Killswitch Engage

Just Barely Breathing

Killswitch Engage


Tom: E

Album: Alive or Just Breathing
Tabbed by: Christian / *

PM - Palm mute
h - Hammer on
p - Pull off
///X - Scratch string with pick
/ - Slide up
\ - Slide down
() - Play these notes the 2nd time only
~ - Vibrato

Tuning: C G C F A D

Intro Pt1 (clean)
|---1---------------1------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----3-----------3---3-----------------------------------------------8h10-8h10p9p8p7p0------|
|-------2-------2-------2-------6-------6------------5-----------------------------------7-5-|x2
|-0-------0---0-----------0---0---4-------4------3-----3---------4---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------4-------4------3-----3-----2---2-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------4-------4------------3---------------------------------|
PM            - -                             

Intro Pt2 (distortion) (play pt 2 and pt3 x2)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| x1
|-------0--0-0------777777-555555-333333-555555--7--0--7---7-0-0-7--0-0--(1/8\1)-|
|-------0--0-0-----------------------------------5--0--5---5-0-0-5--0-0--(1/8\1)-|
|-///X--0--0-0--8~-------------------------------5--0--5---5-0-0-5--0-0--(1/8\1)-|

Intro Pt3
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| x1
|-6--0--6------777777-555555-333333-555555-8-12-10-8-10-8-10-12-10-8-10-8-(10)-(8)-(10)-|
|-4--0--4----------------------------------8--8--8-8--8-8--8--8--8-8--8-8--(8)-(8)--(8)-|
|-4--0--4--8~------------------------------8--8--8-8--8-8--8--8--8-8--8-8--(8)-(8)--(8)-|
PM   -

Verse
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------8\7--10\9--------|-----------------------7\5--8\7--5--10\9--7--5-| x3
|-5-5-5-6p5p0--5-3-5-5--8\7--10\9-3--0-0-|-5-5-5-6p5p0--5-3-5-5--7\5--8\7--5--10\9--7--5-|
|-----------------------8\7--10\9--------|-----------------------7\5--8\7--5--10\9--7--5-|
PM                                   - -

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|x2
|-9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0--10\9--0-0--9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0--10-|
|-9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0--10\9--0-0--9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0--10-|
|-9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0--10\9--0-0--9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0--10-|
PM     - - - - - -       - - - - - -       - -        - -       - - - - - -       - - - - - -       - -

|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------8\7--10\9--------|-----------------------7\5--8\7--5--10\9--7--5-| x1
|-5-5-5-6p5p0--5-3-5-5--8\7--10\9-3--0-0-|-5-5-5-6p5p0--5-3-5-5--7\5--8\7--5--10\9--7--5-|
|-----------------------8\7--10\9--------|-----------------------7\5--8\7--5--10\9--7--5-|
PM                                   - -

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|x2
|-9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0--10\9--0-0--9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0--10-|
|-9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0--10\9--0-0--9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0--10-|
|-9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0--10\9--0-0--9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0-0-0-0-0--9\8--0-0--10-|
PM     - - - - - -       - - - - - -       - -        - -       - - - - - -       - - - - - -       - -

Chorus - Guitar 1
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------| x4
|--------------3h5--3p0-0-0-0-0--3h5-5h7--0-0-3-5p0-3p0-0-|
|-5--0-0-5--0---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
PM                                        - -

Chorus - Guitar 2
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| x4
|-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

Repeat x3
|----------------------------------------------|    |---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|    |---------------------------------------|
|-3--------------------------------------------| x1 |---------------------------------------| x1
|-3--0-0-0---0-0-0--3--0-0-0---0-0-0--3--0-0-0-|    |-0000-3333/5555/7777\5555-3/5555\33333-|
|-1--0-0-0---0-0-0--1--0-0-0---0-0-0--1--0-0-0-|    |---------------------------------------|
|----0-0-0---0-0-0--1--0-0-0---0-0-0--1--0-0-0-|    |---------------------------------------|
PM   - - -   - - -     - - -   - - -     - - -

Chorus - Guitar 1
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------| x4
|--------------3h5--3p0-0-0-0-0--3h5-5h7--0-0-3-5p0-3p0-0-|
|-5--0-0-5--0---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
PM                                        - -

Chorus - Guitar 2
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| x4
|-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

Outro
|------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|
|-3----------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| Repeat
|-3--0-0-0---0-0-0---3--0-0-0---0-0-0---3--0-0-0-| |-0000-3333/5555/7777\5555-3/5555\33333-|till end
|-1--0-0-0---0-0-0---1--0-0-0---0-0-0---1--0-0-0-| |---------------------------------------|
|----0-0-0---0-0-0---1--0-0-0---0-0-0---1--0-0-0-| |---------------------------------------|
PM   - - -   - - -      - - -   - - -      - - -