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God Of Emptiness
Morbid Angel
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GOD OF EMPTINESS
As recorded by Morbid Angel
(From the 1993 Album COVENANT)
Gtr I (A# D# G# C# F# A# D#) - '7 String Left'
Gtr II (A# D# G# C# F# A# D#) - '7 String Right'
Intro
Q=80
4/4 3/4 4/4
Gtr I
\0.5
PM| PM--| ~~ PM|
Q E E E E Q Q Q S S E S E. +Q +H E E E E Q E E
||-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
||-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|-0---------------|
||o----------------|----------------|-----------------------|-0--------16-----|
||--9--------------|----------------|-5s10--(10)--(10)------|-4-6-7-9/--------|
||o-9------4/-9-9s=|==8---9\--------|-----------------------|-----------------|
||--7---------7----|----------1-1-1-|-3s=8---(8)---(8)------|-----------------|
||--0--0-0-2/-7-7s=|==6---7\--1-1-1-|-----------------------|--------------0-0|
|
| Gtr II
| \0.5
| PM--| PM|
| W +H S S E H +H E E E E Q E E
||-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
||-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
||o----------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
||-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
||o-2--------------|-(2)------------|-3------------(3)------|-----------------|
||--2--------------|-(2)------------|-3------------(3)------|-2-4-5-5---8-----|
||--0--------------|-(0)------1-1-1-|-1------------(1)------|-0-2-3-3---6--0-0|
2/4
~ PM---|
S S S S S E +S E E Q Q E E S S E S E +S E E Q
|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|-8s9s8-------------------|--------8s9s8----------|-6s7-7--||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|-6s7s6p0-8s9-(9)\-4-9-5--|--------6s7s6-8s9-(9)\-|-4s5-5--||
|---------6s7-(7)\-2-7-6--|-0--0-0-------6s7-(7)\-|--------||
|
| ~ PM---|
| S S S S S E +S E E Q Q E E S S E S E +S E E Q
|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|-8s9s8-------------------|--------8s9s8----------|--------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|-6s7s6p0-8s9-(9)\-4-9-5--|--------6s7s6-8s9-(9)\-|-4s5----||
|---------6s7-(7)\-2-7-6--|-0--0-0-------6s7-(7)\-|-2s3-6--||
1st &2nd Verses
4/4 3/4
PM| PM--|
Q E E E E Q Q Q S S E
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|-9--------------|----------------|
|-9------4/-9-9s=|==8---9\--------|
|-7---------7----|----------1-1-1-|
|-0--0-0-2/-7-7s=|==6---7\--1-1-1-|
|
| PM--|
| W +H S S E
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|-2--------------|-(2)------------|
|-2--------------|-(2)------------|
|-0--------------|-(0)------1-1-1-|
4/4
\0.5
~~ PM|
S E. +Q +H E E E E Q E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|-14-----------20------|
|-5s10--(10)--(10)------|-14-11-12-14/---------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-3s=8---(8)---(8)------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------0-0-|
|
| \0.5
| PM|
| H +H E E E E Q E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-3------------(3)------|----------------------|
|-3------------(3)------|--2--4--5--5---8------|
|-1------------(1)------|--0--2--3--3---6--0-0-|
2/4
~ PM---|
S S S S S E +S E E Q Q E E S S E S E +S E E Q
|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|-8s9s8-------------------|--------8s9s8----------|-6s7-7--||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|-6s7s6p0-8s9-(9)\-4-9-5--|--------6s7s6-8s9-(9)\-|-4s5-5--||
|---------6s7-(7)\-2-7-6--|-0--0-0-------6s7-(7)\-|--------||
|
| ~ PM---|
| S S S S S E +S E E Q Q E E S S E S E +S E E Q
|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|-8s9s8-------------------|--------8s9s8----------|--------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|-6s7s6p0-8s9-(9)\-4-9-5--|--------6s7s6-8s9-(9)\-|-4s5----||
|---------6s7-(7)\-2-7-6--|-0--0-0-------6s7-(7)\-|-2s3-6--||
Pre-Chorus
4/4
PM
Q E E a E E E E E e Q S S E E e E S S Q +E E E E
|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|------(7)----------------|
