• Song:

    Desperate Times

  • Artist:

    Killswitch Engage

  • Album:

    As Daylight Dies (Speci...

Desperate Times Tab by Killswitch Engage


Tuning:  Drop C

I noticed that this song hasn't been tabbed so I thought I would give it a try.  I know 
is not 100% correct but I think I at least got some parts right.

Guitar 1 Intro

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7---------9\10---12\14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14\15-15-15-15-15--|
D|--x---------x\x----x\-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-\x--x--x--x--x---|
A|--5---------7\8----10\12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\13-13-13-13-13--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 Intro

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-----------------------------------------------------------12/|

Verse Both Guitars

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------5-----5-5---5-5---5---5---------5-----5-5-----------------|
D|--------5-----5-5---5-5---5---5---------3-----3-3---3-5-5-5-5-5---|x4
A|--------5-----5-5---5-5---5---5---------3-----3-3---3-5-5-5-5-5---|
E|--5-0-0---0-0-----0-----0---0---0-3-0-0---0-0-----0-3-5-5-5-5-5-0-|

Chorus


Guitar 1 (listen to song for strumming pattern)

e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|--16\17/12/10/9----|
D|--x--x--x--x--x----|
A|--14\15/10/8/-7----|
E|-------------------|

e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|--16\17/12-----|
D|--x--x--x---3--|
A|--14\15/10--3--|
E|------------3--|

Guitar 2


e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|--0---3------------|x2
A|--0---3------------|
E|--0---3---3-3-5-5--|

Interlude 1

Guitar 1


e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--------9--------5-------9-------5-------5---|
D|--5--7-----5--7----5--7-----5--7---5--7----7-|x4
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-----------------3-3-5-5-5-|x2
A|--0-------3------3-3-5-5-5-|
E|--0-(x16)-3(x10)-3-3-5-5-5-|

Verse

Guitar 1


e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------5-----5-5---5-5---5---5---------5-----5-5-----------------|
D|--------5-----5-5---5-5---5---5---------3-----3-3---3-5-5-5-5-5---|x4
A|--------5-----5-5---5-5---5---5---------3-----3-3---3-5-5-5-5-5---|
E|--5-0-0---0-0-----0-----0---0---0-3-0-0---0-0-----0-3-5-5-5-5-5-0-|

Guitar 2

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-----------------3-3-5-5-5-|x2
A|--0-------3------3-3-5-5-5-|
E|--0-(x16)-3(x10)-3-3-5-5-5-|

Chorus

Guitar 1

e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|--16\17/12/10/9----|
D|--x--x--x--x--x----|
A|--14\15/10/8/-7----|
E|-------------------|

e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|--16\17/12-----|
D|--x--x--x---3--|
A|--14\15/10--3--|
E|------------3--|

Guitar 2
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|--0---3------------|x2
A|--0---3------------|
E|--0---3---3-3-5-5--|

Interlude 2


Guitar 1
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|--0----0-----------|
A|--0----0-----------|
E|--0----0(x8)-------|


e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|--5--3---------5------------|
A|--3--1--3-1-0--3-3-1-5------|
E|--------3-1-0----3-1-5------|


e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------3*----|
D|--5--3---------5------------|
A|--3--1--3-1-0--3-3-1-0------|
E|--------3-1-0----3-1-0------|

Clean guitar 1
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--12---15------10---13--10---12--13-12----10----------|
G|--12-------12--12------------10--------9-----9--------|
D|--12-----------10------------10--------7--------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|


e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-----9-----7-----7-----4-----4-----5-----5---------|
D|--7-----7-----7-----7-----2-----2-----3-----3---------|
A|----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----|
E|------------------------------------------------------|


e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--8-----8-----8-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5---------|
G|--9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----5-----5-----5---------|
D|--7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----3-----3-----3---------|
A|----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----|
E|------------------------------------------------------|


Guitar 2


e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|--5--3---------5------------|
A|--3--1--3-1-0--3--3-1-5-----|
E|--------3-1-0-----3-1-5-----|

e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|--5--3---------5------------|
A|--3--1--3-1-0--3-3-1-0------|
E|--------3-1-0----3-1-0------|

After Guitar 1


e|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|--3-3-5-5-5-|
A|--3-3-5-5-5-|
E|--3-3-5-5-5-|

Outro: Same as Chorus

I hope it isn't confusing.
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