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H.I.M - Sleepwalking Past Hope Tabs

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Sleepwalking Past Hope Tabs

(ver. 1)
H.I.M
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                          Sleepwalking Past Hope - HIM
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Tuning: Drop D DADGBE

Intro: played on keyboard but if you want to be really awesome you can play this:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3---4---8---10--------------13--11--10--8----------3--------------------|
G|-0---0---0---0-----------2--------------------------3----------------------|
D|-----------------------3-----10--10--10--10-------0------------------------|
A|---------------------3--------------------------1--------------------------|
D|-------------------3-------------------------------------------------------|
                                           Best pick slide ever      
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3---4---8---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0---0---0---0--2-------------0-3------------------------------------------|
D|----------------3--3--------2-------------xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx|
A|----------------3---------3---------------xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx|
D|----------------3-------------------------xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx|

Riff/ verse:
e||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||O-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||------------------------------8--7---3--5--5------------------------------|
A||O-----------------------------8--8---3--5--5------------------------------|
D||----0---0-7-5-7---0--0-7-5-7--8--7---3—-5—-5------------------------------|
                                   Do first & third time                   4x
e|--------------------------------------{---------}-------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------{---------}------------------------O||
G|--------------------------------------{---------}-------------------------||
D|---------------------------8--7---5---{---------}-------------------------||
A|---------------------------8--8---5---{---------}------------------------O||
D|-0---0-7-5-7---0--0-7-5-7--8--7---5---{3-5-3-5-3}-------------------------||

On 4th time around on riff/ verse, go to the pre- chorus directly 

Pre- chorus:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-1--/7---1---0-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-1--/7---1---0-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-1--/7---1---0-------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:                                                            (do first time) 2x
e||----------------------------------------------------------------{------------}--||
B||O---------------------------------------------------------------{------------}-O||
G||--------------------55555555----------------------------55555555{------------}--||
D||--55555555-33333333-55555555-11111111-55555555-33333333-55555555{-0-0-0--0-0-}--||
A||O-55555555-33333333-33333333-11111111-55555555-33333333-33333333{-0-0-0--0-0-}-O||
D||--55555555-33333333----------11111111-55555555-33333333---------{-0-0-0--0-0-}--||

This is just a jam on C for a couple bars. You can throw in these licks:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5-----------0-3-----3-5-3-5-3-------0-3----/10-9~~~----------------------|
D|--5---------2-----------------------2--------------------------------------|
A|--3-------3-----------------------3----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|









Riff after first chorus:
         Bass solo; Feedback (pitch A)
e|[--------------------------]-------------------------------------------------|
B|[--------------------------]-------------------------------------------------|
G|[--------------------------]-------------------------------------------------|
D|[--------------------------]-8--7---5----------------------------------------|
A|[--------------------------]-8--8---5----------------------------------------|
D|[-0---0-7-5-7---0--0-7-5-7-]-8--7---5---3-5-3-5--3--2------------------------|

Riff/ Verse 2:
Now repeat the Riff/ Verse, but only repeat twice. Go to the pre- chorus 
on the second time around on the second “787”.

Pre- chorus

Chorus

Cool Riff:                                                pick slide
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------2-------------------2-----------------------xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx|
A|----5-5-3-5----3-3------5-5-3-5----3--3-2-3-----2h3/8----xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx|
D|-0-------------------0------------------------5----------xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx|

                                                               Feedback (Pitch F)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------2-------------------2-----------------------------------------|
A|----5-5-3-5----3-3------5-5-3-5----3--3-2-3-----2h3-------2h3-/8~~~~~~~~~~~|
D|-0-------------------0------------------------5-----3~~~5------------------|

Okay, now the solo kicks in. This is my first tab…
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------5h7p5---5h7p5---4h5p4------|
D|-7-7-7p5--------------------------------5-7--/7-------7---------------5--0~|
A|---------7-5b-0-5b-3~~~~3-5-3h5p0-3-5/7----------------------------------0~|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------0~|
                                
Keep your first finger still while you bend the G string up to that pitch, or 
you can just bend the 12…
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10~~~10~~10~~----/\-----/\-----/\--------13b~~13-10h13p10----10-----------|
G|-12b~~12b~12b~12b/--\12b/--\12b/--\------------------------12----12-9----12|
D|-----------------------------------10---10----------------------------12---|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                      Use wah pedal.
e|------------------------2--------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------3----10~~~~~---------------------------------------|
G|-9----------------------2--------------------------------------------------|
D|---12-12b--------10-12--0---------------------------5----------------------|
A|----------10--12---------------------/8~~~/8-8-7-8-----7-7~~~~~------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                              Super- vibrato
e|--------------------------------------------20b~~~~~~~~~~~~----------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------15b~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------5------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-/8--/8-8-7-8---7----7-6-7------2-3----0-1---------------------------------|
D|------------------------------5------3-------------------------------------|








Interlude: this is the keyboard riff; it’s fun. Use RH tapping, and go slowly
    T       T       T        T
e|-10p5h6p5-8p5h6p5-10p5h6p5-8p5h6p5-----------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Interlude guitar part:           x2       1/2b                             x2
e||--------------------------------||------------||-------------------------||
B||O------------------------------O||------------||O-----------------------O||
G||--------------------------------||------------||-------------------------||
D||--------------------------------||------------||--10---0---1---8---7-----||
A||O------------------------------O||------------||O-10---0---1---8---8----O||
D||--8--7-7-0---1--3---8---0---1-3-||--8--8—7b-7-||--10---0---1---8---7-----||


Fun Part:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------5h7----------2-----------5h7--------------------------------------|
A|---------5h7----------2-----------5h7--------------------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-5h7--0-0-0-0-2---0-0-0-0-5h7--0-0-0-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-----------------|

Epic solo: These are the licks he plays, but I encourage you to throw in your own 
“D-minor Pentatonic shredding” riffs. []=play fast repeatedly
e|---------[-----------]-----------[-----------]--------------------------------|
B|-13b-13b—[10----10-13]-13b-------[-----------]--------------------------------|
G|---------[---13------]-----10----[---------10]--------------------------------|
D|---------[-----------]--------12-[12-10-12---]------------------12------------|
A|---------[-----------]-----------[-----------]-10~~~~~-12p10h12----12p10h12---|
D|---------[-----------]-----------[-----------]------------------------------12|


    Bend the root? Yes, you can do that my friends.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15b-15b-15-13--------------------------/\---------------------------------|
G|---------------14-13-12-10h12p10----10b/--\--------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------12--------12------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------12-11-10---------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------12-15-12~~~---------|


Bass solo time!

Pre- Chorus 2:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------0-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|---2-3----0-1--0-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5------3------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------|

Chorus: Repeat the chorus 3 times, and do the D power chord at the end on the 
first 2. Here is the keyboard riff if you ever want to mix it up.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0-2----5-3-2-0---------0-2------------------------------------------|
D|---0-1--------------------0-1-----3----------------------------------------|
A|------------3-----------------------3--------------------------------------|
D|-5----------------------5--------------------------------------------------|

Outro: (played an octave lower on recording)
                                                                       x36:)
e||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------5--3---------5--3--5--3----------------------------------------||
D||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||---3---3--------3---3----------------------------------------------------||
D||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
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