The Break of Autumn Lyrics

AT THE GATES - THE BREAK OF AUTUMN
WITH FEAR I KISS THE BURNING DARKNESS (1993)
Donald A. Morrison (Malakian88)
atwa@hotmail.co.uk
Note durations:
w - whole note
h - half note
q - quarter note
e - eighth note
s - sixteenth note
x. - note of length 1.5 x
x.. - note of length 1.75 x
+x - tied note of length x
< 3 > - triplet grouping
(Capital letters indicate rests.)
Tab symbols:
. - palm mute
// - tremolo picking
~ - vibrato
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
( ) - harmonic
Guitar 1: B E A D F# B
Heavily distorted; panned fully to right
Guitar 2: B E A D F# B
Heavily distorted; panned fully to left
Guitar 3: B E A D F# B
Heavily distorted; centred
Guitar 4: B E A D F# B
Acoustic; centred
Guitar 5: B E A D F# B
Acoustic; centred
Guitar 1; Guitar 2
~ 210 b.p.m.
e e e Q. Q. q e Q. e e e H.
F# |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| e e e Q. Q. q e Q. e e e H. |
F# |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
e e e e e e e e e e e e q. e e e e e e e e e
F# |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| e e e Q. Q. q e Q. e e e H. |
F# |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
N.C.
e e e e e e e e e e e e q. e e e e e e e e e
F# |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
| e s s e q. q. e s s e q. e s s e q. q. |
F# |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
A |------------4---|--5-------------|--5-------------|--4----~----|
Pinch harmonic *
| < R1 R1 > |
e e e e e e e e e e e e q. e e e e e e e e e
F# |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| e e e Q. Q. q e Q. e e e H. |
F# |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
N.C.
e e e e e e e e e e e e q. e e e e e e e e e
F# |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
| e s s e q. q. e s s e q. e s s e q. q. |
F# |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
| < R1a R1a > |
e e e e e e e e e e e e q. e e e e e e e e e
F# |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
| e s s e q. q. e s s e q. e s s e q. q. |
F# |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
h. +q. w
F# |-----------------------------|---------------------------|
F# |-----------------------------|---------------------------|
| < R2
h. +q. w Q
F# |-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
| e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e Q |
F# |-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
R2 > |
h. +q. w
F# |-----------------------|--------------------------|
| q. q. q. q. q. e e |
F# |-----------------------|--------------------------|
h. +q. w
F# |-----------------------|--------------------------|
| q. q. q. q. q. e e |
F# |-----------------------|--------------------------|
Guitars 1 and 2
q q q q q q q q q q q
F# ||---------------------------------|----------------------------||
D ||o--------------------------------|---------------------------o||
A ||o--------------------------------|---------------------------o||
- R1 twice (On second repeat, Guitar 2 plays normal note in place of
pinch harmonic.)
- R1a once
- R2 once (with quarter rest at end of final measure omitted)
Guitar 1; Guitar 2
h. +q. +w
F# |-----------------------|--------------------------|
| q. q. q. q. q. e e |
F# |-----------------------|--------------------------|
| < R2a
h. +q. h. +q.
F# |-----------------------|------------------------------|
| q. q. q. q. q. e e e |
F# |-----------------------|------------------------------|
R2a > |
N.C.
h. e e q q q q
F# ||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D ||o--9//------------------7//-9//--|--9//-----------9//-------------|
A ||o--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| q q h q q q q |
F# ||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D ||o--------------------------------|---------7//----9//-------------|
A ||o--9//----7//----9//-------------|--10//-----------------10//-----|
| < R3
h. e e q q q q 4x
F# |--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
D |--9//------------------7//-9//--|--12//----------12//------------o||
A |--------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
| < 3 > |
| q q h q e e e q q |
F# |--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
D |--------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
A |--9//----7//----9//-------------|--10-----9h10p9-7------10-------o||
R3 > |
q q q q q q q q q q
F# |--------------------7//----------------|--------7//----------------|
| w. w |
F# |---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| < R4
q q q q q q q q q q
F# |---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| w. q q q q |
F# |---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
N.C.
q q q q q q q q q q
F# |--------------------7//----------------|--------7//----------------|
| w. w |
F# |---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
q q q q q q q q q q
F# |---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| w. q q q q |
F# |---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
Guitar 1; Guitar 2; Guitar 3
q q q q q q q q q q
F# |--------------------7//----------------|--------7//----------------|
| w. w |
F# |---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| W. h h |
F# |---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
q q q q q q q q q q
F# |---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| w. q q q q |
F# |---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| w. +w |
F# |---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
R4 > |
Guitar 1; Guitar 2
h. h. h. h.
