AT THE GATES "TERMINAL SPIRIT DISEASE" FROM THE ALBUM "TERMINAL SPIRIT DISEASE" 1994 PEACEVILLE RECORDS TRANSCRIBED BY : ANDERS BJORLER / AT THE GATES NOTES : Well, i'm not too familiar writing tabs, but I'll give it a shot. There are no exact bars that measure time, but my advice is: Listen to the song and try to figure it out with the help from these tabs. If you have any q's, please e-mail them to me (dahaunted@hotmail.com) . - palm mute ~ - vibrato \ - slide to h - hammer on b - bend * - see comment t - triplets TUNING: B (every string down 2.5 steps) RIFF 1 (intro) play two times GUITAR 1 |------------|-----------|-----------|------------------ |------------|-----------|-----------|------------------ |-9-9-9-9-9-9|9-9-9-9-9-9|9-9-9-9-9-9|10-10-10-11-11-11- |------------|-----------|-----------|------------------ |-7-7-7-7-7-7|7-7-7-7-7-7|7-7-7-7-7-7|-8--8--8--9--9--9- |------------|-----------|-----------|------------------ | | |GUITAR 2 |------------|-----------|-----------|------------------ |------------|-----------|-----------|------------------ |-9-9-9-9-9-9|7-7-7-7-7-7|5-5-5-5-5-5|-5--5--5--5--5--5- |------------|-----------|-----------|------------------ |-7-7-7-7-7-7|5-5-5-5-5-5|3-3-3-3-3-3|-3--3--3--3--3--3- |------------|-----------|-----------|------------------ | | |GUITAR 1 cont. |------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------| |------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5|5-5-5-5-5-5|5-5-5-5-5-5|5-5-5-5-5-5------| |------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3|3-3-3-3-3-3|3-3-3-3-3-3|3-3-3-3-3-3------| |------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------| | | |GUITAR 2 cont. |------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------| |------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5|4-4-4-4-4-4|-----------|-----------------| |------------|-----------|7-7-7-7-7-7|7-7-7-7-7-7------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3|2-2-2-2-2-2|-----------|-----------------| |------------|-----------|5-5-5-5-5-5|5-5-5-5-5-5------| end riff 1 RIFF 2a - Play two times GUITAR 1 |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |--------222222--------333333--------222222--------222-----| |-00-023--------00-023--------00-023--------00-023----3-2--| | .. .. .. .. . . | |GUITAR 2 |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |--------555555--------777889--------555555--------222-----| |-00-023--------00-023--------00-023--------00-023----3-2--| end riff 2a .. .. .. .. . . VERSE (RIFF 3) BOTH GUITARS |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------8\7--7~-----8\7--7~----8\7--7~----8\7--5~-| |-22----22----22----22-------------------------------------------------| |-00----00----00----00---\33----3----33-----3----33----3----33----3----| .. . .. . .. . .. . cont.both guitars |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----5\4--4~---5\4--4~---5\4--4~---5\4--2~---8\7--7~----8\7--7~---8\7--7~---8\7--5~-| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-00----0---00----0---00----0---00----0----33---3----33----3---33----3---33---------| end of verse .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. CHORUS (RIFF 4) play 2 times GUITAR 1 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------10t-9t-8~----------------------------------------7\9~--| |-77-10\9-99--77-10\9-99--77-10\9-99-----------77-10\9-99--77-10\9-99--77-10\9-99-10\9------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | |GUITAR 2 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-9--------------------7--5--------------------9--------------------7--5--------------------| |-9--------------------7--5--------------------9--------------------7--5-----------5--------| |-7--------------------5--3--------------------7--------------------5--3-----------5--------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------3--------| end of chorus RIFF 2b one WHOLE time (= similar to 2a but different) GUITAR 1 |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |--------222222--------333333--------222222--------222-----| |-00-023--------00-023--------00-023--------00-023----3-2--| | .. .. .. .. . . | |GUITAR 2 |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |--------555555--------777889--------555555--------222-----| |-00-023--------00-023--------00-023--------00-023----3-2--| .. .. .. .. . . cont. GUITAR 1 |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |--------222222--------333333--------222222--------222-----| |-00-023--------00-023--------00-023--------00-023----3-2--| | .. .. .. .. . . | |cont.GUITAR 2 |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |--------222222--------777889--------222222--------222-----| |-00-023--------00-023--------00-023--------00-023----3-2--| end riff 2b .. .. .. .. . . RIFF 1 two times VERSE as above CHORUS as above 2 times RIFF 2b one time RIFF 1 two times HEAVY MIDDLE RIFF (play two times, but start an octave up on the "B's" 2:nd time) BOTH GUITARS |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------2-------------------------5-------7-5-| |--00--7\6-6-6~-6\5-5-5~-5\3-3-3---2---0-0--7\6-6-6~-6-7-6---6-5-3~----| . . . . melodic part guitar 1 |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |-----------9~-------------------------9~----------------| |---10-9-10------10-9-10-10----10-9-10------10-9-10~-----| |-0------------0-------------0------------0--------------| | . . . . | |guitar 2 |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |----7-5-7--7-----7-5-7--7------7-5-7--7------7-5-7~-----| |-0------------0-------------0------------0--------------| | . . . . | | | cont. guitar 1 |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |-----------7--------------------------7-----------------| |-5--8-7-8-----5--8-7-8--8---5--8-7-8-----5---8-7-8~-----| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| | | cont. guitar 2 |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |----5-3-5--5-----5-3-5--5------5-3-5--5------5-3-5~-----| |--------------------------------------------------------| |-3------------3-------------3------------3--------------| end melodic part. 1:ST SOLORIFF (SAME AS MELODIC PART) 2:ND SOLORIFF BOTH GUITARS |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-------------------------55----55----55----55--| |-22----22----22----22----55----55----55----55--| |-00----00----00----00----33----33----33----33--| alt.VERSE (RIFF 3) BOTH GUITARS |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----5\4--4~---5\4--4~---5\4--4~---5\4--2~----8\7--7~-----8\7--7~----8\7--7~---8\7--5~-| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-00----0---00----0---00----0---00----0---\33----3----33-----3---33-----3---33----3----| .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . cont.both guitars |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----5\4--4~---5\4--4~---5\4--4~---5\4--2~---8\7--7~----8\7--7~---8\7--7~---8\7--5~-| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-00----0---00----0---00----0---00----0----33---3----33----3---33----3---33---------| end of alt.verse .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. ring out with: guitar 1 |-----------| |-----------| |-----------| |-----------| |-7---------| |-----------| guitar 2 |-----------| |-----------| |-----------| |-----------| |-10--------| |-----------| while bass is playing HEAVY MIDDLE RIFF play HEAVY MIDDLE RIFF three times. Last time Guitar 1 is playing one octave higher. end with: |-----------| |-----------| |-----------| |-9--7--9\--| |-7--5--7\--| |-----------| SOLO: |-----------------------------------------------------------------------18~---| |-----------------10-12-13-15~---13-12-13-12------------15-----------15-------| |-9-------9-11-12----------------------------14-12~---------15-14-15----------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| cont. 24 |----------19-20-22-22b-----22-20-19--------------------------19-20-22-----------| |-19-20-22---------------------------22-20-19-20~----19-20-22----------19-20-19~-| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| cont. |-------------------------------| |-17\15~---15-0-12-0-10-0-12~---| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| solo ends here