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Sympozium

Dimmu Borgir
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Song

DIMMU BORGIR - SYMPOZIUM

From the Album PURITANICAL EUPHORIC MISANTHROPIA

Transcribed by: Marcus Päiviö [the_parasite24@hotmail.com]

. - palm mute / - slide up to

\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato

h - hammer on b - bend

p - pull off Suffixes for bend

ph - pinch harmonic f - full bend h - half bend

* - see comment r - release t - tap bend

X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend

@ - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note

" - tremolo pick until next note Subst. - substitute of a riff

Tune to E (E,A,D,G,H,E)

Riff A.1

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------------------|Gtr I
|-2----h-p-------p---------h-p--------|
|-0---2-3-2-----3-2-------3-4-3-2-----|
|-----------4-------4-1-----------4-0-|

| |

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|Gtr II
|------h-p-------p---------h-p--------|
|-0---2-3-2-----3-2-------3-4-3-2-----|
|-----------4-------4-1-----------4-0-|

Repeat Riff A.1 (1 time)

Riff A.2

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr I
|--------------h-p---------------p-----------------h-p--2-----|
|-000-000-000-2-3-2-------------3-2---------------3-4-3-2-----|
|-------------------444-444-444-----4-111-111-111---------4-0-|

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

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr  II
|--------------h-p---------------p-----------------h-p--2-----|
|-000-000-000-2-3-2-------------3-2---------------3-4-3-2-----|
|-------------------444-444-444-----4-111-111-111---------4-0-|

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

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr I
|--------------h-p---------------p-----------------h-p--2-----|
|-000-000-000-2-3-2-------------3-2---------------3-4-3-2-----|
|-------------------444-444-444-----4-111-111-111---------4-0-|

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

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr II
|--------------h-p---------------p-----------------h-p--1-----|
|-000-000-000-2-3-2-------------3-2---------------3-4-3-2-----|
|-------------------444-444-444-----4-111-111-111---------4-0-|

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

Repeat Riff A.1 (2 times)

Riff B.1

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

|-----------------|Gtrs I

|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|  & II
|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|
|-----------------|

. . . . . . .

Riff B.2

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-----------------h-p----|Gtr I
|-------------5--3-5-3---|
|-3--------6-----------5-|
|-1--------4-------------|

| |

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|Gtr II
|-----------------h-p----|
|-3-----------6--5-6-5---|
|-1--------4-----------6-|

Riff B.3

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------h-p----|Gtr I
|-5--------------------5--3-5-3---|
|-3--------3--------6-----------5-|
|----------1--------4-------------|

| |

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|Gtr II
|-5------------------------h-p----|
|-3--------3-----------6--5-6-5---|
|----------1--------4-----------6-|

Riff B.4

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

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|Gtrs I

|----------------------------5"-3"-5"-6"--------h-p---------------|  & II
|-3"---6"-5"----3"--6"-5"-------------------3"-2-3-2-----6"-5"----|
|------------6"-----------6"-------------1"-----------4"-------6"-|

Repeat Riff B.4 (1 time)

Repeat Riff B.3 (2 times)

Repeat Riff B.4 (2 times)

Riff C.1 *only Gtr I

|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-5-5----------3--------|Gtr I
|-3-3-5\4-4-5--1--5-4-5-|
|-----3\2-2-3-----3-2-3-|
|-----------------------|

Repeat Riff C.1 (3 time)*Gtrs I and II

Riff C.2

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|Gtr I
|-------------------------------------|
|-----6---5------6----------------6\5-|
|-4-4---4---44-4---4444-6444-7444-4\3-|

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

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|Gtr II
|-------------------------------------|
|-----6---5------6--------------------|
|-4-4---4---44-4---4444-6444-7444-4\3-|

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

Repeat Riff C.2 (1 time)

Repeat Riff C.1 (2 times)

Repeat Riff C.2 (2 times)

Riff C.3

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

|-----------------------------------|Gtrs I

|---------------------1------h-p-h--|  & II
|------3----2------3-----3--2-3-2-3-|
|-1111---11---11-1------------------|

.... .. .. .

Repeat Riff C.3 (1 time)

Repeat Riff C.2 (2 times)

Riff C.4

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|Gtr I
|------------------1------h-p-h--| & II
|-----3---2-----3-----3--2-3-2-3-|
|-1-1---1---1-1------------------|

Repeat Riff C.4 (1 time)

Fill 1 *let ring

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

|------|Gtrs I

|-6----|  & II
|-4----|
|------|

D.1

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

|---------------------|Gtrs I

|-6-------------------|  & II
|-4-----6-5-3----3-33-|
|-----4-4-3-1--1-1-11-|

. .

Repeat Riff D.1 (3 times)

Riff D.2

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

|-----------------------------------------|Gtrs I

|-6---------------------------------------|  & II
|-4-4-4-4-4-6---------3---------3---------|
|-----------4-4-4-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

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

Riff D.3

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

|------------------------------------------------|Gtrs I

|-6----------------------------------------------|  & II
|-4-4-4-44-4-6----------3------------------------|
|------------4-4-4-33-3-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-11-1-11-1-|

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

Repeat Riff D.2 (1 time)

Riff D.3 subst.

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

|-------------------------------------|Gtrs I

|-6-----------------------------------|  & II
|-4-4-4-44-4-6----------3----------3--|
|------------4-4-4-33-3-1-1-1-1-1--1--|

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

Solo h p

|----------------------------------------------4-3-4-3-------|
|------5-4--h-p--------------------5-4--h-p------------6-----|
|-6--8-----6-8-6-5------------6--8-----6-8-6-5-----------5-5-|Gtr
|------------------6-5---------------------------------------| I
|----------------------8-------------------------------------|
|------------------------8-8---------------------------------|

| |

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-6---------------------------6------------------------------| II
|-4-------6---5--3-------3-33-4-------6---5--3----------3-33-|
|------4--4---3--1-----1-1-11------4--4---3--1--------1-1-11-|

. . . .

*

|-------------------------------------------------h-p--8-----|
|------5-4--h-p--------------------5-4--h-p----9-8-9-8-----5-|
|-6--8-----6-8-6-5------------6--8-----6-8-6-5---------------|Gtr
|------------------6-5---------------------------------------| I
|----------------------8-------------------------------------|
|------------------------8-8---------------------------------|

| *let ring |

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-6---------------------------6---------------*--------------| II
|-4-------6---5--3-------3-33-4-------6---5--3---------------|
|------4--4---3--1-----1-1-11------4--4---3--1---------------|

. . .

Repeat Riff D.2 (1 time)

Repeat Riff D.3 (1 time)

Repeat Riff D.2 (1 time)

Repeat Riff D.3 (1 time)

Repeat Riff A.1 (2 times)

Repeat Riff A.2 (1 time)

Repeat Riff B.1 (1 time)

Riff B.4 subst.

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

|-------------------------|Gtrs I

|--------h-p--------------|  & II
|----3"-2-3-2----6"-5"----|
|-1"----------4"-------6"-|

Repeat Riff B.4 (1 time)

Repeat Riff B.3 (2 times)

Repeat Riff B.4 (2 times)

Last chord

|---|
|---|

|---|Gtrs I

|-5-| & II

|-3-|

|---|

End

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