Artist - DamagePlan
Song - Wake up
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Drop Standard E tuning to a hair below C (you may need to get heavier guaged
strings in order to stay in tune higher on the neck)
Any chords or keys here are reffered to as if in standard tuning*
Intro/Outro clean part:I--------------------------------------------------------------------------II--------------------------------------------------------------------------II--------------------------------------------------------------------------II-----9-9h10-9------------------9-9h10-9-----------------------------------II--------------7-8------------------------7-8------------------------------II--0-----------------------0------------------7----------------------------I
Distorted Intro:I--------------------------------------------------------------------------II--------------------------------------------------------------------------II--------------------------------------------------------------------------II----8---------------------------------------------------------------------II--2-7--------7----------10--------13--------------------------------------II--0-------/6---6---6/9------9/12------------------------------------------I
Verse:I--------------------------------------------------------------------------II--------------------------------------------------------------------------II--------------------------------------------------------------------------II--------------------------------------------------------------------------II--2----------7------2-----------------2------7--------10--------13--------II--0-------/6---6----0-----------------0--/6----6--6/9-----9/12------------I
Prechorus: figure out the strumming for yourself... also add vibrato bends
to the D
A C D^^^
Chorus: Chug palm mute style on the low E ("C") string and add some slides
down the neck when appropriate
Pre Solo: turn to the neck pickupI----------------------------------------------------------------X----------II---------------12(PH)-------------------------------------------X----------II----------------------------------------------------------------4(NH)------II----6h7/9--------------------6h7/9--------------6h7/9-----------x----------II--7--------8--------------7----------8--------7---------8-------x----------II----------------------------------------------------------------X----------I ^ mute stringswith thumb and index, flick the g string real quick with your middle fingerthen dump the bar, hammer on the harmonic, and pull the bar back up until thesound is in pitch AKA the 'dimebag squeal'
Nev-er A-gainI--------------------------------------------------------------------------II--------------------------------------------------------------------------II--------------------------------------------------------------------------II--------------------------------------------------------------------------II-2-2--2---2----x---x-x----------------------------------------------------II-0-0--0---0----x---x-x----------------------------------------------------I
Solo: harmonizer, pick each note cleanlyI-----------------------------------------------15-13-12----12-------------II--------------------------------------------------------15----15-13-12----II-----13h14/16----16b^(1)---------13h14/16-----------------------------13--II--14----------15-------------14-----------15------------------------------II--------------------------------------------------------------------------II--------------------------------------------------------------------------I
I--------------------------------------------14--15--17bf-----19b^^^^------I
I-----------------------------------------17-------------------------------II-13-14/16-16b^(1/2)-17bf17(1)r17------16----------------------------------II--------------------------------------------------------------------------II--------------------------------------------------------------------------II--------------------------------------------------------------------------Iadd some vibrato and shit to sound like dime
Post- solo: Figure out the strumming, it pretty much follows the syllables
of the lyrics
F# A G# B D E
All of the riffs and parts of the song are here, figure out the song structure.
I will try to tab some more songs from the album but it's a bitch because Dime
played around with the tuning so much...