DEAD!
As recorded by My Chemical Romance
(From the 2006 Album THE BLACK PARADE)
Words and Music by My Chemical Romance
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Frank Iero'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Ray Toro'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=99
G5/D F#5/C#G5/D F#5/C#
4/4
Gtr I
W W
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|-<5>-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
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| Gtr II
| e e e e e e e S S e e e e e e e e
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-|
|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-|
|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|
G5 D/F# B5
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------4--4--------4--------4----|
|-5--5-----5----5--5-----5-----5-----5----|---4---4-----4--4-------4--4--------4--------4----|
|-5--5-----5----5--5-----5-----5-----5----|---5---5-----5--5-------2--2--------2--------2----|
|-3--3-----3----3--3-----3-----3-----3----|---2---2-----2--2---------------------------------|
|
| ~~
| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E Q E E E S S +E E E S E. S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------|------------------15b17---15-12-15-12----12-------|
|---12----12------12----12----12----------|------15b17-15-12---------------------15----15b17-|
|---14b16-14b16---14b16-14b16-14b16-14-12-|-(12)---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E5 C5 N.C.
e e e e e e e e e e e e E E E E
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|--5-----5-----5-----5S=======7--------8--------7--------5-----||
|--2-----2------2--------2-----------2-----------2--------2--2----|--5-----5-----5-----5-----------------------------------------||
|--2-----2------2--------2-----------2-----------2--------2--2----|--3-----3-----3-----3-----------------------------------------||
|--0-----0------0--------0-----------0-----------0--------0--0----|--------------------------------------------------------------||
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| |--------3--------| |---3----| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------12-14b15-14-12-14-12----12-12----|-12----12----12-----------------------------------------------||
|-15b17-15pb17r12-15-12----12-------------------------15----15b17-|-15b17-15b17-15b17-17-15-12-15-12-----------------------------||
|-----------------------14-14b16----------------------------------|----------------------------------14-15-14-12-14-12----14-12--||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------12--------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------||
Verse 1
G5 D/F# B5
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
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||o----------------------|------------------|
||-----------------------|------------------|
||--5--------------------|---------5-5-4--4-|
||o-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|-5-5-5-5-2-2-2--2-|
||--3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|-2-2-2-2----------|
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| H.. S S H E E E E
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||o-----------------8s10-|---------8-7-5-/7-|
||-----------------------|------------------|
||-----------------------|------------------|
||o----------------------|------------------|
||-----------------------|------------------|
1.
E5 C5
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------o||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---5-----||
|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---3----o||
|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|------------------------||
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| H.. S S H. S S S S
|---------------------|----------------5h7p5---||
|-----------------5-5-|--------------8--------o||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------o||
|---------------------|------------------------||
Pre-Chorus
2.
$
C5 A5 C5 D5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
e e e e e e e e W H H
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------||-----------------|-5-------7-------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-7---------------|-5-------7-------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-7---------------|-3-------5-------||
|-----------------||-5---------------|-----------------||
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| Q e e e e e e E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
|-----3-3-5-5-7-7-||-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------||-----------------|-5-7-4-----------||
|-----------------||-7-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-|-------7-5-4---7-||
|-----------------||-----------------|-------------5---||
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
Chorus
G5 B5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|
||---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|
||o--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|
||---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
To Coda
C5 Eb5 D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------------o||
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--8--8--8-----8--7--7--7--7----||
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--8--8--8-----8--7--7--7--7----||
|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|--6--6--6-----6--5--5--5--5---o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------------||
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| E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------------o||
|-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-|-16-16-16-17-16-14-14-14-14----||
|-------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-|-14-14-14-15-14-12-12-12-12---o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------------||
Bridge
G5 G5N.C.
~~~~~~~
e H.. e +H..
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|-------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-5-----------------|-5-(5)----------------||
|-5-----------------|-5--------------------||
|-3-----------------|-3--------------------||
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| 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-----||
|-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3---3-3-3-3-3-----||
Verse 2
G5 D/F# G/B B5
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
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|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-5-------------------|-------------5--5--4--4-|
|-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-|-5--5--5--5--2--2--2--2-|
|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|-2--2--2--2-------------|
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| e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-x-12-x-12-x-12-x-12-|-x-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-x-10-x-10-x-10-x-10-|-x--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|---------------------|------------------------|
E5 C5
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|-----------------|
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| e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
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|---------------------|-----------------|
|-x-12-x-12-x-12-x-12-|-x-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-x-10-x-10-x-10-x-10-|-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------|-----------------|
G5 D/F# G/B B5
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|----5----5----5----5-|---------------5--5--4--4-|
|----5----5----5----5-|--5---5--5--5--2--2--2--2-|
|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|--2---2--2--2-------------|
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| e e e e e e e e E e e e e e e e
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|-x-12-x-12-x-12-x-12-|-12\-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|-x-10-x-10-x-10-x-10-|-10\--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E5 C5
