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D E S P O N D
-
G R I E F
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SUPREME FUNERAL ORATION
(c) Haceldama Records 2003
http://despond.free.fr/
Tune Down 2 Steps
C F A# D# G C
Tempo = 70 BPM
Time Signature = 4/4
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Transcribed by
PADDY MCMULLAN
stinkypoohpants@yahoo.co.uk
Version 1.1
(Corrections Outlined at Bottom of Tab)
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Tablature Symbols Used:
P.M.. ... - Palm Mute
h - Hammer-on
p - Pull-off
\ - Slide Down to/Down From
/ - Slide Up to/Up From
( / ) - Legato Slide
( ) - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
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Riff 1: Guitars 1 and 2 with heavy distortion (Play 7 times)
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||-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
||--4----------------|--4------------(4\ 3)--|--3----------------|
||--4----------------|--4------------(4\ 3)--|--3----------------|
||--2----------------|--2------------(2\ 1)--|--1----------------|
|-------------------| |
|-------------------| |
|-------------------|*|
|--3----------------|*|
|--3----------------| |
|--1----------------| |
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Rest for 8 bars, then play riff 1 four more times
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Riff 2: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 3 times, with lead riff 1)
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||--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
||--4------------4----|--4------------4----|--4--------4----5----|
||--4------------4----|--4------------4----|--4--------4----5----|
||--2------------2----|--2------------2----|--2--------2----3----|
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5----7----6--7--6----|--4------------4----|--4------------4----|
|--5----5----4--5--4----|--4------------4----|--4------------4----|
|--3--------------------|--2------------2----|--2------------2----|
|---------------------|-----------------------| |
|---------------------|-----------------------| |
|--6--------6----5----|--5--------------------|*|
|--6--------6----5----|--5----7----6--7--6----|*|
|--4--------4----3----|--3----7----6--7--6----| |
|---------------------|-------5----4--5--4----| |
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Lead riff 1: Guitar 3 with heavy distoriton (enters on second repeat of riff 2)
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||------------------|------------------|---------------------|
||-R- -|-R- -|---------------------|
||-E- -|-E- -|---------------------|
||-S- -|-S- -|--4--------4----5----|
||-T- -|-T- -|---------------------|
||------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-R- -|-R- -|
|-----------------------|-E- -|-E- -|
|--5----7----6--7--6----|-S- -|-S- -|
|-------5----4--5--4----|-T- -|-T- -|
|-----------------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-R- -|
|--6--------6----5----|--5--------------------|-E- -|
|---------------------|-------7----6--7--6----|-S- -|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-T- -|
|---------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-R- -|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-E- -|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-S- -|--4--------4----5----|--5----7----6--7--6----|
|-T- -|---------------------|-------5----4--5--4----|
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-R- -|-R- -|---------------------|
|-E- -|-E- -|--6--------6----5----|
|-S- -|-S- -|---------------------|
|-T- -|-T- -|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------||
|-----------------------||
|--5--------------------||
|-------7----6--7--6----||
|-----------------------||
|-----------------------||
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Riff 3: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 3 times)
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||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--4----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--4----------------|--5----------------|--8----------------|
||--2----------------|--5----------------|--8----------------|
||-------------------|--3----------------|--6----------------|
|-------------------| |
|-------------------| |
|-------------------|*|
|--5----------------|*|
|--5----------------| |
|--3----------------| |
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Riff 4: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 3 times)
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||--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||--4------------4----|--4--------2----4----|--4------------(4/ -|
||--4------------4----|--4--------2----4----|--4------------(4/ -|
||--2------------2----|--2--------0----2----|--2------------(2/ -|
|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------| |
|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------| |
|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|*|
| 9)----12----11----11----|--5------------(5/ -| 7)--------7----5----|*|
| 9)----12----11----11----|--5------------(5/ -| 7)--------7----5----| |
| 7)----10----9-----9-----|--3------------(3/ -| 5)--------5----3----| |
End the riff on the following:
|-----------|-----------||
|-----------|-----------||
|-----------|-----------||
|--4--------|--(4)------||
|--4--------|--(4)------||
|--2--------|--(2)------||
*Guitar 2 rests for the first 6 bars*
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Riff 5: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 3 times)
