The Grim Goodbye (Drop C)
there are many different way to play many of the lead part in the song, these are just
once I have found work, and yes I did just take allan's dead version and add some extra
but I got his permision first so everything's cool.
Intro: Guitar 1 (x4)
|---5----------5-----5-----88--|---5---------5-----5-----------|
|-----6-6---5---------6-6------|-----6-6---5---------6---------|
|-0---------------0------------|-0--------------0--------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------0--0--|
|------------------------------|-------------------------0--0--|
|------------------------------|-------------------------0--0--|
this could also be played like this --- U U
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--10---------10---10-----13-13|--10--------10----10-----------|
|-----10-10-9--------10-10-----|----10-10-9----------10--------|
|0---------------0-------------|0---------------0--------0--0--|
|------------------------------|-------------------------0--0--|
|------------------------------|-------------------------0--0--|
U U
Guitar 2 (x3)
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-0-------------0--------------|-0-------------0--------0--0--|
|------------------------------|------------------------0--0--|
|------------------------------|------------------------0--0--|
U U
guitar 2
|------------|
|------------|
|---7-77-77--|
|---7-77-77--|
|---5-55-55--|
|------------|
guitar 1
|---5---------5-----5------88--|
|-----6-6---5---------6-6------|
|------------------------------| repeat until guitar 2 has played his
|------------------------------| three times. (see below)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
guitar 2
|-------------------------------|----|-----------------------17^--|
|-------------------------------|----|----------------------------|
|--777777/999999-777777/555555--|----|--77777/99999-7-77-77-------|
|--xxxxxx--xxxxx-xxxxxx--xxxxx--|(x3)|--xxxxx--xxxx-x-xx-xx-------|
|--555555/777777-555555/333333--|----|--55555/77777-5-55-55-------|
|-------------------------------|----|----------------------------|
Wooooo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh my eyes.
Wooooo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh closing slowly.
Pre-Verse: guitar 1
|-----------|
|-----------|
|--77-------|
|--77--7-3--|(x4)
|--55--7-3--|
|------7-3--|
guitar 2 (after third time of guitar 1)
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|--777777-999999--|
|--xxxxxx-xxxxxx--|
|--555555-777777--|
|-----------------|
Don’t you try to take me down (no!)
Don’t you try to take me over
Won’t you try to break me
Guitar 1
|-----------|
|-----------|
|--77-------|
|--77--7-0--|
|--55--7-0--|
|------7-0--|
Guitar 1
|------------|
|------------|
|--77777777--|
|--xxxxxxxx--|
|--55555555--|
|------------|
Guitar 2
|No-distortion-------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--7----10---5---5--7----10---5--|
|--5----8----3---3--5----8----3--|
|--------------------------------|
The complexities moving in
And I feel that I do not have the strength
Tragedies plaguing me solemnly
It’s affecting my will.
Guitar 1
|------|
|------|
|--14--|
|--x---|
|--12--|
|------|
Verse: Guitar 1
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--7----7----7------|
|--x----x----x------|
|--5----5----5------|
|-------------------|
Guitar 2
|------------------------17--|
|----------------------------|
|-------------12h14-12-------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
But wait now that I’ve you
Guitar 1
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--5----5----5------|
|--x----x----x------|
|--3----3----3------|
|-------------------|
Guitar 2
|------------------------------|
|--------------5h6p5-----------|
|---------------------7p5------|
|-------------------------7p5--|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
Situations from dark now change to grey
Guitar 1
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--7----7----7------|
|--x----x----x------|
|--5----5----5------|
|-------------------|
Guitar 2
|----------------------------|
|---------------7p5---7p5----|
|-------------------6-----6--|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
disregarding my absence of memories
Guitar 1
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--5----5----5------|
|--5----5----5------|
|--3----3----3------|
|-------------------|
Guitar 2
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|------------------3--|
|----------------3----|
|--------------0------|
It’s perpetually binding me of sanity
Guitar 1
|--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|---------------|
|--7----7----7----7--|--5----5----5--|
|--x----x----x----x--|--x----x----x--|
|--5----5----5----5--|--3----3----3--|
|--------------------|---------------|
Guitar 2
|---------------|----|---------|
|---------------|----|---------|
|---------------|----|---------|
|--9-7----------|(x7)|------3--|
|------10--9-7--|----|----3----|
|---------------|----|--0------|
PM . . . . .
