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The Nephilim

AFI
Tab
4.8(7)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Song: The Nephilim

Band: AFI

Album: The Art of Drowning

Tablisher: Rion

~ Let ring

* Palm mute

<> Harmonic

/ Or \ Slide

h Hammer On

p Pull Off

X mute

Intro: (slow-fast rhythm –Distortion-)

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------9~~----------------------------12-12-12-12\-7777-|
|-<7~~>---9~~----------------------------12-12-12-12\-7777-|
|---------7~~----------------------------10-10-10-10\-5555-|
|---------7~----10h12-10h12-10h12~-p10~--10-10-10-10\-5555-|

(feed back)

Verse: (fast paced rhythm –Distortion-)

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-7-9---------7-9--------7-9-------------7777--|
|-7-9-5--2222-7-9-5-2222-7-9-5-2222-5555-7777--|
|-5-7-5--2222-5-7-5-2222-5-7-5-2222-5555-5555--|
|-5-7-3--0000-5-7-3-0000-5-7-3-0000-3333-5555--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-9---------7-9--------7-9--------7777/9999\7777/999999/7777\9999/-|

|-7-9-5--2222-7-9-5-2222-7-9-5-2222-7777/9999\7777/999999/7777\9999/-|

|-5-7-5--2222-5-7-5-2222-5-7-5-2222-5555/7777\5555/777777/5555\7777/-|

|-5-7-3--0000-5-7-3-0000-5-7-3-0000-5555/7777\5555/777777/5555\7777/-|

************************

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-7777777-----------------|
|-7777777-----------------|
|-5555555-----------------|
|-5555555\-2--------------|

(Pick slide up)

Chorus: (fast paced Rhythm –Distortion-)

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|------5-5-5/7--7-7777X----------------12--7--999-X--|
|-5-5--5-5-5/7--7-7777X---7~-2222222\----------------|
|-5-5--3-3-3/5--5-5555X---7~-2222222\--10--5--777-X--|
|-3-3--3-3-3/5--5-5555X-5-5~-0000000-----------------|

* ***

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|------5-5-5/7--7-7777X----------------12--14--11-11-11-X--|
|-5-5--5-5-5/7--7-7777X---7~-2222222\----------------------|
|-5-5--3-3-3/5--5-5555X---7~-2222222\--10--12---9--9--9-X--|
|-3-3--3-3-3/5--5-5555X-5-5~-0000000-----------------------|

* ***

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

|-7777777-11-11-14-14-14-14--|

|-7777777--------------------|
|-5555555--9--9-12-12-12-12--|
|-5555555--------------------|

Verse: (fast paced rhythm –Distortion-)

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-7-9---------7-9--------7-9-------------7777--|
|-7-9-5--2222-7-9-5-2222-7-9-5-2222-5555-7777--|
|-5-7-5--2222-5-7-5-2222-5-7-5-2222-5555-5555--|
|-5-7-3--0000-5-7-3-0000-5-7-3-0000-3333-5555--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-9---------7-9--------7-9--------7777/9999\7777/999999/7777\9999/-|

|-7-9-5--2222-7-9-5-2222-7-9-5-2222-7777/9999\7777/999999/7777\9999/-|

|-5-7-5--2222-5-7-5-2222-5-7-5-2222-5555/7777\5555/777777/5555\7777/-|

|-5-7-3--0000-5-7-3-0000-5-7-3-0000-5555/7777\5555/777777/5555\7777/-|

************************

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-7777777-----------------|
|-7777777-----------------|
|-5555555-----------------|
|-5555555\-2--------------|

(Pick slide up)

Chorus: (fast paced Rhythm –Distortion-)

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|------5-5-5/7--7-7777X----------------12--7--999-X--|
|-5-5--5-5-5/7--7-7777X---7~-2222222\----------------|
|-5-5--3-3-3/5--5-5555X---7~-2222222\--10--5--777-X--|
|-3-3--3-3-3/5--5-5555X-5-5~-0000000-----------------|

* ***

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|------5-5-5/7--7-7777X----------------12--14--11-11-11-X--|
|-5-5--5-5-5/7--7-7777X---7~-2222222\----------------------|
|-5-5--3-3-3/5--5-5555X---7~-2222222\--10--12---9--9--9-X--|
|-3-3--3-3-3/5--5-5555X-5-5~-0000000-----------------------|

* ***

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

Bridge: (Slow paced rhythm –distortion-)

|-------------------7~----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------8~----------------------------------------------|
|-9~--7-5---------9-9~--7-5-----------------------------------------|
|-9~--7-5-5~--4~--9-9~--7-5-5~--4X--4X-4X--4X---2~~--------2/16\10--|
|-7~--5-3-5~--4~--7~----5-3-5~--4X--4X-4X--4X-----------------------|
|-7~--5-3-3~--2~--7~----5-3-3~--2X--2X-2X--2X-----------------------|

(feed back)

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12/7777777~----------------|
|-12-12-12-12/7777777~----------------|
|-10-10-10-10/5555555~----------------|
|-10-10-10-10/5555555~--2-------------|

(pick slide up

Chorus: (fast paced Rhythm –Distortion-)

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|------5-5-5/7--7-7777X----------------12--7--999-X--|
|-5-5--5-5-5/7--7-7777X---7~-2222222\----------------|
|-5-5--3-3-3/5--5-5555X---7~-2222222\--10--5--777-X--|
|-3-3--3-3-3/5--5-5555X-5-5~-0000000-----------------|

* ***

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|------5-5-5/7--7-7777X----------------12--14--11-11-11-X--|
|-5-5--5-5-5/7--7-7777X---7~-2222222\----------------------|
|-5-5--3-3-3/5--5-5555X---7~-2222222\--10--12---9--9--9-X--|
|-3-3--3-3-3/5--5-5555X-5-5~-0000000-----------------------|

* ***

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

|-5-5-555\-4-4444444\333333333333--|

|-5-5-555\-4-4444444\333333333333--|

|-3-3-333\-2-2222222\111111111111--|

******

Outro: (slow-fast –distortion-)

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------3------------3-----------3--------------------------|
|---------4------------4-----------4---------7-7/9--------------|
|-2-2-5-2-----5--2-5-2-----2-2-5-2-----2-5-2-7-7/9\2~-----------|
|--------------------------------------------5-5/7\2~-----------|
|--------------------------------------------5-5/7\0~-h1/10p0---|

Lyrics:

Swing through sadness,

Tears of joy

Curse the sunlight

Arsenic for the girls and boys

Drink the madness,

Smoke so coy.

Smile injection.

Serum of a will destroyed. Serum of a will, Serum of a will destroyed!

The seasons change, change without me.

I remain,

In shadows growing wings

The spirit song,

Still surrounds me,

In refrain,

In shadows growing wings

Swing through sadness,

Tears of joy

Curse the sunlight

Arsenic for the girls and boys

Drink the madness,

Smoke so coy.

Smile injection.

Serum of a will destroyed. Serum of a will, Serum of a will destroyed!

The seasons change, change without me.

I remain,

In shadows growing wings

The spirit song,

Still surrounds me,

In refrain,

In shadows growing wings

Like an angel

With two broken wings,

Reach the sky again.

Like a devil,

Meant for better things,

I will find

My place on

High

The seasons change, change without me.

I remain,

In shadows growing wings

The spirit song,

Still surrounds me,

In refrain,

In shadows growing wings

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