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BEAST - Battlecross
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Tabbed by: Jonathan Fredlund
E-mail: jonathanfredlund@gmail.com
http://www.soundcloud.com/xdocjx (check out some covers I do)
THIS IS HOW I PLAY IT - Sounds fine to me, not 100%, no solo
Tuning: Drop D
Intro
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0~-1-0----12-12\---13-13\--0~-1-0--10/12-12/13-13\12----------------------|
A|-0~-1-0--0-12-12\-0-13-13\--0~-1-0--10/12-12/13-13\12----------------------|
E|-0~-1-0--0-12-12\-0-13-13\--0~-1-0--10/12-12/13-13\12--12b~----------------|
. .
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0~-1-0----12-12\---13-13\--0~-1-0--10/12-12/13-13\12----------------------|
A|-0~-1-0--0-12-12\-0-13-13\--0~-1-0--10/12-12/13-13\12----------------------|
E|-0~-1-0--0-12-12\-0-13-13\--0~-1-0--10/12-12/13-13\12--10b~----------------|
. .
Verse
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------7/8-8-7-------7/8-8-8\7-7-7\6-6-6/7-7------------------------------|
A|--------5/6-6-5-------5/6-6-6\5-5-5\4-4-4/5-5------------------------------|
E|-0-000----------0-000------------------------------------------------------|
. ... . ...
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------7/8-8-7-------7/8-8-8/10-10-10\8-8-8\7-7---------------------------|
A|--------5/6-6-5-------5/6-6-6/8--8--8-\6-6-6\5-5---------------------------|
E|-0-000----------0-000------------------------------------------------------|
. ... . ...
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/battlecross/383992.html ]
(I play the ending of this riff differently a bunch of times, so it just
depends on where you slide up to, sounds right though, you'll get it)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------7/8-8-7-------7/8-8-8\7-7/10-10-10/12------------------------------|
A|--------5/6-6-5-------5/6-6-6\5-5/-8--8--8/10------------------------------|
E|-0-000----------0-000------------------------------------------------------|
. ... . ...
tp - tremolo pick
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4~-5-4-5-3~--1-0~-1-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4~-5-4-3-3~--1-0~-1-00000000--------------3tp-----------------------------|
E|-4~-5-4---3~--1-0~-1-00000000--4tp-5tp-4tp-----3tp-1tp-0tp-1tp-0tp---------|
........
Chorus - tremolo picked all the way
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------10-------------------------------|
A|----------10----------9----------------------13-10-13--10------------------|
E|-10-13-10----13-10-13---12-9-12--10-13-10-----------------13-10-13---------|
This generally sounds perfect but I change up a tad sometimes
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0~------------------------------1-----------------------------------------|
A|-0~-------0------------0-------3---3---------------------------------------|
E|-0~-0-000-0--000-0-000-0---111-------1-------------------------------------|
. ... . ... . ... . ... . . .
(1 in middle is not muted)
Solo rhythm (how I play it)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------7-------------------7-------------------7-------------------6|
A|--------------5-------------------5-------------------4-------------------4|
E|--5-555-5-555-5-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-5-555-4-444-4-444-4-4-444-4-444-4-444-4|
I mess around with the chords there until it sounds right, but that's just a
general idea of what's played and how it sounds.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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