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MY HEARTSTRINGS COME UNDONE
As recorded by Demon Hunter
(From the 2004 Album SUMMER OF DARKNESS)
Transcribed by Joel Lawson
Words and Music by Demon Hunter
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion 1'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion 2'
Gtr IV (D A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Intro
Q=95
(C/E)
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E +H E E E E +H
|----------20-(20)----|----------20-(20)----|
|----20---------------|----20---------------|
|-21----21------------|-21----21------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
(G/D)
E E E E +H E E E E +H
|----------19-(19)----|----------19-(19)----|
|----20---------------|----20---------------|
|-19----19------------|-19----19------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
(Bm/D)
E E E E +H E E E E +H
|----------19-(19)----|----------19-(19)----|
|----19---------------|----19---------------|
|-19----19------------|-19----19------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
(Em/A) E5
E E E E +H E E E E +H
|---------------------|------------------------|
|----------20-(20)----|----------20-(20)-------|
|----21---------------|----21------------------|
|-19----19------------|-19----19---------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|
| W H E E E E
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------2-2-2-|
|---------------------|------------------2-2-2-|
|---------------------|------------------2-2-2-|
E E E E +H E E E E +H
|----------20-(20)-------|----------20-(20)-------|
|----20------------------|----20------------------|
|-21----21---------------|-21----21---------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|--2--2--2--2---2--2-2-2-|--2--2--2--2---2--2-2-2-|
|--2--2--2--2---2--2-2-2-|--2--2--2--2---2--2-2-2-|
|--2--2--2--2---2--2-2-2-|--2--2--2--2---2--2-2-2-|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E +H E E E E +H
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------5--(5)-------|-----------5--(5)-------|
|-----5------------------|-----5------------------|
|--7-----7---------------|--7-----7---------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
G5
E E E E +H E E E E +H
|----------19-(19)-------|----------19-(19)-------|
|----20------------------|----20------------------|
|-19----19---------------|-19----19---------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|--5--5--5--5---5--5-5-5-|--5--5--5--5---5--5-5-5-|
|--5--5--5--5---5--5-5-5-|--5--5--5--5---5--5-5-5-|
|--5--5--5--5---5--5-5-5-|--5--5--5--5---5--5-5-5-|
|
| E E E E +H E E E E +H
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------4--(4)-------|-----------4--(4)-------|
|-----5------------------|-----5------------------|
|--5-----5---------------|--5-----5---------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
D5
E E E E +H E E E E +H
|----------19-(19)-------|----------19-(19)-------|
|----19------------------|----19------------------|
|-19----19---------------|-19----19---------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|--0--0--0--0---0--0-0-0-|--0--0--0--0---0--0-0-0-|
|--0--0--0--0---0--0-0-0-|--0--0--0--0---0--0-0-0-|
|--0--0--0--0---0--0-0-0-|--0--0--0--0---0--0-0-0-|
|
| E E E E +H E E E E +H
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------4--(4)-------|-----------4--(4)-------|
|-----4------------------|-----4------------------|
|--5-----5---------------|--5-----5---------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
A5
E E E E +H E E E E +H
|------------------------|------------------------|
|----------20-(20)-------|----------20-(20)-------|
|----21------------------|----21------------------|
|-19----19---------------|-19----19---------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|--7--7--7--7---7--7-7-7-|--7--7--7--7---7--7-7-7-|
|--7--7--7--7---7--7-7-7-|--7--7--7--7---7--7-7-7-|
|--7--7--7--7---7--7-7-7-|--7--7--7--7---7--7-7-7-|
|
| E E E E +H E E E E +H
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------0--(0)-------|-----------0--(0)-------|
|-----2------------------|-----2------------------|
|--0-----0---------------|--0-----0---------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
Verse
(C/E) (G/D)
Gtr II
E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------5-(5)----|-------5-(5)----|-------4-(4)----|-------4-(4)----|
|---5------------|---5------------|---5------------|---5------------|
|-7---7----------|-7---7----------|-5---5----------|-5---5----------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
(Bm/D) (Em/A)
E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------4-(4)----|-------4-(4)----|-------0-(0)----|-------0-(0)----|
|---4------------|---4------------|---2------------|---2------------|
|-5---5----------|-5---5----------|-0---0----------|-0---0----------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
$
(C/E)
E E E E +H E E E E +H
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------5--(5)----|-----------5--(5)----|
|-----5---------------|-----5---------------|
|--7-----7------------|--7-----7------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E E E E +H E E E E +H
|----------20-(20)----|----------20-(20)----|
|----20---------------|----20---------------|
|-21----21------------|-21----21------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
(G/D)
E E E E +H E E E E +H
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------4--(4)----|-----------4--(4)----|
|-----5---------------|-----5---------------|
|--5-----5------------|--5-----5------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E +H E E E E +H
|----------19-(19)----|----------19-(19)----|
|----20---------------|----20---------------|
|-19----19------------|-19----19------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
(Bm/D) (Em/A)
E E E E +H E E E E +H
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------4--(4)----|-----------4--(4)----|
|-----4---------------|-----4---------------|
|--5-----5------------|--5-----5------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E +H E E E E +H
|----------19-(19)----|----------19-(19)----|
|----19---------------|----19---------------|
|-19----19------------|-19----19------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
To Coda
E E E E +H E E E E +H
