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Calling
Dead by April
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Hello, Dead by April has been an influence for me since I started playing. They got a
great style, and have a very unique writing technique. This song, along with its music
video, really speaks to me, and I needed to learn it. I hope this tab helps you learn it. Enjoy!
Username: dkm817 (same on X box live)
Youtube Cover:
Email: guitardrums@rockfan.com
Guitar 1 Rhythmic (C G C F A D)
Guitar 2 Lead (C G C F A D)
Guitar 3 Acoustic (D# G# C# F# A# D#)
Guitar 4 Acoustic (D# G# C# F# A# D#)
Tab Guide...
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(If there is a “continued” it is because the numbers could not
fit on 1 line.)
Verse 1
(x4)
Guitar 3
D#---------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------|
A#-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-|
F#---6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6---|
C#-6---------------4-----------------------------------------------|
G#---------------------------------0---------------0---------------|
D#-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 4
D#-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-|
A#-----4---5---4-------4---5---4-------4---5---4-------4---5---4---|
F#---6---------------6---------------6---------------6-------------|
C#-6---------------4-----------------------------------------------|
G#---------------------------------0---------------0---------------|
D#-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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Pre Chorus
Guitar 1 & 2
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
C--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
G--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
pm . . . . . . . . . .
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Guitar 1 & 2
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-----------------------------------|
C--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---8---|
G--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---8---|
C----------------------------------7---7---7---7---7---7---7---8---|
pm . . . . . . . . . .
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Guitar 1 & 2
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F------------------------------------------------------------------|
C--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
G--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
C--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
pm . . . . . . . . . .
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Guitar 1 & 2
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-----------------------------------|
C--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---0-----------0-----------0-------|
G--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---0-----------0-----------0-------|
C----------------------------------0-----------0-----------0-------|
pm . . . . .
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Chorus
Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|
Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|
Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F----------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-|
F--------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~-x-x-x-x-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~-2-2-2-2-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~---------|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|
Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Bridge 1
Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A--6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
F--x---------------------------------------------------------------
C--3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
D--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 3
D#---------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------|
A#-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-|
F#---6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6---|
C#-6---------------4-----------------------------------------------|
G#---------------------------------0---------------0---------------|
D#-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 4
D#-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-|
A#-----4---5---4-------4---5---4-------4---5---4-------4---5---4---|
F#---6---------------6---------------6---------------6-------------|
C#-6---------------4-----------------------------------------------|
G#---------------------------------0---------------0---------------|
D#-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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Verse 2
(x4)
Guitar 3
D#---------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------|
A#-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-|
F#---6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6---|
C#-6---------------4-----------------------------------------------|
G#---------------------------------0---------------0---------------|
D#-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 4
D#-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-|
A#-----4---5---4-------4---5---4-------4---5---4-------4---5---4---|
F#---6---------------6---------------6---------------6-------------|
C#-6---------------4-----------------------------------------------|
G#---------------------------------0---------------0---------------|
D#-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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===================================================================
Pre Chorus
Guitar 1 & 2
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
C--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
G--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
pm . . . . . . . . . .
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dead_by_april/calling_tab.html ]
Guitar 1 & 2
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-----------------------------------|
C--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---8---|
G--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---8---|
C----------------------------------7---7---7---7---7---7---7---8---|
pm . . . . . . . . . .
===================================================================
Guitar 1 & 2
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F------------------------------------------------------------------|
C--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
G--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
C--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
pm . . . . . . . . . .
===================================================================
Guitar 1 & 2
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-----------------------------------|
C--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---0-----------0-----------0-------|
G--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---0-----------0-----------0-------|
C----------------------------------0-----------0-----------0-------|
pm . . . . .
===================================================================
===================================================================
Chorus
Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|
Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|
Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
===================================================================
Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F----------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
===================================================================
Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|
Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Interlude
(x4)
Guitar 1 & 2
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F------------------------------------------------------------------|
C--8---8---8-8-8---8---8-8-8-8-8-8-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G--8---8---8-8-8---8---8-8-8-8-8-8-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
C--8---8---8-8-8---8---8-8-8-8-8-8-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
===================================================================
Guitar 1 & 2
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
C--5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
G--3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
C------------------------------------------------------------------
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===================================================================
Bridge 2
Guitar 3
D#---------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------|
A#-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4-----|
F#---6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6---------|
C#-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#-0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------|
D#-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 4
D#-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-------7---7-----|
A#-----4---5---4-------4---5---4-------4---5---4-------4---5-------|
F#---6---------------6---------------6---------------6-------------|
C#-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#-0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------|
D#-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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===================================================================
Chorus
Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|
Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
===================================================================
Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|
Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
===================================================================
Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F----------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
===================================================================
Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-|
F--------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~-x-x-x-x-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~-2-2-2-2-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~---------|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|
Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
===================================================================
===================================================================
Outro
Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A--6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
F--x---------------------------------------------------------------
C--3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
D--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Tab Legend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
ps/- pickslide up
ps\- pickslide down
~ - let ring
pm.- palm mute
b - bend
r - return from bend
* - harmonic
x - dead note
^ - Whammy bar
^\ - Whammy bar (hold down)
That’s it! I hope the tab helped you, and if you’ve got any problems, check out my
cover. Thanks, oh and one last thing... ROCK OUT!!!!
