HIM "Heartkiller" Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice Updated 03/28/10 - Simplified Main riff chords Updated 05/24/10 - Fixed chord timing - Added solos on the outro Guitars: G1 - Lead G2 - Rythym/Bass G3 - Keyboard Other symbols: PM - Palm mute / - slide up \ - slice down b - bend h - hammer on * - pinch harmonic ~~ - let ring Intro: [Guitar 1] Palm mute: Fm Ab Eb e|------------------|-------------| B|--6-6-9-9-9-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-4---4-| G|------------------|---------5---| D|------------------|-------------| A|------------------|-------------| E|------------------|-------------| Fm Ab Eb\Cm/Eb e|------------------|---------| B|--6-6-9-9-9-6-6-6-|---------| G|------------------|--8\5/8--| D|------------------|--8\5/8--| A|------------------|--6\3/6--| E|------------------|--6\3/6--| Main riff: Fm--Ab--Eb (2x for G1; 4x for G2) [Guitar 1] Solo: e|---------------------|--------------------------| B|----13--------15b----|----13--------------------| G|-10----10-13------15-|-10----10-13--12b----10---| D|---------------------|------------------13------| A|---------------------|--------------------------| E|---------------------|--------------------------| Verse 1: Fm(PM) Eb Farewell heartless world, Fm Eb I'll send you a postcard burnt, C# Ab Eb--Cm In flames You've tried so hard to extinguish with the fear of failing, Fm Eb I'll write down everything I have learned, Fm Eb And edit it down to a single word, C#---Ab Lo---ve Cm For you I'm waiting, anticipating Chorus: Fm Ab Sparks will fly beneath the luna alight, C# Lazarus at Frankenstein's, babe I'll be a, Ab(break) Cm--Eb Flatliner for a... Heartkiller Fm Ab A little we die above the lesser light, C# For you I'm open wide, babe I'll be a, Ab(break) C#--Eb Flatliner for a... Heartkiller Post chorus: (Play main riff chords once with solo) Heartkiller Verse 2: Fm Eb Top hats off to the return, Fm Eb Of the beat to lick a wound to, C# Ab Eb--Cm Cursed for some and blessed for a few, Fm Eb It doesn't have to make any sense at all, Fm Eb Come hither and we'll fall, C#---Ab C#---Ab In lo---ve, for lo---ve Cm I'm crawling out of patience baby (Repeat chorus) Bridge: C# Eb Paint all your sorrows for me to sing Cm---Fm Heartkiller C# Eb Ab Draw your pain and hear me hum it out Interlude: G3: e|----------------| B|--13----11------| G|-----13----12---|2x D|----------------| A|----------------| E|----------------| G1 and G2: (same solo from the intro...) Eb------------- e|---------------------|--------------------|--------| B|----13--------15b----|----13-------15b----|-15b----| G|-10----10-13------15-|-10----10-13-----15-|-----15-| D|---------------------|--------------------|--------| A|---------------------|--------------------|--------| E|---------------------|--------------------|--------| Cm------------------ e|--------|---------------| B|-17b----|-17b-----18~~--| G|-----17-|-----17--------| D|--------|---------------| A|--------|---------------| E|--------|---------------| Chorus: Fm Ab Sparks will fly beneath the luna alight, C# Lazarus at Frankenstein's, babe I'll be a, Ab(break) Cm--Eb Flatliner for a... Heartkiller Fm Ab A little we die above the lesser light, C# For you I'm open wide, babe I'll be a, Ab(break) Cm--Eb Eb Eb Flatliner for a... Heartkiller...killer...killer Outro: Ad lib: Fm-Ab-C#-Ab-Cm-Eb e|-*13~~--13-11----------------------------------------------| B|---------------13-11------11-------13b14~~-13-11----11-13--| G|---------------------13~~----13-11---------------13--------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------| whoa... whoa... babe I'll be a, e|--------------------------| B|--11h13h11----------------| G|-----------h13h12--8------| D|--------------------------| A|--------------------------| E|--------------------------| Flatliner for a... Heartkiller e|--13~~--13-11----b16~~-16-15----------20-18-16-18-b20~~-| B|--------------13-------------16-13/14-------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------| whoa... whoa... babe I'll be a, Flatliner for a... Heartkiller.