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Sworn to Black

Morbid Angel
Tab

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Song

SWORN TO THE BLACK - Morbid Angel - Covenant

Guitar Transcribed on Bass (Except where indicated otherwise)

Tuning (Low - High): Eb Ab Db Gb

A Play 2 Times

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

pm... pm......... pm.....

B Play 4 Times

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

pm... pm......... pm... pm......

Fill

|--------|
|--------|
|-2--2-3-|
|--------|

C (Guitar 1 Left Speaker) Play 8 Times

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-h4--3-h4--4-4-4-6---4--|
|-----------------------------------|

C (Guitar 2 Right Speaker)

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-4--4-4-4-4-h5--4-h5--5-5-5-7---5--|

pm... pm...

D

|------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4-------------|
|-6--------3--------------3-/4-\3--2--3----------|
|-4--4-4-4-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-/2-\1-----1--1-1-1-1-|

pm... pm......... pm.....

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|/5----------------------------------------------------------|
|/3--6--5--------3--------------3-/4-\3--6--------3----------|
|----4--3--3-3-3-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-/2-\1--4--4-4-4-1--1-1-1-1-|

pm... pm......... pm... pm.....

Repeat B, Fill, C, and D

E Play 4 Times

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3----------3/4-3/4---------5-----|-3----------3-4-3-4---------5-6-6-|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1/2-1/2-2-2-2-2-3-----|-1--1-1-1-1-1/2-1/2-2-2-2-2-3-4-4-|

pm..... pm..... pm..... pm.....

F (x2) t t t t t t t t t t t t

|-------|-9p5h9p5h9p5-8p4h8p4h8p4-|-------|-9p5h9p5-8p4-10p6h10p6h10p6-|

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

G t t t t t t t t

|-----------------|-9p5h9p5h9p5-8p4h8p4h8p4-|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-9p2h3h5-9p4h5h7-|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|

t t t t t t t t (Play G four Times)

|-----------------|-9p5h9p5-8p4-10p6h10p6h10p6-|
|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-9p2h3h5-9p4h5h7-|----------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------|

H t t t t t t t t

|--------------------|-12p7h12p7h12p7-11p6h11p6h11p6-|
|--------------------|-------------------------------|
|-12p5h6h8-12p7h8h10-|-------------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------------|

t t t t t t t t (Play H two

Times)

|-------------------|-12p7h12p7-11p6-13p8h13p8h13p8-|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|-12p5h6h8-12p5h6h8-|-------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|

I

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------6-/-7-\-6--/9----6--|-----------------7--7-7--------6--|
|-----------------5-/-6-\-5--/8----5--|-----------------6--6-6--------5--|
|-----------------3-/-4-\-3--/6----3--|-----------------4--4-4--------3--|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0----|

pm............. pm............. pm...

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------6-/-7-\-6--/9----6--|-----------------7------6---------|
|-----------------5-/-6-\-5--/8----5--|-----------------6------5---------|
|-----------------3-/-4-\-3--/6----3--|-----------------4------3---------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------4-3-----------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------|

pm............. pm............. pm.

J Play 4 Times

|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-4--4-4---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2--2-2--------3------------------|-3/4\3--6----3------------------|
|---------0-0-0-1--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1/2\1--4----1--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

pm... pm............. pm.............

K (Fill)

|----------------------------------|
|-4--4-4---------------------------|
|-2--2-2---------------------------|

|---------1\\\\(Dive Wammy Bar)\\\\|

Repeat A, B, C, & E.

The End (P.S. What a Masterpiece!!!)

Erik

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erik_heino@hotmail.com

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