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Before I Forget Tabs

(ver. 3)
Slipknot
Band- Slipknot
Song- Before I Forget

Gtr I (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr III (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Guitar 3'
Gtr IV (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Piano'
Gtr V (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Violin'

   Intro
    Q=125
    D5E5  D5E5  F5E5  D5E5  F5E5D5  D5E5D5  E5D5F5E5D5  E5D5F5E5D5
   4/4
    Gtr I
        PM    PM    PM    PM            PM    PM    PM    PM
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-0-2---0-2---3-2---0-2---3-2-0-|-0-2---0-2---3-2---0-2---3-2-0-o||
||--0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-|-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0--||


    D5E5D5  E5D5F5E5D5  E5D5F5E5D5    D5E5D5  E5D5F5E5G5  D5     G5  D5   N.C.
    Gtrs I, II
        PM    PM    PM    PM              PM    PM
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E  3x S S S S S S S S E E S E.   E E S E. H
||---------------------------------||--------------------------|---------------|
||o-------------------------------o||--------------------------|---------------|
||---------------------------------||--------------------------|---------------|
||--0-2---0-2---3-2---0-2---3-2-0--||-0-2---0-2---3-2-5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0-------|
||o-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-o||-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0-------|
||--0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0--||-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0-------|


    D5E5D5  E5D5F5E5D5  E5D5F5E5D5    D5E5D5  E5D5F5E5G5  D5
    Gtrs I, II, III
        PM    PM    PM    PM              PM    PM
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E  3x S S S S S S S S E E S E.
||---------------------------------||--------------------------||
||o-------------------------------o||--------------------------||
||---------------------------------||--------------------------||
||--0-2---0-2---3-2---0-2---3-2-0--||-0-2---0-2---3-2-5-5-0-0--||
||o-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-o||-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-5-5-0-0--||
||--0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0--||-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-5-5-0-0--||


   Pre-Verse
    $
    D5E5D5  E5D5F5E5D5  E5D5F5E5D5    D5E5D5  E5D5F5E5G5  D5     G5  D5
                                                                2/4
        PM    PM    PM    PM              PM    PM
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E  3x S S S S S S S S E E S E.   E E S E.
||---------------------------------||--------------------------|----------||
||o-------------------------------o||--------------------------|----------||
||---------------------------------||--------------------------|----------||
||--0-2---0-2---3-2---0-2---3-2-0--||-0-2---0-2---3-2-5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0--||
||o-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-o||-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0--||
||--0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0--||-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0--||


   Verse
    E5      F5   E5    F5     E5      F5   E5    F5
   4/4
    PM------|    PM----|      PM------|    PM----|
    S S S S E. E S S S E. S   S S S S E. E S S S E. S
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2h3----2-2-2h3----|-2-2-2-2h3----2-2-2h3----|
||--2-2-2-2h3----2-2-2h3----|-2-2-2-2h3----2-2-2h3----|


  E5      F5   E5    F5     E5      F5   G5  D5
  PM------|    PM----|      PM------|
  S S S S E. E S S S E. S   S S S S E. S E E S E.    4x
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------5-5-0-0-----||
|-2-2-2-2h3----2-2-2h3----|-2-2-2-2h3----5-5-0-0----o||
|-2-2-2-2h3----2-2-2h3----|-2-2-2-2h3----5-5-0-0-----||


 Pre-Chorus
  E5    F5  E5    N.C.           F5  E5   N.C.
  Gtr I
  E. E. Q   E.    E    S   E. E. Q   E.   E    S
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-2--2--3---2------------|-2--2--3---2-----------|
|-2--2--3---2------------|-2--2--3---2-----------|
|-2--2--3---2------------|-2--2--3---2-----------|
|
| Gtr II
|                    ~~                      ~~
| H       Q     E    E     H       Q    E    E
|--------------15s==16---|--------------9s==10---|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W                        W
|------------------------|-3---------------------|
|-5----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|


        F5  E5    N.C.           F5  E5   N.C.
  E. E. Q   E.    E    S   E. E. Q   E.   E    S
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|-2--2--3---2------------|-2--2--3---2-----------||
|-2--2--3---2------------|-2--2--3---2-----------||
|-2--2--3---2------------|-2--2--3---2-----------||
|
|                    ~~                      ~~
| H       Q     E    E     H       Q    E    E
|--------------15s==16---|--------------9s==10---||
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|
| W                        W
|-2----------------------|-1---------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------||


