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Band: As I Lay Dying
Song: Forever

This is an easy song and I’m sure everyone can figure it out themselves but oh well….
The song is in drop C tuning.
Verse Part 1 X2
F----------------------------------------------------------------
C----------------------------------------------------------------
G------8-8-7-7-5-5-----8-8-7-7-5-5-----8-8-7-7-5-5-10-10-8-8-7-7-
C-0-0--------------0-0-------------3-3---------------------------

Verse Part 2 X2
F---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----12-12-10-10-8-8 (X2)---12-12-10-10-8-8-12-12-10-10-8-8-13-13-12-12-10-10-8-8
C-0-0---------------------0-0-----------------------------------------------------

Chorus X4
F-------------------------------------------------------------
C-------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------
C-00-0-0000-0-000/3-3333-222-23-00-0-0000-0-000/3-3333-222-23-

Next Part X2
F----------------------------------------------------------
C----------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------5/8~7-7-10---------------------5/8~7-7-3-
C-00-0-0000-0-000------------00-0-0000-0-000---------------

Then | play this part twice
F--------|----------------------------------------------------------
C--------|----------------------------------------------------------
G--------|----------------------------------------------------------
C-0~0~0~-|-00000000-88888888-77777777-00000000-7-8-10-12-13-12-10-9-

These are 1’s
F------------------------------------------
C------------------------------------------
G-11111111111111- play all the above again-
C------------------------------------------

Then play this | do that until the breakdown, which is the same notes.
F-------------|---------------------------------------
C-------------|--------------------------------------- (X2)
G--------1X16-|----------------------111-1-1-111-1-1~-
C-0X16--------|-000-0-0-000-0-0-----------------------
After that play this twice
F------------------------
C------------------------
G-5-5-5555~----8-8-8888~-
C------------------------

Then do this breakdown twice
F-------------------------------------
C-------------------------------------
G--------------------111-1-1-111-1-1~-
C-00-0-0-000-0-0----------------------

Just guitar plays, then bass comes in at 3:25 with everything else
F-----------------------------------------------
C-----------------------------------------------
G-8888-7777-5555-8888--8888-7777-10101010-8888--
C-----------------------------------------------
Just play that riff for the rest of the song

Really easy song, its just following the rhythm guitar, like most bass players.

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: BassMasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/a/as_i_lay_dying/.html


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#1 by amy at Oct 7, 2007 at 7:27 PM EST
This is a great song about life as a rock star. I agree with Dustpan. I think all three of them a killer albums. Anyway, why would you call someone "developmentally disabled" just for thinking Down to Earth was a good album. He has his opinion. You have your opinion.