Theory of a Deadman "Confession" from the album "Theory of a Deadman" Tab by Joe Costello (joseph.costello@villanova.edu) A very good song. Tuning: Drop D, down 1 and a half steps. From low to high: B F# B E G# C# Symbols used: / = slide up = slide down P.M. = palm mute Intro: Riff 1 (with distortion) |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--3/5--5-5-5-5------------------3/5--5-5-5-5------------------| |--3/5--5-5-5-5---1--1--1--1-----3/5--5-5-5-5---1--1--1--1-3---| |--1/3--3-3-3-3---1--1--1--1-----1/3--3-3-3-3---1--1--1--1-3---| |-----------------1--1--1--1--------------------1--1--1--1-3---| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |--3/5--5-5-5-5------------------3/5--5-5-5-5--------------------| |--3/5--5-5-5-5---1--1--1--1-----3/5--5-5-5-5---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--| |--1/3--3-3-3-3---1--1--1--1-----1/3--3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--| |-----------------1--1--1--1--------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--| P.M. . . . . . . . . (Guitar 2 enters here) |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--3/5--5-5-5-5------------------3/5--5-5-5-5------------------| |--3/5--5-5-5-5---1--1--1--1-----3/5--5-5-5-5---1--1--1--1-3---| |--1/3--3-3-3-3---1--1--1--1-----1/3--3-3-3-3---1--1--1--1-3---| |-----------------1--1--1--1--------------------1--1--1--1-3---| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------4--------------| |--3/5--5-5-5-5------------------3/5--5-5-5-5---3--------------| |--3/5--5-5-5-5---1--1--1--1-----3/5--5-5-5-5---1--------------| |--1/3--3-3-3-3---1--1--1--1-----1/3--3-3-3-3---1--------------| |-----------------1--1--1--1--------------------1-(let ring)---| -end of Riff 1 2nd Guitar: Riff 2 (played during second half of Riff 1) (3x) Last time: |------------------1-----------------| |-----------------1----| |------4-----4--------4--------4-----| |-----4-----4-----4----| |---3-----------3--------3----------*| |--3-----------3--3----| |---------1-----------------1-------*| |--------1--------1----| |------------------------------------| |----------------------| |------------------------------------| |----------------------| Verse 1: Guitar at 0:36 with slide |------------------------------------------| |---3////////////////////////////////22----| |---3////////////////////////////////22----| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| 2nd Half of Verse 1: Play Riff 2 Chorus 1: Riff 3 (2x) |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--3/5--5-5-5-5------------------3-3--3-3-3-3-----------------*| |--3/5--5-5-5-5---1--1--1--1-----3-3--3-3-3-3---3--3--3--3-1--*| |--1/3--3-3-3-3---1--1--1--1-----1-1--1-1-1-1---3--3--3--3-1---| |-----------------1--1--1--1--------------------3--3--3--3-1---| "Life after death is life after you "Half of all of this is gonna have to do... |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5--1-(let ring)---------------------------| |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5--1-(let ring)---------------------------| |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5--1-(let ring)---------------------------| P.M. . . . . . . . . ...is gonna have to do" Guitar 2 at the end of the chorus: (with slide) |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------////7\\\\\\\\3\\\\\-----------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| Play Verse 2 the same as Verse 1 Chorus 2: Play Riff 3 (4x) Solo: with slide (listen to the song for timing) (at 2:14) |-----------------|------------------------------------5///6//----8--------5//6//////////10--(hold)-----| |-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----3//////7-----|---7------5-----2///5\----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| * Some of these notes might be a little off, cause it's pretty hard to hear it. Guitar 2 plays Riff 1 under the solo. Riff 4: (at 2:26) |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--3/5--5-5-5-5-----------------3/5--5-5-5-5-------------------------------| |--3/5--5-5-5-5---1-------------3/5--5-5-5-5---1-----------1----3----5-----| |--1/3--3-3-3-3---1-------------1/3--3-3-3-3---1-----------1----3----5-----| |-----------------1----------------------------1-----------1----3----5-----| Chorus 3: Play Riff 3 (4x) Outro: Guitar 1 (4x) |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--3/5--5-5-5-5------------------3/5--5-5-5-5-----------------*| |--3/5--5-5-5-5---1--1--1--1-----3/5--5-5-5-5---1--1--1--1-3--*| |--1/3--3-3-3-3---1--1--1--1-----1/3--3-3-3-3---1--1--1--1-3---| |-----------------1--1--1--1--------------------1--1--1--1-3---| * Let the last C chord ring for a while. Guitar 2 plays Riff 2 during the outro. That should be it, so if there's any corrections or comments e-mail me. -Joe