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INSTINCT
As recorded by Arch Enemy
(From the 2003 Album ANTHEMS OF REBELLION)
Transcribed by Brian Gelvin
Words and Music by Michael Amott
Gtr I (A D G C F A D) - 'Synth'
Gtr II (A D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr III (A D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr IV (A D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 3'
Gtr V (A D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 4'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=186
N.C.
5/8 4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
> <
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D5 G5 E5 F#m Am G
Gtrs II, III
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|
||--7-----12-----9---|---7-----10----9---|
||o-5-----10-----7---|---9-----12---10---|
||----0-0----0-0---0-|-0---0-0----0----0-|
||-------------------|-------------------|
G5 Am F#m G F#m
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-12-----10-----7---|----9------9---7-----||
|-10-----12-----9---|---10-----10---9----o||
|----0-0----0-0---0-|-0----0-0----0---0---||
|-------------------|---------------------||
Verse
$
D5 G5 E5 F#m Am G
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|
||--7-----12-----9---|---7-----10----9---|
||o-5-----10-----7---|---9-----12---10---|
||----0-0----0-0---0-|-0---0-0----0----0-|
||-------------------|-------------------|
G5 Am F#m G F#m
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-12-----10-----7---|----9------9---7-----||
|-10-----12-----9---|---10-----10---9----o||
|----0-0----0-0---0-|-0----0-0----0---0---||
|-------------------|---------------------||
Chorus
N.C.
Q Q H Q Q H Q E E +E E E E Q Q H
|------------|------------|------------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------------|------------|
|-1--0-------|-1--0-------|-1--0-1-(1)-0-1-3-|-1--0-------|
Q Q H Q Q H Q E E +E E E E Q Q H
|------------|------------|------------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------------|------------|
|-1--0-------|-6--0-------|-1--0-1-(1)-0-1-3-|-1--0-------|
Q Q S S S S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S S S Q E E +E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------------|
|-1--0------------------|-1--0------------------|-1--0-1-(1)-0-1-3--|
Q Q S S S S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-1--0------------------|-1--0------------------|-1--0-------------------|
D.S.
Q E E +E E E E Q Q H
|------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------|------------------------------||
|-1--0-1-(1)-0-1-3-|-1--0-------------------------||
Bridge
G5 A5 B5 D5 E5 F#5E5
W Q Q Q Q +W Q Q Q Q
||-----------|-------------|------------|------------|
||-----------|-------------|------------|------------|
||o----------|-------------|------------|------------|
||-----------|-------------|------------|------------|
||o-5--------|-5--7--9-----|------------|------------|
||--3--------|-3--5--7--5--|-(5)--------|-5--7--9--7-|
||-----------|----------3--|-(3)--------|-3--5--7--5-|
F#5G5 Eb5 C5 B5 A5
+W Q Q Q Q +H. Q +Q Q H
|------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
|------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
|------------|--------------|--------------|---------------o||
|------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
|------------|--------------|----------10--|-(10)--9--7----o||
|-(7)--------|-7--9--10--6--|-(6)-------8--|--(8)--7--5-----||
|-(5)--------|-5--7---8--4--|-(4)----------|----------------||
Guitar Solo
B5 C5
Gtr IV
W H E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|---------/12-13-12-10-|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-4-4---4-4---5-5-|---5-5----------------|
|-2-2---2-2---3-3-|---3-3----------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
B5 C5
H. E E +H Q Q
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-12------------------|-------------------|
|---------------13-10-|-(10)-------9--10--|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|--4--4---4-4----5--5-|------5-5----------|
|--2--2---2-2----3--3-|------3-3----------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
B5 C5 B5 C5
~
W E E H +Q E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-9---------------|-7----------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|---10-10pb12r=====(10)--|-9-7-6-7-6-------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|-----------8-7-8-|-7------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-4-4---4-4---5-5-|----5--5----------------|-4-4---4-4---5-5-|---5-5--------|
|-2-2---2-2---3-3-|----3--3----------------|-2-2---2-2---3-3-|---3-3--------|
|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|--------------|
D5 Eb5
Q +E E E S S Q
|-----------------------------------|
|-14b16====(14)-14-14r-14----14b16--|
|-------------------------15--------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--7-----7-------7--7------8--8-----|
|--5-----5-------5--5------6--6-----|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/arch_enemy/instinct_tab.html ]
|-----5-----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------13----------15----13----------|
|-14b16-14----14-14b16-14----14----15-14-------15----15-14----|
|----------15-------------15-------------15-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E H
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------8--8-------------------------------------------------|
|--------6--6-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D5 Eb5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----15----13-------------13-------15----13-------|
|-------15----15-14----15----15-14----15----15-14-|
|-15----------------15----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--7--7-----7--7-----8--8-------------------------|
|--5--5-----5--5-----6--6-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S E E +Q
|----15----13----13----------------------------|
|-------15----15----15----14-14b16-(14)pb16----|
|-15-------------------15----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E H