And just when I’m giving in
As I try to Scale these walls
Guitar 1
|----------17~--|
|---------------|
|--7---7--------|
|--x---7--------|
|--5---5--------|
|---------------|
Guitar 2
|---------------|
|------5-6------|
|----------5~---|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
Jericho falls around me
Guitar 1
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--5----5----5------|
|--5----5----5------|
|--3----3----3------|
|-------------------|
Guitar 2
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|------------------3---|
|----------------3-----|
|--------------0-------|
and I feel that I've strayed to long
pre-chorus: Guitar 1 (guitar 2 could play the 6's)
|---------------|----|----------5--|----|
|--------6---6--|----|----6---6----|----|
|--5h7-7---7----|----|--5---5------|----| x2
|---------------|(x2)|-------------|(x2)|
|---------------|----|-------------|----|
|---------------|----|-------------|----|
And darkness is fading in
And darkness is real
guitar 2
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------3-33-33--|
|--------------------------3-33-33--|
|--------------------------3-33-33--|
PM . .. ..
chorus: both
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--0--8883--7830--8883--078--|
|--0--8883--7830--8883--078--|
|--0--8883--7830--8883--078--|
|---------------------------#14#--|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--0--8883--7830--8883--033-------|
|--0--8883--7830--8883--033-------|
|--0--8883--7830--8883--033-------|
Wooooo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh my eyes.
Wooooo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh closing slowly.
I try!
pre-verse:
|---------------------------|--------------------10--|
|-----------------------10--|--------------------10--|
|--7---------------7--------|--7-------------7-------|
|--x--7-5-3-2-3----x--------|--x—7-5-3-2-3---x-------|
|--5------------5--5--------|--5-----------5-5-------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
PM . . . . . . . . . . . .
Verse: Guitar 1
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--7----7----5------|
|--x----7----5------|
|--5----5----3------|
|-------------------|
Guitar 2
|------------------------17--|
|----------------------------|
|-------------12h14-12-------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
Fate, seams to recreate.
Guitar 1
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--5----5----5------|
|--5----5----5------|
|--3----3----3------|
|-------------------|
guitar 2
|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------5h7p5--------------|
|--------------------------7p5----------|
|-------------------------------7p5-----|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
I Just Can not Escape
Guitar 1
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--7----7----7------|
|--x----x----x------|
|--5----5----5------|
|-------------------|
Guitar 2
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|---------------12p10----12p10---|
|---------------------12-------12|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
Something holds me down
And makes me
Guitar 1
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--5----5----5------|
|--5----5----5------|
|--3----3----3------|
|-------------------|
Guitar 2
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|------------------3--|
|----------------3----|
|--------------0------|
act a way I can’t explain
Guitar 1
|--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|---------------|
|--7----7----7----7--|--5----5----5--|
|--x----x----x----x--|--x----x----x--|
|--5----5----5----5--|--3----3----3--|
|--------------------|---------------|
Guitar 2
|---------------|----|---------|
|---------------|----|---------|
|---------------|----|---------|
|--9-7----------|(x7)|------3--|
|------10--9-7--|----|----3----|
|---------------|----|--0------|
PM . . . . .
Even now I can fell it coming
over me choking me
As I’m falling behind
Guitar 1
|----------17~--|
|---------------|
|--7---7--------|
|--x---7--------|
|--5---5--------|
|---------------|
Guitar 2
|---------------|
|------5-6------|
|----------7~---|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
you can say you know me
Guitar 1
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--5----5----5------|
|--5----5----5------|
|--3----3----3------|
|-------------------|
Guitar 2
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-------------------3--|
|-----------------3----|
|---------------0------|
but you have no clue what my dreams
could show you.
pre-chorus: Guitar 1 (guitar 2 could play the 6's)
|---------------|----|----------5--|----|
|--------6---6--|----|----6---6----|----|
|--5h7-7---7----|----|--5---5------|----| x2
|---------------|(x2)|-------------|(x2)|
|---------------|----|-------------|----|
|---------------|----|-------------|----|
And darkness is fading in
And darkness is real
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_red_jumpsuit_apparatus/grim_goodbye_tab_ver_3.html ]
guitar 2
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------3-33-33--|
|--------------------------3-33-33--|
|--------------------------3-33-33--|
PM . .. ..
chorus: both
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--0--8883--7830--8883--078--|
|--0--8883--7830--8883--078--|
|--0--8883--7830--8883--078--|
|---------------------------#14#--|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--0--8883--7830--8883--033-------|
|--0--8883--7830--8883--033-------|
|--0--8883--7830--8883--033-------|
Wooooo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh my eyes.
