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Sweet Tears

Anathema
Tab

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Song

ANATHEMA - SWEET TEARS

From the Album SERENADES

Copyright 1993 - PEACEVILLE RECORDS

Version 1.0 - OCTOBER 1999

Transcribed by: Haris Durakovic (foreverlorn@gmx.de)

For Questions, Comments, Newest Version, or Corrections contact me

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.. - 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

Guitar 1

Intro

|-------12----------------------------------12---|---------------|
|-------15bf--------------------------------15bf-|-----------12\-|

|----------------------14bfrp12------------------|-----------12\-|

|---2--------------2------------14~-----2--------|-------2-------|
|---2--------------2--------------------2--------|-------2-------|
|-0-0----------0-0-0------------------0-0--------|-0-0-0-0-------|

. . . . . . .

Bridge

|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|----4~-----5~-|
|--------------|
|-0------0-----|

. .

Riff 1a

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------12p11--------|
|-9~/14-14-14-14\10-10-10-10/12-10-9~/14-14-14-------12-12~-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 1b

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----3/-----------------3/-----3/---------3/-|
|-0-0-1/(slide up)-0-0-0-1/-0-0-1/-0-0-0-0-1/-|

Riff 2a

|---------12--------------------------------10----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-7/9-9-9----9-9-9-9~--9-9-9-10-9-7-9-7-7-7----7-7-7----|
|----------------------------------------------------9~-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|---------12-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-7/9-9-9----9-9-9-9~--9-9-9-10-9-10-10-10~--10-7-9-9~-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 2b

|-17bf-17bfr-17bf-17bf--17~--15-17---------------17bf-17bfr-17bf-17bf-|
|----------------------------------15~--15----15----------------------|
|------------------------------------------16-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-17~--15-17-17bfr-15~~-|

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

Clean

Riff 3

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-----4---4----------------------|
|---2---2------------------------|
|-0--------------------/8-7-5-7~-|
|------------1--1-1-0------------|

Guitar 2

Intro

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|---2---------2-------2-----------2-|
|---2---------2-------2-----------2-|
|-0-0-----0-0-0-----0-0-----0-0-0-0-|

. . . . . . .

Riff 1b is the same as Guitar 1 and is also the rhythm to 1a

Riff 2a & b

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-2----------2--------2-----------------------|
|-2----------2--------2-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3--3-|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-2----------2--------2-------------|
|-2----------2--------2---------5-7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-----|

. . . . . . . . . . .

Check Out Death Warp, With More Transcriptions On It:

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

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