band: afi
song: bleed black
album: sing the sorrow, track #3
tabbed by: [email protected] 

h = hammer on
p = pull off
b = bend up
r = release
/ = slide up
 = slide down
pm = palm mute
~ = vibrato
x = dead string

tuning: half step down, Eb Ab Db GB Bb eb


INTRO (clean)

|-0---0---0-0---0-----0---0---0-0---0---|
|---------------------------------------|
|---2---2-----2---2-----2---2-----2---2-|
|---------------------------------------| x2
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

  (kick drum)
|-1---1---1-1---1-----------------------|
|---------------------3---3---3-3---3---|
|---2---2-----2---2-----2---2-----2---2-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


|-0---0---0-0---0-----------------------|
|---------------------3---3---3-3---3---|
|---2---2-----2---2-----2---2-----2---2-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


|-1---1---1-1---1-----------------------|
|---------------------3---3---3-3---3---|
|---2---2-----2---2-----2---2-----2---2-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

                      (snare drum roll)
|-0---0---0-0---0-----0---0---0-0---0---|
|---------------------------------------|
|---2---2-----2---2-----2---2-----2---2-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
                      [verse guitars fade in here]


VERSE

guitar one (distorted)
  [fade in]
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|---5-----5-----5-----|
|-99999999------99--7777------99--5555------99--7777-|-----5-----5-----5---|
|-77777777------77--5555------77--3333------77--5555-|-3-----3-----3-----3-|
|-00000000--0-0------------0-0------------0-0--------|---------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|

"i am exploring the inside"
|------------------------------------------------------------3-----|
|------------------------------------------------5-----5-------5---|
|-----99--7777-------99--5555-------99--7777-------5-----5-------5-|
|-----77--5555-------77--3333-------77--5555---3-----3-----3-------|
|-0-0------------0-0------------0-0--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

"i do implore these confines"
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------5-----5-----5---------------|
|-----99--7777-------99--5555-------99--7777-------5-----5-----5----77777777-|
|-----77--5555-------77--3333-------77--5555---3-----3-----3-----3--55555555-|
|-0-0------------0-0------------0-0------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

guitar two (distorted)
  [fade in]
|-------------------------------------|    |----------|
|-------------------------------------|    |----------|
|-------------------------------------|    |----------|
|-------------------------------------| x3 |----------|
|-77777777-77777777-77777777-33333333-|    |-55555555-|
|-55555555-55555555-55555555-11111111-|    |-33333333-|


PRE-CHORUS

both guitars (and bass)
"im hovering"           "in these days"
|------------------|    |-----------|
|------------------|    |-----------|
|------------------|    |------5555-|
|------------------| x3 |-3333-5555-|
|-888--------------|    |-3333-3333-|
|-----555-888-55-5-|    |-1111------|

"i crumble, cannot"     "reflection in these days"
|------------------|    |--------------------|
|------------------|    |--------------------|
|------------------|    |------5555----------|
|------------------| x3 |-3333-5555-55555555-|
|-888--------------|    |-3333-3333-55555555-|
|-----555-888-55-5-|    |-1111------33333333-|


CHORUS

both guitars
"if you listen"          "listen close"
|-3333--3333--1111--5555-|-3333--3333--5555-|
|-5555--3333--1111--5555-|-5555--3333--5555-|
|-5555--4444--2222--5555-|-5555--4444--5555-|
|-5555--5555--3333--7777-|-5555--5555--7777-|
|-3333--5555--3333--7777-|-3333--5555--7777-|
|-3333--3333--1111--5555-|-3333--3333--5555-|


"you can hear"           "and when it goes"
|-3333--3333--1111--5555-|-3333--3333-------------------|
|-5555--3333--1111--5555-|-5555--3333-------------------|
|-5555--4444--2222--5555-|-5555--4444-------------------|
|-5555--5555--3333--7777-|-5555--5555-------------------|
|-3333--5555--3333--7777-|-3333--5555--888--------------|
|-3333--3333--1111--5555-|-3333--3333------555-888-55-5-|


VERSE


PRE-CHORUS


CHORUS


BRIDGE

guitar one (acoustic)
"i know what died that night"
|------------------------------------------------------------------------5---------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------5-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------5---5-|
|------------------------------77777-------------55555-------------------------7---| x2
|---77777----77777----55555----55555----33333----33333----22222222222--0-----------|
|-0-55555--0-44444--0-33333--0--------0-11111--0--------0-00000000000--------------|

this is played over the octave chords on guitar two
|---5-----5------5-----5------5-----5---|
|-------5------------5------------5-----|
|-----5-----5------5-----5------5-----5-|
|-7------------6------------5-----------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

                                             [let ring]
|------10------10-----8-----8------8------8--12-|
|---10------10------8-----8------8------8----12-|
|-7-------7----------------------------------9--|
|-----------------------------10-----10---------|
|-----------------8-----8-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

guitar two (distorted) comes in after guitar one plays first riff x2
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-141414141414--161616161616--161616161616--171717171717--212121212121-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|-121212121212--141414141414--141414141414--151515151515--191919191919-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-171717171717--161616161616--141414131313--|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x---|
|-151515151515--141414141414--121212111111--|
|-------------------------------------------|


then play the first part of the intro before starting into the final chorus.
guitar one plays the usual chords in the chorus and guitar two plays a lead riff.

lead over chorus:
|-8-----10----12-------8-----8-----10----12--8-----|
|---8-8----8-----10-10---10----8-8----8---------10-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

last chorus finishes like this:
|----------------5-|
|----------------5-|
|----------------5-|
|----------------7-|
|-888------------7-|
|-----555-888-55-5-|