------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forced to Die - As I Lay Dying ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tabbed by: Karleen Heong Email: the_aurora_australis@hotmail.com Tuning: Drop C (6=C,5=G,4=C,3=F,2=A,1=D) This needs 3 guitars later in the song but I suppose it can still be played with 2. Other than that it's short and straightfoward. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Guitar 1 D|------------------------------------| A|---0---0---0---0----0---0---0---0---| F|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| Play 8 times and 1st half C|-7---7---7---7----3---3---3---3-----| of riff on 9th time G|------------------------------------| C|------------------------------------| Uses a dirty (slight overdrive) sound - Put your middle finger on fret 5 and alternate between the index and little fingers on 3rd string Guitar 2 - Clean D|------------------------| A|------------------------| F|------------------------| Play twice - on 3rd and 4th times of C|------------------------| the above riff G|-0--2/3--2--2/3---------| C|-----------------3---5--| Guitar 2 - Distortion - Enters when the growling starts D|---------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------| F|-5---5---5---5---5-------5---5---5-----------------| C|-7---3---7---3---3---0---7---3---3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| G|-7---3---7---3---3---0---7---3---3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| C|-7---3---7---3---3---0---7---3---3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| pm . . . . . . . Note: The 5th and 9th chords (3335) can be played (2225) if no bass guitar is playing Guitar 1 - Distorted D|------------| A|------------| Play this on the last F|------------| palm muted chord that guitar 2 plays C|-7b(1/4)*~~-| G|------------| C|------------| Bend the note at the 7th fret a quarter of the way while playing it as a pinch harmonic and add some vibrato Guitar 1 - Distortion D|----------| |----------| |----------| |----------| A|----------| |----------| |----------| |----------| F|----------| |----------| |----------| |----------| C|----------| |----------| |----------| |----------| G|-5-7-8-10-|x4|-8-7-8-10-|x4|-7-8-7-10-|x4|-5-7-8-10-|x4 c|----------| |----------| |----------| |----------| (Play each section 4 times) Play this whole sequence 2 times Guitar 2 - Distortion D|-----------------| A|-----------------| F|-----------------| Play 6 times C|-7---3---3---0---| G|-7---3---3---0---| C|-7---3---3---0---| Again if there's no bass play 233 (fret 2 on 6th string) on the 2nd 333 so the moving bassline is heard. Also you can add some strumming to these chords Guitar 1 - Distortion - enters after it's completed the previous riff D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| F|-9-999-99-9999-9-12-12-1212\10-101010-10-12-12-1212/17-171717-1717--| C|--------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-7-777-77-7777-7-10-10-1010\-8--8-8-8--8-10-10-1010/15-151515-1515--| C|--------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------| F|-19-19-1919-1919191919--9-999-99-9999-9-12-12\10101010101010-| C|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-17-17-1717-1717171717--7-777-77-7777-7-10-10\-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| C|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------| F|-12-12/1717171717171717-12121212\10101010-| C|------------------------------------------| Play whole thing twice G|-10-10/1515151515151515-10101010\-8-8-8-8-| C|------------------------------------------| You can work out the strumming pattern easily. Octaves like the 10-12 are ten-twelve not one-zero-one-two Guitar 3 - Plays the four bar sequence thing twice when guitar 1 is on its 2nd time playing the octaves Ending - all guitars D|------------------------| A|------------------------| F|------------------------| C|-0--0--0----0-----------| G|-0--0--0----0--let ring-| C|-0--0--0----0-----------| That's it. Really simple. Took no time to tab. It's rare to come across short metal songs but this could be an interlude type of thing on their album, don't know coz I only started listening to them. Please email comments and suggestions and rate! | / slide up | \ slide down | . palm mute (pm) | ~ vibrato | * pinch harmonic | b bend ========================================================================