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When the Sun Burns Red

Kreator
Tab
★4.7(7)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

"When the Sun Burns Red"

by Kreator

from the album COMA OF SOULS

transcribed by Matt Johnsen

matt@amicrosys.com

legend:

h : hammer on

P : pull off

s : slide

b : bend

r : release

(n) : natural harmonic

~~~ : vibrato

RIFF 1

guitar 1

-6--6-|-6-----------------------|--------------------5--5-|
-6--6-|-6-----------------------|--------------------5--5-|
-8--8-|-8-----------------------|--------------------5--5-|
-8--8-|-8-----------------------|--------------------7--7-|
-6--6-|-6-----------------------|--------------------7--7-|
-6--6-|-6-----------------------|--------------------5--5-|

guitar 2

------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
------|----------------11-------|----------------11-------|
------|----------11-------11----|----------11-------11----|
------|-------13----13-------13-|-------13----13-------13-|
------|----13-------------------|----13-------------------|
------|-11----------------------|-11----------------------|

guitar 1

-5----------------|-------------6--6-|
-5----------------|-------------6--6-|
-5----------------|-------------8--8-|
-7----------------|-------------8--8-|
-7----------------|-------------6--6-|
-5----------------|-------------6--6-|
------------------|------------------|
------------5-----|------------5-----|
-------5------5---|-------5------5---|
-----7---7------7-|-----7---7------7-|
---7--------------|---7--------------|
-5----------------|-5----------------|

guitar 1

-6------------------6--6-|-6------------------5--5-|
-6------------------6--6-|-6------------------5--5-|
-8------------------8--8-|-8------------------5--5-|
-8------------------8--8-|-8------------------7--7-|
-6------------------6--6-|-6------------------7--7-|
-6------------------6--6-|-6------------------5--5-|

guitar 2

-------------------------|-------------------------|
----------------11-------|----------------11-------|
----------11-------11----|----------11-------11----|
-------13----13-------13-|-------13----13-------13-|
----13-------------------|----13-------------------|
-11----------------------|-11----------------------|

guitar 1

-5-----------5--5-|-5-----------1--1-|
-5-----------5--5-|-5-----------1--1-|
-5-----------5--5-|-5-----------1--1-|
-7-----------7--7-|-7-----------3--3-|
-7-----------7--7-|-7-----------3--3-|
-5-----------5--5-|-5-----------1--1-|

guitar 2

------------------|------------------|
------------5-----|------------5-----|
-------5------5---|-------5------5---|
-----7---7------7-|-----7---7------7-|
---7--------------|---7--------------|
-5----------------|-5----------------|

guitar 1

-1-------------------1--1-|-1-------------------4--4-|
-1-------------------1--1-|-1-------------------4--4-|
-1-------------------1--1-|-1-------------------6--6-|
-3-------------------3--3-|-3-------------------6--6-|
-3-------------------3--3-|-3-------------------4--4-|
-1-------------------1--1-|-1-------------------4--4-|

guitar 2

--------------------------|--------------------------|
-----------------13-------|-----------------13-------|
----------13--------13----|----------13--------13----|
-------15----15--------15-|-------15----15--------15-|
----15--------------------|----15--------------------|
-13-----------------------|-13-----------------------|

guitar 3

--------------------------|--------------------------|
-18-----------------------|-13-----------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|

guitar 1

-4---------------4--4-|-4---------------1--1-|
-4---------------4--4-|-4---------------1--1-|
-6---------------6--6-|-6---------------1--1-|
-6---------------6--6-|-6---------------3--3-|
-4---------------4--4-|-4---------------3--3-|
-4---------------4--4-|-4---------------1--1-|

guitar 2

----------------------|----------------------|
---------------9------|---------------9------|
---------9-------9----|---------9-------9----|
------11---11------11-|------11---11------11-|
---11-----------------|---11-----------------|
-9--------------------|-9--------------------|

guitar 3

----------------------|----------------------|
-14-------------------|-9--------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|

guitar 1

-1-------------------1--1-|-1-------------------4--4--|
-1-------------------1--1-|-1-------------------4--4--|
-1-------------------1--1-|-1-------------------6--6--|
-3-------------------3--3-|-3-------------------6--6--|
-3-------------------3--3-|-3-------------------4--4--|
-1-------------------1--1-|-1-------------------4--4--|

guitar 2

--------------------------|---------------------------|
-----------------13-------|-----------------13--------|
----------13--------13----|----------13--------13-----|
-------15----15--------15-|-------15----15--------15--|
----15--------------------|----15---------------------|
-13-----------------------|-13------------------------|

guitar 3

--------------------------|---------------------------|
-6---------------------11-|-11--9-9--13-13--11-11--16-|
--------------------------|---------------------------|
--------------------------|---------------------------|
--------------------------|---------------------------|
--------------------------|---------------------------|

guitar 1

-4---------------4--4-|-4---------------4--4-|
-4---------------4--4-|-4---------------4--4-|
-6---------------6--6-|-6---------------4--4-|
-6---------------6--6-|-6---------------6--6-|
-4---------------4--4-|-4---------------6--6-|
-4---------------4--4-|-4---------------4--4-|

guitar 2

----------------------|----------------------|
---------------9------|---------------9------|
---------9-------9----|---------9-------9----|
------11---11------11-|------11---11------11-|
---11-----------------|---11-----------------|
-9--------------------|-9--------------------|

guitar 3 ---b--r

----------------------|----------------------|