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----8--8-------------------------------------|
|-----6--6-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
D5 Eb5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-10-9-8-7---------------------------------|
|----------12-11-10-9----------------------|
|---------------------11-10-9-8------------|
|-------------------------------12-11-10-9-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--7-7---7--7-----8-8----------------------|
|--5-5---5--5-----6-6----------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------13-16---------|
|-13-12-11-10-------------------12-15-------12-15---|
|-------------14-13-12-11-11-14---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E H
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----8--8------------------------------------------|
|-----6--6------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
D5 Eb5
~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +W
|-------------------------16-19-------16-19s24-|-(24)b27------------||
|-------15-18-------15-18-------15-18----------|--------------------||
|-13-16-------13-16----------------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|--7--7-----7--7-----8--8----------------------|---------8-8--------||
|--5--5-----5--5-----6--6----------------------|---------6-6--------||
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------||
Interlude
G5 A5 B5 D5 E5 F#5 E5
Gtr IV
W Q Q Q Q +W Q Q Q Q
||--8--------|-8--10--12-----|------------|---------------|
||-----------|------------8--|-(8)--------|-8--10--12--10-|
||o-5--------|-5---7---9-----|------------|---------------|
||-----------|------------5--|-(5)--------|-5---7---9---7-|
||o----------|---------------|------------|---------------|
||-----------|---------------|------------|---------------|
||-----------|---------------|------------|---------------|
|
| Gtr V
| W Q Q Q Q +W Q Q Q Q
||-----------|---------------|------------|---------------|
||--5--------|-5---6---8-----|------------|---------------|
||o----------|------------7--|-(7)--------|-4---5---7---5-|
||-----------|---------------|------------|---------------|
||o----------|---------------|------------|---------------|
||-----------|---------------|------------|---------------|
||-----------|---------------|------------|---------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| W Q Q Q Q +W Q Q Q Q
||-----------|---------------|------------|---------------|
||-----------|---------------|------------|---------------|
||o----------|---------------|------------|---------------|
||-----------|---------------|------------|---------------|
||o-5--------|-5---7---9-----|------------|---------------|
||--3--------|-3---5---7--5--|-(5)--------|-5---7---9---7-|
||-----------|------------3--|-(3)--------|-3---5---7---5-|
F#5 G5 Eb5 C5 B5 A5
+W Q Q Q Q +H. Q +Q Q H
|-------------|----------------|----------/13--|-(13)--12--10-----||
|-(10)--------|-10--12--13--9--|-(9)-----------|------------------||
|-------------|----------------|----------/10--|-(10)---9---7----o||
|--(7)--------|--7---9--10--6--|-(6)-----------|------------------||
|-------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------o||
|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
|
| +W Q Q Q Q +H. Q Q Q H
|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
|-------------|----------------|----------/10--|--10----8---6-----||
|--(5)--------|--5---7---9--8--|-(8)-----------|-----------------o||
|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
|-------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------o||
|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
|
| +W Q Q Q Q +H. Q +Q Q H
|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
|-------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------o||
|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
|-------------|----------------|-----------10--|-(10)---9---7----o||
|--(7)--------|--7---9--10--6--|-(6)--------8--|--(8)---7---5-----||
|--(5)--------|--5---7---8--4--|-(4)-----------|------------------||
Chorus
N.C.
Gtrs II, III
Q Q H Q Q H Q E E +E E E E Q Q H
|------------|------------|------------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------------|------------|
|-1--0-------|-1--0-------|-1--0-1-(1)-0-1-3-|-1--0-------|
Q Q S S S S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S S S Q E E +E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------------|
|-1--0------------------|-1--0------------------|-1--0-1-(1)-0-1-3--|
Q Q S S S S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-1--0------------------|-1--0------------------|
Q E E +E E E E Q Q S S S S E E
|------------------|-------------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------------||
|------------------|-------<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-----||
|------------------|-------------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------------||
|-1--0-1-(1)-0-1-3-|-1--0--------------------------||
Outro
C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5C5 B5C5D5 C5 B5
Q Q H Q Q H Q E E +E E E E Q Q H 3x
||-------------|------------|------------------|------------||
||-------------|------------|------------------|------------||
||o------------|------------|------------------|-----------o||
||-------------|------------|------------------|------------||
||o------------|------------|------------------|-----------o||
||--3--2-------|-3--2-------|-3--2-3-(3)-2-3-5-|-3--2-------||
||--1--0-------|-1--0-------|-1--0-1-(1)-0-1-3-|-1--0-------||
C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5C5 B5C5D5 C5 B5
Q H. Q H. Q E E +E E E E Q Q H
|------------|------------|------------------|------------*|
|------------|------------|------------------|------------*|
|------------|------------|------------------|------------*|
|------------|------------|------------------|------------*|
|------------|------------|------------------|------------*|
|-3--2-------|-3--2-------|-3--2-3-(3)-2-3-5-|-3--2-------*|
|-1--0-------|-1--0-------|-1--0-1-(1)-0-1-3-|-1--0-------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
