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Fixiation On the Darkness Guitar Tablature
Artist: Killswitch Engage
Song: Fixiation On The Darkness
Album: Alive Or Just Breathing/Headbangers Ball
Written By: KIllswitch Engage
Tuning: CGDFAD

/=Slide
PM=Palm Mute
(5)=Ghost Note
X-Fret Mute

This is an awsome song. it is so raw, and thats because they only use two guitars and
they didn't double up or layer this song.

Guitar One
(Heavy Distortion)
                   _PM       _PM    _PM    _PM       _PM  
----------------------------------------------------------------
-----X-X--------------------------------------------------------
-----X-X--------------------------------------------------------
-----X-X--------------------------------------------------------
-----X-X-12/---5-----3--5------5------5------3--6-------3-6-3-0-
-----X-X-12/-----0-0-------0-0----0-0----0-0-------0-0----------

Guitar Two
(Heavy Distortion)
----------------------------------------------------------------
-----0-0--------------------------------------------------------
-----0-0--------------------------------------------------------
-----0-0-------0-------------------------0--------------6-------
-----0-0-12/---0-------------------------0--------------6-------
-----0-0-12/---0-------------------------0--------------6-------

Guitar One
PM_        PM_                         _PM        _PM       _PM
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
----3--6-------3-6-3-0---------3--5------3---5-------5--------5-
0-0--------0-0---------(5)/6---------0-0---------0-0------0-0---

Guitar Two                       __"Hey Ya"
                                PM__           PM___________
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
0--------------------------6------------------------------------
0--------------------------6------0-0------------0-0-0-0-0-0----
0--------------------------6------0-0------------0-0-0-0-0-0----

Guitar One
PM_        PM_      PM_
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----3---6-------6-------3-6-3-0--5-------3---5--------5-------3---6-------3--6--3--0-----
0-0---------0-0-----0-0--------------0-0---------0--0-----0-0--------0--0------------5/6-

Guitar Two
PM_____________________________                            
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------0-0------------0-0-0-0-0-0----
------0-0------------0-0-0-0-0-0----
         

Guitar One
-------------------------
-------------------------
-------------------------
-------------------------
-----3--6--3--0--------3-
0--0------------5/6------

repeat From "hey ya"

Verse
Guitars One And Two
    PM_   PM_   PM_   PM_                           PM_   PM_ PM_        
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------3--3--3-----------------------------------
0--------0-----1-----0-----1--0--1--------------0--------0-----1---0-
0--0--0--0--0--1--0--0--0-----------3/--6--6----0--0--0--0--0--1-0-0-

_PM                        PM_   PM_   PM_   PM_
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
---3--3--3----------------------------------------3--3--3-------------
---1--0--1--1/--4--4---0--------0-----1-----0-----1--0--1-------------
0----------------------0--0--0--0--0--1--0--0--0-----------3/--6--6---

     _PM    _PM PM_   PM_  
----------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------
---------------------------3--3--3--3/--6--4/-
0--------0-----1-----0-----1--0--1--1/--4--6/-
0--0--0--0--0--1--0--0--0---------------------

Pre-Chorus
Guitar One Plays The Part From Hey Ya to the end of the verse

Guitar Two
__PM     PM______________             PM___      _Hammer On
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------------------------------------------------------
0-0----------0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------0-0------3---
0-0----------0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------0-0------5-6-

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0-0----------0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------0-0------3---
0-0----------0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------0-0------5-6-

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0-0----------0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------0-0------3---
0-0----------0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------0-0------5-6-

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0-0----------0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------0-0------3---
0-0----------0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------0-0------5-6-

Verse
Guitars One and Two
    PM_  PM_    PM_  PM_  
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------3--3--3-----------------
0--------0-----1-----0-----1--0--1-----------------
0--0--0--0--0--1--0--0--0-----------3/--6--6-------

     PM_  PM_   PM_   PM_
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------3--3--3--3--------------
0--------0-----1-----0-----1--0--1--1/--4---4------
0--0--0--0--0--1--0--0--0--------------------------
  
     PM_  PM_  PM_    PM_
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------3--3--3-----------------
0--------0-----1-----0-----1--0--1-----------------
0--0--0--0--0--1--0--0--0-----------3/--6--6-------

