Stabbing Westward - "How Can I Hold On?"
Album: "Darkest Days"

Tab by Richard Carey 
rcarey4@utk.edu

Tuning: Drop D (low to high: D A D G B e)

Symbols Used:
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h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
/ = slide up
 = slide down
~ = vibrato


I hope this tab is helpful.


Intro (Main Riff)
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Riff 1:
											                        (2x)					
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------3h5----5----3h5---5----------3h5---3----2h3---3----------2h3---3----2h3---3---------2h3---2h3p2p0--------|
D|--0--0------0-----------0------0--0------0----------0------0--0------0----------0------0-0------00-------3~h5p3p0|

Verse
------------------
Riff 2: (Guitar 1/wah-wah)	  (4x)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-------3h5----3h5------------------|
D|0--0--------0-------0---3b(5)b(0)--|


Riff 3: (Guitar 2)							  (1x)
e|---5------5----5-----4------4----4-----3------3----3-----1------1----1-----|
B|-----3--3----3---3-----3--3----3---3-----3--3----3---3-----3--3----3---3---|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus: Riff 1

Interlude:
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Riff 4: (Synthesizer part, probably just a simple square wave; transcribed for guitar)
							  (2x)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------5---/7--/12--/10----9h10p9/7------9h10p9/7----------|
A|---5/------------------------------10------------8/10/8/5--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|