Armor For Sleep - Awkward Last Words Tabs

Copyright © Equal Vision Records 2005
Version 1.0 - 02/05/2005


This is the fourth in what I hope will become a series of tabs
Dead". I hope you enjoy them and learn something. This is one
of the more difficult tracks on the album but is also one of
my favorites. If you have any questions, comments, or additions
them if they makes sense and of course give you full credit.

.  - palm mute
/  - slide up and down to
b  - Bend
() - Natural harmonics
*  - Pinch harmonics
h  - Hammer
p  - Pull off
"  - Tremolo Picking
x  - Mute

Tuning:(D A D G B E)

Intro (Right)
E|-------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------||-------3---3--------------------3---3------|| Part one x5
D|-------9------13------8----9p8-||-------------------8---8-----------------8-|| Part two x1
A|-----6------9-------4----------||-----4---4---4---4---4---4----4---4---4--4-||
D|---6------9-------4------4-----||---2-----------4------------2------------4-||
         .      .       .      .

Intro (Left)
E|-------------------------------||-------------------------------||---------4-------2--------2------------4-------2-||
B|-------------------------------||---4---4---4---4---2---2---2---||-------------------------------------------------|| Part one x2
G|-------------------------------||-----4---4---4---4---4---4---4-||---3-4p3---3h4p3---3h4p3----3h4--3-4p3---3h4p3---|| Part two x4
D|-------9------13------8----9p8-||-------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|| Part three x1
A|-----6------9-------4----------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||
D|---6------9-------4------4-----||-------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||
         .      .       .      .

Verse (Rythm)
E|--------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----------------4--4-4-4-4-4---------------------------||
D|---6--6-6-6-6-6--4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
A|---6--6-6-6-6-6--2--2-2-2-2-2--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
D|---6--6-6-6-6-6----------------4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||

Verse (Lead :42)
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----4---4---4---4---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-||
G|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------||

Pre-Chorus (Right)
E|-------------------------------------------||
B|---5---------------------------------------||
G|---4------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8/11-11-||
D|---2------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x/x--x--||
A|---2------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6/9--9--||
D|---2---------------------------------------||
                          .

Pre-Chorus (Left)
E|-------------------------------------------||
B|---5---------------------------------------||
G|---4-----------------------8-8-8-8-8/11-11-||
D|---2------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--x-x-x-x-x/x--x--||
A|---2------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6-6/9--9--||
D|---2------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------||
            . . . . . . . .

Chorus (Right)
E|------7"-6"-----7"-6"--------------------------------------------7"-6"-----7"-6"--||
B|---7"--------7"-----------------------4"----------------------7"--------7"--------||
G|-----------------------8-8-8-8-8/6-6---------8-8-8-8-8/11-11----------------------||
D|-----------------------x-x-x-x-x/x-x---------x-x-x-x-x/x--x-----------------------||
A|-----------------------6-6-6-6-6/4-4---------6-6-6-6-6/9--9-----------------------||
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

Chorus (Left)
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------8-8-8-8-8/6-6-------------------------8-8-8-8-8/11-11------------------------||
D|---6--6--6--6-6--6--6--6--x-x-x-x-x/x-x--2--2--2--2-2--2--2--2--x-x-x-x-x/x--x---6--6--6--6-6--6--6--6-||
A|---6--6--6--6-6--6--6--6--6-6-6-6-6/4-4--2--2--2--2-2--2--2--2--6-6-6-6-6/9--9---6--6--6--6-6--6--6--6-||
D|---6--6--6--6-6--6--6--6-----------------2--2--2--2-2--2--2--2-------------------6--6--6--6-6--6--6--6-||

Post-Chorus (Right)
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------||
G|---4-4-6-8-8---8-8-8--8-8--9-9--8-8-8--6-6-8-8-6-||
D|---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-||
A|---2-2-4-6-6---6-6-6--6-6--7-7--6-6-6--4-4-6-6-4-||
D|-------------------------------------------------||

Post-Chorus (Left)
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------||
D|-------------------------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------------------------||
D|---6-6-6-6-6---9-9-9--9-9--2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-||

Breakdown Pt. 1 (Both)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Left: Play four times
B|------------------------------------------------9-9-9-9-----------7-7-7-7-||
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Right: Play twice and
D|---2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-----------6-6-6-6-----------6-6-6-6----------||   then play Breakdown
A|---2-2-2-2-----------4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-----------6-6-6-6----------||   Pt. 2 twice
D|---2-2-2-2-----------4-4-4-4-----------6-6-6-6-----------6-6-6-6----------||

Breakdown Pt. 2 (Right)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------9-9-9-9-------------------||
G|------------------------------------------------------------------8-8-8-8-||
D|---2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-----------6-6-6-6-----------6-6-6-6----------||
A|---2-2-2-2-----------4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-----------6-6-6-6----------||
D|---2-2-2-2-----------4-4-4-4-----------6-6-6-6-----------6-6-6-6----------||

Breakdown Pt. 3 (Right)
E|-------------6h7p6----6h7p6---9--------------6h7p6----6h7p6---9------------||
B|---------7---------7--------7---7--------7---------7--------7---7--------7-|| While left guitar
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|| plays Verse (Rhythm)
D|---8--9----------------------------8--9----------------------------8--9----||
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||

Outro Pt. 1 (Right)
E|------------------------------7"-----6"--------7"-----6"---------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---8"-------8-8-8-8-8/11-11--------------------------------------||
D|---x"-------x-x-x-x-x/x--x---------------------------------------||
A|---6"-------6-6-6-6-6/9--9---------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------||

Outro Pt. 1 (Left)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------8-8-8-8-8/11-11----------------------------------||
D|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2---x-x-x-x-x/x--x---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
A|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2---6-6-6-6-6/9--9---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
D|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||

Outro Pt. 2
E|---------------------9"---11"---/14"---16"---18"---19"---21"---||
B|----9"---11"---12"---x"---x"----/x"----x"----x"----x"----x"----||
G|----x"---x"----x"----6"---8"----/11"---13"---15"---16"---18"---||
D|----6"---8"----9"----------------------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------------------------------------||

Outro Pt. 3
E|-------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------||
D|---2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-----------6---||
A|---2-2-2-2-----------4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6--6---||
D|---2-2-2-2-----------4-4-4-4-----------6---||