Song: Fixation on the Darkness
Artist: Killswitch Engage
Album: Alive or Just Breathing
Tabbed by: Christian / [email protected]

/ - Slide up
 - Slide down
PM - Palm mute
x - Mute string
h - Hammer on
p - Pull off
() - Pinch harmonic and vibrato
///X - Scratch string with pick

Play the pinch harmonics on different positions with the picking hand till it sounds good. 

Tuning: C G C F A D


Intro
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------| x1
|-1/81--0---4/6--0---4/6-|
|-1/81--0---4/6--0---4/6-|
|-1/81--0---4/6--0---4/6-|


Guitar 1
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------| x4
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--4/6-|
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--4/6-|
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--4/6-|
PM- -   - - - - - -   - -


Guitar 2 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
|-0-x-x-3-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-3-5--5p3---0-x-x-3-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-3-5--3h5p3h5p3-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------| x1
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5------|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--(2)---0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5--(4)-|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5------|
PM   -                             _

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------| x1
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5-5-|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--(2)---0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5-5-|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5-5-|
PM   -                             _

Guitar 1
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------| x4
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--4/6-|
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--4/6-|
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--4/6-|
PM- -   - - - - - -   - - 


Guitar 2 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
|-0-x-x-3-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-3-5--5p3---0-x-x-3-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-3-5--3h5p3h5p3-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------| x1
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5------|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--(2)---0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5--(4)-|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5------|
PM   -                             _

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------| x1
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5-5-|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--(2)---0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5-5-|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5-5-|
PM   -                             _


Fill
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------| x1
|-3h5-3-----|
|-------3-0-|
|-----------|


Chorus - Guitar 1
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-2--2--2--5--5--7--7--7--7-| x4
|-2--2--2--5--5--7--7--7--7-|
|-0--0--0--3--3--5--5--5--5-|
|-0--0--0--3--3--5--5--5--5-|


Chorus - Guitar 2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8--8-------------8-------8----------------8-8---------8-------------8-------8-----------------8-8---|
|-7----7--------7--7----7----7----------7-------7----7----7--------7--7----7----7----------7--------7-| x1
|-5------5----5----5--5--------5----5-5---5--------5--------5----5----5--5--------5----5-5---5--------|
|-5--------5-------5-------------5----------------------------5-------5-------------5-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|----------------------------------------------------|
|------8-------------8-------8-----------------8-8---|
|---7----7--------7--7----7----7----------7--------7-| x2
|-5--------5----5----5--5--------5----5-5---5--------|
|------------5-------5-------------5-----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


Bridge - Play x3
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7--5-5-5----------0-0-1--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|--------------------------6-6-6-6--0-0-1--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------0-0-1--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
PM- - - - - -                       - -    - -    - - - - - -  


|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------3-5---------------| 
|-7-7-7--3-5---------------|
|--------1-3--3h5p3p0------|
|----------------------(2)-|


Guitar 1
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------3-5---------------| x2
|-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--3-5---------------|
|-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--1-3--3h5p3p0------|
|-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0----------------(2)-|
PM-  - -   - - - - - - - -  - -


Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------3-5---------------| x2
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7--5-5-5-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7--3-5---------------|
|--------------------------6-6-6-6----------------------1-3--3h5p3p0------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------(2)-|
PM- - - - - -                        - - - - - - 


Verse
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------| x1
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5------|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--(2)---0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5--(4)-|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5------|
PM   -                             _

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------| x1
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5-5-|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--(2)---0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5-5-|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5-5-|
PM   -                             _


Fill
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------| x1
|-3h5-3-----|
|-------3-0-|
|-----------|


Chorus - Guitar 1
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-2--2--2--5--5--7--7--7--7-| x4
|-2--2--2--5--5--7--7--7--7-|
|-0--0--0--3--3--5--5--5--5-|
|-0--0--0--3--3--5--5--5--5-|


Chorus - Guitar 2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8--8-------------8-------8----------------8-8---------8-------------8-------8-----------------8-8---|
|-7----7--------7--7----7----7----------7-------7----7----7--------7--7----7----7----------7--------7-| x1
|-5------5----5----5--5--------5----5-5---5--------5--------5----5----5--5--------5----5-5---5--------|
|-5--------5-------5-------------5----------------------------5-------5-------------5-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|----------------------------------------------------|
|------8-------------8-------8-----------------8-8---|
|---7----7--------7--7----7----7----------7--------7-| x2
|-5--------5----5----5--5--------5----5-5---5--------|
|------------5-------5-------------5-----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

Outro
|----------------------------|
|------1h3-------------1h3---|
|----------------------------| x1
|-0--------1-0-------------1-|
|-0--------1-0-------------1-|
|-0--------1-0---///X------1-|


Play 4 times
|-------------------------|      |---------|
|-------------------------|      |-1h3-----|
|-------------------------| x2   |---------| x1
|-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-3-0-|      |------1--|
|-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-3-0-|      |------1--|
|-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-3-0-|      |------1--|
PM- - - - - - - - - - - -