Hi! This is my first tab. This is IX by Trivium. The actual version of the song is played on a 7 string guitar
but you only need 6 strings to play it. The album is played a half step down with the 7th string being an
A#. But for this song, you don't need the A#. You can tune it to D#, G#, C#, F#, A#, D#. Most of this tab I 
learned playing by ear. Let me know what you think and if I made any mistakes. It's a pretty simple song, 
because most of it is repeated. Hope you enjoy it!



(Guitar 1)
[Part 1]

D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----10--9--10--7--10----10---10---10-----------------9--7--9-----9---9---9---9---------------------|
G#|--7------------------10----9----7-----6--7--9--6--6-----------10---9---7---6-------6--7------------|
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------8---------8--------|


D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----7--5--7--4--7-----7-----7----7----------------9--7--9-----9----9-----13--10--13--9--13--10--13|
G#|--------------------7-----6----------------6-----6-----------10---9----9---------------------------|
D#|--8----------------------------8-----7--8-----7----------------------------------------------------|

(Play Part 1 6 times. The first three times you can use a cleaner sound effect with some reverb. The next
three times, you'll need to play this faster with heavy distortion [can be palm muted])


Guitar 2- (played during the faster, heavy version of Part 1)
[Part 2]

D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--2-------------9-------------7-------------9----------------------13------------------------------| x2
G#|--2-------------9-------------7-------------9-(strum once)----------X-(strum once)-----------------|
D#|--0-0-0-0-0-----7-7-7-7-7-----5-5-5-5-5-----7----------------------11------------------------------|



D#|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--2---------------------9--------------------7---------------------9--------------------13------------|
G#|--2-(strum once)--------9-(strum once)-------7-(strum once)--------9-(strum 8x)----------X-(strum 8x)-|
D#|--0---------------------7--------------------5---------------------7--------------------11------------|


Guitar 1
[Part 3]

D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------9-----8------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------7------7h-9-7h-9-7---------10----9---------------------10s----9s----8s---9s-|
G#|--7-------6--9-----10----------------------------10------------------------------------X-----X-----X----X-|
D#|-----0-0--------0-------0-10h----10------------------7-----7-----7-7----7-----7-7-7---8s----7s----6s---7s-|


D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------9-----8------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------7------7h-9-7h-9-7---------10----9------------------------10----------------|
G#|--7-------6--9-----10----------------------------10-------------------------------------X-(strum 4 times)-|
D#|-----0-0--------0-------0-10h----10------------------7-----7-----7-7----7-----7-7-7-----8-----------------|


D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------9-----8------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------7------7h-9-7h-9-7---------10----9---------------------10s----9s---8s----9s-|
G#|--7-------6--9-----10----------------------------10------------------------------------X-----X----X-----X-|
D#|-----0-0--------0-------0-10h----10------------------7-----7-----7-7----7-----7-7-7---8s----7s---6s----7s-|


D#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------9-----8---|
C#|------------------------------7------7h-9-7h-9-7---------10----9---------------|
G#|--7-------6--9-----10----------------------------10----------------------------|
D#|-----0-0--------0-------0-10h----10------------------7-----7-----7-7----7------|



Notes:

When it comes to the strumming in this song, it is best to down strum it. However, you can strum it up and
down, during the final two chords in Part 2. "What the Dead Men Say" begins immeditaley after the
last note, so you can start picking and bending the last note to begin the song instead of leaving it 
just on that last note, however, from that point on, you'll need a 7 string guitar to continue moving forward
with "What the Dead Men Say".



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