    PM_   PM_   PM_   PM_
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------3--3--3--3/--6---6/-----
0--------0-----1-----0-----1--0--1--1/--4---4/-----
0--0--0--0--0--1--0--0--0--------------------------

Guitar Two Tacet

Guitar One
-----------------
-----------------
-----------------
4/5---4----------
----------5---0--
-----------------

Chorus
Guitars One And Two
(Light Distortion)
--------3----------------2--------------0------------------3-----
----3-----3-------3--------3--------3-----3--------3---------3---
------0-----0-------0--------0--------2-----2--------0---------0-
-----------------------------------------------------------------
--------------3-3------3-------------------------------3-3-------
2--------------------------------0-------------0-2---------------

--------3-----------------2-------------0------------------3-----
----3-----3-------3---------3-------3-----3--------3---------3---
------0-----0-------0---------0-------2-----2--------0---------0-
-----------------------------------------------------------------
--------------3-3------3-------------------------------3-3-------
2---------------------------------0------------0-2---------------

--------3----------------2--------------0------------------3-----
----3-----3-------3--------3--------3-----3--------3---------3---
------0-----0-------0--------0--------2-----2--------0---------0-
-----------------------------------------------------------------
--------------3-3------3-------------------------------3-3-------
2--------------------------------2-------------0-2---------------

--------3-----------------2-------------0------------------3-----
----3-----3-------3---------3-------3-----3--------3---------3---
------0-----0-------0---------0-------2-----2--------0---------0-
-----------------------------------------------------------------
--------------3-3------3-------------------------------3-3-------
2---------------------------------0------------0-2---------------

Interlude
Guitar Two Tacet
Guitar One
(Heavy Distortion)
_______________PM       PM_
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
----------------7-7-7-7-----5-5--
--------5-5-5-5------------------
0-0-0-0-----------------6-6------

Guitar One
                PM_   PM___  PM_______________         PM_
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
5-5-----8-8-8-8-------------1------------------7-7-7-7-----3-
----6-6-------------3/4-X-X-1--0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-------------1-
----------------0-0-3/4-X-X-1--0-0-0-0-----------------0-0---
  
Guitar Two
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------0----------------------0----3-
-------------------------------0----------------------0----1-
-------------------------------0----------------------0------

Guitar One
_PM
------------------------
------------------------
---------7/8/7----------
---5-----X/-------------
---3-----5/6/5----------
0---------------0--3----

Guitar Two
------------------------
------------------------
------------------------
---5--------------------
---3-----5/6/5----------
----------------0--3----

Guitars One And Two
_______________PM       PM_
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
----------------7-7-7-7-----5-5--
--------5-5-5-5------------------
0-0-0-0-----------------6-6------

                PM_   PM___  PM_______________         PM_
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
5-5-----8-8-8-8-------------1------------------7-7-7-7-----3-
----6-6-------------3/4-X-X-1--0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-------------1-
----------------0-0-3/4-X-X-1--0-0-0-0-----------------0-0---
 
_PM
------------------------
------------------------
---------7/8/7----------
---5-----X/-------------
---3-----5/6/5----------
0---------------0--3----

_______________PM       PM_
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
----------------7-7-7-7-----5-6--
--------5-5-5-5------------------
0-0-0-0-----------------6-6------

                PM_   PM___  
------------------------------
------------------------------
------------------------------
5-5-----8-8-8-8-------------1-
----6-6-------------3/4-X-X-1-
----------------0-0-3/4-X-X-1-

Guitar One
_______________PM     PM_____
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------7/8/7-------------
----------------7-7-7-7-------3-------5--------X/----------------
--------5-5-5-5---------------1-------3--------5/6/5-------------
0-0-0-0-----------------0--0---------------------------0---3-----

Guitar Two
_______________PM     PM_____
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------7-------9------10/12/10------------
----------------7-7-7-7-------X-------X-------X/-----------------
0-0-----5-5-5-5---------------5-------7-------8/10/8-------------
0-0-0-0-----------------0--0---------------------------0---3-----

Guitar One
_______________PM       PM_
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
----------------7-7-7-7-----5-5--
--------5-5-5-5------------------
0-0-0-0-----------------6-6------

Guitar Two
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
0-------0--0---------------------
0-------0--0---------------------

