Kill or Be Killed (tablature)

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Guitar tab

Tabbed by GiveMeThePiss

Tuning (from lowest to highest string) : B F♯ B F♯ B E
12-62 gauge will do for the strings

Key :
P.M. : Palm Mute
^    : Whammy, + 1 octave
*    : Natural Harmonic
x    : Muted Note
h    : Hammer
p    : Pull-off
>    : Slide
~    : Vibrato

Structure :
Intro Riff
Main Riff (Part 1), ×6
Main Riff (Part 2)
Main Riff (Part 3), ×2
Verse, ×2
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Main Riff (Part 1), ×6
Main Riff (Part 2)
Main Riff (Part 3)
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Bridge 1
Breakdown
Solo
Bridge 2
Chorus
Main Riff (Part 1), ×6
Main Riff (Part 2)
Main Riff (Part 3), ×2

Intro Riff

1E  |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2B  |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3F♯ |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4B  |-------------------*5---------------------*5---------------------*5---------------------|
5F♯ |-------------------*5---------------------*5---------------------*5---------------------|
6B  |-10-9-8-0-10-9-8-0-*5---10-9-8-0-10-9-8-0-*5---10-9-8-0-10-9-8-0-*5---10-9-8-0-10-9-8-0-|
     <----- P.M. ------> ^   <----- P.M. -----> ^  <----- P.M. ------> ^  <----- P.M. ------>

Main Riff

1E  |---------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2B  |---------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3F♯ |----------6--6-6-6-6-|--------12--12-12-12-12-------|----------6--6-6-6-6----------6--6-6-6-6--------12--12-12-12-12--------10--10-10-10-10-|
4B  |-*5---*5--x--x-x-x-x-|--------x---x--x--x--x--------|-*5---*5--x--x-x-x-x-*5---*5--x--x-x-x-x--------x---x--x--x--x---------x---x--x--x--x--|
5F♯ |----------6--6-6-6-6-|-8---8--12--12-12-12-12-7---7-|----------6--6-6-6-6----------6--6-6-6-6-8---8--12--12-12-12-12-7---7--10--10-10-10-10-|
6B  |----0----------------|---7----------------------5---|----0-------------------0------------------7----------------------5--------------------|
               ^  ^ ^ ^ ^          ^   ^  ^  ^  ^                   ^  ^ ^ ^ ^          ^  ^ ^ ^ ^        ^   ^  ^  ^  ^         ^   ^  ^  ^  ^
    <---- Part 1, ×6 ---->|<---------- Part 2 ---------->|<------------------------------------ Part 3, ×2 -------------------------------------->

Verse

1E  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2B  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3F♯ |-9--x--9--x--9--x-x-11--x--11--x--11--x-x-10--x--10--x--10--x-x-9--x--9--x--9--x-x-7--x--7--x--7--x-x-8--x--8--x--8--x-x-------------------------------------------------------|
4B  |-7--x--7--x--7--x-x-9---x--9---x--9---x-x-8---x--8---x--8---x-x-7--x--7--x--7--x-x-6--x--6--x--6--x-x-5--x--5--x--5--x-x-------------------------------------------------------|
5F♯ |----x-----x-----x-x-----x------x------x-x-----x------x------x-x----x-----x-----x-x----x-----x-----x-x----x-----x-----x-x-------------------------------------------------------|
6B  |----0-----0-----x-x-----0------0------x-x-----0------0------x-x----0-----0-----x-x----0-----0-----x-x----0-----0-----x-x-12--0--12--10-9-8-10-9-8-0-12--0--12--10-9-8-10-9-8-0-|
    <-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ×2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->

Pre-Chorus

1E  |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2B  |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3F♯ |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4B  |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7----------------------|
5F♯ |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
6B  |-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-8--8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8--8-8-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
        <- P.M.->  <- P.M.-> <P.M.>  <- P.M.->  <- P.M.-> <P.M.>  <- P.M.->  <- P.M.-> <P.M.>  <- P.M.->  <- P.M.-> <P.M.>  <- P.M.->  <- P.M.-> <P.M.>  <- P.M.->  <- P.M.-> <P.M.>  <- P.M.->  <- P.M.-> <P.M.>  <------ P.M. ------->

