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JOIN ME IN DEATH
As recorded by HIM
(From the 2000 Album RAZORBLADE ROMANCE)
Words and Music by HIM
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro (piano)
Q=114
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4
Intro
Q=114
4/4
Gtr II
W W
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
||o--5-----------------------|-------------------------|
||---------------------------|--6----------------------|
||--(2)----------------------|-------------------------|
||o--------------------------|-(4)---------------------|
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E S S E H +E E S S E H +E
||------12-----14-16----(16)-|-----9-----11-12----(12)-|
||o--------------------------|-(5)---------------------|
||---9-----(9)---------------|--6----(6)---------------|
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
||o--------------------------|-------------------------|
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
1.
W +W
|----------------------|---------||
|----------------------|--------o||
|----------------------|---------||
|--6-------------------|-(6)-----||
|----------------------|--------o||
|-(4)------------------|-(4)-----||
|
| E S S E H +E +W
|-----4-----6-7----(7)-|-(7)-----||
|----------------------|--------o||
|----------------------|---------||
|--6----(6)------------|---------||
|----------------------|--------o||
|----------------------|---------||
2.
+W W W
|----------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------|--5-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|--6----------------------------|
|-(6)------------|-(2)------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|-(4)---------------------------|
|-(4)------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| +W E S S E H +E E S S E H +E
|-(7)------------|-----12-----14-16------(16)-|---------9-----11-12------(12)-|
|----------------|----------------------------|-(5)---------------------------|
|----------------|--9-----(9)-----------------|--6--------(6)-----------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
F#5 E5
W W W H E E E E
|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---------4--4-2-|
|----------|----------|----------|---------4--4-2-|
|----------|----------|----------|---------2--2-0-|
|
| Gtr II
| W W W H E E E E
|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------11-11-9-|
|----------|----------|----------|--------11-11-9-|
|----------|----------|----------|---------9--9-7-|
|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
E5 B5 C#5
Q E Q E E E S +S E E Q E E E
|---------------|--------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|
|---------------|-4-(4)s=6--6--6---6--6--6-|
|-2--2-2--2-2-2-|-4-(4)s=6--6--6---6--6--6-|
|-2--2-2--2-2-2-|-2-(2)s=4--4--4---4--4--4-|
|-0--0-0--0-0-0-|--------------------------|
|
| Q E Q E E E S +S E E Q E E E
|---------------|--------------------------|
|------9--9-9-9-|--------------9---9--9--9-|
|-9--9-9--9-9-9-|--------------9---9--9--9-|
|-9--9-9--9-9-9-|-9-(9)s11-11-11--11-11-11-|
|-7--7----------|-9-(9)s11-11--------------|
|-0--0----------|-7-(7)s=9--9--------------|
F#5 G#5 F#5 G#5 F#5 E5
S +S E E Q E E E S +S E E Q E E E
|--------------------|-----------4------------|
|--------------------|-----------4------------|
|--------------------|-----------4------------|
|-4-(4)s6-6-6--6-6-6-|-4-(4)s6-6-----4--4-2---|
|-4-(4)s6-6-6--6-6-6-|-4-(4)s6-6-----4--4-2---|
|-2-(2)s4-4-4--4-4-4-|-2-(2)s4-4-----2--2-0---|
|
| S +S E E Q E E E S +S E E Q E E E
|-----------4--4-4-4-|-----------4------------|
|-----------4--4-4-4-|-----------4------------|
|-----------4--4-4-4-|-----------4--11-11-9---|
|-4-(4)s6-6----------|-4-(4)s6-6----11-11-9---|
|-4-(4)s6-6----------|-4-(4)s6-6-----9--9-7---|
|-2-(2)s4-4----------|-2-(2)s4-4--------------|
Verse 1
$ To Coda
E5 F#5
W W Wx8
|----------|-----------|--------|
|----------|-----------|--------|
|----------|--3--------|--------|
|-2--------|--4--------|--------|
|-2--------|--4--------|--------|
|-0--------|--2--------|--------|
|
| W W Wx8
|----------|-----------|--------|
|----------|-----------|--------|
|-9--------|-11--------|--------|
|-9--------|-11--------|--------|
|-7--------|--9--------|--------|
|-0--------|-----------|--------|
Verse 2
&
G#5 D#5 G#5 D#5
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/him/join_me_tab_ver_7.html ]
G#5 D#5 C#5 F#5 E5
PM------------------------------------------------|
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 Q E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--4----4-----4--4-2-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4----4-----4--4-2-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------|--2----2-----2--2-0-|
|
| Gtr II
| W W W E E E Q E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-11---11----11-11-9-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-11---11----11-11-9-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--9----9-----9--9-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
Chorus
E5 B5 C#5
Q E Q E E E S +S E E Q E E E
