Chord/Tab song: Hope Is...

Killswitch Engage - Hope Is
Album: The End of Heartache
Tabbed by Dan "Mestalla" Stevens

Tuning: Drop C - CGCFAD

This song has two guitar parts labeled Lead and Rhythm. Joined bars indicate
synchronous playing of each part. On the recording, Lead can be heard on the
left audio channel and Rhythm on the right audio channel. If playing solo, play
the Lead part.

Key:
[----]PM. - Palm Mute
PH. - Pinch harmonic
H. - Natural harmonic
/ - Slide up (towards bridge)
\ - Slide down (towards head)
>> - Pick scrape down (towards head)
~ - Vibrato
h - Hammer on
p - Pull off
o| - Repeat (once, unless otherwise stated underneath)
|o - Repeat from (here when repeating, otherwise the start of the section)
- Note (described underneath)


1. Intro

Lead & Rhythm

D|----------------|----------------------------|
A|----------------|----------------------------|
F|--7-------------|----------------------------|
C|--7------7------|--3------1---/////12\\\\\0--|
G|--5------7------|--3------1---/////12\\\\\0--|
C|---------7------|--3------1---/////12\\\\\0--|

Lead

D|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C|----------7-----5/7------------------|--8-----7--------------------------|
G|--0-------5-----3/5------------------|--6-----5-----6-----5--------------|
C|--0-0-0-0---0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|----0-0---0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-3-5-3-0--|

|PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| | |
| Rhythm | |

D|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--0-0--------------------------------|--0---------------------0//12\\\0--|
C|--0-0--------------------------------|--0---------------------0//12\\\0--|

2. A Section

Lead & Rhythm

D|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C|----------7-----5/7------------------|--8-----7--------------------------|
G|--0-------5-----3/5------------------|--6-----5-----6-----5--------------|
C|--0-0-0-0---0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|----0-0---0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-3-5-3-0--|

PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lead & Rhythm

D|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C|----------7-----5/7------------------|--8-----7--------------------------|
G|--0-------5-----3/5------------------|--6-----5-----6-----5--------------|
C|--0-0-0-0---0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|----0-0---0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-12\\\\0--|

PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


3. B Section

Lead & Rhythm

D|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|
A|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|
F|o--------------------|--------------------|-----------|
C|o--------------------|-----------------3--|-----5-----|
G|---0--3--2--4--1--3--|--0--3--2--4-----1--|-----3-----|
C|---0--3--2--4--1--3--|--0--3--2--4--0-----|--0--------|

PM. . . . . . . . . . . .

Lead & Rhythm

D|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|
A|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|
F|---------------------|--------------------|----------o|
C|---------------------|-----------------3--|----------o|
G|---0--3--2--4--1--3--|--0--3--2--4-----1--|-----1-----|
C|---0--3--2--4--1--3--|--0--3--2--4--0-----|--0--1-----|

PM. . . . . . . . . . . .
At this point, second time round, Lead plays down slide from 12 fret.

(Play 2. A Section)


4. A Section variant

Lead

D|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
F|o----------10-----9/10------------------|--12-----10-----8-----7--------------o|
C|o-----------x-----x--X------------------|---x------x-----x-----x--------------o|
G|---0--------8-----7//8------------------|--10------8-----6-----5---------------|
C|---0-0-0-0----0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-----0-0----0-0---0-0---0-0-3-5-3-0---|

|PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| | |
| Rhythm | |

D|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
F|o---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------o|
C|o-----------7-----5//7------------------|---8------7--------------------------o|
G|---0--------5-----3//5------------------|---6------5-----6-----5---------------|
C|---0-0-0-0----0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-----0-0----0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-3-5-3-0---|

PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


5. Pre-chorus

Lead & Rhythm

D|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
C|--3-----------5------------|--7/8--7/8--7----------------------------|
G|--1-----3-----3-----5------|--5/6--5/6--5--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--|
C|----0-0-3-0-0---0-0-5-0-0--|---------------0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--|

PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lead & Rhythm

D|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
C|--3-----------5------------|--7/8--7/8--7----------------------------|
G|--1-----3-----3-----5------|--5/6--5/6--5--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0->>>>>>--o|
G|---0----------------------------------|--0-------------->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>---|
C|---0----------------------------------|--0-----------------------------------|

