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Tears of the Dead

Arch Enemy
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Song

ARCH ENEMY TEARS OF THE DAMNED

From the Album STIGMATA

Copyright 1998 W.A.R(WRONG AGAIN RECORDS)

Version 1.0 - APRIL 1998

Transcribed by: Scott King

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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

" - tremolo pick until next note

Tune Down 2.5 steps to B

RIFF 1

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|GTR
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7"-----8"-----5"--------------7"-----8"-----5"-----------------|
|-----------------------6"----------------------------6"----/15\--|

| |

| |

|-12"-------------10"---6"------12"-------------10"---6"----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|GTR
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

RIFF 2 PLAY 2 TIMES

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

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|GTRS

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|1&2
|-9-----7-----9--7-7--9\--7--9/10---10\7----9-----7-----9--7-7--9\--7-|
|-7-----5-----7--5-5--7\--5--7/-8-0--8\5----7-----5-----7--5-5--7\--5-|
|----0-----0-----------------------------------0-----0----------------|

. . . . . . . . .

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

|------------|GTRS

|------------|1&2
|------------|
|-7/8---8\5--|
|-5/6-0-6\3--|

.

RIFF 3 PLAY 2 TIMES

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

|------------------------------------------------------|GTRS

|-----------------------------------------7-7----------|1&2
|-----------------------------------------7-7--6-6-6-6-|
|-2----7/8-5/7-2----7/8-5/7-2----7/8-5/7--5-5--4-4-4-4-|
|-0--0-5/6-3/5-0--0-5/6-3/5-0--0-5/6-3/5---------------|

. . . . .

PLAY RIFF 2 4 TIMES W/FILL 1

FILL 1

|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|---------------5-------|
|-8--7--5-5-7-8----8--7-|

. . .

PLAY RIFF 1 2 TIMES

RIFF 4

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|GTR
|-9-----9----9-----9---7-----7---3-----3---9-----9----9-----9---7-----7-| 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-777-7----8-888-8---5-555-5---1-111-1---7-777-7----8-888-8---5-555-5-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

| |

|-12-------------(12)--10-12--10---6-------12------(12)--10-12--10------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|GTR
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----|
|----|GTR
|----| 1
|-3--|
|-1--|
|----|

| |

| |

|-6--|
|----|GTR
|----| 2
|----|
|----|
|----|

PLAY RIFF 2 4 TIMES W/FILL 1

PLAY RIFF 1 1 TIME

PLAY RIFF 3 1 TIME

PLAY RIFF 2 2 TIMES W/FILL 2

FILL 2

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|GTR
|--------------------------| 2
|--------------------------|
|-2-------------------(2)--|
|-0-------------------(0)--|

SOLO

PLAY RIFF 2 2TIMES W/SOLO

PLAY RIFF 3 2 TIMES

SOLO

RIFF 3.A PLAY 2 TIMES W/SOLO

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|GTR
|---------------------------------------------7-7----------| 1
|---------------------------------------------7-7--6-6-6-6-|
|-2----7/8-5/7-2222---7/8-5/7-2222---7/8-5/7--5-5--4-4-4-4-|
|-0--0-5/6-3/5-0000-0-5/6-3/5-0000-0-5/6-3/5---------------|

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

RIFF 5 PLAY 4 TIMES W/SOLO END 4TH TIME

|----------------------------|------------|
|----------------------------|------------|GTR
|----------------------------|------------| 2
|-11------9------6-----7---9-|-7777--9999-|
|--9------7------4-----5---7-|-5555--7777-|
|----------------------------|------------|

PLAY RIFF 2 4 TIMES W/FILL 1

PLAY RIFF 1 5 TIMES W/FILL 2

FILL 3

|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|-2--5--6--7\--|
|-0--3--4--5\--|

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