Return To The Eve Tab by Celtic Frost


This is off of their first album.  It was also one of the first songs in extreme
metal to feature female vocals.

Riff 1a:

e|---------------|----------------|
B|---------------|----------------|
G|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|--------5-4-5---| Gtr.1
A|-4-4-4--a------|-4-4-4--3-2-3---|
E|-2-2-2--1------|-2-2-2----------|
 

e|---------------|----------------|
B|---------------|----------------|
G|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|--------5-4-5---| Gtr.2
A|--------3------|--------3-2-3---|
E|--------1------|----------------|

Play twice.

Riff 1b:

e|-------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-------------------------|---------------------------|
G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------5-4-5---|
A|-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-a-----|-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-3-2-3---|
E|-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-1-----|-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2---------|

Play this riff 4 times.

Riff 2:

e|-----------------|---------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|
G|-----------------|---------------|
D|-----------------|-------3-------|
A|-3-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-4---1-------|
E|-1-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-2-0---------|
       * * * * * *       *
Play this riff 4 times.

Riff 3:

e|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|----------|
B|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|----------|
G|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|----------|
D|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|-3--------|
A|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|-1--------|
E|-2h44444444444-|-444444444444-|-2h44444444444-|-444444444444-|----------|

Play this once.

Then play;

Riff 1b 4X
Riff 2 4X
Riff 3 1X
Riff 1a 2X
Riff 2 4X-with solo
Riff 3 1X

Then play;

Riff 4:

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------3-----------|-5-----------3-----------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-|
   * * * * * *   * * * * *     * * * * *   * * * * *
Gtr.1 play this riff 6 times, with gtr.2 doubling the last 4 times.

Then play;

Riff 1b 4X
Riff 2 4X
Riff 3 1X
Riff 3 4X
And done!

As with Morbid Tales, I will transcribe the solo eventually.
Notation Key:

h =hammer on
p =pull off
/ = ascending slide
\ = descending slide
b =note bend
* =palm mute
a =artificial(pinch) harmonic
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