HIM
"Heartkiller"
Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice
Guitars:
G1 - Lead
G2 - Rythym/Bass
G3 - Keyboard
Other symbols:
PM - Palm mute
/ - slide up
\ - slice down
b - bend
~~ - let ring
Intro:
[Guitar 1]
Palm mute: Fm G# Eb
e|------------------|-------------|
B|--6-6-9-9-9-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-4---4-|
G|------------------|---------5---|
D|------------------|-------------|
A|------------------|-------------|
E|------------------|-------------|
Fm G# Eb\Cm/Eb
e|------------------|---------|
B|--6-6-9-9-9-6-6-6-|---------|
G|------------------|--8\5/8--|
D|------------------|--8\5/8--|
A|------------------|--6\3/6--|
E|------------------|--6\3/6--|
Main riff: (Cm-Eb)-Fm--(G#)--Eb (2x for G1; 4x for G2)
[Or you may just play Fm-Eb as main riff if you cannot slide your hand that fast ;)]
[Guitar 1]
Solo: e|---------------------|--------------------------|
B|----13--------15b----|----13--------------------|
G|-10----10-13------15-|-10----10-13--12b----10---|
D|---------------------|------------------13------|
A|---------------------|--------------------------|
E|---------------------|--------------------------|
Verse 1:
Fm(PM) Eb [...'ya should know where the palm mutes are. I don't
Farewell heartless world, need to put all of them here so that it will not look
Fm Eb that redundant ^_^]
I'll send you a postcard burnt,
C# G# Eb--Cm
In flames You've tried so hard to extinguish with the fear of failing,
Fm Eb
I'll write down everything I have learned,
Fm Eb
And edit it down to a single word,
C#---G#
Lo---ve
Cm
For you I'm waiting, anticipating
Chorus:
Fm G#
Sparks will fly beneath the luna alight,
C#
Lazarus at Frankenstein's, babe I'll be a,
G#(break) Cm--Eb
Flatliner for a... Heartkiller
Fm G#
A little we die above the lesser light,
C#
For you I'm open wide, babe I'll be a,
G#(break) C#--Eb
Flatliner for a... Heartkiller
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/him/heartkiller_crd.html ]
Post chorus:
(Play main riff chords once with solo)
Heartkiller
Verse 2:
Fm Eb
Top hats off to the return,
Fm Eb
Of the beat to lick a wound to,
C# G# Eb--Cm
Cursed for some and blessed for a few,
Fm Eb
It doesn't have to make any sense at all,
Fm Eb
Come hither and we'll fall,
C#---G# C#---G#
In lo---ve, for lo---ve
Cm
I'm crawling out of patience baby
(Repeat chorus)
Bridge:
C# Eb
Paint all your sorrows for me to sing
Cm---Fm
Heartkiller
C# Eb G#
Draw your pain and hear me hum it out
Interlude:
G3: e|----------------|
B|--13----11------|
G|-----13----12---|2x
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
G1 and G2: (same solo from the intro...)
Eb-------------
e|---------------------|--------------------|--------|
B|----13--------15b----|----13-------15b----|-15b----|
G|-10----10-13------15-|-10----10-13-----15-|-----15-|
D|---------------------|--------------------|--------|
A|---------------------|--------------------|--------|
E|---------------------|--------------------|--------|
Cm------------------
e|--------|---------------|
B|-17b----|-17b-----18~~--|
G|-----17-|-----17--------|
D|--------|---------------|
A|--------|---------------|
E|--------|---------------|
Chorus:
Fm G#
Sparks will fly beneath the luna alight,
C#
Lazarus at Frankenstein's, babe I'll be a,
G#(break) Cm--Eb
Flatliner for a... Heartkiller
Fm G#
A little we die above the lesser light,
C#
For you I'm open wide, babe I'll be a,
G#(break) Cm--Eb Eb Eb
Flatliner for a... Heartkiller...killer...killer
Outro:
(keep playing those chorus chords...)
Fm G# C#
whoa... whoa... babe I'll be a,
G# Cm--Eb
Flatliner for a... Heartkiller
Fm G# C#
whoa... whoa... babe I'll be a,
G# Cm(break)
Flatliner for a... Heartkiller
[I just played this one by ear. I'm open for any corrections regarding
the lyrics, chords, tabs, and the timing. Just post a comment
in this page and I will update 'em soon. Thanks :)]
