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Pestilence
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Song

PESTILENCE - CHEMO THERAPY

From the Album MALLEUS MALEFICARUM

Copyright 1988 Roadrunner Records

Version 1.0 - May 96

Transcription Done By: Richard Broadhead II()

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. - palm mute ph - pinched harmonic

/ - slide up to ah - artificial harmonic

\ - slide down to th - tap harmonic

~ - vibrato hr - natural harmonic

h - hammer on b - bend

p - pull off Suffixes for bend

t - tap with finger f - full bend h - half bend

repeat measure r - release t - tap bend

X - percussion mute p - pick when bent

> - accented note Prefixes

() - ghost note, sustained note p - pre-bend w - use bar

" - Tremolo Pick d - don't pick start of bend

Normal Tuning

Riff A (end of Riff A)

|----||------------------------------------------------------|
|----||------------------------------------------------------| GTR I
|----||------------------------------------------------------|   &
|-sl.||------------------------------------------------------| GTR II
|-\\-||-3p2---3p2---3p2-111111-2p1---2p1---3"""-2"""-3"""-6~-|
|-\\-||----0-0---0-0--------------0-0---0-0------------------|

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

Play Riff A a total of four times

2 times 4 times 8 times

|----------||------------||-----------||-----------||--------------||
|----------||------------||-----------||-----------||--------------||
|----------||*----------*||-----------||*---------*||*------------*|| GTR I
|-10-7-9-8-||*-10-7-9-8-*||-10-7-9-8--||*-10-7-9-8*||*-10-7--9--8-*||
|-8--5-7-6-||--8--5-7-6--||-8--5-7-6--||--8--5-7-6-||--8--5--7--6--||
|----------||------------||-----------||-----------||--------------||

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (. . . .)slight pm

|* 2 times 8 times

|----------||------------||-----------||-----------||---------------||
|----------||------------||-----------||-----------||---------------||
|----------||*----------*||-----------||*---------*||*-13-10-12-11-*|| GTR II
|-10-------||*-10-------*||-10--------||*-10------*||*-13-10-12-11-*||
|-8--------||--8---------||-8---------||--8--------||--11-8--10-9---||
|----0-0-0-||-----0-0-0--||----0-0-00-||-----0-0-0-||---------------||

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

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------7-5-4----------| GTR I
|-10---10---12-11-10---7-6-10---10----12-11-10-----------7-5-4----|
|-8----8----10-9--8----5-4-8----8-----10-9--8------------------6--|
|---000--000--------000------000---000---------000----------------|

| ... ... ... ... ... ...

|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------10-8-7---------| GTR II
|-10---10---12-11-10---7-6------------12-11-10-----------10-8-7---|
|-8----8----10-9--8----5-4------------10-9--8------------------10-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------7-5-4----------| GTR I
|-10---10---12-11-10---7-6-10---10----12-11-10-----------7-5-4----|
|-8----8----10-9--8----5-4-8----8-----10-9--8------------------6--|
|---000--000--------000------000---000---------000----------------|

| ... ... ... ... ... ...

|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------10-8-7---------| GTR II
|-----------12-11-10---7-6------------12-11-10-----------10-8-7---|
|-----------10-9--8----5-4------------10-9--8------------------10-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff B (end of Riff B)

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------7-5-4----------| GTR I
|-10---10---12-11-10---7-6-10---10----12-11-10-----------7-5-4----|
|-8----8----10-9--8----5-4-8----8-----10-9--8------------------6--|
|---000--000--------000------000---000---------000----------------|

| ... ... ... ... ... ...

|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------10-8-7---------| GTR II
|-10---10---12-11-10---7-6-10---10----12-11-10-----------10-8-7---|
|-8----8----10-9--8----5-4-8----8-----10-9--8------------------10-|
|---000--000--------000------000---000---------000----------------|

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

Play Riff B a total of 2 times

Riff C (end of Riff C)

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------| GTR I
|-4----------3-----4-----5-----4-----|
|------------------------------------|
|---22222222---222---222---000---000-|

| ........ ... ... ... ...

|

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------| GTR II
|-4----------3-----4-----------------|
|------------------------6-----5-----|
|---22222222---222---222---000---000-|

