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At War With Satan

Venom
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19/06/97 - 16.00.09

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At war with Satan By Venom

>From the album At war with Satan

Dated 1982

Transcribed by Ugo Gasparri

ugo_er_mejo@geocities.com

Note - This is a really long song,I took a week in catching it

and I'm not sure on all.

Anyway I think this could be useful.

If you have corrections or simply want to

contact me(for requesting a TAB ecc.)send

email at my address(it's up there)

I'm always happy when I do TABS!

Now,let's start!!!!!!!

RIFF A

E-|------------------------------------------------------------
B-|------------------------------------------------------------
G-|-8--6\-----6-6-8--------------------------------------------
D-|-8--6\-----6-6-8--------------------------------------------
A-|-6--4\---4-4-4-6--------------------------------------------
E-|------------------------------------------------------------

pm

* This is the intro riff

* Somewhere there is a 6 on A string

* played as an artificial armonic

* The bass continuously plays the

* open e string(w\flanger)

RIFF B 1|

E-|----------------------------------------------|-------------
B-|----------------------------------------------|-------------
G-|---------------6---------------8--------------|-6-------3---
D-|---------------6---------------8--------------|-6-------3---
A-|---------------4---------------6--------------|-4-------1---
E-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0|---0-0-0-----

pm.............. ............. ............. .....

2|

E-|--------|----------------------------------------------------
B-|--------|----------------------------------------------------
G-|------9-|-6-------9-------3----------------------------------
D-|------9-|-6-------9-------3----------------------------------
A-|------7-|-4-------7-------1----------------------------------
E-|-0-0-0--|---0-0-0---0-0-0------------------------------------

......

* This is the riff before the first vocals

* Nothing very interesting on it

* You must find out yourself the

* rythmic pattern on the open E string

RIFF B1

E-|----------------------------------------------|-------------
B-|----------------------------------------------|-------------
G-|---------------6---------------8--------------|-6-------8---
D-|---------------6---------------8--------------|-6-------8---
A-|---------------4---------------6--------------|-4-------6---
E-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0|---0-0-0-----

pm.............. ............. ............. .....

2|

E-|--------|----------------------------------------------------
B-|--------|----------------------------------------------------
G-|------9-|-6-------9-------3----------------------------------
D-|------9-|-6-------9-------3----------------------------------
A-|------7-|-4-------7-------1----------------------------------
E-|-0-0-0--|---0-0-0---0-0-0------------------------------------

......

* Do this under the vocals.

* It's lightly different from the first one

FILL 1 RIFF C

E-|--------------------|----------------------------------------
B-|--------------------|----------------------------------------
G-|-3------------------|-----------------2-----------------2----
D-|-3------2-------3---|-----------------2-----------------2----
A-|-1------2-------3---|-----------------0-----------------0----
E-|--------0-------1---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------

* The last time you do riff B end it with

* this.

FILL 2

E-|------------------------------------------------------------
B-|------------------------------------------------------------
G-|---------------8-/11----------------------------------------
D-|---------------8-/11----------------------------------------
A-|---------------6-/9-----------------------------------------
E-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------------

*

*

*

RIFF D(x3) x2,then\

E-|-----------------------------------------|------------------
B-|-----------------------------------------|------------------
G-|-----------------------------------------|------------------
D-|-1--1-1-1-2p1--1-1-1-2p1--1-1-2p1-4--4-4-|------------------
A-|-----------------------------------------|-4p3-3-3-3p2-2-2-2
E-|-----------------------------------------|-----------------\

* I don't understand if the last part of this is

* made with a descending pattern or with the whammy bar!

RIFF E

A.H.. A.H..

E-|------------------------------------------------------------
B-|------------------------------------------------------------
G-|------------------------------------------------------------
D-|------------------------------------------------------------
A-|-2p1---4------2p1-------------------------------------------
E-|-----2---4~~------2-0---------------------------------------

* I'm not sure about ^this(2)

* It could be a 5

RIFF F

1 2

E-|---------------|--------------------------------------------
B-|---------------|--------------------------------------------
G-|---8--8--------|--4--3-4--8-8-------------------------------
D-|---8--8--------|--4--3-4--8-8-------------------------------
A-|---6--6--------|--2--1-2--6-6-------------------------------
E-|---------------|--------------------------------------------

Lucifer's....

* Stop the strings after playing the second

* chord

RIFF G

E-|------------------------------------------------------------
B-|------------------------------------------------------------
G-|------------------------------------------------------------
D-|--6/5--3--5-5---5-5-5---------------------------------------
A-|--6/5--3--5-5---5-5-5---------------------------------------
E-|--4/3--1--3-3-0-3-3-3---------------------------------------

pm

* Argh!My tape get fucked

* here,so I don't understand a fuck!

* Does someone correct this please?

SOLO 1 A.H

E-|------------------^----^\/----------------------------------
B-|-7--8---10--12--15^--15^------------------------------------
G-|-9^-10^-12^-14^---------------------------------------------
D-|------------------------------------------------------------
A-|------------------------------------------------------------
E-|------------------------------------------------------------

* The "solo"

RIFF H

E-|------------------------------------------------------------
B-|------------------------------------------------------------
G-|------------------------------------------------------------
D-|--3----5----6--5--------------------------------------------
A-|--3----5----6--5--------------------------------------------
E-|--1----3----4--3--------------------------------------------

* Nothin on this

RIFF I

E-|------------------------------------------------------------
B-|------------------------------------------------------------
G-|---------8---------8---------8---------11-10----------------
D-|---------8---------8---------8---------11-10----------------
A-|---------6---------6---------6----------9--8----------------
E-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0----------------------

* This is before the other "solo"

RIFF J AH...

E-|------------------------------------------------------------
B-|------------------------------------------------------------
G-|--8--6----------------------8--6----------------------------
D-|--8--6---6------------------8--6---6--4-6-------------------
A-|--6--4---4--2p1-------------6--4---4--4-6-------------------
E-|---------------2----2p1p0-------------2-4-------------------

* This is hard.It's probably incorrect so

* please send me the right (or almost) thing!

RIFF K

E-|------------------------------------------------------------
B-|------------------------------------------------------------
G-|------------------------------------------------------------
D-|------6-8--------8-8\-4\3------6-8--------8-4-3-------------
A-|------6-8--------8-8\-4\3------6-8--------8-4-3-------------
E-|--0-0-4-6----0-0-6-6\-2\1--0-0-4-6----0-0-6-2-1-------------

*

*

*

E-|------------------------------------------------------------
B-|------------------------------------------------------------
G-|------------------------------------------------------------
D-|------------------------------------------------------------
A-|------------------------------------------------------------
E-|------------------------------------------------------------

*

*

*

E-|------------------------------------------------------------
B-|------------------------------------------------------------
G-|------------------------------------------------------------
D-|------------------------------------------------------------
A-|------------------------------------------------------------
E-|------------------------------------------------------------

*

*

*

E-|------------------------------------------------------------
B-|------------------------------------------------------------
G-|------------------------------------------------------------
D-|------------------------------------------------------------
A-|------------------------------------------------------------
E-|------------------------------------------------------------

*

*

*

RIFF A X4

RIFF B X2

RIFF B1 X2

FILL 1

RIFF C X2

RIFF B2 X2

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