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Ordinary Story

In Flames
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Song

IN FLAMES - ORDINARY STORY

From the Album COLONY

Copyright 1999 Nuclear Blast

Version 1.0 - JANUARY 2000

. - palm mute / - slide up to

\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato

" - tremelo picking () - ghost note

p - pull off h - hammer-on

tr - trill notes fb - full bend (1step)

< > - harmonic

In Flames - Ordinary Story

Tuning = Dropped A# (A#,2,3,4,5,C)

(Lowest string down 3 steps)

(All other strings down 2 Steps)

(Same as if you Tune guitar to C, then drop the lowest string down 1 step)

Riff A.1

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------22222333553332220033322200-|Gtr I
|-333222--333222--333555---------------------------|
|-------00------00---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------22-----------------|Gtr II
|-----------------3--(3)--333555--5553332255533322-|
|-55533300555333003--(3)---------------------------|
|-----------------3--(3)---------------------------|

Riff A.2

|------------------|
|------------------|
|-------22222------|Gtr I
|-333555-----55522-|
|------------------|
|------------------|

| |

|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|Gtr II
|----22233333222---|
|-555-----------33-|
|------------------|

Repeat Riff A.1 (1 Time)

Repeat Riff A.2 (2 Times)

Riff B

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0----|Bass
|---0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--| Gtr
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-----------------------------0------------------------------|Gtr I
|---3---------------------------------7----------------------------|
|-5-------------------------------8-----8--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---0---0---0-------------------0---0---0---0--------------------|Bass
|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-3---3---3---3----| Gtr
|-----------------3---3---3---3---------------------5---5---5---5--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------0---------------2-----2---2--|Gtr I
|---2-------------------------------2---------------3-----3--------|
|-3---3---------------------------3---------------5-----5-----5----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Riff B (1 Time)

Riff C.1

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|Gtr I
|-------------77788-----------------h-------------hp----|
|-88877788-85555555--8-----7-----3/7-8-----8---8-787-8\-|
|-88888888-55555555----0-0---0-0-------0-0-----------8\-|

| |

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------p-------------hp----|Gtr II
|-------------77788--7-----5-----3/5-7-----7---7-575----|
|-88877788-85555555----------------------------------8\-|
|-88888888-55555555----0-0---0-0-------0-0---0-------8\-|

Riff C.2

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------7~-|Gtr I
|-------------77788-----------------h----5-7-5-8-5-7-5----|
|-88877788-85555555--8-----7-----3/7-8--------------------|
|-88888888-55555555----0-0---0-0--------------------------|

| |

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------p----5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|Gtr II
|-------------77788--7-----5-----3/5-7---5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
|-88877788-85555555----------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
|-88888888-55555555----0-0---0-0--------------------------|

Repeat Riff C.1 (1.5 Times)

Repeat Riff A.1 (1 Time)

Repeat Riff A.2 (1 Time)

Repeat Riff A.1 (1 Time)

Repeat Riff A.2 (2 Times)

Riff D.1

|-------6-----5----------------------13----------8-------7-|
|-----8------------------10-11-13-------------10------10---|
|---7-------7---------10----------10--------9-------9------|Key
|-0-------0-------------------------------7----------------|board
|-------------------8--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

Riff D.2

|----------10-12-10-------10----------------10----|
|-------13----------13-------13-11----11-13----13-|
|----12----------------12----------10-------------|Key
|-10----------------------------------------------|board
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Riff D.1

Riff D.3

|----------10-12-10-------10-----------------|
|-------13----------13-------13-11----11-13--|
|----12----------------12----------10--------|Key
|-10-----------------------------------------|board
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

| |

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

|--------------------------------------------|Gtrs I

|--------------------------8--8--8--8--8-10--|  & II
|--------------------------8--8--8--8--8-10--|
|--------------------------8--8--8--8--8-10--|

Repeat Riff C.1 (Skip first eight notes)

Repeat Riff C.2 (1 Time)

Repeat Riff C.1 (1.5 Times)

Riff E

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

|--------------------------------------------|Gtrs I

|-7775-7775-7775-777--7775-7775-7775---------|  & II

|-5553-5553-5553-5555-5553-5553-5553-0-2-3-5-|

|-0000-0000-0000-000--0000-0000-0000-0-2-3-5-|

Riff F (Solo)

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------3~------|
|-----------0-2-3-3fb+r-2-3~----------------0-2-3-3fb+r-2---------|Gtr I
|---------0-------------------------------0-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3hb+r---3~------------------------------5/6~----|
|-----------0-2-3-------5-------------------0-2-3-3fb+r-2---------|Gtr II
|---------0-------------------------------0-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr III
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1--3--3-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1--3--3-|

p p p p p

|-------10-------10-15-10----10-15-10-15-10----10-15-10-15-10----10-|
|----11----11-------------11----------------11----------------11----|
|-12----------12----------------------------------------------------|Gtrs I
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|  & II
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr III
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----|
|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----|

p

|-15-10----10----15/17-17-18-18fb+r-20-20fb~-|
|-------11----11-----------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------|Gtrs I

|--------------------------------------------|  & II
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|Gtr III
|--------------------------------------------|
|-5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5---1---|
|-5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5---1---|
|-22-18-----------------|
|-------20--------------|
|----------19-20-17-----|Gtr I
|-------------------19~-|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|

| |

|-18-15-----------------|
|-------15--------------|
|----------15-17--------|Gtr II
|----------------19-----|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|

| |

|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|Gtr III
|-----------------------|
|-1--1--1--1---3--3-----|
|-1--1--1--1---3--3-----|

Riff G

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-9hb+r-7~---5---5/7-7~---5---5/7-7-9-9/10-10/12---|Gtr I
|--------------7------------7----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

| * = harmonic |

|-------*------------------------------------------|
|-8fb+r-6~---5---5/6-6~---5---5/6-6/8-8-10-10------|
|--------------5------------5----------------------|Gtr II
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Riff G (3 Times)

Riff H

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-----------2------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|---3-----------3--------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----------5-----------------------3~---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|---------------------------13------------5-8----5-7---------------|
|------------10-11-13-11----------------5------5-------------------|Key
|---------10-------------10-----------5----------------------------|board
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------10-12-10-------10----------------10----|
|-------13----------13-------13-11----11-13----13-|
|----12----------------12----------10-------------|Key
|-10----------------------------------------------|board
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Riff A.1 (1 Time)

Repeat Riff A.2 (1 Time)

Repeat Riff A.1 (1 Time)

Repeat Riff A.2 (1 Time)

Riff A.3

|-------------------|
|--------------7----|
|----------9--------|Gtr I
|-7---10------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|

| |

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--------------7----|Gtr II
|------2-------7----|
|-0----3---3---5----|
|-------------------|====

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