Livin' Life (On The Edge Of A Knife)
Bullet For My Valentine
Temper Temper, 2013
Best song on the album. The outro is amazing!
NOTE: LEAD GUITAR TABS ARE AT THE BOTTOM!!!
Tuning is in Drop C (CGCFAD)
Legend
*-Harmonic
~-Sustain
.-Palm Mute
Intro
D|------------------------------------------|\
A|------------------------------------------| \
F|------------------------------------------| \
C|-----7-7-5-7-8-8--8-8--10-10-10-10--------| / X6
G|-----5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--8--8--8--8---------| /
C|------------------------------------------|/
Pre-Verse
D|----------------------------------|\
A|----------------------------------| \
F|----------------------------------| \
C|-----0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0---3-3-3-3-| / X4
G|-----0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0---1-1-1-1-| /
C|-----0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-----------|/
Verse
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|\
A|----------------------------------------------------------------| \
F|----------------------------------------------------------------| \
C|-----0--3--3--3--0------------------0--3--3--3--0-----x-x-3--3--| / X2
G|-----0--3--1--3--0------------------0--3--1--3--0-----x-x-1--1--| /
C|-----0--3-----3--0------------------0--3-----3--0-----x-x-------|/
Pre-Chorus
D|----------------------------------|\ |---------------------------|
A|----------------------------------| \ |---------------------------|
F|----------------------------------| \ |---------------------------|
C|---0--3--3--3--0--0--0--0--000-0--| /X3 then |-0--3--3--3--0--0--0--0--0-|
G|---0--3--1--3--0--0--0--0--000-0--| / |-0--3--1--3--0--0--0--0--0-|
C|---0--3-----3--0--0--0--0--000-0--|/ |-0--3-----3--0--0--0--0--0-|
...
Chorus
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|\
A|----------------------------------------------------------------| \
F|-----10------------12---------------------10-----12-------------| \
C|-----x--(16 times)-x-(16 times)-00000000--x------x------0-0-0-0-| / X2
G|-----8-------------10-----------00000000--8------10-----0-0-0-0-| /
C|--------------------------------00000000----------------0-0-0-0-|/
Repeat intro (Just twice, not 6 times)
Repeat verse
Repeat Pre-chorus
Repeat Chorus
Bridge
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--00-00-00-00-0000-00-00-00-00-0000-00-00-00-00-0000-00-00-00-00-0000--|
.. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. ....
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------0-|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------0-|
C|-00-00-00-00-0000-00-00-00-00-0000-00-00-00-00-0000-00-00-00-00-000000000-|
.. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. ........
Breakdown (If you would call it that)
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------|
C|-0--3--3--3--0-3--3--3--0--00-00-00-|
G|-0--3--1--3--0-3--1--3--0--00-00-00-|
C|-0--3-----3--0-3-----3--0--00-00-00-|
.. .. ..
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------|
C|-0--3--3--3--0-3--3--3--0--0-0------|
G|-0--3--1--3--0-3--1--3--0--0-0--3*--|
C|-0--3-----3--0-3-----3--0--0-0------|
. .
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------|
C|-0--3--3--3--0-3--3--3--0--00-00-00-|
G|-0--3--1--3--0-3--1--3--0--00-00-00-|
C|-0--3-----3--0-3-----3--0--00-00-00-|
.. .. ..
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|-0--3--3--3--0-3--3--3--0--0-0-0-0-|
G|-0--3--1--3--0-3--1--3--0--0-0-0-0-|
C|-0--3-----3--0-3-----3--0--0-0-0-0-|
. . . .
Altered Pre-Chorus
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0~~~~~~~--0~~~~~~~--0~~~~~~~--0~~~~~~~--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
G|-0~~~~~~~--0~~~~~~~--0~~~~~~~--0~~~~~~~--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
C|-0~~~~~~~--0~~~~~~~--0~~~~~~~--0~~~~~~~--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Repeat Chorus
Ending Lick
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
F|---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8----------|
C|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------|
Below is the lead guitar section for the whole song
Intro Lead Solo thing
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
F|-------7--5--8~~~--------7--5--8~~~8h10p8\5--|
C|----7-----------------7----------------------|
G|-5-----------------5-------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------7--5--8~~~--------7--5--8~~~8h10p8\5-----7~~~~~~-|
C|----7-----------------7---------------------------------|
G|-5-----------------5------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------|
Pre Chorus Lead
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
F|-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-10-9-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5--|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------|
NOTE: on the pre chorus lead section, I'm not really sure how many times which
note is played, so you will have to listen to the song to figure that part out.
