• Song:

    The Abyss

  • Artist:

    Hypocrisy

HYPOCRISY - THE ABYSS
                    From the Album THE FOURTH DIMENSION and from
                                   DEATH IS JUST THE BEGINNING III
                                  
                              Version 1.0 - Febuary 97
                                 
Transcribed by: AJMB and
                RICHARD BROADHEAD II()
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.  - palm mute                          ph - pinched harmonic
h  - hammer on                          /  - slide up
p  - pull off                           \  - slide down
*  - see comment                        () - ghost note(unless in trill)

Tune down to C (2 steps)

RIFF A
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------| GTR I
|-------------------------------|
|--2--4--5---4-----2--4--5---2--|
|--0--2--3---2-----0--2--3---0--|
|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--------4---2-----------4---0--| GTR II
|-------------------------------|
|--2--4--5---4-----2--4--5---2--|
|--0--2--3---2-----0--2--3---0--|

Play Riff A a total of two times

RIFF B
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------| GTR I
|-------------------------------|
|--2--4--5---4-----2--4--5---2--|
|--0--2--3---2-----0--2--3---0--|
|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--------4---2-----------4---0--| GTR II
|-------------------------------|
|--2--4--5---4-----2--4--5---2--|
|--0--2--3---2-----0--2--3---0--|
|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------| GTR III
|--2--4--5---4-----2--4--5---2--|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------|
|--5--7--8---7-----5--7--8---5--|
|-------------------------------| GTR IV
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|                         ____________   ____________
|                        | 1.           | 2.
|-------------------------------5--3---|---------------|
|-------------------------------7--5---|----8--5-------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------| GTR V
|--------------------------------------|----5--2-------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------|

Riff B played two times but on second time end with 2. of GTR V

RIFF C 
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------0-----------------0-------------------|
|--2---3--0--2-2-----2---3--0--5-5--7-5-4--5-4--|
|--0---1-----0-0-----0---1-----3-3--5-3-2--3-2--|

Play Riff C two times

Riff D
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------3-5----------------------------------|
|----5-4---5-4---5-------2-4-5-------5-4---5-4---5---5-4-2----------| GTR I
|--2-----2-----2---2-4-5-----------2-----2-----2---2-------5-4-2----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------5--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----8-7---8-7---8-----------5-7-8---8-7---8-7---8---5--------------|
|--4-----4-----4-------4-5-7-------4-----4-----4---4---7-5-4--------| GTR II
|------------------5-7---------------------------------------7-5-4--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play Riff D twice
Play Riff C twice
Play Riff D twice

Riff E
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------8------------------
|-----11-12-11-9-7-5-----------11-12-11-9-7--9----------11-12-11-9-
|--9--10-12-10-9-7-5---5-7--9--10-12-10-9-7--7--9----9--10-12-10-9-
|--7--9--10-9 -7-5-3---3-5--7--9 -10-9 -7-5--0--6----7--9--10-9 -7-
|--0------------------------0------------------------0-------------

          ----------------------------------------|
          --------------------------------8-------|
          -7-5-----------11-12-11-9-7--9----------|
          -7-5---5-7--9--10-12-10-9-7--7--9-------|
          -5-3---3-5--7--9--10-9 -7-5--0--6----7--|
          ------------0------------------------5--|

RIFF F
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|--8--5--7-7--|
|--6--3--5-5--|

Play Riff F a total of 3 times

RIFF G(I think this is four guitars, because I can't figure out anyway in hell
to play a pinch harmonic on two different strings with an octave)
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------| GTR I
|------------ph-|
|--8--5--7-7-7~-|
|--6--3--5-5----|
|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|------------ph-| GTR II
|------------8~-|
|--8--5--7-7----|
|--6--3--5-5----|
|
|---------------|
|------------ph-|
|------------9~-| GTR III
|---------------|
|--8--5--7-7----|
|--6--3--5-5----|
|
|------------ph-|
|------------11~|
|---------------| GTR IV
|---------------|
|--8--5--7-7----|
|--6--3--5-5----|

Play Riff G four times

|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--8--5--|
|--6--3--|

Play Riff B 2 times

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