The old school Chimaira stuff doesn't get enough
attention... in my opinion This Present Darkness
and Pass Out Of Existence were their best albums.
I feel like this stuff laid the foundation for a
lot of the groove metal that came out between 2000
and 2010.
7 string in drop A
Part one...
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3211-2-2-3211-|
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Part two
(When only one string is shown it should be assumed to be the low string)
A|-2-2-2-2-222-2-321-1-1111-1-1-1111-|
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Part three
(I have my own funny little way of notating stuff, the 'b^' means bend up)
D|-------15-------------15----15b^----|
A|------------------------------------|
E|-------13-------------13----13b^----| x3, then...
A|-0-0-0----0-0-0-1-0-0-----0---------|
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D|-------15-------------15--15--15b^--|
A|------------------------------------|
E|-------13-------------13--13--13b^--| x1,
A|-0-0-0----0-0-0-1-0-0---------------|
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D|-------15-------------15----15b^----|
A|------------------------------------|
E|-------13-------------13----13b^----| x3 again, then...
A|-0-0-0----0-0-0-1-0-0-----0---------|
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D|-------15-------------15------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|-------13-------------13------------| x1,
A|-0-0-0----0-0-0-1-0-0-----0-0-------|
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Part four...
E|-10--10--10----9-----9---9---9---|
B|---0---0---0-0---0-0---0---0---0-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
For the last two times the rhythm
guitar comes in doing this underneath it...
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
A|-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2---3-----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/chimaira/lumps_tab_ver_2.html ]
Leading into...
Part five
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2---3-----|
A|-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2---3-----|
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Then they do a variation of part five,
we'll call it part five and a half.
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2---3-----| this gets played three times,
A|-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2---3-----|
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Then back to this for one time
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2---3-----|
A|-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2---3-----|
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They hold the power chord on the 3rd
fret for a few seconds, then parts three,
four, five, and five & a half all get played again
Then that same power chord gets held
out again before it goes into this build-up...
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2---3-----|
E|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
Then back into part one, then part five, then...
E|---------------------------------|
A|-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2---3-----|
Ending breakdown.
This part is kind of weird, it starts on an upbeat and the way
the end of the riff flows back into the beginning makes it sound
harder than it really is.
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10------------------------------10----------10--10----10--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8-------------------------------8-----------8---8-----8---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0-----0-0---0-----------0-----|
A|-----0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0-----0-0---0-----------0-----|
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