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Bite the Pain

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Song

'BITE THE PAIN' BY DEATH

FROM "THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE" CD

COPYRIGHT 1998 NUCLEAR BLAST USA

Transcribed by Kerry Vick

E-mail address: kvick@surfsouth.com

Version 1.5 - 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)

Timing: Listen to music for actual timing...

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 > = abrupt stop

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

* (Riff A.1 - A.3) GTR II contains the correct notes, but not the correct technique.

Riff A.1:

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-7--------7--------------7--------7--------------|GTR I
|-7--------7--------------7--------7--------------|
|-5--------5--------------5--------5--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

| > > |

| |

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------7~-------------------7/5\7-|GTR II
|-------7~-------7-7\8----------7~-------7~-------|
|-5h7-8----5h7-8----------5h7-8----5h7-8----5/3\5-|
|-------------------------------------------------|

continuation of Riff A.1

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-7--------7--------------7--------7--------|GTR I
|-7--------7--------------7--------7--------|
|-5--------5--------------5--------5--------|
|-------------------------------------------|

| > > |

| |

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------7~-------------------|GTR II
|-------7~-------7-7\8----------7~-------7--|
|-5h7-8----5h7-8----------5h7-8----5h7-8----|
|-------------------------------------------|

| |

|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------10-|
|----------------------------------7h9-10---|GTR III
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

End of Riff A.1

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

|-10t6t3-11t6t3-13t6t3-11t6t3-|

|-----------------------------|GTR I
|-----------------------------| & II
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

Riff A.2 (slightly faster than A.1)

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------5-------------------------|GTR I
|-7--------8--------------5--------5----------------|
|-5--------8--------------3--------5----------------|
|----------6-----------------------3----------------|

| |

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------7~------------------------7~-|GTR II
|-------7~-------7-7\8----------7~-------7~7-7\8----|
|-5h7-8----5h7-8----------5h7-8----5h7-8------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

Riff A.3

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------5--------x-x--9--8-|GTR I
|-7--------8--------------5--------x-x--9--8-|
|-5--------8--------------3--------x-x--7--6-|
|----------6---------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------7~----------x-x--9--8-|GTR II
|-------7~-------7-7\8----------7~-x-x--9--8-|
|-5h7-8----5h7-8----------5h7-8----x-x--7--6-|
|--------------------------------------------|

Play Riff A.1 one time

Play Riff A.2 two times

Play Riff A.3 onne time

Riff B

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

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

|------------------9-----10---7-------------------9-----10---12-|  & II
|-2-2--------------7------8---5--2-2--------------7------8---10-|
|-0-0-0-00000000-0---000----0----0-0-0-00000000-0---000----0----|

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

Play Riff B four times

Riff C:

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

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

|-----6-----------------6-----5-|  & II
|---4---4-------------4---4---5-|
|-2-------2-3-2222--2-------2-3-|

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

Play Riff C eight times

Riff D:(strange spacing for alignment purposes)

|----------------------------------4-----------5------------------|
|------------------------------5~-----7--5--4------4--------------|
|---------------------5--6--8--------------------6---6--5--6--5~--|GTR I
|---6---4----4--6--7----------------------------------------------|
|-4---7---6-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|----------------------------------16----------17-----------------|
|---------------------13-14-16-17~----19-17-16-----16-------------|
|---13--11---11-13-14----------------------------18--18-17-18-17~-|GTR II
|-11--14--13------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff E.1

|---------------------------|----------
|---------------------------|----------
|---------------------------|----------
|-----7--------6----5-------|-----7----(??finger tapping??)
|---5---5~---4---4~---3---3-|---5---5~-
|-3--------2------------1---|-3--------

Riff E.2

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

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

|-----7--------6----5-------|-----7--------6----5-----|  & II
|---5---5~---4---4~---3---3-|---5---5~---4---4~---3---|
|-3--------2------------1---|-3--------2------------1-|

Riff E.3

|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|GTR I
|-----7--------6----5-------|-----7--------6----5-----|
|---5---5~---4---4~---3---3-|---5---5~---4---4~---3---|
|-3--------2------------1---|-3--------2------------1-|

| | |

|-----5--------4----3-------|-----------------------3-|
|---------------------------|-5-----------------------|
|---7---7~---6---6~---5---5-|---2~~----4----------5---|GTR II
|-5--------4------------3---|------------2~~----3-----|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|

Play Riff D one time

Play Riff E.1 one time

Play Riff E.2 one time

Play Riff E.3 one time

Play Riff E.2 one time

Play Riff D one time

Riff F

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

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

|--------------------|  & II
|---6--7------6--7---|
|-4------4--0------3-|

. . . . . . . .

continuation of Riff F

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

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

|---------------------------------------------------------|  & II
|---6------------7--------------6------------7------------|
|-4---4-4-444444---4-4-444444-0---0-0-000000---3-3-333333-|

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

Play Riff F one time

Riff G--Solo 1

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

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

|-------------------------------------|  & II
|-6--------7--------6--------7--------|
|---444444---444444---000000---000000-|

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

continuation of G

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

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

|-------------------------------------|  & II
|-6--------7--------6--------7--------|
|---333333---333333---555555---555555-|

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

Play Riff G four times times

Riff H.1--Solo 2

|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|--------8--------8-8-9-|GTRS I
|--------8--------6-8-9-|  & II
|-666666-6-666666---6-7-|
|-----------------------|

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

Riff H.2--Solo 2

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|--------8--9-10--|GTRS I
|--------8--7-10--|  & II
|-666666-6-----8--|
|-----------------|

......

Play H.1 three times

Play H.2 one time

Play H.1 three times

Play H.2 one time

Repeat--

Play Riff B four times

Play Riff C eight times

Play Riff D one time

Play Riff E.1 one time

Play Riff E.2 one time

Play Riff E.3 one time

Play Riff E.2 one time

Play Riff D one time

END.

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