• Song:

    The Bitter End

  • Artist:

    Stone Sour

One of the heaviest Stone Sour songs and one of my favorites from Audio Secrecy

Tuning: Drop B

Intro riff: (X4)

[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[-0--0------------0--0-----------------------------------------------------]
[-0--0-000000-1p0-0--0-000000-1h3------------------------------------------]
  x  x xxxxxx     x  x xxxxxx

Pre-Verse: (X1 w/ a flanger effect)

[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[-6p0-001010-6p0-001010-6p0-001010-6p0-001010------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
      xxxxxx     xxxxxx     xxxxxx     xxxxxx

Verse riff 1: (X2)

[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[-6p0--------6p0--------6p0--------6p0-------------------------------------]
[-6p0-001010-6p0-001010-6p0-001010-6p0-001010------------------------------]
      xxxxxx     xxxxxx     xxxxxx     xxxxxx

Verse riff 2: (X1)

[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[-6-0--0-1-0--0-6-0--0-1-0-1-0--6-0--0-1-0--0-6-0--0-1-0-1-0---------------]
[-6-0--0-1-0--0-6-0--0-1-0-1-0--6-0--0-1-0--0-6-0--0-1-0-1-0---------------]

Pre-Chorus: (X1)

[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[---------7/10-10-10-10/7-7-7/8-7----------7/10-10-10-10/-17-14-13/15-14---]
[---------x/-x--x--x--x/x-x-x/x-x----------x/-x--x--x--x/--x--x--x/-x--x---]
[-5-3-6-6-5/-8--8--8--8/5-5-5/6-5--5-3-6-6-5/-8--8--8--8/-15-12-12/13-12---]
[-5-3-6-6--------------------------5-3-6-6---------------------------------]

Intro Riff   (X2)
Pre-Verse    (X1)
Verse Riff 1 (X2)
Verse Riff 2 (X1)
Pre-Chorus   (X1)

Chorus Riff 1: (X1)

[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[-7--7-7/9--9-9/5--5-5/7--7--7-/9--9-9/5--5-5/7----------------------------]
[-5--5-5/7--7-7/3--3-3/5--5--5-/7--7-7/3--3-3/5----------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]

Chrous Riff 2: Same as Chorus Riff 1, except it has a double time feel. There is more 
strumming but with the same chords. Just listen to the song for the rhythm.

No solo sorry. But intro riff is played (X4 under the solo)

Pre-Verse    (X1.5)
Verse Riff 2 (X2)

While Verse Riff 2 is playing (for the second time), Jim plays this:

[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-14-14-12-12-12-]
[-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-]
[-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8--8-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10--8--8--8--8--8--8-12-12-10-10-10-]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]

continued from above

[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[-9-9-9--------------------------------------------------------------------]
[-x-x-x--------------------------------------------------------------------]
[-7-7-7--------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]

Pre-Verse     (X1)
Chorus Riff 1 (X1)
Chorus Riff 2 (X1)
Intro Riff    (X2)
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