Wooooo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh closing slowly.
I try!
bridge: Guitar 1 (guitar 2 could play the 6's)
|---------------|----|----------5--|----|
|--------6---6--|----|----6---6----|----|
|--5h7-7---7----|----|--5---5------|----| x4
|---------------|(x2)|-------------|(x2)|
|---------------|----|-------------|----|
|---------------|----|-------------|----|
I!
Can’t!
Can’t Wait! (tell me what you see)
on last time, last note:
guitar 2
|--------|
|--15----|
|--17^---|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Guitar 1
|---------------|----|----------5--|----|
|--------6---6--|----|----6---6----|----|
|--5h7-7---7----|----|--5---5------|----| x4
|---------------|(x2)|-------------|(x2)|
|---------------|----|-------------|----|
|---------------|----|-------------|----|
Guitar 2
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|--33333335555533333333--|
|--33333355555533333333--|
|--33333355555533333333--|
PM ....................
I feel something deep inside me
I feel deep in side!
Guitar 1 (x2)
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--1414141414141414--1212121212121212--1515151515151515--999999--|
|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--xxxxxx--|
|--1212121212121212--1010101010101010--1313131313131313--777777--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
guitar 2
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|(x2)
|--555555--333333--777777--222222--|
|--555555--333333--777777--222222--|
|--555555--333333--777777--222222--|
I feel somethin' deep inside me
And I can’t let this go
I feel something deep inside me
And I can’t let this go
Guitar 1 (x2)
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--141414141414--17-17-17-|
|--x-x-x-x-x-x---x--x--x--|(x2)
|--121212121212--15-15-15-|
|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--171717-1414/22222222222222--|
|--x-x-x--x-x--x—x-x-x-x-x-x---|
|--151515-1212/20202020202020--|
|------------------------------|
Guitar 2
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--7770--33333333/777777----0----0---33333333/777777--|
|--7770--33333333/777777----0----0---33333333/777777--|
|--7770--33333333/777777----0----0---33333333/777777--|
Lies!
As I try to steer clear
I try to stay sober
This is taking me over
And my dreams complicate it...
Guitar 1
|--------8--|
|--------x--|
|--7-----7--|
|--x--x--x--|(x3)
|--5--x--5--|
|-----x-----|
Guitar 2
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--------------3p2----------|(x2)
|------------------4p3------|
|----------------------5p4--|
I just cannot let this go!
I tried so many times to tell you!
I just can not let this go
Guitar 1 (now the 0’s might be played by the bass I can’t tell exactly)
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|------7------9------7-----|
|--00--x--00--x--00--x--5--|
|--00--5--00—-7--00--5--5--|
|--00-----00-----00-----5--|
PM .. .. ..
I just cannot win
Guitar 1
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|(x4 without guitar 2)
|--12-10-12-10-12-10---7-5-7-5-7-5--|(x4 with guitar 2)
|-----------------------------------|
Guitar 2
|----------------------------------10--------|
|--10-------------------10-------------------|
|-----10-10—9-10-9----------10-10-----10-10--|
|--------------------------------------------|(x4)
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
I see you
I see you
Falling away
I see you
(No guitars)killing me softly
Guitar 1
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|x4
|--12-10-12-10-12-10---7-5-7-5-7-5--|
|-----------------------------------|
Guitar 2
|----------------------------------10--------|
|--10-------------------10-------------------|
|-----10-10—9-10-9----------10-10-----10-10--|
|--------------------------------------------|(x4)
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
I see you
I see you
Falling away
I see you
Guitar 1
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|(x4 without guitar 2)
|-------7--------333-----|then
|----7----8-7----333-----|(x3 with guitar 2)
|--7----------7--333-----|
PM . . . . . . ...
