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Hypocrisy
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

t - tap f - full bend h - half bend

ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend

* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend

x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend

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

" - tromolo note - Trill

NEVER TO RETURN...

Tuning: "C"F"A#"D#"G"C"

Riff 1

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-----7-----2---2/4-------9-----7-----2---2/4----3----7--|
|--9-----7-----2---2/4-------9-----7-----2---2/4----3----7--|
|--7-----5-----0---0/2-------7-----5-----0---0/2----1----5--|

Riff 2

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--7-----3-----7-----5----|
|--7-----3-----7-----5----|
|--5-----1-----5-----3----|

Lead 1

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--7-7-7-8-8h10-8p7--7/5--|
|-------------------------|

Riff 3

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--9---10----7----9/10-9--|
|--7----8----5----7/-8-7--|

Riff 4(solo riff)

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---------5----5--------5----4--|
|--2----2-3----3-2----2-3----2--|
|--0----0--------0----0---------|

Solo 1 (By Warlock)

|-----------5--7--8--7h8p7p5--------------------5--7--8--7h8p7p5--10--10-
|--5--8--7--------------------8~----7--5--7--8--------------------bf-----
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -8--7--10--8--7-------------5--7--8--7h8p7p5--------------------5--7--8-
 -------------------5--8--7--------------------8~----7--5--7--8----------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

 -7h8p7p5--10--10--8--7--10--8--7----------------------------------------
 ----------bf---------------------------------------10--12--13--13p12p10-
 -----------------------------------7\9~-9--11--12-----------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

 -12--11--9~---7~-----------------------9~---7--------------------------
 -----------------------------7--9--10----------10--9--10--9--7~---9~---
 -------------------7--9--10--------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

pm . . . . . .

------------------------------------15p14p12-t17p15p14p12-t17p15p14p12-

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

 ---------------14---r(14)--12--14--------------------------------------
 -12----12--14--bf------------------------------------------------------

-bf--------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

t17p15p14p12-t17p15p14p12-t17p15p14p12-t17p15p14p12-t17p15p14p12--19---

------------------------------------------------------------------bf---

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

 --17-----------------------|
 ------20--19--17------17~--|
 ------------------19-------|
 ---------------------------|
 ---------------------------|
 ---------------------------|

Note*(For " play 4 notes)

Riff 5 (Solo Riff)

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

|--2""""""-3""-2""""""-0-0-0"--|

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

Note* The scalar run in solo 2 is a temolo picked sequence

in groups of six.

Solo 2 (Inverted)

|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------555777------555777999101010-
|----------------555777888---555777888------777888----------------
|--3\5--555777888---------888-------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------

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

 -------------------------8^---8-8-8-8-8-8r(8)------------------|
 -8^---8-8-8r(8)----------bf-------------------10--9~---9h10p9--|
 -bf-------------10--9~-----------------------------------------|
 ---------------------------------------------------------------|
 ---------------------------------------------------------------|
 ---------------------------------------------------------------|

Note* (for every " play 4 notes, for every ' play 2 notes.)

Riff 6 x2 End

|-----------------------------------------------------------| ||-----||
|-----------------------------------------------------------| ||-----||
|-----------------------------------------------------------| ||-----||
|-----------------------------------------------------------| ||--7--||
|-----------------------------------------------------------| ||--7--||

|--7""""-5""""-0"1'2""""""""-7""""-5""""-0"1'2""""-1""-5""--| ||--5--||

Note* The harmonics for Lead 2 are random and played at

different pitches and are often times muted.So do

some experimenting to get the "Tagtgren" sound.

Lead 2 x1 x20 x1 x20 End

|---------|-------|---------|-------| ||---------||
|---------|-------|---------|-------| ||---------||
|-----ph--|---ph--|-----ph--|---ph--| ||---------||
|------7--|----7--|------9--|----9--| ||------9--||
|--7-9----|--9----|--9-7----|--7----| ||--9-7-9--||
|---------|-------|---------|-------| ||------7--||

spm, , , , , , , ,

Song Structure:

Riff (1) x 2

Riff (2) x 6 Gtr I

Riff (2) x 4 Lead (1) x 2 Gtr II

Riff (3) x 2

Riff (1) x 2

Riff (2) x 2 Gtr I

Lead (1) x 2 Gtr II

Riff (3) x 3

Riff (4) x 4 Gtr I

Solo (1) x 1

Riff (2) x 2 Gtr I

Lead (1) x 2

Riff (5) x 4 Gtr I

Riff (5) x 2 Solo (2) x 1 Gtr II

RiFf (6) x 2 Gtr I

Lead (2) x 1 Gtr II

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

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