Death Angel - 5 Steps Of Freedom
Standard Tuning
Intro (Clean with chorus)
Gtr 1
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|----------------------0---|<--let ring
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|-2--2--2h0-2---2--2h0-----| repeat 8x
Gtr 2 (Fades in after a while)
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|-19~~~~------------|
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Riff 1
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|---------------------------0--|---------------------------0--|
|---------------------------0--|---------------------------0--|
|-4--4--4---5-4---4-4---4------|-4--4--5s4-4-4---4-4---4------|
|-2--2--0h2-3-2---2-2---0h2----|-2--2--3s2-0-2---2-2---2h0----| 4x
Verse 1 (Riff 1 Palm Muted)
"Grip the bars that hold my mind..."
P.M......................... P.M....................
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|---------------------------0--|------------------------------|
|---------------------------0--|------------------------------|
|-4--4--4---5-4---4-4---4------|-4--4--5s4-4-4---4-4---4---5--|
|-2--2--0h2-3-2---2-2---0h2----|-2--2--3s2-0-2---2-2---2h0-3--| 4x
Chorus
"Life is a cage..."
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|-------------(0)--(0)-----|-------------(0)--(0)-----|
|--------------0----0--0---|--------------0----0--0---|
|--------------0----0--0---|--------------0----0--0---|
|-4--4--5s4-2--------------|-4--4--5s4-4--------------|
|-2--2--3s2-0--------------|-2--2--3s2-0--------------| 8x
(On the 4th time the riff stops (before last 2 notes) at the end and starts again, then
to the bridge)
Bridge
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|-----------|(0)-----mute-|
|-----------|-0------mute-|
|-----------|-0------mute-|
|-4---------|-------------|
|-2---------|-------------|
Solo 1 (Over Riff 1)
|-14------14---14---14--|-14h17p14----14h17p14----1417p14----14h17p14----14h17p14-------|
|-17b-----17b--17b--17b-|----------17----------17---------17----------17----------17-14-|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-14h17p14----14h17p14----1417p14----14h17p14----14h17p14----14-|
|----------16----------16---------16----------16----------16----|
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|-------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|-16h14----14-------------------------16p14-------|------------------|
|-------16----16p14-------------14h16-------16-14-|-16~~-------------|
|-------------------16p14-14h16-------------------|------------------|
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Verse 2 (Riff 1 Palm Muted)
"Need to kill this painful lie..."
(Little fills during and at the end of the 2nd verse)
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"...but I wont behave"
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|-4p2---2---------------------|
|-----4---4p2-----------------|
|-------------4p2-0h2-4--3--2-|
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Chorus
"Life is a cage..."
Interlude
P.M................................
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|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-| 4x
Verse 3
"The Road to Hell..."
P.M................................
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|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-| 8x
"Destiny lies..."
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|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-| 8x
Solo Rhytm
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|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-4---------3---------|-4---------3----5-|
|---2--2------2--2----|---2--2----1----3-| 4x
The Solo Rhytm Ends:
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|-3-3-3-5-5-5-|
|-1-1-1-3-3-3-| 2x
Solo: (The timing is probably way off, but starts off something like this)
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|-----------------|------------7--|-10--7h10p7-10p7---7-----------------|
|-4b----(P.H.)----|-4b------------|-----------------9---9p6---6---------|
|-----------------|--------3~~----|-------------------------9---9-7---7-|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------------------------9---|
|-----------------|---------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-7h10p7h10p7h10p7h10p7h10p7h10p7\-|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-7h9p7----7-----9--7----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------9-----9--------9--9--8--7----------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------9--8--7--|----------------------------------|
|-12--10--9h10p9----9------------------------------|
|---------------12-----10--12--9--9h10p9-7--9(etc.)|
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(THAT'S NOT THE WHOLE SOLO, YOU'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THE REST OUT YOURSELF.
I MADE THIS TAB 3 YEARS AGO, SO I'M NOT QUITE MOTIVATED ENOUGH TO TAB THE
REST OF IT NOW. :P I JUST THOUGHT I'D AT LEAST SHARE THE TAB SO I HOPE
IT'S AT LEAST OF SOME ASSISTANCE)
Intro (clean with chorus)
16x
Verse 4 (Riff 1)
"Got to break..."
Chorus
"Life is a cage..."
Interlude
P.M................................
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|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-| 4x
"5 steps of freedom"
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|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-| 16x
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|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2---|