Bleed It Out - tabbed by Astat Guitar 1 - D A D G B E (Distorted w/panned slapback delay) Guitar 2 - D A D G B E (Distorted) Guitar 3 - D A D G B E (Heavy distortion) Guitar 4 - D A D G B E (Heavy distortion) Guitar 5 - D A D G B E (Distorted w/slight reverb) Guitar 6 - D A D G B E (Distorted w/slight reverb) *Note* Guitars 1, 2, 5, and 6 are Fender Stratocasters. Guitars 3 and 4 are humbucker-equipped (most likely Gibson Les Pauls). Use the bridge pickup unless otherwise noted. I've finally broken down and tabbed Guitar 1 the "correct" way here. There's a constantly-changing emphasis of the notes played by Guitar 1, sometimes all of the notes in a given two or three-note chord ring out equally, sometimes certain notes are quieter than others. I've put the quieter notes in parentheses...this makes for a bit harder-to-read tab, but it's more accurate. To get the right sound for Guitar 1, you'll probably want to alternate-strum everything, except for the bridge which is definitely all down strokes. This song is played a bit differently live, Brad and Mike like to change chords on offbeats sometimes instead of doing everything "straight" like they do on the album. Anyway, Guitar 1 handles the main high-register work throughout the song, Guitar 2 joins with a more midrange-y part in the choruses, Guitars 3 and 4 play big powerchords in the bridge, and Guitars 5 and 6 handle the octave parts at the end. Note that while Guitar 1 is panned to the left, its slapback delay effect (which is set to 16th notes with a very short decay time - one, maybe two repeats at most) is actually panned the opposite way to the right. The muted notes in parentheses at the end of the bridge for Guitars 3 and 4 aren't actually played, that's just my way of noting that there's a rest there, instead of letting all the chords sustain like you do for the rest of the bridge. One little note on the ending, for Guitars 5 and 6, let the last octave ring out, shake the neck of the guitar up and down to get some vibrato, and then let off with your fretting hand and slide your fingers down the neck to get that scraping sound (or in Guitar 6's case, jump down to the last 4th fret powerchord). On the live version, Brad plays Guitar 1 for the entire song except for the outro, where he plays Guitar 5/6. Mike plays Guitar 2 for the choruses and outro, and Guitar 3/4 for the bridge. 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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Chorus |-9-(9)(9)-9-(9)(9)-9-(9)-9--9--9-(9)-9-(9)-9--9--7-(7)(7)-7-(7)(7)-7-(7)-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--| |-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9-(9)(9)-10-10-10-10-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Guitar 1 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--7--7--7--7--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--| |-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Guitar 2 |-9-(9)(9)-9-(9)(9)-9-(9)-9--9--9-(9)-9-(9)-9--9--7-(7)(7)-7-(7)(7)-7-(7)-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--| |-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9-(9)(9)-10-10-10-10-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Guitar 1 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--7--7--7--7--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--| |-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Guitar 2 2nd Verse - Guitar 1 |-9-(9)(9)-9-(9)(9)-9-(9)-9--9--9-(9)-9-(9)-9--9--7-(7)(7)-7-(7)(7)-7-(7)-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--| |-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9-(9)(9)-10-10-10-10-| 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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Chorus |-9-(9)(9)-9-(9)(9)-9-(9)-9--9--9-(9)-9-(9)-9--9--7-(7)(7)-7-(7)(7)-7-(7)-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--| |-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9-(9)(9)-10-10-10-10-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Guitar 1 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--7--7--7--7--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--| |-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Guitar 2 |-9-(9)(9)-9-(9)(9)-9-(9)-9--9--9-(9)-9-(9)-9--9--7-(7)(7)-7-(7)(7)-7-(7)-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--| |-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9-(9)(9)-10-10-10-10-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Guitar 1 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--7--7--7--7--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--| |-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Guitar 2 Bridge |-9-(9)(9)-9-(9)(9)-9-(9)-9-(9)(9)-9-(9)(9)-9-(9)-7-(7)(7)-7-(7)(7)-7-(7)-7-(7)(7)-7-(7)(7)-7--7--| 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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-0--------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-----2--------2--------2-----4--------2--------2-----| |-0--------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-----2--------2--------2-----2--------2--------2-----| |-0--------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-----2--------2--------2-----2--------2--------2-----| |Guitars 3 and 4 |-9-(9)(9)-9--------9-(9)-7-(7)(7)-7--------7-----| |-7-(7)(7)-7--------7-(7)-9-(9)(9)-9--------9-----| |-7--7--7--7--------7--7--9--9--9--9--------9-----| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |Guitar 1 | |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| 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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-9-(9)(9)-9-(9)(9)-9-(9)-9--9--9-(9)-9-(9)-9--9--7-(7)(7)-7-(7)(7)-7-(7)-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--| |-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9-(9)(9)-10-10-10-10-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Final Chorus |-9-(9)(9)-9-(9)(9)-9-(9)-9--9--9-(9)-9-(9)-9--9--7-(7)(7)-7-(7)(7)-7-(7)-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--| |-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9-(9)(9)-10-10-10-10-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Guitar 1 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--7--7--7--7--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--| 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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--7--7--7--7--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--| |-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Guitar 2 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| 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|-9-(9)(9)-9-(9)(9)-9-(9)-9--9--9-(9)-9-(9)-9--9--7-(7)(7)-7-(7)(7)-7-(7)-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--| |-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9-(9)(9)-10-10-10-10-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Guitar 1 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--7--7--7--7--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--| 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