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The Secrecies of Horror

Pestilence
Tab

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Song

PESTILENCE - The Secrecies Of Horror

From Testimony Of The Ancient - Roadrunner 91

Transcribed by Pierre "Boz" SARDA

I lack the fast part in solo 1.

Solo 2 I can't hear anything, so I haven't tried it :)

Strange notations:

// : tremolo picking

12b(14) : bend 12 till it sounds like 14

14d(13) : depress with vibrato bar

Riff 1 (fade in intro)

e|----------2-1-|(keyboard notes)
B|--------------|
G|--------------| GUIT 1&2            Repeat 8 times
D|--------------|
A|-5-44-4-------|
E|-3-22-2-------|

Riff 2 (Main Riff)

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------| GUIT 1
D|--------3----------5--------3----------5-|
A|---------543-------3---------543-------3-|
E|-3-333-3----654-345--3-333-3----654-345--|

|

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------| GUIT 2
D|-------------------5-------------------5-|
A|-------------------3-------------------3-|
E|-----------------------------------------|

Then repeat 5 times Riff 2 with both guitars playing Guitar 1 part.

Riff 3

e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------| Guit 1&2
D|------4--3-----|
A|------2--1--5--|
E|-10---------3--|

Repeat 4 times then play

Riff 2 6 times

Riff 3 4 times

then

Riff 4 (with keyboard effects)

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------| GUIT 1&2
D|------9-8~---------9-10~-|
A|------7-6~---------7-8-~-|
E|-0000---------0000-------|

.... ....

Repeat Riff 4 6 times

Under solo 1

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

Repeat 8 times

Solo 1

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------15-14----------------------------------12b(14)~-13b(15)-15b(17)~|
D|-15-14-//-//-17-15-14--1514121415141214151412--------------------------|
A|-//-//-------//-//-//--------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------18-17-15----1517181715------------------|
G|-14b(16)~----14-----------17------------17---------------|
D|----------------------------------------------????????---|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------ah---------------|
G|--12b(14)~-------------------------------6b(9)~~---------|
D|------------14d(13)~~~~b(15)~~---------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------0d(?)--------------------|

Riff 5

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| GUIT 1&2
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----678-789-678-----678-789-678-----789-8910-789-----789-8910-789-|
E|-567-------------567-------------678--------------678--------------|

Repeat Riff 5 16 times

then

Riff 2 6 times

Riff 3 4 times

Riff 4 8 times

then

Riff 6

e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------| GUIT 1&2
D|-------------11--10-|
A|-11-10-9--8--9---8--|
E|-9--8--7--6---------|

. . . .

Repeat 4 times

Then 8 times under solo 2 (without palm muting)

Last time play it in order to slide to Riff 4:

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------| GUIT 1&2
D|--------------9-8--...-|
A|-11-10-9------7-6------|
E|-9--8--7-0000----------|

Repeat Riff 4 8 times

then

Riff 4'

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------| GUIT 1&2 2 times
D|------9-8~-------9-8~------9-8~------9-10~-|
A|------7-6~-------7-6~------7-6~------7-8-~-|
E|-0000-------0000------0000------0000-------|

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

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