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Song

Band: Stabbing Westward

Song: Angel

Album: Stabbing Westward

Tuning: Drop-D

Transcribed by: Farzan Karimi

NOTE

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This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the

song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research

Copyright 2003. Please give credit where it's due. Any questions please

email me at sevendustpsu@aol.com

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Legend

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b = bend

h = hammer

/ = slide

x = mute

**Intro: Guitar 1 (Lead)

Repeat 2x

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5b6----------3------5b6--------3------------5--5b6---5-----------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|

**Intro Guitar 2 (Rhythm)

Repeat 2x

Heavy Distortion

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0--0--0--0----0h3--3--3--3--3---3/8--8--8--8--8--8/5--5--5--5---|
A|--0--0--0--0----0h3--3--3--3--3---3/8--8--8--8--8--8/5--5--5--5---|
D|--0--0--0--0----0h3--3--3--3--3---3/8--8--8--8--8--8/5--5--5--5---|

**Verse: Play Intro Guitar 2 (Rhythm) with no distortion (clean)

Repeat 4x

**Pre-Chorus:

Heavy Distortion

"She was an insatiable black hole...."

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|----4-4-X-X-X-X----5-5-X-X-X-X----7-7-7-7-7-7----|
D|----4-4-X-X-X-X----5-5-X-X-X-X----7-7-7-7-7-7----|
A|----2-2-X-X-X-X----3-3-X-X-X-X----5-5-5-5-5-5----|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|----4-4-X-X-X-X----5-5-X-X-X-X----7-7-7-7-7-7----|
D|----4-4-X-X-X-X----5-5-X-X-X-X----7-7-7-7-7-7----|
A|----2-2-X-X-X-X----3-3-X-X-X-X----5-5-5-5-5-5----|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|----4-4-X-X-X-X----------------------------------|
D|----4-4-X-X-X-X----5-5-X-X-X-X----0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
A|----2-2-X-X-X-X----5-5-X-X-X-X----0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D|-------------------5-5-X-X-X-X----0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|----4-4-X-X-X-X----------------------------------|
D|----4-4-X-X-X-X----7-7-X-X-X-X----5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A|----2-2-X-X-X-X----7-7-X-X-X-X----5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
D|-------------------7-7-X-X-X-X----5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|

**Chorus:

Heavy Distortion

"But I've never been loved by an angel..."

Play this part 3x

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
A|--0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
D|--0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|

Play this part 1x

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|--9--9----7--7------0--0--0--0-----|
A|--9--9----7--7------0--0--0--0-----| --> on the last part where he
D|--9--9----7--7------0--0--0--0-----|     sings the ending twice, replace

the 0 chords with 5 chords

0 5

0 5

**Breakdown

*Lead-in to Pre-Breakdown

Heavy Distortion

D|-----4--2----------------|
A|-----------5--4---0--2---|
D|-------------------------|

*Pre-Breakdown

Clean (Acoustic)

Repeat 4x

"I believed in nothing....."

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-----0---0-4-0---0----------0---0-4-0---0----------|
A|---2---2-------0----------0---0-------0------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-----0---0-4-0---0--------4--2---------------------|
A|---------------0----------------5--4----0--2-------|
D|---5---5-------------------------------------------|

*Main Breakdown

Heavy Distortion

Repeat 4x

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------11-9-7-6------|
D|--9-9--11-12--7-7--11-12--5-5--11-12---x-x-x-x-7/9--|
A|--9-9--11-12--7-7--11-12--5-5--11-12---9-7-5-4-7/9--|
D|--9-9--11-12--7-7--11-12--5-5--11-12-----------7/9--|

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