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Arch Enemy
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Song

ARCH ENEMY - ANGELCLAW

From the Album BURNING BRIDGES

Copyright CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS 1999

Version 1.0 - MARCH 2001

Transcribed by: Mike O'Neil

Corrections/Additions by: death8699

For Questions, Comments, Newest Version, or Corrections contact

Mike O'Neil: at mike@dsrmusic.com

death8699: at unhollowed@aol.com

Check out 's Tablature site with more transcriptions at:

Check out Death Warp with more transcriptions at:

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

Tabber's Note - (There were a few things here and there that I seemed )

(a bit sketchy on, so if you can make any corrections )

(or do the solos, please send them to me. Thanks. )

Tune Gtr to B (B, E, A, D, F#, B)

Riff A.1

|-7-5h7p5---------------------------|
|---------8--7----------------------|
|--------------5-4~--4-5--4h5p4-/7~-|Gtr
|-----------------------------------| I
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

| |

|-----------------------------------|
|-8-7h8p7---------------------------|
|---------9--7----------------------|Gtr
|--------------7-5~--5-7--5h7p5-/9~-| II
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

| |

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-9------------7-------5---------4--|
|-7------------5-------3---------2--|
|-----------------------------------|

Riff A.2

|-5-7--5h7p5--------------------------|
|------------8--7---------------------|
|-----------------5\4~--4-5--4h5p4----|Gtr
|----------------------------------5~-| I
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

| |

|-------------------------------------|
|-7-8--7h8p7--------------------------|
|------------9--7---------------------|Gtr
|-----------------7-5~--5-7--5h7p5----| II
|----------------------------------7~-|
|-------------------------------------|

| |

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---9------------7-------5---------4--|
|---7------------5-------3---------2--|
|-------------------------------------|

Riff A.3

|-5-7--5h7p5---------------------------|
|------------8--7----------------------|
|-----------------5-4~--4-5--4h5p4-/7~-|Gtr
|--------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------|
|-7-8--7h8p7---------------------------|
|------------9--7----------------------|Gtr
|-----------------7-5~--5-7--5h7p5-/9~-| II
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|---9------------7-------5----------4--|
|---7------------5-------3----------2--|
|--------------------------------------|

Repeat Riff A.2

For the below repeats of A.2 and A.3, rhythm guitars play:

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

|--------------------------------------| Gtrs

|------9---------7---------5---------4-|III&IV
|-7-77-7-77-5-55-5-55-3-33-3-33-2-22-2-|
|--------------------------------------|

| . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . ..

|

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

|--------------------------------------| Gtrs

|------9---------7---------5-----------|III&IV
|-7-77-7-77-5-55-5-55-3-33-3-33------5-|
|-------------------------------3-33-3-|

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

Repeat Riff A.3 \

Repeat Riff A.2 | Slight palm mute where

Repeat Riff A.3 | necessary on these ones

Repeat Riff A.2 /

Repeat Riff A.3 \

Repeat Riff A.2 | Play Riff B over this

Repeat Riff A.3 |

Repeat Riff A.2 /

Riff B (play twice)

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|------------------------------------------------------------------|IV

|-77777777555555553333333322222222777777775555555533333333---------|

|---------------------------------------------------------33333333-|

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

Riff C

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

|------------------------------------|Gtrs

|-9-(9)------------------------------|I&II
|-7-(7)------------------------------|
|-0-(0)------------------------------|

Riff D

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

|------------------------------------|Gtrs

|------------------------------------|I&II
|--------------------------------5p4-|
|-3--000-0-5--000-0-6--000-0-5-6-----|

| ... . ... . ... . . .

|

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

|-------------------------------------|Gtrs

|-------------------------------------|I&II
|-------------------------------------|
|-3--000-0-5--000-0--6--000-0-111-111-|

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

Play Riff D 1.5x with short pause at end

Repeat Riff D 2x

Riff E (play twice)

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-----7----------9-----10----------9-----7---------10------9---------|Gtrs
|-10-----9---------10-----12---------10-----9---------12-----10---------|I&II
|----0-0---0-0-0-0----0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0---0-0-0-0----0-0----0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