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-----------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------|--5--5--5-5--5--5----5-5--------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--3--3--3-3--3--3----3-3--------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------------------||
|
| e e e e e e e e E E Q E S Q +S
|-----------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------|-------10---------10-----(10)---||
|-x-9-x-9-x-9-x-9-|----12---------12---------------||
|-----------------|-12---------12------------------||
|-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-|--------------------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------------------||
Interlude
&
A5
E H.. Wx5 W
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|-------------|------------|-------------------------|
|-------------|------------|-------------------------|
|-7-----------|------------|-------------------------|
|-7-----------|------------|-------------------------|
|-5-----------|------------|-------------------------|
|
| E H.. Wx5 E E E E E E E E
|-------------|------------|-------------------------|
|-------------|------------|-------------------------|
|-------------|------------|-16-17-16-17-16-17-16-17-|
|-7-----------|------------|-------------------------|
|-7-----------|------------|-14-15-14-15-14-15-14-15-|
|-5-----------|------------|-------------------------|
Gtr III
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
E E E E E E E E
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|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--xs====xs====xs====xs====xs====xs====xs====x-----||
|--xs====xs====xs====xs====xs====xs====xs====x-----||
|--xs====xs====xs====xs====xs====xs====xs====x-----||
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------||
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|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-21-21-21-21-23-23-23-23--||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-19-19-19-19-21-21-21-21--||
|--------------------------------------------------||
Guitar Solo
G5 B5
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-4----4-4-4--4--4---4-4-|
|-5-5-5-5-5---5---5----5-|-4----4-4-4--4--4---4-4-|
|-5-5-5-5-5---5---5----5-|-2----2-2-2--2--2---2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3---3---3----3-|------------------------|
|
| ~~~~ ~~
| Q E E S E E E. Q. E E. S E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------8-8-|
|---------------4---7----|-7b9======5r-7----7-----|
|-5---5-5-5-7------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
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| Gtr II
| W W
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
C5 Eb5 D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-5-----5-----5-------5--5------5-----5-----5-|-8-8-8-8---7-7-7-7--|
|-5-----5-----5-------5--5------5-----5-----5-|-8-8-8-8---7-7-7-7--|
|-3-----3-----3-------3--3------3-----3-----3-|-6-6-6-6---5-5-5-5--|
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|
| ~ ~
| |----3----| |-3-|
| S S S S S S S S S a E +H E E E S S Q Q
|---------------------------------------------|-5------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|---7----------------|
|-4-5-4-2-4-2-0-2-0---------------------------|-----8-5------------|
|---------------------------------------------|---------7-5---4----|
|-------------------5-3-(3)-------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|
| ~ ~
| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
| H S S S S S S S S S E E E E S S Q Q
|---------------------------------------------|-2------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|---4----------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-----5-2-------2----|
|------------------------7--5---5-----2-------|---------4-2--------|
|-----------------------------7---7-3---3-0---|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------------3-|--------------------|
G5 B5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4--4-|
|-5-5---5-----5---5---5-----5----5-----|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4--4-|
|-5-5---5-----5---5---5-----5----5-----|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2--2-|
|-3-3---3-----3---3---3-----3----3-----|------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~
| E E S E S E S S.. S. S.. S S S S S E S S S S S E E
|-3-----3-------3-----3----------------|---------7-------------7------|
|-3-3---3-3-----3-3---3-3--------------|-------8---8---------8---8-15-|
|---5b7---5b7-----5b7---5b7---5----4---|-5s7h9---------5s7h9----------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
C5 Eb5 D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|--5--------5--------5--------5--------5--------5--------5--------5-------|--8--------8--------8--------8--------7----7-----7----7-------||
|--5--------5--------5--------5--------5--------5--------5--------5-------|--8--------8--------8--------8--------7----7-----7----7-------||
|--3--------3--------3--------3--------3--------3--------3--------3-------|--6--------6--------6--------6--------5----5-----5----5-------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| ~~
| |------3-------| |------3-------| |------3-------| |------3-------| |---------------3----------------| |---3---| |---3---|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E
|-17p15----19p15----17p15----19p15----17p15----19p15----17p15----19p15----|-20p15----19p15----17p15----19p15----19-17---15-15-15---15----||
|-------15-------15-------15-------15-------15-------15-------15-------15-|-------15-------15-------15-------15--------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------||
Breakdown
G5
Gtr III
TPTPTPTP
E H.. H E E E E
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|--5-----------|------xsxsxsx-|
|--5-----------|------xsxsxsx-|
|--3-----------|------xsxsxsx-|
|
| Gtr III
| TPTPTPTP
| E H.. H E E E E
|-15-----------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|------xsxsxsx-|
|--------------|------xsxsxsx-|
|--------------|------xsxsxsx-|
G5 B5
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|--4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-|
||---5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-|--4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-|
||o--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-|--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|
||---3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--12-9-7-12---7---7-|-12-9-7-14---9---9-|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-10-7-5-10---5---5-|-10-7-5-12---7---7-|
||--------------------|-------------------|
C5 D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------o||
|--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7--7--7-7--7-7---||
|--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7--7--7-7--7-7---||
|--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5--5--5-5--5-5--o||
|-------------------|----------------------||
|
| E E E Q Q E E Q Q. Q 4x
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------o||
|-12-9-7-12---9---9-|-7-9---12------12-----||
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-10-7-5-10---7---7-|-5-7---10------10----o||
|-------------------|----------------------||
Outro
G5
e H.. q H.
|---------------------|----------*|
|---------------------|----------*|
|---------------------|----------*|
|-5-------------------|-5--------*|
|-5-------------------|-5--------*|
|-3-------------------|-3--------*|
|
| e e e e e e S E. q H.
|---------------------|----------*|
|-----------------<5>-|----------*|
|-----------------<5>-|----------*|
|-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-----|-5--------*|
|-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-----|-5--------*|
|-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-----|-3--------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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