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DOWN THE SLOPES OF DEATH
As recorded by Amon Amarth
(From the 2002 Album VERSUS THE WORLD)
Transcribed by F-Master
Words and Music by Amon Amarth
Arranged by Amon Amarth
Gtr I (B E A D Gb B) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (B E A D Gb B) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=140
N.C.
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM------| PM| PM------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-7-----------5-----5-7-8-|-7-----------------------o||
||----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-------|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Pre-Verse
N.C.
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
W W W +Q +Q +Q Q
||-----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
||o----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
||-----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
||--5--------|-4--------|-5--------|-(5)--(5)--(5)--7---|
||o----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
||-----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
| W W W +Q +Q +Q Q
||-----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
||o----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
||-----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
||-----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
||o-7--------|-5--------|-7--------|-(7)--(7)--(7)--9---|
||-----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
W Q +Q +Q Q W +W
|----------|------------------|----------|---------||
|----------|------------------|----------|--------o||
|----------|------------------|----------|---------||
|-9--------|-7--(7)--(7)--10--|-9--------|-(9)-----||
|----------|------------------|----------|--------o||
|----------|------------------|----------|---------||
|
| TP TP TP TP
| W W W +W
|----------|------------------|----------|---------||
|----------|------------------|----------|--------o||
|----------|------------------|----------|---------||
|----------|------------------|----------|---------||
|-7--------|-3----------------|-2--------|-(2)----o||
|----------|------------------|----------|---------||
Verse
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM------| PM| PM------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------------------|--------------------------o||
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-7-----------5-----5-7-8-|-7------------------------o||
||----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-------|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
Chorus
N.C.
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
|-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|
||--10-------10-----10-------10-----|-10-------10-----9-----9------|
||o----8-(8)----8-8----8-(8)----8-8-|----8-(8)----8-8---8-8---8-8--|
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM---------------------------------------------------------|
| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o--8-8--8---8-8-8--8-8--8---8-8-8-|--8-8--8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|
N.C.
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM|
|-----6-----| |-----6-----| |-----6-----| |----6-----|
E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-9-(9)---------7-(7)---------|-9-(9)---------7-----7-9-10--||
|-------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-|-------0-0-0-0---0-0--------o||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|
| PM----------------------------------------------|
| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------7-9-10--||
|-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------o||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
Verse
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM------| PM| PM------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------------------|--------------------------o||
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-7-----------5-----5-7-8-|-7------------------------o||
||----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-------|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
Pre-Chorus
N.C.
PM------| PM------| PM------| PM| PM|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||---------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o--------------------------|-----------------------------|
||---------------------------|-----------------------------|
||---------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-10-----------9-----------|-10-----------10-----12------|
||-----8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8-|----8-8-8-8-8----8-8----8-8--|
N.C.
PM------| PM------| PM------| PM|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-9-----------7-----------|-9-----------7-----7-9-10-o||
|---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0---0-0---------||
Chorus
N.C.
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
|-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|
||--10-------10-----10-------10-----|-10-------10-----9-----9------|
||o----8-(8)----8-8----8-(8)----8-8-|----8-(8)----8-8---8-8---8-8--|
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM---------------------------------------------------------|
| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o--8-8--8---8-8-8--8-8--8---8-8-8-|--8-8--8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|
N.C.
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM|
|-----6-----| |-----6-----| |-----6-----| |----6-----|
E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-9-(9)---------7-(7)---------|-9-(9)---------7-----7-9-10--||
|-------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-|-------0-0-0-0---0-0--------o||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|
| PM----------------------------------------------|
| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------7-9-10--||
|-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------o||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
N.C.
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
|-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-10-------10-----10-------10-----|-10-------10-----9-----9-----|
|----8-(8)----8-8----8-(8)----8-8-|----8-(8)----8-8---8-8---8-8-|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------------------------------|
| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--8-8--8---8-8-8--8-8--8---8-8-8-|--8-8--8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM------| PM| PM------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------------------|--------------------------o||
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-7-----------5-----5-7-8-|-7------------------------o||
||----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-------|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
Interlude
N.C.
TP TP TP TP
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|-7--------|-(7)----|
|-7--------|-(7)--------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|
| Gtr II
| TP TP TP TP
| W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|-9--------|-(9)--------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
E5
<
TP TP TP TP TP TP
W +W W +Q +Q +Q Q
|----------|------------|----------|---------------------|
|----------|------------|----------|---------------------|
|----------|------------|----------|---------------------|
|----------|------------|-7--------|-(7)--(7)--(7)--14\--|
|-7--------|-(7)--------|----------|----------------14\--|
|----------|------------|----------|----------------12\--|
|
| <
| TP TP TP TP TP TP
| W +W W +Q +Q +Q Q
|----------|------------|----------|---------------------|
|----------|------------|----------|---------------------|
|----------|------------|-5--------|-(5)--(5)--(5)-------|
|-9--------|-(9)--------|----------|-----------------x\--|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------x\--|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------x\--|
E5 G5
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--2--------2--------|-2--------5--------|
||o-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-5--5-5-5-|
||--0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-3--3-3-3-|
N.C.
|--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-----------------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|---------------2h4p2--------||
|---------5p4h5---------5p4h5-|---------5p4h5-------5p4h5--||
|-3-(3)-3-------3-(3)-3-------|-3-(3)-3-------------------o||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------||
Chorus
N.C.
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
W W W +Q +Q +Q Q
||-----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
||o----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
||-----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
||--5--------|-4--------|-5--------|-(5)--(5)--(5)--7---|
||o----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
||-----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
| W W W +Q +Q +Q Q
||-----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
||o----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
||-----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
||-----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
||o-7--------|-5--------|-7--------|-(7)--(7)--(7)--9---|
||-----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
W Q +Q +Q Q W +W
|----------|------------------|----------|---------||
|----------|------------------|----------|--------o||
|----------|------------------|----------|---------||
|-9--------|-7--(7)--(7)--10--|-9--------|-(9)-----||
|----------|------------------|----------|--------o||
|----------|------------------|----------|---------||
|
| TP TP TP TP
| W W W +W
|----------|------------------|----------|---------||
|----------|------------------|----------|--------o||
|----------|------------------|----------|---------||
|----------|------------------|----------|---------||
|-7--------|-3----------------|-2--------|-(2)----o||
|----------|------------------|----------|---------||
Outro
N.C.
PM------| PM| PM------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 7x
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------------------|--------------------------o||
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-7-----------5-----5-7-8-|-7------------------------o||
||----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-------|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
N.C.
PM------| PM|
|----6----| |----6----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|-------------------------|--------------*|
|-------------------------|--------------*|
|-------------------------|--------------*|
|-------------------------|--------------*|
|-7-----------5-----5-7-8-|-7------------*|
|---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-------|--------------*|
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 - 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
-----------
| - 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
