"Ritual" By Bolt Thrower
FROM THE "IVth Crusade" CD
Transcribed by Volker Hilsheimer
eMail: vohi@informatik.uni-rostock.de
Version 1.0 Feb'98
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Tuning: one and a half step down (1:Db, 2:Ab, 3:Fb, 4:Cb, 5:Gb, 6:Db)
Timing: spaces between Notes indicate length
Notation: When no guitars are listed play all guitars simultaneously.
|:---:|= part to repeat
~ = vibrato
. = palm mute (down)
" = tremolo picking (up and down)
\ = slide down
h = half bent
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Riff A |1-5 |6
|-----------------------------------------------------------:|-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------:|-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------:|-------| Git I/Bass
|-----------------------------------------------------------:|-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------:|-------|
|-3-0-0-0-0-3-0-2-0-0-6-5-3-5-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-3-6~--5~--:|-6~--5-|
_________ _________
enter at 1st rep with chords only |2-5 |6
|-----------------------------------------------------------:|-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------:|-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------:|-------| Git II
|-----------------------------------------------------------:|-------|
|-3---------3---2-------------3-------------2-3-0-3-6---5~--:|-6---5-|
|-3-0-0-0-0-3-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-3-6---5~--:|-6---5-|
Riff B 12x
|--------------------:|---|
|--------------------:|---|
|--------------------:|---|
|--------------------:|---|
|-6--5--------334411-:|-6-|
|-6--5-000000-334411-:|-6-|
"""""" """"""
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bolt_thrower/ritual_tab.html ]
Riff C
|-------------------------------:|4x
|-------------------------------:|
|-------------------------------:| Git I
|-3--6~----3--5~----------------:|
|-------------------4-----3-----:|
|-------------------4-4-4-3-3-3-:|
|-------------------------------:|4x
|-------------------------------:|
|-------------------------------:| Git II
|-------------------------------:|
|-3-----------------4-----3-----:|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-3-3-3-:|
play Riff B 8x
Riff C 4x
Riff D
|---|---------------------------------------:|8x
|---|---------------------------------------:|
|---|---------------------------------------:| Git I
|---|---------------------------------------:|
|-6-|-2-----2--1-----1--2-----2--1-3/4-3--1-:|
|-6-|-0------------3----0----------3/4-3--1-:|
Solo (enters at 3rd time Riff D) fast
|-h12\~----12-13--16~---13--12~----12-13-15-13-11-12-11-9-11-9----------
|--------------------------------------------------------------13-14-13-
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|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
(slower)
---------------------------------------12~----13-16~---13---12-13-15-13-
-11-11-13-11--10-10--11\10--11\10~--------------------------------------
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-12-----------------------------------------------------------------|
------13---12~---12/13--12~---12-13-16-13-12/13-12~---\9~---12~-----|
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Riff E
|------------------------:|12x
|------------------------:|
|------------------------:|
|------------------------:|
|-3-----2-----2----------:|
|-3-000-0-000-0-00004444-:|
... ... """"""""
play Riff C 4x
Riff B 8x
Riff C 4x
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