Lost To Apathy

Dark Tranquillity

Tom: E

Album: Character

Version 2.0 - October 24, 2006

Transcribed By: hate_thy_neighbor
Email:          *


.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo pick         - Trill


Tuning:  Down 1 1/2 step (Db Gb B E Ab Db)

Riff 1          

|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|o----------------------------o|-5----5-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5----2---4h5-4~~~-|
|o-2----2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2--o|-5----5-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5-5---------------|
|--2----2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2---|-3----3-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-----------------|
|--0----0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0---|-------------------------------------------|




|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|o----------------------------o|-5----5-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5-5--7--5--4------|
|o-2----2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2--o|-5----5-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5-5--7--5--4------|
|--2----2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2---|-3----3-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3--5--3--2------|
|--0----0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0---|-------------------------------------------|



Riff 2

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------4-----------|
|-----5---7---9-----5---------5---7---9-----5-----4-4-5-4-7-4---4-4-5-4-4-|
|-7-7---7---7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7---7---7-7---7-7-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  . .   .   .   . .   . . . .   .   .   . .   . . . .   .   .   . .   . .



|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-4-4-5-4-7-4-5-7-5-5-4-4--|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
  . .   .   . .   . . . .



Riff 3

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------5-5-5-4----------------5---------5-5-5-4--------------ph--|
|-------------4----------7-7-7-5---------------4--------4-----5~~~|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---0-------------0--0-----------0---0------------0-----0-0-----|
                                                          . .


next, play riff 1, except subsitute this at the end:

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-----7----7----7----------|
|-----7----7----7----------|
|-5-5-5----5----5----------|
|--------------------------|
  . . x    x    x



Riff 4

|----------0--------------0-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------0-----------------------|
|----------------------5-----5-----------------------------4--4/5\4-|
|-------2-----------5-----------5--------5-----5--------4-----x-x-x-|
|----2-----------3--------------------5-----------5--2--------2/3\2-|
|-0--------------------------------3--------------------------------|

let ring throughout

|----------0--------------0-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
|----------------------5-----5----------------------------------------|
|-------2-----------5-----------5--------5-----5-----4--4--5--7--5--4-|
|----2-----------3--------------------5-----------5-------------------|
|-0--------------------------------3----------------------------------|
                                                     x  x  x  x  x  x

during 2nd half of Riff 4, guitar 2 plays:
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------9-----------------------------|
|--9--9--10--9--7--9--10--10--12-----12--10--9--9--10--9--7-----|
|------------------------------------------------------------10-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|


stuccatto and palm muted throughout, gradually release palm mute.

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-----------7--------|
|-9--9--10-----10--9-|
|--------------------|



Riff 5
Guitar 1:

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------5------------------4----4--5--4--|
|-2---------5--------5---------4----4--5--4--|
|-2---------3--------5---------2----2--3--2--|
|-0------------------3-----------------------|


Guitar 2:

|-7p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-5p0-7p0-8p0-8p0-10p0-12p0-10p0-8p0-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


Guitar 2(cont.):

|-7p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-5p0-3p0-2p0-2p0-3p0-5p0-3p0-2p0-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|



 before Riff 6, play this at end of Riff 1:
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-5--5------|
|-5--5------|
|-3--3------|



Riff 6:

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--2-2---------2-2----2-2---------2-2----2-2---------|
|--2-2---------2-2----2-2---------2-2----2-2---------|
|--0-0---------0-0----0-0---------0-0----0-0---------|
   . .         . .    . .         . .    . .




|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------5--5--5--4--4--ph-|
|--2-2-2-2-5--5--5--4--4--4~~|
|--2-2-2-2-3--3--3--2--2-----|
|--0-0-0-0-------------------|
   . . . .


Riff 7:
Guitar 1 plays variation of Riff 6.
Guitar 2:

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------4-----2-----------4-----2-----------4-----2----5--5--5--4--4--4-|
|-----2-----------2-----2-----------2-----2----------2--5--5--5--4--4--4-|
|-------------------------------------------------------3--3--3--2--2--2-|
|--0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0------------------------|
   .  .     .        .  .     .        .  .     .  


Riff 8:

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------4-----2-----------4-----2-----------4-----2-----------4--------0-|
|----2-----------2-----2-----------2-----2-----------2-----5--------4----|
|-------------------------------------------------------3--------2-------|
|-0--------0--------0--------0--------3--------3-------------------------|


variation:

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------4-----2-----------4-----2-----------4-----2--------5--------4----|
|----2-----------2-----2-----------2-----2-----------2--------5--------4-|
|-------------------------------------------------------3--------2-------|
|-0--------0--------0--------0--------3--------3-------------------------|



Solo (with Riff 8 and variations thereof):

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------10-12-12~~~12---------------------------12-10----10-12|
|--9-11-(11)/12-11-9-11---------------9-11-(11)/12-11-9---9-11-12----11-14----|
|9------------------------------------------------------12--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------10-12-12~~~12--------------------------------------|
|--9-11-(11)/12-11-9-11---------------9-11-(11)/12-11-9---12-11-9----------|
|9------------------------------------------------------12-------12-10-9~~~|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------12-10-12-------12-10-12---12-10-12~~~---10-12-10-12-10--10-----------|
|------9----------9---9-----------------------/12--------------12--12-11-9-11-|
|-9-12--------------9---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|--------------------------10----------------------------14-14bf^r-12~~~~~~|
|-/12-------10-------8-------13-12-10-12-10-12~~~12/17~~~------------------|
|-/12-------11-------9-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|



Riff 9 (with effects):

|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-9---9-9-9-9-9-|
|-7---7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------|




|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-5--7--5--4------------|
|-5--7--5--4--5--5--2-2-|
|-3--5--3--2--5--5--2-2-|
|-------------3--3--0-0-|
              .  .  . .


Song structure:
Riff 1--1x
Riff 2--2x
Riff 3--2x
Riff 2--2x (with variation at end)
Riff 4--1x
Riff 1--1x
Riff 5--2x
Riff 2--2x
Riff 3--2x
Riff 1--1x (with variation at end)
Riff 6--2x
Riff 7--2x (with variation of Riff 6)
Solo with Riff 8 and variations
Riff 5--2x
Riff *
Riff 4--1x
Keyboard interlude w/Riff 9
Riff 1--1x
Riff 1--1x with palm muted variation