Parkway Drive - Dead Mans Chest Chords & Tabs

Dead Man's Chest
Parkway Drive

Tabbed by: Nodurquack




Tuning: Drop A#/Bb
(A# F A# D# G C)
(Bb F Bb Eb G C)


| /  Slide Up
| \  Slide Down
| p  Pull-Off
| ~  Vibrato
| *  Palm Mute

 
Drums (0:00-0:05)


Intro (0:06)           
                        "When your lungs collapse"
   C |--------------------------------------------|
   G |--------------------------------------------|
   D#|--------------------------------------------|
   A#|--------------------------------------------|
   F |-1-0-0-4-0-3-1-3----------------------------|
   A#|-1-0-0-4-0-3-1-3----------------------------|
           *   *


Chorus 1 x2 (0:10) 
   
   C |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   G |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   F |-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-1-0-4-0-3-1-3-|
   A#|-0-0-0-0-00-00-0-0-0-0-0-00-00-0-0-0-0-0-00-00-0-0-1-0-4-0-3-1-3-| 
       * * * *         * * * *         * * * *         *   *   *


Post-Chorus 1 (0:25)
               "Crushed"
   C |-------------------|
   G |-------------------|
   D#|-------------------|
   A#|-------------------|
   F |-0-0-0-0-----------|
   A#|-0-0-0-0-----------|
       * * * *


Chorus 2 x2 (0:27) 
                              (Those are two ones not elevens)
   C |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   G |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   F |-0-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-11-11-1-0-0-0-0---------0-1-0-4-0-3-1-3-|
   A#|-0-0-0-0-00-00-0---0-0-0-11-11-1-0-0-0-0-00-00-0-0-1-0-4-0-3-1-3-|
       * * * *           * * *         * * * *         *   *   *


Post-Chorus 2 (0:43)

   C |--------------------------------|
   G |--------------------------------|
   D#|--------------------------------|
   A#|-0------------0-----------------|
   F |-0------------0-----------------|
   A#|-0------------0-------Pickscrape|
       *            *


Verse 1 x2 (0:47) 
            (Tremelo pick the 8's 10's and 7's)
   C |----------------------------------|
   G |----------------------------------|
   D#|----------------------------------|
   A#|----------------------------------|
   F |-0----8888-----10101010-7777-8888-|
   A#|-0---------0-0--------------------|
                 * *
   C |----------------------------------|
   G |----------------------------------|
   D#|----------------------------------|
   A#|----------------------------------|
   F |-0----8888-----10101010-7777-8888-|
   A#|-0---------0-0--------------------|
                 * *
   C |----------------------------------|
   G |----------------------------------|
   D#|----------------------------------|
   A#|----------------------------------|
   F |-5----8888-----10101010-7777-8888-|
   A#|-5---------5-5--------------------|
                 * *
      First Ending                        Second Ending
   C |----------------------------------][---------------|
   G |----------------------------------][---------------|
   D#|----------------------------------][---------------|
   A#|----------------------------------][---------------|
   F |-8----8888-----10101010-7777-8888-][-8----8888-----|
   A#|-8---------8-8--------------------][-8---------8-8-|
                 * *                                 * *

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Verse 2 (1:05)    
                                      (Notes in the slide are fast and might not 
                                        be perfect but just play around with it)
   C |-----------------------------|   |-----------------------------|
   G |-----------------------------|   |-----------------------------|
   D#|-----------------------------|   |-----------------------------|
   A#|-8-5-------5-----000-000-0000|   |-8-5-------5-----------------|
   F |-----------------000-000-0000|   |-----------------------------|
   A#|-----8-7~----8-5~000-000-0000|x3 |-----8-7~----8-5~-7--8--/13\8|
                       *** *** **** 
                                            (Tempo slows down here)
   C |-----------------------------|   |-----------------------------|
   G |-----------------------------|   |-----------------------------|
   D#|-----------------------------|   |-----------------------------|
   A#|-8-5-------5-----0-0-0--0-0-0|   |-8-5---------5---------------|
   F |-----------------0-0-0--0-0-0|   |-------------------5---8---0-|
   A#|-----8-7~----8-5~0-0-0--0-0-0|x3 |------8--7~-----8--5---7---0-|
                       * * *  * * *     


Post-Verse 2 (Right side only) (1:40)
                        "All hell breaks loose"
   C |------------------------------------------|
   G |------------------------------------------|
   D#|------------------------------------------|
   A#|------------------------------------------|
   F |-0-0-0-0----------------------------------|
   A#|-0-0-0-0-00-00-0--------------------------|
       * * * *         

Pre-Breakdown (1:43)

   C |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   G |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   F |-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-1-0-4-0-3-1-3-|
   A#|-0-0-0-0-00-00-0-0-0-0-0-00-00-0-0-0-0-0-00-00-0-0-1-0-4-0-3-1-3-| 
       * * * *         * * * *         * * * *         *   *   
                               (Again, two ones not elevens)
   C |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   G |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   F |-0-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-11-11-1-0-0-0-0---------0-1-0-4-0-3-1-3-|
   A#|-0-0-0-0-00-00-0---0-0-0-11-11-1-0-0-0-0-00-00-0-0-1-0-4-0-3-1-3-|
       * * * *           * * *         * * * *         *   *   *
                               



Breakdown (1:59)   
                                                                  After Second Time
   C |-------------------------------------------------------|  |---------|
   G |-------------------------------------------------------|  |---------|
   D#|-------------------------------------------------------|  |---------|
   A#|--------------------------------------------1----------|  |-1-------|
   F |-0-0-0-0-----00-00-00-----0000000-----0-0-0-1----------|  |-1-------|
   A#|-0-0-0-0-----00-00-00-----0000000-----0-0-0-1----------|x2|-1-------|
       * * * *     ** ** **     *******     * * *

Outro x6 (2:25)             
                                (And again, two ones not elevens)
   C |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
   G |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
   D#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
   A#|---------------------------11-11-1---------------------------------|
   F |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-11-11-1-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-11-11-1-|
   A#|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-11-11-1-0-0-0-0-00-00-0-0-0-0-0-11-11-1-|
       * * * * * * * * * * * * *         * * * *         * * * *

   Background Guitar x2 (2:43) 

      C |-------------------------------------------|
      G |-----4-------6-----4----6--4-----------6p4-|
      D#|-7-------7-------7---7---------7-----------|
      A#|-------------------------------------------|
      F |-------------------------------------------|
      A#|-------------------------------------------|