|-9--9-11-11s12-11-----|--------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------7-5-|------------2S=9--9-|--9-8-----9--(9)---------|
|-7--7--9--9s10--9-5-3-|-9-4-4--2-2---10-10-|-10-9-----9--(9)-4-7-5---|
|-0--------------------|-7-2-2--0-0---------|----------7--(7)-2-5-3---|
|
| PM
| Q E E a E E E E E e Q S S E e e E S S Q +E E E E
|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-2--2--4--4s=5--4-7-5-|--------------------|----------9--(9)---------|
|------------------5-3-|-9-4-4--------------|----------9--(9)-4-7-5---|
|-0--0--2--2s=3--2-----|-7-2-2--0-0-0--3--3-|--3-3--x--7--(7)-2-5-3---|
PM
Q E E a E E E E E e Q S S E E e E S S Q +E E Q
|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|------x-------------|
|-9--9-11-11s12-11-----|--------------------|------x-------------|
|------------------7-5-|------------2S=9--9-|--9-8-x-9--(9)------|
|-7--7--9--9s10--9-5-3-|-9-4-4--2-2---10-10-|-10-9---9--(9)-4-7--|
|-0--------------------|-7-2-2--0-0---------|--------7--(7)-2-5--|
|
| PM
| Q E E a E E E E E e Q S S E e e E S S Q +E E Q
|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-2--2--4--4s=5--4-7-5-|--------------------|------x-9--(9)------|
|------------------5-3-|-9-4-4--------------|------x-9--(9)-4-7--|
|-0--0--2--2s=3--2-----|-7-2-2--0-0-0--3--3-|--3-3-x-7--(7)-2-5--|
Chorus
Gtrs I, II
S +E +S e E e E S S +S S +E. +S E E S a +E +S S E.
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------/10\-|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------/10\-|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------/10\-|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-1b3==(1)r(1)-0-1-0-2-0-1b2-(1)-2b3==|=(2)r(2)-0-1-0-1b2==(1)r(1)-2------|
PM----|
S +E +S e E e E S S +S S +E. +S E E S T T S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1b3==(1)r(1)-0-1-0-2-0-1b2-(1)-2b3==|=(2)r(2)-0-1-0-0h1h2p1-3-3-3-3---|
S +E +S e E e E S S +S S +E. +S E E S a +E +S S E.
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------/10\-|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------/10\-|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------/10\-|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-1b3==(1)r(1)-0-1-0-2-0-1b2-(1)-2b3==|=(2)r(2)-0-1-0-1b2==(1)r(1)-2------|
PM----|
S +E +S e E e E S S +S S +E. +S E E S T T S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1b3==(1)r(1)-0-1-0-2-0-1b2-(1)-2b3==|=(2)r(2)-0-1-0-0h1h2p1-3-3-3-3---|
~ PM| PM ~ PM| PM PM
Q S S S S S S S S E S S Q S S S S S S S S S E S
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------3S4---3S4S3--|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------4S5---4-----3-----|--------4S5---4S5---4S5S4--|
|-2--0-0-2S3-0-2-0-0-1-0-0-|-2--0-0-2S3-0-2S3-0-2S3S2--|
~ PM| PM ~ PM| PM PM
Q S S S S S S S S E S S Q S S S S S S S S S E S
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------3S4---3S4S3--|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------4S5---4-----3-----|--------4S5---4S5---4S5S4--|
|-2--0-0-2S3-0-2-0-0-1-0-0-|-2--0-0-2S3-0-2S3-0-2S3S2--|
1. 2.
~ PM| PM ~ PM| PM PM| ~
Q S S S S S E S E E Q S S S S S S S S Q
|-----------------------||-----------------------||
|-----------------------||-----------------------||
|----------------------o||-----------------------||
|-----------------------||-----------------------||
|----------------------o||-----------------------||
|--------4S5---4---3----||--------4S5---4-----3--||
|-2--0-0-2S3-3-2-3-1----||-2--0-0-2S3-0-2-0-0-1--||
Interlude
Gtr I
~
E T T T T T T T T S S T T S T S T S T T T T T T
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------6---8---9---8-----9s8-|
||--2-----------------------------------------------|
||o-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-5-3-3---5---6---5-----6-----|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E T T T T T T T T S S T T S T S T S T T T T T T
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------3---5---6---5-----6s5-|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-3-1-1---3---4---3-----4-----|
~
E T T T T T T T T S S T T S T S T S T T T S.
