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The Claws of Time

Darkthrone
Tab

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Song

'The Claws of time' by Darkthrone

transcribed by Knut Farstad

Song from the album 'Ravishing Grimness'

Downloaded exclusively from:

The Black Death... Black & Death Metal Page

http://theblackdeath.cjb.net

Straight EADGBe tuning

Do not be guided by the pattern of strumming in this tab. Listen to the

song. I have not listed any structure of the rhy. figures or riffs in the

end. LttS. For each figure, I have written the time of it's first occurance.

The riffs and other figures that have no name, are titled in time. These have

no names. 800x600. Be fine, and stay atheistic - have fun with the song.

- Knut Farstad

|[0:00] Riff A

|Gtr. 1

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

|

|[0:00] Rhy. Fig. 1

|Gtr. 2

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5---5-
|-5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5---5-
|-3----3----3----3----3----3----3----3----3----3----3----3----3----3----3---3-
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

|Gtr. 1

----------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-9--|
--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---------------------------------------|

| End Riff A

|Gtr. 2

----------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------4----4----4-----4----4----4----4----4-|
--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--4----4----4-----4----4----4----4----4-|
--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--2----2----2-----2----2----2----2----2-|
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3----------------------------------------|

End Rhy. Fig. 1

|[0:58]

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--
|--------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
--9-9-9-9-9------------------------------------------------------------|
--9-9-9-9-9------------------------------------------------------------|
--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-77-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
-------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-88-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|

|[01:06] Rhy. Fig. 2

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------
|----------------------------------7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------8-8-8-8-8--
--------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------|
--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--|
--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--|

|[02:22] Rhy. Fig. 3

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------7---------6--6-6-6-6-----------------------------
|----------------------------5---------4--4-4-4-4-----------------------------
|--2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--2-2-----2-2-2--------------2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--2-2---
|--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0--0-0-----0-0-0--------------0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0--0-0---

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---4--4--4--4--5------------------------------------------------5---------6--6-
---4--4--4--4--5--5--5--5--5--5--5------------------------------7---------4--4-
---2--2--2--2--3--5--5--5--5--5--5---2---2-2--2-2--2--2-2--2-2-----2-2-2-------
------------------3--3--3--3--3--3---0---0-0--0-0--0--0-0--0-0-----0-0-0-------

1st end of rhy. Fig. 3 2nd end of r-f-3

-----------------------------------|------------------------|------------------
------------------------------------------------------------|------------------
--6-6-6------------------------------4-44-4-4-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-#####
--4-4-4------------------------------4-44-4-4-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-5-3-#####
---------2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--2-2----2-22-2-2-3-------------|-2-2-2-2-3--------
---------0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0--0-0--|------------------------|------------------

e n d o f r h y . f i g . 3

|[03:05] Rhy. Fig. 4

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

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---5-5--5-5-6--5-5--5-5-6-------------------------------------------2--2--2----
---3-3--3-3-4--3-3--3-3-4-------------------------------------------0--0--0----
----------------------------2--2-2--2-2---2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--2-2-------------
----------------------------0--0-0--0-0---0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0--0-0-------------
------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------7--6--5--4---|
-----------------------------5--4--3--2---|
---2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--2-2---------------|
---0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0--0-0---------------|

End of rhy. fig. 4

|[04:31] Rhy. Fig. 5

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----
|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--5--
|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--5--
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------3--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--2--2---2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4--4--4-|
--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--2--2---2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4--4--4-|
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--0--0---0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--2--2-|

End of rhy. fig. 5

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