This is my bass tab to the song "Always" by Killswitch Engage, which is on the record
"Disarm The Descent"
In my opinion, it should be all correct. At Chorus, you could play the notes in eight
notes or in the way I do.
Have fun learning it!
And please don't forget to rate!
Intro
F|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C|2-2-2-0-2-------|----------------|2-2-2-0-2-------|------------5-5-|
G|----------------|----0-3-5-3-3-3-|----------------|----0-3-5-3-----|
C|----------2-2-2-|2-5-------------|----------2-2-2-|2-5-------------|
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
F|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C|2-2-2-0-2-------|----------------|2-2-2-0-2-------|----------------|
G|----------------|----0-3-5-3-3-3-|----------------|----0-3-5-3-10/-|
C|----------2-2-2-|2-5-------------|----------2-2-2-|2-5-------------|
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 Q
Verse
F|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 3x
C|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-5---3-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-5-2-5-|
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
F|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-5---3-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
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
Chorus Part 1 (be careful with accentuation)
F|----------------|----------------|----------------|------4-5-4-2---|
C|----------------|--------------5~|~~5~~~5~~~5~~~5~|~~5~~~--------5-|
G|5~5~~~5~~~5~~~0~|~~0~~~0~~~0~~~--|----------------|----------------| 2x
C|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E E E E
Chorus Part 2
F|------5-5-7-7---|----------------|----------------|------4-5-4-2---|
C|----------------|--------------5~|~~5~~~5~~~5~~~5~|~~5~~~--------5-|
G|5~5~~~--------0~|~~0~~~3-3-5-5---|----------------|----------------|
C|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q E E E E E
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/killswitch_engage/always_btab.html ]
F|------5-5-7-7---|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
C|----------------|--------------5~|~~5~~~5~~~5~~~5~|~~5~~~5~~~5~~~---|
G|5~5~~~--------0~|~~0~~~3-3-5-5---|----------------|--------------10/|
C|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E
Verse
Chorus 2 Part 1 (the same as the first time)
Chorus 2 Part 2
F|------5-5-7-7---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C|----------------|--------------5~|~~5~~~5~~~5~~~5~|~~3~~~3~~~3~~~3~|
G|5~5~~~--------0~|~~0~~~3-3-5-5---|----------------|----------------|
C|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E
F|------5-5-7-7---|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
C|----------------|--------------5~|~~5~~~5~~~5~~~5~|~~5~~~5~~~5~~~---|
G|5~5~~~--------0~|~~0~~~3-3-5-5---|----------------|--------------10/|
C|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E
Breakdown
F|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C|2~~~~~0~~~~~----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|------------1~~~|~~0~~~~~--------|3~~~~~0~~~~~----|----------------| 4x
C|----------------|--------5-6-5-2-|------------5~~~|~~3~~~2-3-5-3-2-|
Q. Q. Q E Q. E E E E Q. Q. Q E Q E E E E E
Pause from (3:10) to (3:25)
Slide slowly down from G|10/~~~~~~~|
Last Chorus
F|----------------|----------------|----------------|------4-5-4-2---|
C|----------------|--------------5~|~~5~~~5~~~5~~~5~|~~5~~~--------5-|
G|5~5~~~5~~~5~~~0~|~~0~~~0~~~0~~~--|----------------|----------------|
C|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E E E E
F|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
C|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
G|5~5~~~5~~~5~~~0~|~~0~~~0~~~0~~~10|~~10~~10~~10~~10|~~10~~10~~10~~10/|
C|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E E E E
F|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
C|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
G|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10|1010101010101010|1010101010101010/|
C|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
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
F|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
C|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
G|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10|1010101010101010|1010101010101010/|
C|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
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
No bass until the end.
If you like that tab, you should check out my other bass tabs! :)
F = Full note
H = Half note
Q = Quarter note
E = Eighth note
S = Sixteenth note
. = makes the note a half longer
\ = Slide up
/ = Slide down
h = Hammer-on
p = Pull-off
b = Bending
X = Mute note
