Transcribed by: wrath - wrath_doom@hotmail.com

 DARK FUNERAL: OPEN THE GATES 

[start the song with playing riff1 four times] 

  RIFF1 
||------------------------------------|| 
||------------------------------------|| 
||------------------------------------|| 
||777777777777/8877444444444444/5544|| 
||555555555555/6655222222222222/3322|| 
||------------------------------------|| 

[play riff2 twice] 

  RIFF2 
||----------------|----------------|| guitar1 
||----------------|----------------|| 
||--------7-------|--------4-------|| 
||7-7-8-7---7-8-7-|4-4-5-4---4-5-4-|| 
||----------------|----------------|| 
||----------------|----------------|| 
| 
||----------------|----------------|| guitar2 
||----------------|----------------|| 
||----------------|----------------|| 
||7---------------|4---------------|| 
||5---------------|2---------------|| 
||----------------|----------------|| 

[repeat riff3 four times] 

  RIFF3 
||------------------------------------|| 
||------------------------------------|| 
||------------------------------------|| 
||7-7-7-7-7-7-/87/64-4-4-4-4-4-/54/5|| 
||5-5-5-5-5-5-/67/62-2-2-2-2-2-/32/3|| 
||------------------------------------|| 
              <    >            <    > 
              triplet           triplet 

[riff4A is played four times, too; 
 then play riff4B twice; 
 repeat riffA twice] 

  RIFF4A 
||--------------------------------|| guitar1 
||--------------------------------|| 
||--------------------------------|| 
||7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|| 
||5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|| 
||--------------------------------|| 
| 
|?--------------------------------?| guitar2 
|?--------------------------------?| 
|?--------------------------------?| 
|?7-6-7-6-8-7-8-7-7-6-7-6-6-5-6-5-?| 
|?--------------------------------?| 
|?--------------------------------?| 

  RIFF4B 
||--------------------------------|| 
||--------------------------------|| 
||--------------------------------|| 
||77777777888888887777777766666666|| 
||55555555666666665555555544444444|| 
||--------------------------------|| 

[play riff5 twice] 

  RIFF5 
||----------------|----------------|| 
||----------------|----------------|| 
||----------------|----------------|| 
||7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-|7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|| 
||5-------6-------|5-------4-------|| 
||----------------|----------------|| 

[riff6: four times] 

  RIFF6 
||--------|--------|| 
||--------|--------|| 
||--------|--------|| 
||5-5-----|5-5-6-6-|| 
||3-3-6-6-|3-3-4-4-|| 
||----4-4-|--------|| 

[play riff7 four times] 

  RIFF7 
||------------------------------------|| 
||------------------------------------|| 
||------------------------------------|| 
||55555555----------55555555666666/86|| 
||33333333666666/7633333333444444/64|| 
||--------444444/54------------------|| 

[play riff8: g1, one time; 
 play riff8: g1+g2, one time; 
 play riff8: g1, eight times;] 

  RIFF8 
||----------------|| guitar1 
||----------------|| 
||----------------|| 
||----------------|| 
||3-5-6-5---5-6-5-|| 
||--------4-------|| 
| 
||----------------|| guitar2 
||----------------|| 
||----------------|| 
||5---------------||  
||3-------6-------|| 
||--------4-------|| 

[riff9 is played four times] 

  RIFF9 
||----------------|----------------|| 
||----------------|----------------|| 
||------3-2-5-3-2-|------3-2-------|| 
||5-5-4-----------|5-5-4-----5-4---|| 
||----------------|--------------5-|| 
||----------------|----------------|| 

[repeat riff6 four times] 

[play riff10A; 
 play riff10B; 
 play riff10A; 
 play riff10B;] 

  RIFF10A 
||----|----|------------|----|----|----|----| 
||----|----|------------|----|----|----|----| 
||----|----|------------|----|----|----|----| 
||5---|5---|5/6-6/8-86|5---|5---|----|----| 
||3---|3---|3/4-4/6-64|3---|3---|6---|6---| 
||----|----|------------|----|----|4---|4---| 
            <          > 
              triplet 

  RIFF10B 
 |----|----|------------|----|----|------|| 
 |----|----|------------|----|----|------|| 
 |----|----|------------|----|----|------|| 
 |5---|5---|5/6-6/8-86|5---|5---|8-9-8-|| 
 |3---|3---|3/4-4/6-64|3---|3---|6-7-6-|| 
 |----|----|------------|----|----|------|| 
            <          >           <     > 
              triplet              triplet 

[repeat riff7 four times] 

[play riff8: g1, one time; 
 play riff8: g1+g2, one time; 
 play riff8: g1, eight times;]