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ARCH ENEMY - ANGELCLAW
From the Album BURNING BRIDGES
Copyright CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS 1999
Version 1.0 - AUGUST 2001
Transcribed by: Mike O'Neil
Corrections/Additions 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
Tabber's Note - (There were a few things here and there that I seemed )
(a bit sketchy on, so if you can make any corrections )
(or do the solos, please send them to me. Thanks. )
Tune Gtr to B (B, E, A, D, F#, B)
Riff A.1
|-7-5h7p5---------------------------|
|---------8--7----------------------|
|--------------5-4~--4-5--4h5p4-/7~-|Gtr
|-----------------------------------| I
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
| |
|-----------------------------------|
|-8-7h8p7---------------------------|
|---------9--7----------------------|Gtr
|--------------7-5~--5-7--5h7p5-/9~-| II
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
| |
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-9------------7-------5---------4--|
|-7------------5-------3---------2--|
|-----------------------------------|
Riff A.2
|-5-7--5h7p5--------------------------|
|------------8--7---------------------|
|-----------------5\4~--4-5--4h5p4----|Gtr
|----------------------------------5~-| I
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
| |
|-------------------------------------|
|-7-8--7h8p7--------------------------|
|------------9--7---------------------|Gtr
|-----------------7-5~--5-7--5h7p5----| II
|----------------------------------7~-|
|-------------------------------------|
| |
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---9------------7-------5------------|
|---7------------5-------3---------5--|
|----------------------------------3--|
Riff A.3
|-5-7--5h7p5---------------------------|
|------------8--7----------------------|
|-----------------5-4~--4-5--4h5p4-/7~-|Gtr
|--------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
| |
|--------------------------------------|
|-7-8--7h8p7---------------------------|
|------------9--7----------------------|Gtr
|-----------------7-5~--5-7--5h7p5-/9~-| II
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
| |
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|---9------------7-------5----------4--|
|---7------------5-------3----------2--|
|--------------------------------------|
Repeat Riff A.2
For the below repeats of A.2 and A.3, rhythm guitars play:
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------| Gtrs
|------9---------7---------5---------4-|III&IV
|-7-77-7-77-5-55-5-55-3-33-3-33-2-22-2-|
|--------------------------------------|
| . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . ..
|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------| Gtrs
|------9---------7---------5-----------|III&IV
|-7-77-7-77-5-55-5-55-3-33-3-33------5-|
|-------------------------------3-33-3-|
. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . ..
Repeat Riff A.3 \
Repeat Riff A.2 | Slight palm mute where
Repeat Riff A.3 | necessary on these ones
Repeat Riff A.2 /
Repeat Riff A.3 \
Repeat Riff A.2 | Play Riff B over this
Repeat Riff A.3 |
Repeat Riff A.2 /
Riff B (play twice)
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|------------------------------------------------------------------|IV
|-77777777555555553333333322222222777777775555555533333333---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------33333333-|
................................................................
Riff C
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|Gtrs
|-9-(9)------------------------------|I&II
|-7-(7)------------------------------|
|-0-(0)------------------------------|
Riff D
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|Gtrs
|------------------------------------|I&II
|--------------------------------5p4-|
|-3--000-0-5--000-0-6--000-0-5-6-----|
| ... . ... . ... . . .
|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|Gtrs
|-------------------------------------|I&II
|-------------------------------------|
|-3--000-0-5--000-0--6--000-0-111-111-|
... . ... . ... . ... ...
Play Riff D 1.5x with short pause at end
Repeat Riff D 2x
Riff E (play twice)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-----7----------9-----10----------9-----7---------10------9---------|Gtrs
|-10-----9---------10-----12---------10-----9---------12-----10---------|I&II
|----0-0---0-0-0-0----0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0---0-0-0-0----0-0----0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Repeat Riff D 2x
Repeat Riff E 2x
Riff F (play twice, vibrato where necessary)
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-5--4-2--2-4-5----/7-5-4---5--4-2--2-4-5----------|Gtr
|---------------3-------------------------3--/7-5~-| I
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
| |
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-9--7-5--5-7-9---/10-9-7---9--7-5--5-7-9----------|Gtr
|---------------7-------------------------7-/10-9~-| II
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
| |
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-2-(2)---------------------2-(2)------------------|Gtr
|-2-(2)---------3-----5-----2-(2)---------3-----5--|III
|-0-(0)---------3-----5-----0-(0)---------3-----5--|
|---------------1-----3-------------------1-----3--|
Repeat Riff D 2x
Repeat Riff E 2x
Repeat Riff F 2x
Riff G (play twice)
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-5-4-5----------4-2-4--5-4-5-----------7---| I
|--------2-3-4-----------------2-3-4----5---|
|-------------------------------------------|
| . . . . . . . . . . |
| |
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|Gtr
|---------------------------------------7---| II
|-7-5-7--2-3-0---5-4-5--7-5-7--2-3-0----5---|
|-------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . .
NOTE: Don't play the A5 powerchord at the
fifth fret E string for the repeat
Repeat Riff G 2x
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/arch_enemy/angelclaw_tab_ver_2.html ]
Riff H *
|------------------------------------------------------0-|
|------------------------------------------------------0-|
|----------------------------------------------------0---|Gtr
|-5-4-5~(5)-------------4-2-4--5-4-5~(5)-----------2-----| I
|-----------2-3-4~(4)--------------------2-3-4~(4)-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
| . . . . . . . . . . |
| * |
|------------------------------------------------------0-|
|------------------------------------------------------0-|
|----------------------------------------------------0---|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------2-----| II
|-7-5-7~(7)-2-3-0-(0)---5-4-5--7-5-7~(7)-2-3-0-(0)-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . .
* I can't make out what really is being played here
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-5-4-5~(5)-------------4-2-4--5-4-5~(5)-----------4-2-4-| I
|-----------2-3-4~(4)--------------------2-3-4~(4)-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| |
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------| II
|-7-5-7~(7)-2-3-0-(0)---5-4-5--7-5-7~(7)-2-3-0-(0)-5-4-5-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff I.1 (all notes are equally spaced 16th notes)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------5---5-7-9-|Gtr
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-9---9-------| I
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-10-------10-------9-------9-------7-------7---------------------------------| II
|----0-0-0----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|
|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| I
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-10-------10-------9-------9-------7-------7---------------------------------| II
|----0-0-0----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff I.2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| I
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|
|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-9------9-------7-------7-------5------5-----------------|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------------------| II
|--0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| I
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-10-------10-------9-------9-------7-------7---------------------------------| II
|----0-0-0----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Repeat Riff I.1
Riff I.3
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------------------| I
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-9------9-------7-------7-------5------5-----------------|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------------------| II
|--0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| I
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-10-------10-------9-------9-------7-------7-----------------| II
|----0-0-0----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff J 2x
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-5---------------------------5---------------------------|Gtrs
|-5------5------7------3------5------5------7------9------|I&II
|-3------5------7------3------3------5------7------9------|
|--------3------5------1-------------3------5------7------|
Repeat Riff F 2x
Play rhythm of Riff F with second solo over it
Riff K (outro)
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-2--4-5----2--4-5----2--4-5----4-5-7-9\-|Gtr
|----------------------------------------| I
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
| . . .
|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------7-9\-|Gtr
|-7--9-10----7--9-10----7--9-10----9-10-7-9\-| II
|-7--9-10----7--9-10----7--9-10----9-10-5-7\-|
|-5--7-8-----5--7-8-----5--7-8-----7-8-------|
. . .
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