Band: Chimaira
Song: Implements of Destruction
Album: Impossibility of Reason
Tuning: C G C F A D
Key:
~ = Let Note Ring
/ = Slide Up
= Slide Down
. = Palm Mute
h = Hammer On
p = Pull Off
b = Bend
db= Dive Bomb
^ = Pinched Harmonic
Guitar 1 Riffs
Intro (Nylon Strings wooo)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8-------------------------------------------8-------------------|
|--9--------------7--9-7--------------9------------7-9h10p9-7-----|
|----9-10-7---9-10--------------7-9-10-10-7----9-10----------10-9-|
|-----------7------10---10-----------------7-8--------------------|
|-------------------------10-7-8----------------------------------|
Riff 1
(Distortion)
|------------------------------------------------|
|-3~-------------3~---------------3~-------------|
|-2~-------------2~---------------2~-------------|
|-0~-------------0~---------------0~-------------|
|-0~-------------0~---------------0~-------------|
|-0~-------------0~---------------0~-------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|--1-1111-1-1111-|
|--1-1111-1-1111-|
pm .... ....
Riff 2 (x4)
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------0-0-0-0h1p0--|---------------1-1-1-5-4---|
|--0-0000-0-0000------------3-|-1-1111-1-1111-----------3-|
|--0-0000-0-0000--------------|-1-1111-1-1111-------------|
pm .... .... .... ....
Riff 3 (x4)
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-|-1-1111-1-1111-1-1111-1-1111-|
|--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-|-1-1111-1-1111-1-1111-1-1111-|
pm .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
Riff 4
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------5-|
|--0-0000-0-0-0000-0-1-1111-1-1-1111-5-4-3-|
|--0-0000-0-0-0000-0-1-1111-1-1-1111-5-4---|
pm .... .... .... .... . .
Riff 5 (im not to sure about the little fill parts)
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------0-1-3-4--3-3h4p3-|--------------5-5-6-5--5-5h6p5-|
|----------4--------------------|----------4--------------------|
|-0~-1-3-4-2-3------------------|-0~-1-3-4-2-3------------------|
|-0~-1-3-4---3------------------|-0~-1-3-4---3------------------|
Riff 6
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-|
pm. . . ....... .
Riff 7
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------14-----------------15-|
|------------------x------------------x-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-12-0-0-0-0000000-0-13-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0----0-0-0-0000000-0----|
. . . ....... . . . . ....... .
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------17-----------------b17-|
|------------------x-------------------x-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-15-0-0-0-0000000-0-b15-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0----0-0-0-0000000-0-----|
. . . ....... . . . . ....... .
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------19-----------------b19-|
|------------------x-------------------x-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-17-0-0-0-0000000-0-b17-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0----0-0-0-0000000-0-----|
. . . ....... . . . . ....... .
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------20-----------------b20-|
|------------------x-------------------x-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-18-0-0-0-0000000-0-b18-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0----0-0-0-0000000-0-----|
. . . ....... . . . . ....... .
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-|(x2)
pm. . . ....... .
Riff 8 (wait 2 time signatures to go in)
(Delay)
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-7h8p7-3-/5--2h3-p2-|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-7--9/10-9--10/12-10--/12-12/14--12--12--11--7-|
|-x--x/-x-x---x/-x--x--/-x--x/-x---x---x---x--x-|
|-5--7/-8-7---8/10--8--/10-10/12--10--10---9--5-|
|-----------------------------------------------|x2
Riff 5 again
Build up before going back to riff 1
(i dont think its write but it goes good with the timing and key)
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-8-6-5-------8-6-5-------8-6-5-------------------|
|-------8-6-5-------8-6-5-------8-6-5--4-3-1------|
|--------------------------------------4-3-1------|
. . .
Riff 1 again
Riff 2 again
Riff 3 again
Riff 9
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14----7-----/15-----8-----/14-----7-----/15-----17-17-17-/19--|
|--x----x-----/-x-----x-----/-x-----x-----/-x------x--x--x-/-x--|
|-12----5-----/13-----6-----/12-----5-----/13-----15-15-15-/17--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-14----11----/15----12----/14----11---/12--8--7~-|
|--x-----x----/-x-----x----/-x-----x---/-x--x--x~-|
|-12-----9----/13----10----/12-----9---/10--6--5~-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Riff 10
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------5-|
|-0-000-0-0-0-0-000-0-0-0-1-111-1-1-1-1-1111-5-4-3-|
|-0-000-0-0-0-0-000-0-0-0-1-111-1-1-1-1-1111-5-4---|
... . . . ... . . . ... . . . .... . .
