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A Moment of Clarity

Death
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Song

'A MOMENT OF CLARITY' BY DEATH

FROM "THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE" CD

COPYRIGHT 1998 NUCLEAR BLAST USA

Transcribed by Kerry Vick

E-mail address: kvick@surfsouth.com

Version 1.0 - October 1998

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NOTES:

Tuning: Tune down one whole step (1:D, 2:G, 3:C, 4:F, 5:A, 6:D)

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

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

" = tremolo picking

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

RIFF A.1

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

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

|----------5p1-4~-5p2-5-2-1~-|  & II
|-6--6-6-5-------------------|
|-4--4-4-3-------------------|

. . .

Riff A.2

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

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

|----------5p1-4~-5p2-5-2-5~~-|  & II
|-6--6-6-5--------------------|
|-4--4-4-3--------------------|

. . .

Riff A.3

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|GTR I
|----------5p1-4~-5p2-5-2-1~-|
|-6--6-6-5-------------------|
|-4--4-4-3-------------------|

| . . . |

| |

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------7p3-6~-7p4-7-4-3~-|GTR II
|----------------------------|
|-6--6-6-5-------------------|
|-4--4-4-3-------------------|

. . .

Riff A.4

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------a.h.|GTR I
|----------5p1-4~-5p2-5-2-5~~-|
|-6--6-6-5--------------------|
|-4--4-4-3--------------------|

| . . . |

| |

|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------a.h.|
|----------7p3-6~-7p4-7-4-7~~-|GTR II
|-----------------------------|
|-6--6-6-5--------------------|
|-4--4-4-3--------------------|

. . .

Play Riff A.1 three times

Play Riff A.2 one time

Play Riff A.3 three times

Play Riff A.4 one time

Riff B

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|------7------------------------------6-|GTR I
|-5----7------------------------------6-|
|-5--5-5-------4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4-|
|-3------------2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---|

| . . . . . . . . . . |

| |

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|----------11~--------------------------|GTR II
|---------------------------------------|
|-------/9--9~--------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

Play Riff B four times

Riff C.1

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|---2---------4---|GTRS I
|--2----5---4---4-|  & II
|-0---3---2-------|
|-----------------|

. . . . . . . .

Riff C.2

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-2-2-5-5-4-4-4-4-|GTRS I
|-2-2-5-5-4-4-4-4-|  & II
|-0-0-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|

. . . . . . . .

Play Riff C.1 four times

Play Riff C.2 two times

Play Riff C.1 two times

Riff D:

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----4-5------------------2----------------|GTRS I
|-2-3-2-3-3---2-3---2--2-3-0-3-3---2-3---2~-|  & II
|-0-1------100---100---0-1---1--100---100---|
|-------------------------------------------|

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

Play Riff D two times

Riff E

|---------------|---------------------------|
|-----------5---|---------------------------|
|----/4-5-2-2-5-|---------------------------|GTR I
|-2--/2-3-0---3-|-2~-2\3-3~-3\5-5~-5\7-7~---|
|-2-------------|---------------------------|
|-0-------------|---------------------------|

| | |

|---------------|---------------------------|
|-----------5---|-5~-5\6-6~-6\8-8~-8\10-10~-|GTR II
|----/4-5-2-2-5-|---------------------------|
|-2--/2-3-0---3-|---------------------------|
|-2-------------|---------------------------|
|-0-------------|---------------------------|

continuation of Riff E

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

|------5~------4~-----------------|GTRS I

|-2----3~-2----2~-2----5~-2-------|  & II
|-2-22----2-22----2-22-3~-2-22-3~-|
|-0-00----0-00----0-00----0-00-1~-|

.. .. .. ..

Play Riff E two times

Riff F

|-------------|
|-------------|
|----7--------|GTRS I
|-2--7--7--8--|  & II
|-2--5--7--8--|
|-0-----5--6--|

Riff F -- Fill 1

|------------17p13-13~-------------18p13-13~-|
|-15h17-17~-------------15h17-17~------------|
|--------------------------------------------|GTR III
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

Riff F -- Fill 2

|-------------|
|-------------|
|-4--5--4--5--|GTR III
|-2--3--2--3--|
|-------------|
|-------------|

Riff F -- Fill 3

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

|-15h17-17~--17h18-18~--18h20-20~--20p18-18~-|

|--------------------------------------------|GTR III
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

Play Riff F one time

Play Riff F three times with Fill 1

Riff G -- Solo 1

|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-3-/5-4-55----/4-5-44-|GTRS I
|-3-/3-2-33--2-/2-3-22-|  & II
|-1----------2---------|
|------------0---------|

Play Riff G five times

Riff H.1 -- Solo 2

|--------------|
|--------------|
|----5-----7---|GTRS I
|-2--5--5--7-7-|  & II
|-2--3--5--5-7-|
|-0-----3----5-|

Riff H.2 -- Solo 2

|------------|
|------------|
|----5-------|GTRS I
|-2--5--5--7-|  & II
|-2--3--5--7-|
|-0-----3--5-|

Play Riff H.1 two times

Play Riff H.2 four times

Play Riff H.1 one time

Play Riff C.1 four times

Play Riff C.2 two times

Play Riff C.1 two times

Play Riff D two times

Play Riff E two times

Play Riff F one time

Play Riff F three times with Fill 1

Play Riff F four times with Fill 2

Play Riff F two times with Fill 3

Play Riff F until fade out--outro solo

END.

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