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Tuning: (low to high) Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)

Legend:
h=hammer on
p=pull off
/=slide up
\=slide down
t=tap
*=harmonic
p.m=palm mute


INTRO:

Eb|-4-1-4-4-4-1-4-1--------------------------|
Bb|-1---1-------1----------------------------|
Gb|-4---4-------4----------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------*5--*5------*5--*5------|
Db|------------------------------------------|

VERSE:

Eb|-4-1-4-4-4-1-4-1-4-t6p1-4-1-4-4-1-4-1---------------------|
Bb|-1---1-1-----1---1------1---1-----1-----------------------|
Gb|-4---4-------4---4------4---------4-----------------------|
Db|-------------3--------------------3-----------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------*5--*5-----*5-*5---|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------|

The second time through the verse play the first 2 harmonics then crank on the
distortion and 
play:

Eb|--------------|
Bb|--------------|
Gb|--------------|
Db|--------------|
Ab|--3-0-0-5-----|
Db|--3-0-0-5-----|
p.m  . . . 

HEAVY VERSE PART 1:

         3x                       1x
Eb|-----------------------|------------------|
Bb|-----------------------|------------------|
Gb|-----------------------|------------------|
Db|-----------------------|------------------|
Ab|-3p2-0-0-2h3-0-0-0-2-0-|--3p2-0-2h3-0-0-2-|
Db|-3p2-0-0-2h3-0-0-0-2-0-|--3p2-0-2h3-0-0-2-|
p.m     . .     . . .   .        .     . .

HEAVY VERSE PART 2:
                          4x
Eb|------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-3p2-0-0-0-3p2-0-0-0-3p2-0-0-0-2-X-X-X-X-X-X----------|
Db|-3p2-0-0-0-3p2-0-0-0-3p2-0-0-0-2-X-X-X-X-X-X----------|
p.m     . . .     . . .     . . . 

HEAVY VERSE PART 3:

Eb|-----------------------|
Bb|-----------------------|
Gb|-7-7---7-7---7-7--5----|
Db|-7-7---7-7---7-7--5----|
Ab|-5-5---5-5---5-5--3----|
Db|-----------------------|

HEAVY VERSE PART 4:
          
	    2x
Eb|------------------------|
Bb|------------------------|
Gb|------------------------|
Db|------------------------|
Ab|-3p2-0-0-2h3-0-0-2-0----|
Db|-3p2-0-0-2h3-0-0-2-0----|

Go back and forth between the heavy verse part 3 and part 4 four times except on the
last time instead of playing part 4 play part 1. Hopefully that isn't confusing...
Then play part 2 again...
Then go back and forth between part 3 and 4 like I said right above.


SOLO: Heavy verse part 2 is being played behind the solo

Eb|-volume swell--|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----7----------|-10-9/10-9/10-9-7-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-9/10-9/10-12-12-10-14--|
Db|----x----------|--X-X--X-X--X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X--X-X---X--X--X--X--|
Ab|----5----------|--8-7/-8-7/-8-7-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-7/8--7/8--10-10--8-12--|
Db|---------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Whenever I play this solo for the next part I either just sustain the last octave from
the above riff or I just improvise playing something near the 20th fret on the first 2
strings. If you improvise just end on a full step bend on the 20th fret on the high E
string. 

The last part is just all the heavy riffs...you figure out the order...it's not hard.


END ON:

Eb|----|
Bb|----|
Gb|----|
Db|----|
Ab|-2--|
Db|-2--|

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