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Restless Oblivion

Anathema
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Song

ANATHEMA - RESTLESS OBLIVION

From the Album THE SILENT ENIGMA

Version 1.0 - JANUARY 2001

Transcribed by: HARIS DURAKOVIC (THE FOREVERLORN)

For Questions, Comments, Newest Version, or Corrections contact

HARIS DURAKOVIC at: foreverlorn@gmx.de

Check Out Death Warp, With More Transcriptions On It:

http://tiger.towson.edu/~dalvis1

.. - palm mute / - slide up to

\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato

h - hammer on b - bend

p - pull off Suffixes for bend

ph - pinch harmonic

f - full bend h - half bend

* - see comment r - release t - tap bend

X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend

@ - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note

ANATHEMA - Restless oblivion

Intro

clean 1. 2. 3.

|---------------|--------------|---------------------------|
|-12------------|-12-----------|-12---10--------8---7------|
|----11---------|----9---------|--9------9------9-----9----|
|-------------9-|------------9-|-10--------10--10-------10-|
|----------10---|---------10---|--0-0-----------0-0--------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------------------|

Electric

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------7---2-------9---2-------7-2-7-9-9-7-9-9-|
|-2-------5---2-------7---2-------5-2-5-7-7-5-7-7-|
|-0---0-0-3-0-0---0-0-5-0-0---0-0-3-0-3-5-5-3-5-5-|

. . . . . .

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------7-9-9------------------------|
|-2-------7---2-------7-9-9-------7---7-9-9-10-9-9-|
|-2-------5---2-------5-7-7-------5---5-7-7-8--7-7-|
|-0---0-0-3-0-0---0-0---------0-0-3-0-3-5-5-6--5-5-|

. . . . . .

Riff1

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8p7-8p7-8p7-8p7-8p7-8p7-8p7-8p7-8p7-8p7----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------9-11p9-7-------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------9p7-9p7-9p7-9p7-9p7-9p7-|Guit1

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

| |

|-15p14-15p14-15p14-15p14-15p14-15p14-15p14-15p14-15p14-15p14p0-14p12p0----|

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

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|Guit2 (continued

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|on next line)

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

|-7p5-7p5-7p5-7p5-7p5-7p5-|

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

Chorus (transcribed for both guitars)

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------12-12-12-10-10-10-8-8-8-7-7-7------------------|
|-7/9---------------------------------------------4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-|
|-7/9---2--2-2-2-2---9--9--9--7--7--7-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-|
|-5/7---2--2-2-2-2--------------------------------2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
|-----0-0--0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------------|

.

1.

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-4-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-4-------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-2-------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|

. . .

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------12-12-12-10-10-10-8-8-8-7-7-7-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|
|-7/9--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7/9---2--2-2-2-2----9--9--9--7--7--7-5-5-5-4-4-4-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
|-5/7---2--2-2-2-2---------------------------------3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
|-----0-0--0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------------------|

2.

|----------------|
|-12-10-8-10-8-7-|
|----------------|
|--9--7-5--7-5-4-|
|--0-------3-----|
|----------------|

Riff 2

Clean

|-----2-----------------------3-2----2h3p2p0-|
|-----0----------0------------0------0-------|
|-----0--------0---0--------0-0------0-------|
|---4--------4-------4----1----------1-------|
|-2--------2---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

I only wrote down the chords in a simple way! I don't wanna write 'em exactly

down for this would take too much time!

The heavy riff afterwards is also a combination between these chords! Here I'll

only write down the rhythm guitar!

afterwards...

electric

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------8--8-8-8-8-8-----|
|-7/9-9-9--7/9-9-9------8--8-8-8-8-8-----|
|-7/9-9-9--7/9-9-9------6--6-6-6-6-6-----|
|-5/7-7-7--5/7-7-7-...--6--6-6-6-6-6-...-|

Check Out Death Warp, With More Transcriptions On It:

http://tiger.towson.edu/~dalvis1

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