"Hellbound" by The Living End
Tabbed by blamft (blamft@hotmail.com)
I've had this tab kicking around for a few years now, it was the first Hellbound tab in existence for awhile. Then TLE got famous and suddenly everyone was tabbing their songs. But I'm not bitter or anything. Mick Fryar actually used some of this tab in his version (including the solo), but i still think this is the better tab.
Enjoy.
^=sharp, undefined bend
b=bend to fret pitch in brackets,eg 4(5)-bend at fourth fret till it sounds like the fifth
u=unbend
~=hold the note, w/vibrato
\= slide down the fretboard
/= slide up
Intro x 4
D C#/D C/D B/D D/E C#/E C/E E
--------------------- -0----0----0----0--
---0----0----0----0-- -3----2----1----0--
---7----6----5----4-- or -0----0----0----0-- whichever sounds
---0----0----0----0-- -0----0----0----2-- better to you.
---5----5----5----5-- -2----2----2----2--
--------------------- -0----0----0----0--
Chorus (x 4)
--------------8-----7---
--------------8-----7---
---9---12-----9-----8--- numbers in brackets shouldn't be played, but i like to
---9---12---(10)---(9)-- finger the whole chord to make changes easier.
---7---10---(10)---(9)--
-------------(8)---(7)--
Verse riff 1 (x 2)
-------------0-----------------------------
---------------------------------1111------
----------0-4-4b5u4~----2--4------------2~~
---2222-------------------------------3----
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Verse riff 2 (x2)
----------3--------------------------
---------3-3b4u3~-------3--4444------
--------3-------------5-----------5~~
---5555--------------------------5---
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Verse riff 3 (x1)
----------------------
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---------0-4~~~-/5-4--
--2222----------------
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Pre Lead break
Arpeggio these two chords
Em Gm
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--8------11-------
--9------12-------
--9------12-------
--7------10-------
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/living_end/hellbound_tab_ver_2.html ]
Solo
2 bars of the chorus riff, then
-----------------------------7h10-7h12-7h10-7h12-7h10-7h12-7-10-7-10-
--------0-0-0-0--3-3-5-9^-7--7----7----7----7----7----7----7---------
----------------4-4--------------------------------------------------
-4^u4--4-2-0-4-5----------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
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-15^-15-13-12-13-12h13-10-10h12p10-7h10p7-6h8p6-5h7p5-5/-
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and then a tricky bit i can't figure out, followed by:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------9999-101010-12121212-10-12-14-
-222222-444-555-7777-9999-7777-9999-10101010------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------5^5^5^--
-14-14\-12-12\--8-8\-4/-----2---2---3---4--3-2-0------------------------------
----------------------------3^--4^--5^--6^-------2-0-3h5-0-3h5-0-3h5-0--------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------12-14^-14-12h14p12-14-12-9-10-13p0-11p0-12p0-11p0-9p0-9-7
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------0245----------------------------------------------------------
---------0234--------------------------------------------------------------
-----0234------------------------------------------------------------------
-0234----------------------------------------------------------------------
aw hell, you figure out the rest of this. i'm bored.
Finish with verse riffs, then chorus riffs, then a slowed down Verse Riff 1, followed by an upstroked open Em chord, and then just the open E(low) string.
