Band: Vader
Album: The Beast
Song: Choices


Suffixes for bend:
fb - full bend       hb - half bend
qb - quarter bend    t - tap bend
^ - Hold bend        r - release bend
~ - vibrato bend

Suffixes for harmonic:
ph - pinched harmonic      nh ? natural harmonic
ah ? artificial harmonic   hh ? harp harmonic

Suffixes for mute:
. ? palm mute            x ? staccato mute
, - light palm mute      ; - heavy palm mute

Other:
/ - slide up to            \ - slide down to       
h - hammer on              p - pull off
? - sustained note         * - see comment
" - tremolo note           <> - Trill
L ? left channel only      R ? right channel only
= - 12 string guitar part 

Tuning D G C F A D

Intro A1 (0:00)
|-------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---|
|---4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-----|
|-2---4---4-----4-2---4---4-----4-1---4---4-----4-1---4---4-----4-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| gtr 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---|
|---4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-----|
|-2---4---4-----4-2---4---4-----2-1---4---4-----4-1---4---4-----1-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| gtr 2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro A2 (0:09)
|---0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
|-------6-----6---------6-----6---------6-----6---------6-----6---|
|-3---5---5-----5-3---5---5-----5-2---5---5-----5-2---5---5-----5-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| gtr 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|---0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
|-------6-----6---------6-----6---------6-----6---------6-----6---|
|-3---5---5-----5-3---5---5-----3-2---5---5-----5-2---5---5-----2-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| gtr 2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------5---3-----------------------------------|
|-/5------------------------------6-5---------6h8-5---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| gtr 3
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro A3 (0:18) play twice ? bracketed note indicated second time only
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4---6---4-6-----4---6---4-6-----4---6---4-6-----4---6---4-6---|
|-----5---5-----5-----5---5-----5-2---5---5-----5-2---5---5-----5-|
|-6---------------6-----------------------------------------------| gtr 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4---6---4-6-----4---6---4-6-----4---6---4-6-----4---6---4-6---|
|-----5---5-----5-----5---5-----5-2---5---5-----5-2---5---5-----5-|
|-6---------------6-----------------------------------------------| gtr 2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------3-------------------------------3-|
|-(4)---------------------4---6---4-----------------------4---6---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| gtr 3
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro A2 x 2 (0:36)
Intro A3 x 1/2 (0:54)







Intro (1:21)
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-10-----1010--------10-----1010--------------|
|-8------8-8--2------8------8-8--2-----2---5--|
|----0-0------0---------0-0------0-----2---5--|
     . .                . .

Riff 1a (1:28)
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------2"--------------------------------|
|-0"--3"-5"----3"--5"-6"-2"--3"-5"--1"-3"-0"--|
  .   .  .  .  .   .  .  .   .  .   .  .  .

Riff 1b (1:34)
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------2"----------------------5--3--|
|-0"--3"-5"----3"--5"-6"-2"--3"-5"--3--1--|
  .   .  .  .  .   .  .  .   .  .

Riff 2a (1:39)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-------------------9---9/10---9/10--|
|-------------------7---7/8----7/8---|
|-000-0-0-000-0-0-00--00-----0-------|
  ... . . ... . . ..  ..     .

Riff 2b (1:41)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-------------------9---9/10---7/10--|
|-------------------7---7/8----5/8---|
|-000-0-0-000-0-0-00--00-----0-------|
  ... . . ... . . ..  ..     .

Riff 2a x 1 (1:44)

Fill 1a (1:47)
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------| gtr 1
|-2---8-----7---8---|
|-0---6-----5---6---|

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-----5-----4---5---|
|-------------------| gtr 2
|-2-----------------|
|-0-----------------|

Riff 2a x 1 (1:50)
Riff 2b x 1 (1:53)
Riff 2a x 1 (1:56)

Fill 1b (1:59)
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------| gtr 1
|-2---8-----7---6---|
|-0---6-----5---4---|

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-----5-----4---3---|
|-------------------| gtr 2
|-2-----------------|
|-0-----------------|

Riff 3 (2:01) play twice
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|---------6-6-5--4--5--|
|---------4-4-3--2--3--|
|-3"----3--------------|
  .     .

Riff 1a x 2 (2:07)
Riff 2a x 1 (2:18)
Riff 2b x 1 (2:21)
Riff 2a x 1 (2:24)
Fill 1b x 1 (2:27)
Riff 3 x 1 (2:30)
Riff 2a x 1 (2:35)
Riff 2b x 1 (2:38)
Riff 2a x 1 (2:24)

Riff 4 (2:41)
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-2-------------2------------|
|-0-------------0------------|

Solo begins (2:52)

Riff 5 (2:52) play 4 times
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|---------5-5-4--3--4--|
|---------3-3-2--1--2--|
|-2"----2--------------|
  .     .

Riff 3 x 2 (3:03)

Fill 2 (3:15)
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-5---3---|
|-3---1---|

Riff 2a x 1 (3:16)
Riff 2b x 1 (3:19)
Riff 2a x 1 (3:22)
Fill 1a x 1 (3:25)
Riff 2a x 1 (3:27)
Riff 2b x 1 (3:30)
Riff 2a x 1 (3:33)

Fill 3 (3:36)
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-2---8---7---8---7--5--|
|-0---6---5---6---5--3--|

Riff 2a x 1 (3:39)
Riff 2b x 1 (3:42)
Riff 2a x 6 (3:44)

End (4:02)
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-2---8---7---8---2--|
|-0---6---5---6---0--|