• Song:

    Serpents Coil

  • Artist:

    Cryptopsy

  • Album:

    Whisper Supremacy

Tuning B E A D F# B


 Riff 1 (0:00)
  Gtrs. 1&2
||-------------------------||
||-------------------------||
||-------------------------||
||-3-4-6-------------------||
||-1-2-4--2-2-2-2--5~---3--||
||--------0-0-0-0--3~---1--||
   . .


 Riff 2 (0:03)
  Gtrs. 1&2                                                        (4x)
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------ph----------------------||
||-------------------------6/7-----------------2~~~--------------------||
||---------------------4/6-----8/9------------------------6/7-7/8-8/9--||
||-6-------5/6-----6---2/4-----6/7---------6\4------------4/5-5/6-6/7--||
||-4p0-1-0-3/4-1-0-4p0-------------4p0-0-0-----------------------------||
                                       . .
    break
||-----------|
||-----------|
||-----------|
||-----------|
||-2-3-7-8---|
||-0-1-5-6---|


 Riff 3 (0:19)
  Gtrs. 1&2                           1st & 3rd times
||---------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------|
||-------8-----8-----8---------------8-----8---------|
||-4-643-6-4/5-6-4/5-6---4-3---4-643-6-4/5-6---3-4-8-|
||-2-------2/3---2/3-----2-1---2-------2/3---0-1-2-6-|
   . ...                       .

                                             2nd time
  ---------------------------------------------------|
  ---------------------------------------------------|
  ---------------------------------------------------|
  -------8-----8-----8---------------8-----8---------|
  -4-643-6-4/5-6-4/5-6---4-3---4-643-6-4p0-6---3-4-8-|
  -2-------2/3---2/3-----2-1---2-------2p0---0-1-2-6-|
   . ...                       .

                       last one
  -----------------------------------------------------|
  -----------------------------------------------------|
  -----------------------------------------------------|
  -------8-----8-----8---------------8-----8-----------|
  -4-643-6-4/5-6-4/5-6---4-3---4-643-6-4p0-6-------1---|
  -2-------2/3---2/3-----2-1---2-------2p0---0-1-2---0-|
   . ...                       .
 Riff 4 (0:38)
  Gtrs. 1&2
||-------------------------------------------|
||.------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------|
||.------3-------------3-------------3-------|
||-3--4--1-4--2--3--4--1-4--2--3--4--1-4--2--|
||-1--2----2--0--1--2----2--0--1--2----2--0--|

  -------------------------------------------|-----------------------------||
  ------------------------------------------.|-----------------------------||
  -------------------------------------------|-----------------------------||
  -------3-------------3-------------3------.|-------3-------------3---3p0-||
  -3--4--1-4--2--3--4--1-4--2--3--4--1-4--2--|-3--4--1-4--2--3--4--1-4-1p0-||
  -1--2----2--0--1--2----2--0--1--2----2--0--|-1--2----2--0--1--2----2-----||



 Riff 2 4x (0:47) - Pitch of the harmonic changes the 4th time (higher)




 Riff 5 (1:04)
  Gtrs. 1&2
||---------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------|
||-------8-----8-----8---------------8-----8---------|
||-4-643-6-4/5-6-4/5-6---4-3---4-643-6-4/5-6---3-4-8-|
||-2-------2/3---2/3-----2-1---2-------2/3---0-1-2-6-|
   . ...                       .

  -----------------------------------------------------------||
  -----------------------------------------------------------||
  -----------------------------------------------------------||
  -------8-----8-----8---------------8-----8-----------------||
  -4-643-6-4/5-6-4/5-6---4-3---4-643-6-4p0-6---3-4-----------||
  -2-------2/3---2/3-----2-1---2-------2p0---0-1-2-----------||
   . ...                       .



