Like You Better Dead Tabs & Lyrics by In Flames
Like You Better Dead
guitar tabs lyrics
Band: In Flames
Song: Like You Better Dead
Album: Soundtrack to Your Escape (2004)
Legend
pm.: Palm Mute \: Slide Back
*PH: Pinch Harmonic h: Hammer-on
^fb: Full Bend p: Pull-off
^hb: Half Bend ~: Let Note Ring (Vibrato)
/: Slide Forward (): Ghost Note
Tuning: Drop A# (A# F A# D# G C)
Almost All of the New In Flames Songs are in A#
Intro
Bjorn and Jesper
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pm....
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pm.... pm.........
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p.m....
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p.m....
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Fill Before Verse - Both Guitars
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Verse - Both Guitars
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pm. pm.....
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pm. pm.....
Chorus Intro
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Gtr.2
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Verse 2 - Both Guitars
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pm. pm.....
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pm. pm.....
Chorus
Gtr.1
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Gtr.1
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Back to Intro Riff
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pm.... pm.........
Verse 3 - Both Guitars
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Chorus 2
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Bridge
Gtr.1 - Clean
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Chorus 3
Chorus
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Outro
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pm.... pm.........
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Gtr.1
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