Riff 11
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------b14-----------------b15-|
|-------------------x-------------------x-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-b12-0-0-0-0000000-0-b13-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-----0-0-0-0000000-0-----|
. . . ....... . . . . ....... .
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------b17-----------------b19-|
|-------------------x-------------------x-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-b15-0-0-0-0000000-0-b17-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-----0-0-0-0000000-0-----|
. . . ....... . . . . ....... .
Riff 12
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0000000-13p12-0-0-0-0000000-15p13-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-------0-0-0-0000000-------|
. . . ....... . . . .......
(Guitar 2 Riffs)
Intro
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-12121212-13-15-13-12-13-----13131313--15-17-15-15-|
|------------------------14----------------------12-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15151515--13-15-13-12--12121212-13-15-13-13--13131313-13-----13-|
|--------------------12--------------------14-------------14---14-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------14----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13131313--15-17-15--15151515--13-15-13-12--12121212-13-15-13-13-|
|-----------------12---------------------12--------------------14-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13131313-13-----13p12----12h13p12----15p13-12-12h13p12---13p12---12-|
|------------14---------14----------14-------------------14------14---|
|--------------14-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-/18--17--15-13h15p13-12-12-13-12-/18-/17-/15-/13-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----12-13-15--15h17p15-------12-13-13h15p13-|
|-14--------------------12-14----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------13-----------------12-13--15-13-12-13-12-13---13-12-13-|
|---------------------------13------------------------------------|
|-15-14-12----15-14-15-14-15--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-13-/15-13-1212------------------------------------------------|
|------------------12--12-------------------12------------------14-|
|------------------------15--15-14-15--14-15--15-14--/14-12--------|
|--------------------------------------------------15------15-14---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-13131313-15-17-15-15--15151515-13-15-13-12-|
|-------------------12--------------------12-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-12121212-13-15-13-13--13131313-13-----13-|
|-------------------14-------------14---14-|
|------------------------------------14----|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|
|-13131313-15-17-15-13-|
|-------------------14-|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|< x4
Riff 1
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|---5555-7-8-7-7~---5555-10-8-7-7~---5555-7-8-7~b(Delay)-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 2 (x1)
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------0-0-0-0h1p0--|---------------1-1-1-5-4---|
|--0-0000-0-0000------------3-|-1-1111-1-1111-----------3-|
|--0-0000-0-0000--------------|-1-1111-1-1111-------------|
pm .... .... .... ....
Fill for Riff 2
(Digital Delay)
|-----|
|-----|
|-14~-|
|--x--|
|-12~-|
|-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14----7-----/15-----8-----/14-----7-----/15-----17-17-17-/19--|
|--x----x-----/-x-----x-----/-x-----x-----/-x------x--x--x-/-x--|
|-12----5-----/13-----6-----/12-----5-----/13-----15-15-15-/17--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 3 (x2)
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-|-1-1111-1-1111-1-1111-1-1111-|
|--0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-|-1-1111-1-1111-1-1111-1-1111-|
pm .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
Fill for Riff 3
(Digital Delay)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-7--5-7/10--8-7-8--7-8-8-7--7-5-5/7-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-7--5-7/10--8-7-8--8-8-8/10-10-10-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
Riff 4 (x2)
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------5-|
|--0-0000-0-0-0000-0-1-1111-1-1-1111-5-4-3-|
|--0-0000-0-0-0000-0-1-1111-1-1-1111-5-4---|
pm .... .... .... .... . .
Fill for Riff 4
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------13-12------|
|-7-5-7-8h10-8h10-8h10-8-12-10-12-------10-8-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------15-14-13-11-|
|------------------------15-13-15-------------|
|-7-5-7-8h10-8h10-8h10-8----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
Riff 5 (x4)
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------0-1-3-4--3-3h4p3-|--------------5-5-6-5--5-5h6p5-|
|----------4--------------------|----------4--------------------|
|-0~-1-3-4-2-3------------------|-0~-1-3-4-2-3------------------|
|-0~-1-3-4---3------------------|-0~-1-3-4---3------------------|
Riff 6 (x4)
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-|
pm. . . ....... .
