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Life I Left Behind Tab

by Aiden


Song: Life I Left Behind
Band: Aiden
Album: Our Gangs Dark Oath

this is a pretty much perfect tab for an awesome song. 
i've tried to put in all the right strumming patterns.
any corrections are welcome.  i tried my best, im only 14. 
aiden are such a great band!!!

standard tuning

Intro part 1 G1: play part 1 then 2, then repeat both, then play part 1 again.
|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------- |-------3--------------3----------------------------------------  |---4-----4---4----4-----4---4----4-4---3-3---1-1--4-4--1-3-----   |-2---4-----2----4---4-----4------------------------------------    |-------------------------------2-----2-----2----2-----2--------     |                                                                     \   
|								      /   
|Intro part 2 G1:                                                    /	 
|--------------------------------------------------------------     /
|--------------------------------------------------------------    /
|-------3--------------3--------------------------------3-3----   /
|---4-----4---4----4-----4---4----4-4---3-3--4-4---6-6---------  /
|-2---4------2----4---4-----4-----------------------------------/
|-------------------------------2-----2-----2----2-----2-------/


Intro G2:
|--3---4---6---- 
|--5---6---8---- G2 comes in when
|--5---6---8---- the vocals start.
|--5---6---8---- strum each chord
|--3---4---6---- once.
|--3---4---6----



Verse G1:
|---9-----11-9---9---9-----11-9---9-----------------------------|-7---9-7------9---7---9-7------9----12-12-11-11-12-12-11-9-12-- |---------------------------------------------------------------  \ x3
|---------------------------------------------------------------  /
|--------------------------------------------------------------- /
|---------------------------------------------------------------/
|
|-------9---11---9-11-9---9-----------------------------
|-7-7-7---7----7--------9---12-12-11-11-12-12-11-11-12--
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------


Verse G2:
|-2---------44---------6-------66---------\	
|-4---------66---------8-------88--------- \	
|-4--44-44--66--66-66--8--8-8--88--88-88--  \ x3
|-4--44-44--66--66-66--8--8-8--88--88-88--  /	 
|-2--22-22--44--44-44--6--6-6--66--66-66-- /	
|-2---------44---------6-------66---------/	
|
|--2---------6------------------------ 
|--4---------6------------------------ 
|--4--44-44--6--66-66-----------------
|--4--44-44--6--66-66--4444444444444--
|--2--22-22--4--44-44--4444444444444-- 
|--2---------4---------2222222222222--
for the final chord of the second part, the distortion is turned up and the rest 
of the song is played fairly heavy.


Chorus G1:
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-----------------------4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6----------------11-33-
|-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-4-4-3h4-3h1-4-4-3-4h6-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-4-4-3h4-3h1-44-------
|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-----------------------2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4----------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|--------------------------------------- |---------------------------------
|--------------------------------------- |---------------------------------
|-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6----------------------- |-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-----------------
|-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-4-4-3h4-3h1-4-4-3-4h6- |-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-43~-43~-43~-43~-
|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4----------------------- |-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-----------------
|--------------------------------------- |---------------------------------


Chorus G2:
|------------------------------------\	    
|-------------------------------------\	    
|-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6---------------------\ X3 
|-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6--4-44-44-4-44-44----/    
|-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4--4-44-44-4-44-44---/	    
|-------------------2-22-22-2-22-22--/	    
|
|-------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------
|-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6---------------------
|-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-4444-4444-4444-4444-
|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4444-4444-4444-4444-
|-----------------2222-2222-2222-2222-


 Break (1:37) G1:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|-10---------------10101010-----10101010-----10101010-----10101010--
|-10---------------10101010-----10101010-----10101010-----10101010--
|--8----------------8-8-8-8------8-8-8-8------8-8-8-8------8-8-8-8--
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|Break (1:37) G2:
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------
|-7-------77777------------77777---------77777--------77777--
|-7-------77777------------77777---------77777--------77777--
|-5-------55555------------55555---------55555--------55555--
|------------------------------------------------------------



(1:50) G1:	G2:
|------		|-----
|------		|-----
|--10--	x25	|--7-- x25
|--10--		|--7--
|---8--		|--5--
|------		|-----



Pre-Solo G1 and G2:
|---------------------------------------------\	   	
|--------------------------------------------- \   	
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--11-11-11-11--10-10-10-10--  \ x2  	
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--11-11-11-11--10-10-10-10--	/   	
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---9--9--9--9---8--8--8--8-- /	
|---------------------------------------------/	   	
|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------- |-xx8-xx8-xx8-xx8-xx11-xx11-xx10-xx10--  \ x2
|-xx8-xx8-xx8-xx8-xx11-xx11-xx10-xx10--  /
|-xx6-xx6-xx6-xx6-xx-9-xx-9-xx-8-xx-8-- /
|--------------------------------------/


(2:17) G2:
|-----------
|-----------
|--8-88-88--
|--8-88-88--
|--6-66-66--
|-----------


(2:18) "GO!" G1:
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------11-10-8-10-11-10h11-13~-15~--
|-----------8-9-11-9-8-9-11-9-8------------------------------
|--6-8-9-11--------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------


(2:27ish) G1
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------- |-----------------\----------------------------------------------------  \ x3
|------------------\(x2)-------------10h11-11h13-13h15-----------------  /
|-11h13-9h11-8h9-6-/-----11h13-13h14-------------------11h13-9h11-8h9-6 /
|-----------------/----------------------------------------------------/


(2:18) "GO!" G2:
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------- |-8-8-8-8-8-8--11-11--10-10-10-10--  \ x6
|-8-8-8-8-8-8--11-11--10-10-10-10--  /
|-6-6-6-6-6-6---9--9---8--8--8--8-- /
|----------------------------------/


(2:44) G2:
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------- |--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--11-11-11-11--10-10--8-8--  \ x4
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--11-11-11-11--10-10--8-8--  /
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---9--9--9--9---8--8--6-6-- /
|--------------------------------------------/


End on G1:     G2:
|-----      |-----
|-----      |-----
|-----      |--8--
|--6--      |--8--
|--6--      |--6--
|--4--      |-----