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Return of the Night Creatures

Old Man's Child
Tab

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Song

OLD MAN'S CHILD:

RETURN OF THE NIGHT CREATURES

Tabbed: Esa Mikkola (Finland)

Palm muted notes are marked with these ......

Riff 1 This is hard riff because it's

played like chords

guitar 1

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

. . . . . . . . . .

|----------------------------------------|
|---------4-------3----------------------|
|-----3-------5-------3---5--------------|
|-----------------------------7----------|
|---5------------------------------------|
|-3-----3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------|

. . . . . . . . .

|-------------------------------------------|
|---------4---------------------------------|
|-----5-------5----7---8---7-5--------------|
|---5--------------------------8-7----------|
|-3-----3---3---3----5---5-------------3-6--|
|----------------------------------2-5------|

. . . . . . .

guitar 2

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------7--3--5----7-----|
|-555---555---555--5--7--3--5----7-----|
|-555---555---555--5--5--1--3----5-----|
|-333---333---333--3-------------------|

Riff 2

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-5---6---5-----5---6---5--8---9---8-----8---9---8-|
|---3---3---3-3---3---3------6---6---6-6---6---6---|

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

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-7---8---7-----7---8---7---------------------------------|
|---5---5---5-5---5---5----5---6---5-----5---6---5----3-6-|
|----------------------------3---3---3-3---3---3---2-5----|

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

Riff 3

guitar 1

|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------3-3-7-5-2-3--5-5-8-7-4-5----------------|
|-5-5-8-7-4-5----------------------------6-5-5-8-7-4-5-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-7-5-2-3--5-5-8-7-4-5--7-7-10-9-6-7--8-7-5----------|
|-----------------------------------------------8-7-5-4--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

guitar 2

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

In the end of the song this riff comes again but

there is little change. Here it is:

|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------3-3-7-5-2-3--5-5-8-7-4-5----------------|
|-5-5-8-7-4-5----------------------------6-5-5-8-7-4-5-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-7-5-2-3--5-5-8-7-4-5---------7-8-7-5----------|
|--------------------------7-7-7-7---------8-7-5-4--|

|---------------------------here--------------------|

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

Riff 4 This is even harder than first one

|-----------------------------------|
|------------------6-------7--------|
|---------8------------6-------8----| 2x and then
|-----8-------10--------------------|
|---8-------------------------------|
|-6-----6---6----6---6---6---6---6--|

. . . . . . . . .

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

. . . . . . . . .

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