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Christmas With the Devil

Spinal Tap
Tab

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Song

Artist: Spinal Tap

Song: Christmas with the Devil

Tabbed by: Darrell Harvey

Im not sure about the two fills, but this is how I play them.

fill1

|-------------------|
|-15-14-13-12-------|
|-------------15-14-|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|

fill2

|-------------------|
|-14-13-12----------|
|----------15-14-13-|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|

intro

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------3--------3--------------------------|
|-555-----3--------3----3h5-3-----3-3h5-3-------|
|-----3-5------3-5-----------------5------------|
|------------------------------------------10/1-|

|-----------------------------------------------| repeat 4x

then

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------3-------3-8---5----777-------777--------|
|-555-----3-------3---8---5----777-fill1-777-fill2--|
|-----3-5-----3-5-----6---3----555-------555--------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

then back to

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------3--------3--------------------------|
|-555-----3--------3----3h5-3-----3-3h5-3-------|
|-----3-5------3-5-----------------5------------|
|------------------------------------------10/1-|

|-----------------------------------------------|repeat 2x

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-5--3--2---8-7-5-3--8-7-5-3--------------------------|
|-5--3--2---8-7-5-3--8-7-5-3--------------------------|
|-3--1--0---6-5-3-1--6-5-3-1--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

then back to with guitar 1

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------3--------3--------------------------|
|-555-----3--------3----3h5-3-----3-3h5-3-------|
|-----3-5------3-5-----------------5------------|
|------------------------------------------10/1-|
|-----------------------------------------------|

with guitar 2 paly

then back to

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

|(push wahmmy last part of sustain)---|

|--12--sustain-/3---------------------|
|--------------/3---------------------|
|--------------/3---------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

guitar 2 still

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------10-10-12-14-15-15-19~~~--|
|-5~5~5~5~-5-7-8-10--8h10-10s12-12--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

guitar 1 plays this towards the end of guitar 2 riff above

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------3-------3-8---5----777-------777--------|
|-555-----3-------3---8---5----777-fill1-777-fill2--|
|-----3-5-----3-5-----6---3----555-------555--------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

good luck on the solo

|--------------------------------------------------|
|-19^~-19^~-19^-19~--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

sorry, thats all i have.

the first guitar plays this durring the solo

|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-5--8--10--|
|-5--8--10--|
|-3--6--8---| x4
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-------10---10-------------------------|
|-5--8--10-8-10---8-10-8-10---8-10-8-10-|
|-5--8--10-8-10---8-10-8-10---8-10-8-10-|
|-3--6--8--6-8----6-8--6-8----6-8--6-8--| x8
|------------|
|------------|
|---------3--|
|-5-----3----|
|---3-5------|
|------------|

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