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Captives of Humanity

Old Man's Child
Tab

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Song

OLD MAN'S CHILD - CAPTIVES OF HUMANITY

Tabbed : Esa Mikkola (Finland)

Standard tuning

palm-mute ...........

Intro

guitar 1

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------2-----------------------2-|
|-piano-----6--9--7--------------------2--2--------------------2--2-|
|-----------6--9--7--------------------2--0--------------------2--0-|
|-----------4--7--5--------------------0-----------------------0----|

|

|guitar 2

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------2-4-5-4-2-1-2-4-2-------2-4-5-4-2---1-2-4-1----|
|--------------------------------------2---------------2------------|to
|-----------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-|beginning
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 1 (Notes between () are played with piano)

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-7-(7-9-10-9-7)--5-(5-7-9-7-5)--9-(4-5-7-5-4)------|
|-7---------------5--------------9-------------6--9-|
|-5---------------3--------------7-------------6--9-|
|----------------------------------------------4--7-|

verse

1st ending 2nd ending

|-----------------------------|-----------|------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------|------------|
|-2-2---2---2-2---2-----------|--2-2------|------------|
|-2-2---2---2-2---2---2-2---2-|--2-2---2--|--2-2---2---|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---2-2---2-|--0-0-0-2--|--2-2---2---|
|---------------------0-0-0-0-|--------0--|--0-0-0-0---|

. . . . .

verse continues

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7---7---7-7---7---5-5---5---5-5---5---9-9---9---9-9---9-------|
|-7-7---7---7-7---7---5-5---5---5-5---5---9-9---9---9-9---9---6-9-|to
|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---6-9-|beginning
|-------------------------------------------------------------4-7-|

. . . . . .

Riff 2

guitar 1

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5--5-5-7-8--7--7-7-5----------------|
|-5--5-5-7-8-----------------------8--7--7-7-5-4--|

|

|guitar 2

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------7-----------2-----------------------|
|-2-----------7-----------2-----------2-----------|
|-0-----------5-----------0-----------2-----------|
|-------------------------------------0-----------|

guitar 1

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

|

|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------7-----------------------------------|
|-2-----------7------------------------6--6-6-7-9-|
|-0-----------5-----------7--7-7-9-10-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

Riff 3

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2----5-4---5-4---7--2-----5-4---5-4---1--2----5-4---5-4---7--|
|-2----7\6---7\6---9--2-----7\6---7\6---2--2----7\6---7\6---9--|
|-0-0------0-----0----0-0-------0-----0----0-0------0-----0----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

. . . . . .

2nd ending

|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-2--10-10-9--7-9-------|-2-2------6-6------|
|-2--8--8-\7--5/7--6-9--|-2-2------6-6------|
|-0----------------4/7--|-0-0-000--4-4-444--|

... ...

Then verse and then this

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

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

|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|---------5---------5-----5---------5---------1--------|
|---------7---------7-----7---------7---------2--------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0----|
|------------------------------------------------------|

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

Riff 4

guitar 1

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11-10-8-11-10-8-10-11--10-8-6-10-8-6-8-10--8-6-5-8-6-5-6-8--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7------7--------7------5------5------5-----9------9------9----------------------|
|-7------7--------7------5------5------5-----9------9------9------------2---------|
|-5-5555-5--5555--5-55---3-3333-3-3333-3-33--7-7777-7-7777-7-77-----------2-------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------4-0-1-4-----4-0-5-|

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

then these little fills

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-/9-7-9~------/10-7-9~------/9-7-9~-------/10-7-9~--|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

Then riff 4 but guitar 1 plays this (guitar 2 is same)

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-9-7-10-9-7-9-10--9-7-5-9-7-5-7-9--7-5-4-7-5-4-5-7--|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

Ending

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-2-2------6-6-------7-3--2--6--7---|
|-2-2------6-6-------7-3--2--6--7---|
|-0-0-000--4-4-444---5\1--0--4--5---|

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