Song: Convex, Concave
Artist: Biffy Clyro
Album: Blackened Sky
Good song with a heavy ending.
Drop D tuning (high to low): E B G D A D
Intro (clean)
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|-------3-3-3--------3-3-3-------3--3---|
|---0---5-5-5----0---5-5-5---0---5--5---|
|-0---0-3-3-3--0---0-3-3-3-0---0-3--3---|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|------3-3-3--------3-3-3-------3--3---|
|--0---5-5-5----0---5-5-5---0---5--5---|
|----0-3-3-3--0---0-3-3-3-0---0-3--3---|
Verse
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------| Bass for four more bars
|-------3-3-3—----|
|---0---5-5-5—x4--|
|-0---0-3-3-3-----|
“Use just once, and destroy…”
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|----6----6----6----6-------|
|----0----0----0----0---x4--|
|-00---00---55---55---------|
|---------------------------|
“It’s the same as I am”
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--77777777/99999999---|
|--00000000-00000000---|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
Chorus (w/distortion)
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------7-------------------7777-666666666--|
|--7-0-7-7-blah blah---7-0-7-7777-777777777--|
|--7-0-7-5-------------7-0-7-5555-444444444--|
|--7-0-7-0-------------7-0-7-0000-000000000--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--0------------8-----------|
|--0—x3---------8—x13-------|
|--0------------8-----------|
|---------------------| 1
|---------------------| 3
|---------------------| x
|--3x2x0-3------------| end on… 3
|--3x2x0-3-blah blah--| 0
|--3x2x0-3------------| x
clean
|---------------------------|
|--6---------------------8--|
|--x—repeatedly strum ---x--|
|--3---------------------3--|
|--0---------------------0--|
|---------------------------|
d d d d d d
|---------------------------------------------------|
|------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5----|
|-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5---|
|--------3-------3-------5-------5-------2-------2--|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0------|
d
|------0------------------|
|-------1-----------------|
|--------3-33-2-2-2/9-9---|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--0-0--------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--------7--------9-------|
|--------x--------x-------|
|--------5--------7-------|
|--0-000----0-000---------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--10-101010-10---10-101010-10-.---|
|--10-101010-10---10-101010-10-.---|
|--10-101010-10---10-101010-10-----|
7
7 gradual build up…
7
then… (w/distortion)
Gtr. 2
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--0-------------7------------|
|--0-blah blah---7-blah blah--|
|--0-------------7------------|
Gtr. 1
|--10-8-----------------------------------------|
|-------10-10-11p10-8-1010101010101010-11-10-8--|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
Gtr. 2
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--3-----------5-------|
|--3—x16-------5—x16---|
|--1-----------3-------|
|----------------------|
Gtr. 1
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-6-6-55-x3—101010101010101010101010101010---|
|-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9101010---|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
Outro
Gtr. 2
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|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--00000--000--00---|
|--00000--000--00---|
|--00000--000--00---|
Gtr. 1
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--99999--999--99---|
|--xxxxx--xxx--xx---|
|--00000--000--00---|
|-------------------|
Add some tremolo picking and feedback at the end for extra noise.
There it is! Any comments, suggestions, corrections or abuse.
Enjoy
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