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Knives

10 Years: Knives

Transcribed by: mysticguitar77

YouTube Username: MysticGuitar77

Date last modified: July 10, 2012

***UPDATE***7/10/12: Fixed one note in the chorus that was too high.

Tuning: Drop C# (C#,G#,C#,F#,A#,D#)

Riff 1 (clean w/ chorus)
D#|-------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----2----------2-------3-------2----------2---3-|
C#|---0----------0-------0-------0----------0-----0-|
G#|------------3-------1------------------3-------1-|
C#|-0--------------------------0--------------------|

Riff 2 - Guitar 1 (clean w/ chorus) "...sound asleep fantasy..."
D#|-------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------|
F#|-----2-2h3p2-0h2-----2-0-----2-|
C#|---0---------------0-------0---|
G#|-----------------3-------1-----|
C#|-0-----------------------------|

Play Riff 2 (Guitar 1) x8

Riff 2 - Guitar 2 (clean w/ flanger)
D#|----10--------------------------10----13--12--10-|
A#|-10-------10-8---------------10------------------|
F#|---------------10--12-10-------------------------|
C#|-------------------------12----------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------------------|

Play Riff 2 (Guitar 2) x4

Riff 3 - Both Guitars (distortion)   "...to fight serenity..."
D#|-----------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------|
C#|-5/7-7-8\7-7-5/7-7-8\7-7-5--5-5-5-5------------|
G#|-3/5-5-6\5-5-3/5-5-6\5-5-3--3-3-3-3-1--1-1-1-1-|
C#|------------------------------------1--1-1-1-1-|

      "...why the dead don't cry..."
D#|--------------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------|
C#|-5/7-7-8\7-7-5/7-7-8\7-7-5--5-5-5-5---------|
G#|-3/5-5-6\5-5-3/5-5-6\5-5-3--3-3-3-3-1--3--5-|
C#|------------------------------------1--3--5-|

Play Riff 3 x2

Riff 4    "...with the thorns of the innocent...
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------8-8-5-5-|
G#|-----3---------------6-5-----3-----3---------------6-6-3-3-|
C#|-0-1---1-0--1-0--1-0-----0-3---0-1---1-0--1-0--1-0---------|

Play Riff 4 x2
Play Riff 2 (Guitar 1) x8   "...comatose overdue..."
Play Riff 2 (Guitar 2) x4
Play Riff 3 x2    "...to fight serenity..."
Play Riff 4 x4    "...with the thorns of the innocent..."

Riff 5 - Guitar 1   "Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, dead fly..."
D#|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|
F#|-----5-7-----5-7-| Repeats a bunch of times
C#|-5-7-----5-7-----| couldn't really count it accurately
G#|-----------------|
C#|-----------------|
    * * * * * * * *

Riff 5 - Guitar 2 (clean w/ flanger)
D#|----------------------------------------------------|
A#|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8b10-b10-b10-b10-b10-b10-b10-b10r8-|
F#|----------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------|

Also repeats a bunch of times.

Riff 5 Ending (Both Guitars)   "Wake up!"
D#|------------|
A#|------------|
F#|------------|
C#|------------|
G#|------------|
C#|-/12-12-12\-|

Riff 6 - Guitar 1 ('dem screams)
D#|-------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|
G#|-6-6-6-5-5-5-3-3-3---------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|
C#|-------------------6-6-6-3-3-6-3-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|

Riff 6 - Guitar 2
D#|-------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-|
C#|---------------------------------7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-|
G#|-6-6-6-5-5-5-3-3-3---------------5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-|
C#|-------------------6-6-6-3-3-6-3-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|

Play Riff 6 x4
Play Riff 4 x4    "...with the thorns of the innocent..."
Play Riff 6 x1

The end. The lyrics are probably sketchy since I don't know them exactly
yet, but they are just guidelines anyway. Enjoy!

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