Light With A Sharpened Edge Guitar Tab

		
		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 Ver 4 
	

In Love And Death Tabs:

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: Palm mute                 please rate =)
~ vibrato
h hammer on
p pull off
b bend

Intro: Guitar One
E----------------14----------------17--------------------------------------
B-15-15-15-15-17----17-17-17-15-17----14-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-10-10--
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------

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B-15-15-15-15-17----17-17-17-15-17----14-15-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-10-12-10-12---|
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse: Guitar Two
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B-----7-----7-----5-----5-----5-----5-----8-----8-----7-----7-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5----|
G---7-----7-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----7-----7-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6------| x2
D-9-----9-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----9-----9-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7--------|
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Pre Chorus
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A---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Verse: Guitar Two
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B-----7-----7-----5-----5-----5-----5-----8-----8-----7-----7-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5----|
G---7-----7-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----7-----7-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6------| x2
D-9-----9-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----9-----9-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7--------|
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Verse: Guitar One - this is played in the background of the verse and doesn't pick, just 
tap out.
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Chorus
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D-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7---| 
 

Bridge 
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Guitar One
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Guitar Two
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G------------------------------9--9--9--11-11-11-11-11-11---|  
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harmonious riff:
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G--------------------------------------------------------------------------

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B-15-15-15-15-17----17-17-17-15-17----14-15-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-10-12-10-12---
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E-14-14----14-14----------14-14----------12-12-------------------------------14-14----12-12----14-14------------
B-------12-------12~12-12-------12~12-12-------12~10h12p10-15-15-15-15-15-12-------12-------12-------12~-12-12--
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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(repeat Verse)
(repeat Chorus) x2
(repeat Intro)            ... easy stuff =)

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture bob Average	#1 by bob fred at May 12, 1970 at 8:18 PM EST
	it seems to me that it is a song about loosing faith in something that u have been with or done for so long..and tryin to recover from it. tryin to figure out what he is now that he has given up old "habits" maybe or "beleifs" i dont kno, this song has got me in a flurry..lol

No Picture spence Average	#2 by spence o'brien at Sep 1, 1973 at 7:50 PM EST
	it sounds like the devastation resulting from a loss of faith or belief --- but who knows?

No Picture jim Professional	#3 by jim d.f at Nov 12, 1979 at 4:35 PM EST
	wow.. this song is good. but i think it has a deeper meaning then what bert writes about.. he is kind of stuck in a warpped time in his life that he cant get out of and he moves and stuggles but there is still that kid with the magnifying glass on the ant hill tomenting that ant by burning off just its limbs and leaving its body there to wiggle around and find a diff way of working things out.. he has to cope with this new change in his life and its not him to want to cope but he is giving up things in his life so he can cope with this new change... good song

No Picture chris Wanna Be	#4 by chris valverde at Dec 12, 1982 at 11:24 AM EST
	outKast, Smashing Pumpkins didn't "turn into" Zwan because Billy Corgan was in both bands. That is like saying, Coalesce turned into The Get Up Kids, and then into Reggie and the Full Effect because they all have a common member. Just because you list one band who "went soft" and sucked, Staind, doesn't prove all bands will if they do. Staind's newest CD sucked because they tried to copy the success they had from "Outside" and "It's Been A While"- even further proving my point that change in sounds is necessary for growth in a band. I agree the first The Used CD is very original, but the new stuff is far from the bands you listed. The new CD spans influences- I've even heard "Lunacy Fringe" compared to Guster (by multiple fans of Guster). Your comparison to The Starting Line is out of nowhere, and I really don't know where you hear them sounding remotely like Finch. Sure Bert and Nate both scream, but many bands do, and their screaming and singing voice's sounds are very different. You seem to be looking at the lyrics too literally (referring to the comments about "I'm a Fake" and "Light With A Sharpened Edge"). You say that this song is all about religion or spirituality because of the verse containing "voices sing praises and hymns." Lyrics are open to interpretation and you should try to think of all the possible meanings of words to find a common thread rather than just the obvious surface meaning. This song could be many things, even possibly but not limited to, Bert finding religion like you claim. I interpreted it as an awakening he went through (realizing how much he enjoys his new life) after giving up meth. When he says, "I'm a fake" that doesn't mean he is flat out saying that his music is fake, and copied. Once again, Bert is using a metaphor because that is what talented songwriters do. A band you mention does this very well actually, Atreyu's lyrics are full of well-done metaphors. An obvious example is their song "The Crimson." They aren't really vampires even though the song literally says he is. About Atreyu's transition being "real growth"- that is bullshit. Not to knock Atreyu's "The Curse," I do personally enjoy it, but I realize that overall it is a decent CD at best with "Right Side of The Bed" being the only great song. If you want a good example of a band that has grown between all their albums- look at Incubus. Starting out as a Funk band ("Fungus Amongus"), then into Nu-Metal ("S.C.I.E.N.C.E."), then Alternative Rock ("Make Yourself"), Melodic Rock ("Morning View"), and now Modern Rock ("A Crow Left Of The Murder"). I hope that the next The Used album will be another change, because that is what is exciting about music- hearing what is created- not copying previous successes.