Guitar One
                PM_   PM___  PM_______________         PM_
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
5-5-----8-8-8-8-------------1------------------7-7-7-7-----3-
----6-6-------------3/4-X-X-1--0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-------------1-
----------------0-0-3/4-X-X-1--0-0-0-0-----------------0-0---

Guitar Two
                                          PM_________________ 
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
---------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-

Guitar One
_PM
------------------------
------------------------
---------7/8/7----------
---5-----X/-------------
---3-----5/6/5----------
0---------------0--3----

Guitar Two
------------------------
------------------------
---------------------7--
---------------------X--
0--------0--0--------5--
0--------0--0-----------

----------------------------
----------------------------
---9-----10/12/10-----------
---X------X/----------------
---7------8/10/8------------
0-----0-0----------0--3-----

Guitar One
_______________PM       PM_
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
----------------7-7-7-7-----5-5--
--------5-5-5-5------------------
0-0-0-0-----------------6-6------

Guitar Two
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
0-----------0--0-----------------
0-----------0--0-----------------

Guitar One
                PM_   PM___  
------------------------------
------------------------------
------------------------------
5-5-----8-8-8-8-------------1-
----6-6-------------3/4-X-X-1-
----------------0-0-3/4-X-X-1-

Guitar Two
          PM__________________
------------------------------
------------------------------
------------------------------
------------------------------
--------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
--------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-

Guitar One
_______________PM              PM_               PM__
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------7/8/7---------------
----------------7-7--7-7------3-----5----X/X/-----------3----
0-0-----5-5-5-5---------------1-----3----5/6/5----------1----
0-0-0-0------------------0-0-----0--------------0---0--------

Guitar Two
_______________PM              PM_                PM_
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------7/8/7----------7----
------------------------------3-----5----X/-------------X----
0-----------0--0--------------1-----3----5/6/5----------5----
0-----------0--0-----------------0--------------0---0--------

Guitar One
_PM 
------------------------
------------------------
----------7/8/7---------
----5-----X/------------
----3-----5/6/5---------
0----------------0---3--

Guitar Two
_PM
-------------------------- 
-------------------------- 
---------10/12/10--------- 
----5-----X/--------------  
----3-----8/10/-8---------
0------------------0---3--

Guitars One And Two
---------------------------------------------------------------
3--------------------3---------------------3-------------------
2--------------------2---------------------2-------------------
0--------------------0---------------------0-------------------
0--------------------0---------------------0-------------------
0--------------------0---------------------0-------------------

PM_      PM_                                Pick Scrape   Stretch Last scrape for 
---------------------------------------------------------------- a whole measure
----------------------------------------------------------------
-----7/8--------------------------------------------------------
-----X/-------1--0--------0-------0-----------------------------
-----5/6------1--0--------0-------0-----------P/---P/----P/-----
0-0------0-0--1--0--------0-------0-----------P/---P/----P/-----
 
PM_      PM_   PM_______________________________________________
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
----7/8----------------------------------------------------------
----X/--------1--------------------------------------------------
----5/6-------1--0-0-4--3--0--6--3--0--4--3--0--1--3--0--4--3--0-
0-0------0-0--1--0-0-4--3--0--6--3--0--4--3--0--1--3--0--4--3--0-

____________________________PM    PM_
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
------------------------------7/8--------
------------------------------X/---------
6--3--0--4--3--0--1--3--0--0--5/6-----1--
6--3--0--4--3--0--1--3--0--0------0-0-1--

__________________________________________________________________________PM
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
0-0-4---3--0--6--3--0--4--3--0--1--3--0--4--3--0--6--3--0--4--3--0--1--3-
0-0-4---3--0--6--3--0--4--3--0--1--3--0--4--3--0--6--3--0--4--3--0--1--3-

___PM       PM_
-------------------
-------------------
------7/8----------
------X/-----------
0--0--5/6--------1-
0--0-------0--0--1-

__________________________________________________________________________PM
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
0-0-4---3--0--6--3--0--4--3--0--1--3--0--4--3--0--6--3--0--4--3--0--1--3-
0-0-4---3--0--6--3--0--4--3--0--1--3--0--4--3--0--6--3--0--4--3--0--1--3-

  PM_      PM_
------------------ 
------------------ 
------7/8--------- 
------X/--------1- 
------5/6-------1-
0--0------0--0--1-

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