Desperate Times Tab

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Tuning:	C G C F A D
Capo:	no capo

Author that_i_am [a] 89. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014

Tuning:  Drop C
 
I noticed that this song hasn't been tabbed so I thought I would give it a try.  I know
is not 100% correct but I think I at least got some parts right.
 
Guitar 1 Intro
 
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--7---------9\10---12\14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14\15-15-15-15-15--|
C|--x---------x\x----x\-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-\x--x--x--x--x---|
G|--5---------7\8----10\12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\13-13-13-13-13--|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Guitar 2 Intro
 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--0--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--0-----------------------------------------------------------12/|
 
Verse Both Guitars
 
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------5-----5-5---5-5---5---5---------5-----5-5-----------------|
C|--------5-----5-5---5-5---5---5---------3-----3-3---3-5-5-5-5-5---|x4
G|--------5-----5-5---5-5---5---5---------3-----3-3---3-5-5-5-5-5---|
C|--5-0-0---0-0-----0-----0---0---0-3-0-0---0-0-----0-3-5-5-5-5-5-0-|
      x x   x x     x     x   x   x   x x   x x     x
Chorus
 
 
Guitar 1 (listen to song for strumming pattern)
 
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|--16\17/12/10/9----|
C|--x--x--x--x--x----|
G|--14\15/10/8/-7----|
C|-------------------|
 
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
F|--16\17/12-----|
C|--x--x--x---3--|
G|--14\15/10--3--|
C|------------3--|
 
Guitar 2
 
 
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-------------------|
C|--0---3------------|x2
G|--0---3------------|
C|--0---3---3-3-5-5--|
 
Interlude 1
 
Guitar 1
 
 
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
F|--------9--------5-------9-------5-------5---|
C|--5--7-----5--7----5--7-----5--7---5--7----7-|x4
G|---------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------|
 
Guitar 2
 
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
F|---------------------------|
C|-----------------3-3-5-5-5-|x2
G|--0-------3------3-3-5-5-5-|
C|--0-(x16)-3(x10)-3-3-5-5-5-|
    x       x
Verse
 
Guitar 1
 
 
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------5------5-5---5-5---5---5---------5-----5-5-----------------|
C|-------5------5-5---5-5---5---5---------3-----3-3---3-5-5-5-5-5---|x4
G|-------5------5-5---5-5---5---5---------3-----3-3---3-5-5-5-5-5---|
C|-5-0-0---0-0------0-----0---0---0-3-0-0---0-0-----0-3-5-5-5-5-5-0-|
     x x   x x      x     x   x   x   x x   x x     x
Guitar 2
 
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
F|---------------------------|
C|-----------------3-3-5-5-5-|x2
G|--0-------3------3-3-5-5-5-|
C|--0-(x16)-3(x10)-3-3-5-5-5-|
    x       x
Chorus
 
Guitar 1
 
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|--16\17/12/10/9----|
C|--x--x--x--x--x----|
G|--14\15/10/8/-7----|
C|-------------------|
 
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
F|--16\17/12-----|
C|--x--x--x---3--|
G|--14\15/10--3--|
C|------------3--|
 
Guitar 2
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-------------------|
C|--0---3------------|x2
G|--0---3------------|
C|--0---3---3-3-5-5--|
 
Interlude 2
 
 
Guitar 1
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-------------------|
C|--0----0-----------|
G|--0----0-----------|
C|--0----0(x8)-------|
    x    x
 
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
F|----------------------------|
C|--5--3---------5------------|
G|--3--1--3-1-0--3-3-1-5------|
C|--------3-1-0----3-1-5------|
 
 
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
F|----------------------3*----|
C|--5--3---------5------------|
G|--3--1--3-1-0--3-3-1-0------|
C|--------3-1-0----3-1-0------|
 
Clean guitar 1
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|--12---15------10---13--10---12--13-12----10----------|
F|--12-------12--12------------10--------9-----9--------|
C|--12-----------10------------10--------7--------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
F|--9-----9-----7-----7-----4-----4-----5-----5---------|
C|--7-----7-----7-----7-----2-----2-----3-----3---------|
G|----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|--12---15------10---13--10---12--13-12----10----------|
F|--12-------12--12------------10--------9-----9--------|
C|--12-----------10------------10--------7--------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
 
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
F|--9-----9-----7-----7-----4-----4-----5-----5---------|
C|--7-----7-----7-----7-----2-----2-----3-----3---------|
G|----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
 
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|--8-----8-----5-----5---------------------------------|
F|--9-----9-----5-----5-----4-----4-----5-----5---------|
C|--7-----7-----3-----3-----2-----2-----3-----3---------|
G|----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
 
Guitar 2
 
 
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
F|----------------------------|
C|--5--3---------5------------|
G|--3--1--3-1-0--3--3-1-5-----|
C|--------3-1-0-----3-1-5-----|
 
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
F|----------------------------|
C|--5--3---------5------------|
G|--3--1--3-1-0--3-3-1-0------|
C|--------3-1-0----3-1-0------|
 
After Guitar 1
 
 
D|------------|
A|------------|
F|------------|
C|--3-3-5-5-5-|
G|--3-3-5-5-5-|
C|--3-3-5-5-5-|
 
Outro: Same as Chorus
 
I hope it isn't confusing.
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Desperate Times – Killswitch Engage

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this tabs sucks ass

Can any one trying tabbing the chorus because I'm not really sure about that part.

the chord for the interlude is a tricky one and i havent tried(your interpretation) yet but ive been playing by ear and this chord sounds really similar: d|----7---7--- A|---8------8- F|--7--------- C|-9---------- G|7----------- C| i havent found the variation of that chord yet, because they play it different 3 times in that breakdown.