||----------------|--------------------------|
||o---------------|--------------------------|
||----------------|-4-(4)s=6--6--6---6--6--6-|
||--2--2-2--2-2-2-|-4-(4)s=6--6--6---6--6--6-|
||o-2--2-2--2-2-2-|-2-(2)s=4--4--4---4--4--4-|
||--0--0-0--0-0-0-|--------------------------|
|
| Q E Q E E E S +S E E Q E E E
||----------------|--------------------------|
||o------9--9-9-9-|--------------9---9--9--9-|
||--9--9-9--9-9-9-|--------------9---9--9--9-|
||--9--9-9--9-9-9-|-9-(9)s11-11-11--11-11-11-|
||o-7--7----------|-9-(9)s11-11--------------|
||--0--0----------|-7-(7)s=9--9--------------|
D.S. al Coda
F#5 G#5 F#5 G#5 F#5 E5
S +S E E Q E E E S +S E E Q E E E 3x
|--------------------|-----------4------------||
|--------------------|-----------4-----------o||
|--------------------|-----------4------------||
|-4-(4)s6-6-6--6-6-6-|-4-(4)s6-6-----4--4-2---||
|-4-(4)s6-6-6--6-6-6-|-4-(4)s6-6-----4--4-2--o||
|-2-(2)s4-4-4--4-4-4-|-2-(2)s4-4-----2--2-0---||
|
| S +S E E Q E E E S +S E E Q E E E 3x
|-----------4--4-4-4-|-----------4------------||
|-----------4--4-4-4-|-----------4-----------o||
|-----------4--4-4-4-|-----------4--11-11-9---||
|-4-(4)s6-6----------|-4-(4)s6-6----11-11-9---||
|-4-(4)s6-6----------|-4-(4)s6-6-----9--9-7--o||
|-2-(2)s4-4----------|-2-(2)s4-4--------------||
E5 F#5 G#5 G#5
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|----------|-----------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------|-----------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------|--3--------|-----------------|-------------3--|
|-2--------|--4--------|-----------------|---------6-6-4--|
|-2--------|--4--------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-4--|
|-0--------|--2--------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-2--|
|
| W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|----------|-----------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-2--|
|----------|-----------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-2--|
|-9--------|-11--------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3--|
|-9--------|-11--------|-----------------|----------------|
|-7--------|--9--------|-----------------|----------------|
|-0--------|-----------|-----------------|----------------|
Guitar Break
Wx8
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
1.
E5 C#5 G#5
W W W +W
||------------|------------|-^4--------|-(4)-----||
||o-^9--------|-^-9--------|-^4--------|-(4)----o||
||--^9--------|-^-9--------|-^4--------|-(4)-----||
||--^9--------|-^11--------|-^6--------|-(6)-----||
||o-^7--------|-^11--------|-^6--------|-(6)----o||
||--^0--------|-^-9--------|-^4--------|-(4)-----||
Out-Chorus
2.
F#5 E5
W H E E E E Q E Q E E E
|----------|----------------||----------------|
|----------|----------------||o---------------|
|----------|----------------||----------------|
|----------|---------4--4-2-||--2--2-2--2-2-2-|
|----------|---------4--4-2-||o-2--2-2--2-2-2-|
|----------|---------2--2-0-||--0--0-0--0-0-0-|
|
| Gtr II
| W H E E E E Q E Q E E E
|----------|----------------||----------------|
|----------|----------------||o------9--9-9-9-|
|----------|----------------||--9--9-9--9-9-9-|
|----------|--------11-11-9-||--9--9-9--9-9-9-|
|----------|--------11-11-9-||o-7--7----------|
|----------|---------9--9-7-||--0--0----------|
B5 C#5 F#5 G#5 F#5 Bb5
S +S E E Q E E E S +S E E Q E E E S +S E E Q E E E 3x
|--------------------------|--------------------|-----------6----------||
|--------------------------|--------------------|-----------7---------o||
|-4-(4)s=6--6--6---6--6--6-|--------------------|-----------6----------||
|-4-(4)s=6--6--6---6--6--6-|-4-(4)s6-6-6--6-6-6-|-4-(4)s8-8----8-8-8---||
|-2-(2)s=4--4--4---4--4--4-|-4-(4)s6-6-6--6-6-6-|-4-(4)s8-8----8-8-8--o||
|--------------------------|-2-(2)s4-4-4--4-4-4-|-2-(2)s6-6----6-6-6---||
|
| S +S E E Q E E E S +S E E Q E E E S +S E E Q E E E 3x
|--------------------------|-----------4--4-4-4-|-----------6--6-6-6---||
|--------------9---9--9--9-|-----------4--4-4-4-|-----------7--7-7-7--o||
|--------------9---9--9--9-|-----------4--4-4-4-|-----------6--6-6-6---||
|-9-(9)s11-11-11--11-11-11-|-4-(4)s6-6----------|-4-(4)s8-8------------||
|-9-(9)s11-11--------------|-4-(4)s6-6----------|-4-(4)s8-8-----------o||
|-7-(7)s=9--9--------------|-2-(2)s4-4----------|-2-(2)s6-6------------||
Outro
Q=94 Q=89
E5 F#5 G#
PM------|
W H E E E E W W
|-----------|-------------------|----------|------*|
|-----------|-------------------|----------|------*|
|-^1--------|-^3----------------|----------|------*|
|-^2--------|-^4-----4--4--4--4-|----------|------*|
|-^2--------|-^4-----4--4--4--4-|----------|------*|
|-^0--------|-^2-----2--2--2--2-|----------|------*|
|
| PM------|
| W H E E E E W W
|-----------|-------------------|----------|------*|
|-^9--------|-------------------|----------|------*|
|-^9--------|-11----11-11-11-11-|----------|------*|
|-^9--------|-11----11-11-11-11-|----------|------*|
|-^7--------|--9-----9--9--9--9-|----------|------*|
|-^0--------|-------------------|----------|------*|
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
