"A Dagger Through The Heart Of St Angeles" by Alexisonfire
Off the self-titled album "Alexisonfire"
transcribed by pieter kamps

This song took me like a week to finish. these guys are amazing, 
and their songs are very harmonious and really cool to play if 
you can. the thing is their guitars are played sometimes so fast 
you can't even tell if it's this note or that sometimes. but 
anyway this song is so wicked cool, and I managed to seperate the
two guitar parts and they're as accurate as I could get them. 
AOF makes it easy because one guitar is the right speaker and 
the other part is the left, with a few parts being both. So grab 
a guitaring buddy and play this amateur masterpiece.

TUNING: D# (TUNE EVERY STRING DOWN 1 FRET, SO YOU HAVE 
D# A# F# C# G# and D#)

INTRO

guitar 1 (or right speaker)

d#--------------3p2p0-----3p2p0--------------3p2p0-----3p2p0-|
a#-555-555-3p1p0-----3p1p0--------------3p1p0-----3p1p0------|
f#-444-444----------------------555-555----------------------|
c#-222-222----------------------555-555----------------------| x4
g#------------------------------333-333----------------------|
d#-----------------------------------------------------------|

guitar 2 (or left speaker)

d#--------------------------------------------------------|
a#--------------------------------------------------------|
f#-999-999------------------------------------------------|
c#-999-999-9----10p9--9----10p9-101010-101010-9----10p9---| x4
g#-777-777--1010----10-1010-----101010-101010--1010----10-|
d#------------------------------8-8-8--8-8-8--------------|

words start halfway through this secion

guitar 1 (right)

d#-0-------3---2-/14----15p14~~~~-----------------------------|
a#------------------------------------------------------------|
f#-----2------------------------------------------------------|
c#------------------------------------------------------------|
g#---------------------------------10101010-10101010-10101010-|
d#---------------------------------10101010-9-9-9-9--8-8-8-8--|

guitar 2 (left)

d#-----------------------------------------------|
a#-----------------------------------------------|
f#-----------------------------------------------|
c#-----------------------------------------------|
g#-------------99999999999999999999/999999999999-|
d#-------------99998888777766665555/999988887777-|

verse begins (I think)

guitar 1 (right)                           guitar 2 (left)
     
d#-------------------------------------|    d#-----------|
a#-------------------------------------|    a#-----------| 
f#-9-8-8-8-9-8-8-8-11h12p11--11h12p11--| x2 f#-99888888h-| x4
c#-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--------12--------12-|    c#-99999999--|
g#-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------|    g#-77777777--|
d#-------------------------------------|    d#-----------|
the first part is twice as long, so you are at the same point on
both guitars as of now. (that's why one is x2 and the other x4)

GUITAR 1: play the quick thing only the first time.
GUITAR 2: the hammer-down on f# string is for going from 8 to 9
          each time

verse continues... i guess.

guitar 1 (right)  guitar 2 (left

d#--------|    d#-8-7-10---12-10-14-10h12p10---8-7---------------|
a#--------|    a#------------------------------------------------|
f#-----9--| x8 f#------------------------------------99-99-99-99-| x4
c#-10--9--|    c#------------------------------------99-99-99-99-|
g#-10--7--|    g#------------------------------------77-77-77-77-|
d#-8------|    d#------------------------------------------------|

same as above, you are at the same point on both guitars as of now.

GUITAR 1: play those two chords 8 times with different tempos.
          listen to the song.
GUITAR 2: the power chords are during the "freedom ware your scars 
          of desire" part.

"Yeah... Yeah... Yeah..." (aka, 1 minute 25)

guitar 1 (right)

d#--------------------------|-------------------------|
a#--------------------------|-------------------------|
f#-9---9---9----------------|-------------------------|
c#-9---9---9---1010-1010-10-|-10p9--12p9--9h10--10-10-|
g#--------------------------|-------------------10-10-|
d#--------------------------|-------------------8--8--|

guitar 2 (left)

d#--------------------------|---------------------|
a#--------------------------|---------------------|
f#-9---9---9----------------|---------------------|
c#-9---9---9---1010-1010-10-|---------------10-10-|
g#-7---7---7---1010-1010-10-|---------------10-10-|
d#-------------8-8--8-8--8--|-8p7-10p7-7h8--8--8--|

BOTH GUITARS: play the first part once, and the second part 4 times.

right before the slow part

guitar 1 (right)         guitar 2 (left)

d#----------------|    d#----------------|    |------------------------|
a#----------------|    a#----------------|    |------------------------|
f#----------------| x8 f#----------------| x4 |------------------------| x4
c#-xxxxxxxx-10-10-|    c#-xxxxxxxx-10-10-|then|------------------------|
g#-xxxxxxxx-10-10-|    g#-xxxxxxxx-10-10-|    |----------------/10-10-|
d#-xxxxxxxx-8--8--|    d#-xxxxxxxx-8--8--|    |-10p9-12p9-9h10---------|

both parts are at the same point.

right here, both guitars play in both speakers until the last section, 
which starts when George screams after the mumbling. Then they split up again.

