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Bellyful of Emptiness

Skyclad
Tab

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

Song

Skyclad "Bellyful of Emptiness"

from Prince of the Poverty Line

tabbed by: Drew Schinzel 7/21/99 <analogkid82@yahoo.com>

Legend:

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~ vibrato

riff 1

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------4---4---4---4-|---------------------4---4---4---4-|
|--4---4---4---4-4----4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---4-4----4---4---4---4-|
|--4---4---4---4-4------------------|--4---4---4---4-4------------------|
|--2---2---2---2-2------------------|--2---2---2---2-2------------------|

riff 1-A

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------2---2---2---2---|
|---2---2---2---2-2----2---2---2---2---|
|---2---2---2---2-2--------------------|
|---0---0---0---0-0--------------------|

Riff 1-A is alternated with Riff 1 during the second verse and later on in

the song

riff 2

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

In the second chorus riff 2 is played twice, but with only one F#5 at the end

riff 3

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------4----(4)-----------------------------------------|
|--------4------4--------5-4-2---2~--2-2-2--2--4--------------|
|--2-2-2-----------------------5-----------------5--5-4-2-0-2-|

Note in ()'s only played first time in chorus.

riff 4

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-4----2----4----2-4-------0-2----0----2----0--2---|
|---4--------------------------2-------------------------|
|-2--------2----2----2-------0--------0----0----0--------|

riff 4 second guitar

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--4--------------------------2--------------------------|
|--4--------------------------2--------------------------|
|--2--------------------------0--------------------------|

riff 4-A (used once during interlude before solo)

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-4----2----4----2-4-------0-2----0----2----0--2---|
|---4--------------------------2-------------------------|
|-2--------2----2----2-------0--------0----0----0--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

The second guitar during 4-A changes to B5 A5

After playing riff 4 a few times, end with a F#5 and sustain

riff 5

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------4--|
|-----------------------------------4------4--|
|-----------------------------------4------2--|
|--0-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-00-2---------|

riff 6

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------4--4--4-4---2--4--2--4----------------------|
|-2-----------------2--2--2-2---2--2--2--2----------------------|
|-0-000-000-000-00----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------0-000-000-000-00--|

riff 7

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----2------2-4-5-4-2----------4-----4-5-4-2---------|
|-2-2---2-2------------5-4--2-2---2-2---------5-4-2---|

They don't do it in the song, but I think it sounds better if you include

the F# bass notes after each note on the A string.

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