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Sinister Mephisto

Arch Enemy
Tab

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Song

ARCH ENEMY - SINISTER MEPHISTO

From the Album STIGMATA

Version 2.0 - APR 01

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

Corrected by: death8699 (archenemies@aol.com)

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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

Tune to B

Riff 1 (both guitars!) 1.

|----------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------------|
|-5"-2"-4"----2"-|-7"-9"-10"-7"-9"-6"-7-77777777-|

|-5"-2"-4"-6"-2"-|-7"-9"-10"-7"-9"-6"-7-77777777-|

|-3"-0"-2"-6"-0"-|-5"-7"-8"--5"-7"-4"-5-55555555-|
|----------4"----|-------------------------------|

........

2. 3.

|-------------------|---|
|-------------------|---|
|--------------5--4-|---|
|-3-3-5-5-2-2--5--4-|-2-|
|-3-3-5-5-2-2--3--2-|-2-|
|-1-1-3-3-0-0-------|-0-|

Riff 2 Guitar 1

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----9---10----9---10----------------------9---10----9---10-------------------|
|----9---10----9---10----91012h13p12h13----9---10----9---10---111214h15p14h15-|
|----7---8-----7---8-----------------------7---8-----7---8--------------------|
|-00---0----00---0----00----------------00---0----00---0----00----------------|

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

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----9---10----9---10-------------------------------------------------|
|----9---10----9---10----91012h13p12h13--------------7-----------5~---|
|----7---8-----7---8--------------------------7\-------6-----5h6------|
|-00---0----00---0----00-----------------0000----000-----7p6----------|

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

Riff 3 Guitar 1

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------9-----7-----5-----7------9--------2-----2---------4-----4-----|
|---10-----9-----7-----9-----10---10---3-----3---3-----5-----5---5---|
|-0------0-----0-----0-----0---------5-----5-------5-7-----7-------7-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

Refrain Guitar 1

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------7-------9-9---4-4-------------------7----7-----9-9---9-9-|
|-4---------------7-------9-9---4-4---4---------------7----7-----7-7---6-6-|
|-4---------------5-55555-7-7-7-2-2-2-4---------------5-55-5-5-------0-----|
|-2-2222222222222---------------------2-2222222222222----------------------|

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

Riff 4 Guitar 1

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----10p9----7-9----------7~-----10p9---7-9---/12-10---9~-|
|-000-------0-----0-8-10-0-5~-000------0-----0--------0----|

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

Rhythm under solo 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

|----------------------|------|--------------|------|------|------------|
|----------------------|------|--------------|------|------|------------|
|-12\11-11/12----------|------|-9999999-4-5~-|-2--4-|-5--7-|-4444444444-|
|----------------------|-5--7-|-9999999-4-5~-|-2--4-|-5--7-|-4444444444-|
|-10\9--9-/10----------|-5--5-|-7777777-2-3~-|-0--2-|-3--5-|-2222222222-|
|-------------00000000-|-3--5-|--------------|------|------|------------|

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

Song structure

--------------

Riff 1: 2 times with the second part ending with 3.

Riff 2: guitar 1 begins 2 times then with guitar 2 together 2 times

Riff 3: 4 times

Refrain: 4 times

Riff 1: same as above

Riff 2: same as above

Riff 3: same as above

Refrain: guitar 1 plays the same but guitar 2 plays 2nd refrain 2 times

Riff 4: guitar 1 alone 2 times then with guitar 2 together 2 times

Rhythm under Solo

1.: 4 times

2.: 1 time

1.: 4 times

2.: 1 time

3.: 3 times

4.: 1 time

3.: 3 times

4.: 1 time

3.: 3 times

4.: 1 time

3.: 3 times

4.: 1 time

5.: 1 time

3.: 2 times

5.: 1 time

6.: 1 time

Riff 1: same as above

Riff 3: same as above

Refrain: as 2nd refrain with other ending!

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