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Years of Silent Sorrow

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IMMORTAL "Years of silent sorrow"

/ = slide up \ = slide off (slide down)

xxx = pickscrape /// & " = tremolo pick

ah = artificial harmonic

~ = vibrato, or hold note. x = dead note (muted)

Palm Mute where else you feel necessary.

RIFF A (sometimes C5 goes tremolo when it is held. Bass plays behind C5 something wild)

e |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |--------------------12------------------------------------------------|
D |-9--------------9---12----------9--------------9----------------------|
A |-7---9---10-----7---10---10-----7---9---10-----7---101010121212-10----|
E |-----7---8---------------8----------7---8-----------------------8-----|

RIFF B

e |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------999101010-------------------------------------999101010-------101010999|
A |-7------7778-8-8--7------7-7-8p7-10p7-8p7-10p7-7------7778-8-8--------8-8-8-777|
E |-0000000----------0000000----------------------0000000---------0000000---------|

RIFF A

RIFF B (2x) (first time heavy palm mute last two chords when downpicking them)

RIFF C (4x)

e |-----------------------------------------|
B |--6-6---6--------------6-6---6-----------|
G |---7-7---7--------------7-7---7----------|
D |2-----------77775-4-2------------777-2-2-|
A |2-----------55553-2-2------------555-0-2-|
E |0-------------------0------------------0-|

RIFF C (2 more times with lyrics):

Farewell... lengethening pain inside me

Harnessbells... I hear them calling me

RIFF D

e |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |---------------ah--------------------|
D |-7-7-66-77-6-6-3---7-7-66-77-6-6-3/4-|
A |-5-5-44355-4-4-----5-5-44355-4-4-1/2-|
E |-------------------------------------|

RIFF C (2x) :

A demon... watch my walk in snow

Remain... my years of silent sorrow

RIFF D (2x) (artificial harmonics are different each time. 1=higher, 2=lower pitches)

(like on third fret of 2, then 1 strings)

RIFF E (2x)*

E5 D5 A5 Ab5

e |///-----///----///----///---------------|        *when you play this riff make sure
B |----------------------------------------|   to play each note for a beat then slide
G |----------------------------------------|   down and off, rest,
D |----------------------------------------|   and slide to the next note
A |------------------------------14--------|   (slide off only for E and D notes)
E |-12-----10-----17-----16---------17-16--|

With E (4x): Dome in the sky / black winds to taste

shadowsed spirits lead my way...

Drifting everly alone years of silent sorrow

until i'm home...

RIFF F (P.M. this riff)

e |------------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------------|
G |------------------------------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------------------------------|
A |77-77--77-77---33-33--33-33\8-77-77--77-77---33-33--33-33\8-|
E |00-00--00-00---00-00--00-00---00-00--00-00---00-00--00-00---|

INTERLUDE

e |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-7~~-7~7hp87-5-7-3~-----ah--77h8p7-5-7--7x788810101212887-7h8p7-5~-333/888-|
E |--------------------333-5--------------------------------------------------|

RIFF F VARIATION 2x with lyrics: (Palm Mute first part of this riff)

e |--------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------|
G |--------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------5-------5----------|
A |-7-7-7-7777-7-7-7-7777-7-3-------3------\8--|
E |-0-0-0-0000-0-0-0-0000-0--------------------|

Bitterness with bitterness you bitter me...

Emptiness with emptiness you empty me...

INTERLUDE

RIFF F VARIATION 2x with lyrics:

Darkness with darkness you darkened me

this journey black before me...

RIFF F

INTERLUDE 2 (two guitars arranged for one) INTERLUDE 2.1

e |------------------------------------------------||-----------------
B |------------------------------------------------||-----------------
G |--------5-----------------------5---------------||*----------------
D |-2------5----------------2------5---------------||*----------------
A |-2------3---2--2--0--0---2------3---2--2--0--0--||/1010101010\-----
E |-0---------3-33-33-22-22-0---------3-33-33-22-22||-----------------

?????????????

P.M............ .............

e ------------------------------------------------------------------

B ------------------------------------------------------------------

G --------------5---------------------------------------------------
D --------------5---------------------------------------------------
A /1010-9-10-9\-3--2--2--0--0--/10-10101010\----10--12-10-9-10-9-7-\
E ----------------3-33-33-22-22-0-----------------------------------

P.M..........

e ---------|| Playing interlude 2, going into 3 parts of 2.1 interlude.

B ---------|| After part 2.1 was played twice there is a silent rest for a beat

G -5------*|| then it goes again one more time around ending with a pick-scrape

D -5--5---*|| and a 'Ahh!' by Abbath.

A -3--5----||
E ----3----||

RIFF A

RIFF B 2x

RIFF C 4x with:

Farewell... nothing breathes within me

Harnessbells... sounding cold behind me

A demon... with frozen eyes opened

this journey black behind me...

RIFF D 2x

RIFF E 2x without lyrics, next 4 with:

(also the riff varies with artificial harmonics, several endings from the original)

With E (4x): Dome in the sky / black winds to taste

shadowsed spirits/lead my way...

Drifting everly alone/years of silent sorrow until i'm ho-me-m-m-m-m-m...

THE END RIFF

e |--------------------------------xx---------------------------------
B |--------------------------------xPx-----xAx------------------------
G |---------------------------------xIx---xRxPx-----------------------
D |----------------------------------xCx-xCx-xEx----------------------
A |-----------------------------------xKxSx---x---10"-9"-7"-5"-3"-2"--
E |-0-12"---0-10"-----0-8"-------------xxx--------12"-10"9"----5"-3"--
e ---------------------------------|
B ---------------------------------|
G ---------------------------------|
D ----------------------------2----|
A ----------------------------2----|
E -2p0h2p0-%-RITARD------0----|

(trill repeats)

Track 6 from At The Heart Of The Winter (Osmose '99)

comments / questions / correction to the writer/transcribed : parisc97@erols.com

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