(For the part below turn the volume down and strum the
strings than gradually turn the volume back up)
|----|
|----|
|----|
|-0~-|
|-0~-|
|-0~-|
Riff 6 (x4)
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-0db-|
|-0db-|
|-0db-|
Fill
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-14----\7-----/15----\8-----/14----\7-----/15-----8b-|
|--x----\x-------x----\x-----/-x----\x-----/-x------x-|
|-12----\5-----/13----\6-----/12----\5-----/13-----6b-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Riff 7
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------14-----------------15-|
|------------------x------------------x-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-12-0-0-0-0000000-0-13-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0----0-0-0-0000000-0----|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------17-----------------b17-|
|------------------x-------------------x-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-15-0-0-0-0000000-0-b15-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0----0-0-0-0000000-0-----|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------19-----------------b19-|
|------------------x-------------------x-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-17-0-0-0-0000000-0-b17-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0----0-0-0-0000000-0-----|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------20-----------------b20-|
|------------------x-------------------x-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-18-0-0-0-0000000-0-b18-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0----0-0-0-0000000-0-----|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-|(x2)
pm. . . ....... .
Riff 8 (use diminished distortion and a delay pedal)
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-7~--7-7\3--2h3p2---|
|-0~---------------3-|
|-0~-----------------|x2
(there is a long fill after this underneath
guitar 1's riff, havent figured it out yet)
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-7--9/10-9--10/12-10--/12-12/14--12--12--11--7-|
|-x--x/-x-x---x/-x--x--/-x--x/-x---x---x---x--x-|
|-5--7/-8-7---8/10--8--/10-10/12--10--10---9--5-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-7--9/10-9--10/12-10--/12--12/14--12--14--11/12-7-|
|-x--x/-x-x---x/-x--x--/-x---x/-x---x---x---x/-x-x-|
|-5--7/-8-7---8/10--8--/10--10/12--10--12---9/10-5-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
Riff 5 again
Build up to Riff 1 again
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-8-6-5-------8-6-5-------8-6-5--------------------|
|-------8-6-5-------8-6-5-------8-6-5--4-3-1-4-3-1-|
|--------------------------------------4-3-1-4-3-1-|
. . .
Riff 1 again
Fill for Riff 1 (It seems pretty close not to sure)
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-12-10-9----9-10-12-10-9----9-10-|
|---------12--------------12------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-14-13-11----11-13-14-13-11----11-13-|
|----------14----------------14-------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
Riff 2 again
(havent figured out fill yet)
Riff 3 again
Riff 9
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14----7-----/15-----8-----/14-----7-----/15-----17-17-17-/19--|
|--x----x-----/-x-----x-----/-x-----x-----/-x------x--x--x-/-x--|
|-12----5-----/13-----6-----/12-----5-----/13-----15-15-15-/17--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-14----11----/15----12----/14----11---/12--8--7~-|
|--x-----x----/-x-----x----/-x-----x---/-x--x--x~-|
|-12-----9----/13----10----/12-----9---/10--6--5~-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Riff 10
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------5^----------5^----------5^-----------5-|
|-0-000-0-0---0-000-0-0---1-111-1-1---1-1111-5-4-3-|
|-0-000-0-0---0-000-0-0---1-111-1-1---1-1111-5-4---|
... . . ... . . ... . . .... . .
(dont have the fill figured out)
Riff 11
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------b14-----------------b15-|
|-------------------x-------------------x-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-b12-0-0-0-0000000-0-b13-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-----0-0-0-0000000-0-----|
. . . ....... . . . . ....... .
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------b17-----------------b19-|
|-------------------x-------------------x-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-b15-0-0-0-0000000-0-b17-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-0-----0-0-0-0000000-0-----|
. . . ....... . . . . ....... .
Riff 12
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0000000-13p12-0-0-0-0000000-15p13-|
|-0-0-0-0000000-------0-0-0-0000000-------|
. . . ....... . . . .......
