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Land of Tears

Pestilence
Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

PESTILENCE -LAND OF TEARS

From the Album TESTIMONY OF THE ANCIENTS

Copyright 1991 The All Blacks B.V./

Roadrunner Records "

Transcription done by :George Zoulis

. - 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

* - see comment d - don't pick start of bend

RIFF1 1,3 2,4

 E|--------------------------------------------------------|---------|-----|
 B|--------------------------------------------------------|---------|-----|
 G|--------------------------------------------------------|---------|-----|
 D|-----3--2h3p2h3p2h3p2-----3--2h3p2-etc-----3--2h3p2-etc-|-2-------|-4-3-|
 A|--*---------------------*---------------*---------------|---5-4-2-|-2-1-|
 E|--X---------------------X---------------X---------------|---------|-----|

* Percussion mute on 3rd fret

RIFF2 1,3 2 4

 E|---------------------------------|-----------|---------|---------|
 B|---------------------------------|-----------|---------|---------|
 G|---------------------------------|-----------|---------|---------|
 D|---------------------------------|-----------|-------3-|---------|
 A|--2222-----------2222------------|-1111------|-6\5-2-1-|-------1-|
 E|-------3333-0000------3333-0000--|------3333-|-4\3-0---|-4-3-0---|

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

RIFF1A(Play the same as riffA except ending 2,4 where u play as seen below)

 E|-------|
 B|-------|
 G|-------|
 D|--3-2--|
 A|--1-0--|
 E|-------|

RIFF3

1,3,5 2,4

 E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 B|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 G|--7--6--7-7--6----7--6--6-6--7-5--|-7--6--7-7--6----7--6--6-6--7---|
 D|--5--4--7-7--6----5--4--6-6--7-5--|-5--4--7-7--6----5--4--6-6--7---|
 A|--------5-5--4----------4-4--5-3--|-------5-5--4----------4-4--5---|
 E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

RIFF4 1,3

 E|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--
 B|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--
 G|----9--11~~~------9--11~~/12-11-9--|----10--12~~~------10--12~~/13-12-10-|--
 D|--9------------9-------------------|-10-------------10-------------------|--
 A|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--
 E|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--

Continuation of Riff4

2,4

             --|----------------------------------|
             --|----------------------------------|
             --|----10--12~~~-----8--10~~/11-10-8-|
             --|-10-------------8-----------------|
             --|----------------------------------|
             --|----------------------------------|

STRUCTURE

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RIFF1 X4

RIFF2 X6

RIFF1ÁX4

RIFF2 X4

RIFF1ÁX4

RIFF3 X5

RIFF4 X4

SOLO1

SOLO2-RIFF1ÁX4

RIFF2 X5

RIFF1ÁX4

RIFF1Á(Muted,no hammeron-pullofs) X4

SOLO1

 E|-----------------------------------14-15-14---------------------------------------------------------|
 B|--15fb--15fb--15fb-15fb-15fb--15fb------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|--------------------------------------------16-------------------------------------------------^----|
 D|-----------------------------------------------17-16----16-----------------------17-------16-16-16--|
 A|-----------------------------------------------------------15-14---15-14---14-15----14-15-----------|
 E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

. . . . . .

 E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13------------|
 G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------12-14-16--------16---14--|
 D|-----------------------------------------------------------12----12-14-16--------------------------|
 A|--14h15p14----------------------------------------12-14-15----15-----------------------------------|
 E|------------17----14--14--14--14h15p14-12---14-15--------------------------------------------------|
 E|---------------------------------------------15-------------15-17-------------15-17-17fb--17-15-17--17fbr-|
 B|------------------------------------15-17-19-------15-17-19----------15-17-19-----------------------------|
 G|--16-17-17fb---17-16-17----14-16-17-------------17----------------17--------------------------------------|
 D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

For any comments,corrections and if possible the second solo email me at g_zoulis@hotmail.com

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