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The Last Chapter

Old Man's Child
Tab

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Song

Artist: Old Man's Child

Title: The last chapter

Album: Born of the flickering

Tabbed by elc (elc@o2.pl;elc@onet.pl)

Riff 1, first time one guitar plays single chords, then both guitars use

tremolo picking

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------4-2-----------------------------4-2-----5-4-|
D|-2-----5-4-------4-------5---4-2-------5-4-------4-------5-------|
A|-2-----7-5-------2---------------2-----7-5-------2---------------|
E|-0-------------------------------0-------------------------------|

Riff 2, "normal" picking,

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------4-2-----------------------------4-2-----5-4-|
D|-------------------------5---4---------------------------5-------|
A|-2-----7-5~------2~--------------2-----7-5~------2~--------------|
E|-0-------------------------------0-------------------------------|

Riff 3,

e|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|-----------------------4|5-----5-----5-----5-----|
A|-2-----2-----2-----2---2|3-33333-33333-33333-3333|
E|-0-00000-00000-00000-00-|------------------------|
e|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|-2-----2-----2-----2---5|4-----4-----4-----------|
A|-0-00000-00000-00000-003|2-22222-22222-22224---5-|
E|------------------------|------------------2---3-|

Riff 4, tremolo picking, watch for the timing,

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----2-2-1-1-2-2-4-4-2-2-1-1-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A|-2-2-----------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-0-0-------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----2-2-1-1-2-2-4-4-2-2-1-1-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-4-2-2---------|
A|-2-2-----------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-0-0-5-5-4-4-|
E|-0-0-----------------------------------------------------3-3-2-2-|

Riff 3

Riff 5, "normal" picking, let ring every note,

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5-----5-----5-----------5-----5-----5-------|
G|---4-----4-----4-----------4-----4-----4---------|
D|-2-----0-----------------------------------------|
A|-------------3-----------0-----0-----------------|
E|-------------------------------------0-----------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5-----5-----5-----------5-----5-----5-------|
G|---4-----4-----4-----------4-----4-----4---------|
D|-2-----0-----------------------------------------|
A|-------------3-----2h3p2-0-----0-----------------|
E|-------------------------------------0-----------|

Rhytm figure over Riff 5, timing not 100 3.711416e-314xact,

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-----4-----5-7p5p4-------------------------------|
A|---------------------3-----3-----5-3-2-----3-2-----|
E|---------------------------------------0-----------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------7-8-10--8--7-------------------------------------|
G|-------9--------------------------------------------------|
D|-----9----------------10----7-----10-9-7----7-------------|
A|---7-------------------------------------10---9-7-6h7h9-7-|
E|-0--------------------------------------------------------|

. . . .

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-----11-----12------14-12-11-19-17-16----19-17-16-12-14-16-|
D|----------9------10---------------------17-------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------
B|-12/13-13/15-15/17-17/19-19/20-20\19-20--------
G|-------------------------------------------17--
D|-----------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------
e|-19-15-19-15-19-15-17-14-17-14-17-14-15-14-------------|
B|-------------------------------------------17-16-17----|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------14-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 1

Riff 2, the solo thing that goes with riff 2 at the end of the song is

not tabbed, sorry for this,

Riff 3

Riff 4

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