• Song:

    Bitter Taste

  • Artist:

    Three Days Grace

  • Album:

    Life Starts Now

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

Three Days Grace: Bitter Taste

Transcribed by: Andrew Zara (disturbedfreak0520@yahoo.com)

YouTube Account: MysticGuitar77

Date last modified: September 26, 2009

Tuning: Drop C (C,G,C,F,A,D)

Riff 1
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------|
C|-7-7-7-5-7-8-7--------7-7-7-5-7-8-7-5--x-3-x-10-|
G|-7-7-7-5-7-8-7--------7-7-7-5-7-8-7-5--x-3-x-10-|
C|-7-7-7-5-7-8-7--------7-7-7-5-7-8-7-5--x-3-x-10-|

Riff 2
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------x-3-x-10-|
G|---------------------------------------x-3-x-10-|
C|-7-7-7-5-7-8-7--------7-7-7-5-7-8-7-5--x-3-x-10-|
   * * * * * * *        * * * * * * * *

Riff 3 (Clean)
D|-----------------------------|
A|-10-8-------------------8----|
F|------10-9----9-10-9-10---9~-|
C|-----------12----------------|
G|-----------------------------|
C|-----------------------------|

Riff 4
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------|
C|-12-10-8-7-5-5-8--8-8-8-8-10-10--10-10-10-10-|
G|-12-10-8-7-5-5-8--8-8-8-8-10-10--10-10-10-10-|
C|-12-10-8-7-5-5-8--8-8-8-8-10-10--10-10-10-10-|

Riff 5
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
F|-8--8-8-8--8-8--8-8-8------------------------|
C|-8--8-8-8--8-8--8-8-8-0-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5-|
G|-6--6-6-6--6-6--6-6-6-0-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5-|
C|----------------------0-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5-|

D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
F|---8--8-8-8--8-8--8-8-8-----------7~-|
C|-0-8--8-8-8--8-8--8-8-8-0-5-5-x-x-7~-|
G|-0-6--6-6-6--6-6--6-6-6-0-5-5-x-x-5~-|
C|-0----------------------0-5-5-x-x----|


Play Riff 1 (and insert awesome drum fill:)
Play Riff 2
Play Riff 3
Play Riff 4
Play Riff 5

Solo
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-/14~--14-14-14-14-14-14~--------12-14phb-----12------------------------|
C|-----------------------------/14----------/14---14-12----12-------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------14----14-12----12-|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------15----|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------12-14-14p12----12-14-14p12----12-14-14p12----12-14-14p12-|
C|---------/14-------------14-------------14-------------14-------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-15-12\---------------------------------------------------------------|

D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----12-15-15p12----12-15-15p12----12-15-15p12----12-15-15\-|
F|-/14-------------14-------------14-------------14-----------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------|

Not sure about this sweep picking, I may have over-complicated it:
D|-12h15p12-------------13h17p13-------------15h19p15-------------|
A|----------13-------------------15-------------------17----------|
F|-------------12-------------------14-------------------16-------|
C|----------------13-------------------15-------------------17----|
G|-------------------15-------------------17----------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------19-|

D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----20b--20-18-17h18p17h18p17h18p17h18p17h18p17h18-|
F|---x------------------------------------------------|
C|-x--------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------|

Riff 6 (I only have the high harmony figured out)
D|-----18-22~----18-22-20--22-----18-22~--20b~-20---------|
A|-/20--------20--------------/20-----------------20b~-20-|
F|--------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------|

D|-----18-22~-----18-22-20--22-|
A|-/20---------20--------------|
F|-----------------------------|
C|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
C|-----------------------------|

Play Riff 3
Play Riff 4
Play Riff 5

Riff 7
Guitar 1 plays Riff 1 while Guitar 2 plays the first few measures of the solo and ends on:
D|-----|
A|-----|
F|-----|
C|-12\-|
G|-12\-|
C|-12\-|

I don't have the rhythm guitar tabbed out, this is just the lead guitar. Enjoy! And 
my video on my youtube channel if you need help.
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