Keeping The Blade tab by Coheed And Cambria
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KEEPING THE BLADE
As recorded by Coheed and Cambria
(From the 2005 Album GOOD APOLLO, I'M BURNING STAR IV - VOLUME ONE: FROM FEAR THROUGH THE EYES OF MADNESS)
Music by Coheed and Cambria
Transcribed by sprinklerthief
Gtr I (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'strings arr. for gtr.'
Gtr II (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'piano arr. for gtr.'
Gtr III (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'piano arr. for gtr.'
Gtr IV (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'strings arr. for gtr.'
Gtr V (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'strings arr. for gtr.'
Intro
Slowly Q=70
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
H.. E W H.. E W
|-10---------7-|-9--------|-10---------7-|-9----||
|--------------|----------|--------------|------||
|--------------|----------|--------------|------||
|--------------|----------|--------------|------||
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Second Stage Theme
(F#m)
Gtr I
W
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| Gtr II
| H +E E +S E.
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|-17----------------(17)-14-------(14)-15--|
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| Gtr III
| S S E S S E E. T T Q
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|-20-19-------19---------------------------|
|-------19-19----18--18-----18-19----------|
|----------------------------------21------|
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(C#)
<
E +Q. Q. E W
|--9-----(9)-----------------------------------7-|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------10-------------------|--7----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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| E. S +E E +S E. +Q H.. E
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------14-(14)-----------------------------|-17-------------------------------14-|
|-16--------------------14-(14)-16--------(16)---|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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| S S E S S E E. T T Q S S E S S E E. T T Q
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-20--19-------------19--------------------------|-20---19-------19--------------------|
|--------19------19-----18--18------18-19--------|---------19-19----18-18--18-19-------|
|------------------------------------------21----|-------------------------------21----|
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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(F#m)
W W
|--------------------------------------|-14---------------------------------------|
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|---9----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
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| +E E +E E +H H +E E +S E.
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|-(14)----15-(15)----------------------|-17----------------(17)-14-------(14)-15--|
|--------------------16-(16)-----------|------------------------------------------|
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| S S E S S E E. T T Q S S E S S E E. T T Q
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--20--19---------19-------------------|-20-19-------19---------------------------|
|---------19--19-----18--18--18-19-----|-------19-19----18--18-----18-19----------|
|----------------------------------21--|----------------------------------21------|
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H H
|-17-----------------------15------------------|
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| E. S +E E +S E. +Q
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----------14-(14)----------------------------|
|-16-------------------14-(14)-16--------(16)--|
|----------------------------------------------|
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| S S E S S E E. T T Q
|----------------------------------------------|
|-20--19------------19-------------------------|
|--------19-----19-----18--18------18-19-------|
|-----------------------------------------21---|
|----------------------------------------------|
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(C#)
H.. E
|-10-------------------------------12-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
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| H.. E
|-------------------------------------|
|-17-------------------------------14-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
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| S S E S S E E. T T Q
|-------------------------------------|
|-20---19-------19--------------------|
|---------19-19----18-18--18-19-------|
|-------------------------------21----|
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H=H
(Fm)
6/4
W W.
|---9----------------------------------|-------||
|--------------------------------------|-------||
|--------------------------------------|-------||
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| >
| +E E +E E +H W.
|--------------------------------------|-------||
|-(14)----15-(15)----------------------|-7-----||
|--------------------16-(16)-----------|-4-----||
|--------------------------------------|-4-----||
|--------------------------------------|-2-----||
|--------------------------------------|-------||
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| >
| S S E S S E E. T T Q W.
|--------------------------------------|-------||
|--20--19---------19-------------------|-7-----||
|---------19--19-----18--18--18-19-----|-4-----||
|----------------------------------21--|-------||
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Interlude
Faster Q=78
N.C.
4/4
Gtrs I, IV Gtr I
>
E E E E E E E E Q. +S +S H W
|----------9-10-9----14-|-12----(12)-(12)---------|-----------------|
|-12----12--------12----|-------------------------|-----------------|
|----11-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
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| Gtrs IV, V
| W H E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|---------------7-|
|-----------------------|-----------------4---4-6-|-4---4-6-7-6-4---|
|-----------------------|-------------------4-----|---4-------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-3-|
H. Q Q. S S Q E E E Q Q Q Q
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|
|-10-------7--|-12----10-8-7--8-7-5-|----5--------|
|-------------|---------------------|-7-----6-----|
|-------------|---------------------|----------7--|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------|
5/4
Gtr Gtrs I, IV
>
H. S +S E Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------||
|-5-------5-(5)-7-|-4--2--0--------||
|-----------------|----------4-----||
|-----------------|----------------||
In Keeping Theme
Faster Q=90
(B) (F#m)
4/4
Gtr I
<
Q +S S S S E +Q S S Q +E E E E E E
|---------------7------(7)-----5---|---------------------------|
|------------5-------------------8-|--7----------(7)---7-8-----|
|-4--(4)-6-7-----------------------|-----------------7-----7-6-|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
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| Gtr IV
| < < <
| Q +Q S E. +Q S E. +H.
