• Song:

    I Am Usurper

  • Artist:

    Usurper

  • Album:

    Twilight Dominion

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 (x2444x@1)- hammer on           b (x24432@1)- Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f (133111@1)- full bend    h- (x2444x@1)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
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------53--3/5-----------------------|
|--2--2--2--2--85--5----2--2--2--2--31--1/3-----------------------|
|--0--0--0--0--63--3----0--0--0--0---------------------------------|

                                                         End Riff 1a
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--2--2--2--85--5-----------------------------------------------|
|--0--0--0--0--63--3----0h3h5h6-8\--0h3h5h6-8\-------------------|


 Riff 1b  INTRO / CHORUS pt 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------53--3/5--------------------------|
|--22222222---85--5----22222222--31--1/3--------------------------|
|--00000000---63--3----00000000------------------------------------|

                                                         End Riff 1b
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--22222222---85--5------------------------------------------------|
|--00000000---63--3----0h3h5h6-8\--0h3h5h6-8\--------------------|


 Riff 2  PRE-VERSE (?)                                    End Riff 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------(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
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--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
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------9------------10------------9------------98--8----------|
|-----------7------------8-------------7------------76--6----------|
|--000-000------000-000-------000-000------000-000------------------|
   ... ...      ... ...       ... ...      ... ...
                                                          End Riff 5
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------9------------10------------9------------98-/12---------|
|-----------7------------8-------------7------------76-/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!!

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