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

Play Riff C a total of four times

Riff D (end of Riff D)

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR I
|-----------5\45\4----------5\45\4----------5\45\4----------5\45\4-|
|-----------6\57\5----------6\57\5----------6\57\5----------6\57\5-|
|-0000000000------0000000000------0000000000------0000000000-------|

| .......... .......... .......... ..........

|

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

|--hold------------hold------------hold------------hold------------| GTR 2

|-9---------------10--------------12--------------10---------------|
|-7---------------8---------------10--------------8----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play Riff D a total of two times, end of second time end with an E5Viii

Play Riff B 4 times

Play Riff C 4 times

Play Riff D 2 times

Rhythm under solo(Play a total of 4 times)

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-7~---------8~---------10~---------8~----------|

|---000000000--000000000---000000000--000000000-|

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

Rhythm under solo(Play 8 times)

|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|------------8-7-|
|------------6-5-|
|-2222222222-----|

..........

Rhythm under whammy effects(Play 8 times)

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

| . . . .

|

|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------| GTR II
|-13-10-12-11-|
|-11-8--10-9--|
|-------------|

. . . .

Riff E(play 4 times) (end of Riff E) Play three times

|---------------------------||------------------||------------------||
|---------------------------||------------------||------------------||
|*-------------------------*||------------------||*----------------*|| GTR
|*----------5-4----4----4~-*||---------ph---ph--||*----------------*||  1
|---------------7~---7-6----||----------2---1---||----------2---1---||
|-000000000-----------------||-00000000---4---3-||-00000000---4---3-||

| ......... ........ ........

|

|---------------------------||------------------||------------------||
|---------------------------||------------------||------------------||
|*-------------------------*||------------------||*----------------*|| GTR
|*----------9-7----7----7~-*||---------ph---ph--||*----------------*||  2
|--------------10~--10-8----||----------2---1---||----------2---1---||
|-000000000-----------------||-00000000---4---3-||-00000000---4---3-||

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

Play Riff E again a total of 4 times

guitar I

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----4--5----------|----4--5----------|----4--5----------|----4--5----------|
|----4--5--2-------|----4--5--2-------|----4--5--2-------|----4--5--2-------|
|-2--2--3---532----|-2--2--3---532----|-2--2--3---532----|-2--2--3---532----|
|-0------------532-|-0------------532-|-0------------532-|-0------------532-|

| ..... .......

| guitar 2

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----4--5--54------|----4--5--54------|----4--5--54------|----4--5--54------|
|----4--5----754---|----4--5----754---|----4--5----754---|----4--5----754---|
|-2--2--3-------75-|-2--2--3-------75-|-2--2--3-------75-|-2--2--3-------75-|
|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|

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

Play a total of four times

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| GTR I
|---------2---------2-----2---1-------|
|-2-5-4-3-2-3-2-5\4-2-3-2---3---2-3-2-|
|-0-3-2-1-0-1-0-3\2-0-1-0-------------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . .

|

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| GTR II
|---------2---------------5---4-------|
|-2-5-4-3-2-3-2-5-4-2-3-2---7---6-7-6-|
|-0-3-2-1-0-1-0-3-2-0-1-0-------------|

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

Play 4 times(with solo)

|------------------|
|------------------|
|----4--5--2-------|
|----4--5--2532----|
|-2--2--3---532532-|
|-0------------532-|

|

|------------------|
|----------53------|
|----4--5--54542---|
|----4--5----75454-|
|-2--2--3-------75-|
|-0----------------|

solo sweep

|-------------------|---19---17----14-15---|-12-14-15-14-12------------------|
|-5~--7-8-8bf-8p7h8-|--17--13---13------13-|----------------13-12-15-13~-12~-|
|-------------------|-16-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|----17-19-17-14-15-17-22bf~---|
|-15---------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|

Play Riff C 4 times

Play Riff D 2 times

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

|-----||----------| Play Riff A |------------|

|-----||----------| three times |------------|

|-sl.-||-10--8-9--| then play    |------------|
|-\\--||-8---6-7--|              |-3p2--------|
|-\\--||----------|              |----0-------|

.slight palm mute

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