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Sacred Serenity

Death
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Song

DEATH - SACRED SERENITY

From the Album SYMBOLIC

Copyright 1995 The All Blacks B.V.

Version 1.0 - July 96

Transcribed by: Richard Broadhead()

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Tuning:D, tune every string down one step

. - palm mute / - slide up to

\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato

h - hammer on b - bend

p - pull off Suffixes for bend

t - tap with finger f - full bend h - half bend

() - ghost note r - release t - tap bend

* - see comment p - pick when bent

Opening Scene(played very fast) *not sure, but it

|-13---12---10---*-----------------------------|         sounds like that
|----------------1313--12---10-----------------|         sometimes
|--------------------------------12---10---9---| Gtr I
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

Play The Above 14 times, with the following chord Progression

|---|----|----|----|---|----|---|
|---|----|----|----|---|----|---|
|---|----|----|----|---|----|---| Gtr 2
|-9-|-10-|-12-|-10-|-9-|-10-|-7-|
|-7-|-8--|-10-|-8--|-7-|-8--|-5-|
|---|----|----|----|---|----|---|

Then play

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16-16-16~---17-17-17~---16-16-16~---14-14-14~---14/16--16~-| Gtr I
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-----------10----------9-----------7-----------9----------|
|-7-----------8-----------7-----------5-----------7----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

The solo sweep

|----------------------------------17---20-19-----------------------------|
|------------------------------18------18-----18-17-15-17-18-17-15--------|
|-16/17--17~---------------17--------------------------------------17-16~-|
|--------------16-17-19~--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

tremolo pick(very fast)

|-131313131212121210101010------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------131313131212121210101010------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------12121212101010109~------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

tremolo pick(very fast)

|-12121212131313131212121210101010--------101010101212121213131313-17---17---|

|---------------------------------13131313-------------------------20bf-20bf~|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play The Above with the following chord progression

|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|-----|-----|-----|--3--|-----|-----|
|--4--|--7--|-----|--5--|--4--|--7--| Gtr 2
|--2--|--5--|--8--|--5--|--2--|--5--|
|--2--|--5--|--8--|--5--|--2--|--5--|
|--0--|--3--|--6--|--3--|--0--|--3--|

Riff A

|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------5-4-------|
|-3-3-3-2---3-3-3-2---3-2-------|-3--333-2---3--333-2---3-2-5-----|
|-1-1-1-0---1-1-1-0-------4-3~--|-1--111-0---1--111-0-------3-4~--|

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

continuation of Riff A (end of Riff A)

|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------5-4-------|
|-3-3-3-2---3-3-3-2---3-2-------|-333333-2---333333-2---3-2-5-----|
|-1-1-1-0---1-1-1-0-------4-3~--|-111111-0---111111-0-------3-4~--|

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

Play Riff A a total of two times

Riff B (guitar 1)

|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---10h12h13~----8h10h12~----7h8h10~---|--10h12h13~----8h10h12~----7h8h10~---|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

| guitar 2

|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------------|-3-----------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------------|-1-----------------------------------|

Riff C

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------444444555555------444444------------444444555555------4444445-----|
|-222222------------333333------333333222222------------333333------3-----|

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

continuation of Riff C

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------7-----6------|
|-------------------------------------------------------5-----5-----4------|
|-------444444555555------444444------------4444445555555-----5-----4------|
|-222222------------333333------333333222222------------3------------------|

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

continuation of Riff C

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------444444555555------444444------------444444555555------444444-------|
|-222222------------333333------333333222222------------333333------333333-|

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

continuation of Riff C (end of Riff C)

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------7-----6------|
|-------------------------------------------------------5-----5-----4------|
|-------444444555555------444444------------4444445555555-----5-----4------|
|-222222------------333333------333333222222------------3------------------|

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

Riff D

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5----------7---5-----------5~-----10-9--------------| Gtr 1
|-7----------9-----------9---7---------------10-9-7-------|
|--000-000000-000-000-000-000-000-------------------8-7---|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

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

|

|---------------------------------------13-12-------------| Gtr 2
|-13-12-10-12~----------15-13-12-13~---------13-12-15bf~r-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

Play Above Twice

Under Solo Rhythm

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------9--10---------4-5-4-------------------|
|-2-------7--8---2------2-3-2---2-------2-------|
|-0---0-0--------0--0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

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

Play The Above Four Times

Acoustic Part With Flanger

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

Play The Acoustic Part 4 times, after 2 times play the following.

pick the end of each slide

|-5/7-7/8-8/10-10~--|-5/7-7/8-8\7-------|-5/7-7/8-8/10-10~-|-19-20-22-22bf~-|
|-------------------|-------------8/10~-|------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|

Play Riff A twice

Play Riff B

Play Riff C

Play Riff D twice

Then Play E5 power chord :)

Transcribed by: Richard Broadhead()

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