 Riff 6 (1:13)
   Gtr. 1
||-----------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------||
||-557766---4-6-557766-4-6-335544-4/5\4-3355-2----2233----44-||
||-------55-2-4--------2-4--------2/3\2------03344----4455---||
||                                                           ||
|| Gtr. 2                                                    ||
||-----------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------||
||----------4-6--------4-6--------4/5\4------2-5--2233----44-||
||----------2-4--------2-4--------2/3\2------0-344----4455---||

 Riff 6 (Cont.)
  Gtrs. 1&2
 |----------------------------------------------------||
 |----------------------------------------------------||
 |----------------------------------------------------||
 |----------------------------------------------------||
 |-557766---4-6-557766---4-6-335544------335544-------||
 |-------55-2-4-------55-2-4-------330022------330022-||
 Riff 7 (1:28)
  Gtrs. 1&2
||---------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------|
||-557766-4-6-557766-4-6-335544-2-4-335544-2-4-|
||--------2-4--------2-4--------0-2--------0-2-|

 Riff 7 (Cont.)
   Gtrs. 1&2
 |------------------------------------------------||
 |------------------------------------------------||
 |------------------------------------------------||
 |------------------------------------------------||
 |-557766---4-6-557766---4-6-335544------335544---||
 |-------55-2-4-------55-2-4-------330022------33-||




 Riff 8 (1:36)
  Gtrs. 1&2
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------7-----------------------------||
||---------55--33----44--4455--33----44-2--3--/5------55--33----44--4455---3-||
||-00223344--22--5566--33----22--5566---0--1--/5--3344--22--5566--33----22-1-||
                                        . .                                .


 Riff 9 (1:44)
  Gtrs. 1&2        (3x)
||---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
||.-------------------.|-----------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
||.-------4p1---------.|--------4p1----------4p1----------------4p1-2h5------|
||-5-4-1h2-----444433--|-5-4-1h2------5-4-1h2-----444433-5-4-1h2-------3p2---|
||-3-2-------00--------|-3-2-------00-3-2-------00-------3-2--------------00-|
   . .       ........    . .       .. . .       ........ . .              ..

 Riff 9 (Cont.)
  Gtrs. 1&2        (3x)
 |---------------------|--------------||
 |.-------------------.|--------------||
 |---------------------|--------------||
 |.-------4p1---------.|--------4p1---||
 |-5-4-1h2-----444433--|-5-4-1h2---22-||
 |-3-2-------00--------|-3-2-------00-||
   . .       ........    . .       ..



 Riff 10 (2:00)
  Gtrs. 1&2                                                                (2x)
|------------------------------------------------------14/15151515151515151515-|
|.-----------------------------------------------------10/11111111111111111111.|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|.------/7--/9\---------/7--/9\---------/7--/9\-------------------------------.|
|-2--4--/5--/7\---2--4--/5--/7\---2--4--/5--/7\---2--4-------------------------|
|-0--1--/5--/7\---0--1--/5--/7\---0--1--/5--/7\---0--1-------------------------|
  . .             . .             . .             . .
 Riff 11
  Gtrs. 1&2
 |---------------||
 |---------------||
 |---------------||
 |---------------||
 |-----2--3--4---||
 |-----0--1--2---||



 Riff 12 (2:16)
  Gtrs. 1&2
||-----------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------|
||---------8-----8-----8---------------8-----8---------|
||-2-4-643-6-4/5-6-4/5-6---4-3---4-643-6-4/5-6---3-4-8-|
||-0-2-------2/3---2/3-----2-1---2-------2/3---0-1-2-6-|
       ...                       .

  -----------------------------------------------------|
  -----------------------------------------------------|
  -----------------------------------------------------|
  -------8-----8-----8---------------8-----8-----------|
  -4-643-6-4/5-6-4/5-6---4-3---4-643-6-4p0-6-------1---|
  -2-------2/3---2/3-----2-1---2-------2p0---0-1-2---0-|
   . ...                       .



