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When the Candle Fades

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 ^

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

" - Tromolo note " = 4 notes ' = 2 notes

Tuning: "B"E"A"D"F#"B" (Three whole steps down!)

WHEN THE CANDLE FADES!

Riff 1 - A

 |----------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------------------|
 |--2--2--2--2---6--6--6--6---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
 |--2--2--2--2---6--6--6--6---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
 |--0--0--0--0---4--4--4--4---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|

Riff 1 - B

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

Riff 1 - C

 |----------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------------------|
 |--2--2--2--2---6--6--6--6---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
 |--2--2--2--2---6--6--6--6---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
 |--0--0--0--0---4--4--4--4---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|

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

Riff 2 Gtr I Gtr II

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

Riff 3 1st time 2nd time

 |------------------------------------||-----------||---------------||
 |------------------------------------||-----------||---------------||
 |------------------------------------||-----------||---------------||
 |--6-----7-----6-----6--7--6-----4---||--4--4--4--||--4--4--4--4x--||
 |--4-----7-----6-----4--7--6-----4---||--4--4--4--||--4--4--4--4x--||
 |--4-----5-----4-----4--5--4-----2---||--2--2--2--||--2--2--2--2x--||

pm . .

Riff 4

 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |--6------7------6----------6------7------6----4--|
 |--4------7------6----------4------7------6----4--|
 |--4------5------4----------4------5------4----2--|

Riff 5 - A

 |------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------|
 |--2""--5"--6""--5"--3""--5"--0""""--|
 |------------------------------------|

pm(..................................)

Riff 5 - B

 |------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------|
 |--2""--5"--6""--5"--3""--5"--0""""--|
 |------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------|

pm(..................................)

SONG STRUCTURE:

Riff (1-A) x 4| Gtr I

Riff (1-B) x 4| Gtr II

Riff (1-C) x 4

Riff ( 2 ) x 2

Riff (1-C) x 4

Riff ( 3 ) x 2

Riff ( 4 ) x 2

Riff (1-A) x 2| Gtr I

Riff (1-B) x 2| Gtr II

Riff (1-C) x 4

Riff ( 3 ) x 2

Riff ( 4 ) x 2

Riff ( 2 ) x 6

Riff (5-A) x 2 | Gtr I

Riff (5-A) x 1 (5-B) x 1| Gtr II

Riff ( 4 ) x 4

OK, so that's the whole song. Evrything is here except

for a few ramdom fills and some Studio guitar dubbings.

But all the fills are here in these riffs so you can figure

it out very easily.

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

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