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CONTROL DENIED - WHAT IF...?

From the Album THE FRAGILE ART OF EXISTENCE

Copyright 1999 Nuclear Blast

Version 2.0 - April 2000

Transcription Done by: Kerry Vick (control_denied@hotmail.com)

Corrections Done by: Manuel Caldas (manuelcm@yahoo.com)

Notation: When two guitars are listed play all guitars simultaneously.

b = bend / = slide up a.h. = artificial

bf= bend full br= bend release harmonic

h = hammer-on \ = slide down n.h. = harmonic

p = pull-off . = palm mute(pm) t = tapping

" = tremolo picking > = abrupt stop ~ = vibrato

Tuning = D (D,G,C,F,A,D)

Bass Intro/Pick Scrape

Riff A

|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------8--|GTRS I
|--------9-8--------|--------9-8---------6--|  & II
|-6-7-6--7-6--9-10--|-6-7-6--7-6--9-10------|
|-4-5-4-------7--8--|-4-5-4-------7--8------|

Play Riff A three and 1/2 times

Riff B.1

|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|GTR I
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----7------------7------7------|-----7------------7--------7-|
|-0-0---h8-8~--0-0---h8-8---8-7~-|-0-0---h8-8~--0-0---h8-8-7-5-|

. . . . . . . .

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--\9~~-------9--11--12--11--9------9\11~~----9--7--7\9--9~~---|GTR II
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--\7~~-------7---9--10---9--7------7\-9~~----7--5--5\7--7~~---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff B.2

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

|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|GTRS I

|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|  & II
|-----7------------7------7------|-----7------------7--------7-|
|-0-0---h8-8~--0-0---h8-8---8-7~-|-0-0---h8-8~--0-0---h8-8-7-5-|

. . . . . . . .

Play Riff B.1 one time

Play Riff B.2 three times

Riff C

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

|---------------------|------------------|GTRS I

|---------------------|-555--------------|  & II

|-777-555-666-2222222-|-333-555-66666666-|

|-555-333-444-0000000-|-----333-44444444-|

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

Riff C - Fill 1 (play one time, echo 3 times)

|------12----12\15----------|
|---10-------------15----17-|
|-9-------------------14----|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|

Riff D

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

|-------------------------------------------------------------|GTRS I

|-------------------------------------------------------------|  & II
|-7--------------7--------------6--------------6--------------|

|-5-444444444444-5-444444444444-4-000000000000-4-000000000000-|

> ............ > ............ > ............ > ............

Play Riff C two times

Play Riff D two times

Play Riff C two times

Play Riff D two times

Riff E - Solo 1(Chuck)

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

|----------------------------------------------|GTRS I

|-2----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|  & II
|-2----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0--------------------------------------------|

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

Play Riff E four times

Riff F - Bridge

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|GTR I
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-7-8-7-5------7--8-7-5------7-8-7-5------5-----------|
|---------8-7-----------8-7----------8-7----8-7-5-3-1-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|GTR II
|--------------9-10-9-7-------------------------------|
|----------------------10-9--7-8-7-5------5-----------|
|------------------------------------8-7----8-7-5-3-1-|

Play Riff F one time

Riff G - Solo 2(Shannon)

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

|---------------------------|GTRS I

|-------------55-5----------|  & II
|-22-----2-2--33-3-22222222-|
|-00-000-0-0----------------|

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

Play Riff G eight times

Riff H

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

|-------------------------------------------------|GTRS I

|-------------------------------------------------|  & II
|-22-----2-2--22-----2-2--22-----2-2--7-8-7-5-----|
|-00-000-0-0--00-000-0-0--00-000-0-0----------8-7-|

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

continuation of Riff H

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

|-------------------------------------------------|GTRS I

|-----------------------------------------------6-|  & II
|-22-----2-2--22-----2-2--22-----2-2--7-8-5-7-8---|
|-00-000-0-0--00-000-0-0--00-000-0-0--------------|

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

Play Riff H three times

Play Riff B.2 four times

Play Riff C two times

Play Riff D two times

Play Riff C two times

Play Riff D two times

END.

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