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When Im Dead Guitar Tablature
Stabbing Westward
"When I'm Dead"
from the album "Darkest Days"
Tab by Joe Costello ([email protected])

Tuning: Drop-D (low to high: D A D G B e)

Symbols Used:
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/ = Slide up
 = Slide down
. = palm-mute


Intro:
Riff 1:
						      (2x)
e|--------------------------|----------------------------|
B|--------------------------|----------------------------|
G|--5/7--5/7--5/7--5/7--5-5-|-5/7--5/7--5/7--5/7--------*|
D|--5/7--5/7--5/7--5/7--5-5-|-5/7--5/7--5/7--5/7--5-4-3-*|
A|--3/5--3/5--3/5--3/5--3-3-|-3/5--3/5--3/5--3/5--5-4-3--|
D|--------------------------|---------------------5-4-3--|
    -Not quite sure if he slides from C to D every time, sometimes
     it might just be C chords.

Verse:
Riff 2:
				  (8x)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|--5/7-----------------------------*|
D|--5/7-------54-43---5/7--53/5--*|
A|--3/5-------54-43---5/7--53/5---|
D|-------0-0--54-43---5/7--53/5---|
         . . 

Pre-Chorus:
Riff 3:
								 (3x)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------*|
D|---3-5-5--3-5-5--3-5-5--3-5-5--3-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-0---8-8-8-8-8-0-*|
A|---3-5-5--3-5-5--3-5-5--3-5-5--3-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-0---8-8-8-8-8-0--|
D|---3-5-5--3-5-5--3-5-5--3-5-5--3-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-0---8-8-8-8-8-0--|

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|
D|---1-1-1-1-1-0---1-1-1-1-1-0---5-5-5-5-5-5--6--6--6-6--|
A|---1-1-1-1-1-0---1-1-1-1-1-0---3-3-3-3-3-3--6--6--6-6--|
D|---1-1-1-1-1-0---1-1-1-1-1-0----------------6--6--6-6--|
						-end of Riff 3

Chorus: Play Riff 1 (2x)
Break: No Guitar

Build-up: (Heavy palm-muting here)

e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|---1-0-0--1-0-0--1-0-0--1-0-0--1-0-1-0-|---5-0-0--5-0-0--5-0-0--5-0-0--5-0-5-0-|
A|---1-0-0--1-0-0--1-0-0--1-0-0--1-0-1-0-|---5-0-0--5-0-0--5-0-0--5-0-0--5-0-5-0-|
D|---1-0-0--1-0-0--1-0-0--1-0-0--1-0-1-0-|---5-0-0--5-0-0--5-0-0--5-0-0--5-0-5-0-|
     . . .  . . .  . . .  . . .  . . . .     . . .  . . .  . . .  . . .  . . . . 

e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---1-0-0--1-0-0--1-0-0--1-0-0--1-0-1-0-|
A|---1-0-0--1-0-0--1-0-0--1-0-0--1-0-1-0-|
D|---1-0-0--1-0-0--1-0-0--1-0-0--1-0-1-0-|
     . . .  . . .  . . .  . . .  . . . . 

-Play Riff 1 (2x)
-Verse 2: Play Riff 2 (8x)
-Pre-Chorus 2: Play Riff 3
-Chorus 2/Outro: Play Riff 1 (2x)

And that's it. The whole thing is distorted and pretty fast. 
It's a good pissed off song though. If there's any comments or questions, e-mail me.

-Joe
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