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Turning Black

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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"

(TURNING BLACK)

Riff 1 - A *

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--3---4---6---5---2--2--2--2--|
|--3---4---6---5---2--2--2--2--|
|--1---2---4---3---0--0--0--0--|

pm . . . .

Riff 1 - B *

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--3-\-4---6-/-5---2--2--2--2--|
|--3-\-4---6-/-5---2--2--2--2--|
|--1-\-2---4-/-3---0--0--0--0--|

pm . . . .

Riff 2

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2---------------6---------------4---------------6---------|
|--2---------------6---------------4---------------6---------|
|--0---------------4---------------2---------------4---------|

Lead 1 - A

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------bq--------------bq--------------bq------------------|
|----7-8-7----7-6----7-8-7--8p7p5----7-8-7----7-6----7-8-7~--|
|--5--------8------5---------------5--------8------5---------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 3

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

|--0000-33-22222222-5555-3333--|

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

spm,,,, ,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,, ,,,,

Fill 1 *

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

Riff 4 - A

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

|--00000000-22222222-33333333-5555-3333--|

spm,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,, ,,,,

Riff 4 - B *

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------ph----|
|----------------------------------3~----|

|--00000000-22222222-33333333-5555-------|

spm,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,

Riff 5 - A

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3x---3x---3-/-2x---2x---3/2-2-2---3x---3x---3-/-2x---------------|
|--3x---3x---3-/-2x---2x---3/2-2-2---3x---3x---3-/-2x---------3-2~--|
|--1x---1x---1-/-0x---0x---1/0-0-0---1x---1x---1-/-0x---0-2-3-------|

pm . .

Riff 5 - B *

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------ph--|
|--3x---3x---3-/-2x---2x---3/2-2-2---3x---3x---3-/-2x-----------2~--|
|--3x---3x---3-/-2x---2x---3/2-2-2---3x---3x---3-/-2x---------3-----|
|--1x---1x---1-/-0x---0x---1/0-0-0---1x---1x---1-/-0x---0-2-3-------|

pm . .

Riff 5 - C

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3------3------2-----2-2-3/2-2-2---3------3------2----------------|
|--3------3------2-----2-2-3/2-2-2---3------3------2----------3-2~--|
|--1------1------0-----0-0-1/0-0-0---1------1------0----0-2-3-------|

Riff 1 - B

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------bq--------------bq--------------bq------------8~7~--|
|----7-8-7----7-6----7-8-7--8p7p5----7-8-7----7-6----7-------|
|--5--------8------5---------------5--------8------5---------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 6

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|----7-8-7----7-6----7-8-7--8/7/5----7-8-7----7-6----7-8-7---|
|--5-5-6-5--8-5-4--5-5-6-5--6/5/3--5-5-6-5--8-5-4--5-5-6-5---|
|--3--------6------3---------------3--------6------3---------|

End

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|--3---4---6---5---2--2--|
|--3---4---6---5---2--2--|
|--1---2---4---3---0--0--|

pm . .

Note * (There are so many little variations like slides, pinched harmonics

mutes and vibratos that I cant possibly put them all in the song

structure. So just listen to the song and try to learn there playing

style.)

SONG STRUCTURE:

Riff 1 x 18

Riff 2 x 2 Gtr I

Lead 1 x 2 Gtr II

Riff 1 x 10

Riff 2 x 2 Gtr I

Lead 1 x 2 Gtr II

Riff 3 x 4 w/fills

Riff 4 x 4

Riff 3 x 8 w/fills

Riff 4 x 4

Riff 5 - A x 4

Riff 5 - B x 2

Riff 5 - A x 2

Riff 1 x 16

Riff 2 x 2 Gtr I

Lead 1 x 2 Gtr II

Lead 2 x 2 Gtr I & II

Riff 6 x 2

End x 1

There you go! Check out my other tabs for Obituary and Hypocrisy.

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