When Skeletons Live Chords & Tabs
When Skeletons Live Bass Tab
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When Skeletons Live - Coheed and Cambria
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Tabbed By : fender4string
Tuning: I believe the tuning for this song is actually half step down, drop D
but I cut corners and simply tuned down E to Db (D flat). The fingering works
out to be pretty easy and it saves you effort on tuning down your whole instrument.
To tune the E string to Db simply tune so that 5 on your E string matches 4 on your
D string (or any two notes that are located in comparable places such as these;
the notes don't matter, just the interval you tune to). Obviously the 5 on E string
note will be an octave deeper than the 4 on D.
Intro (the x's are ghost notes before the indicated note. I.e. the x3 doesn't
mean mute the 3 on Db it means mute the pluck before the 3 on Db)
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-44-------0-2-0h2p0-44----------0--0----0--0---0--0--0---0-----------------|
Db|----0-----------------0--x3-2---3--3----3---3-----3--3----x3-x2-----------|
Verse 1
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-44------------2p0-44------------0-2--0--0---0--0---0-2---2---0-0--0-------|
Db|----0-x2-x3-x5--------0-x2-x3-x5-------3---3--3--3-----3--3---3----x3-x2--|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------2---1-------2-1---------------------------------------|
A|-44------------2--2h4--4--2---2------4-2--0-0---0--0--0-2--2---0-0--0------|
Db|---0-x2-x3-x5-----------------------------3---3--3--3------3---3----x3-x2-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------2-1--------------------------2--------------|
A|-44---------0--2/4\2/44--0-2-4----2----0-0---0--0--0-2--2--0-0--0-0--------|
Db|---0-2-5-3-------------------------5---3--3--3--3--------3------3--3-x2---|
Prechorus
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-222----------000--0-/4--4-4-4--222---------000--0---0---------------------|
Db|----2-3-5\-------3-----------------2-3-5\------3---3-3-8-7-5-3------------|
Chorus
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------22--------------------------------------------|
A|----------------2/4-0000000000--2244---------------------------------------|
Db|-00000222333555---------------------5555555555555555-7xx7xx7x10xx10xx10x--|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------22--------------------------------------------|
A|-44-----------22/4-0000000000--2244----------------------------------------|
Db|--000222333555---------------------5555555555555555-7xx7xx7x10xx10xx10x---|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/coheed_and_cambria/when_skeletons_live_btab.html ]
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6----6----6---1-2-1---------------6----6----6--1-2-1----------------------|
A|--4--4-4--4-4--------4-2------------4--4-4--4-4------4-2-------------------|
Db|------------------------5--8--7--5---------------------5--8--7--7-10-7-10-|
Verse 2
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------1h2p1------------------------------------------|
A|-44------------2-44---------------2--0-0--0--0--0-2--2--0-0--0--x--/7-x6---|
Db|---0-x2-x3-x5------0-2-2-3-----------3--3--3--3------3--3-----------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2p0-44-----------2p0-44-------------0-0--0--0--0-2--2---0-0---0-----------|
Db|------0-x2-x3-x5-------0-x2-x3-x2-0--3--3--3--3------3---3-------x3-x2----|
Prechorus
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-222--------000--0-/4--4-4-4--222---------000--0---------------------------|
Db|----2-3-5\-----3-----------------2-3-5\------3---/5--8--7--5--------------|
Chorus (no changes)
Bridge
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-----2----111-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-0---0-0------2222444-44444444444444446666666677772222-------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------111-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-000---000----2222444-444444444444444466666666777722220--------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------12-8-7-10-5-|
Chorus x2
Outro
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------22-------|
A|----------------2/4-00000000000000000--------------2/4-0000000000---2244---|
Db|-00000222333555---------------------00000222333555------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5555555555555555-8888888888888888-5555555555555555-7xx7xx7x10xx10xx10x----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6----6----6---1-2-1---------------6----6----6--1-2-1----------------------|
A|--4--4-4--4-4--------4-2------------4--4-4--4-4------4-2-------------------|
Db|------------------------5--8--7--5---------------------5--8--7--5---------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6----6----6---1-2-1---------------6----6----6--1-2-1-------------------------|
A|--4--4-4--4-4--------4-2------------4--4-4--4-4------4-2-----------4----------|
Db|------------------------5--8--7--5---------------------5--8--7--5------------|
Have fun with this one guys! It's a busy song that's a blast to play.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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