Whitechapel – Possibilities Of An Impossible Existence (Guitar Tab)
D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
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This is Possibilities Of An Impossible Existence from the self-titled album. Tab not 100% but close. I
watched many Youtube covers and a few live videos to figure out this song. Enjoy. I also did a cover if you
This plays though the first riff idea until the verse
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First/main riff idea
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|play twice, but when you |----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|get to D# chord in |----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|second half of riff |----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|let ring, then follow |-7---7-10-7-7/8-7-7/8---7-7/8---7-7/8-5-|-7---7-10-7-7/8-7-7/8---7-7/8---7-7/8-5-|with C# chord, then into |-5-0-5-8--5-5/6-5-5/6-5-5-5/6-4-5-5/6-3-|-5-0-5-8--5-5/6-5-5/6-8-5-5/6-6-5-5/6-3-|verse riff |---0------------------5-------4---------|---0------------------8-------6---------|
Verse Riff (at D# note at end of riff, play x5, I didn't have enough space)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------5------------------------------------5------6-4-4-4-4-5------6-4-4-4-4-1-| |-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00---0-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00---0-00-------------0-00-------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------5----------------------------------5----------------------------------| |-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00---00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00---00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-|
Lead part (listen to song to find where it is
|--------------------------|--------------------| |--------6----|--6---------|--------------------| |----9--------|-------9----|-5---4-----5---4----| |-7-----------|------------|---7---6-----7---6--| |-------------|------------|--------------------| |-------------|------------|--------------------| |-------------|------------|--------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-| |-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-| ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
Chorus guitar 1 chorus guitar 2
|--------------------------|--------------this is----| |--------------------------|-10--12--8-15-played-----| |--------------------------|--------------with rapid-| |--------------------------|-7---9---5-12-strumming--| |-0-----8-----3-----10-----|-------------------------| |-0-----8-----3-----10-----|-------------------------| |-0-----8-----3-----10-----|-------------------------| listen for timing with all guitars
Chorus guitar 3
|----------------------------------------------------------------| |-10-12-13-10-12-13-10-12-13-10-12-13-8-13-12-8-13-12-10-15-8-13-| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |-7--9--10-7--9--10-7--9--10-7--9--10-5-10-9--5-10-9--7--12-5-10-| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------|
harmonics (listen to where this comes in. It is in the gap where only vocals and drums are)
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Chug open strings near outro and use first fret at end of each run except second run, use third and first
fret.
I'm not sure what pattern is.
|------------------------| |-10---11---15---19---18-| these octave chords are used over the second run of the chugging. |------------------------| |-7----8----12---16---15-| |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------|
Key:
*-palm mute
<>-harmonics
/-slide
Listen to song to find order of riffs etc.