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                             Whitechapel - This is Exile
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Tabbed by: thenumber6

There are some different time signatures used in this song, its mainly in 4/4, but the beginning 
goes into 13/8 and one breakdown is in 9/4. past that it is pretty straight forward. 

Tuning: Drop A on a 7 string guitar like most of Whitechapel's music off the album "This is Exile"

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Notation Key

| \   slide
| x   silence note
| +   palm mute
| =   tremolo pick
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   let ring
| b   Bend

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4/4 time
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|-------| if you want to volume swell into the song hold this for 4 measures
a|--7~---| if not, just strike it after counting off 4 measures of the intro (in 4/4)
E|--5~---|
A|--6~---|

13/8
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|---This world is ours and we wont stand still---|
a|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|

Intro Riff 4/4
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|----------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6---------|
E|--6-6-6-6-----------------6-6-6-6-------------------------7-7-7-7-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                                                 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10------------------|
a|----------9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8---------------------------------9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8--|
E|--6-6-6-6-----------------6-6-6-6------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                repeat the above two riffs 4 times in a row, then...

Chugging
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------| x4
a|-----------------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-1--2-2-2-2-1--|
A|-2-2-2-2-1--2-2-2-2-1--|
   + + + + +  + + + + +
 
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
a|----------8----------9----------8----------9--|
E|--0-0-0-0-5--0-0-0-0-6--0-0-0-0-5--0-0-0-0-6--|
A|----------------------------------------------|
    + + + +    + + + +    + + + +    + + + +

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------| x2
a|-----------------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-1--2-2-2-2-1--|
A|-2-2-2-2-1--2-2-2-2-1--|
   + + + + +  + + + + +

e|----------------------------------------|         |----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|         |----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|         |----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------| x3 then |----------------------------------------------|
a|-----------------------8-------------9--|         |----------8----------9----------8----------9--|
E|-2-2-2-2-1--2-2-2-2-1--5--2-2-2-2-1--6--|         |--0-0-0-0-5--0-0-0-0-6--0-0-0-0-5--0-0-0-0-6--|
A|-2-2-2-2-1--2-2-2-2-1-----2-2-2-2-1-----|         |----------------------------------------------|
   + + + + +  + + + + +     + + + + +                  + + + +    + + + +    + + + +    + + + +


Octave Section 1 (RHYTHM)
e|-----------------------------------|          |----------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------|          |----------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------|          |----------------------------------------------| 
D|------------------7-7---------8-8--| x 3 then |----------------------------------------------| 
a|------------------x-x---------x-x--|          |----------8----------9----------8----------9--| 
E|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6--|          |--0-0-0-0-5--0-0-0-0-6--0-0-0-0-5--0-0-0-0-6--| 
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5------|          |----------------------------------------------|
                                                   + + + +    + + + +    + + + +    + + + +
(Rhythm guitar)
Repeat this entire section another time as the rhythm for the lead


Octave Section 1 (LEAD, after playing through the above rhythm section once)
e|-----threw it all in one measure, sorry, listen to song for timings-----|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------7----------8--------------|
D|--12~-----13~\10~--8--7~---5\7\5\4~-------------------------------------|
a|----------------------------------------------5----------6--------------|
E|--10~-----11~\8~---6--5~---3\5\3\2~---0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                        + + + +    + + + +


Intro to Breakdown 1
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------| x1
a|------------------------|
E|--3-3-3-3-2--2-2-2-2-1--|
A|--3-3-3-3-2--2-2-2-2-1--|
    + + + + +  + + + + +

Breakdown 1
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------| x2
a|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------1-2--|
A|--1-1---1-1-1-1---1-1---1-1-1-1---1-1---1-1-1-1-1-2--|
    + +   + + + +   + +   + + + +   + +   + + + +

5/4 Intro to Breakdown 2 (this part fades from left to right on the CD)
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
a|------------------|
E|--0--0-0--0--0-0--|
A|--1--1-1--1--1-1--|
    +  + +  +  + +

9/4 Breakdown 2 
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------| x4
a|---------------------------------------------------|
E|--0---0--0---0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|--1---1--1---1--1---1--1--1--1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
    +   +  +   +  +   +  +  +  +  +  + + + + + + + +

4/4 Intro to breakdown 3
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
a|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
A|--1---1--1---1---1--1-------------|

Breakdown 3
Im actually going to split this up into proper measures. makes it easier to keep time. 
e|-----------|-------------|-----------|
B|-----------|-------------|-----------|
G|-----------|-------------|-----------|
D|-----------|-------------|-----------| repeat these in order x4
a|-----------|-------------|-----------|
E|-0-------0-|------0------|--0--------|
A|-0--0-0--0-|-0-0--0--0-0-|--0--0-0-0-|
   +  + +  +   + +  +  + +    +  + + +

Tremolo picked section
e|--------------|--------------|
B|--------------|--------------|
G|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|--------------| x5
a|--------------|--4--3--------|
E|-----2--1-----|--------2--1--|
A|--1--------1--|--------------|
    =  =  =  =     =  =  =  =

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
a|-------------------------|
E|--1--2--1--4--1--2--1----|
A|--1--2--1--4--1--2--1----|

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------| x5
a|-------------------------------|
E|--------1-------4p1---------2--|
A|--1-1-1---1-1-1-----1-1-1-1----|
    + + +   + + +     + + + +

Octave Part 2a
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|------16-15-----18-16-15-16-12--| x4
a|--------------------------------|
E|------14-13-----16-14-13-14-10--|
A|--000-------000-----------------|
    +++       +++

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------| x4
a|-------------------------------|
E|--------1-------4p1---------2--|
A|--1-1-1---1-1-1-----1-1-1-1----|
    + + +   + + +     + + + +

Octave Part 2b
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|------16-15-----18-16-15-16-12--| x4
a|--------------------------------|
E|------14-13-----16-14-13-14-10--|
A|--000-------000-----------------|
    +++       +++

Octave part 3
e|----------------------------------|         |-----------|
B|----------------------------------|         |-----------|
G|----------------------------------|         |-----------|
D|--4--3-----6--4--3----------------| x4 then |-----------| x4
a|--------5-----------5~--6--5--2~--|         |--1~-------|
E|--2--1-----4--2--1----------------|         |--1~-----2-|
A|--------5-----------5~--6--5--2~--|         |--1~-----2-|

Outro Breakdown
e|-----------------------|    |---------------------------|
B|-----------------------|    |---------------------------|
G|-----------------------|    |---------------------------|
D|-----------------------| x3 |--s  l  o  w  l y bend up--|
a|-----------------------|    |---------------------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-1--2-2-2-2-1--|    |---------------------------|
A|-2-2-2-2-1--2-2-2-2-1--|    |--2b-2b-2b-2b-2b-2b-2b-2b--|
   + + + + +  + + + + +

Octave part 3 (revisited)
e|----------------------------------|         |---------|
B|----------------------------------|         |---------|
G|----------------------------------|         |---------|
D|--4--3-----6--4--3----------------| x4 then |---------| 
a|--------5-----------5~--6--5--2~--|         |--1~-----|
E|--2--1-----4--2--1----------------|         |--1~-----|
A|--------5-----------5~--6--5--2~--|         |--1~-----|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------|
E|----------2----------4----------2----------4--1--|
A|--1-1-1-1-2--1-1-1-1-4--1-1-1-1-2--1-1-1-1-4--1--|
    + + + +    + + + +    + + + +    + + + + 

congratulations you just learned "This is Exile" by Whitechapel!

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