VITAL SIGNS
As recorded by August Burns Red
(From the 2007 Album MESSENGERS)
Transcribed by Chris Allan
For those without powertab, here you go. Enjoy this one, it's fun to play.
TP = Trill pick.
Words and Music by ABR
Arranged by ABR
Intro
Q=170
D5 N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
PM
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| Gtr II|------------------------|-----------------------------||------------------------|----------15p14--------------||---9-10-7---10-9-(9)s12-|----14p12-------15-14-(14)s9-||-7--------8-------------|-11--------------------------||------------------------|-----------------------------||------------------------|-----------------------------|
N.C. TP TP TP TP||-------------------------|-----------------------------|||o------------------------|-----------------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------|||-------------------------|--7--------------------------|||o-0--------8-------------|-------------10--------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------|
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||-------------------------|-----------------------------|||o------------------------|----------15p14--------------|||----9-10-7---10-9-(9)s12-|----14p12-------15-14-(14)s9-|||--7--------8-------------|-11--------------------------|||o------------------------|-----------------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------|
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP|------------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------------|------------------------------o|||------------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------------|-------------------------------|||-0----8--------7--------|--4-----5-----1-----4---------o|||------------------------|-------------------------------||
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|------------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------------|----------15p14---------------o|||---9-10-7---10-9-(9)s12-|----14p12-------15-14-(14)s9---|||-7--------8-------------|-11----------------------------|||------------------------|------------------------------o|||------------------------|-------------------------------||
"I've collapsed it's lungs..." D5 Gtrs I, II PM-------------------------------------------------------------|||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||o------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||o-0-0-0-0------0----0--------0-|-----0-0--0-----0-0--0-0------0--0-|||--0-0-0-0------0----0--------0-|-----0-0--0-----0-0--0-0------0--0-|
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| Gtr III||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||o------------------------------|------------15p14------------------|||------9---10-7---10---9-(9)s12-|----14p==12---------15---14-(14)s9-|||--7------------8---------------|-11--------------------------------|||o------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
F5 D5 E5
PM-----------------| PM------|
4x|----------------------------|---------------------------------|||----------------------------|--------------------------------o|||----------------------------|---------------------------------|||----------------------------|---------------------------------|||------0---0-0--0-0-0--0---0-|-----------0--3--0--2-----------o|||------0---0-0--0-0-0--0---0-|-----------0--3--0--2------------||
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| 4x|----------------------------|---------------------------------|||----------------------------|----------15p14-----------------o|||---9-10-7-----10---9-(9)s12-|----14p12-------15-14-(14)s9-----|||-7--------8-----------------|-11------------------------------|||----------------------------|--------------------------------o|||----------------------------|---------------------------------||
"I've taken the breath..."
Q=160
N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C.
2/4
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM|
||--------------------------|---------------------|||o-------------------------|---------------------|||--------------------------|---------------------|||--------------------------|---------------------|||o-4h5p4p0-0-0-5h8p5p0-0-0-|-8h12p8p0-10h13p10p0-|||----------0-0---------0-0-|---------------------|
1.,2. N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. 4/4 PM| PM| PM--| 3x|-------------------------|------------------------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------------o|||-------------------------|---------------------------6-(6)s9--|||-------------------------|------------------------------------|||-4h5p4p0-0-0-5h8p5p0-0-0-|-8h12p8p0-10h13p10p0-0-0-0---------o|||---------0-0---------0-0-|---------------------0-0-0----------||
3. N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. 2/4 PM--| PM| PM||----------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||-8h12p8p0-10h13p10p0-0-0-0--|-4h5p4p0-0-0-5h8p5p0-0-0-|-8h12p8p0-10h13p10p0-||---------------------0-0-0--|---------0-0---------0-0-|---------------------|
H.=H N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. G#G5F#F5G5F#G#E5 4/4 2/4 4/4 PM| PM| PM------------||-------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|||-------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|||-------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|||-------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|||-4h5p4p0-0-0-5h8p5p0-0-0-|-8h12p8p0-10h13p10p0-|-6-5-4-3-5-4-6-2-|||---------0-0---------0-0-|---------------------|-6-5-4-3-5-4-6-2-||
"Preaching to the deaf..." Q=120 D5 N.C. D5 N.C. PM--------| PM----------------||-----------------------------|---------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------||-------------8-8-5-5-7-7-4-4-|---------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-|
