The Sufferer The Witness

Album: The Sufferer & The Witness

Artist: Rise Against

This is an absolutely incredible album by an amazing band. At first it may seem like

music, but there is enough there to make it an interesting album to play, what with fast

irregular rhythms and tempos, and some interesting riffs. It is a quite lengthy tab,

I have tabbed out every note I hear, leaving nothing out simply for the purpose of

the tab shorter. I tabbed all the songs in an Eb tuning wherever possible, however two

the songs were much more convenient to play in standard tuning, so I tabbed them that

The notes are, wherever possible, arranged according to the timing of the songs, and if

use the font Courier New, size 9, every line of tab should end up on the same page.

this might not work with the album tab as I am still figuring it out. I have put a lot

work into creating this tab, so I would appreciate it greatly if anyone could give me

Thank you.

The whole album is played in an Eb tuning (Eb Ab Db Gb) with the exception of Worth

For and The Good Left Undone, both of which are played in standard tuning (E A D G).

The album goes as follows:

1.Chamber The Cartridge | 3:34

2.Injection | 3:19

3.Ready To Fall | 3:47

4.Bricks | 1:30

5.Under The Knife | 2:45

6.Prayer Of The Refugee | 3:19

7.Drones | 3:01

8.The Approaching Curve | 3:44

9.Worth Dying For | 3:20

10.Behind Closed Doors | 3:15

11.Roadside | 3:21

12.The Good Left Undone | 3:02

-->Segue | 1:08

13.Survive | 3:40

The Sufferer & The Witness | 42:45

Please post any comments or corrections or whatever you want. Enjoy!

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************************* 1.Chamber The Cartridge ************************

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This opening track is a great fast song with fast changing chords. I have arranged the

more or less according to the timing of the song, although most of it has a triplet feel

so this timing is not perfect.

INTRO (0:17)

VERSE 1 (0:43)

CHORUS 1 (1:07)

Ab|----------------|----------------|4-------4-~~~~~/|16~~~~~~~~~~~~~\|

VERSE 2 (1:33) -> Play verse 1

CHORUS 2 (1:57)

INTERLUDE (2:20)

Eb|----------------|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------| \

| x2

CHORUS 3 (3:11)

Eb|0-00-00-0-00-00-|7-77-77-0h2-----|----------------| -3:34

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******************************* 2.Injection ******************************

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This is another great song. One thing to note is that in all parts but the interlude,

chords change on the eighth note pickup instead of on the down beat. Other than that this

is fairly straightforward.

INTRO (0:01)

Db|----------------|--------------5-|--5-5-5\--------|----------------|

VERSE 1 (0:23)

CHORUS 1 (0:46)

Eb|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|----------------|----------------| \

| x2

VERSE 2 (1:09)

CHORUS 2 (1:32)

INTERLUDE (1:50)

Eb|5-5-5-5-----5-5-|5-5-------------|1-1-1-1-----1~~~|(1)-------------| \

| x2

Eb|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| \

| x2

CHORUS 3 (2:30)

Eb|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|----------------|----------------| \

| x3

Eb|(5)-------------| -3:19

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***************************** 3.Ready To Fall ****************************

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This is a great fast song. I tabbed it in Eb tuning, although it does not necessarily

to be played that way. It is not too hard to follow but the tab is unfortunately quite

due to minor differences in the bass line when parts are repeated.

INTRO (0:07)

VERSE 1 (0:21)

PRE-CHORUS 1 (0:51)

CHORUS 1 (1:06)

VERSE 2 (1:25)

Eb|----------------|----------------|1---1---1-1-1-1-|--1-1---1-1-1---| \

|

| x2

|

* Play this

note 2nd

time only

PRE-CHORUS 2 (1:55) -> Play pre-chorus 1

CHORUS 2 (2:10)

INTERLUDE (2:25)

Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| \

| x2

Rest 16 bars

CHORUS 3 (3:09)

Eb|----------------| -3:47

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********************************* 4.Bricks ********************************

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Short and fast, but a simple pattern.

INTRO (0:00)

VERSE 1 (0:06)

CHORUS 1 (0:17)

VERSE 2 (0:29)

CHORUS 2 (0:40)

Ab|(5)~~~~~~~~~~~~~|(5)~~~~~~~~~~~~~|(5)~~~~~~~~~~~~\|

INTERLUDE (0:55)

Rest 4 bars

CHORUS 3 (1:17)

Gb|/7-77-75-7\------|

Eb|-----------------| -1:30

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**************************** 5.Under The Knife ***************************

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Another great song with slightly unusual rhythm. Watch the eighth note pickups and the

is pretty straightforward.

INTRO (0:00)

VERSE 1 (0:18)

CHORUS 1 (0:41)

VERSE 2 (1:06)

CHORUS 2 (1:29)

INTERLUDE (1:45)

CHORUS 3 (2:17)

Eb|----------------| -2:44

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************************* 6.Prayer Of The Refugee ************************

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This song has very interesting rhythm. Before the choruses everything stops and the

song speeds up considerably, then after most choruses the note is held, and the song returns

its original tempo. The bass part in itself, however, is quite straightforward.

INTRO (0:02)

VERSE 1 (0:06)

CHORUS 1 (0:31)

Db|7-7-7-7---------|----------------|----------------|--------*-------|

Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------7\--|

VERSE 2 (0:59)

Ab|----------------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------|------------5\--|

CHORUS 2 (1:24)

INTERLUDE (1:43)

GUITAR SOLO (2:05)

Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------*-------|

CHORUS 3 (2:34) -> Play chorus 2 then continue to this:

Eb|0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| -3:18

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********************************* 7.Drones ********************************

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This is the fastest, most complex and hardest song to tab on the whole album. There is

specific to mention though, except for the fact that the opening Eb note is held from the

of Prayer Of The Refugee. The interlude is quite long (42 bars) but you should be able

follow; I have made it as easy as possible.

INTRO (0:00)

Ab|-*--------------|

VERSE 1 (0:22)

CHORUS 1 (0:40)

VERSE 2 (1:06) -> Play verse 1

CHORUS 2 (1:24)

INTERLUDE (1:45)

CHORUS 3 (2:31)

Eb|0---------------| -3:01

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************************* 8.The Approaching Curve ************************

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This is an excellent song in every way, and I have a lot of comments about it. The

are amazing, it is unique, in that the verses are in spoken word form, and it is also

the most creative song musically for them to date. The music speeds up and slows down

a bit throughout the song; the choruses and parts of the interlude are all played in

and parts o