Dethklok Theme Tab by Dethklok


Kyle Pieczynski
Captain_badass69@yahoo.com
Dethklok by Metalocalypse
[] = natural harmonic
p= pull off
h= hammer on

I don't know the exact tempo, 172-175 should be about right
TUNING low to high    C F A# D# G C (2 whole steps down on each string)
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----4--5---------------------------------------------5--7--------------------|
----2--3---------------------------------------------3--5--------------------|
-------------0-0-0-0---0--[4]---0--0-0-0-0--0-[4]------------0-0-0-0---0-----|4]


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----------------------------------------------------9--------9-------------|
---------------------7--9---------------------------9--------9-------------|
---------------------5--7---------------------------7----9---7---9---------|
0--0-0-0-0---0--[4]------------0-0-0-0---0--[4]----------7-------7---------|
end of section 1. ends with "Dethklok, Dethklok"

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-8-8-8-8-10-8-8-8-11-8-8-8-10-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-10-7-7-7-9-7-7-7---------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|   Repeat


End with
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----9-------12-----------------|
----9-------12-----------------|
----7---9---10--12-------------|
--------7-------10-------------|


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--0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-5-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-5-0-0-0-3-0-0-0--|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|      Toki plays that riff twice,


While Skwisgaar plays the legato fill, use a whammy PEDAL to quickly raise the first note an octave.
-----13-p-12-p-10-------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------13-p-12-p-10---------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------12-p-10-p-9-----------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------12-p-10-p-9--------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------12-------|
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Skwisgaar's 2nd fill (Toki wartooth not a bumblebee lyric) sweep it!
------------------12----17------------------------------12---17---------------|
-------------13--------------13-------------------13--------------------------|
---------14------------------------14--------14-------------------------------|
---14------------------------------------14-----------------------------------|
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Then both guitars play on the 5th string (the F string in this case)
F-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-

F-3-3-3-3-5-3-3-3-7-3-3-3-5-3-3-3-

F-4-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-7-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-

F-5-5-5-5-7-5-5-5-9-5-5-5-7-5-5-5-

F-6-6-6-6-7-6-6-6-9-6-6-6-7-6-6-6-
(each line lasts one measure in 4/4)


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--9----------------|
--9----9-----------|
--7----9-----------|
-------7-----------|Repeat a few times then then


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----9------------------------|
----9------------2-----------|
----7------------2-----------|
-----------------0-----------|