HIM
"Heartkiller"
Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice
Updated 03/28/10
- Simplified Main riff chords
Updated 05/24/10
- Fixed chord timing
- Added solos on the outro
Guitars:
G1 - Lead
G2 - Rythym/Bass
G3 - Keyboard
Other symbols:
PM - Palm mute
/ - slide up
\ - slice down
b - bend
h - hammer on
* - pinch harmonic
~~ - let ring
Intro:
[Guitar 1]
Palm mute:
e|------------------|-------------|
B|--6-6-9-9-9-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-4---4-|
G|------------------|---------5---|
D|------------------|-------------|
A|------------------|-------------|
E|------------------|-------------|
e|------------------|---------|
B|--6-6-9-9-9-6-6-6-|---------|
G|------------------|--8\5/8--|
D|------------------|--8\5/8--|
A|------------------|--6\3/6--|
E|------------------|--6\3/6--|
Main riff: Fm--Ab--Eb (2x for G1; 4x for G2)
[Guitar 1]
Solo: e|---------------------|--------------------------|
B|----13--------15b----|----13--------------------|
G|-10----10-13------15-|-10----10-13--12b----10---|
D|---------------------|------------------13------|
A|---------------------|--------------------------|
E|---------------------|--------------------------|
Verse 1:
Fm(PM) Eb
Farewell heartless world,
I'll send you a postcard burnt,
In flames You've tried so hard to extinguish with the fear of failing,
I'll write down everything I have learned,
And edit it down to a single word,
Lo---ve
For you I'm waiting, anticipating
Chorus:
Sparks will fly beneath the luna alight,
Lazarus at Frankenstein's, babe I'll be a,
Ab(break) Cm--Eb
Flatliner for a... Heartkiller
A little we die above the lesser light,
For you I'm open wide, babe I'll be a,
Ab(break) C#--Eb
Flatliner for a... Heartkiller
Post chorus:
(Play main riff chords once with solo)
Heartkiller
Verse 2:
Top hats off to the return,
Of the beat to lick a wound to,
Cursed for some and blessed for a few,
It doesn't have to make any sense at all,
Come hither and we'll fall,
In lo---ve, for lo---ve
I'm crawling out of patience baby
(Repeat chorus)
Bridge:
Paint all your sorrows for me to sing
Heartkiller
Draw your pain and hear me hum it out
Interlude:
G3: e|----------------|
B|--13----11------|
G|-----13----12---|2x
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
G1 and G2: (same solo from the intro...)
Eb-------------
e|---------------------|--------------------|--------|
B|----13--------15b----|----13-------15b----|-15b----|
G|-10----10-13------15-|-10----10-13-----15-|-----15-|
D|---------------------|--------------------|--------|
A|---------------------|--------------------|--------|
E|---------------------|--------------------|--------|
e|--------|---------------|
B|-17b----|-17b-----18~~--|
G|-----17-|-----17--------|
D|--------|---------------|
A|--------|---------------|
E|--------|---------------|
Chorus:
Sparks will fly beneath the luna alight,
Lazarus at Frankenstein's, babe I'll be a,
Ab(break) Cm--Eb
Flatliner for a... Heartkiller
A little we die above the lesser light,
For you I'm open wide, babe I'll be a,
Ab(break) Cm--Eb Eb Eb
Flatliner for a... Heartkiller...killer...killer
Outro:
Ad lib:
e|-*13~~--13-11----------------------------------------------|
B|---------------13-11------11-------13b14~~-13-11----11-13--|
G|---------------------13~~----13-11---------------13--------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
whoa... whoa... babe I'll be a,
e|--------------------------|
B|--11h13h11----------------|
G|-----------h13h12--8------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
Flatliner for a... Heartkiller
e|--13~~--13-11----b16~~-16-15----------20-18-16-18-b20~~-|
B|--------------13-------------16-13/14-------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
whoa... whoa... babe I'll be a,
Flatliner for a... Heartkiller.