The Catalyst Chords & Tabs
Artist:Linkin Park
Song: The Catalyst
Album: A Thousand Suns (2010)
Guitarist: Brad Delson
Standard Tuning
Guitar starts at 1:58
Riff 1
(1:58-2:10)
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7/12-12-12-12\-10-10-10-10/12-12-12-12-| (2x)
A|-5-5-5-5/10-10-10-10\--8--8--8--8/10-10-10-10-|
E|----------------------------------------------|
Riff 2
(2:10-2:18)
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9/-10-10\9-9-|
D|-x-x-x-x/x-x-x-x/x-x-x-x/--x--x\x-x-|
A|-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/--8--8\7-7-|
E|------------------------------------|
From 2:18-2:26 play Riff 1 again (1x)
Riff 3
(2:26-2:36)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/linkin_park/the_catalyst_tab_ver_3.html ]
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9/-10-10/-12-12/-14-14-14-14-|
D|-x-x-x-x/x-x-x-x/x-x-x-x/--x--x/--x--x/--x--x--x--x-|
A|-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/--8--8/-10-10/-12-12-12-12-|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Riff 4
(2:40-2:48) (2:48-2:56) (2:56-3:02) (3:02-3:10)
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|---7-7-7-7---|---5-5-5-5---|---3-3-3-3---|-----------3-|
D|---7-7-7-7---|---5-5-5-5---|---3-3-3-3---|---2-2-2-2-3-|
A|---5-5-5-5---|---3-3-3-3---|---1-1-1-1---|---0-0-0-0-1-|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
From 3:10-3:24 play Riff 3 again en let the last note ring
Now the "Lift me up, let me go" part starts (no guitar from 3:24-4:22)
From 4:22 till the end strum an A octave on the 12th fret, it looks like this:
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|---14---|
D|----x---|
A|---12---|
E|--------|
Thats it, hope you liked it and don't forget to rate ;)