Under A Serpent Sun Chords & Tabs
AT THE GATES - UNDER A SERPENT SUN
From the Album "SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL"
1995 Earache Records
Version 666 - July 2000
Originally transcribed by: Richard Broadhead II and Scott King
Changes by : Anders Bjorler (AT THE GATES) July 2000.
. - 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
TUNING: B(everystring down 2.5 steps)
Intro riff *(these are 10's not 1's and 0's)
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------| Gtrs
|-----------------------------------------------------*----------------| 1-2
|-----------------------------------------9999--------10101010---------|
|----3333------------3333------------7777---------7777------------7777-|
|1111----444444441111----444444445555---------5555------------5555-----|
Play the above a total of two times
Riff 1(* these are 10's not ones and zeros)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| Gtr
|----------------------------------------------------*----------------| 1
|----------------------------------------9999--------10101010---------|
|----3333------------3333------------7777--------7777------------7777-|
|1111----444444441111----444444445555--------5555------------5555-----|
| |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| Gtr
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 2
|3---------------3-----------3-6-7-----------9---10-------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------2--------|
|1---------------1-----------1-4-5-----------7---8-----------0--------|
Riff 2
|------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------ gtr
|------------------------------------------------ 1-2
|------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------
|-000-0-000-111-1-111111-333-3-333-111-1-111111--
... . ... ... . ...... ... . ... ... . ......
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------ GTR
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-000-0-000-111-1-111111-333-3-333-111-1-111111--111-1-111-111-1-111111--
|... . ... ... . ...... ... . ... ... . ...... ... . ... ... . ......
|
----------------------------------------------------8---------9---------
----------------------------------------------------9---------10-------- GTR
----------------------------------------------------10--------11-------- 1
----------------------------------------------------10--------11--------
------------------------------------------------8---8-8---9---9---------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(end of Riff 2)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 1
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-111-1-111-111-1-111111-111-1-111-111-1-111111-111-1-111-111-1-111111--|
|... . ... ... . ...... ... . ... ... . ...... ... . ... ... . ......
|
-----8---------7------------8---------9------------8-----7-------------|
-----9---------8------------9---------10-----------9-----8-------------| GTR
-----10--------9------------10--------11-----------10----9-------------| 2
-----10--------9------------10--------11-----------10----9-------------|
-8---8-8---7---7--------8---8-8---9---9--------8---8-8---7-------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Play Riff 1 two more times
Fill 1
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-------------(2)--------------------2------------------(2)---------|
|--0-------------(0)--------------------0------------------(0)---------|
*First time this riff is played, guitar 1 doesn't come in until the 8's on
string 6 are played. After the first time this riff is played, the 8's
remain as 8's and don't go into C5 power chords and remain palm muted.
*Riff 3
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| & GTR
2
|-2-----10p9---12p10---------10p9-12p10-----------------------------|
|-0-000------0------0-000-000----0-----0777888888888888--0-22-0-3---|
... . . ... ... . .........@@@@@@
continuation of Riff 3 (end of Riff 3)
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR 1
|------------------------------------------------------------------| & GTR 2
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2----10p9---12p10---------10p9-12p10-----------------------------|
|-0-00------0------0-000-000----0-----0777888888888888--0-22-0-6---|
. . ... ... . ..........@@@@@
Riff 4 (chorus) play 2 times
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------| GTR I
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------7--5-----5----------------|
|-2--------2--------2--------2---2---5--3-----3--2h3p2-5--4----|
|-0--0000--0--0000--0--0000--0---0---------------------3--2----|
| .... .... ....
|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------| GTR II
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2---10p9---12-10~---2----10p9-12-10~--9-7~--10--9----7--6----|
|-0--0-----0----------0--0-----0-------------------------------|
. . . .
Play intro riff twice
Play Riff 3 as above
Play Riff 4 as above
melodic middle part (guitars 1,2) play 2 whole times
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/at_the_gates/under_a_serpent_sun_tab.html ]
|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2- GTR 1
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GTR 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------4-----------------------5---------4-2-----------
|-2---------------------------4-5-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-2-----------------------------------------------------2-----------------------3---------2-0-----------
|-0---------------------------2-3-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-----------------------------
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-5----------------------------- GTR 1 cont.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GTR 2 cont.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-7-----------------------5-----------------------4---------2-------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------5-----4-----2-----4-----5-----------------
|-5-----------------------3-----------------------2---------0-------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------3-----2-----0-----2-----3-----------------
Play Riff 3
Play Riff 4
Mellow part =
Guitar II without distortion
Guitar I distorted (* without distortion)
|-----0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3--| GTR II alone
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2----|
then:
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR I
|-4*---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------4-3-3------------------------------|
|-2*----------------------------2-1-1------------------------------|
|
|-----0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---2-----2---2-----2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2--| GTR II
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----2----2----2-----2-----2---1-----1-----1---1-----1-----1----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR I
|-4*---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------4-3-3------------------------------|
|-2*----------------------------2-1-1------------------------------|
|
|-----0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2--| GTR II
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---1-----1-----1---1-----1-----1----|
Then guitar 1 starts with the heavy part alone
while guitar 2 continues from the beginning of the mellow part.
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------3--| GTR I
|-5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---3-3---3-3-------3-3---3-3-------2-2---2-2-------2-2---2-2------|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|
|-----0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3--| GTR II
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------3--| GTR I
|-5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---3-3---3-3-------3-3---3-3-------2-2---2-2-------2-2---2-2------|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|
|-----0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3--| GTR II
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2----|
Then both turn to the heavy part..
Guitar II now distorted.
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------2--| GTR I
|-4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3----| & 2
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---2-2---2-2-------2-2---2-2-------1-1---1-1-------1-1---1-1------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------2---------------2---------------2--------------------| GTR 1
|-4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---3-----3-----3---3------------------| & 2
|-------------------------------------------------3------------------|
|---2-2---2-2-------2-2---2-2-------1-1---1-1-----1------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Play Riff 2 and end both guitars like this
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|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-----2---|
|-3-1-0---|