N.C. PM------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------||-7h10p7p0-6h9p6p0-5h8p5p0-4h7p4p0-|-----------------------||----------------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||----------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D5 N.C. D5 N.C. PM--------| PM----------------||-----------------------------|---------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------||-------------8-8-5-5-7-7-4-4-|---------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-|
N.C. ~~~ PM------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------||--------------------------[2]--|-----------------------||-7h10p7p0-6h9p6p0-5h8p5p0------|-----------------------||-------------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||-------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D5 N.C. D5 N.C. PM--------| PM----------------||-----------------------------|---------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------||-------------8-8-5-5-7-7-4-4-|---------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-|
N.C. PM------------------||-----------------------|----------------------------------|||-----------------------|----------------------------------|||-----------------------|----------------------------------|||-----------------------|-7h10p7p0-6h9p6p0-5h8p5p0-4h7p4p0-|||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------------------------|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------------------------||
Crazy transition Q=215 N.C. 3/4|--------|-------------|------5--|-----||--------|-------------|-5-------|-----||--------|---------6-7-|---------|-----||-0------|-----7-8-----|---------|-----||--------|-5-8---------|---------|-----||--------|-------------|---------|-----|
N.C. 4/4|-17------------------------------|-----------------------||----18-15-(15)s14----14s15-14----|-----------------------||------------------15----------14-|-----------------------||---------------------------------|-12h15p14p12-----------||---------------------------------|-------------13h15p12--||---------------------------------|-----------------------|
"Welcome to my dying..." N.C. PM| PM PM PM PM PM PM PM||---------------------|-----------17--------|||o--------------------|----------------18---|||---------------------|-14---15-------------|||-----------12---15---|---------------------|||o-----12-------------|---------------------|||--0-0----0----0----0-|----0----0----0----0-|
|-17------------------------------|-------------------------|||----18-15-(15)s14----14s15-14----|------------------------o|||------------------15----------14-|-------------------------|||---------------------------------|-12h15p14p12-------------|||---------------------------------|-------------13h15p12---o|||---------------------------------|-------------------------||
A5D5 N.C. PM----|||--------------------|------------------|||o-------------------|------------------|||--------------------|------------------|||------------6h7p6---|-10p9-7h9p7-------|||o-7-0-0-0-0-------8-|------------8p7p0-|||--7-0-0-0-0---------|------------------|
A5D5 N.C. PM----||-------------------|--------------------|||-------------------|-------------------o|||-------------------|-10p9-7h9p7---------|||-----------6h7p6---|------------8p7p0---|||-7-0-0-0-0-------8-|-------------------o|||-7-0-0-0-0---------|--------------------||
N.C. PM| PM PM PM PM PM PM PM||---------------------|-----------17--------|||o--------------------|----------------18---|||---------------------|-14---15-------------|||-----------12---15---|---------------------|||o-----12-------------|---------------------|||--0-0----0----0----0-|----0----0----0----0-|
|-17------------------------------|-------------------------|||----18-15-(15)s14----14s15-14----|------------------------o|||------------------15----------14-|-------------------------|||---------------------------------|-12h15p14p12-------------|||---------------------------------|-------------13h15p12---o|||---------------------------------|-------------------------||
Q=210 N.C. PM----------------------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-9-10-9-7----------|-9-10-9-7----------||----------8-10-7-8-|----------8-10-7-8-||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-9-10-9-7----------|-9-10-9-7----------||----------8-10-7-8-|----------8-10-7-8-||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
Q=150 N.C. 2/4 Gtr I|---------------------|-------------------|-----|||-8h=9p8--------------|-8h=9p8------------|-----|||--------10-9h10p9----|--------10-9h10p9--|-----|||------------------11-|-------------------|-----|||---------------------|-------------------|-----|||---------------------|-------------------|-----||
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| Gtr II|---------------------|-------------------|-----|||---------------------|-------------------|-----|||-9-10-9--7-----------|-9-10-9--7---------|-----|||-----------8-10-7--8-|-----------8-10-7--|-----|||---------------------|-------------------|-----|||---------------------|-------------------|-----||
Interlude D5 Bb5 A5 4/4|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||---------7-7-----|-----------7-7-----|-----------------|------------------||-5-5-8-8-----8-8-|--5--5-8-8-----8-8-|-----5-5-8-8-5-5-|-----5-5-8-8-5-5--||-----------------|-------------------|-8-8-------------|-7-7--------------|
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|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||-0---------------|-(0)---------------|-8---------------|-7----------------||-0---------------|-(0)---------------|-8---------------|-7----------------||-0---------------|-(0)---------------|-8---------------|-7----------------|
D5 D5 Bb5 A5|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||----------7-7-----|----------7-7-----|-----------------|-----------------||-5-5-8-8------8-8-|-5-5-8-8------8-8-|-----5-5-8-8-5-5-|-----5-5-8-8-5-5-||------------------|------------------|-8-8-------------|-7-7-------------|
