Haunting Me Acoustic Chords & Tabs
Band: Stabbing Westward
Song: Haunting Me {Acoustic}
Album: Darkest Days
Tuning: Standard
Transcribed by: Farzan Karimi
#NOTE#
#This file is the author's own work and represents
their interpretation of the song. You may only use
this file for private study, scholarship, or research
Copyright 2003. Please give credit where it's due. Any questions please
email me at sevendustpsu@aol.com #
I tabbed this song out about 2 years back... just decided to polish it up
a bit and post it again (maybe out of boredom). Anyways, Enjoy!
Intro {E} riff (use palm muting --> 'x'):
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||--------9-----9-9-9-9----------------------
||--9-x-x-9-x-x-9-9-9-9----------x-x---------
||--7-x-x-7-x-x------------------x-x---------
||--0-x-x---x-x------------------x-x---------
{The intro is basically holding the E power chord
The entire time)
* Repeat Intro 4 times
Verse 1:
* Repeat Intro until pre-chorus
Pre-Chorus (switch to open chords here, not powerchords):
E C D E
"Why can't I let you… gooooooooooo
C D E
goooooooooooooo"
Chorus {play 4 times} (again, open chords):
E C D
Why are you Haunting Me?
Verse 2:
* There is some variation here from Verse 1, so I'll just
tab out the whole thing.
" Everything about me is a lieeeeeee Atleast it
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||--------9-----9-9-9-9----------9-----9-9-9-9
||--9-x-x-9-x-x-9-9-9-9----9-x-x-9-x-x-9-9-9-9
||--7-x-x-7-x-x------------7-x-x-7-x-x--------
||--0-x-x---x-x------------0-x-x---x-x--------
" feels that way, when I look in your eyes"
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||--5----------------------7-----------------
||--5-(9x)-----------------7-(9x)------------
||--3----------------------5-----------------
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"Now the truth scares the shit outta meeeee Whoever says"
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||--------9-----9-9-9-9--------------9-----9-9-9-9
||--9-x-x-9-x-x-9-9-9-9--------9-x-x-9-x-x-9-9-9-9
||--7-x-x-7-x-x----------------7-x-x-7-x-x--------
||--0-x-x---x-x----------------0-x-x---x-x--------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/stabbing_westward/haunting_me_acoustic_tab.html ]
" love is real, or love is blood, has never felt the way that I"
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||--5-------------------------------7--------
||--5-(9x)--------------------------7-(9x)---
||--3-------------------------------5--------
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"feeeeeeeeeeel What does it matter? What's done is"
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||--5-------------------------------9--------
||--5-(9x)--------------------------9-(9x)---
||--3-------------------------------7--------
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"done and I should get on with my liiiiife"
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||--5-------------------------------7--------
||--5-(9x)--------------------------7-(8x build up here)
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Chorus {play 4 times}:
E{let ring 1st time} C D
Why are you Haunting Me?
Interlude:
{The (x) stands for strumming... listen to song for rythm)
" Well I don't know what it is"
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||--12--------------------------11-----------
||--12-(x)----------------------11-(x)-------
||--10--------------------------9------------
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" And I can't seem to make myself forget"
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||--14-----------------------------9---------
||--14-(x)-------------------------9-(x)-----
||--12-----------------------------7---------
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" Was it something that you said Or is it"
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||--9--10-12----------------------------11---
||--9--10-12----------------------------11-(x)
||--7--9--10-----------------------------9---
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" all, the guilt, inside my heeeeeeaaaad"
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||-14----------------------------------------
||-14-(x)------------------------------------
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Back to Intro riff (2x)
Chorus
End with Verse 1 chords
