artist: killswitch engage
 song: my last serenade
 album: alive or just breathing
 transcribed by: brad manz (brad@awayfromeden.com)

 tuning is dropped C style (C-G-C-F-A-D). ready?

 acoustic intro.. can be played with clean tone
 these are the chords, but strum them arpeggio, slow and light
 make sure you mute the string in the second chord or it doesn't sound right
|------1-----0-----1---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----3-----1-----1----------------------------------------------------------|
|----2-----x-----3-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---0-----3-----3------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-----3-----1-------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 not 100% positive it's the same note, but it's not audible enough to tell
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|--4p0-0-0-4p0-0-0-4p0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------|
|--4p0-0-0-4p0-0-0-4p0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------|
|--4p0-0-0-4p0-0-0-4p0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------|

 pay attention to the muting to get this sounding right
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|--1p0-1-3-1-0---0-1-3-1-0---1p0-1-3-1-0-1-3-0-0-3-0-0-0---------------------|
|--1p0-1-3-1-0---0-1-3-1-0---1p0-1-3-1-0-1-1-0-0-3-0-0-0-3-------------------|
|--1p0-1-3-1-0---0-1-3-1-0---1p0-1-3-1-0-1---0-0-3-0-0-0-2-------------------|
       m m m       m m m         m m m   m   m m   m m m

 *** part.. i wish i could hear the notes better
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|--4p0-0-0-4p0-0-0-4p0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------|
|--4p0-0-0-4p0-0-0-4p0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------|
|--4p0-0-0-4p0-0-0-4p0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------|

 prechorus, both guitars
 i'm positive this is how they play it, watch the video
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|-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--10--9--9/10--x--5/7-5--3/5-3------0--------|
|-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---8--7--7/-8--x--3/5-3--1/3-1--0h3-0--------|
|-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---------------x----------------0h3-0--------|

 chorus, guitar 1
 these are just the 3 chords used, they're played more than once each
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0----5---10---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0----3----8---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0---------8---------------------------------------------------------------|

 chorus, guitar 2
 not the exact number of times for each note, but played over guitar 1 above
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|--9/10--10--10--10/9--9--9--9/10--10--10--10/9--9--9--9---17--17--17--------|
|--x--x---x---x---x----x--x--x--x---x---x---x-x--x--x--x----x---x---x--------|
|--7/-8---8---8---8/7--7--7--7/-8---8---8---8/7--7--7--7---15--15--15--------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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|--0-0---------0--0----------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0--7-8p7--0--0--3--7h8--------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0---------0--0----------------------------------------------------------|

 yes, i'm positive this is where it's played on the board
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|--0--0--0--10/12-----------0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--3---------|
|--0--0--0---------10-------0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--3---------|
|--0--0--0-------------8~---0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--3---------|

 little transition riff, played only once in the song
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|-------0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------0--8p7---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3p0--0--------------------------------------------------------------------|

 guitar 1 plays the higher, guitar 2 plays the lower
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|-17--------------/-20--------------/-17-------------------------------------|
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|--5-(5)-(5)-(5)--/--8-(8)-(8)-(8)--/--5-(5)-(5)-(5)-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 the rest of the song is just reusing the all of the riffs above

 and finally..

 the last chord, fades out to acoustic part again
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|--10------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---8------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---8------------------------------------------------------------------------|