No Picture More Cowbell Lead Player	#5 by More Cowbell at May 17, 1985 at 4:05 PM EST
	this song was about burts gf dying. its in AP magazine. this is my favorite song on the album.

No Picture Alexander Wanna Be	#6 by Alexander Taule at Dec 31, 1986 at 8:13 PM EST
	umm most of u r wrong the old album is way better in my opinion too but all these songs have a deeper meanings than appear...like they say u cant judge a book by its cover....i think he is talking about him trying to change spiritually and it's not working out for him i mean think about it free from the tourment of sin all this im giving up... IT'S NOT ME yeah see...get wat i am saying man? i agree that the last album was diffrent i think they r just experimenting...and that not the next album but the one after that will kick ass...but yeah they were trying to find their own sort of style on this one

No Picture Ryan Average	#7 by Ryan Noffke at Feb 10, 1989 at 2:57 AM EST
	but then again he could mean sinning isnt him

No Picture phoen Average	#8 by phoen bay at Apr 23, 1991 at 7:43 AM EST
	ok ive read a few of these and for the most part there completely wrong. We all know the used are santinists (just look at there website you have to punch in 666 to get in the highbandwidth) "With hands like birth of a change Free from the torment of sin All of this I’m giving up" ok the birth of a change that ones obvious but what is the change? in order to give up sin you have to be breaking away from the cristian church because we believe we all have the torment of sin. "Over and over again Light with the sharpened edge Cuts through the black Empty space we call sky beginning the cycle that stays" we all considered light as a good thing but when it has a sharpened edge how good can it be? it sounds like a weapon of some sort. and when it cuts through the black space (btw if you have the used cd look at the lyrics the ones on this site are wrong) light must be showing. right? so he wants to live in this dark with his knew god satin. ugh well i hope i worded this right haha

No Picture Chris Wanna Be	#9 by Chris H at Aug 12, 1991 at 2:09 PM EST
	krwing n mie skn: Im saying the Used musical transistion is like Smashing pumkins into Zwan. SP were awesome, musically talented. Then Billy decided to turn spiritual and gay and his band Zwan sucked ass. Notice how they arent around anymore... The Used first Cd was awesome, now they changed, starting to sell out and this stuff isnt good. Though two songs are good. Its just like Staind, they used to be hardcore, got softer, and a little crappier, and then even more poppy and crappier. I just see the same thing happening. Ok, we'll see. The next album they put out will be just like this, except this time a little more poppier and catchier, with probably no more screaming. And if you read some of the lyrics of these song, you could see that he almost admits to changing (Im a Fake) though Im sure your ignorance will think of another meaning behind those lyrics.

No Picture zach Wanna Be	#10 by zach lilly at Sep 28, 1991 at 12:38 AM EST
	ok ive read a few of these and for the most part there completely wrong. We all know the used are santinists (just look at there website you have to punch in 666 to get in the highbandwidth) "With hands like birth of a change Free from the torment of sin All of this I’m giving up" ok the birth of a change that ones obvious but what is the change? in order to give up sin you have to be breaking away from the cristian church because we believe we all have the torment of sin. "Over and over again Light with the sharpened edge Cuts through the black Empty space we call sky beginning the cycle that stays" we all considered light as a good thing but when it has a sharpened edge how good can it be? it sounds like a weapon of some sort. and when it cuts through the black space (btw if you have the used cd look at the lyrics the ones on this site are wrong) light must be showing. right? so he wants to live in this dark with his knew god satin. ugh well i hope i worded this right haha

No Picture h4c\|< Average	#11 by h4c\|< ☺ at Nov 1, 1992 at 10:15 PM EST
	This isn't my favorite on the album but I still really like it. The lyrics are kind of cryptic, no? I'm trying to decipher. Catchy chorus!

