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The Lost Art of Goat Sacrificing

Impaled Nazarene
Tab

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Song

Impaled Nazarene - "The Lost Art Of Goat Sacrificing"

From the album Absence Of War Does Not Mean Peace

Transcribed by Mark Straughen

Suggestions and Corrections to: Straughenfamily@aol.com

Tablature Notation

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.. - palm mute / - slide up to

\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato

h - hammer on b - bend

p - pull off Suffixes for bend

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

* - see comment r - release t - tap bend

X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend

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

" - tremolo pick

Normal Tuning

Intro riff

|---------------------------|Gtr1&2
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-4-7-5-4--2-5-4-2--5-5-4-5-|
|-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--5-5-4-5-|
|-------------------3-3-2-3-|

Riff A

|--------------------------------------------------------|Gtr1&2
|---------------------8---------------------7--------------|
|-9-------------------7-9-------------------7-5-----------|
|-9-----------------4-5-9-----------------4-5-5----------|
|-7-----------------5---7-----------------5---3-33333333-|
|---000000000000000-------000000000000000----------------|

............... ............... ........

|--------------------------------------|Gtr1&2
|--------------------------------------|
|-5/7-----4-7-9------------------11----|
|-5/7-----4-7-9-----------/-9--9-11--9-|
|-3/5-555-2-5-7-----------/10-10--9-10-|
|---------------000000000--------------|

... .........

Riff A End:

|-----------------|Gtr1
|-----------------|

|-7/9-999-7/9-999-|

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

. ... . ...

|-----------------|Gtr2
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-777-----777-----|
|-----000-----000-|

... ... ... ...

Riff B

|--------------------------------------------------------|Gtr1&2
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-5-4-2-4--2-1-4-2-1-2--1--2-5-4-2-4--2-4-7-5-4-5--4h5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3--3-2-2-2-2-2--2--3-3-3-3-3--3-5-5-5-5-5--5---|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

Play Intro riff to end Riff B

Then play Riff A

Then play Riff B and end with this:

|--------|Gtr1&2
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|-7--5-4-|
|-5--3-2-|

Riff C.1

|--------------------------------------------|Gtr1&2
|--------------------------------------------|
|-9--------------9/12-5----------5/4---------|
|-9--------------9/12-5----------5\4-----5\4-|
|-7--------------7/10-3-33333333-3\2-222-5\4-|
|---000000000000-------------------------3\2-|

............ ........ ...

Riff C.2 accompaniment (Gtr 1&2 keeps playing Riff C behind this)

|----------------------------------------|Gtr3
|----------------------------------------|
|--------4---------5-4-------------------|
|-5--4-5---5-4-5-7-----7-9p7p5-7p5p4-5-4-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|Gtr3
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------4--------------------------------------------|
|-5--4-5---5-4-5-10-10101010-10p9p7-9-999-9p7p5-7p5p4-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

Fill

|------------------|Gtr1&2
|------------------|
|-5-------7-7------|
|-5---5-5-7-7------|
|-3---5-5-5-5------|
|-----3-3----------|

|

|

|

|

|------------------|Gtr3
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-5---5-5-4-5-5/9~-|
|------------------|
|------------------|

Then play Riff A

Then play Riff B and end with this:

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-4-4-4-4--2-----9"--|
|-4-4-4-4--2-5-4-9"--|
|-2-2-2-2--0-5-4-7"--|
|------------3-2-----|

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