13--11--13--13/15\13--13-13-13--15-15-15-15----|
C----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--15-15-17-13-13-13/17~-----------------------------------------------|
C---x--x--x--x--x--x--x------------------------------------------------|
G--13-13-15-11-11-11/15~-----------------------------------------------|
C----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 is doing some sort of thing with sound effects during this
Repeats 5x once in at 00:20 then Guitar 2 stops the sound effects and goes to:
Guitar 2
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-17b----15~----13br-11~-----11-13--11~--9-9-9/13~---------------------|
F----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Main Riff
Both Guitars
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C-X~-333-111-444-333-66-444-1-1-3-1-1-3-4-4/3-1------------------------|
G-X~-333-111-444-333-66-444-1-1-3-1-1-3-4-4/3-1------------------------|
C-X~-333-111-444-333-66-444-1-1-3-1-1-3-4-4/3-1------------------------|
PM - - - -
Guitar 1
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C-X~-333-111-444-333-66-444-1-1-3-1-1-3-4-6/5-4------------------------|
G-X~-333-111-444-333-66-444-1-1-3-1-1-3-4-4/3-4------------------------|
C-X~-333-111-444-333-66-444-1-1-3-1-1-3-4-----4------------------------|
PM - - - -
Guitar 2
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
F--10tp--8tp-11tp-10tp----13tp-11tp----------15tp-13tp-17tp-13tp-|
C----------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
C----------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1 (both guitars)
D---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
F---------------------------------------------------------------------|
C--3------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----66666666----888888888888--------|
C--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3333--------4444------------4444----|
PM - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
(2x)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/chimaira/down_again_tab_ver_7.html ]
Guitar 1 (Guitar 2 plays above again)
D---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
F---------------------------------------------------------------------|
C--3----------------------------------44444444----666666666666--------|
G--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------|
C--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3333--------4444------------4444----|
PM - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
(2x)
D------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C--1~----------X\~-------------------------------------------------------|
G--1~----------X\~-------------------------------------------------------|
C--1~----------X\~----------1/12\1---------------------------------------|
Back to Main Riff for the Chorus only w/o the Tremolo picking part
Verse 2 (both guitars)
D---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
F---------------------------------------------------------------------|
C--3\-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G--3\---------------------------------66666666----888888888888--------|
C--3\-----------------------------3333--------4444------------4444----|
(2x)
Then play the second half verse 1 for the rest of verse 2
Then Chorus is main riff again
Interlude
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F-13~-13-13-13-12-8~---13-15/17~-15--17--15-13~------------------------|
C--x---x--x--x--x-x~----x--x--x---x---x---x--x-------------------------|
G-11~-11-11-11-10-6~---11-13/15~-13--15--13-11~------------------------|
C----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F-13~-13~-13-13-13-12-8~---13-15/17~-15--17--15-13-15/17~--------------|
C--x---x---x--x--x--x-x~----x--x--x---x---x---x--x--x--x---------------|
G-11~-11~-11-11-11-10-6~---11-13/15~-13--15--13-11-13/15~--------------|
C----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Piano intro riff again
Guitar 1
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
F--------------------------------------------------------------|
C--3-----1-----4-----3-----6-----4~---------X\-----------------|
G--3-----1-----4-----3-----6-----4~---------X\-----------------|
C--3-----1-----4-----3-----6-----4~---------X\-----------------|
Chorus again
This instead of 4th phrase on Chorus
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F------------------------------------------------------------------|
C--3-3-3-1-1-1-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-4-4-4--1-1-3--1-1-3--4-4-4-4-4-4----|
G--3-3-3-1-1-1-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-4-4-4--1-1-3--1-1-3--4-4-4-4-4-4----|
C--3-3-3-1-1-1-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-4-4-4--1-1-3--1-1-3--4-4-4-4-4-4----|
PM - - - - - - - - - -
Outro (both guitars)
D--------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------|
F--------------------------------------------|
C--3--1--4--3--6--4~------------------0-0-1--|
G--3--1--4--3--6--4~------------------0-0-1--|
C--3--1--4--3--6--4~------------------0-0-1--|
PM - -
(3x)
D---------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
F---------------------------------------------------|
C--3--1--4--3--6--4--------1--1--1--1--1--1--3~-----|
G--3--1--4--3--6--4--------1--1--1--1--1--1--3~-----|
C--3--1--4--3--6--4--------1--1--1--1--1--1--3~-----|
PM - - - - - -
(slowly played)
Guitar 2
D---------------------------|
A---18tp--------------------|
F---------------------------|
C---15tp--------------------|
G---------------------------|
C---------------------------|
Piano riff once more and its over
Hope you enjoyed the tab I tried to cover the things that the other tabs missed so I
everything’s good.
