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To Forgive is to Suffer

Death
Tab
4.4(5)

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Song

'TO FORGIVE IS TO SUFFER' 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)

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

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

Riff A

|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5~-----77-5---5~-|
|-------4-5-4~--------4-5-----5-------7----|GTR I
|-7--77---------6--77---------5------------| & II
|-7-------------6-------------3------------|
|-5-------------4--------------------------|

.. .. ..

continuation of Riff A

*--------------*

|----5-4h5p4---7-4---|
|------------5-----6-|
|-4------------------|GTR I (* 2nd time use a.h.'s *)
|-4------------------|
|-2------------------|
|--------------------|

| |

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-4--2-1h2p1---4-1---|GTR II
|-4----------2-----3-|
|-2------------------|
|--------------------|

Riff A--fill

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

|-10~--10-12-12/13-12-12~--12-13-13/15-13-17~-|

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

continuation of Riff A--fill

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

|-17/18-15-13-12/13-12~-|

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

Play Riff A three times

Riff B

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-------4-----4~~----------------4~-|GTR I
|-2-------------------2-----2-------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

| |

|-------------10-12h13-12-10--------|
|---12h13-12~----------------13-12~-|
|-9---------------------------------|GTR II
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

continuation of Riff B

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-------------5~-----5\7-----7~--|GTR I
|-3-----3------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

| |

|-------------10-12h13-12-10-----|
|---12h13-12~----------------13~-|
|-10-----------------------------|GTR II
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

continuation of Riff B

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

|

|-

|-

|-

|-GTR II ???

|-

|-

Play Riff B three times

Riff C.1

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

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

|-------------------------------------|  & II
|---------3p2p0-----------------------|
|-0000000-------00-00000000-3p2p0-3-5-|

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

Riff C.2

|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|---------------5-7--4-|GTRS I
|---------------5-7--4-|  & II
|---------3p2p0-3-5--2-|
|-0000000--------------|

.......

Riff C.3

|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|---------------5-4----|GTRS I
|---------------5-4--5-|  & II
|---------3p2p0-3-2--5-|
|-0000000------------3-|

......

Riff C.4

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|---------------5-4------|GTRS I
|---------------5-4------|  & II
|---------3p2p0-3-2-a.h.-|
|-0000000------------3~--|

.......

Play Riff C.1 one time

Play Riff C.2 one time

Play Riff C.1 one time

Play Riff C.3 one time

Play Riff C.1 one time

Play Riff C.2 one time

Play Riff C.1 one time

Play Riff C.4 one time

Riff D

|----0-------------|----0-------------|
|------0-----------|------0-----------|
|----------------7-|------------------|GTR I
|-2------------5-7-|-2------------3-5-|
|-2------3-2~--5-5-|-2------3-2~--3-5-|
|-0------------3---|-0------------1-3-|

| |

| |

|----0-------------|----0-------------|
|------0-----------|------0-----------|
|--------5-4~----7-|--------5-4~------|GTR II
|-2------------5-7-|-2------------3-5-|
|-2------------5-5-|-2------------3-5-|
|-0------------3---|-0------------1-3-|

Play Riff D two times

Play Riff A three times

Riff E -- Solo 1

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|---------5---------2--5-5-|GTRS I
|------2--5-5-------2--5-3-|  & II
|------2--3-5--0000-0--3---|
|-0000-0----3--------------|

Play Riff E four times

Play Riff B three times

Play Riff C.1 one time

Play Riff C.2 one time

Play Riff C.1 one time

Play Riff C.3 one time

Play Riff C.1 one time

Play Riff C.2 one time

Play Riff C.1 one time

Play Riff C.4 one time

Play Riff D two times

Play Riff A three times

Riff F.1 -- Finger Tapping

|-12p8p5-12p8p5-12p8p5--------------------|
|----------------------12p8p5-12p8p5-12p8-|

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

|-----------------------------------------|  & II
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

continuation or Riff F.1

|-11p7p4-11p7p4-11p7p4--------------------|
|----------------------11p7p4-11p7p4-11p7-|

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

|-----------------------------------------|  & II
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

continuation of Riff F.1

|-10p6p3-10p6p3---------------|
|---------------10p6p3-10p6p3-|

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

|-----------------------------|  & II
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

Riff F.2

|-19p15p12-19p15p12-19p15-------------------------|
|-------------------------19p15p12-19p15p12-19p15-|
|-------------------------------------------------|GTR II
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

continuation of Riff F.2

|-18p14p11-18p14p11-18p14-------------------------|
|-------------------------18p14p11-18p14p11-18p14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|GTR II
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

continuation of Riff F.2

|-17p13p10-17p13p10-------------------|
|-------------------17p13p10-17p13p10-|
|-------------------------------------|GTR II
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

Play Riff F.1 one time

Play Riff F.1/F.2 three times

Riff G -- with studio effects

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-9----8----7----10-----12-----10----|GTRS I
|-9-9--8-8--7-7--10-10--12-12--10-10-|  & II
|-7-9--6-8--5-7---8-10--10-12---8-10-|
|---7----6----5------8-----10------8-|

Play Riff G two times

END.

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