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|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------10-------|---------10-------|---------7-------|---------6-------||-0--------x-------|-0--------x-------|-8-------x-------|-7-------x-------||-0--------8-------|-0--------8-------|-8-------5-------|-7-------4-------||-0----------------|-0----------------|-8---------------|-7---------------|
N.C.||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||||----------7-7-----|---------7-7-----|-----------------|-------------------||||o-5-5-8-8-----8-8-|-5-5-8-8-----8-8-|-----5-5-8-8-5-5-|-----5-5-8-8-5-5--o||||------------------|-----------------|-8-8-------------|-7-7---------------||
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||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||||----------9-9-----|---------9-9-----|---------7-7-----|---------7-7-------||||------7-7-----7-7-|-----7-7-----7-7-|-----7-7-----7-7-|-----7-7-----7-7---||||o-8-8-------------|-8-8-------------|-----------------|------------------o||||------------------|-----------------|-8-8-------------|-7-7---------------||
N.C.||-------------------|--------------------|||o------------------|--------------------|||-------------------|--------------------|||-----------7-7-----|------------7-7-----|||o--5-5-8-8-----8-8-|---5--5-8-8-----8-8-|||-------------------|--------------------|
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||-------------------|--------------------|||o------------------|--------------------|||-----------9-9-----|------------9-9-----|||-------7-7-----7-7-|--------7-7-----7-7-|||o--8-8-------------|---8--8-------------|||-------------------|--------------------|
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| Gtr III| TP TP||-------------------|--------------------|||o------------------|--------------------|||--14---------------|-(14)---------------|||---x---------------|--(x)---------------|||o-12---------------|-(12)---------------|||-------------------|--------------------|
1.|------------------|---------------------|||------------------|--------------------o|||------------------|---------------------|||------------------|---------------------|||------5-5-8-8-5-5-|------5-5-8-8--5-5--o|||--8-8-------------|--7-7----------------||
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|------------------|---------------------|||------------------|--------------------o|||----------7-7-----|----------7-7--------|||------7-7-----7-7-|------7-7------7-7---|||------------------|--------------------o|||--8-8-------------|--7-7----------------||
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| TP TP TP|------------------|---------------------|||------------------|--------------------o|||-12---------------|-15-----------17-----|||--x---------------|--x------------x-----|||-10---------------|-13-----------15----o|||------------------|---------------------||
2. N.C.|-----------------|----------------|||-----------------|----------------|||-----------------|----------------|||-----------------|----------------|||-----5-5-8-8-5-5-|-----5-5-8-8-8--|||-8-8-------------|-7-7------------||
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|-----------------|----------------|||-----------------|----------------|||---------7-7-----|---------7-7-7--|||-----7-7-----7-7-|-----7-7--------|||-----------------|----------------|||-8-8-------------|-7-7------------||
Q=160 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. 2/4 Gtrs I, II PM| PM|||--------------------------|---------------------|||o-------------------------|---------------------|||--------------------------|---------------------|||--------------------------|---------------------|||o-4h5p4p0-0-0-5h8p5p0-0-0-|-8h12p8p0-10h13p10p0-|||----------0-0---------0-0-|---------------------|
1.,2. N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. 4/4 PM| PM| PM--| 3x|-------------------------|------------------------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------------o|||-------------------------|---------------------------6-(6)s9--|||-------------------------|------------------------------------|||-4h5p4p0-0-0-5h8p5p0-0-0-|-8h12p8p0-10h13p10p0-0-0-0---------o|||---------0-0---------0-0-|---------------------0-0-0----------||
3. N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. 2/4 PM--| PM| PM||----------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||-8h12p8p0-10h13p10p0-0-0-0--|-4h5p4p0-0-0-5h8p5p0-0-0-|-8h12p8p0-10h13p10p0-||---------------------0-0-0--|---------0-0---------0-0-|---------------------|
H.=H N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. G#G5F#F5G5F#G#E5 4/4 2/4 4/4 PM| PM| PM------------||-------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|||-------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|||-------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|||-------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|||-4h5p4p0-0-0-5h8p5p0-0-0-|-8h12p8p0-10h13p10p0-|-6-5-4-3-5-4-6-2-|||---------0-0---------0-0-|---------------------|-6-5-4-3-5-4-6-2-||
Outro Q=120 D5 N.C. D5 N.C. PM--------| PM----------------|||------------------------------|----------------------|||o-----------------------------|----------------------|||------------------------------|----------------------|||--------------8-8-5-5-7-7-4-4-|----------------------|||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|||--0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1--|
1. N.C. PM------------------||----------------------------------|------------------------|||----------------------------------|-----------------------o|||----------------------------------|------------------------|||-7h10p7p0-6h9p6p0-5h8p5p0-4h7p4p0-|------------------------|||----------------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o|||----------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
2. N.C. D5 ~~~ PM|-------------------------------|--------*||-------------------------------|--------*||--------------------------[2]--|--------*||-7h10p7p0-6h9p6p0-5h8p5p0------|--------*||-------------------------------|-0------*||-------------------------------|-0------*|
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