Lost To Apathy Chords & Tabs
Band: Dark Tranquillity
Album: Character
Song: Lost to Apathy
Copyright (c) Century Media Records 2005
Version 2.0 - October 24, 2006
Transcribed By: hate_thy_neighbor
Email: negative12002@aol.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo pick <> - Trill
Tuning: Down 1 1/2 step (Db Gb B E Ab Db)
Riff 1
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|o----------------------------o|-5----5-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5----2---4h5-4~~~-|
|o-2----2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2--o|-5----5-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5-5---------------|
|--2----2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2---|-3----3-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-----------------|
|--0----0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0---|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|o----------------------------o|-5----5-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5-5--7--5--4------|
|o-2----2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2--o|-5----5-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5-5--7--5--4------|
|--2----2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2---|-3----3-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3--5--3--2------|
|--0----0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0---|-------------------------------------------|
Riff 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------4-----------|
|-----5---7---9-----5---------5---7---9-----5-----4-4-5-4-7-4---4-4-5-4-4-|
|-7-7---7---7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7---7---7-7---7-7-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-4-4-5-4-7-4-5-7-5-5-4-4--|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
. . . . . . . . .
Riff 3
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------5-5-5-4----------------5---------5-5-5-4--------------ph--|
|-------------4----------7-7-7-5---------------4--------4-----5~~~|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---0-------------0--0-----------0---0------------0-----0-0-----|
. .
next, play riff 2, except substitute this at the end:
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-----7----7----7----------|
|-----7----7----7----------|
|-5-5-5----5----5----------|
|--------------------------|
. . x x x
Riff 4
|----------0--------------0-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------0-----------------------|
|----------------------5-----5-----------------------------4--4/5\4-|
|-------2-----------5-----------5--------5-----5--------4-----x-x-x-|
|----2-----------3--------------------5-----------5--2--------2/3\2-|
|-0--------------------------------3--------------------------------|
let ring throughout
|----------0--------------0-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
|----------------------5-----5----------------------------------------|
|-------2-----------5-----------5--------5-----5-----4--4--5--7--5--4-|
|----2-----------3--------------------5-----------5-------------------|
|-0--------------------------------3----------------------------------|
x x x x x x
during 2nd half of Riff 4, guitar 2 plays:
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------9-----------------------------|
|--9--9--10--9--7--9--10--10--12-----12--10--9--9--10--9--7-----|
|------------------------------------------------------------10-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
stuccatto and palm muted throughout, gradually release palm mute.
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-----------7--------|
|-9--9--10-----10--9-|
|--------------------|
Riff 5
Guitar 1:
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------5------------------4----4--5--4--|
|-2---------5--------5---------4----4--5--4--|
|-2---------3--------5---------2----2--3--2--|
|-0------------------3-----------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dark_tranquillity/lost_to_apathy_tab.html ]
Guitar 2:
|-7p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-5p0-7p0-8p0-8p0-10p0-12p0-10p0-8p0-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2(cont.):
|-7p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-5p0-3p0-2p0-2p0-3p0-5p0-3p0-2p0-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
before Riff 6, play this at end of Riff 1:
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-5--5------|
|-5--5------|
|-3--3------|
Riff 6:
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--2-2---------2-2----2-2---------2-2----2-2---------|
|--2-2---------2-2----2-2---------2-2----2-2---------|
|--0-0---------0-0----0-0---------0-0----0-0---------|
. . . . . . . . . .
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------5--5--5--4--4--ph-|
|--2-2-2-2-5--5--5--4--4--4~~|
|--2-2-2-2-3--3--3--2--2-----|
|--0-0-0-0-------------------|
. . . .
Riff 7:
Guitar 1 plays variation of Riff 6.
Guitar 2:
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------4-----2-----------4-----2-----------4-----2----5--5--5--4--4--4-|
|-----2-----------2-----2-----------2-----2----------2--5--5--5--4--4--4-|
|-------------------------------------------------------3--3--3--2--2--2-|
|--0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0------------------------|
. . . . . . . . .
Riff 8:
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------4-----2-----------4-----2-----------4-----2-----------4--------0-|
|----2-----------2-----2-----------2-----2-----------2-----5--------4----|
|-------------------------------------------------------3--------2-------|
|-0--------0--------0--------0--------3--------3-------------------------|
variation:
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------4-----2-----------4-----2-----------4-----2--------5--------4----|
|----2-----------2-----2-----------2-----2-----------2--------5--------4-|
|-------------------------------------------------------3--------2-------|
|-0--------0--------0--------0--------3--------3-------------------------|
Solo (with Riff 8 and variations thereof):
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------10-12-12~~~12---------------------------12-10----10-12|
|--9-11-(11)/12-11-9-11---------------9-11-(11)/12-11-9---9-11-12----11-14----|
|9------------------------------------------------------12--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------10-12-12~~~12--------------------------------------|
|--9-11-(11)/12-11-9-11---------------9-11-(11)/12-11-9---12-11-9----------|
|9------------------------------------------------------12-------12-10-9~~~|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------12-10-12-------12-10-12---12-10-12~~~---10-12-10-12-10--10-----------|
|------9----------9---9-----------------------/12--------------12--12-11-9-11-|
|-9-12--------------9---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------10----------------------------14-14bf^r-12~~~~~~|
|-/12-------10-------8-------13-12-10-12-10-12~~~12/17~~~------------------|
|-/12-------11-------9-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 9 (with effects):
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-9---9-9-9-9-9-|
|-7---7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------|
Variation of riff 1 at end of song:
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-5--7--5--4------------|
|-5--7--5--4--5--5--2-2-|
|-3--5--3--2--5--5--2-2-|
|-------------3--3--0-0-|
. . . .
Song structure:
Riff 1--1x
Riff 2--2x
Riff 3--2x
Riff 2--2x (with variation at end)
Riff 4--1x
Riff 1--1x
Riff 5--2x
Riff 2--2x
Riff 3--2x
Riff 1--1x (with variation at end)
Riff 6--2x
Riff 7--2x (with variation of Riff 6)
Solo with Riff 8 and variations
Riff 5--2x
Riff 2--2.25x
Riff 4--1x
Keyboard interlude w/Riff 9
Riff 1--1x
Riff 1--1x with palm muted variation
