Archon

Song

Song:Archon

Band:Rotting Christ

Tab by Sean O'Connor (itz31@aol.com)

Send any corrections/additions to itz31@aol.com

I'm working on the solo as we speak, i'll have it sometime

this weekend probably. The chorus is as close as i can get

it for now, it sounds right but it feels wrong if that makes

any sense at all.

Standard Tuning

Notation:

PM-Palm Mute

AH-Artificial Harmonic

Intro/Verse Riff

G5 A5 A#5 A5 F5 E5 E5 D5

   |--------------------------------------|
   |--------------------------------------|
   |--------------------------------------|
   |--------------------------9----9----7-|
   |-5--7----8----7------3----7-77-7-77-5-|
   |-3--5-55-6-66-5-5555-1-11-------------|

P.M. .. .. .... .. .. ..

The chord names above the staff will be important later so don't forget about 'em.

Chorus Riff

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------A.H.--|

|-777777-8877..665577..443355..-5-7--8----|

|-555555------------------------3-5-------|

This whole riff is Palm Muted except for the harmonic at the end.

The .. after the 7 and 5 mean i didn't bother to count how many times

to play that note, just play along with the music! Also the number

of A5 chords at the beginning vary sometimes.

Riff 3

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----------5--------10------------|
|-7--------3--------8-------2-4-5-|
|-5------0--------0---------0-2-3-|

P.M. . . . . .

Let the chords ring.

Riff 4

|--------|     |---------|     |--------|
|--------|     |---------|     |--------|
|--------|     |---------|     |--------|
|--------| X 4 |---------| X 3 |--------|

|-7-9-10-| |-9-11-12-| |-11-9-7-|

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

Again, this riff is also entirely palm muted. Not too sure about this one either.

Riff 5

   |--------|     |---------|     |-----|
   |--------|     |---------|     |-----|
   |--------|     |---------|     |-----|
   |--------| X 8 |---------| X 8 |-----|
   |-7------|     |-10------|     |-2-5-|

|-5-5555-| |-8--8888-| |-0-3-|

P.M. .... .... . .

And here's the song structure...

Verse Riff X 12, vocals start the 8th time.

Chorus Riff X 4-the 4th time don't play the harmonic.

Verse Riff X 4

Chorus Riff X 4-again no harmonic the 4th time.

Riff 3 X 4

Riff 4 X 4

Riff 5 X 4

Verse Riff X 8, vocals start 4th time.

Chorus Riff X 4-no harmonic at the end, don't P.M. the last A5 chord,

just hit it hard and abruptly stop.

Ok here's the line for guitar 2 during the intro,

this is where them chords from the first riff are important.

Guitar 2 plays chords the first 4 times the riff is played,

here's what chords to hit.

1/2-G5 A5

3/4-G5 A5 A#5 A5

Thats it.