Band: Usurper
Album: Twilight Dominion
Song: I Am Usurper
Copyright (c) Earache Records 2003
Version 1.0 - 14 Nov 2006
Transcribed By: Kyle
Email: da_haus03@yahoo.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stacatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Tuning D G C F A D
Riff 1a INTRO / CHORUS pt 1
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------5\3--3/5-----------------------|
|--2--2--2--2--8\5--5----2--2--2--2--3\1--1/3-----------------------|
|--0--0--0--0--6\3--3----0--0--0--0---------------------------------|
End Riff 1a
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--2--2--2--8\5--5-----------------------------------------------|
|--0--0--0--0--6\3--3----0h3h5h6-8\\--0h3h5h6-8\\-------------------|
Riff 1b INTRO / CHORUS pt 2
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------5\3--3/5--------------------------|
|--22222222---8\5--5----22222222--3\1--1/3--------------------------|
|--00000000---6\3--3----00000000------------------------------------|
End Riff 1b
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--22222222---8\5--5------------------------------------------------|
|--00000000---6\3--3----0h3h5h6-8\\--0h3h5h6-8\\--------------------|
Riff 2 PRE-VERSE (?) End Riff 2
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------(2)(2)(2)(2)(2)(2)(2)(2)------------------|
|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-------------------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------|
Riff 3 VERSE
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0--00000000-- listen to song for length of palm muted notes -----|
........
/************* 1 ***| /************* 2 ***| End Riff 3
|--------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------o|---------------------|- I believe there is -|
|--------------------|---------------------|- some kind of harmony -|
|--5--(5)---6--(6)---|---5--(5)---8--(8)---|- in the repeats, but -|
|--3--(3)---4--(4)--o|---3--(3)---6--(6)---|- this still works too -|
|--------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
Riff 4 PRE-CHORUS /************ 1 ***| /*********** 2 ***| End Riff 4
|------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------|
|------------------|-------------------o|-------------------|-------|
|------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------|
|------------------|-----------5//7--7--|----------------5--|-------|
|--5---------------|-----------3//5--5-o|-------8--------3--|-------|
|--3--333333333333-|--33333333-3//5--5--|--3333-6---3333----|-------|
............ ........ .... ....
Riff 5 BRIDGE / SOLO RHYTHM
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------9------------10------------9------------9\8--8----------|
|-----------7------------8-------------7------------7\6--6----------|
|--000-000------000-000-------000-000------000-000------------------|
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
End Riff 5
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|-----------9------------10------------9------------9\8-/12---------|
|-----------7------------8-------------7------------7\6-/10---------|
|--000-000------000-000-------000-000------000-000------------------|
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
That's pretty much all there is to it, except for the solo, which I
can't really play well enough to tab out.
Just listen to the song for repeats, timing, tempo changes, etc.
KEEP IT METAL!!
