• Song:

    First Deadly Sin

  • Artist:

    Arch Enemy

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Tuning:C

k this is my first tab so go easy, but i think its pretty much correct.
If u got corrections e-mail me and i'll put em in.

Riff 1 x2 (Guitar 1 + 2)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------8-8-8-8---------8-8-8-8-----------8-8-8-8-------------------||
|---------7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7-----------7-7-7-7---6/5---5/4---4/3-||
|-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0---------0-4/3-0-3/2-0-2/1-||

Riff 2 x2 (Guitar 1 + 2)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------8-8-8-8----------8-8-8-8----------8-8-8-8------------------||
|----------7-7-7-7----------7-7-7-7----------7-7-7-7---6/5---5/4---4/3||
|-00000000---------00000000---------00000000---------0-4/3-0-3/2-0-2/1||

Guitar 1 finishs riff 2 with a c power chord (lowest one) while guitar 2
goes into riff 3

Riff 3 x8 (Guitar 2)

|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|------0-7-9-10--------------0-6-7-9------0-7-9-10-||
|-0000----------000000000000---------0000----------||

Guitar 1 joins in with riff 4 on the fifth time through Riff 3

Riff 4 x4 (Guitar 1)

|---------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------||
|------0-11-13-14--------------0-10-11-13------0-11-13-14-||
|-0000------------000000000000------------0000------------||

For the verse

Riff 5 x1

|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|-4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444-||

Then play :

Riff 3 x2 (with guitar 1 playing riff 4 x2 over the top)
Riff 5 x1
Then go into riff 1 with pick slide and play twice
Riff 2 x2
Riff 3 x4 (with guitar 1 playing riff x4 over the top)
Riff 5 x1
Riff 3 x2 (with guitar 1 playing riff 4 x2 over the top)
Riff 5 x1
Then go into riff 1 with pick slide and play twice
Riff 2 x2

Riff 6 x6 (last two times less muting)

|----------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------||
|-0-15-0-0-14-0-0-12-0-0-14-0-10-0-12-0-8-0-0-10-0-0-7-0-8-5-0-7-||
|----------------------------------------------------------------||

Riff 7 x4 (guitar 1 under first part of solo)
(hard 2 hear but seems right)

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-5-7----8-8-5-8----7-7-5-7-8-7-5---------6---|
|-------------------------------------7-8-5-7-4---|


Hope i haven't made this too complicated, basically if u just want to
play the solo and don't care about all the other crap just follow
guitar 2's part till the end

Solo (Guitar 2) 2:27

|----------------------------20-17------------|
|-15b17----17-18-15-17-18/21-------17----15---|
|-------------------------------------16------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

k this is pretty fast buts its not actually as hard as it sounds

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------13-15-17-|
|----------------------------------------------13-14-16-13-14-16----------|
|----------------------------12-14-15-12-14-15----------------------------|
|-------11-12-14-15-12-14-15----------------------------------------------|
|-12-13-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-13-----------------------------|
|----17-15-13--------------------|
|-------------16-14-13-14-13-----|
|----------------------------14--|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

*Here on sweep picking

|-------------------------------18----------------18/20----------|
|----15----15h17-17*---------17----17----------17-------17-------|
|-------------------15----15----------15----15-------------15----|
|-14----14-------------14----------------14-------------------14-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-19b20----19b20-17h19p17p16--17p16----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------17-17b18r17p15-17b18r17p15-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------17p16-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

(2:41) k nows theres 3 guitars playing. Guitar 1 plays a rhythm riff,
Riff 8, underneath the medley thing of guitars 2 and 3.

Riff 8 x4 (Guitar 1)

|------------------------|-|
|------------------------|-|
|------------------------|-|
|---10-9-7-9---7---------|-|
|---8--7-5-7---5-10-9-6--|-|
|-0----------0---8--7-4--|-|

Guitar 2 plays this (carrying on from his solo)

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-16-14p13-14p13---13h14-------------------------|
|------------------------12----7-9-6b7----2/5b6--|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 3

|----------------------------------13-12-10-------|-|
|-7b9----9/10b12----------------------------11b12-|-|
|-------------------------------------------------|-|
|-------------------------------------------------|-|
|-------------------------------------------------|-|
|-------------------------------------------------|-|

Then guitar 2 plays this to end solo bit (guitar 3 stops) 2:47

|-16b17-16--13/12-12--10-12-8-7---5-4-//--|-|
|-----------------------------------------|-|
|-----------------------------------------|-|
|-----------------------------------------|-|
|-----------------------------------------|-|
|-----------------------------------------|-|

Riff 9 x2 guitar 1 (*guitar 2)

|---------------------------------------------------------------|-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|-|
|----------------------------------------------------------*9*7-|-|
|-----9-----11--12--12--12/14--14------9-----11---12--12-*8-----|-|
|-----7-----9---10--10--10/12--12------7-----9----10--10----7-5-|-|
|-0-0---0-0---0--------------------0-0---0-0----0---------6-----|-|

Riff 3 x2
Riff 3 x6 with guitar 1 playing riff 4 x over the top
^^(Pausing slightly after second time through)^^
Riff 5 x1
Riff 3 x2 (with guitar 1 playing riff 4 x2 over the top)
Riff 5 x1
Riff 1 x2
Riff 2 x2

Then at very end they place this after Riff 2

Riff 10 x1

|-------------------------------------------|-|
|-------------------------------------------|-|
|-------------------------------------------|-|
|-----------------------------------------2-|-|
|-6/5---5/4---4/3-6/5---5/4---4/3-2-2-2-2-2-|-|
|-4/3-0-3/2-0-2/1-4/3-0-3/2-0-2/1-0-0-0-0-0-|-|


| /  Slide
| // Slide all the way up the neck
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| r  Slowly release bend
| ~  Vibrato
| +  Harmonic
| x  Mute note
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