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Rider on the Bonez

Diabolical Masquerade
Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Diabolical Masquerade - Rider on the Bonez

from the album Nightwork

Tabbed by Frank Blackthorne

Any comments or corrections can be sent to: Steinzo@hotmail.com

Warning: some little bits are still missing but this will give you a good

idea of how the song is played. This tab has been made for standar

tuning.

Legend:

. =palm muting

~ =vibrato

/ =slide up

\ =slide down

h =hamer on

p =pull off

Fill 1

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

|-666666666666-

|-666666666666-

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

Riff 1 (temolo pick)

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

Riff 2 (lead guit.)

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------10-11-10-8----------------------------------------------
|-8\-----8-10-11\--8\-------------10---8\-----8-10-11---11-10-8-10---10-8----8-
|-----10-----------------------------------10-----------------------------10---
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------

play riff 1 and 2 again

Riff 3a

|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-------5-4h5p4---------5\--------5-4h5p4---------7-5-
|---------------7-------5\----------------7-------5-3-
|-0-000-----------0-000-----0-000-----------0-000-----

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

|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------5-4h5p4-----4-5-6-7---4-5-4-3-
|-------5-4h5p4---------5\----8---8---8---------7-7-----4-5-----------
|---------------7-------5\----6---6---6-------------------------------
|-0-000-----------0-000-----0---0---0---------------------------------

. ... . ... . . .

Riff 3b

|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-------5-4h5p4---------5\--------5-4h5p4---------7-5-
|---------------7-------5\----------------7-------5-3-
|-0-000-----------0-000-----0-000-----------0-000-----

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

|---------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------5-4h5p4-----4-5---
|-------5-4h5p4---------5\----8-----8-----------7-7-------
|---------------7-------5\----6-666-6---------------------
|-0-000-----------0-000-----------------------------------

. ... . ... ...

Riff 3b ending (play 2nd and 4th time only)

|---------------
|---------------
|-6-7---4-5-4-3-
|-4-5-----------
|---------------
|---------------

Riff 4

|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------10---------------10---------------10---------------10-------
|------11----11---------11----11---------11----11---------11----11----
|---11----------11---11----------11---11----------11---11----------11-
|-9----------------9----------------9----------------9----------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------10-------8-------8-------8-------8-------8-------8-------
|------10----10------10------10------10------10------10------10----
|---10----------10------10------10------10------10------10------10-
|-8----------------------------------------------------------------

Riff 5a

|---------------------
|---------------------
|---------------------
|---------------------
|-4-------2-4-------2-
|-2-------0-2-------0-
|-----------------------
|-----------------------

|-----------------------play

|-4---4-------4-4-4-3-3-two times
|-2---2-------2-2-2-1-1-
|-----------------------

. . . . .

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