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Scars

Grave
Tab

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

Song

. - palm mute / - slide up to

\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato

h - hammer on b - bend

p - pull off Suffixes for bend ^

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

* - see comment r - release t - tap bend

X - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend q - quarter bend

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

Tune Guitar to "B"E"A"D"F#"D"

SCARS!

Intro (Bass Line)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------bh----------------------------------|
|--------5------7------5---------5------7~-----5---------5------7------5--|
|--0--3------3------3------0--3------3------3------0--3------3------3-----|

(Gtr + Reverb)

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

Fill 1

||---------------||
||---------------||
||---------------||
||--3----3-3--3--||
||--3----3-3--3--||
||--1----1-1--1--||

pm . . .

Riff 1

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------bh--------------------------------|
|--------5------7~-----5---------5------7~-----5---------5------7~-----5--|
|--0--3------3------3------0--3------3------3------0--3------3------3-----|

Fill 2

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

Riff 2 - A

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------3-\-4--4--4--4-/-3------------|
|----------------1-\-2--2--2--2-/-1------------|
|--000000000000----------------------0-h-2--3--|

Note*(Riffs 2-B and 2-C are played toward the

middle of the song. See song structure.)

Riff 2 - B

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3-\-4--4--4--4-/-3------------|
|-----------------1-\-2--2--2--2-/-1------------|
|--0--0--0--0--0----------------------0-h-2--3--|

pm . . . . .

Riff 2 - C

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3-\-4--4--4--4-/-3------------|
|--2--------------1-\-2--2--2--2-/-1------------|
|--0----------------------------------0-h-2--3--|

Riff 3

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------7--------------------------7-------|
|---2---------5------5----5----2---------5------5----5--|
|---0---------3-----------3----0---------3-----------3--|

Lead 1

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------9~-----12~p-11----------------------------|
|--\7~-------------------------7~---------------5-------|
|-----------------------------------7-9--11----------3--|

Lead 2 x1 x3

|-------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------|----------------------------------------|
|------3---2--|----------------------------------3--2--|
|--5----------|-----3--2----------------3--2--5--------|
|-------------|--5--------0--3--2----5-----------------|

-> x1

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------3-3-3-2~--|
|-----3--2----------------3--2------------|
|--5--------0--3--2----5------------------|

Riff 4 - A

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----3p2--------------3p2--------------3p2--------------3~--|
|--3p2-----00000000-3p2-----00000000-3p2-----00000000-3p2----|

pm ........ ........ ........

Riff 4 - B

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------ph--|
|--------------------------------------------------------3~--|
|-----3p2--------------3p2--------------3p2------------------|
|--3p2-----00000000-3p2-----00000000-3p2-----00000000-3p2----|

pm ........ ........ ........

Song ends on a E5 power chord. Divebomb the hell out of the

tromolo bar til the strings go limp.( I sure do hope you have

a Floyd Rose.)

Song Stucture:

Intro

Fill ( 1 ) x 1

Riff ( 1 ) x 1

Fill ( 1 ) x 1

Riff ( 1 ) x 1

Riff (2-A) x 12

Riff ( 3 ) x 2 Gtr I

Lead ( 1 ) x 2 Gtr II

Riff ( 2 ) x 8

Riff ( 3 ) x 2 Gtr I

Lead ( 1 ) x 2 Gtr II

Lead ( 2 ) x 1

Riff ( 4 ) x 8

Riff (2-A) x 4

Riff (2-B) x 4

Riff (2-C) x 5

Riff ( 3 ) x 2 Gtr I

Lead ( 1 ) x 1 Gtr II

Lead ( 2 ) x 1

End!

Check out my other tabs by Grave, Hypocrisy and Obituary.

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