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Ride On

Grave Digger
Tab

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Song

Ride On

By Grave Digger

From album "The Reaper" (1993)

Transcribed by Teemu Haapanen

Email: thaapanen@pp.nic.fi

Intro Riff

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------4--------5-----------------------4--------5--------------|
|-2--------5--------3--------------2--------5--------3--------------|

|-0-000000---000000---000000000000-0-000000---000000---000000000000-|

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

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

Riff 1

|-15fbr---15-18fbr--15fbr---15-20fbr---|
|--------------------------------------|
|-------4----5------------4----7-------|
|-2-----5----3------2-----5----5-slide-|
|-0-----------------0------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

Verse Riff 1 (2x)

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|*--------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------5-(5)------------------|
|--2------------------3------2------5----3-(3)-3333333333333333-|
|*-0-0000000000000000---0000---0000---00------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

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

|------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------------5-(5)-5--------|
|-2------------------3------2------5----3-(3)-3--------|
|-0-0000000000000000---0000---0000---00---------5-(5)-*|
|-----------------------------------------------3-(3)--|

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

Riff 2

|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-dive-|

Verse Riff 2

|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-(7)--3-------------------7-(7)-3-------------------|

|-5-(5)--1--1111111111111111-5-(5)-1--1111111111111111-|

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

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

Verse Riff 3

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9---12-11-9-7-5-------------------9---12-11-9-7-5--5-7-------|
|-7---10--9-7-5-3--3333333333333333-7---10--9-7-5-3--3-5-slide-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

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

Chorus Riff (2x)

|-----------------------------------|
|*---------------------------------*|
|-----------------------------------|
|------3\2-----3\2-----3\2-----3/5--|
|*-----3\2-----3\2-----3\2-----3/5-*|
|--0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0------|

. . . . . . . .

Verse Riff 1 (2x)

Riff 2

Verse Riff 2

Verse Riff 3

Chorus Riff (8x)

Solo D5 A#5 D5

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------13fbr-13fb--13-17hbr-|
|-------7~-(7)--5-7~--7-14~--12h14p12--10h12p10p9--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------10----------------------|

|-slide--------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

A#5 D5

|---------------------------------------------------15fbr--15fbr-15-13-12-------|
|-13h15p13dive13--13------------------------------------------------------13/15-|
|--------------------14-14-14-12-10-10-9----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------10-12-dive-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A#5 D5 A#5

|------------------------------------------------------19~-(19~)--|
|-15fbr--13h15p13-13-dive--13fbr~-15fbr~-16fbr~-18fbr~------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse Riff 4 (3x) Then

|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|*-----------------------------------*|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|--9---12-11-9-7-5--------------------|-9---12-11-9-7-5--5-7--|
|*-7---10--9-7-5-3--3333333333333333-*|-7---10--9-7-5-3--3-5--|
|-------------------------------------|---------------3--3-5--|

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

Verse Riff 5

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-11---14-13-11-9-7-------------------11---14-13-11-9-7-|
|--9---12-11--9-7-5--5555555555555555--9---12-11--9-7-5-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

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

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-7-9--9-7--7-9----------------|
|-5-7--7-5--5-7-slide-2-4--2-4-|
|---------------------0-2--0-2-|

. = palm mute

p = pull off

h = hammer on

~ = vibrato

/ = slide up

\ = slide down

fb = full bend

hb = half bend

fbr = full bend then release

hbr = half bend then release

(7) = ghost note

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