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/ The following is the author's own interpretation of the song, to be /
/ used for private use and studying /
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ARCH ENEMY - SAVAGE MESSIAH
From the Album WAGES OF SIN
Copyright 2002 CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS
Version 666 - FEBRUARY 2005
Transcribed by: Death8699
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.. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
ph - pinch harmonic
f - full bend h - half bend
* - see comment r - release t - tap bend
X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend
@ - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
Tune Gtr to B flat
--SAVAGE MESSIAH--
|Riff A| (Clean - Let Ring Throughout)
||----------0-------------------0------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------------||
||:----------------3-(3)---------------3---0---2b_r-0-2-0_2_0-:||
||:-----2-------------------2----------------------------h-p--:||
||-------------------------------------------------------------||
||--0----------0--------0----------0---------------------------||
Play Riff A a total of 2 times.
(Electrics)
|---------|
|---------|
|:-------:|
|:-------:|
|---------|
|---/X\---|
Slides
|Riff A.1| (Let Ring Throughout)
|----------0-------------------0------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|:----------------3-(3)---------------3---0---2b_r-0-2-0_2_0-:|
|:-----2-------------------2----------------------------h-p--:|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0----------0--------0----------0---------------------------|
| |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|:-----------------------------------------------------------:|
|:-----------------------------------------------------------:|
|--2-(2)---------------2-(2)----------------------------------|
|--0-(0)---------------0-(0)----------------------------------|
Play Riff A.1 a total of 4 times.
|Riff B|
||----------------------------------4--||
||-------------------------------5-----||
||:---------------------------4-------:||
||:------------------------2----------:||
||----------2-----2---2----------------||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------||
. . . . . . .
Play Riff B a total of 8 times.
|Riff C|
||-----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||
||:-----------------------------9-6-:||
||:-7-----7---7-----8-----8---------:||
||-----------------------------------||
||----5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5-5------||
. . . . . . . . .
Play Riff C a total of 4 times.
Repeat Riff B a total of 4 times.
Repeat Riff C a total of 4 times.
|Riff D|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-3-3-(3)----------3-3-(3)----------7-7-(7)----------7-7-(7)-------------|
||-1-1-(1)----------1-1-(1)----------5-5-(5)----------5-5-(5)-------------|
|| |
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------/9--7~-(7)-------/9--7~-(7)-------/9--7~-(7)-------/9--7~-(7)-|
||---------sl---------------sl---------------sl---------------sl----------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-3-3-(3)----------7-7-(7)------------7-7-(7)---6-(6)--------------------||
|-1-1-(1)----------5-5-(5)------------5-5-(5)---4-(4)--------------------||
| ||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------/9--7~-(7)------/9--10-7~-(7)------/9-7-*6~-(6)------------------||
|------sl--------------sl-----------------sl-----------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
(*) = Omit note first time played in song.
Repeat Riff B a total of 5 times.
Repeat Riff C a total of 4 times.
Repeat Riff D a total of 1 time.
Repeat Riff A a total of 2 times.
|Riff E| (Clean - Let Ring Throughout)
|------------------------------------0--------------0--------------------------|
|-------0------------0------------0-----0_1------------0-----------------------|
|----0-----4------0-----4----------------h---2-3_4--------3-(3)----------------|
|-2----------------------------2----------------h------------------------------|
|---------------------------0--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------3---------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|------------------------------------0--------------0-------0------------------|
|-------0------------0------------0-----0_1------------0-------0---------------|
|----0-----4------0-----4----------------h---2-3_4--------3-------3------------|
|-2----------------------------2----------------h------------------------------|
|---------------------------0--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------3---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------0--------------0--------------0--------0-------|
|-------0--------------0-----0-----0--------0-----0_1------------0--------0----|
|----0-----4-2------0-----4------------------------h---2-3_4--------3--------3-|
|-2------------3-------------------------2----------------h--------------------|
|-------------------------------------0----------------------------------------|
|----------------3-------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|-------------------------------0--------------0--------------0--------0-------|
|-------0--------------0-----0-----0--------0-----0_1------------0--------0----|
|----0-----4-2------0-----4------------------------h---2-3_4--------3--------3-|
|-2------------3-------------------------2----------------h--------------------|
|-------------------------------------0----------------------------------------|
|----------------3-------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/a/archeon/254287.html ]
|Lead|
|-7-10-/12~-(12)-----------7-10-12b_r-10-7~-(7)----------------------|
|-----sl-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
| |
|-7-10-/12~-(12)-----------7-10-12b_r-10-7~-(7)----------------------|
|-----sl-------------------------------------------10b_r-8-----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------9~--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
| |
|-7-10-/12~-(12)-----------7-10-12b_r-10-7~-(7)----------------------|
|-----sl-------------------------------------------10b_r-8-----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------9~--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
| |
|-7-10-/12~----------------7-10-12b_r-10-7~-(7)----------------------|
|-----sl-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
| |
|--------------------------/17b~-(17)--------------------------------|
|-------------------12-15-sl-----------------------------------------|
|-------------12-14--------------------------------------------------|
|-------12-14--------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-14--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Electrics)
|---------|
|---------|
|:-------:|
|:-------:|
|---------|
|---/X\---|
Slides
Repeat Riff D a total of 1 time.
|Riff D.1|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||:------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||:------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
|| |
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||:------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||:-----------------/9--7~-(7)--------------------/9--7~-(7)---------------|
||-----------------sl----------------------------sl------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------/9--7~-(7)---------------------/9--7~-(7)--------------|
|-----------------sl-----------------------------sl-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------/9--7~-(7)--------------/9--10-7~-(7)--/9--7--6~-(6)--------------|
|------sl----------------------sl-------------sl--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------7-(7)-----------6-(6)-----------5-(5)-------------4-(4)-----|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-(5)-----------4-(4)-----------3-(3)-------------2-(2)-----|
| . . . . . .
|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------/12-10~-(10)----/12-10~-(10)--/12-10~-(10)------/12-10~-(10)--|
|----------sl--------------sl------------sl----------------sl-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------:||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------:||
|-3-(3)-----------6-(6)-----------7-(7)-----------------------------------||
|-1-(1)-----------4-(4)-----------5-(5)-----------------------------------||
| ||
| ||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------:||
|-/12-10~-(10)----/14-12-10-------/14~-(14)------------------------------:||
|sl--------------sl--------------sl---------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Repeat Riff A a total of 1 time.
|End|
|---------|
|---------|
|:-------:|
|:-------:|
|---------|
|--0-(0)--|