Repeat Riff D 2x

Repeat Riff E 2x

Riff F (play twice, vibrato where necessary)

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-5--4-2--2-4-5----/7-5-4---5--4-2--2-4-5----------|Gtr
|---------------3-------------------------3--/7-5~-| I
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-9--7-5--5-7-9---/10-9-7---9--7-5--5-7-9----------|Gtr
|---------------7-------------------------7-/10-9~-| II
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-2-(2)---------------------2-(2)------------------|Gtr
|-2-(2)---------3-----5-----2-(2)---------3-----5--|III
|-0-(0)---------3-----5-----0-(0)---------3-----5--|
|---------------1-----3-------------------1-----3--|

Repeat Riff D 2x

Repeat Riff E 2x

Repeat Riff F 2x

Riff G (play twice)

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-5-4-5----------4-2-4--5-4-5-----------7---| I
|--------2-3-4-----------------2-3-4----5---|
|-------------------------------------------|

| . . . . . . . . . . |

| |

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|Gtr
|---------------------------------------7---| II
|-7-5-7--2-3-0---5-4-5--7-5-7--2-3-0----5---|
|-------------------------------------------|

. . . . . . . . . .

NOTE: Don't play the A5 powerchord at the

fifth fret E string for the repeat

Repeat Riff G 2x

Riff H *

|------------------------------------------------------0-|
|------------------------------------------------------0-|
|----------------------------------------------------0---|Gtr
|-5-4-5~(5)-------------4-2-4--5-4-5~(5)-----------2-----| I
|-----------2-3-4~(4)--------------------2-3-4~(4)-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

| . . . . . . . . . . |

| * |

|------------------------------------------------------0-|
|------------------------------------------------------0-|
|----------------------------------------------------0---|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------2-----| II
|-7-5-7~(7)-2-3-0-(0)---5-4-5--7-5-7~(7)-2-3-0-(0)-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

. . . . . . . . . .

* I can't make out what really is being played here

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-5-4-5~(5)-------------4-2-4--5-4-5~(5)-----------4-2-4-| I
|-----------2-3-4~(4)--------------------2-3-4~(4)-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . |

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------| II
|-7-5-7~(7)-2-3-0-(0)---5-4-5--7-5-7~(7)-2-3-0-(0)-5-4-5-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

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

Riff I.1 (all notes are equally spaced 16th notes)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------5---5-7-9-|Gtr
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-9---9-------| I
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-10-------10-------9-------9-------7-------7---------------------------------| II
|----0-0-0----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.

|

|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| I
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-10-------10-------9-------9-------7-------7---------------------------------| II
|----0-0-0----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

.

Riff I.2

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| I
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|

|

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-9------9-------7-------7-------5------5-----------------|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------------------| II
|--0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| I
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-10-------10-------9-------9-------7-------7---------------------------------| II
|----0-0-0----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

.

Repeat Riff I.1

Riff I.3

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------------------| I
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-9------9-------7-------7-------5------5-----------------|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------------------| II
|--0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| I
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-10-------10-------9-------9-------7-------7-----------------| II
|----0-0-0----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

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

Riff J 2x

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-5---------------------------5---------------------------|Gtrs
|-5------5------7------3------5------5------7------9------|I&II
|-3------5------7------3------3------5------7------9------|
|--------3------5------1-------------3------5------7------|

Repeat Riff F 2x

Play rhythm of Riff F with second solo over it

Riff K (outro)

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-2--4-5----2--4-5----2--4-5----4-5-7-9\-|Gtr
|----------------------------------------| I
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

| . . .

|

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-2--4-5----2--4-5----2--4-5----4-5-7-9\-|Gtr
|-2--4-5----2--4-5----2--4-5----4-5-7-9\-| II
|-0--2-3----0--2-3----0--2-3----2-3-5-7\-|
|----------------------------------------|

. . .

Check out 's Tablature site with more transcriptions at:

Check out Death Warp with more transcriptions at:

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

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