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Famous Last Words drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Famous Last Words by My Chemical Romance is 122 BPM and runs 5:00: 154 bars and 1,725 notes played on the kick, snare, crash, hi-hat, tom 2 and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.
It has 7 fills, its longest section is the Intro: Verse I (0:33) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro: Verse I
- Riff
- Verse II
- Chorus
- Riff
- Verse III
- Chorus
- Guitar Solo
- Bridge I: Guitar & Voice
- Bridge II: Crescendo
- Bridge III: Climax
- Final Chorus
- Outro: Fade Out
How to play Famous Last Words on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Famous Last Words come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Bridge I: Guitar & Voice at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 122 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Famous Last Words drum cover.
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