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This Sacrament

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THIS SACRAMENT - transcribed by Tim Calvert

open E-strings are muted

-----6---------------------------------------------------------------
----b10-----------------------6--------------------------------------
------------------9----------b10-----------9-------------------------

------------------x------------------------x-------------------------

------------------7------------------------7-------------------------
---------0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0------0-0-0--0-----0-0-0-0----------------

first end second end

----------------------------------|-------------|--------------------
----------------------------------|-------------|--------------------
----------------------------------|-------------|--------------------
----------------------------------|-------------|--------------------
----------------------------------|-------------|--0-8h10p8----------
-----0-0-0-0--1p0--0-0-0--4--0-0--|--1pp0-(0)---|--------------------

A SECTION (first end) (second end)<-play twice then

main verse again

----0---0----0--0--0--0--0---|--0--0--------|--0--0--------|---------
----0---0----0--0--0--0--0---|--0--0--------|--0--0--------|---------
----4---4----4--5--4--3--3---|--3--3--------|--7--7--------|---------
----x---x----x--x--x--x--x---|--x--x--------|--x--x--------|---------
----2---2----2--3--2--1--1---|--1--1--------|--5--5--------|---------
----0---0----0--0--0--0--0---|--3--3--------|--0--0--------|---------

CHORUS (repeat)

up stroke

--0------------------------------------------------------------------
--0--------------0-----0----------0--------------0-------------------
--0-----0--------4-------4---4--3---3-------2------2-----------------
--2-------2---2--5---------5----4-----44----3--3-----3---------------
--2---------2----5--------------4-----------3------------------------
--0--0-----------0--0-----------0--------0--0------------------------

SOLO RYTHM

--------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------

---9--11-9--12--9--9--11-9--16--15--14---12--11--4------------------

---x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x---x---x---x----x--x---x------------------

---7--9--7--10--7--7--9--7--14--13--12---10--9---2------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------

---9--11-9--12--9--9--11-9--16--16--17---16--15--14--12-------------

---x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x---x---x----x---x---x---x--------------

---7--9--7--10--7--7--9--7--14--14--15---14--13--12--10-------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------

---8--10-8--12--8--8--10-8--14--15--14---12--10---------------------

---x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x---x---x----x---x----------------------

---6--8--6--10--6--6--8--6--12--13--12---10--8----------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------

repeat 1st line, then repeat : CHORUS/VERSE/CHORUS

SOLO

---------------15----------------15-17--19-17-15----15h17p15-----------
---17-16-17-19----19-17-16-17-19-----------------19----------19-15-19--

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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-----------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

(first end) (second end)

---15--------|---------------------------|-----------15-17-19/24-------
------19-17--|--16-17-16-----------------|--16-17-19-------------------
-------------|-----------17-16-----------|-----------------------------
-------------|-----------------19-17-166-|-----------------------------
-------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------
-------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------

3rd end (staccato riff)

---15-17-19-17-15----15----15------------------------------------------
------------------19----19----19-17-16---16-17-19-17-16-17-16----------
--------------------------------------------------------------17-------

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second half of the solo (legato feel)

-12-7-0-7-0---0------------0-7-0---------------------------------------
------------8---8-7-0--7-8-------9-------------------------------------

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-----------------------------------------------------------------------

-10-7-0-7-0---0------------0-7-0---------------------------------------
------------8---8-7-0--7-8-------8-------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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-----------------------------------------------------------------------

-9-8-7-6-7-8-9-6---6-----------6-9\6-122-9----9------------------------
-----------------8---8-------8-------------11---11---------------------
-----------------------9-6-9-----------------------12------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Legato

---------9-12-9-15-12----12--|-15-12-0--12-0----0-----------------------
------11--------------14-----|---------------13---12--------------------
-9-12------------------------|------------------------------------------
-----------------------------|------------------------------------------
-----------------------------|------------------------------------------
-----------------------------|------------------------------------------
----------0-12-0----12-12-0-12-0----0--------------0-12-0--------------
-8-0-8-12--------12--------------12---112-8-0-8-12--------12-----------

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-14-13-12-11-12-13-14-11----11-----------------------------------------
-------------------------12----12--------------------------------------
----------------------------------14-111-12----------------------------

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-18-------19-------20-------21-------222-----23----24------------------
----16-0-----17-0-----18-0-----19-0------20-----21---------------------

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