-16----------16-17-16-|-14-------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|

guitar 1

-4-------------------4--4-|-4---------------4--4-|
-4-------------------4--4-|-4---------------4--4-|
-4-------------------6--6-|-6---------------4--4-|
-6-------------------6--6-|-6---------------6--6-|
-6-------------------4--4-|-4---------------6--6-|
-4-------------------4--4-|-4---------------4--4-|

guitar 2

-----------------11-------|----------------------|
----------12--------12----|---------------9------|
-------13----13--------13-|---------9-------9----|
----13--------------------|------11---11------11-|
-11-----------------------|---11-----------------|
--------------------------|-9--------------------|

guitar 3 --s --b-r

--------------------------|----------------------|
-9------------------------|-(9)-------9-4--4-5-4-|
--------------------------|----------------------|
--------------------------|----------------------|
--------------------------|----------------------|
--------------------------|----------------------|

guitar 1

-4-------------------4--4-|-4-------------------4--4-|
-4-------------------4--4-|-4-------------------4--4-|
-4-------------------6--6-|-6-------------------6--6-|
-6-------------------6--6-|-6-------------------6--6-|
-6-------------------4--4-|-4-------------------4--4-|
-4-------------------4--4-|-4-------------------4--4-|

guitar 2

-----------------11-------|--------------------------|
----------12--------12----|---------------9----------|
-------13----13--------13-|---------9-------9--------|
----13--------------------|------11---11------11-----|
-11-----------------------|---11---------------------|
--------------------------|-9------------------------|

guitar 3

--------------------------|-----------------4--------|
-(4)----------------------|-----------4--5-----4--5--|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|

guitar 1 hold----

-4--------------------|-1-----||
-4--------------------|-1-----||
-6--------------------|-1-----||
-6--------------------|-3-----||
-4--------------------|-3-----||
-4--------------------|-1-----||
----------------------|-------||
---------------9------|-------||
---------9-------9----|-------||
------11---11------11-|-------||
---11-----------------|-------||
-9--------------------|-------||

guitar 3 ---b

----------------------|-------||
-(5)------------------|-(5)-6-||
----------------------|-------||
----------------------|-------||
----------------------|-------||
----------------------|-------||

RIFF 2

guitar 1

-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------6-----|----------------------------------------------------|
-6-------5---------5-4-|----------------------------------------------------|
-7-------6-------------|----------------------7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-9-9----|
---0-0-0---0-0-0-------|-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10----------------------------10-|

guitar 2

-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
-6-------5-------7-----|----------------------------------------------------|
-7-------6---------6-5-|----------------------7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-9-9----|
---0-0-0---0-0-0-------|-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10----------------------------10-|

guitar 1 & 2

-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
-6-------5-------7-----|----------------------------------------------------|
-7-------6---------6-5-|----------------------7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-9-9----|
---0-0-0---0-0-0-------|-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10----------------------------10-|

guitar 1

-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------6-----|----------------------------------------------------|
-6-------5---------5-4-|----------------------------------------------------|
-7-------6-------------|----------------------7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-9-9----|
---0-0-0---0-0-0-------|-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10----------------------------10-|

guitar 2

-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
-6-------5-------7-----|----------------------------------------------------|
-7-------6---------6-5-|----------------------7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-9-9----|
---0-0-0---0-0-0-------|-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10----------------------------10-|

guitar 1

-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------||
-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------||
-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------||
-6-------5-------7-----|----------------------------------------------------||
-7-------6---------6-5-|----------------------7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-9-9----||
---0-0-0---0-0-0-------|-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10----------------------------10-||

guitar 2

-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------||
-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------||
-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------||
-6-------5-------7-----|----------------------7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-9-9----||
-7-------6---------6-5-|-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10----------------------------10-||
---0-0-0---0-0-0-------|----------------------------------------------------||

RIFF 3 (play 4 times)

guitar 1 & 2

---------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------|
-6--------------------------------------8----|
-7---------6----------------------------6--7-|
---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-----5-|
----------------------------------------------------||
----------------------------------------------------||
----------------------------------------------------||
----------------------------------------------------||
