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Ex Nihilo

Dark Tranquillity
Tab

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Song

Band: Dark Tranquillity

Song: Ex Nihilo

Album: Damage Done

Tabbed by: Crusher (ChristophVIPER@aol.com)

C# Tuning: C#, F#, B, E, G#, C#

Intro:

Guitar 1 clean (Play it the whole song, just stop playing at the less distortion solo riff)

----------------|-----|-----------------------------|--------------|
---------8------|-----|-----11-------------11-------|--------8-----|
---4--4-5---5-4-|-4-0-|-7-8----8-7--7--7-8----8-7-7-|-4--4-5---5-4-|
----------------|-----|-----------------------------|--------------|

----!4 Times!---|-----|-----------------------------|--|!2 Times!--|

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

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Intro Verse:

Guitar 1 - same riff, low volume

Guitar 2 heavy distortion:

----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|
-2-2---2-2---2-2-----5-5--5-5--5-5---2-2--2-2--2-2--|
-2-2---2-2---2-2-----5-5--5-5--5-5---2-2--2-2--2-2--|
-0-0---0-0---0-0-----3-3--3-3--3-3---0-0--0-0--0-0--|

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

Guitar 3 heavy distortion:

----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------11----------------------------|
-----------12~~~~~~~~-----8--7--------5/9~~~~~~~~~~-|
-9--9--10-----------------------5~------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|

2 Times!

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Verse:

Guitar 1 - same riff, low volume

Guitar 2 heavy distortion:

-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-2--2-2-2-2--2-2------5--5-5-5-5--5-5~~2--2-2-2-2--2-2~|
-2--2-2-2-2--2-2------5--5-5-5-5--5-5~~2--2-2-2-2--2-2~|
-0--0-0-0-0--0-0------3--3-3-3-3--3-3~~0--0-0-0-0--0-0~|

. . . . . . . . . .

Guitar 3 heavy distortion:

-------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------11-------------------------------|
-------------------------8--7-----------5/9~~~~~~~~~~~~|
-9--9--10--5~~~~~~~~~------------5~--------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|

2 Times

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Chorus:

Guitar 1 - Nothing!

Guitar 2 - Nothing!

Guitar 3 - Less Distortion

------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------12---------12-|
----12-------11-12-9--14-12-----11-11-11h12p11--------------------|
-9------9-9------------------9------------------12------12-12-----|
------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
-12-12h13p12--10--8--7--5--7--7h8p7-|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|

2 Times!

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Verse:

Now 4 times (instead of the intro verse the right verse)

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Chorus (2 Times, too)

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Verse (2 times)

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Outro:

Just guitar 1 with the piano (Not tabbed, it's a guitar tab...)

That's it, have fun with this great song!

If you have got corrections etc. - Mail me!

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