^Second time only

Lead

D|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
F|o--------10-----------10--------------|---------9------------9--------------|
C|o----7-------7---7---------7---7---7--|----5-------5---5---------5---5---5--|
G|---0---0-------0---0---------0---0----|--0---0-------0---0---------0---0----|
C|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

| | |
| Rhythm | |

D|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
F|o-10-----------9--10------------10----|--9-----------7---9-------------9----|
C|o--7-----------7---7-------------7----|--5-----------5---5-------------5----|
G|-----0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-----0--|----0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-----0--|
C|-----0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-----0--|----0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-----0--|

PM. . . . . . . . . . . . PM. . . . . . . . . . . .

Lead

D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
F|----------7------------7--------------|---------5--------------5----------------o|
C|-----3-------3---3---------3---3---3--|----2-------2---2-----------2---2---2----o|
G|---0---0-------0---0---------0---0----|--0---0-------0---0-----------0---0-------|
C|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|

| | |
| | |

D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
F|---7-----------5---7-------------7----|--5-----------4--------------------------o|
C|---3-----------3---5-------------5----|--2-----------2-2h3p2p0-----2h3p2p0------o|
G|-----0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-----0--|----0-0-0-0-0-----------3-2----------3-2--|
C|-----0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-----0--|----0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------|

PM. . . . . . . . . . . . PM. . . . . . . . .

Second time round play pinch harmonic on 3rd fret of the 3rd string with wide vibrato

Lead

D|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
F|o--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/10-10--|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9/12-12--|
C|o--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--|
G|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5//8--8--|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/10-10--|
C|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

| | |
| Rhythm | |

D|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
F|o-10-----------9--10-----------10-----|--9-----------7---9------------9-----|
C|o--7-----------7---7------------7-----|--5-----------5---5------------5-----|
G|-----0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-----0--|----0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-----0--|
C|-----0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-----0--|----0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-----0--|

PM. . . . . . . . . . . . PM. . . . . . . . . . . .

Lead

D|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
F|--10-[x13]------------------10/14-14--|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------------|
C|---x-------------------------x--x--x--|---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-------------|
G|---8-[x13]-------------------8/12-12--|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10->>>>>>>>>>--|
C|--------------------------------------|-------------------------->>>>>>>>>>--|

| | |
| | |

D|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
F|---7-----------5---7------------7-----|---5-----------------4--5-------------|
C|---3-----------3---5------------5-----|---2-----------------2--2-------------|
G|-----0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-----0--|------0--0--0--0--0-------0-0->>>>>>--|
C|-----0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-----0--|------0--0--0--0--0-------0-0->>>>>>--|

PM. . . . . . . . . . . . PM . . . . . . .

(Play 7. Chorus)

9. Outro

Lead & Rhythm

D|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|
A|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|
F|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|
C|---------------------|-----------------3--|-----5-----|
G|--0------------------|-(0)-------------1--|-----3-----|
C|--0------------------|-(0)----------0-----|--0--------|

PM. .

Lead & Rhythm

D|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|
A|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|
F|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|
C|---------------------|-----------------3--|-----------|
G|--0------------------|->>>>>>>>>>>-----1--|-----1-----|
C|--0------------------|->>>>>>>>>>>--0-----|--0--1-----|

PM. .

Lead & Rhythm

D|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
F|o--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
C|o--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|---0--3--2--4--1--3--|--0--3--2--4--1--3--|--0--3--2--4--1--3--|
C|---0--3--2--4--1--3--|--0--3--2--4--1--3--|--0--3--2--4--1--3--|

PM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lead & Rhythm

D|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|
A|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|
F|---------------------|--------------------|----------o|
C|---------------------|-----------------3--|----------o|
G|---0--3--2--4--1--3--|--0--3--2--4-----1--|-----1-----|
C|---0--3--2--4--1--3--|--0--3--2--4--0-----|--0--1-----|

PM. . . . . . . . . . . .

(The End)

Full Sequence

1. Intro
2. A Section
3. B Section
3. A Section
4. A Section variant
5. Pre-chorus
6. Chorus
7. A Section (with pinch harmonics)
4. A Section variant
5. Pre-verse
6. Chorus
8. Interlude
7. Chorus
9. Outro