----------------------7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-9-9----||
-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10----------------------------10-||

RIFF 4 (play 4 times)

guitar 1 & 2 h

---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
-2-----1-----2-----4-----2-----1-|---4-----5-----4---2-----1-----1-2-||
---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---|-0---2-2---2-2---2---0-0---0-0-----||

RIFF 5

guitar 1 & 2

-----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------|
-5---------5---------5-----6---------5---------3-----|
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
-----------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------|
---------------------------------|
---------------------------------|
-2-----3-----4---5---4---3---2---|
---0-0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0-|
---------------------------------|

guitar 1 & 2

-----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------|
-5---------5---------5-----6---------5---------3-----|
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
-----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------||
-----------------------------------------||
-----------------------------------------||
-7---------7---------8--------------5--7-||
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--3--5-||
-----------------------------------------||

RIFF 6 (play 2 times)

guitar 1 & 2

--------------------------|---------------------|
--------------------------|---------------------|
--------------------------|---------------------|
-9------------------------|-4------------5-5--7-|
-7------6--7------7-------|-2------2--3--3-3--5-|
---0-0--4--5--4-5---5-4-0-|---0-0--0--1---------|
--------------------------|---------------------||
--------------------------|---------------------||
--------------------------|---------------------||
-9------------------------|-4------8--------5-7-||
-7------6--7------7-------|-2------6--7-----3-5-||
---0-0--4--5--4-5---5-4-0-|---0-0-----5-0-0-----||

play RIFF 3 (2 times)

play RIFF 4 (4 times)

play RIFF 5

play RIFF 6 (2 times)

RIFF 7

guitar 1

----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-------------6----------------6---|-------------6-------------7----|
---9-8-6-8-9---9----9-8-6-8-9---9-|---9-8-6-8-9---9----9-8-6--5--7-|
-6----------------6---------------|-6----------------6-----------5-|

guitar 2

-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-8----------------8----------------------------------8-------7-----|
-8----------------8-----------------8----------------8-------5--7--|
-6----------------6-----------------6----------------6----------5--|

guitar 1

----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
---------------7-------------------7----|---------------7---------------7----|
---10-9-7-9-10---10----10-9-7-9-10---10-|---10-9-7-9-19---10----10-9-7--5--7-|
-7-------------------7------------------|-7-------------------7------------5-|

guitar 2

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-9-------------------9--------------------9-------------------9---------7----|
-9-------------------9--------------------9-------------------9---------5--7-|
-7-------------------7--------------------7-------------------7------------5-|

guitar 1

----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-------------6----------------6---|-------------6-------------7----|
---9-8-6-8-9---9----9-8-6-8-9---9-|---9-8-6-8-9---9----9-8-6--5--7-|
-6----------------6---------------|-6----------------6-----------5-|

guitar 2

----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-------------6----------------6---|-------------6------------------|
---9-8-6-8-9---9----9-8-6-8-9---9-|---9-8-6-8-9---9----9-8-6--7----|
-6----------------6---------------|-6----------------6--------5--7-|
----------------------------------|------------------------------5-|

guitar 1

----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
---------------7-------------------7----|---------------7---------------7---||
---10-9-7-9-10---10----10-9-7-9-10---10-|---10-9-7-9-19---10----10-9-7--5-7-||
-7-------------------7------------------|-7-------------------7-----------5-||

guitar 2

----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
---------------7-------------------7----|---------------7-------------------||
---10-9-7-9-10---10----10-9-7-9-10---10-|---10-9-7-9-19---10----10-9-7--7---||
-7-------------------7------------------|-7-------------------7---------5-7-||
----------------------------------------|---------------------------------5-||

RIFF 8 (play 4 times) (solo begins)

guitar 1

--------------------------|-----------------------||
--------------------------|-----------------------||
--------------------------|-----------------------||
-9--------------------9-7-|-(7)------7-5------5-7-||
-7--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-7-5-|-(5)--2-2-5-3--2-2-3-5-||
-7--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-7-5-|-(5)--0-0-5-3--0-0-3-5-||

RIFF 9 (play 4 times)

guitar 1

--------------------------|------------------------||
--------------------------|------------------------||
--------------------------|------------------------||
-4------4------4------4-5-|-(5)------5-7------7-10-||
-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-3-|-(3)--3-3-3-5--5-5-5-8--||
-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-3-|-(3)--3-3-3-5--5-5-5-8--||

RIFF 10

guitar 1

----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
-5------5------5------5-----|-5------5------5------3-----|
-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--5-3-3-|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
-4------4------4------4-----|-4------4------4------4-----|
-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
-5------5------5------5-----|-5------5------5------3-----|
-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--5-3-3-|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------||