   Chorus
       E5   D5E5G5      D5E5G5 D5BbA5     E5   D5E5G5      D5E5G5 D5BbA5
    Gtrs I, II, III
    Q  Q.   E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E   Q  Q.   E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E
||----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||o---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||-----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7--|
||o----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7--|
||-----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7--|


                                    1.
     E5   D5E5G5      D5E5G5 D5Bb5  A5      Bb5 C5        G5     A5Bb5
  Q  Q.   E E E   +E  E E Q  E Q    Q  Q  E E E  E    +E  Q  E E E Q
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------o||
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8--|-7--7--7h8p7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s8---||
|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8--|-7--7--7h8p7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s8--o||
|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8--|-7--7--7h8p7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s8---||


  2.
                              D.S.
  A5      Bb5  C5        G5     A5Bb5
  Gtrs I, III
  Q  Q  E  E E  E    +E  Q  E E E  Q
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-7--7--7h=8p7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s=8--||
|-7--7--7h=8p7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s=8--||
|-7--7--7h=8p7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s=8--||
|
| Gtr II
| Q  Q  E  E E  E    +E  Q  E E E  Q
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-9--9--9-10-9-12-|-(12)-7--7-7-9s10--||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-7--7--7--8-7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s=8--||
|-----------------|-------------------||


 Interlude
  N.C.
  Gtr II
  Q    E E E E E E   +E  E   E E E E E E
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|-5----5-5-5-5-5-4-|-(4)-5---5-5-5-5-5-4-|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| H..            E   +E  H..
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|-3--------------5-|-(5)-0---------------|


  +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E Q   E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(4)-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-|-(4)-5-5-4---5-5-4-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
|  W                   H        H
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--2--------5-------|
|--2----------------|-------------------|


  +E  E E  E  E E E E   +E  E E E E  E  E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-(4)-5-5--5--5-5-5-4-|-(4)-5-5-5-5--5--5-4-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|
|  Q.     +H        E   +E  H       +Q.
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|--3------(3)-------5-|-(5)-0-------(0)-----|


  +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E Q   E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------7-|
|-(4)-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-|-(4)-5-5-4---5-5---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
|  W                   H        H
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--2--------5-------|
|--2----------------|-------------------|


  +E  Q   Q   Q  E   +E  Q  Q   Q   E   +E  Q  Q  E E E   +E  E E Q   E E E
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-(7)-5---4------5-|-(5)-4--2---0-----|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------7----|----------------9-|-(9)-7--5--5-5-4-|-(4)-5-5-4---5-5-4-|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|
|  Q.    +H      E   +E  H     +Q.       W                 H        H
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|--2--------5-------|
|--3-----(3)-----5-|-(5)-0-----(0)----|--2--------------|-------------------|


  +E  E E  E  E E E E   +E  E E E E  E  E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-(4)-5-5--5--5-5-5-4-|-(4)-5-5-5-5--5--5-4-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|
|  Q.     +H        E   +E  H       +Q.
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|--3------(3)-------5-|-(5)-0-------(0)-----|


  +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E Q   E Q
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-(4)-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-|-(4)-5-5-4---5-5--|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|
|  W                   H        H
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|--2--------5------|
|--2----------------|------------------|


  F5            G5      D5          E5                  B5          D5      F5
  Gtr II
  E E E E E E E E    E  E E E E E E E    E  E E E E E E E    E  E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-2-0-2-3p2-0h2-|--0--2-0-2-3p2-0h2-|--0--2-0-2-3p2-0h2-|--0--2-0-2-3p2-0h2-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, III
|     PM------|         PM--------|         PM--------|         PM|     PM|
| Q   E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E Q   E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------4-|-(4)-----7---------|
|-3-------------5-|-(5)-------------2-|-(2)-------------4-|-(4)-4-4S7---7-7-3-|
|-3---3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2-2S5---5-5-3-|
|-3---3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-----------------3-|


