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In Flames - The New Word

From the Album Colony

Transcribed by: Ben Bordiss [cladinshadows99@excite.com]

.. - 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

Tune Gtr to 1:C, 2:F, 3:Bb, 4:Eb, 5:G, 6:C

Comment: In some parts, spacing is only ROUGH indication of timing

The New Word

Riff A

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|:-------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|:-------4bhr~--------4bhr~--------4bhr~-4/5-5-4/5-5-4/5-------------| I
|--2-2-2--------------------2-2-2--------2/3-3-2/3-3-2/3-------------|
|--0-0-0-------0-0-0--------0-0-0------------------------------------|

| . . . . . . . . . |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|:-------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|:---------------------------------------4/5-5-4/5-5-4/5-------------| II
|--2-2-2-------2-2-2--------2-2-2--5bfr~-2/3-3-2/3-3-2/3-------------|
|--3-0-0-------3-0-0--------3-0-0------------------------------------|

. . . . . . . . .

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------:|Gtr
|-------4bhr~--------4bhr~--------4bhr~-5-----4-----2---------------:| I
|--2-2-2--------------------2-2-2----------3-3---3-3-----------------|
|--0-0-0-------0-0-0--------0-0-0------------------------------------|

| . . . . . . . . . |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------:|Gtr
|-------------------------------------------------------------------:| II
|--2-2-2-------2-2-2--------2-2-2--5bfr~-3-----2-----0---------------|
|--3-0-0-------3-0-0--------3-0-0----------0-0---0-0-----------------|

Riff B

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-------4bhr~------4bhr~----------4bhr~-4/5-5-4/5-5-4/5--------------| I
|---------------------------------------3---3-3---3---3--------------|
|--3-0--------3-0----------3-0---------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|---------------------------------------4/5-5-4/5-5-4/5--------------| II
|-------5bfr~------5fbr~---------5bfr~--3---3-3---3-3----------------|
|--3-0--------3-0----------3-0---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-------4bhr~------4bhr~---------4bhr~--5-----4-----2-----2-4-5------| I
|---------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------|
|--3-0--------3-0----------3-0---------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|---------------------------------------5-----4-----2----------------| II
|-------5bfr~------5fbr~---------5bfr~--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-3------|
|--3-0--------3-0----------3-0---------------------------------------|

Riff C

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|:----5---5-------4-5-4h5p4---------5---5---------4~-:|Gtr
|:2---5---5---5-7-----------7-5-----5---5---4-5-7----:|I
|-2---3---3---------------------2---3---3-------------|
|-0-0---0---0-------------------0-0---0---0-----------|

| . . . . . . |

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|:----5---5---------2---------------5---5------------:|Gtr
|:2---5---5---2-4-5---5-4-2-----2---5---5-----2-4-4--:| II
|-2---3---3---------------------2---3---3---5-----2---|
|-0-0---0---0-------------------0-0---0---0-----------|

. . . . . .

Fill 1

|------|
|------|
|------|Gtr
|------| I
|------|
|3-3-3-|

Riff E

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|:-------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|:-----------------------------------------------6/7-7-6/7-7-6/7-----| I
|------------------------------------------------5---5-5---5-5-------|
|-0h22-2-222-2-2-0h2-2-2-222-2-2-0h2-2-2-222-2-2---------------------|

| . . ... . . . . ... . . . . ... . . |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|:-------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|:----6hbr~----------6hbr~-----------6hbr~-------6/7-7-6/7-7-6/7-----| II
|------------------------------------------------5---5-5---5-5-------|
|-5p2------------5p2-------------5p2---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------:|Gtr
|------------------------------------------------7-----6-----4------:| I
|------------------------------------------------5-0-0-5-0-0-5-------|
|0h2-2-2-222-2-2-0h2-2-2-222-2-2-0h2-2-2-222-2-2---------------------|

| . . ... . . . . ... . . . . ... . . . . . . |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------:|Gtr
|----6hbr~-----------6hbr~-----------6hbr~-------7-----6-----4------:| II
|------------------------------------------------5-0-0-5-0-0-5-------|
|5p2-------------5p2-------------5p2---------------------------------|

. . . .

Fill 2

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

|--------|Gtrs

|--------|I&II
|--------|
|-0-2-3--|

Riff F

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

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtrs

|------------------------------------------------6/7-7-6/7-7-6/7-----|I&II
|------------------------------------------------5---5-5---5-5-------|
|0h2-2-2-222-2-2-0h2-2-2-222-2-2-0h2-2-2-222-2-2---------------------|

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

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

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtrs

|------------------------------------------------7-----6-----4-------|I&II
|------------------------------------------------5-0-0-5-0-0-5-------|
|5p2-2-2-222-2-2-5p2-2-2-222-2-2-5p2-2-2-222-2-2---------------------|

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

Riff G (repeat 4x)

|-----7-------7-------8-------8-------5-------5-------8---7---5------|
|-5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5------------------|
|:------------------------------------------------------------------:|Gtr

|:-(very faint)-----------------------------------------------------:| I

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

| |

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

Riff H

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------6--7--7bf~-7-6-7---------6-7-6-------------------|Gtr
|------9~-------9--------------------9~----9-------9-7~--------------| I
|-----------9--------------------------------------------------------|
|-7~-----------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4444-4-----5555-5-------7777-7-------------------------------------|Gtr
|-4444-4-----5555-5-------7777-7-------------------------2-----------| II
|-2222-2-----3333-3-------5555-5-----22222---0---4-5-4-2-0-----------|
|------------------------------------------3---3---------------------|

.

|---------------------------------------------------------12--121415~|
|---------------------------------------------------121315--15-------|
|-------------------------------------------11121214-----------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------9~-14-------------------------| I
|-7/9-9-9-9/12-12\9-9\7-7\5-5/7-7\5----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------7~------------------------------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4444-4-----5555-5-------7777-7-------------------------------------|Gtr
|-4444-4-----5555-5-------7777-7-------------------7-----------------| II
|-2222-2-----3333-3-------5555-5-----22222---0-----5-----------------|
|------------------------------------------3---3---------------------|

.

