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Displacement

Atheist
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Song

ATHEIST - DISPLACEMENT

From the Album ELEMENTS

Copyright 1993 Active Records

Version 1.0 - April 1997

Transcribed by: Rokas Velyvis

Corrections and changes: Richard Broadhead II()

Rokas Velyvis - (rokasv@usa.net)

Richard Broadhead - ()

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/ slide up

\ slide down

v notes swell with volume knob, swell into note(make volume louder)

^ notes swell with volume knob, swell out of note(make volume softer)

b() bend to note in parenthesis

() sustained note

p pull on

h hammer on

~ vibrato

Tuning: E

All swelled notes are vibratoed!

^ v v

|-12\-|--12----------------14----------------|
|-----|--------------------------------------|
|-----|--------------------------------------| GTR I
|-----|--------------------------------------|
|-----|--------------------------------------|
|-----|--------------------------------------|

|Gtr. II

|-----|--------------------------------------|
|-----|--------------------------------------|
|-----|--------------------------------------| GTR II
|-----|--5-----------------5-----4--------4/-|
|-----|--------------------------------------|
|-----|--------------------------------------|

|Bass gtr.

|-----|-----------9--------------------------|
|-----|--------9-----9--------------9--------| BASS
|-7\--|-/7-----------------------9-----9-----|
|-----|--------------------7-------------7---|

v ^ ^ v v slowly

|-17-------20-19---------------22b(24)-|
|-------------------17-----------------|
|--------------------------------------| GTR I
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

|

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------| GTR II
|/7---------------7\5---------------5/-|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

|

|----------7-------------9-------------|
|-------7-----7--------9---------9---7-| BASS
|-5-----------------7----------7---5---|
|--------------------------------------|

v slowly v slowly

|-------------------------------------|
|----15b(17)-----------10b(12)--------|
|-------------------------------------| GTR I
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

|

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| GTR II
|/9-----------------5-----4--------4/-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

|

|----------9--------------------------|
|-------9-----9--------------9--------| BASS
|-7-----------------------9-----9-----|
|-------------------7--------------7--|

v ^ v

|-------------------7--------------------|
|-3~-------------5-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------| GTR I
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

|

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------| GTR II
|/7--------------7\-5----------------\---|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

|

|----------7-------------9---------------|
|-------7-----7--------9-----------------| BASS
|-5-------------5---7----------7-10\9----|
|-------------------------------------10-|

v ^ v v

|-12-------------15-------------------|
|-------------------10-------------12-|
|-------------------------------------| GTR I
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

|

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| GTR II
|-9-----5-----------4-----------------|
|-------------------------5-----------|
|-------------------------------------|

|

|----------9--------------------------|
|-------9-----9--------------9--------| BASS
|-7--------------7--------9-----9-----|
|-------------------7--------------7--|

v slowly v slowly

|--------------------------------------|
|-12b(13)-----------15b(17)---(17)~~~~~|
|--------------------------------------| GTR I
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

|

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------| GTR II
|-7-----3------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|----------------0---0----------\\\\\\-|

|

|----------7-------------9-------------|
|-------7-----7--------9---------9---7-| BASS
|-5-----------------7----------7---5---|
|--------------------------------------|

v v slowly *

|-12----------------------------------|
|-------------------10b(12)-(12)------|
|-------------------------------------| GTR I
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

|

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| GTR II
|-9-----5-----------4--5--4-----------|
|----------------------------5--------|
|-------------------------------------|

|

|----------9--------------------------|
|-------9-----9--------------9--------| BASS
|-7-----------------------9-----9-----|
|-------------------7--------------7--|

* play pre-bend note

v ^ v

|-------------------------------------|
|-5--------7--------5-------------(5)\|
|-------------------------------------| GTR I
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

|

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| GTR II
|-7-----3-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------------0---0----------------|

|

|----------7--------------------------|
|-------7-----7-----------------------| BASS
|-5--------------7--7-----------------|
|-------------------------------------|

v ^ v

|--------------------------------------|
|-5---------------7--3-------------(3)\|
|--------------------------------------| GTR I
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

|

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------| GTR II
|-5------------------5-----4---------4/|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

|

|-----------9--------------------------|
|-------9-9----9--7------------9-------| BASS
|-7------------------------9-9----9--7-|
|--------------------7-----------------|

v v

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-2-------------------0----------------| GTR I
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

|

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------| GTR II
|/7----------------7\-5--------------5/|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

| p

|-----------7--------------9-----------|
|-------7-7----5-7-------9-------9---7-| BASS
|-5-------------------7--------7---5---|
|------------------0-------------------|

v ^ v ^

|--------------------------------------|
|-5---------------7--3--------(3)------|
|--------------------------------------| GTR I
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

|

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------| GTR II
|/9---------------9\-5-----4---------4/|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

|

|---------9----------------------------|
|-----9-9---9-7----------7--------9----| BASS
|-7-------------10-7-9-10-----9-9---9-7|
|---------------------------7----------|

v v

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-2------------------0--------------------| GTR I
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

|

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------| GTR II
|/7---------------7\-5--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

|

|-----------7-------------9---------------|
|-------7-7----7--5-----9-----------------| BASS
|-5-------------------7---------7-10\9----|
|--------------------0-----------------10-|

v v

|--12---------------14----------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| GTR I
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

|

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| GTR II
|-9-----5-----------4-----------------|
|-------------------------5---------5-|
|-------------------------------------|

|

|----------9--------------------------|
|-------9-----9--------------9--------| BASS
|-7-----------------------9-----9-----|
|-------------------7--------------7--|

v ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^

|-17----------20-19---------------15----14-|
|-------------------17---------15----13----|
|------------------------------------------| GTR I
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

|

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------| GTR II
|-7-----3--3\------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------------0---------------\\\\\\----|

|

|----------7-------------9-----------------|
|-------7-----7--------9----------9-----7--| BASS
|-5-----------------7----------7-----5-----|
|------------------------------------------|

v v

|(14)---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----4--------------------------------| GTR I
|-------------------------4-----------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

|

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| GTR II
|-9-----5-----------4--5--4-----------|
|----------------------------5--------|
|-------------------------------------|

|

|----------9--------------------------|
|-------9-----9--------------9--------| BASS
|-7-----------------------9-----9-----|
|-------------------7-------------7---|

v v

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------2--------0--------------------| GTR I
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

|

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| GTR II
|-7-----3-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------------0----0---------------|

|

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

Questions and suggestions are welcome!

Rokas Velyvis (rokasv@usa.net)

April 1997

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