• Song:

    Through Struggle

  • Artist:

    As I Lay Dying

  • Album:

    This Is Who We Are

As I Lay Dying - Through Struggle (from Shadows Are Security)

Tuning - C, G, C, F, A, D

Intro:                                                                      

Lead                                                                        x2 
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|-0~--0~-|---------------------------------------3-----2-----0-2-3-----3-2-0--|
|-0~--0~-|-----8-----7-----7-8-10-----10-8-7-111---111-------------111--------|
|-0~--0~-|-000---000---000--------000--------------------555------------------|
           ...   ...   ...        ...        ...   ...   ...       ...                         
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----7-----5-----5-7-8-----8-7-5-|-----7-----5-----3-5-7-----7-5-3-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-000---000---000-------000-------|-888---888---555-------888-------|
  ...   ...   ...       ...         ...   ...   ...       ...                        
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------21b23r---|
|-----7-----5-----5-7-8-----8-7-5-8888-7-5--------|-0~-0~--------5-|
|---------------------------------8888------8-7--|-0~-0~--------5-|
|-000---000---000-------000-------8888------------|-0~-0~--------5-|
  ...   ...   ...       ...                       
Rhythm                                     x5
|--------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0~--0~-|-----------------------------------|-----7-----5-----3-5-7-----7-5-3-|
|-0~--0~-|-----8-----7-----7-8-10-----10-8-7-|---------------------------------|
|-0~--0~-|-000---000---000--------000--------|-888---888---555-------888-------|
           ...   ...   ...        ...          ...   ...   ...       ...                        
|----------------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------------------|
|-----7-----5-----5-7-8-----8-7-5-----7-5------|
|-000---000---000-------000-------888-----8-7/-|
|-000---000---000-------000-------888----------|
  ...   ...   ...       ...       ...                
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-0~-0~-0~-8~-5-|
|-0~-0~-0~-8~-5-|
|-0~-0~-0~-8~-5-|

Verse:

Harmonize
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|-0----------------------------8-----------------5-----------0---------------|
|-0---5---8---5---10---8---787-8---8---12---10-8-5-7---8---7-0---5---8---5---|
|-0-0---0---0---0----0---0-----8-8---8----8------5---5---5---0-0---0---0---0-|
    .   .   .   .    .   .       .   .    .          .   .     .   .   .   .                




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|--------------------8------------------5-----------0-|
|--101010-8-7-8-7----8---8---12---10-8--5-7---8---7-0-|
|-----------------10-8-8---8----8-------5---5---5---0-|                                      
                       .   .    .           .   .       x2
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|-------------0-------------8-------------5-------------0-|
|---8---8-7---0---8---8-7-5-8---8---8-7-5-5---8---7-8-5-0-|   
|-0---0-----0-0-0---0-------8-8---8-------5-5---5-------0-|                                                     
  .   .     .   .   .         .   .         .   .      x2
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|---7---7-5---0---7---7-5-3-8---7---7-5-3-5---7---5-7-3-0-|
|-------------0-------------8-------------5-------------0-|  
|-0---0-----0-0-0---0-------8-8---8-------5-5---5-------0-| 
  .   .     .   .   .         .   .         .   .                 
Verse Part Two:
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|---------------------7---7-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------5-8---8---8----10-------------------5-8-7-8----7--------|
|-000-000-000-000-------------10----000-000-000---000---------10---00-000-| 
  ... ... ... ...                   ... ... ...   ...              .. ...                             
                               Repeat Whole Verse Part Two                                                        
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|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|      
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|       
|-----------------7---7-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5-8---8---8----10-------------------------5-8-7-8----7----|      
|-000-000-000-------------10----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------10---00-|    
  ... ... ...           
Pre-Chorus:                              x2
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|------------------------------------------|
|------------------0-----------------7---0-|
|------------------0---------------0---8-0-|
|-0000-0-0-0-000-0-0-0000-0000-000-------0-|
  .... . . . ... .   .... .... ...            x2
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|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------7---0----------------------7---|
|---------------0---8-0--------10-8-7------0---8-|
|-0000-0000-000-------0-0000-0--------10-7-------|
  .... .... ...         .... .                    
Chorus:

Lead
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|-8-------10---5-------10---0-------10-------------------7---|
|-8-8-7-8----8-5-8-7-8----8-0-8-7-8----8-7-10-8-7------0---8-|
|-8------------5------------0---------------------10-7-------|

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|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-8-------10---5-------10---0----|
|-8-8-7-8----8-5-8-7-8----8-0----|
|-8------------5------------0----|

Rhythm                                        x2
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|-----------------------------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-8~-5~-|

Verse:                                                            x8
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|---------------------7---7-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------5-8---8---8----10-----------------5-8-7-8----7----|
|-000-000-000-000-------------10----000-000-000-000---------10---00-|
  ... ... ... ...                   ... ... ... ...              ..                           
Chorus:                                                    x3
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|-8-------10---5-------10---0-------10-------------------7---|
|-8-8-7-8----8-5-8-7-8----8-0-8-7-8----8-7-10-8-7------0---8-|
|-8------------5------------0---------------------10-7-------|

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|---------------------------------|
|-8-------10---5-------10---0-----|
|-8-8-7-8----8-5-8-7-8----8-0-----|
|-8------------5------------0-----|

Rhythm (and Guitar 3 if present)
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|------------|----|
|------------|----|
|-8~--5~--0~-|-0h-|
|-8~--5~--0~-|-0h-|
|-8~--5~--0~-|-0h-|


Verse:

Harmonized       Compressed
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|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|-0------------------------|-5-7-5-8-----------------5-------------0-----------|
|-0---5---8---5---10---8---|-------8---8---12---10-8-5---7---8---7-0---5---8---|
|-0-0---0---0---0----0---0-|-------8-8---8----8------5-5---5---5---0-0---0---0-|
                                        Repeat Whole Verse                                                                                                           
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|---------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------0--------7--------8------------------------------| 
|-5-8-10---10-8-7---8-7----8---8---12---10-8----7---8---7-|
|-----------------------10-8-8---8----8------55---5---5---|                                                                                                                    
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------8-----------------5-------------8----------------------------|
|-8-7----8---8---12---10-8-5---7---8---7-8-8---12---10-8----7---8---7-|
|-----10-8-8---8----8------5-5---5---8---8---8----8------55---5---5---|

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|-8-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-8---8---12---10-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-8-8---8----8------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

Outro:                         x4
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  ... ... .. .. ... ... ... ...                       
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|-----------------------0---8-5---------------10-8-7------0---8-5-|
|-000-000-00-00-000-000---------000-000-00-00--------10-7---------| 
  ... ... .. .. ... ...         ... ... .. ..                            

This song takes a while to get all of the plam-muting and the quick note switching down, but once you have it good, it's a freakin' blast; have fun.
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