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------0--(0)----|-----------0--(0)----|
|-----2---------------|-----2---------------|
|--0-----0------------|--0-----0------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E +H E E E E +H
|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------20-(20)----|----------20-(20)----|
|----21---------------|----21---------------|
|-19----19------------|-19----19------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
Pre-Chorus
E5 F5 D5 G5 D5 E5 F5 G5 D5
Gtrs II, III
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-5-5-5---|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-5-5-5-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-5-5-5-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|
Chorus
C5 D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-----------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------|
||--------------------------|-----------------|
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D.S. al Coda
E5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
Pre-Chorus
&
E5 F5 D5 G5 D5 E5 F5 D5 G5 D5
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-5-5-5---|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-5-5-5---|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-5-5-5-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-5-5-5-0-|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-5-5-5-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-5-5-5-0-|
E5 F5 D5 G5 D5 E5 F5 G5 G5 D5
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-5-5-5---|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-5-5-5-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-5-5-5-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|
Chorus
C5 D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-----------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------|
||--------------------------|-----------------|
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
Bridge
E5 D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|--2--2---2--2-2-2-2-2-|--0--0---0--0-0-0--0-0-|
|--2--2---2--2-2-2-2-2-|--0--0---0--0-0-0--0-0-|
|--2--2---2--2-2-2-2-2-|--0--0---0--0-0-0--0-0-|
|
| Gtr IV
| E E +H. E E +H Q
|-12-------------------|-10--------------------|
|----12-(12)-----------|----12-(12)------------|
|----------------------|------------------12---|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
D#5 F5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|--3--3-3--3---3--3-3-3-|
|--1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|--3--3-3--3---3--3-3-3-|
|--1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|--3--3-3--3---3--3-3-3-|
|
| H Q Q Q. E +H
|-11-------10--------|-----------------------|
|---------------13---|-11------10-(10)-------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
E5 D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|--2--2---2--2-2-2-2-2-|--0--0---0--0-0-0--0-0-|
|--2--2---2--2-2-2-2-2-|--0--0---0--0-0-0--0-0-|
|--2--2---2--2-2-2-2-2-|--0--0---0--0-0-0--0-0-|
|
| E E +H. E E +H Q
|-12-------------------|-10--------------------|
|----12-(12)-----------|----12-(12)------------|
|----------------------|------------------12---|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
D#5 F5
E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|--1-1-1-1--1-1--1--1-|--3-3-3-3------|
|--1-1-1-1--1-1--1--1-|--3-3-3-3------|
|--1-1-1-1--1-1--1--1-|--3-3-3-3------|
|
| H E E +Q H H
|-11-------10s8-(8)---|---------------|
|---------------------|-10------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
Chorus
C5 D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-----------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------|
||--------------------------|-----------------|
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
Out-Chorus
C5 D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|-10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| Gtr I
| E E E E +H +W
|----------20-(20)----------|-(20)---------------|
|----20---------------------|--------------------|
|-21----21------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
E5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|--2--2--2--2---2--2-2-2-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|--2--2--2--2---2--2-2-2-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|--2--2--2--2---2--2-2-2-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|
| E E E E +H +W
|----------19-(19)-------|-(19)---------------|
|----20------------------|--------------------|
|-21----21---------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
C5 D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|-10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| E E E E +H +W
|----------20-(20)----------|-(20)---------------|
|----20---------------------|--------------------|
|-21----21------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
E5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|--2--2--2--2---2--2-2-2-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|--2--2--2--2---2--2-2-2-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|--2--2--2--2---2--2-2-2-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|
| E E E E +H +W
|----------19-(19)-------|-(19)---------------|
|----20------------------|--------------------|
|-21----21---------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
C5 D5 E5 G5
W W W W
|---------------------|-------------|---------------------|---------|
|---------------------|-------------|---------------------|---------|
|---------------------|-------------|---------------------|---------|
|-10------------------|---0---------|--2------------------|---5-----|
|-10------------------|---0---------|--2------------------|---5-----|
|-10------------------|---0---------|--2------------------|---5-----|
|
| E E E E +H +W E E E E +H +W
|----------20-(20)----|-(20)--------|----------19-(19)----|-(19)----|
|----20---------------|-------------|----20---------------|---------|
|-21----21------------|-------------|-21----21------------|---------|
|---------------------|-------------|---------------------|---------|
|---------------------|-------------|---------------------|---------|
|---------------------|-------------|---------------------|---------|
E5
>
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