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----2-------(2)-----------|
|-4--(4)-----------2-------(2)-----|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
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| Gtr V
| <
| H +S Q.. +S S +H..
|------------------7---------------|-(7)-----------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----7--(7)----------------|
|-4------------(4)-----------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
(B) (F#m)
Q +S S S S E +Q S S Q +E E Q Q
|---------------7------(7)-----5---|-------------------------|
|------------5-------------------8-|--7----------(7)---------|
|-4--(4)-6-7-----------------------|-----------------7-7--6--|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| < < <
| Q +Q S E. +Q S E. +H.
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----2-------(2)---------|
|-4--(4)-----------2-------(2)-----|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| <
| H +S Q.. +S S +H..
|------------------7---------------|-(7)---------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----7--(7)--------------|
|-4------------(4)-----------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
(B) (F#m)
Q +S S S S E +Q S S Q +E E E E E E
|---------------7------(7)-----5---|---------------------------|
|------------5-------------------8-|--7----------(7)---7-8-----|
|-4--(4)-6-7-----------------------|-----------------7-----7-6-|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| < < <
| Q +Q S E. +Q S E. +H.
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----2-------(2)-----------|
|-4--(4)-----------2-------(2)-----|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| <
| H +S Q.. +S S +H..
|------------------7---------------|-(7)-----------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----7--(7)----------------|
|-4------------(4)-----------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
(B) (F#m)
Q +S S S S E +Q S S Q +E E Q Q
|---------------7------(7)-----5---|-------------------------|
|------------5-------------------8-|--7----------(7)---------|
|-4--(4)-6-7-----------------------|-----------------7-7--6--|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| < < <
| Q +Q S E. +Q S E. +H.
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----2-------(2)---------|
|-4--(4)-----------2-------(2)-----|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| <
| H +S Q.. +S S +H..
|------------------7---------------|-(7)---------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----7--(7)--------------|
|-4------------(4)-----------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
(B) (F#m)
Q +S S S S E +Q S S Q +E E E E E E
||----------------7------(7)-----5---|---------------------------|
||o------------5-------------------8-|--7----------(7)---7-8-----|
||--4--(4)-6-7-----------------------|-----------------7-----7-6-|
||-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|---------------------------|
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| < < <
| Q +Q S E. +Q S E. +E E E E E E
||-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|---------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|-----2-------(2)-----------|
||--4--(4)-----------2-------(2)-----|-------------------4-5-----|
||o----------------------------------|-----------------5-----5-4-|
||-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| <
| H +S Q.. +S S +H..
||-------------------7---------------|-(7)-----------------------|
||o----------------------------------|-----7--(7)----------------|
||--4------------(4)-----------------|---------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|---------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
(B) (F#m)
Q +S S S S E +Q S S Q +E E Q Q
|---------------7------(7)-----5---|--------------------------||
|------------5-------------------8-|--7----------(7)---------o||
|-4--(4)-6-7-----------------------|-----------------7-7--6---||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------||
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| < < <
| Q +Q S E. +Q S E. +E E Q Q
|----------------------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|-----2-------(2)----------||
|-4--(4)-----------2-------(2)-----|--------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-----------------5-5--4--o||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| <
| H +S Q.. +S S +H..
|------------------7---------------|-(7)----------------------||
|----------------------------------|-----7--(7)--------------o||
|-4------------(4)-----------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------||
+W +W +W
|-------------------|----------------|--------*|
|-------------------|----------------|--------*|
|-(6)---------------|-(6)------------|-(6)----*|
|-------------------|----------------|--------*|
|-------------------|----------------|--------*|
|-------------------|----------------|--------*|
|
| < < <
| E +Q. E +Q. E +H.. +W
|-------------------|----------------|--------*|
|-------------------|----------------|--------*|
|--2--(2)-----------|----------------|--------*|
|-----------5-(5)---|--4--(4)--------|-(4)----*|
|-------------------|----------------|--------*|
|-------------------|----------------|--------*|
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
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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
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| - 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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