Guitar 2
|-------------|
|-------------|
|---14141414--|
|---14141414--|(x3)
|---12121212--|
|-------------|
Don’t take what’s in front of me
Open eyes can see
I have everything
Tell you Don’t take what’s in front of me
Tell you don’t take what’s in me!
Guitar 1
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|------7--------333--|
|----7---8-7----333--|
|--7---------7--333--|
PM ...
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|--------14-----------|
|-----14----15-14-----|
|--12-------------12--|
|---------------------|
either guitar (no dist.)
|---------------------|
|--13-13-12(x3)-15-15-|
|--14-14-14-----14-14-|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
chorus: Guitar 1
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--0--8883--7830--8883--078--|
|--0--8883--7830--8883--078--|
|--0--8883--7830--8883--078--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--0--8883--7830--88833333--|
|--0--8883--7830--88833333--|
|--0--8883--7830--88833333--|
Guitar 2
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--0--8883--7830--8883---121212121212/141414141414-15-|
|--0--8883--7830--8883---x-x-x-x-x-x----x-x-x-x-x--x--|
|--0--8883--7830--8883---101010101010/121212121212-13-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1414141414141414-12121212-14141515-14141414-12121212-10101010--|
|-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---|
|-1212121212121212-10101010-12121313-12121212-10101010-8-8-8-8---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|--99999999--|
|--xxxxxxxx--|
|--77777777--|
|------------|
Lies! Which one lied.
And I feel this come away.
way oh, oh, oh, oh.
That’s why I try
Interulude
Guitar 1
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--7(x32)--7(x6)--7(x16)--7(x6)--7(x16)--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
PM . . .
|--------------------------------|
|---------5-------5(x6)----------|
|--7(x6)--7(x6)-----------7(x6)--|six times with palm mute, and twice
|--------------------------------|without. Then twice with guitar 2
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
Wooooo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Wooooo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Wooooo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Wooooo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Guitar 2 (guitar 1 repeats above)
|------------8-------------------8--|-----------|
|------------x-------------------x--|--16-/17---|
|--7----7----7----7----7----7----7--|--18^/19^--|
|--x----x----x----x----x----x----x--|-----------|
|--5----5----5----5—---5----5----5--|-----------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------|
I see you walking away
Dreams may fall more everyday
But I see you walking away
chorus: Guitar 1
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--0--8883--7830--8883--078--|
|--0--8883--7830--8883--078--|
|--0--8883--7830--8883--078--|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--0--8883--7830--888-33-33-33-----3--|
|--0--8883--7830--888-33-33-33---3----|
|--0--8883--7830--888-33-33-33-0------|
Guitar 2
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------121212121212/141414-1515--|
|--0--8883--7830--8883---x-x-x-x-x-x----x-x--x-x---|
|--0--8883--7830--8883---101010101010/121212-1313--|
|--0--8883--7830--8883-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--777777-101010101010-121212121212-14141515-14141414-12121212--|
|--xxxxxx-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x---|
|--555555-8-8-8-8-8-8--101010101010-12121313-12121212-10101010--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--1010-1010-1010---------|
|--1010-1010-1010------3--|
|--8-8--8-8--8-8-----3----|
|------------------0------|
and I’ve tried
Tries to separate
Dreams from reality
Which to satisfy this wanting
Tried to stay righteous
Tried to stay sober
But then.
I
Can’t
Win!
Outro: Guitar 1 (guitar 2 could play the 6's)
|---------------|----|----------5--|----|
|--------6---6--|----|----6---6----|----|
|--5h7-7---7----|----|--5---5------|----|x3 slow down for each
|---------------|(x2)|-------------|(x2)|
|---------------|----|-------------|----|
|---------------|----|-------------|----|
|---------------|----|-------------|----|
And I know you,
And I know you
|Gt.2 could also play this--|
|-------------------|----|---------------------------|
|----------6-----6--|----|-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-------|
|--5h7--7-----7-----|----|---------------------------|
|-------------------|(x2)|---------------------------|
|-------------------|----|---------------------------|
|-------------------|----|---------------------------|
And I know you
|Both guitars-------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|---0--------------0|
|---0-(drum roll)--0|
|---0--------------0|
Lie!
End.
enjoy this is 100%