 Riff 13 (2:25)
  Gtrs. 1&2
||-------------------------------------------|
||.------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------|
||.------3-------------3-------------3-------|
||-3--4--1-4--2--3--4--1-4--2--3--4--1-4--2--|
||-1--2----2--0--1--2----2--0--1--2----2--0--|

  -------------------------------------------|
  -------------------------------------------|
  -------------------------------------------|
  -------3-------------3-------------3-------|
  -3--4--1-4--2--3--4--1-4--2--3--4--1-4--2--|
  -1--2----2--0--1--2----2--0--1--2----2--0--|

  -------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
  ------------------------------------------.|---------------------------------||
  -------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
  -------3-------------3-------------3------.|-------3-------------7-4-5-2-3-6-||
  -3--4--1-4--2--3--4--1-4--2--3--4--1-4--2--|-3--4--1-4--2--455-6-5-2-3-0-1-4-||
  -1--2----2--0--1--2----2--0--1--2----2--0--|-1--2----2--0--233-4-------------||
                                                             ... . . . . . . .



 Riff 14 (2:38)
  Gtrs. 1&2
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----7---5-2-3-6---6-7---5-2-3-6-----7---5-2-3-6---6-7---5-2-3-6-||
||-5-6-5-4-3-0-1-4-5-4-5-4-3-0-1-4-5-6-5-4-3-0-1-4-5-4-5-4-3-0-1-4-||
||-3-4---2---------3-----2---------3-4---2---------3-----2---------||
 Riff 15 (2:44)
  Gtrs. 1&2
||---------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------||
||-0------------------0------------------||
||-0-8-7-11-10-7--9-8-0-8-7-11-10-7--9-8-||
||---9-8-12-11-8-10-9---9-8-12-11-8-10-9-||
||---------------------------------------||

   Gtr. 1
 |--------------------|
 |--------------------|
 |-0------------------|
 |-0-8-7-11-10-7--9-8-|
 |---9-8-12-11-8-10-9-|
 |--------------------|
 |                    |
 |Gtr. 2              |
 |--------------------|
 |--------------------|
 |-0------------------|
 |-0------------------|
 |--------------------|
 |--------------------|

  Gtrs. 1&2
 |------------------|
 |------------------|
 |-0----------------|
 |-0-8-7-11-10-7--9-|
 |---9-8-12-11-8-10-|
 |------------------|

  Gtrs. 1&2
 |---------------------||
 |---------------------||
 |---------------------||
 |-3-------------------||
 |-3-------------------||
 |-1-------------------||




 Riff 16 (2:51)*
 Gtrs. 1&2
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----5-6---3---8-10-9----8---8-6----5-6---3---8-10-9----8---8\---||
||-00003040001000608-070000600060400003040001000608-07000060006\---||

*NOTE: Ok this may seem odd, but I don't think that they're only
       playing an open E all the time. Listen to the cymbal hits later
       in this part to understand the timing of the chords.
 Riff 17 (2:57)
 Gtrs. 1&2
||---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------||
||-----7---5-2-3-6---6-7---5-2-3-6-||
||-5-6-5-4-3-0-1-4-5-4-5-4-3-0-1-4-||
||-3-4---2---------3-----2---------||
   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

            first 3 times
 |---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|
 |-----5-6---3---8-10-9----8---8-6-|
 |-00003040001000608-0700006000604-|

            fourth time
  ---------------------------------|
  ---------------------------------|
  ---------------------------------|
  ---------------------------------|
  -----5-6---3---8-10-9----8-9-8-6-|
  -00003040001000608-0700006070604-|

                              last
  -----------------------------------------------------------------||
  -----------------------------------------------------------------||
  -----------------------------------------------------------------||
  -----------------------------------------------------------------||
  -----5-6---3---8-10-9----8---8-6----5-6---3---8-10-9----8---8\---||
  -00003040001000608-070000600060400003040001000608-07000060006\---||

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