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MARCH OF THE SOD/SERGEANT D & THE SOD
As recorded by Stormtroopers of Death
(From the 1985 Album STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH)
Transcribed by Jordan
Words and Music by SOD
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Scott Ian'
March of the SOD
Moderate Rock Q=144
Eb5D5 F5 (133xxx@1)name="chord_022xxx@1">E5 Eb5D5 F5 (133xxx@1)name="chord_022xxx@1">E5
3/4
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM| PM|
Q Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E 6x
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
||--1--0------|-3--2------|-1--0------|-3--2-------||
||o-1--0------|-3--2------|-1--0------|-3--2------o||
||--1--0--0-0-|-3--2--0-0-|-1--0--0-0-|-3--2--0-0--||
E5 F5 G#5G5 BbA5G#G5 E5 F5 G#5G5 BbA5G#G5
7/4
PM| PM|
Q Q Q Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q Q Q Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--2--3--6--5------8-7-6-5-|-2--3--6--5------8-7-6-5--||
||o-2--3--6--5------8-7-6-5-|-2--3--6--5------8-7-6-5-o||
||--2--3--6--5--0-0-8-7-6-5-|-2--3--6--5--0-0-8-7-6-5--||
Eb5D5 F5 (133xxx@1)name="chord_022xxx@1">E5 Eb5D5 F5 (133xxx@1)name="chord_022xxx@1">E5
3/4
PM| PM| PM| PM|
Q Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
||--1--0------|-3--2------|-1--0------|-3--2-------||
||o-1--0------|-3--2------|-1--0------|-3--2------o||
||--1--0--0-0-|-3--2--0-0-|-1--0--0-0-|-3--2--0-0--||
E5 F5 G#5G5 BbA5G#G5 E5 F5 G#5G5 BbA5G#G5
7/4
PM| PM|
Q Q Q Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q Q Q Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2--3--6--5------8-7-6-5-|-2--3--6--5------8-7-6-5--|
|-2--3--6--5------8-7-6-5-|-2--3--6--5------8-7-6-5--|
|-2--3--6--5--0-0-8-7-6-5-|-2--3--6--5--0-0-8-7-6-5--|
E5 F5 G#5G5 BbA5G#G5 E5 F5 G#5G5
5/4
PM| PM|
Q Q Q Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q Q Q Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-2--3--6--5------8-7-6-5-|-2--3--6--5------|
|-2--3--6--5------8-7-6-5-|-2--3--6--5------|
|-2--3--6--5--0-0-8-7-6-5-|-2--3--6--5--0-0-|
BbA5G#G5A5G#G5F#5 G#G5F#F5G5F#F5E5 BbA5G#G5A5G#G5F#5 G#G5F#F5G5F#F5E5
4/4
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-7-6-5-7-6-5-4-|-6-5-4-3-5-4-3-2-|-8-7-6-5-7-6-5-4-|-6-5-4-3-5-4-3-2-|
|-8-7-6-5-7-6-5-4-|-6-5-4-3-5-4-3-2-|-8-7-6-5-7-6-5-4-|-6-5-4-3-5-4-3-2-|
BbA5G#G5A5G#G5F#5 G#G5F#F5G5F#F5E5 BbA5G#G5A5G#G5F#5 G#G5F#F5G5F#F5E5
PM------------------------------|
E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-8-7-6-5-7-6-5-4-|-6-5-4-3-5-4-3-2-|-8-7-6-5-7-6-5-4-|-6-5-4-3-5-4-3-2--|
|-8-7-6-5-7-6-5-4-|-6-5-4-3-5-4-3-2-|-8-7-6-5-7-6-5-4-|-6-5-4-3-5-4-3-2--|
Eb5D5 F5 (133xxx@1)name="chord_022xxx@1">E5 Eb5D5 F5 (133xxx@1)name="chord_022xxx@1">E5
3/4
PM| PM| PM| PM|
Q Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
||--1--0------|-3--2------|-1--0------|-3--2-------||
||o-1--0------|-3--2------|-1--0------|-3--2------o||
||--1--0--0-0-|-3--2--0-0-|-1--0--0-0-|-3--2--0-0--||
Faster Q=200
D5 (xx023x@1)4/4
W +W
|----------|--------||
|----------|--------||
|----------|--------||
|-0--------|-(0)----||
|-0--------|-(0)----||
|-0--------|-(0)----||
Sergeant D Intro
+W +W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
G#5G5
+W +W +W +H Q Q
|------------|------------|------------|---------------||
|------------|------------|------------|---------------||
|------------|------------|------------|---------------||
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)-----------||
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----6--5---||
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----6--5---||
1st Verse
D5E5D5F5D5E5D5F5 D5 G#5G5
PM----------------------|
E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q Q
||------------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|---------------|
||------------------|---------------|
||------------------|---------------|
||o-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5--|
||--0-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5--|
D5E5D5F5D5E5D5F5 D5 G#5G5
PM----------------------|
E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q Q 4x +W
|-----------------|----------------||--------||
|-----------------|---------------o||--------||
|-----------------|----------------||--------||
|-----------------|----------------||--------||
|-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5--o||-(5)----||
|-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5---||-(5)----||
1st Chorus
G5 (355xxx@1) G#5 (133xxx@4) F5BbG#5
|-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------o||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o-5-------------------------------|-6---------------3-8-6-o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-8-6--||
G5 (355xxx@1) G#5 (133xxx@4) F5BbG#5
|-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q 3x
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------o||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o-5-------------------------------|-6---------------3-8-6-o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-8-6--||
Slower Q=172
G5 (355xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) W +H.. E|----------|--------------|| (022100@1)|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------||
|-5--------|-(5)--------0-||
|-5--------|-(5)--------0-||
2nd Verse
Faster Q=188
D5 E5D5F5D5E5D5F5 D5 G#5G5
PM-----------------------|
+E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q Q
||--------------------|---------------|
||o-------------------|---------------|
||--------------------|---------------|
||--------------------|---------------|
||o-(0)-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5--|
||--(0)-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5--|
D5E5D5F5D5E5D5F5 D5 G#5G5
PM----------------------|