    F5              G5      D5          E5                  B5
     E  E E E E E E E    E  E E E E E E E    E  E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||o--0--2-0-2-3p2-0h2-|--0--2-0-2-3p2-0h2-|--0--2-0-2-3p2-0h2-|
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|
|       PM--------|         PM--------|         PM--------|
|   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|-----------------4-|
||--(3)-------------5-|-(5)-------------2-|-(2)-------------4-|
||o-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||--(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2---|


  1.,2.                 3.
          D5      F5    B5    D5
   E  E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E
|--------------------||-----------------||
|-------------------o||-----------------||
|--------------------||-----------------||
|--------------------||-----------------||
|--0--2-0-2-3p2-0h2-o||-0-2-0-2-3p2-0h2-||
|--------------------||-----------------||
|
|                       Gtrs I, II, III
|     PM|     PM|         PM|     PM|
| +E  E E Q   E E E     E E E Q   E Q
|--------------------||-----------------||
|-------------------o||-----------------||
|-(4)-----7----------||-4-----7---------||
|-(4)-4-4S7---7-7-3--||-4-4-4S7---7-7---||
|-(2)-2-2S5---5-5-3-o||-2-2-2S5---5-5---||
|-----------------3--||-----------------||


   Chorus
       E5   D5E5G5      D5E5G5 D5BbA5     E5   D5E5G5      D5E5G5 D5BbA5
    Gtrs II, III
    Q  Q.   E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E   Q  Q.   E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E
||----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||o---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||-----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7--|
||o----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7--|
||-----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7--|


     E5   D5E5G5      D5E5G5 D5BbA5  A5      Bb5  C5        G5     A5Bb5
  Q  Q.   E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E   Q  Q  E  E E  E    +E  Q  E E E  Q   4x
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|-7--7--7h=8p7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s=8---||
|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|-7--7--7h=8p7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s=8--o||
|----2----0-2-5-|-(5)-0-2-5--0-8p7-|-7--7--7h=8p7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s=8---||
|
| Gtr I
| W                W                 Q  Q  E  E E  E    +E  Q  E E E  Q   4x
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|---------------|------------------|-9--9--9-10-9-12-|-(12)-7--7-7-9s10---||
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|---------------|------------------|-7--7--7--8-7-10-|-(10)-5--5-5-7s=8--o||
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------||


   Breakdown
    D5E5D5  E5D5F5E5D5  E5D5F5E5D5
        PM    PM    PM    PM
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E  7x
||---------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------||
||--0-2---0-2---3-2---0-2---3-2-0--||
||o-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-o||
||--0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-0--||


  D5E5D5  E5D5F5E5G5  D5     G5  D5   N.C.
                                       <
      PM    PM
  S S S S S S S S E E S E.   E E S E.  q   e  e
|--------------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------------|----------15--15-15--||
|--------------------------|---------------------||
|-0-2---0-2---3-2-5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0-------------||
|-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0-------------||
|-0-2-0-0-2-0-3-2-5-5-0-0--|-5-5-0-0-------------||


 Outro
  N.C.
   q   e  e  e  q   e    q   e  e  e  q   e
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-15--15-15-15-15--15-|-15--15-15-15-15--15-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr V
|  <
|  Q   Q     H           H         H
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|--2---2-----4--------|---------------------|
|---------------------|--0---------0--------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|


   q   e  e  e  q   e    q   e  e  e  q   e
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-15--15-15-15-15--15-|-15--15-15-15-15--15-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|
|  Q   Q     H           H         H
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|--2---2-----4--------|---------------------|
|---------------------|--0---------0--------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|


   q   e  e  e  q   e    q   e  e  e  q   e
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-15--15-15-15-15--15-|-15--15-15-15-15--15-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|
|  <
|  Q   Q     H           H         H
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|--2---2-----4--------|---------------------|
|---------------------|--0---------0--------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|


   q   e  e  e  q   e    q   e  e  e  q   e
|---------------------|---------------------*|
|-15--15-15-15-15--15-|-15--15-15-15-15--15-*|
|---------------------|---------------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------*|
|
|  Q   Q     H           H         H
|---------------------|---------------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------*|
|--2---2-----4--------|---------------------*|
|---------------------|--0---------0--------*|
|---------------------|---------------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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