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Whitechapel - This is Exile
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Tabbed by: thenumber6
There are some different time signatures used in this song, its mainly in 4/4, but the beginning
goes into 13/8 and one breakdown is in 9/4. past that it is pretty straight forward.
Tuning: Drop A on a 7 string guitar like most of Whitechapel's music off the album "This is Exile"
Notation Key
| \ slide
| x silence note
| + palm mute
| tremolo pick
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ let ring
| b Bend
4/4 time
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|-------| if you want to volume swell into the song hold this for 4 measures
a|--7~---| if not, just strike it after counting off 4 measures of the intro (in 4/4)
E|--5~---|
A|--6~---|
13/8
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|---This world is ours and we wont stand still---|
a|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
Intro Riff 4/4
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|----------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6---------|
E|--6-6-6-6-----------------6-6-6-6-------------------------7-7-7-7-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10------------------|
a|----------9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8---------------------------------9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8--|
E|--6-6-6-6-----------------6-6-6-6------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
repeat the above two riffs 4 times in a row, then...
Chugging
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------| x4
a|-----------------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-1--2-2-2-2-1--|
A|-2-2-2-2-1--2-2-2-2-1--|
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e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
a|----------8----------9----------8----------9--|
E|--0-0-0-0-5--0-0-0-0-6--0-0-0-0-5--0-0-0-0-6--|
A|----------------------------------------------|
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e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------| x2
a|-----------------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-1--2-2-2-2-1--|
A|-2-2-2-2-1--2-2-2-2-1--|
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e|----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------| x3 then |----------------------------------------------|
a|-----------------------8-------------9--| |----------8----------9----------8----------9--|
E|-2-2-2-2-1--2-2-2-2-1--5--2-2-2-2-1--6--| |--0-0-0-0-5--0-0-0-0-6--0-0-0-0-5--0-0-0-0-6--|
A|-2-2-2-2-1--2-2-2-2-1-----2-2-2-2-1-----| |----------------------------------------------|
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Octave Section 1 (RHYTHM)
e|-----------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------|
D|------------------7-7---------8-8--| x 3 then |----------------------------------------------|
a|------------------x-x---------x-x--| |----------8----------9----------8----------9--|
E|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6--| |--0-0-0-0-5--0-0-0-0-6--0-0-0-0-5--0-0-0-0-6--|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5------| |----------------------------------------------|
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Repeat this entire section another time as the rhythm for the lead
Octave Section 1 (LEAD, after playing through the above rhythm section once)
e|-----threw it all in one measure, sorry, listen to song for timings-----|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------7----------8--------------|
D|--12~-----13~\10~--8--7~---5\7\5\4~-------------------------------------|
a|----------------------------------------------5----------6--------------|
E|--10~-----11~\8~---6--5~---3\5\3\2~---0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Intro to Breakdown 1
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------| x1
a|------------------------|
E|--3-3-3-3-2--2-2-2-2-1--|
A|--3-3-3-3-2--2-2-2-2-1--|
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Breakdown 1
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------| x2
a|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------1-2--|
A|--1-1---1-1-1-1---1-1---1-1-1-1---1-1---1-1-1-1-1-2--|
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5/4 Intro to Breakdown 2 (this part fades from left to right on the CD)
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
a|------------------|
E|--0--0-0--0--0-0--|
A|--1--1-1--1--1-1--|
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9/4 Breakdown 2
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------| x4
a|---------------------------------------------------|
E|--0---0--0---0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|--1---1--1---1--1---1--1--1--1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
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4/4 Intro to breakdown 3
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
a|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
A|--1---1--1---1---1--1-------------|
Breakdown 3
Im actually going to split this up into proper measures. makes it easier to keep time.
e|-----------|-------------|-----------|
B|-----------|-------------|-----------|
G|-----------|-------------|-----------|
D|-----------|-------------|-----------| repeat these in order x4
a|-----------|-------------|-----------|
E|-0-------0-|------0------|--0--------|
A|-0--0-0--0-|-0-0--0--0-0-|--0--0-0-0-|
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Tremolo picked section
e|--------------|--------------|
B|--------------|--------------|
G|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|--------------| x5
a|--------------|--4--3--------|
E|-----2--1-----|--------2--1--|
A|--1--------1--|--------------|
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
a|-------------------------|
E|--1--2--1--4--1--2--1----|
A|--1--2--1--4--1--2--1----|
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------| x5
a|-------------------------------|
E|--------1-------4p1---------2--|
A|--1-1-1---1-1-1-----1-1-1-1----|
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Octave Part 2a
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|------16-15-----18-16-15-16-12--| x4
a|--------------------------------|
E|------14-13-----16-14-13-14-10--|
A|--000-------000-----------------|
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e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------| x4
a|-------------------------------|
E|--------1-------4p1---------2--|
A|--1-1-1---1-1-1-----1-1-1-1----|
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Octave Part 2b
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|------16-15-----18-16-15-16-12--| x4
a|--------------------------------|
E|------14-13-----16-14-13-14-10--|
A|--000-------000-----------------|
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Octave part 3
e|----------------------------------| |-----------|
B|----------------------------------| |-----------|
G|----------------------------------| |-----------|
D|--4--3-----6--4--3----------------| x4 then |-----------| x4
a|--------5-----------5~--6--5--2~--| |--1~-------|
E|--2--1-----4--2--1----------------| |--1~-----2-|
A|--------5-----------5~--6--5--2~--| |--1~-----2-|
Outro Breakdown
e|-----------------------| |---------------------------|
B|-----------------------| |---------------------------|
G|-----------------------| |---------------------------|
D|-----------------------| x3 |--s l o w l y bend up--|
a|-----------------------| |---------------------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-1--2-2-2-2-1--| |---------------------------|
A|-2-2-2-2-1--2-2-2-2-1--| |--2b-2b-2b-2b-2b-2b-2b-2b--|
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Octave part 3 (revisited)
e|----------------------------------| |---------|
B|----------------------------------| |---------|
G|----------------------------------| |---------|
D|--4--3-----6--4--3----------------| x4 then |---------|
a|--------5-----------5~--6--5--2~--| |--1~-----|
E|--2--1-----4--2--1----------------| |--1~-----|
A|--------5-----------5~--6--5--2~--| |--1~-----|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------|
E|----------2----------4----------2----------4--1--|
A|--1-1-1-1-2--1-1-1-1-4--1-1-1-1-2--1-1-1-1-4--1--|
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congratulations you just learned "This is Exile" by Whitechapel!
