The final track from Witchcult today. Played in B standard.
Riff 1: intro and verse
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|----7-----7-----7--7-5h7-7--5h7-7--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-5-----8-----5---------------------|
Riff 2a: the melody that plays straight after riff 1
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|-------------------------------8b^-8p6--------|
|---------------------------5h7---------7-5-7~-|
|-5h7-7-7--7-5h7-7-7--7-5h7--------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
Riff 2b: second part of the melody
|------------------------------------8h10-12b^-12-10-------10-8-10-|
|-8h10-10-10--10-8h10-10-10--10-8h10-----------------12-10---------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 3: chorus
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|-7--7--7--7--7-7\5-7-5-3--3-3br-|
|-5--5--5--5--5-5\3-5-3-1--1-----|
Riff 4: an alternate version of the chorus, played before the first solo
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|-9--9--9--9--9-9\7-9-7-5--5-8-8-|
|-7--7--7--7--7-7\5-7-5-3--3-6-6-|
The first solo is played over the chorus riff.It may be a bit off due to effects and any
I made. Broken down into sections to make it easier to read.
Solo 1:
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|----------------5h7-9b^-9p7-------------|
|-5h7--5h7--5h7--------------9p7-9b*-7~--|
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[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/e/electric-wizard/211593.html ]
|----------------6h8-8b^-8p6---10b^-10p8-10p8-10~~-|
|-----6h8-8~-6h8-------------8---------------------|
|-5h7----------------------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------20----20----|
|------17------17------17------17------17------17-20----20----20-|
|-19b^----19b^----19b^----19b^----19b^----19b^-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-21~--21~21~--21~-21~--21~--21~--21-21p18-18h20-20b*--18--|
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That's as much of the solo as I could get, be sure to use a lot of vibrato in that last
bit.
I couldn't tab the second solo, there's too many effects + 2 guitars soloing over each
complicated it a bit further. From what I could hear, it seems that a lot of that solo is
around the same sort of licks as the opening melody and the first solo, with a few
licks thrown in, such as:
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|-----7-------7---|
|-5h7----5h7------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
Those sorts of fairly basic rock fills. The second solo is played over the verse riff.
And finally, a fact about the song: on the rise above records website, the biography of
Wizard includes a short paragraph stating that this song is the definate highlight from
album, and helps to show how great the album is.
Symbols used in the tab:
h = hammer on
p = pull off
b = bend
r = reverse bend (from the bend, return to normal)
b^ = sustained bend (hold the note)
* = mute the string quickly after you hit the note
/ or \ = slide
~ = hold note, vibrato