Guitar 1 (right) first let power chord from last section ring 
                 for 4 bars before playing this part

d#---------------------------------------------------------------|
a#---------------------------------------------------------------|
f#--/12-12-1212-121211-11-11121212-------------------------------| x1
c#--------------------------------10-101010-101010-101010-101010-|  |
g#---------------------------------------------------------------|  |
d#---------------------------------------------------------------|  |
                                          let the last 10 ring ^  <--
Guitar 2 (left)                               for 8 bars 

d#------------------------------------------------------|
a#------------------------------------------------------|
f#------------------------------------------------------|
c#------------------------------------------------------| x2
g#-10-10101010-1010109-999-10101010---------------------|
d#---------------------------------8-8888-8888-8888-888-|

the guitars are at the same point after the 8 bars of ringing from 
guitar 1's part are done

Guitar 1 (right)

d#----------------------------------|--------------------|
a#----------------------------------|-8---8----10-10-8---| 1st part
f#-7---7-------7---7---7------------|---------7--7--7----| once, then
c#---------9---------------9---9----|--------------------| 2nd part
g#----------------------------------|--------------------| 4 times
d#----------------------------------|--------------------|

guitar 2 (left)

ok with this part right here originally i had the "x"s on the c# [lower] line but a
 guy mailed me to say that it should be on the f# (higher) line so you choose

d#----------------------------------|
a#----------------------------------|
f#--(x)-----(x)------(x)-----(x)----| x8
c#--[x]-----[x]------[x]-----[x]----|
g#-----10------10-------10------10--|
d#-8-------7-------10-------8-------|

both parts are lined up, things are getting quiet, the mumbling begins

guitar 1 (right)

d#-------------------|    |---10----10---|    |--10-----|
a#-8--8h10p8--8h10p8-|    |--8-----8-----|    |--8------| "directly 
f#-------------------| x4 |--------------| x4 |---------| through the
c#--10------10-------|then|--------------|then|---------| heart of st.
g#-------------------|    |--------------|    |---------| angeles..."
d#-------------------|    |--------------|    |---------|

guitar 2 (left)

d#-------------------|    |---------------------|    
a#-------------------|    |---------------------|    
f#-------------------| x4 |---------------------| x4 
c#-------------------|then|---------------------|then
g#-10-9-10---10-9-10-|    |-10-9-10---10-9-10---|    
d#-------------------|    |---------8---------8-|

guitar 2 cont'd

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------| by now George has just finished
|--------------------------------| mumbling the title.
|-10-9-10---10-9-10---10-9-------|
|--------------------------------|

GEORGE SCREAMS! guitars are back to their respective speakers. things pick up

guitar 1 (right)

d#-------------------------| played in  |------------------| and thats
a#-------------------------| different  |------------------| the end of 
f#------4444-9-9-9-9--6666-| rhythms    |------------------| guitar 1.
c#-2222-5555-10101010-7777-| but play   |-1010101010101010-| guitar 2 
g#-2222-5555-10101010-7777-| it 8 times |-1010101010101010-| is from here
d#-0000-3333-8-8-8-8--5555-| then this  |-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--| on down.

guitar 2 (Left) from here on to the end. get this crazy solo, play 
it fast, and for every number below play the note twice I think. I 
left it spaced so you could read it easier (hopefully).

d#-----------------3-2-3-5-3-2-3-2-----------------7-6-------------|
a#-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-----------------3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-----8-7-8-7-5-4-|
f#-----------------------------------------------------------------|
c#-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g#-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d#-----------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                 slide hard below
|-7-6-------5-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----8-7-8---8-7-3-1-0---0-1-0-1-3-1-0---0-1-0-1-3-3-1-1-0-///---|
|-----------------------2---------------2-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------2-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------2-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------0-|

|-------------------------|    |---------------------------|
|-------------------------|    |---------------------------|
|------4444-9-9-9-9--6666-| x2 |------4444-9-9-9-9---------| x2
|-2222-5555-10101010-7777-|then|-2222-5555-10101010-999/10-|then
|-2222-5555-10101010-7777-|    |-2222-5555-10101010-999/10-|
|-0000-3333-8-8-8-8--5555-|    |-0000-3333-8-8-8-8--777/8--|

|------------------|        |--------------------|
|------------------|        |--------------------|
|------------------|quiet...|--------------------| and you're done..
|-1010101010101010-|        |-10---10---10-------|
|-1010101010101010-|        |-10---10---10-------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|        |-8----8----8--------|

what a WICKED song. let's hope my tab helped you immensely. it took 
a long time to write. have fun playing. any comments, corrections,
suggestions, mail me [email protected] or rate the tab.

ALEXISONFIRE forever.