High Castles Chords
High Castles by Funeral For a Friend is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Eb. It uses the chords Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tabbed by: Mr Moobly
Tuning: Half-step down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb)
So, this is an awesome song from the EP 'See You All in Hell' and featured on the new
album 'Conduit'. It's a great song which is easy and good fun to play once you've figured
this out. Listen with the song to get the feel for the rhythm. The only part I haven't
figured out is the mini solo part that plays during the Chorus. The rest is all here :)
Intro 1:
Guitar 1:
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--2~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--2~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--0~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (play through twice):
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------7-7-7--12-12-12-------------------7-7-7---------------|
Db|--2--2-2-2--5-5-5--7-7-7--12-12-12--2--2-2-2--5-5-5--7-7-7--7-7-7--------|
Ab|--2--2-2-2--5-5-5--5-5-5--10-10-10--2--2-2-2--5-5-5--5-5-5--7-7-7--------|
Eb|--0--0-0-0--3-3-3-------------------0--0-0-0--3-3-3---------5-5-5--------|
Intro 2:
Both guitars (play through once):
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------7-7-7--12-12-12--------------------7-7-7---------------|
Db|-2--2-2-2--5-5-5--7-7-7--12-12-12---2--2-2-2--5-5-5--7-7-7--7-7-7--------|
Ab|-2--2-2-2--5-5-5--5-5-5--10-10-10---2--2-2-2--5-5-5--5-5-5--7-7-7--------|
Eb|-0--0-0-0--3-3-3--------------------0--0-0-0--3-3-3---------5-5-5--------|
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------7-7-7--12-12-12--------------------7-7-7---------------|
Db|-2--2-2-2--5-5-5--7-7-7--12-12-12---2--2-2-2--5-5-5--7-7-7--5-7~-!(Pick)-|
Ab|-2--2-2-2--5-5-5--5-5-5--10-10-10---2--2-2-2--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-7~-!(slide)|
Eb|-0--0-0-0--3-3-3--------------------0--0-0-0--3-3-3---------3-5~-!-------|
Verse (play all the way through twice):
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--10\7-------7/9--------------------------------------10-10-10-8-8-8-----|
Ab|--8\-5-------5/7---------------5-8-5--2---------------8--8--8--6-6-6-----|
Eb|--------0-0-------0-0--3-0-5-0--------0-000-0-0-000-0-8--8--8--6-6-6-----|
(PM) . . . . . . ... . . ... .
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--10\7-------7/9----------------------------------------------8-8-8------|
Ab|--8\-5-------5/7---------------5-8-5--2-----------------------6-6-6------|
Eb|--------0-0-------0-0--3-0-5-0--------0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-6-6-6------|
(PM) . . . . . . ... . . ... . . ... .
NB: '000' where not hyphenated indicates a triplet.
Chorus (I haven't worked out the lead part yet. If I do I'll add it, if anyone has any
ideas feel free to comment with them):
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------7--7-7--7-7----7--7-7--7-7-----------------|
Db|--2--2-2--2-2---5--5-5--5-5---7--7-7--7-7----7--7-7--7-7-----------------|
Ab|--2--2-2--2-2---5--5-5--5-5---5--5-5--5-5----5--5-5--5-5-----------------|
Eb|--0--0-0--0-0---3--3-3--3-3----------------------------------------------|
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--5--5-5--5-5--9--9-9--9-9--7--7-7--7-7---7--7-7--7-7--------------------|
Db|--5--5-5--5-5--9--9-9--9-9--7--7-7--7-7---7--7-7--7-7--------------------|
Ab|--3--3-3--3-3--7--7-7--7-7--5--5-5--5-5---5--5-5--5-5--------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Play through the first part of the Chorus again but this time end with:
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--7--7-7--7-7---7--7-7--7-7--------------------|
Db|--5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--7--7-7--7-7---7--7-7--7-7--------------------|
Ab|--3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3--3-3--5--5-5--5-5---5--5-5--5-5--------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Play everything (apart from intro 1) again, then...
Bridge (both guitars):
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------7--7-7--7-7-7--12--12-12--12-12-12--------|
Db|-2--2-2--2-2-2--5--5-5--5-5-5--7--7-7--7-7-7--12--12-12--12-12-12--------|
Ab|-2--2-2--2-2-2--5--5-5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5-5-5--10--10-10--10-10-10--------|
Eb|-0--0-0--0-0-0--3--3-3--3-3-3--------------------------------------------|
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------7--7-7--7-7-7----------7-7----------------|
Db|-2--2-2--2-2-2--5--5-5--5-5-5--7--7-7--7-7-7--2--5-5--7-7--7-------------|
Ab|-2--2-2--2-2-2--5--5-5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5-5-5--2--5-5--5-5--7-------------|
Eb|-0--0-0--0-0-0--3--3-3--3-3-3-----------------0--3-3-------5-------------|
Play that again and then play this part three more times:
eb|-----------------------|
Bb|-----------------------|
Gb|----------7-7----------|
Db|--2--5-5--7-7--7-------|
Ab|--2--5-5--5-5--7-------|
Eb|--0--3-3-------5-------|
Then (guitar 1) end with:
eb|-----------|
Bb|-----------|
Gb|-----------|
Db|-2~--------|
Ab|-2~--------|
Eb|-0~--------|
Hold this chord whilst guitar 2 plays the open E for 4 bars before going into a
variation on the verse (played three times):
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-10\7-------7/9----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-8\-5-------5/7---------------5-8-5--2-----------------------------------|
Eb|-------0-0-------0-0--3-0-5-0--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
(PM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
End this section with:
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--10\7-------7/9---------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--8\-5-------5/7---------------5-8-5--2----------------------------------|
Eb|--------0-0-------0-0--3-0-5-0--------0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0----------|
(PM) . . . . . . ... . . ... . . ... . .
Now both guitars play this breakdown. It's pretty much the same as the verse and
previous part, but it's got a really chug to the PM notes which is why I play the A
string too:
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--10\7-------7/9----------------------2--------10-10-10--8-8-8-----------|
Ab|--8\-5-------5/7---------------5-8-5--2--2-2-2--8--8--8--6-6-6-----------|
Eb|--------0-0-------0-0--3-0-5-0--------0--0-0-0--8--8--8--6-6-6-----------|
(PM) . . . . . . . . .
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--10\7-------7/9----------------------2--------8--8-8--8-8---------------|
Ab|--8\-5-------5/7---------------5-8-5--2-2-2-2--6--6-6--6-6---------------|
Eb|--------0-0-------0-0--3-0-5-0--------0-0-0-0--6--6-6--6-6---------------|
(PM) . . . . . . ... . . ... .
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--10\7-------7/9----------------------2--------10-10-10--8-8-8-----------|
Ab|--8\-5-------5/7---------------5-8-5--2--2-2-2--8--8--8--6-6-6-----------|
Eb|--------0-0-------0-0--3-0-5-0--------0--0-0-0--8--8--8--6-6-6-----------|
(PM) . . . . . . . . .
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--10\7-------7/9--------------------------------------8--8-8--8\---------|
Ab|--8\-5-------5/7---------------5-8-5--2---------------6--6-6--6\---------|
Eb|--------0-0-------0-0--3-0-5-0--------0-000-0-0-000-0-6--6-6--6\---------|
(PM) . . . . . . ... . . ... .
There you have it! Enjoy playing :)
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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