Fixation On The Darkness Chords & Tabs
Fixation On The Darkness Tab
Song: Fixation on the Darkness
Artist: Killswitch Engage
Album: Alive or Just Breathing
Tabbed by: Christian / silent_warrior_@hotmail.com
/ - Slide up
\ - Slide down
PM - Palm mute
x - Mute string
h - Hammer on
p - Pull off
() - Pinch harmonic and vibrato
///X - Scratch string with pick
Play the pinch harmonics on different positions with the picking hand till it sounds good.
Tuning: C G C F A D
Intro
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------| x1
|-1/8\1--0---4/6--0---4/6-|
|-1/8\1--0---4/6--0---4/6-|
|-1/8\1--0---4/6--0---4/6-|
Guitar 1
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------| x4
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--4/6-|
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--4/6-|
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--4/6-|
PM- - - - - - - - - -
Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
|-0-x-x-3-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-3-5--5p3---0-x-x-3-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-3-5--3h5p3h5p3-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------| x1
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5------|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--(2)---0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5--(4)-|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5------|
PM - _
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------| x1
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5-5\-|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--(2)---0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5-5\-|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5-5\-|
PM - _
Guitar 1
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------| x4
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--4/6-|
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--4/6-|
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--4/6-|
PM- - - - - - - - - -
Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
|-0-x-x-3-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-3-5--5p3---0-x-x-3-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-3-5--3h5p3h5p3-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------| x1
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5------|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--(2)---0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5--(4)-|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5------|
PM - _
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------| x1
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5-5\-|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--(2)---0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5-5\-|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5-5\-|
PM - _
Fill
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------| x1
|-3h5-3-----|
|-------3-0-|
|-----------|
Chorus - Guitar 1
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-2--2--2--5--5--7--7--7--7-| x4
|-2--2--2--5--5--7--7--7--7-|
|-0--0--0--3--3--5--5--5--5-|
|-0--0--0--3--3--5--5--5--5-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/killswitch_engage/fixation_on_the_darkness_tab_ver_2.html ]
Chorus - Guitar 2
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|8--8-------------8-------8----------------8-8---------8-------------8-------8-----------------8-8--|
|7----7--------7--7----7----7----------7-------7----7----7--------7--7----7----7----------7--------7|x1
|5------5----5----5--5--------5----5-5---5--------5--------5----5----5--5--------5----5-5---5-------|
|5--------5-------5-------------5----------------------------5-------5-------------5----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|------8-------------8-------8-----------------8-8---|
|---7----7--------7--7----7----7----------7--------7-| x2
|-5--------5----5----5--5--------5----5-5---5--------|
|------------5-------5-------------5-----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
Bridge - Play x3
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7--5-5-5----------0-0-1--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|--------------------------6-6-6-6--0-0-1--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------0-0-1--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
PM- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------3-5---------------|
|-7-7-7--3-5---------------|
|--------1-3--3h5p3p0------|
|----------------------(2)-|
Guitar 1
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------3-5---------------| x2
|-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--3-5---------------|
|-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--1-3--3h5p3p0------|
|-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0----------------(2)-|
PM- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------3-5---------------| x2
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7--5-5-5-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7--3-5---------------|
|--------------------------6-6-6-6----------------------1-3--3h5p3p0------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------(2)-|
PM- - - - - - - - - - - -
Verse
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------| x1
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5------|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--(2)---0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5--(4)-|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5------|
PM - _
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------| x1
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5-5\-|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--(2)---0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5-5\-|
|-0--0-0-1-0-3-3h4-0h2p0--------0--0-0-1-0-4-4h5-4h5-5\-|
PM - _
Fill
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------| x1
|-3h5-3-----|
|-------3-0-|
|-----------|
Chorus - Guitar 1
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-2--2--2--5--5--7--7--7--7-| x4
|-2--2--2--5--5--7--7--7--7-|
|-0--0--0--3--3--5--5--5--5-|
|-0--0--0--3--3--5--5--5--5-|
Chorus - Guitar 2
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|8--8-------------8-------8----------------8-8---------8-------------8-------8-----------------8-8--|
|7----7--------7--7----7----7----------7-------7----7----7--------7--7----7----7----------7--------7|x1
|5------5----5----5--5--------5----5-5---5--------5--------5----5----5--5--------5----5-5---5-------|
|5--------5-------5-------------5----------------------------5-------5-------------5----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|------8-------------8-------8-----------------8-8---|
|---7----7--------7--7----7----7----------7--------7-| x2
|-5--------5----5----5--5--------5----5-5---5--------|
|------------5-------5-------------5-----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
Outro
|----------------------------|
|------1h3-------------1h3---|
|----------------------------| x1
|-0--------1-0-------------1-|
|-0--------1-0-------------1-|
|-0--------1-0---///X------1-|
Play 4 times
|-------------------------| |---------|
|-------------------------| |-1h3-----|
|-------------------------| x2 |---------| x1
|-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-3-0-| |------1--|
|-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-3-0-| |------1--|
|-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-3-0-| |------1--|
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