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Opening of the Gates

Morbid Angel
Tab

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Song

MORBID ANGEL

Opening Of The Gates

from the album "Gateways To Annihilation"

Tabbed by Bobby Rafuse (azagthoth_666@corpsemail.com)

Tuning - Bb

pm - palm mute

p - pull off

*NOTE* Either my hearing is going shitty or I'm starting to

lose my guitar skills but there are a few riffs in this song that I

couldn't get so any help in finishing the rest of this tab would be

greatly appreciated. There was lots of request for this song and I

tried my best so anybody that wants to help out in finishing, be my guest.

Also, I'm horrible at timings in tabs so, listen to the song to get

a better feel of the riffs contained within this tab. Sorry for the long

wait. Please email me and let me know how the tabbed worked out for you or

if you have the riffs that aren't done or corrections, email them to me and

I'll make a new tab with the riffs added and your name will be credited on

the tab. Thanx alot for waiting ppl.

This song is played on a 7-string tabbed on a 6 string

Intro

|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|--???--|
|--???--|
|--???--|

Riff 1

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-4444444422221111222277775555------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------7777555533332222333344444444444455555555--
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Riff 1 (continued)

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-77775555----------------------|
|---------77775555333322223333--|

Riff 2

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

pm. . . . . . . .

Riff 3

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------33----33--------------33----33-----|
|-222222222222222222222222----22----222222222222----22----22--|

Riff 4

|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|--???--|
|--???--|
|--???--|

Riff 5

|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|--???--|
|--???--|
|--???--|

Riff 6 (chorus)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------111122221111--------------------111122221111------|
|-0000000022223333------------33330000000022223333------------3333--|

Fill

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

|-2p1p0-444444444444--|

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

Riff 7 (after Pete's drum solo)

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-777777776666----------------555555554444----------------|
|-------------7777------------------------55554444--------|
|-----------------8888-5p4-5-----------------------5p4-5--|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 8

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

there. That's all the riffs in the song besides the 3 I've missed.

Hope ppl appreciate this.

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