E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q Q 3x +W
|-----------------|----------------||--------||
|-----------------|---------------o||--------||
|-----------------|----------------||--------||
|-----------------|----------------||--------||
|-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5--o||-(5)----||
|-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5---||-(5)----||
2nd Chorus
Faster Q=200
G5 (355xxx@1) G#5 (133xxx@4) F5BbG#5
|-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------o||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o-5-------------------------------|-6---------------3-8-6-o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-8-6--||
G5 (355xxx@1) G#5 (133xxx@4) F5BbG#5
|-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q 3x
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------o||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o-5-------------------------------|-6---------------3-8-6-o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-8-6--||
Slower Q=172
G5 (355xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) W +H.. E|----------|--------------|| (022100@1)|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------||
|-5--------|-(5)--------0-||
|-5--------|-(5)--------0-||
Mosh Part/Breakdown
D5 E5F5G#G5F#D5 E5F5F#G5G#D5
+E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) +E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E||--------------------|-------------------| (022100@1)||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-(0)---2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)---2-3-4-5-6-0-|
||--(0)-0-2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)-0-2-3-4-5-6-0-|
E5F5G#G5F#D5 E5F5F#G5G#D5
+E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) +E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E|-------------------|--------------------|| (022100@1)|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-(0)---2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)---2-3-4-5-6-0-o||
|-(0)-0-2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)-0-2-3-4-5-6-0--||
Faster Q=194
D5 E5F5G#G5F#D5 E5F5F#G5G#D5
+E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) +E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E||--------------------|-------------------| (022100@1)||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-(0)---2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)---2-3-4-5-6-0-|
||--(0)-0-2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)-0-2-3-4-5-6-0-|
E5F5G#G5F#D5 E5F5F#G5G#D5
+E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) +E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E|-------------------|--------------------|| (022100@1)|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-(0)---2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)---2-3-4-5-6-0-o||
|-(0)-0-2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)-0-2-3-4-5-6-0--||
FASTER Q=208
D5 E5F5G#G5F#D5 E5F5F#G5G#D5
+E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) +E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E||--------------------|-------------------| (022100@1)||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-(0)---2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)---2-3-4-5-6-0-|
||--(0)-0-2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)-0-2-3-4-5-6-0-|
E5F5G#G5F#D5 E5F5F#G5G#D5
+E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) +E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E|-------------------|--------------------|| (022100@1)|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-(0)---2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)---2-3-4-5-6-0-o||
|-(0)-0-2-3-6-5-4-0-|-(0)-0-2-3-4-5-6-0--||
Final Verse
Slower Q=200
D5 E5D5F5D5E5D5F5 D5 G#5G5
PM-----------------------|
+E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q Q
||--------------------|---------------|
||o-------------------|---------------|
||--------------------|---------------|
||--------------------|---------------|
||o-(0)-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5--|
||--(0)-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5--|
D5E5D5F5D5E5D5F5 D5 G#5G5
PM----------------------|
E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q Q 3x +W
|-----------------|----------------||--------|
|-----------------|---------------o||--------|
|-----------------|----------------||--------|
|-----------------|----------------||--------|
|-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5--o||-(5)----|
|-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-6--5---||-(5)----|
Final Chorus
G5 (355xxx@1) G#5 (133xxx@4) F5BbG#5
|-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------o||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o-5-------------------------------|-6---------------3-8-6-o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-8-6--||
G5 (355xxx@1) G#5 (133xxx@4) F5BbG#5
|-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q 3x
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------o||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o-5-------------------------------|-6---------------3-8-6-o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-8-6--||
Slower Q=172
G5 (355xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) W +H.. E|----------|--------------|| (022100@1)|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------||
|-5--------|-(5)--------0-||
|-5--------|-(5)--------0-||
Outro
D5 E5F5G#G5F#D5
+E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) W
|-------------------|------*|
|-------------------|------*|
|-------------------|------*|
|-------------------|------*|
|-(0)---2-3-6-5-4-0-|------*|
|-(0)-0-2-3-6-5-4-0-|------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b (x24432@1) - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
