Artist: Story of the Year
Song:   Anthem of Our Dying Day
Album:  Page Avenue
E-Mail: svlehtinen@yahoo.ca

Transcribed by Steve Lehtinen

NOTES:  I was sick and tired of seeing versions of this song that were so wrong
        it almost seems like the people tabbing it out weren't evening listening
        to it.  I hope you find this tab a little more useful.


Intro

Clean tuning

e----------------------|
B----------------------|  You'll have to figure out
G----------------------|  the strumming.  It's
D--7-------11--------9-|  fairly simple.
A--4--------9--------7-|
D--x--------0--------x-|

End Intro


Pre-Chorus (0:40)

e----------------------------|  You have a little
B----------------------------|  freedom here. Just
G----------------------------|  listen to the song
D--7--xxx--7--xxx--7-xxx--7--|  for the combination
A--0--xxx--0--xxx--0-xxx--0--|  of strumming that
D--0--xxx--0--xxx--0-xxx--0--|  sounds good to you.

End Pre-Chorus


Chorus (0:45)

e--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|  You can strum these chords
G-----------------------6------7-|  or just hit them once and
D--7------2------4------6------7-|  let it ring.
A--7------2------4------4------5-|
D--7------2------4---------------|

End Chorus


Figure 1 (0:59)

e------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------| x4
D--4---------7h----|
A--4------7h----7h-|
D--4---4h----------|


e--------------------|
B--------------------|  Just play the 7 over
G--------------------|  and over again with
D--------------------|  a little delay and strum
A--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|  quieter as you go.
D--------------------|


e---------------|
B--------7------|  Bend the 9 so it sound like
G--------9b11r9-|  an 11, but do not bend the 7
D--0------------|
A--0------------|
D--0------------|

End Figure 1


Figure 2 (1:10)


   |------- all palm muted -------------|
e---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G--11-11-13-11-14-11-13h14p13-11-11-14--|
D---------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------|


   |------- all palm muted -------------|
e---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G--11-11-13-11-14-11-13h14p13-11-11-14--|
D---------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------|


e------|
B------|
G------|
D--0---|
A--0---|
D--0---|


   |------- all palm muted -------------|
e---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G--11-11-13-11-14-11-13h14p13-11-11-14--|
D---------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------|


   |------- all palm muted -------------|
e---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G--11-11-13-11-14-11-13h14p13-11-11-14--|
D---------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------|


e-----------------------|
B--------12---12---12---|
G-----------9----9----9-|
D--0--------------------|
A--0--------------------|
D--0--------------------|


   |------- all palm muted -------------|
e---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G--11-11-13-11-14-11-13h14p13-11-11-14--|
D---------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------|


   |------- all palm muted -------------|
e---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G--11-11-13-11-14-11-13h14p13-11-11-14--|
D---------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------|


e------|
B------|
G------|
D--0---|
A--0---|
D--0---|

End Figure 2


Chorus (1:32)

GUitar 1 (main chorus)

e--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G-----------------------6------7-|
D--7------2------4------6------7-|
A--7------2------4------4------5-|
D--7------2------4---------------|


Guitar 2 (behind main chorus)

e------------------|--------------------------------|
B------------------|--------------------------------| repeat 2nd part
G--16-14-13h14-13--|--14-13h14-13h14-13h14-13h14-13-| as needed.
D------------------|--------------------------------|
A------------------|--------------------------------|
D------------------|--------------------------------|

End Chorus


Figure 3 (1:47)

          m                 m m
e---------------------------------|
B---------------------------------|
G-------------------------------7-|
D-4-4-4-4-0---------4-4-4-4-0-0-7-|
A-4-4-4-4-0---------4-4-4-4-0-0-5-|
D-4-4-4-4-0---------4-4-4-4-0-0---|


          m                 m m      m m m
e------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------7--7-------|
D-4-4-4-4-0---------4-4-4-4-0-0-7--7-0-0-0-|
A-4-4-4-4-0---------4-4-4-4-0-0-5--5-0-0-0-|
D-4-4-4-4-0---------4-4-4-4-0-0------0-0-0-|


          m                 m m
e---------------------------------|
B---------------------------------|
G-------------------------------7-|
D-4-4-4-4-0---------4-4-4-4-0-0-7-|
A-4-4-4-4-0---------4-4-4-4-0-0-5-|
D-4-4-4-4-0---------4-4-4-4-0-0---|


          m                 m m
e-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------7---7-----7---7-----7---7-----7---7-|
D-4-4-4-4-0---------4-4-4-4-0-0-x---x-0-0-x---x-0-0-x---x-0-0-x---x-|
A-4-4-4-4-0---------4-4-4-4-0-0-5---5-0-0-5---5-0-0-5---5-0-0-5---5-|
D-4-4-4-4-0---------4-4-4-4-0-0-------0-0-------0-0-------0-0-------|

End Figure 3


* feedback *

Figure 4 (2:17)

e-----
B-----  Listen for the
G--7--  strumming.
D--7--
A--5--
D-----

End Figure 4

Chorus (2:20)

   |--- clean ---|   |-distorted---|
e----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G--9------4------6------6------7---|
D--7------2------4------6------7---|
A--7------2------4------4------5---|
D--7------2------4-----------------|

   |------- distorted -------------|
e----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G-----------------------6------7---| x3
D--7------2------4------6------7---|
A--7------2------4------4------5---|
D--7------2------4-----------------|


Figure 5 (3:05)

e------------------|
B------------------|     There's a pause
G------------------| x6  after the 3rd
D--4---------7h----|     time through.
A--4------7h----7h-|
D--4---4h----------|


e---------|----------|
B---------|----------|   Play the 2nd part
G---------|----------|   twice then just
D--0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0-|   strum the open
A--0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0-|   chord for a bit.
D--0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0-|

End Figure 5


Figure 6 (3:15)

e-----------------------4------/5----0-|
B-----------------------4------/5----0-|
G--9------4------6------6------/7---\2-|
D--7------2------4------6------/7---\2-|
A--7------2------4------4------/5----0-|
D--7------2------4---------------------|

End Figure 6

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Well, that's the whole song.  I hope I explained everything clearly enough.
It's not incredibly hard to play.  There's a few tricky parts, but just listen
to the song and you'll get it.  If anybody has any comments, questions, problems,
complaints, corrections or otherwise please feel free to e-mail me at the address
above.

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