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The Usurper

Celtic Frost
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Song

CELTIC FROST - THE USURPER

From the Album TO MEGA THERION

Copyright 1985 - NOISE RECORDS

Version 1.0 - (JAN. - 2001)

Transcribed by: REAPER

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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 Gtr to E

Riff A

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-------------8-----5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4------|
|12-/-0-0-0-0-6-0-0-3/2-3/2-3/2-3/2------|

Riff B

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----3------5------4------5------3------5------4--------------------|
|-----3------5------4------5------3------5------4--------------------|
|0000-1-0000-3-0000-2-0000-3-0000-1-0000-3-0000-2-0000-3b------------|

Riff C

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-----8-7------9-8------1110111011101110---------|
|0000-6/5-0000-7/6-0000-9/8-9/8-9/8-9/8----------|

Riff D

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------5-4-5----------|
|----2------2-----2-3-2-3-GIT-II-------2-----2-----2-----------------|
|0-000--0-000-0-000----------------0-000-0-000-0-000-----------------|

Riff E

|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|6-444444-6-444444------|
|4-222222-4-222222------|

Riff F

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------4---------------------4---------|
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4---------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2---------|

Riff G

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------3---------------|
|----------------------3-3-------------|
|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-1-3-4-----------|
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---1-2-----------|

Riff H

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------4-5------------------4-5--------|
|-0000-0000-0h2p0-2-3--0000-0000-0p2p0-2-3--------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

Riff I

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----------3--3-----------3-3-----------|
|2222-22222-1--1-2222-2222-1-1-----------|
|----------------------------------------|

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