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Birth of Tension

Overkill
Tab
4.6(5)

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Song

Overkill - Birth Of Tension

From the Album Years Of Decay

Copyright Megaforce Records

Version 1.0 - March - 2001

Transcribed by: Carl Culpepper

Typed out by: death8699

For Questions, Comments, Newest Version, or Corrections contact

death8699: at death8699@prodigy.net

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.. - palm mute / - slide up to

\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato

h - hammer on b - bend

p - pull off Suffixes for bend

ph - pinch harmonic

f - full bend h - half bend

* - see comment r - release t - tap bend

X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend

@ - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note

Tune Gtr to E

Riff 1 End Riff 1

|----------|---------------------------|
|----------|---------------------------|
|----------|---------------------------|
|-3--------|-2----------------3--------|
|-3--------|-2----------------3--------|
|-1--------|-0----------------1--------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------222--------------------222--------222-------|
|-0--0--0--0--3--0--0--0--000--0--0--3--0--1--3--000--0--0--000--0--0-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3----2--2--222--------222--------222--------2--2--2--2--222-------|
|-1----0--0--000--0--0--300--0--0--000--0--0--3--0--3--4--000--0--0-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-222--------222--------------2-----1--------3/-|
|-000--0--0--000--0--0--0--3-----3-----2--1-----|

Riff 2 End Riff 2

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------1-|

|-0000000000000000000000000000-3---|

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|------------------6-5----5----5-6\-|
|-0000000000000000-4-3----3----3-4\-|

Riff 3

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------2--------2--------2--------2-------------------------2--------|
|-------2--------2--------2--------2--------------3----------2--------|
|-0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0--0--0--1----0--0-----0--0--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2--------2--------2-------------------------2--------2--------2--------|
|-2--------2--------2--------------3----------2--------2--------2--------|
|----0--0-----0--0-----0--0--0--0--1----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0--|

End Riff 3

|---------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-2-------------------------2--------2--------3--------3--------|-----------------------|
|-2--------------3----------2--------2--------3--------3--------|-5--------5--------3/5-|
|----0--0--0--0--1----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----1--1-----1--1--|-3--3--3--3--3--3--1/3-|

Half Time

|------------------------------------|
|------------------x\----------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-2----------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------------|

Riff 4 End Riff 4

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

Double Time

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\-|
|---------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------|

3 Times 4th time

|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------2-----1--------3-|-222----222--222--222----222--222-|
|-0--3-----3-----2--1----|-000----000--000--000----000--000-|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-222----222--222--222----222--222--222----222----222----2-|
|-000----000--000--000----000--000--000----000----000----0-|

2 Times

|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------3----------------|
|-------2-----1--------3-|-------2-----1----------------|
|-0--3-----3-----2--1----|-0--3-----3-------------------|

3 Times

|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-222--------222--222--|-222--------222--------222--------6-5----5----5-6-|
|-000--------000--000--|-000--------000--------000--------4-3----3----3-4-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-2--------7\------------------------------|
|-2--------7\----------2-----1--------3--2-|
|-0--------5\----0--3-----3-----2--1-----0-|

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