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Iconoclasm Sweeps Cappadocia

Darkthrone
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Song

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-DARKTHRONE - ICONOCLASM SWEEPS CAPPADOCIA from the

"Soulside Journey" CD (c) 1990 Peaceville

-Transcribed by Chris Myhre. Version 1.0 Jan 98

-For questions, corrections, etc email me: cmyhre@nordi.no

-Tuning: 1.5 steps down (1:C#, 2:G#, 3:E, 4:B, 5:F#, 6:C#)

-Notation legend: * = see note; . = palm mute; ^ = semitone trill

/ = slide up; \ = slide down; " = tremolopick; ah = artificial harmonic

____ _____

gtr 1 & 2 * gtr 1 | 1 | 2 x2 gtr 1 x2

1>|------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------|
2>|------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------|

3>|----------------------------7*-------------------------8\---| (bass) |----------------|

4>|------5----------7----------5---------/9*---------6----6\---|--------|7-------5-------|
5>|--5-6--------5-6--------5-6--------5-6-7------5-6-----------|--------|0---2-------7---|
6>|0----------0----------0----------0----------0---------------|--------|----0---3---0---|

|

_______ ____________ |

gtr 1 | 1 | 2 x2 gtr 2 x2

  |-----------------------------------------|				|----------------|
  |-----------------------------------------|				|----------------|
  |-----------------------------------------|				|----------------|
  |--------------9"-----12"-----12----------|				|----------------|
  |7"-----9"--------------------------------|				|7---2---5---7---|
  |-----------------------------------------|				|5---0---3---0---|

| | 1 | 2 x2

  |-----------------------------------------|
  |-----------------------------------------|
  |-----------------------------------------|  gtr 2
  |9"---------------------------------------|
  |-------5"------------10"-----10----------|
  |--------------7"-------------------------|

gtr 1: higher notes __________ _____________(lead 3rd time)

gtr 2: lower notes | 2 | 3 x3 . . . . . .

  |----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------
  |----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------
  |---------------------------5---\--1----------4------------|-------------------
  |--------3------------------3------2----------2------------|4---------4--------
  |----2------------------2----------------------------------|2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2-
  |0------------------0--------------------------------------|-------------------

____________ ____________

. . . . . . . . . | 1,3,5 | 2,4,6 x6

  ----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------
  ----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------
  ----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------
  -4---------2"------------------------------------------8--7-----|----------3-------
  -2--2-2-2------3"--6---------6---------6"----5"-----7--6--5--6--|6----2----1----5--
  -------------------4--4-4-4--4--4-4-4------------4--5--------4--|4----0---------3--

x2 x2

  ---------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------'
  ---------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------'
  ---------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------'
  --7------------3-----|-----------------------2-3-2------------|-----5-------------------'
  --5--6----2----1-----|-------5--6------------------5-3-4------|---3------3-2-----2-5"---'
  -----4----0----------|2------------3----1----------------4----|3-------3-----4"---------'

* ring out last time x2 * gtr 1 trills these notes 2nd time

  '--------------------------|-------------|----------------------------------------

'--------------------------| repeat |----------------------------------------

  '--------------------------| entire riff |----6---7-------------------------------
  '-----4--------------*-----| once more   |------------3---7---6-------7-8-7*------
  '---2------2-1-----1-4"----|-------------|4----------------------------------8----
  '2-------2-----3"----------|-------------|------------------------5------------4--

_ __

x2 |1|2 | * gtr 1: ah x2

  ----------'--------------------------------------------------|-------------------
  ----------'--------------------------------------------------|-------------------
  ----------'----------------------3*--------------------------|-------------------
  -5-6-5*---'------------3-4-3-2-3---------4---5---------------|------3"--4"--0"---
  --------6-'----2-3-4-3---------------2---2---3-----------2---|-------------------
  ----------'1-------------------------0-----------4---3-------|1"-----------------

gtr 1 harmonizes 2nd time thru

x6 w/fill |gtr 2 comes in here

  -----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------
  -----------------------6"----6^-\--|----------------------------------------------
  -2"--3"--------5"--6"--------------|----------------7------------------7----------
  ---------3"------------------------|---9--10-----7--5-----9--10-----7--5-----7--8-
  -----------------------------------|7--7--8---8--5-----7--7--8---8--5-----5--5--6-
  -----------------------------------|5---------6--------5---------6--------3-------

x4 play 3rd time thru x2 * w/echo effect x2

  ----------------------------|		|-------------------'---------------*---|
  ----------------------------|	 fill-> |----------------8--'---------------6\--|
  -------5-----------------5--|		|---9--10-----7-----'---7--8-----5------|
  ----5--3-----7--8-----5--3--|		|7---------8--------'5--------6---------|
  -6--3-----5--5--6--6--3-----|		|-------------------'-------------------|
  -4--------3--------4--------|		|-------------------'-------------------|

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