Fill 3

|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------8-10-12-|
|-----------------7~-9~11~--------|Gtr
|---------7~9~10~-----------------| I
|-7~-9~10~------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

| |

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|Gtr
|-7---------------9---------------| II
|-5---------------7---------------|
|---------------------------------|

Riff I

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

|-9-9-1313121213139-9-1313121213138-8-1212101012128-8-121210108-8----|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| II
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|

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

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

|-1212151514141515121215151414121210101414121214141010141412121010---|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| II
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|

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

|-------------1212------------1212--------7-7-1010--------7-7-1010---|
|-101012121313----101012121313----8-8-1010--------8-8-1010-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| II
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|

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

|----------------------------10---13~--------------------------------|
|-------------10---12---13-------------------------------------------|
|-10~----12~---------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|---------------------------------2----------------------------------| II
|---------------------------------2----------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0----------------------------------|

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

Riff J

extremely fast (same rhythm as before, just spaced differently)

|-t12-p8-p5-h8---t12-p8---t12-p8-p5-h8---t13-p8---t13-p8-p5-h8-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| II
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

|-t13-p7-p4-h7---t13-p7---t13-p7-p4-h7---t12-p7---t12-p7-p4-h7-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| II
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------|

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

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-t15-p11p8-h11--t15-p11--t15-p11p8-h11--t15-p11--t15-p11p8-h11------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| II
|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-t15-p10p7-h10--t15-p10--t15-p10p7-h10--t15-p10--t15-p10p7-h10------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| II
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2------|

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

Riff K

|-------------------------------------------------------------15----|
|-----------------15-17--18-17--15-------------------15-17-18-------|
|--14--16--17-18-------------------17--16--14--16-17----------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| II
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

|-17---------------------------------------------------17---19-------|
|------18---17---15-------------------17----18----20-----------------|
|---------------------17---17----19----------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| II
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3------|

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

|-20fb~~~~~~~~~~~~20rb~~---------20--19------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| II
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1------|

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

|--20~~~~~---19h20p19~~~~~~~~-|

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|Gtr
|-----------------------------| I
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

| |

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|Gtr
|--2--------------------------| II
|--2--------------------------|
|--0--------------------------|

Riff L

|-t15p0h7p0-t15p0h7p0-t15p0h7p0-t15p0h7p0------|

|----------------------------------------------|
|:---------------------------------------------|Gtr
|:---------------------------------------------| I
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

| |

|-t7-p0h3p0-t7-p0h3p0-t7-p0h3p0-t7-p0h3p0------|

|----------------------------------------------|
|:---------------------------------------------|Gtr
|:---------------------------------------------|III
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

| |

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|:99999----------(*)---------------------------|Gtr
|:99999-----------2-----------4----------------| II
|-77777-----------2-----------2----------------|
|-00000-----------0----------------------------|

..... * This chord 4th time only

|-t17p0h8p0-t17p0h8p0-t14p0h11p0-t14p0h11p0----|

|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------:|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------:| I
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

| |

|-t8-p0h5p0-t8-p0h5p0-t5-p0-h2p0-h3p0-h5p0-----|

|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------:|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------:|III
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

| |

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------:|Gtr
|-5-5-----------------5------7-7-7------------:| II
|-3-3-----------------3------5-5-5-------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

. . . . .

Fill 4

|--------------------------|
|--8~~---------------------|
|-------7~~---9~~----------|Gtr
|--------------------------| I
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|Gtr
|-5-----4-----2------------| II
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------|
|-------------------0-2-3--|

Riff M (repeat 4x)

|--Riff-L-repeated-in-background-------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|:------------------------------------------------------------------:|Gtr
|:------------------------------------------------------------------:|I&
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|III
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|:------------------------------------------------------------------:|Gtr
|:-7--------------3-------------------------------5-----------------:| II
|--5--------------1----------------3--------------3------------------|
|----------------------------------1---------------------------------|

Outro

|--------------------------|
|--8~~---------------------|
|-------7~~---9~~----------|Gtr
|--------------------------| I
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|Gtr
|-5-----4-----2------------| II
|-3-----3-----3-5-5-5------|
|---0-0---0-0---3-3-3------|

. . . . . . .

Arrangement:

Riff A

Riff B (0.12)

Riff C (0.24)

Fill 1 (0.34)

Riff E (0.35)

Fill 2 (0.58)

Riff C (0.59)

Riff F (1.10) x2

Fill 2 (1.33)

Riff G (1.34)

Riff H (1.45)

Fill 3 (1.57)

Riff I (2.02)

Riff J (2.14)

Riff K (2.19)

Riff L (2.25) x4

Fill 4 (2.37)

Riff F (2.39)

Fill 2 (2.50)

Riff G (2.51)

Riff M (3.02)

Outro (3.14)

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