HIM
"Heartkiller"
Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice


Updated 03/28/10
- Simplified Main riff chords

Updated 05/24/10
- Fixed chord timing
- Added solos on the outro

Guitars:
G1 - Lead
G2 - Rythym/Bass
G3 - Keyboard

Other symbols:
PM - Palm mute
/ - slide up
\ - slice down
b - bend
h - hammer on
* - pinch harmonic
~~ - let ring


Intro:
[Guitar 1]
Palm mute:     Fm (133111@1)G# (xx1114@1)         Eb (x43121@3)          e|------------------|-------------|
           B|--6-6-9-9-9-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-4---4-|
           G|------------------|---------5---|
           D|------------------|-------------|
           A|------------------|-------------|
           E|------------------|-------------|
               Fm (133111@1)G# (xx1114@1)          Eb\Cm/Eb
           e|------------------|---------|
           B|--6-6-9-9-9-6-6-6-|---------|
           G|------------------|--8\5/8--|
           D|------------------|--8\5/8--|
           A|------------------|--6\3/6--|
           E|------------------|--6\3/6--|

Main riff: Fm--G#--Eb (2x for G1; 4x for G2)

[Guitar 1] 
Solo:      e|---------------------|--------------------------|
           B|----13--------15b----|----13--------------------|
           G|-10----10-13------15-|-10----10-13--12b----10---|
           D|---------------------|------------------13------|
           A|---------------------|--------------------------|
           E|---------------------|--------------------------|


Verse 1:
Fm(PM)     Eb
  Farewell heartless world,
Fm (133111@1)              Eb (x43121@3) I'll send you a postcard burnt,
     C# (x43121@1)                   G# (xx1114@1)                        Eb--Cm
  In flames You've tried so hard to extinguish with the fear of failing,
Fm (133111@1)                   Eb (x43121@3) I'll write down everything I have learned,
Fm (133111@1)                    Eb (x43121@3) And edit it down to a single word,
C#---G#
  Lo---ve
      Cm (x3101x@1) For you I'm waiting, anticipating


Chorus:
Fm (133111@1)                        G#Sparks (xx1114@1)will fly beneath the luna alight,
           C#Lazarus (x43121@1)at Frankenstein's, babe I'll be a, 
G#(break)        Cm--Eb
  Flatliner for a... Heartkiller
  Fm (133111@1)                    G#A (xx1114@1)little we die above the lesser light,
            C#For (x43121@1)you I'm open wide, babe I'll be a,
G#(break)      C#--Eb
  Flatliner for a... Heartkiller

Post chorus:
(Play main riff chords once with solo)
Heartkiller


Verse 2:
Fm (133111@1)       Eb (x43121@3) Top hats off to the return,
Fm (133111@1)             Eb (x43121@3) Of the beat to lick a wound to,
C# (x43121@1)         G# (xx1114@1)                   Eb--Cm
  Cursed for some and blessed for a few,
Fm (133111@1)                 Eb (x43121@3) It doesn't have to make any sense at all,
Fm (133111@1)                    Eb (x43121@3) Come hither and we'll fall,
C#---G#      C#---G#
  In lo---ve, for lo---ve
      Cm (x3101x@1) I'm crawling out of patience baby


(Repeat chorus)


Bridge:
C# (x43121@1)           EbPaint (x43121@3)all your sorrows for me to sing
Cm---Fm
Heartkiller
C# (x43121@1)               Eb (x43121@3)           G#Draw (xx1114@1)your pain and hear me hum it out

Interlude:
G3: e|----------------|
    B|--13----11------|
    G|-----13----12---|2x
    D|----------------|
    A|----------------|
    E|----------------|

G1 and G2: (same solo from the intro...)
                                     Eb------------- 
e|---------------------|--------------------|--------|
B|----13--------15b----|----13-------15b----|-15b----|
G|-10----10-13------15-|-10----10-13-----15-|-----15-|
D|---------------------|--------------------|--------|
A|---------------------|--------------------|--------|
E|---------------------|--------------------|--------|

  Cm------------------
e|--------|---------------|
B|-17b----|-17b-----18~~--|
G|-----17-|-----17--------|
D|--------|---------------|
A|--------|---------------|
E|--------|---------------|


Chorus:
Fm (133111@1)                        G#Sparks (xx1114@1)will fly beneath the luna alight,
           C#Lazarus (x43121@1)at Frankenstein's, babe I'll be a, 
G#(break)        Cm--Eb
  Flatliner for a... Heartkiller
  Fm (133111@1)                    G#A (xx1114@1)little we die above the lesser light,
            C#For (x43121@1)you I'm open wide, babe I'll be a,
G#(break)      Cm--Eb            Eb (x43121@3)     Eb (x43121@3) Flatliner for a... Heartkiller...killer...killer


Outro:
Ad lib: Fm-G#-C#-G#-Cm-Eb
e|-*13~~--13-11----------------------------------------------|
B|---------------13-11------11-------13b14~~-13-11----11-13--|
G|---------------------13~~----13-11---------------13--------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
whoa... whoa... babe I'll be a, 

e|--------------------------|
B|--11h13h11----------------|
G|-----------h13h12--8------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
Flatliner for a... Heartkiller

e|--13~~--13-11----b16~~-16-15----------20-18-16-18-b20~~-|
B|--------------13-------------16-13/14-------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
  whoa... whoa... babe I'll be a, 
  Flatliner for a... Heartkiller.