This Curse Of Days Chords & Tabs
Death By Stereo This Curse of Days
tab by: Carlos Dominguez
This song rules! if somethings wrong please mail me to carlosadc at gmail dot com
I know the solo progression is a little different but i think it sounds better :)
This are all main parts of the song and it goes as follows:
Intro->Bridge->Riff1->Riff2->Chorus->Riff1->Riff2->Chorus->SoloBridge->Solo->Riff3
Guitar
Intro.- Repeat twice before getting to bridge
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|-7-----7--------7-----7-----7--------7-----------------7--------7-----------------7--------7----|
|-------------10----10-------------10----10-7-----------------10----10-7-----------------10----10|
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|-------------7--------7-----------------7--------7-----------------7--------7-------------------|
|-8-----------------10----10-8-----------------10----10-10----------------10----10---------------|
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Bridge
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|----------7-----9--7----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7--9--10-------------7-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Riff 1
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|-------------------------------------------10---------------------------------------------------|
|----9-----10----12----7-----9-----10-9--10-------------9-----10----12----7-----9-----9--7--4----|
|-7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7--------------------7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-------------|
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|----------8-----7-----5-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------8-----6-----6--5----------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5--------7-----------5-----5--7----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------3-----3--------------------------5-----5--7----|
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------5-----5----------------|
Riff 2
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|-7--0--7--0--7--0--7--0--7--0--7--0--7--0--7--0--5--0--5--0--5--0--5--0--5--0--5--0--5--0--5--0-|
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|-3--0--3--0--3--0--3--0--3--0--3--0--3--0--3--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0-|
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|-7--0--7--0--7--0--7--0--7--0--7--0--7--0--7--0--5--0--5--0--5--0--5--0--5--0--5--0--5--0--5--0-|
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|-3--0--3--0--3--0--3--0--3--0--3--0--3--0--3--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2----|
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Chorus
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|-------------------------5--------5-----5--5--5-------------------------------------------------|
|-7--------7-----7--7--7--3--------3-----3--3--3--6--------6-----6--6--6--6--6--6----------------|
|-7--------7-----7--7--7--------------------------6--------6-----6--6--6--6--6--6----------------|
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|-------------------------------------------------7--------7-----7--7--7--7--7--7----------------|
|-7--------7-----7--7--7--3--------3-----3--3--3--5--------5-----5--5--5--5--5--5----------------|
|-7--------7-----7--7--7--3--------3-----3--3--3-------------------------------------------------|
Solo bridge
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|----------------------11----10-------------9--10-9--7-------------------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------------------------------------------9--10-9-----------7----------------|
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|----11----10-------------9--10-9--7-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------9--10-9----------------------------------------------|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/death_by_stereo/this_curse_of_days_tab.html ]
Solo.- this is one of the two guitars, they are played in thirds so to find the other guitar
just shift this 3 notes down
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------13-14----16-14---|
|-------14-13-13-14-14----------14-13-13-14-14----------14-13-13-14-14----14-16------------------|
|-15-------------------13----------------------13----------------------------------------------15|
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------------13-14----16-14------|
|----14-13-13-14-14----------14-13-13-14-14----------14-13-13-14-14----14-16----------------13---|
|-------------------13----------------------13---------------------------------------------------|
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this is plain Doric progression with some spice up hehe
|-------15-------------------------------------------------------13-14-16-18-------14-16----13---|
|-------------------------------------------------------13-14-16---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------12-13-15-12-13-15------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------11-13-15------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------11-13-15---------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|----18-16-14-13----14----13----------18----16-18----18-20-22-------24----22-20------------------|
|----------------------------16------------------------------------------------------------------|
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this is actually done with hammer on's and pull offs just figure it out not hard pick
where the arrow shows only
| | | | and so on...
V V V V
|-------7--9--7-----------7--9--7-----------7--9--7-----------7--9--7----------------------------|
|-7--9-----------9--7--9-----------9--7--9-----------9--7--9-----------9--7----------------------|
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this part is done with some bending just add some and will sound nice :)
|-------7----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7--------10-7-----7-----------7----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------9-----------7-----------7-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------9----------------------------------------------------|
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This can be done like this or with taping, i personally use taping, just replace everything
on the first string to 20 on second string for the taping
|-16----------------18----------------16----------------18---------------------------------------|
|----------18-16-14----------18-16-14----------18-16-14----------18-16-14------------------------|
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Again Doric but backwards
|-16-14-13---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------16-14-13------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------15-13-12---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------15-13-11------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------15-13-11---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------16-15-13------------------------------------------|
Riff3.- this part is as the beginning just with the end changed
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|-------------------------5--------5-----5--5--5-------------------------------------------------|
|-7--------7-----7--7--7--3--------3-----3--3--3--6--------6-----6--6--6--6--6--6----------------|
|-7--------7-----7--7--7--------------------------6--------6-----6--6--6--6--6--6----------------|
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|-------------------------------------------------7--------7-----7--7--7--7--7--7----------------|
|-7--------7-----7--7--7--3--------3-----3--3--3--5--------5-----5--5--5--5--5--5----------------|
|-7--------7-----7--7--7--3--------3-----3--3--3-------------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------5--------5-----5--5--5-------------------------------------------------|
|-7--------7-----7--7--7--3--------3-----3--3--3--6--------6-----6--6--6--6--6--6----------------|
|-7--------7-----7--7--7--------------------------6--------6-----6--6--6--6--6--6----------------|
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|-7--------7-----7--7--7--3--------3-----3--3--3--5--------5-----5--5--5-------------------------|
|-7--------7-----7--7--7--3--------3-----3--3--3--5--------5-----5--5--5-------------------------|
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|-2--------2-----2--2--2-----2--2--------2-----2--2--2-----2--2--7-|
|-2--------2-----2--2--2-----2--2--------2-----2--2--2-----2--2--7-|
Hope, it helps! (if it does let me know at carlos at gmail dot com or visit my website at
http://fismat.umich.mx/~carlosadc and leave a comment )
