I Play Dead Chords & Tabs
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I PLAY DEAD
As recorded by Demon Hunter
(From the 2004 Album SUMMER OF DARKNESS)
Transcribed by Jordan Anderson
Words and Music by Demon Hunter
Gtr I (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr III (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Guitar 3'
Q=140 Q=133
$
4/4
Gtr I
>
Q Q Q Q W W
|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|-2--4--5--12--|-10------------|-0------------|
|-2--4--5--12--|-10------------|-0------------|
|-2--4--5--12--|-10------------|-0------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------4----4-|-------4----4-|
|--------------|-----5-----5---|----5-----5---|
|--------------|--3------------|-0------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|
>
W +W
|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|
|-2------------|-(2)--------------|
|-2------------|-(2)--------------|
|-2------------|-(2)--------------|
|
| Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|
|-------4----4-|---------4----4---|
|----5-----5---|------5-----5-----|
|-2------------|--2---------------|
|--------------|------------------|
Gtr II
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E 3x
||---------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------o||
||--------4----4-|-------4----4-|-------4----4-|-------4----4---||
||-----5-----5---|----5-----5---|----5-----5---|----5-----5-----||
||o-3------------|-0------------|-2------------|-2-------------o||
||---------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
To Coda
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------4----4-|-------4----4-|-------4----4-|-------4----4---|
|----5-----5---|----5-----5---|----5-----5---|----5-----5-----|
|-3------------|-0------------|-2------------|-2--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
Q=140
$$
Gtr I
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E. S +E. E E. Q W 3x
|--------------|---------------||-------------------|-------||
|--------------|---------------||o------------------|------o||
|-------4----4-|-------4----4--||-------------------|-------||
|----5-----5---|----5-----5----||--2--2-(2)s0-------|-------||
|-3------------|-0-------------||o-2--2-(2)s0-------|------o||
|--------------|---------------||--2--2-(2)s0-------|-------||
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E. S +E. E E. Q W 3x
|-------------|-------------||-------------------|-------||
|-------------|-------------||o------------------|------o||
|-------------|-------------||-------------------|-------||
|-1-1-0-1-1-0-|-1-1-0-1-1-0-||--2--2-(2)s0-------|-------||
|-1-1-0-1-1-0-|-1-1-0-1-1-0-||o-2--2-(2)s0-------|------o||
|-1-1-0-1-1-0-|-1-1-0-1-1-0-||--2--2-(2)s0-------|-------||
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|-1-1-0-1-1-0-|-1-1-0-1-1-0-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-1-1-0-1-1-0-|-1-1-0-1-1-0-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-1-1-0-1-1-0-|-1-1-0-1-1-0-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--|
|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--|
|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
To Dbl. CodaD.S. al Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-------------------------|------------------|----------|
|-------------------------|------------------|----------|
|-------------------------|------------------|----------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2--------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2--------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2--------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/demon_hunter/i_play_dead_tab_ver_2.html ]
& D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
Gtr III
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----7---7-------|-----7---7-------|-----7---7-------|-----7---7-------|
|---8---8---8---8-|---8---8---8---8-|---8---8---8---8-|---8---8---8---8-|
|-5-----------5---|-7-----------7---|-9-----------9---|-9-----------9---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
&&
Gtr I
Q E E E E E E +W Q E E E E E E +W
|----------------|------------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|--------|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-0-|-(0)--------|-2--2-2-2-2-2-0-|-(0)----|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-0-|-(0)--------|-2--2-2-2-2-2-0-|-(0)----|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-0-|-(0)--------|-2--2-2-2-2-2-0-|-(0)----|
Gtr II
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E 4x
||---------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------o||
||--------4------|-------4------|-------4------|-------4--------||
||-----5-------5-|----5-------5-|----5-------5-|----5-------5---||
||o-3--------3---|-0--------0---|-2--------2---|-0--------0----o||
||---------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------||------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------||------------------|-----------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-o||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------|
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|------------------|----------|--------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|----------|--------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|----------|--------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2--------|-2--4--5--12--|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2--------|-2--4--5--12--|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2--------|-2--4--5--12--|
W W W +W
|-----------|----------|----------|--------|
|-----------|----------|----------|--------|
|-----------|----------|----------|--------|
|-10--------|-0--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-10--------|-0--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-10--------|-0--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
W W W +W
|-----------|----------|----------|--------|
|-----------|----------|----------|--------|
|-----------|----------|----------|--------|
|-10--------|-0--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-10--------|-0--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-10--------|-0--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
+W +W +W +W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