Chorus

1E  |----------------------------------------------|
2B  |----------------------------------------------|
3F♯ |----------------------------------------------|
4B  |-3--3-------------------8--8------------------| ×4
5F♯ |-3--3-------------------8--8------------------|
6B  |-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
           <----- P.M. ---->      <----- P.M. ---->

Repeat “Main Riff” (Part 1) 6 times, “Main Riff” (Part 3) once, “Verse” once, “Pre-Chorus” once, and “Chorus” once

Bridge 1

1E  |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2B  |-7-----7-----7-----7-5-7-8-----8-----8-7-5-------------------4-----4-5-4-1-----1-4-1-0-----0---------------------------|
3F♯ |-0-0-----0-----0-----------0-----0---------------------------0-0-----------0-----------0-----3-5-6---------------------|
4B  |-0---0-----0-----0-----------0-----0-------------------------0---0-----------0-----------0-----------------------------|
5F♯ |-0-----------------------------------------------------------0---------------------------------------------------------|
6B  |-0-----------------------------------------10-9-8-0-10-9-8-0-0---------------------------------------10-9-8-0-10-9-8-0-|
                                               <----- P.M. ------>                                       <----- P.M. ------>
Breakdown

1E  |-----------------|
2B  |-----------------|
3F♯ |-----------------|
4B  |-----------------| ×8
5F♯ |-0-1-0-3-2-1-0-1-|
6B  |-0-1-0-3-2-1-0-1-|
     <----- P.M. ---->

Solo

1E  |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2B  |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3F♯ |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------h12-|
4B  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------h12p0-----|
5F♯ |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------h9p0h12p0-----------|
6B  |-12-0-10-0-9-0-10-0-9-0-7-0-9-0-7-0-7-0-9-0-7-0-9-0-10-0-9-0-10-0-12-0-12-0-14-0-12-0-14-0-15-0-14-0-12-0-14-10---------------------|

1E  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2B  |-h12p5-h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5-h12p5-h8p5h8p5-h12p3-h7p3h7p3h7p3h7p3h7p3h7p3-h12p3-h7p3h7p3-h11p5-h7p5h7p5h7p5h7p5h7p5h7p5-h11p5-h7p5h7p5-h12p5-h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5-|
3F♯ |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4B  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
5F♯ |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
6B  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
       ^                             ^              ^                               ^              ^                              ^              ^
1E  |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2B  |-h12p5-h8p5h8p5-h12p7-h8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7-h12p7-h8p7h8p7-h12p7-h8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7-h12p5-h8p7h8p7-h11p7-h8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7-h11p5-h8p7h8p7-h11p7-h8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7-h11p7-h8p7-|
3F♯ |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4B  |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
5F♯ |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
6B  |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
       ^              ^                              ^              ^                              ^              ^                              ^              ^                              ^

Bridge 2

1E  |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2B  |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3F♯ |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4B  |-3--3--*5---8--8--*5---3--3--*5---8--8--*5---3--3--*5---8--8--*5---3--3--*5---8--8--------------------|
5F♯ |-3--3--*5---8--8--*5---3--3--*5---8--8--*5---3--3--*5---8--8--*5---3--3--*5---8--8--------------------|
6B  |-3--3--*5---8--8--*5---3--3--*5---8--8--*5---3--3--*5---8--8--*5---3--3--*5---8--8--10-10-9-9-8-8-0-0-|
             ^          ^          ^          ^          ^          ^          ^        <------ P.M. ----->

Repeat “Chorus” once, “Main Riff” (Part 1) 6 times, “Main Riff” (Part 2) once, and “Main Riff” (Part 3) twice

Outro

1E  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2B  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3F♯ |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4B  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
5F♯ |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
6B  |-0-----0->-~10--~10-~10-~10-~10--~10-~10-~10-0-----0->-~10--~10-~10-~10-~10--~10-~10-~10-0-|

In theory, the song ends there, but you can repeat Bridge 1, or play something in the likes of it in the phrygian scale to imitate what Matt plays live !