This Is War Tab

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	D A D G B E
Capo:	no capo
Author guitguy92 [a] 124.
1 contributor total, last edit on Jul 6, 2016
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Pretty easy song. I'll put like musical kinda milestones so you know where to play
each part, and enjoy =]
 
Tuning - Drop D (DADGBE)
 
 
[Intro]
 
Clean Delay on the guitar or you can pick the delayed notes too.
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------8-8-------6-6-------4-4--------6-6------------------------------|
A|--6-6-----------------2-2-------4-4-----------------------------------|
D|------------4-4-------------------------------------------------------|
 
every first and third bar it does this
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-------------------------|
D|------8-8-------6-6-------4-4-----------------------------------------|
A|--6-6-----------------2-2---------------------------------------------|
D|------------4-4----------------6-6------------------------------------|(x6)
 
Little Violin Bit Backing (Its fun to do the small fun parts lol)
 
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------7--9---------7--9-|
G|----8--10--------8--10-------| ringing notes
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
(also available: violin but transposed to guitar)
 
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-----6-----------7-----7---6------------------|
G|---6-6---6-6-6-6-6---6-6---6---6----------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|(x3)
 
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-----6-----------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--------------|
G|---6-6---6-6-6-6-6------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|  Last Time
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
 
This Is The Violin Bit On Guitar in the background of the pre-chorus.
 
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------7--9---------7--9-|
G|----8--10--------8--10-------| ringing notes
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
 
 
[Chorus]
 
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|----------14-14-14-14-14----------14-14-14-14-14|
G|-11-11-11----------------11-11-11---------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
 
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|----------14-14-14-14-14----------14-14-14-14-14|
G|-10-10-10----------------10-10-10---------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|(x2)
 
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|----------14-14-14-14-14----------14-14-14-14-14|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-13-13-13----------------13-13-13---------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
 
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|----------14-14-14-14-14----------14-14-14-14-14|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-11-11-11----------------11-11-11---------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
 
Little Violin Bit After Chorus
 
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|---------------------6---|
A|---6--9--6--9--6--9------|
D|-------------------------|
 
 
[Verse]
 
Delay on the guitar or you can pick the delayed notes too.
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------8-8-------6-6-------4-4--------6-6------------------------------|
A|--6-6-----------------2-2-------4-4-----------------------------------|
D|------------4-4-------------------------------------------------------|(x6)
 
Occasionally does this
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-------------------------|
D|------8-8-------6-6-------4-4-----------------------------------------|
A|--6-6-----------------2-2-------4-4-----------------------------------|
D|------------4-4-------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
(also available: violin but transposed to guitar)
 
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-----6-----------7-----7---6------------------|
G|---6-6---6-6-6-6-6---6-6---6---6----------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|(x3)
 
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-----6-----------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--------------|
G|---6-6---6-6-6-6-6------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|  Last Time
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
 
This Is The Violin Bit On Guitar in the background of the pre-chorus
 
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------7--9---------7--9-|
G|----8--10--------8--10-------| ringing notes
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
 
 
[Chorus]
 
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|----------14-14-14-14-14----------14-14-14-14-14|
G|-11-11-11----------------11-11-11---------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
 
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|----------14-14-14-14-14----------14-14-14-14-14|
G|-10-10-10----------------10-10-10---------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|(x2)
 
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|----------14-14-14-14-14----------14-14-14-14-14|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-13-13-13----------------13-13-13---------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
 
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|----------14-14-14-14-14----------14-14-14-14-14|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-11-11-11----------------11-11-11---------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Bridge]
 
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------| Let Ring for a short while
D|--4----------------------|
A|--4----------------------|
D|--4----------------------|
 
 
[Chorus]
 
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|----------14-14-14-14-14----------14-14-14-14-14|
G|-11-11-11----------------11-11-11---------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
 
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|----------14-14-14-14-14----------14-14-14-14-14|
G|-10-10-10----------------10-10-10---------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|(x2)
 
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|----------14-14-14-14-14----------14-14-14-14-14|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-13-13-13----------------13-13-13---------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
 
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|----------14-14-14-14-14----------14-14-14-14-14|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-11-11-11----------------11-11-11---------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Last Chorus]
 
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-11x16---10x8---13x8---11x16---13x8---15x8------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
 
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-11x16---10x12-10s/13-13x3---11x16--------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--11s/13-13-13----------13s/15-15-15----------15-15-16-18x16---|
D|---------------11-11-11--------------11-11-11------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Outro]
 
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------11----12-11----14----12-11----14----12----|
G|-10s11----11-------11----11-------11----11----11-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|(x4)
 
                              Let It Ring
                             /
E|--------------------------14-----|
B|-11-12-14-11-12-14-11-12---------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
 
Have updated this tab since I last did it.  Thanks to tomk71 for helping out
with the part I hadn't tabbed before (the bit before the chorus), was
greatly appreciated mate =]
 
Also updated the end of the song.  The guitar completely changes at the end for
the chorus I've recently realized haha =]
 
Hope you like it =]
 
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| x  Dead note
| s  slide
 
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Rythm guitar chorus is: E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| B||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| G||--------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---|| D||---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---|| A||---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---|| D||---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------------------------------------------------||
Seems good, but where's the rhythm guitar?
good tab for lead.Great song.