Skyclad "Bellyful of Emptiness"
from Prince of the Poverty Line


Legend:
-------
~ vibrato


 riff 1
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------4---4---4---4-|---------------------4---4---4---4-|
|--4---4---4---4-4----4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---4-4----4---4---4---4-|
|--4---4---4---4-4------------------|--4---4---4---4-4------------------|
|--2---2---2---2-2------------------|--2---2---2---2-2------------------|

 riff 1-A
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------2---2---2---2---|
|---2---2---2---2-2----2---2---2---2---|
|---2---2---2---2-2--------------------|
|---0---0---0---0-0--------------------|

Riff 1-A is alternated with Riff 1 during the second verse
and later on in the song

 riff 2
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------2---5---4---2---------------------------|
|--4---5---2---5---4---2--4--4--4--4---4--4--4--4--|
|--4---5---0---3---2---0--4--4--4--4---4--4--4--4--|
|--2---3------------------2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--|

In the second chorus riff 2 is played twice, but with only one F#5 at the end

 riff 3
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------4----(4)-----------------------------------------|
|--------4------4--------5-4-2---2~--2-2-2--2--4--------------|
|--2-2-2-----------------------5-----------------5--5-4-2-0-2-|
 Note in ()'s only played first time in chorus.

 riff 4
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-4----2----4----2-4-------0-2----0----2----0--2---|
|---4--------------------------2-------------------------|
|-2--------2----2----2-------0--------0----0----0--------|

 riff 4 second guitar
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--4--------------------------2--------------------------|
|--4--------------------------2--------------------------|
|--2--------------------------0--------------------------|

 riff 4-A (used once during interlude before solo)
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-4----2----4----2-4-------0-2----0----2----0--2---|
|---4--------------------------2-------------------------|
|-2--------2----2----2-------0--------0----0----0--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
The second guitar during 4-A changes to B5 A5

After playing riff 4 a few times, end with a F#5 and sustain

 riff 5
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------4--|
|-----------------------------------4------4--|
|-----------------------------------4------2--|
|--0-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-00-2---------|

 riff 6
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------4--4--4-4---2--4--2--4----------------------|
|-2-----------------2--2--2-2---2--2--2--2----------------------|
|-0-000-000-000-00----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------0-000-000-000-00--|

 riff 7
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----2------2-4-5-4-2----------4-----4-5-4-2---------|
|-2-2---2-2------------5-4--2-2---2-2---------5-4-2---|
 They don't do it in the song, but I think it sounds better if you
include the F# bass notes after each note on the A string.
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