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Kaiowas

Sepultura
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KAIOWAS

As recorded by Sepultura

(From the 1993 Album CHAOS A.D.)

Transcribed by Doetje2

Music by Max Cavalera, Andreas Kisser, Igor Cavalera, Paulo Xisto Pinto Junior

D5

0 5 7 x x x

D

0 0 4 2 x x

C5/D

0 3 5 x x x

Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Gtr.1 12-string acoustic'

Gtr II (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Gtr.2 6-string acoustic'

Freely Q.=76 Q.=76

D5 N.C.

12/8

Gtr I Gtrs I, II

W W. 4x

|--------------||----------||
|--------------||o--------o||
|--------------||--7-------||
|--------------||--7-------||
|--------------||o-5------o||
|--------------||--0-------||

N.C.

E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S

||----------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(5)-(5)-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||----------------------------------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3---3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S 4x

|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0--o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||

E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|

E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|

Gtr I

E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|

|

| Gtr II

| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|

E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|

|

| E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|

E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

||----------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------|
||----------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|

E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x

|----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------||
|---------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||

Q.=Q Faster Q=88

D5 D5 D

4/4

Gtr I

W W +H.. E

| | |

/ / o

Gtr II

|3|

Q. E Q E E S 4x E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S S S E

||-------------------||-------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------o||-------------------|-----------------------|
||-------------------||-------------------|-----------------------|
||--7----7-6--6-6-x--||-7--7-7-5-7--7-7-5-|--7---7-7-5-7--7-7-7-5-|
||o-5----5-5--5-5-x-o||-5--5-5-3-5--5-5-3-|--5---5-5-3-5--5-5-5-3-|
||--0----0-0--0-0-0--||-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|--0---0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|

C5/D

W +H.. E

| | |

/ / /

E. S E E E. S S S E E. S E E E. S S S E

|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|-7--7-7-5-7--7-7-7-5-|--7---7-7-5-7--7-7-7-5-||
|-5--5-5-3-5--5-5-5-3-|--5---5-5-3-5--5-5-5-3-||
|-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0---0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-||

D5 C5/DD5 C5/D D5 C5/DD5 C5D5

Gtrs I, II

a E. S S S E a E. S S S E 3x a E. S S S E a E. S S S S S

||-----------------------------||-----------------------------||
||o---------------------------o||-----------------------------||
||-----------------------------||-----------------------------||
||--5s7--7-7-7-5-5s7--7-7-7-5--||-5s7--7-7-7-5-5s7--7-7-7-5-7-||
||o-3s5--5-5-5-3-3s5--5-5-5-3-o||-3s5--5-5-5-3-3s5--5-5-5-3-5-||
||----0--0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0--||---0--0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0-||

Gtr I

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|--8---8--8--8---7---5-5--5-5-5s3-3-3-3S|
|-10--10-10-10---8---7-7--7-7-7s5-5-5-5S|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

|

| Gtr II

| E. S S S E E. S S S E

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--7---------7-7-7-5---7------7-7-7-5---|
|--5---------5-5-5-3---5------5-5-5-3---|
|--0---------0-0-0-0---0------0-0-0-0---|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|--8---8--8--8---7---5-5--5-5-5s3-3-3-3S=|
|-10--10-10-10---8---7-7--7-7-7s5-5-5-5S=|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

|

| E. S S S E E. S S S E

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--7---------7-7-7-5---7------7-7-7-5----|
|--5---------5-5-5-3---5------5-5-5-3----|
|--0---------0-0-0-0---0------0-0-0-0----|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E

|--8---8--8--8---7---5-5--5-5-5s3-3---2-|-2--2-2-2s0-0-0-0-0s2-2-2-2---(3)S==|
|-10--10-10-10---8---7-7--7-7-7s5-5---3-|-3--3-3-3s1-1-1-1-1s3-3-3-3---(5)S==|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

|

| E. S S S E E. S S S E E. S S S E E. S S S E

|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--7---------7-7-7-5---7------7-7-7-5---|-7------7-7-7-5---7-----7-7-7--5----|
|--5---------5-5-5-3---5------5-5-5-3---|-5------5-5-5-3---5-----5-5-5--3----|
|--0---------0-0-0-0---0------0-0-0-0---|-0------0-0-0-0---0-----0-0-0--0----|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-10--10-10-10---12-12-12-12--10-10-10-10--8--8--8-|
|-12--12-12-12---13-13-13-13--12-12-12-12-10-10-10-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

|

| E. S S S E E. S S S E

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--7---------7-7--7--5-----7---------7--7--7--5----|
|--5---------5-5--5--3-----5---------5--5--5--3----|
|--0---------0-0--0--0-----0---------0--0--0--0----|

S S S S S S S S S S S S E E

|--8--7-7-7-7-5-5-5s3--3-3-5-5---5S==|
|-10--8-8-8-8-7-7-7s5--5-5-7-7---7S==|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

|

| E. S S S E E. S S S E

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--7------7-7-7-5---7------7-7-7-5---|
|--5------5-5-5-3---5------5-5-5-3---|
|--0------0-0-0-0---0------0-0-0-0---|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-10--10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12--10-10-10s=8--8--8--8-|
|-12--12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13--12-12-12s10-10-10-10-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

|

| E. S S S E E. S S S E

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--7---------7--7--7--5-----7---------7--7--7--5----|
|--5---------5--5--5--3-----5---------5--5--5--3----|
|--0---------0--0--0--0-----0---------0--0--0--0----|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E

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

|

| E. S S S E E. S S S E

|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|--7------7-7-7-5---7------7-7-7-5--||
|--5------5-5-5-3---5------5-5-5-3--||
|--0------0-0-0-0---0------0-0-0-0--||

S S S S E E E. S E E 8x S S S S E E H

||-----------------------------||------------------*|
||o---------------------------o||------------------*|
||-----------------------------||------------------*|
||--7--7-7-7-7---5-7--7-7---5--||-7-7-7-7-7--------*|
||o-5--5-5-5-5---3-5--5-5---3-o||-5-5-5-5-5--------*|
||--0--0-0-0-0---0-0--0-0---0--||-0-0-0-0-0--------*|

|

| E. S S S E E. S S S E 8x S S S S E E H

||-----------------------------||------------------*|
||o---------------------------o||------------------*|
||-----------------------------||------------------*|
||--7------7-7-7-5-7--7-7-7-5--||-7-7-7-7-7--------*|
||o-5------5-5-5-3-5--5-5-5-3-o||-5-5-5-5-5--------*|
||--0------0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0-0--------*|

Duration Legend

---------------

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)

Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line

Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the

duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-

bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low

melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend

----------------

h - hammer-on

p - pull-off

b - bend

pb - pre-bend

r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)

/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

s - legato slide

S - shift slide

<n> - natural harmonic

[n] - artificial harmonic

n(n) - tapped harmonic

~ - vibrato

tr - trill

T - tap

TP - trem. picking

PM - palm muting

\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

\n - tremolo bar down

n/ - tremolo bar up

/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip

= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls

<> - volume swell (louder/softer)

x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash

o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend

-----------

| - bar

|| - double bar

||o - repeat start

o|| - repeat end

*| - double bar (ending)

: - bar (freetime)

$ - Segno

& - Coda

Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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