Kevin Quillen

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CKY's 'Dressed in Decay'

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One of my favorite songs by CKY is “Dressed in Decay” off their third album “An Answer Can Be Found” from 2005. This song has always given me trouble playing it without getting my fingers all crossed up or finding myself using overly complicated fingerings. Some of the tabs I have seen are wrong I believe, so I will write out what I use here.

Since I purchased one of the guitars used on this album last month, it’s inspired me to revisit some of my favorite songs and finally tackle them.

Dressed in Decay Tab

Tuning: DCGFAD

Intro and Verse Riff 1 
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------------------------5-5------5/7-------------------7-7-------9-9------------
----------5-5-7-7----------------------7-7-10-10--7-7-------7-7-------10-10-7-7-
-3-3-3-3-----------3-3------3-3-------------------------------------------------
Verse Riff 2 
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----------7-7-4-4---------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------5-5-------5/7------------------7-7-------9-9------------
-3-3-3-3-----------3-3-------3-3-------7-7-10-10--7-7-------7-7-------10-10-7-7-
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Bridge / Pre-Chorus 
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------------------------4-4------4/6------------------------------------4-4-----
----------4-4-6-6-----------------------------------4-4-------6-6---------------
-2-2-2-2-----------2-2------2-2-------4-4-4-4--7-7-------4-4-------4-4----------
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Chorus 
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----------------4---3--------------------------------6---6h8-----------9---8----
-------4---6--------------4-----4/6-----2------6-9---------------6-9-6---6------
-----6-------------2---2-----2-------2------------------------------------------
-4-4-----4---4-----------------------------0-0-----0---0-----0-0----------------

That’s basically it.. at least how I tend to play it, and what I gathered watching Deron play this in his video lesson. The biggest trick to getting this song down is having good control over alt-picking and being comfortable moving up and down the neck when changing sections/riffs.

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