F# |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| h. +h. +h. +h. |
F# |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
h. h. h. q. q.
F# |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| h. +h. +h. h. |
F# |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
h. h. h. h.
F# |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| h. h. h. q. q. |
F# |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |--5//------------|--5//------------|--5//------------|--5//----5~------|
h. h. h. q. q.
F# |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| h. h. h. q. q. |
F# |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
h. h. h. h.
F# |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| h. q. q. h. q. q. |
F# |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
h. h. h. q. q.
F# |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| h. q. q. h. e e e q. |
F# |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
q. q. q. q. q. q. q. q.
F# |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| h. +q. q. h. q. q. |
F# |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
q. q. h. h. q. q.
F# |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| h. q. q. h. e e e q. |
F# |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
q q q q q q q q q q h
F# |--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| w. w +q. e |
F# |--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
q q q q q q q q q q q q
F# |--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| w. w +q q |
F# |--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
q e q e e e e q e e e e e e e
F# |-----------11---------------------|-----------11---------------------|
| h. e e e h. e e e |
F# |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
q e q e e e e q e e e e e e e
F# |-----------11---------------------|-----------11---------------------|
| h. e e e h. e e e |
F# |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
q q q q q q q q q q q
F# |--------------------------------|---------------------------|
| q q q q q q q q q q q |
F# |--------------------------------|---------------------------|
q q q q q q q q q q
F# |--------------------------------|----------------------|
| q q q q q q q q q q |
F# |--------------------------------|----------------------|
q q q q q q q q
F# |----------------------------|----------------------------|
| q q q q q q q q |
F# |----------------------------|----------------------------|
| < R5
q q q q q q q q
F# |----------------------------|----------------------------|
| q q q q q q q q |
F# |----------------------------|----------------------------|
q q q q q q q q
F# |----------------------------|----------------------------|
| q q q q q q q q |
F# |----------------------------|----------------------------|
w w
F# |----------------------------|----------------------------|
A |--/11~----------------------|--4//-----------------------|
| h h q q q q |
F# |----------------------------|----------------------------|
A |--6~------------------------|----------------------------|
w w
F# |----------------------------|----------------------------|
| q q q q q q q q |
F# |----------------------------|----------------------------|
w q h q
F# |----------------------------|----------------------------|
| q q q q q q q q |
F# |----------------------------|----------------------------|
w q q h
F# |----------------------------|----------------------------|
| q q q q h h |
F# |----------------------------|----------------------------|
A |--------------------7//-----|--6~------------------------|
R5 > |
- R1 twice (Guitar 1 omits all palm muting except on low C#s; on both
repeats, Guitar 2 plays normal note in place of pinch harmonic.)
- R1a once (Guitar 1 omits all palm muting except on low Es.)
- R2 once (Quarter rest at end of final measure is omitted.)
- R2a once (Last eighth beat in final measure is omitted.)
- R3 three times
- R4 once
Guitar 1; Guitar 2
w h. q
F# ||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
D ||o----------------------------|--------------------7//-----|
A ||o--7//-----------------------|--9//-----------------------|
| h h q h. |
F# ||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
D ||o--------------9//-----------|--10//----------------------|
A ||o--10//----------------------|--------9//-----------------|
| < R6
h h w
F# |----------------------------|-----------------------------||
D |----------------------------|----------------------------o||
A |--10//--------7//-----------|----------------------------o||
| h h q h. |
F# |----------------------------|-----------------------------||
D |--------------9//-----------|--10//----------------------o||
A |--10//----------------------|--------9//-----------------o||
R6 > |
q q q q q e e h
F# ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
D ||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||
A ||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||
| h h q h. |
F# ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
D ||o--------------9//-----------|--10//----------------------o||
A ||o--10//----------------------|--------9//-----------------o||
e e e e e e e Q. e e e e e e e Q.
F# |------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| q e e h. q e e h. |
F# |------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e e E e e E e Q. e e E e e E e Q.
F# |------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| q e e q q q e e E e e E e Q. |
F# |---------------------------