----------------------------|----------------------------||
----------------------------|----------------------------||
-3------3------3------3-----|----------------------------||
-1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1-|-3------3------3------3-----||
----------------------------|-1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1-||

play RIFF 8 (4 times with guitar 1 & 2 & thunder)

RIFF 11

guitar 1 & 2

-----|-----||
-----|-----||
-----|-----||
--7--|--5--||
--5--|--5--||
--5--|--3--||

RIFF 12 (play 8 times)

guitar 1 & 2

-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
---------------4-|-(4)---------------|--------4--------|-------------------||
-2------6------2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-6------2-2-2--4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
-0-0-0--4-4-4----|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4-4-4---------2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||

play RIFF 7 guitar 1 part only on guitar 1 & 2

play RIFF 3 (2 times)

RIFF 13

guitar 1 & 2

-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
-6-------5-------7-----|----------------------------------------------------|
-7-------6---------6-5-|----------------------7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-9-9----|
---0-0-0---0-0-0-------|-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10----------------------------10-|

guitar 1

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

guitar 2

-----------------------||
-----------------------||
-----------------------||
-6-------5-------7-----||
-7-------6---------6-5-||
---0-0-0---0-0-0-------||

SOLO

with wah ----b -----r

----------|----------------|-----------------------------------|
-12-------|-15-------------|-----------------------------------|
----12-12-|----14-12-12-14-|-(14)-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-(14)-12-|
----------|----------------|-----------------------------------|
----------|----------------|-----------------------------------|
----------|----------------|-----------------------------------|

----s

-------------------|
-------------------|
-(12)----12-12-(0)-|
------14-----------|
-------------------|
-------------------|

----s ----s

-19-19-15-15-15-15-19-19-15-15--14-14-17-17-14-14-14-14-17-17-14-14--12-12-|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

----s

-15-15-12-12-12-12-15-15-12-12--10-10-14-14-10-10-10-10-14-14-10-10-10-10-|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

s---

--------------------------------------------------------------|
-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------------------------|
-------------------------------------12-12-12-12-12-12--9-(0)-|
--------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------|

go crazy with whammy bar! Use any harmonic!

(n)

--------------------------|
--------------------------|
--------------------------|
-5------------------------|
--------------------------|
--------------------------|

whammy!

-----------15-14-|-(14)-----------|
-----------------|----------------|
----12-11--------|----------------|
-9---------------|----------------|
-----------------|----------------|
-----------------|-------8-7------|

next two measures are approximate

h p h p

----------------------------------------------|
-15-13-12-------------------------------------|
-----------14-12-11--14-12-11--11-12-11-12-11-|
----------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------|

h p h p ---b whammy ~~~~~~

---------------------------------10-|-14-(12)-(14)-|---------|
------------------------------------|--------------|--14-----|
-14-12-11--11-12-11-12-11--9--11----|--------------|---------|
------------------------------------|--------------|---------|
------------------------------------|--------------|---------|
------------------------------------|--------------|---------|

~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~

-17---14--------17-17-|-14----19-------|
----------------------|----------------|
----------------------|----------------|
----------------------|----------------|
----------------------|----------------|
----------------------|----------------|

h p p

------------------|----------------11-------|-----------------|------|
------------------|---------10--13----13-11-|-12--12-13-12-11-|--12--|
----------------8-|-(8)--11-----------------|-----------------|------|
-----------7-10---|-------------------------|-----------------|------|
-------6-9--------|-------------------------|-----------------|------|
--5--8------------|-------------------------|-----------------|------|
------------------|----------------11-------|-----|---------||
------------------|---------10--13----13-11-|-----|---------||
----------------8-|-(8)--11-----------------|--8--|--3--2---||
-----------7-10---|-------------------------|-----|---------||
-------6-9--------|-------------------------|-----|---------||
--5--8------------|-------------------------|-----|---------||

notes on bottom or right are melody

notes on top or left are harmony

h p p

------------------|---------10--13-11/16--13-11-|-12--12-13-12-11-|--12--|
----------------9-|-(9)--12-10--13--------13-11-|-12--12-13-12-11-|--12--|
-----------7-10-8-|-(8)--11---------------------|-----------------|------|
-------6-9-7-10---|-----------------------------|-----------------|------|
--5--8-6-9--------|-----------------------------|-----------------|------|
--5--8------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|------|
------------------|---------10--13-11/16--12-11-|-----|--------||
----------------9-|-(9)--12-10--13--------13-11-|--9--|--4--3--||
-----------7-10-8-|-(8)--11---------------------|--8--|--3--2--||
-------6-9-7-10---|-----------------------------|-----|--------||
--5--8-6-9--------|-----------------------------|-----|--------||
--5--8------------|-----------------------------|-----|--------||

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