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------6---6---8---8---8-----o||
|-2------------------------------------------------||
|-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-5-3-3---3---5---5-----------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|
| E T T T T T T T T S S T T S T S T S T T T S.
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------3---3---5---5---5-----o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-3-1-1---1---3---3------------||
Gtrs I, II
E T T T T E S S T T S T S T S T T T T T T
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------2-8-10-----8---10---11---10-----11s10-|
|-5---------2-------------------------------------|
|-6-5-5-0-0-0-6--8-6-6---8----9----8------9-------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
~
E T T T T E S S T T S T T S Q
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------2-8-10-----8---8---10---||
|-5---------2-----------------------||
|-6-5-5-0-0-0-6--8-6-6---6------8---||
|-----------------------------------||
Q=54
7/8 4/4 7/8
PM| PM|
Q E S S E E S S Q S S E S S E S S S S Q E S S E E S S
||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|
||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|
||o-----------------------|------------------------o||------------------------|
||--9--10-9s10-12-13\-----|-8--8s7-7----------------||-9--10-9s10-12-13\------|
||o-----------------------|------------------------o||------------------------|
||--7---8-7s=8-10-11\-----|-6--6s5-5-5s2-4---4-4-2--||-7---8-7s=8-10-11\------|
||--------------------0-0-|----------6s0-5-0-5-5-3--||-------------------0-0--|
Outro
5/8 4/4
PM PM| PM PM|
Q S S E S S E S S S S E +E E S S S S E S S S S E +E S S E. S
|--------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-8--8s7-7-----||--6---6-----/9-(9)-9-8S9-----|-6---6-----/9-(9)-9S8-8------||
|--------------||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-6--6s5-5-5s2-||--4---4-----/7-(7)-7-6S7-x-4-|-4---4-----/7-(7)-7S6-6--x---||
|----------6s0-||--5-5-5-5-5-/8-(8)-8-7S8-x-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-/8-(8)-8S7-7--x---||
3/8 7/8
PM PM|
E S S S S Q E S S E E S S
|------------|-----------------------|
|------------|-----------------------|
|------------|-----------------------|
|-6---6-6----|-9--10-9s10-12-13\-----|
|------------|-----------------------|
|-4---4-4-/7-|-7---8-7s=8-10-11\-----|
|-5-5-5-5----|-------------------0-0-|
4/4 7/8
PM|
Q S S E S S E S S S S Q E S S E E S S
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-8--8s7-7---------------|-9--10-9s10-12-13\------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-6--6s5-5-5s2-4---4-4-2-|-7---8-7s=8-10-11\------|
|----------6s0-5-0-5-5-3-|-------------------0-0--|
5/8 4/4
PM PM| PM PM|
Q S S E S S E S S S S E +E E S S S S E S S S S E +E S S E. S
|--------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-8--8s7-7-----||--6---6-----/9-(9)-9-8S9-----|-6---6-----/9-(9)-9S8-8------||
|--------------||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-6--6s5-5-5s2-||--4---4-----/7-(7)-7-6S7-x-4-|-4---4-----/7-(7)-7S6-6--x---||
|----------6s0-||--5-5-5-5-5-/8-(8)-8-7S8-x-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-/8-(8)-8S7-7--x---||
PM PM| PM PM|
E S S S S E +E E S S S S E S S S S E +E S S E. S 6x
||-----------------------------|----------------------------||
||-----------------------------|----------------------------||
||o----------------------------|---------------------------o||
||--6---6-----/9-(9)-9-8S9-----|-6---6-----/9-(9)-9S8-8-----||
||o----------------------------|---------------------------o||
||--4---4-----/7-(7)-7-6S7-x-4-|-4---4-----/7-(7)-7S6-6--x--||
||--5-5-5-5-5-/8-(8)-8-7S8-x-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-/8-(8)-8S7-7--x--||
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
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths