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Into the Dead Sky

At the Gates
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Song

AT THE GATES - INTO THE DEAD SKY

From the Album SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL

Copyright 1995 EARACHE RECORDS

Version 5.0 - July 2000

FINAL CORRECTIONS BY: ANDERS BJORLER (AT THE GATES)

1:st Transcription Done By: Jeremy Disten

Transcription Edited by : Dimitrije Kostic

Transcribed Once Again by: Richard Broadhead

. - palm mute / - slide up to

\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato

" - tremelo picking ( ) - ghost note

At The Gates - Into The Dead Sky

Tuning Normal - (EADGBE)

Guitar type 1 - Acoustic w/ nylon strings

Guitar type 2 - Electric with Clean Tone (amp:VOX) (Git:PRS)

FIRST PART - one guitar (type 1) play two times

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------2-------------4-------------2------------4-------|
|:-----2---2---------2---2---------2---2--------2---2-----| GIT 1
|:---4-------4-----4-------4-----4-------4----4-------4---|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-------------2-------------2------------2-------------|
|------------------------------------2------------*------|
|--------2-------------2--------------------------5------|
|------2---2---------2---2---------2---2--------2---2---:|
|----6-------6-----6-------6-----6-------6----6-------6-:|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--4-------------4-------------4------------4------------|

* yes, it's hard !!!

2:ND PART - two guitars (type 1) play two times

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------9--------9--------9---------9-------------------|
|-------9--------9--------9---------9-------------------:|
|-----13-------13-------13--------13--------------------:| GIT 1
|---11-------12--------9---------9-----------------------|
|--9------9-9------9-12-----12-11------------------------|

|

|

|

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------:|
|-------------------------------------------------------:| GIT 2
|--4~-----------------7~---------------------------------|
|-----------5~------------------4~-----------------------|

|

2:ND PART - two guitars (type 2) play two times

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------9--------9--------9---------9-------------------|
|-------9--------9--------9---------9-------------------:|
|-----13-------13-------13--------13--------------------:| GIT 1
|---11-------12--------9---------9-----------------------|
|--9------9-9------9-12-----12-11------------------------|

|

|

|

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------:|
|-----------------------2-------------------------------:| GIT 2
|--4~------------------4---------------------------------|
|-----------5~--------0----0----4~-----------------------|

3:RD PART - one guitar (type 1)(FADE UP FROM zero volume)

UNDERNEATH:DISTORTED BASS

BASS

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|--2----fade out---------|

GUITAR

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------2-------------4-------------2------------4-------|
|:-----2---2---------2---2---------2---2--------2---2-----|
|:---4-------4-----4-------4-----4-------4----4-------4---| GIT 1
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-------------2-------------2------------2-------------|
|--*-----4-------------2-------------0-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------4------|
|------2---2---------2---2---------2---2--------4---4---:|
|----6-------6-----6-------6-----6-------6----6-------6-:|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--4-------------4-------------4------------4------------|

* divide these last 4 chords (except the last one)

into two guitars if you're having problems playing it.

I think we did that in the studio as well.

I am not sure. - anders

Play 2:ND PART - two guitars (type 2) two times

PART 4a - three guitars (type 2) two whole times

- guitar 1 = rythm / guitar 2&3 = harmonies

- I can't really remember, but i think it was like this...

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------| GTR 1
|------6-----------------------------------------|
|----6---6---4---2-2---1-------2-----------------|
|--4-------2---0-----0---0---4-------------7---6-|
|--------------------------0-----0-2-3-4-4---4---|

|

|

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|GTR 2
|------------------------------------------------|
|--4---7---6---4---7---6---4---7---6---3---7---6-|
|------------------------------------------------|

|

|

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|GTR 3
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------6---4-------------------6---4-|
|--4---7---6---4-----------4---7---6---3---------|
|------------------------------------------------|

PART 4b - three guitars (type 2) two whole times

- guitar 1 = rythm / guitar 2&3 = harmonies

- I can't really remember, but i think it was like this...

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------| GTR 1
|------6-----------------------------------------|
|----6---6---4---2-2---1-------2-----------------|
|--4-------2---0-----0---0---4-------------7---6-|
|--------------------------0-----0-2-3-4-4---4---|

|

|

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|GTR 2
|------------------------------------------------|
|--4---7---6---4---7---6---4---7---6---3~--------|
|------------------------------------------------|

|

|

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|GTR 3
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------6---4-------6---4-------------|
|--4---7---6---4-----------7-----------6~--------|
|------------------------------------------------|

5:TH PART - (same as middle-part on "COLD" as you might have noticed,

but with regular tuning...)

- one guitar (type 2) two whole times (during phaser drums) // fade out

|----------0---------0---------0---------0----------0-----------0------|
|--------0---------0---------0---------0----------0-----------0--------|
|------8---------8---------5---------5----------8-----------8----------|
|----6---------6---------5---------5----------6-----------6------------|
|--4---------4---------3---------3-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------4-----------4--------------|
|----------0------------0------------2--------2---------2---------2----|
|--------0------------0------------2--------2---------2---------2------|
|------5------------5------------4--------4---------4---------4--------|
|----2------------2------------4--------4---------4---------4----------|
|--0------------0------------2--------2---------0---------0------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------2---------2---------------------------|
|--------2---------2-----------------------------|
|------4---------4---------4-----5-----4-----5---|
|----4---------4---------2-----2-----2-----2-----|
|--2---------2---------0-----0-----0-----0-------|
|------------------------------------------------|

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