AT THE GATES - SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL
                         From the Album SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL
                         




.  - palm mute                  /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to              ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on                  b  - bend
p  - pull off                        Suffixes for bend
ph - pinch harmonic                      f - full bend    h - half bend
*  - see comment                         r - release      t - tap bend
X  - percussion mute                     ~ - vibrato bend
"  - tremelo note               () - ghost note, sustained note

Tuning: B(in otherwords, all strings down 2.5 steps)

Opening
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR I
|-slide---------------------------------------------------Don't hold out----|
|-\\\------7--5h7-7--10--9----2-222-3----------7--5h7-7--2---the chords-----|
|-\\\---000-00---0-00--00-00---------3-2----000-00---0-000------------------|
|        .. ..   . ..  .. ..         . .     .. ..   . ..  
|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------Don't hold out----------| GTR II
|---------------------------------------------------the chords--------------|
|-------------------------------------------2--2--2--2---2------------------|
|-------------------------------------------0--0--0--0---0------------------|

Riff A
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR I & GTR II
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----7--5h7-7--10--9---2-222-3---------7--5h7-7--10--9--2h5p2-6~---|
|-000-00---0-00--00-00---------3-2--000-00---0-00--00-00-----------|
   .. ..   . ..  .. ..               .. ..   . ..  .. ..

Play Riff A a total of two times

Riff B(Play this twice)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|GTR
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| I&II
|--------------9------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------7---7----7-------10---9h10p-7----------3-----23--------------2-------------|
|-0-000-000-000--7-8-888--888-----8-888-5-555---555----5-5-555-3-333-333-111111---|

                             _____________    _______________
Riff C (Pre-chorus)                  | 1.             | 2.
|------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------| GTR I
|------9-7------7-5------9-7---------------|------4~----------------|
|----------------------------------7-9-10--|---6~-------------------|
|-0-000-0-8-888--8--0-000-0--7-8-10--------|------------------------|
| . ...   . ...     . ...    ______________   ______________
|                           |1.              | 2.
|------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------| GTR II
|------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------10-9-----9-7-----10-9-------7-9-10--|------6~----------------|
|-0-000--0-8-888-8-0-000--0--7-8-10--------|---7~-------------------|
  . ...    . ...   . ...

Play Riff A, but end with the opening riff (This time hold out the chords)
Play Riff C (Pre-chorus like above.)


Chorus
                                     _______________   ____________________
Riff D (guitar 1)                  | 1.              | 2.
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------11--9------------------------------|----------------------|
|-12-11-11-9--12-11---------12-11-11--9---------------|----------------------|
|-------------------9--7------------------------------|----------------------| GTR I
|-10--9--9-7--10--9---------10--9--9--7--7676---------|-------7--------------|
|---------------------------------------------7~------|----------------------|
|                                    ________          _________________
|                                   |1.               | 2.
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------| GTR II
|-9------5-----9----5--9-----9-----5------------------|----------------------|
|-7------3-----7-------------7-----3------------------|-------2h5p2--6~------|
|-------------------3--7-----------------57---7~------|--5--7----------------|

                 _______  _______   _______
 Riff E(HEAVY)  | 1,3    | 2       | 4
|-----------------------|---------|----------|
|-----------------------|---------|----------|
|-----------------------|---------|----------| Both Guitars
|-----------------------|---4-3-2-|----------|
|----7--5h7-7-----------|---2-1-0-|----56----|
|-000-00---0-00-3-3-676-|-0-------|3567------|
   .. ..   . ..

Start solo with riff F
  Riff F
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------| Gtr III
|------------------------4-3-2----------------------------|
|-2-2-----------------2--2-1-0-2-2---------------------56-|
|-0-0--3-3-676---0-0--0--------0-0--3-3-676---0-0--3567---|

              ___________              ________________   ___________________
             | 1,3                    | 2.               | 4.
|-------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------| GTR III
|-------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-0-00000-00008-88888-88880-00000-0000|7-77777-7h10p7-11-|7-77777-7h10p7h10\---|
    ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .... . .....            . .....


solo ends after this riff

Play Riff F two times
Play Riff B 2x
Play Riff C 2x
Play Chorus
Play Riff F

end with:

|------------|
|------------|
|------------| GTR I and GTR II
|--2---2-----|
|--2---2-----|
|--0---0-----|
   .   .

End of song!!


Start of Solo

|-7---7--6bhr-7-7---10--7h10p7-6bhr----|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------ph------|
|--------------------------------------|-12"-0"-12"-0"-12"-0"-12~-----| GTR I
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
|-10--10-9bhr-10-10---14-10h14p10-9bhr-|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------ph------|
|--------------------------------------|-12"-0"-12"-0"-12"-0"-12~-----| GTR 2
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|

(guitar 1)
|--------12"------12------|----------------------------------------------|
|----12"-----12"--15bfrf~-|----------------------------------------------|
|-9"----------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-7~--10-9~--12-10~--7-6~---12-10~--9-7~--6-7~-|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|
| (guitar 2)
|--------12"------12--*---|----------------------------------------------|
|----12"-----12"--15bfrf--|----------------------------------------------|
|-9"----------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-5~---9-7~--10--9~--5-4~---10--9~--7-5---4-2~-|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
* guitar II doesn't release the note a full step, maybe about 3/4 step

|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------| GTR I
|---------------------|
|-7---6-7-9--9-10-11--|
|---------------------|
|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------| GTR II
|-7-------------------|
|-----7~--------------|