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||-------------------------|--------------------------|
||-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--10----9--7--7----7--9--|--9--10--9--5--5----5--7--|
||--0-----0--0--0----0--0--|--0--0---0--0--0----0--0--|
||-------------------------|--------------------------|
||-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------| |
|-----------------------| |
|--3----3--2--2----2/---|*| X 2
|--0----0--0--0----0----|*|
|-----------------------| |
|-----------------------| |
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--10----9--7--7----7--9--|
|--0-----0--0--0----0--0--|
|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------| |
|--------------------------|-----------------------| |
|--------------------------|-----------------------|*| X 2
|--9--10--9--5--5----5--7--|--3----3--2--2----2/---|*|
|--0--0---0--0--0----0--0--|--0----0--0--0----0----| |
|--------------------------|-----------------------| |
* Guitar 2 rests for the first 6 bars *
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Riff 6: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 12 times, with lead riff 2)
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||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--7----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--7----------------|--7----------------|--8----------------|
||--5----------------|--7----------------|--8----------------|
||-------------------|--5----------------|--6----------------|
|--------------------| |
|--------------------| |
|--------------------|*|
|--3--------2--------|*|
|--3--------2--------| |
|--1--------0--------| |
* Gradually fade out during the last 13 bars of the song *
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Lead riff 2: Guitar 3 (Play once through, enter on bar 9 of riff 6)
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1 2
||----------------------------|--------------------------|
||----------------------------|--------------------------|
||----------------------------|--------------------------|
||----------------------------|--------------------------|
||--7h8-7h8-7h8--------8--10--|--7----8--(8/10)-----8----|
||----------------------------|--------------------------|
3 4 5
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|--7------8--7----8--7--|--5----5--7--7----7----|--10------12------12----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
6 7
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--10----9--9--10----10----|--(10/12)-----10-9-10-9-7----7--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
8 9 10
|-----------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|--9----9--9--10--------|--5--7--7--7--7-------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------5--(8\7)-|--7----7--8--7----7----|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
11 12
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|--10----12--12--12----5--8--|--7----7--5--5----5----|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
13 14
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--10----9--7--7--7--7--7--|--10----7--5--5--5--5--(5/ |
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
15 16
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
| -12)------12--14----15--14--|--12----(12\ 10)--10----10----|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
17 18
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--(10\ 9)------10----10--9--|--10--12--10--9--7----(7/ -|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
19 20
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 14)h15p14h15------15----15----|--14h15p14h15------17--------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
21 22 23
|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|-R- -|-R- -|
|--19----------------|-E- -|-E- -|
|--------------------|-S- -|-S- -|
|--------------------|-T- -|-T- -|
|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
24 25 26
|------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-R- -|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-E- -|--5--7--7--7--7-------------|-----------------------|
|-S- -|-------------------5--(8\7)-|--7----7--8--7----7----|
|-T- -|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
27 28
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|--10--12--12--12--12----5--8--|--7----7--5--5----5----|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
29 30
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--(10\ 9)--(9\ 7)--7----7----|--(10\ 9)--(7\ 5)--5----(5/ |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
31 32
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
| -12)------12--14----15--14--|--12------10--10----10----|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
33 34
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|--(10\ 9)--9----10----10--9--|--10--12--10--9--7----(7/ |
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
35 36
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 14)h15p14h15------15----15--15--|--14h15p14h15------17--------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
37
|--------------------||
|--------------------||
|--19----------------||
|--------------------||
|--------------------||
|--------------------||
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End
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Tab summary: Riff 1 x 7
Riff 1 x 4
Riff 2 x 3 + Lead riff 1 x 1
Riff 3 x 3
Riff 4 x 3
Riff 5 x 3
Riff 6 x 12 + Lead riff 2 x 1
END
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Corrections (29/10/05):
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* Fixed incorrect slide directions
* Fixed rests
