• Song:

    Built To Fall Acoustic

  • Artist:

    Trivium

Built to Fall (Acoustic)
Trivium
In Waves (2011)

Tabbed by: Griff5516
Tuning: Drop C# (C# G# C# F# A# D#)

This is a tab of the live acoustic version of Built to fall by Trivium, which is off of 
their new album In Waves.

Intro:
(v=vibrato)

D# |-----------------------------------|
A# |-----------------------------------|
F# |-----------------------------------|
C# |-----------------------------------| x8
G# |----8-------4-5---10------7--------|
C# |--0---0---0-----8----8--5---5v-----|


Verse:

D# |----------------------------------------|
A# |----------------------------------------|
F# |----------------------------------------|
C# |--0-3-0---------------------------------| x4
G# |--0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-10-10-0-0-7-7-0-0-----|
C# |--0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0--8--8-0-0-5-5-0-0-----|
            . . . . .       . .     . .

Sequence starts through a 5th time, but ends early going into pre-chorus


Pre-Chorus:

D# |--------------------------------------------|
A# |--------------------------------------------|
F# |--------------------------------------------|
C# |--3~-----------5~-------6-------------------| x1
G# |--1~-----------3~-------4-4-4-4-4---5h7-----|
C# |--------------------------x-x-x---0---------|
          * * * *     * *     . . .   .

The stars represent Matt hitting his guitar in between the held notes (its optional, he 
just did it for timing)


Chorus:

D# |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A# |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F# |--------------------(10)----(10)-----(7)-----(7)-----(9)--------------|
C# |------0-------0-------8-------8-------5-------5-------7---------------| x2
G# |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-4---5h7-----|
C# |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7---0---------|
                                                                .


Pre-Verse:

D# |-----------------------------------|
A# |-----------------------------------|
F# |-----------------------------------|
C# |-----------------------------------| x1
G# |----8-------4-5---10------7--------|
C# |--0---0---0-----8----8--5---5v-----|

    -----------------------------------|
    -----------------------------------|
    -----------------------------------|
    -----------------------------------|
    ----8-------4-5---10------7-8/3----|
    --0---0---0-----8----8--5---8/3----|

Pre-verse goes directly into verseā€¦


  ** Verse and Chorus played through exactly the same, then goes into the bridge:


Bridge:

D# |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A# |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F# |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C# |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-----|
G# |--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-----|
C# |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    --3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-5-5-5--5-5-----|
    --1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-3-3-3--3-3-----|
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    --3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-----| x5
    --1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-----|
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------|

On the fifth time through, ends with:

D# |-------------------------------------|
A# |-------------------------------------|
F# |-------------------------------------|
C# |-------------------------------------|
G# |--------------3-3---8----4---5h7-----|
C# |--0-0-2-2-3-3-----0---0----0---------|
                               .

This leads into chorus, played through twice then again with a slightly different 
strumming pattern. The song then ends with:


Ending:

D# |--------------------|
A# |--------------------|
F# |--------------------|
C# |--------------------|
G# |--4---5h7---8-------|
C# |----0-----0---0-----|

That's it! If anything seems vague, just let me know, or watch my cover for help:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va7MYhv57Kw
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