No Picture Jarrett Lead Player	#12 by Jarrett Sandlin at Feb 14, 1993 at 4:09 AM EST
	Not to be picky, but the lyrics are "buried wreckage" and not "bury wreckage." The correct lyrics make a lot more sense, "buried wreckage (my soul)" he is calling his soul the wreckage, rather than using bury ("bury wreckage my soul")as an action verb in the incorrect lyrics, which doesn’t make much sense. outKast, you are entitled to your own opinion, but I don’t see how you think this song sounds both like Zwan & Smashing Pumpkins, which are very different. Just because the titles both contain SHARP doesn’t mean they are related. At all... "A Box of Sharp Objects" is a song about the joy Bert felt when he realized he was in love with the music he was making in The Used. "A Box of Sharp Objects"= a measure of music (a box) with [sharp] notes; it’s a metaphor. "Light with a Sharpened Edge" = Clarity (Light) from a painful experience (a sharpened edge). so basically your reasons for thinking they've "sold out"- the most commonly misused term in music- are bullshit. True the new album has a poppier, more engineered sound, but it's a different direction, the growth and evolution of the band.

No Picture Chris Wanna Be	#13 by Chris H at Dec 3, 1993 at 3:19 AM EST
	where did you get the idea they were satanists? you fuckin weirdo...

No Picture randy Professional	#14 by randy taylor at May 3, 1996 at 8:22 AM EST
	lxbss, too bad you are totally wrong cuz the lyrics are wrong! "free from the torment of sin all this i'm giving up much as the sun would decide to give in explode in orange and hear all the voices sing praises with hymns mark the birth of a change free from the torment of sin all this i'm giving up it's not me buried wreckage my soul it's not me so who i am i now? over and over again light with a shrpened edge cuts through the black empty space we call sky beginning the cycle that stays and i know in my heart we all die like the day and the night like the sun in the sky all this i'm giving up it's not me buried wreckage my soul it's not me so who i am i now? It’s not me Bury wreckage my soul It’s not me So who am I now? (Who am I now?) Is there another side Beyond the black and white Place I could meet you by Place on the other side I’ll let you know when I go I’ll let you know when I go When I'm gone It’s not me Buried wreckage my soul It’s not me So who am I now? It’s not me Buried wreckage my soul It’s not me So who am I now? Its not me Buried wreckage my soul It’s not me So who am I now

No Picture Lyssa CHAOS Average	#15 by Lyssa CHAOS at Aug 19, 1998 at 2:50 AM EST
	Okay, obviously the Used's new album didn't rub everyone the right way. I just don't see how some people made the statement of "there's no longer screaming and they went pop." And if you're going to get into labels, his voice is emo oriented. I don't care what you do, but when you're out there singing your voice is gonna get better. Not to knock the first Used album, it's so awesome in its own light. But so is "In Love and Death." He seems to have more vocal range and songs like Sound Effects and Overdramatics seems heavier then a lot of the songs on the first album. While the next song after that seems a lot lighter. Even the Used said their first album was basically like just puking everything up from the past. A lot of the songs are ambiguous and seems just a succession of phrases matching movie clips from yesterdays. To me this album seems more calculated. I would never give up what could be made from the first album because that seemed straight from the heart. And on top of that, so many people said this album was so different, that I expected night and day when I got it, but realized that it is much more the same compared to other bands (Krwlng_n_mie_skin that was a very good example with Incubus, they really have changed a lot across albums!)

No Picture Zane Rhythm Player	#16 by Zane Haight at Feb 9, 2001 at 2:08 PM EST
	This song is about Bert leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. His dad is a bishop and through out his life he grew up "Mormon." "Free from the torment of sin" he's finally free from feeling bad about doing somthing he knows he shouldn't. But at the same time he's unsure about the decision he has made. The only way he'll know is when he dies. It isn't about suicide...if anything the suicide of his faith.