Band: Ashes Divide Song: Stripped Away Part: Lead Guitarist: Billy Howerdel Tabbed by: Colin Thomas Nichols This is Billy's standard tuning but the bottom string is dropped two steps. Live he uses a Black LP Classic. This is only the lead part as it is arranged on the album - I'm not going to tab out the extended live outro in it's completion, just the main idea. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: A slide Neck Pickup c#|----------------------------------| G#|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3h4p3-3-3-1/3-| x4 E |----------------------------------| B |----------------------------------| F#|----------------------------------| B |----------------------------------| c#|----------------| G#|----------------| E |----------------| B |--8--8-x-5--5-x-| F#|--8--8-x-5--5-x-| B |--8--8-x-5--5-x-| c#|--------------------------------------------------| G#|--------------------------------------------------| E |--------------------------------------------------| B |--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12h13p12-12-12-10/12-| F#|--------------------------------------------------| B |--------------------------------------------------| c#|----------------------------------| G#|----------------------------------| E |----------------------------------| B |--12-12-12-12-12-15-15-15-15-15\\-| F#|----------------------------------| B |----------------------------------| Bridge Pickup c#|------------------------------------------------------------------| G#|------------------------------------------------------------------| E |------------------------------------------------------------------| B |------------------------------------------------------------------|x2 F#|------------------------------------------------------------------| B |--0h5---0h3---0--0--/10-10-10-10\7-5h7--0--0--/10-10-10-10h12-12--| Neck Pickup c#|----------------------------------| G#|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3h4p3-3-3-1/3-| x4 E |----------------------------------| B |----------------------------------| F#|----------------------------------| B |----------------------------------| c#|----------------| G#|----------------| E |----------------| B |--8--8-x-5--5-x-| F#|--8--8-x-5--5-x-| B |--8--8-x-5--5-x-| c#|----------------------------------| G#|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3h4p3-3-3-1/3-| x2 E |----------------------------------| B |----------------------------------| F#|----------------------------------| B |----------------------------------| c#|----------------| G#|----------------| E |----------------| B |--8--8-x-5--5-x-| F#|--8--8-x-5--5-x-| B |--8--8-x-5--5-x-| c#|--------------------------------------------------| G#|--------------------------------------------------| E |--------------------------------------------------| B |--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12h13p12-12-12-10/12-| F#|--------------------------------------------------| B |--------------------------------------------------| c#|----------------------------------| G#|----------------------------------| E |----------------------------------| B |--12-12-12-12-12-15-15-15-15-15\\-| F#|----------------------------------| B |----------------------------------| Turn Neck Pickup volume off, put slide on... Volume up after a few bars. c#|--------------------------------------| G#|-/15-15\-/15-15\-/15-15\-/17\15-13/15-| x2 E |--------------------------------------| B |--------------------------------------| F#|--------------------------------------| B |--------------------------------------| c#|----------------------| G#|----------------------| E |----------------------| B |-7-7-7\5-5-5-/8-8-8\7-|x2 F#|----------------------| B |----------------------| c#|----------------------------------| G#|----------------------------------| E |----------------------------------| B |-7-7-7\5-5-5/8/12\--7-7-7\5-5-5\\-| F#|----------------------------------| B |----------------------------------| Toss slide, Bridge Pickup c#|------------------------------------------------------------------| G#|------------------------------------------------------------------| E |------------------------------------------------------------------| B |--0h5---0h3---0--0--/10-10-10-10\7-5h7--0--0--/10-10-10-10h12-12--|x4 F#|--0h5---0h3---0--0--/10-10-10-10\7-5h7--0--0--/10-10-10-10h12-12--| B |--0h5---0h3---0--0--/10-10-10-10\7-5h7--0--0--/10-10-10-10h12-12--| Neck Pickup, volume off while singing... Raise volume after a few bars... c#|-------------| G#|-------------| E |-------------| B |--7--0-5--0--| F#|--5--0-3--0--| B |--5--0-3--0--| On the album, he plays the above riff several times until it fades out. Live, he plays a of the above, then plays variations of the following riff: Bridge Pickup C#|-5--5-5p3-3h5\-----------------| G#|-------------------------------| E |-------------------------------| B |----------------0----7b-5h7\-0-| F#|-------------------------------| B |-------------------------------| He also uses a slide and plays up the entire neck before doing variations of the slide earlier while the band jams on the outro riffs. For this he uses the neck pickup.