The Showdown - Achilles - The Backbreaker Chords & Tabs

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		Achilles - The Backbreaker - The Showdown
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Tuning:Drop D
Intro:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|(2x)
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----/12-0-0-12~-0-0-0-13-0-0-13~-0-0-0-5-0-0-5~-0-0-0-6-0-0-7~------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|(2x)
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------7-----------------------------5--------------|
D|---/8-0-0-7~-0-0-7~-0-0-8-7-8---8-7-0-0-7~-0-0-7~-0-0-5-7-8---7------------|

Verse:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----//\\------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7--//\\-----------------------------1-1----------------------------------------------|
A|-7--//\\-----------------------------1-1------------------5p3h5p3h5p3-6p3h6p3-8p5h8p5-|
D|-7--//\\--0-0-000-0-00-00-0-0-000-00-1-1-0-0-000-0-00-000-----------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------1-1---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------1-1---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-0-000-00-000-00-1-1-0-0-000-000-000-00-0-0-000--8p7h8p7-7p5h7p5-3p2h3p0-----------|
Play the entire verse twice , then...

Chorus:
e|------------------------------------------------------||---------||------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------||---------||------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------||---------||------------|(2x)
D|------------------------------------------------------||---------||------------|
A|------------------------------7-----------------------||------5--||------------|
D|---/8-0-0-7~-0-0-7~-0-0-8-7-8---8-7-0-0-7~-0-0-7~-0-0-||5-7-8---7||-5-7-8-3-2-0|
                                                          1st time   2nd time

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------1-1----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------1-1------------------5p3h5p3h5p3-6p3h6p3-8p5h8p5-|
D|--0-0-000-0-00-00-0-0-000-00-1-1-0-0-000-0-00-000-----------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------1-1---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------1-1---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-0-000-00-000-00-1-1-0-0-000-000-000-00-0-0-000--8p7h8p7-7p5h7p5-3p2h3p0-----------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------1-1----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------1-1------------------5p3h5p3h5p3-6p3h6p3-8p5h8p5-|
D|-0-0-000-0-00-00-0-0-000-00-1-1-0-0-000-0-00-000-----------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------1-1---------------------------------------------0-1-2---------|
A|--------------------1-1---------------------------------------------0-1-2---------|
D|--0-0-000-00-000-00-1-1-0-0-000-000-000-00-0-0-000--8p7h8p7-7p5h7p5-0-1-2---------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------3-3--------------------5p2h5p2h5p2h4p2h4p2h4p2h3p2h3p2--|
A|-------------------3-3-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-222-222-222-2-3-3-2-2-22-222-22222-2----------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_showdown/achilles_the_backbreaker_tab.html ]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------3-3--------------------2/5p2h5p2h5p2h4p2h4p2h4p2h3p2h3p2|
A|-------------------3-3-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-222-222-222-2-3-3-2-2-22-222-22222-2----------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|(1x)
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----/12-0-0-12~-0-0-0-13-0-0-13~-0-0-0-5-0-0-5~-0-0-0-6-0-0-7~------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|(2x)
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------7-----------------------------5--------------|
D|---/8-0-0-7~-0-0-7~-0-0-8-7-8---8-7-0-0-7~-0-0-7~-0-0-5-7-8---7------------|

Solo!!!!!:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------11-10-------------------------------------(notes|are|tapped)-------|
G|--------10-------12-10-12-10-9-7-9-7-5/11\-7h12p7h12p7h12p7h12p7h12p7h12p7h12-|
D|-----12-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-/12--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------17b(18)-17~-------------------------------------------|
B|------------15-17-18-------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---12b(13)-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
To get the change in pitch on the "12b", gently brush the tip of one of your
 fingers (on your picking hand) on the high D string somewhere above the neck
 pickup. If you do it right (and it might take a while to figure it
out)you'll get that change in pitch like in the song.

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|(6x)
D|-1-1-1-11-0------------1-1-1-11--------------------------------------------|
A|-1-1-1-11-0------------1-1-1-11--------------------------------------------|
D|-1-1-1-11-0-0-00000-0--1-1-1-11-0-0-1-2b(3)--------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|(2x)
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----/12-0-0-12~-0-0-0-13-0-0-13~-0-0-0-5-0-0-5~-0-0-0-6-0-0-7~------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|(2x)
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------7-----------------------------5--------------|
D|---/8-0-0-7~-0-0-7~-0-0-8-7-8---8-7-0-0-7~-0-0-7~-0-0-5-7-8---7------------|

high notes played near the end of the song.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-14----10---9----7---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-x-----x----x----x---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-12----8----7----5---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Didn't do the note count on that last part, shouldn't be hard to figure out.

Outro:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--10---10-10-----------------9---9-9---------------------------------------|(7x)
D|--10-0-10-10-----------------9-0-9-9---------------------------------------|
A|--8--0-8--8------------------7-0-7-7---------------------------------------|
D|-----0-------0-000-00-0-0000---0-----0-000-000-0000------------------------|

Pretty much all the long strings of "0's" are palm muted.

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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