The Sickness Chords & Tabs
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M O U R N I N G B E L O V E T H
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T H E S I C K N E S S
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A DISEASE FOR THE AGES
(c) Prophecy Productions - 2008
http://www.mourningbeloveth.com/
Tune Down 1 & 1/2 Steps
C# F# B E G# C#
Tempo = 120 BPM
Time Signature = 4/4
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Transcribed by
PADDY MCMULLAN
stinkypoohpants@yahoo.co.uk
Version 1.1
(Corrections Outlined at Bottom of Tab)
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Tablature Symbols Used:
P.M... - Palm Mute
p - Pull-Off
h - Hammer-On
(/) - Legato Slide (Blank space indicates length of slide)
\ - Slide Down to/Down From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
/ - Slide Up To/Up From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
( ) - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
REST - Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space
|_3_| - Triplet notes
~~ - Vibrato
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Song Notes:
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Guitar 3 uses a delay setting of 1000 milliseconds to achieve the synchronised
60/120 BPM echo effect, with a feedback setting of 1 so as to only produce a
single "response" to what is being played. Delay is only used during riffs 1
and 2, and any later repetitions of those riffs.
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Riff 1a: Guitar 3 with Heavy Distortion & Delay (Play 3 times)
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Bar x is played only the first time
x 1 2 3
| |---------| |---------------|------------------------|---------------|
| |---------| |---------------|------------------------|---------------|
|1|---------|4|---------------|------------------------|---------------|
|/|--12\ |/| -7------------|--(7)---------(7)\ 5h7h | -8------------|
|4|---------|4|---------------|------------------------|---------------|
| |---------| |---------------|------------------------|---------------|
4 5 6
|-------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|--(8)---------(8)/12\ | -7----------------|--(7)---------(7)\ 5h7h |
|-------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
7 8 9
|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
| -8----------------|--(8)--------(8)\7-8--5--|--7----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
P.M...
10 11 12
|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|--(7)---------(7)\ 5h7h | -8----------------|-(8)---------(8)\5-8--5--|
|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
....
14 15 16
|-------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|--7----------------|--(7)--------(7)\ 5h7h | -8--------------(7h 8/ |
|-------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
17
|-----------------------||
|-----------------------||
|-----------------------||
| -10)----------/ 12\ ||
|-----------------------||
|-----------------------||
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Riff 1b: Guitars 1 & 2 with Heavy Distortion (Play twice)
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This riff enters after Riff 1a is played once
Bar x is played only the first time
x 1 2
||---------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
||--R- -------||-------------------|-------------------|
||--E- -------||-------------------|-------------------|
||--S- -7\ -|| -2----------------|--(2)--------------|
||--T- -5\ -|| -0----------------|--(0)--------------|
||---------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
3 4 5
|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|--3----------------|--(3)------------------|--2----------------|
|--1----------------|--(1)---------0--1--0--|--0----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
.......
6 7 8
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|--(2)--------------|--3----------------|--(3)------------------|
|--(0)--------------|--1----------------|--(1)---------0--1-----|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------3--|
.......
9 10 11
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--2----------------|--(2)--------------|--3----------------|
|--0----------------|--(0)--------------|--1----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
12 13 14
|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--(1)------------------|--2----------------|--(2)--------------|
|--(3)---------0--1-----|--0----------------|--(0)--------------|
|--------------------3--|-------------------|-------------------|
.......
15 16
|----------------------|---------------------| |
|----------------------|---------------------| |
|----------------------|---------------------|*|
|--3--------------(3)/ | -5------------7\ -|*|
|--1--------------(1)/ | -3------------5\ -| |
|----------------------|---------------------| |
On the last repeat, replace the last bar with the following:
|---------------------| |
|---------------------| |
|---------------------|*|
| -5------------5\ -|*|
| -3------------3\ -| |
|---------------------| |
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Riff 2a: Guitar 3 (Play once) [Tempo = 127 BPM]
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1 2 3
||------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
||------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--9~~-------------|--9~~--------9 / 10~~----|-(10)---10~~--------------|
||------------------|-------------------------|---------------10~~-------|
||------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
||------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
4 5 6
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|--9~~-------------|--9~~--------9 / 10~~----|
|--(10)~~-----------|------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
7 8 9
|--------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|--(10)--10~---------------|-------------------|--9 h 10~~---9~~-------|
|----------------10~-------|-(10)~-------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
10 11 12
|-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|-(9)~~-------9 / 10~~----|-(10)-----10~~--------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------10~~-------|-(10)~~--------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
13 14
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--9 h 10----12~~----10~~----|--9~~---10 h 12 p (10\9)----(7/9)----|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
15 16
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|--10~~-----------9--10--|--12~~------------------||
|------------------------|-------------12\ -||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
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Riff 2b: Guitars 1 & 2 (Play 4 times)
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||-------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
||--2----------------|--(2)------2------3----|--(3)---------------|
||--0----------------|--(0)------0------0h1--|--(1)------3--------|
||-------------------|-----------------------|-----------1--------|
|---------------------| |
|---------------------| |
|---------------------|*|
|-----------2---------|*|
|--3--------2----3----| |
|--1-------------1----| |
.......
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All Guitars Play Their Respective Parts of Riff 1 Twice [Tempo = 124 BPM]
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All Guitars Play Their Respective Parts of Riff 2; Gtr. 1 & 2 x 4, Gtr. 3 x 1
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On the last repeat, guitar 3 replaces the last bar of Riff 2a with the
following:
||-----------------------||
||-----------------------||
||--12~~---------(12)\ -||
||-----------------------||
||-----------------------||
||-----------------------||
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Riff 3: Guitars 1 & 2: Play once [Tempo = 70 BPM]
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1 2 3
||--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
||--2-----------------|--2----4----5----4----|--3-----------------|
||--0------------6----|--0----2----3----2----|--3-----------------|
||---------------4----|----------------------|--1-----------------|
4 5 6
|---------------------|---------------| |--------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------| |--------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------|6|--------------------------------|
|-(3)----------2------|--2------------|/|-(2)--------2----4----5----4----|
|-(3)-------3--2------|--0------------|4|-(0)---6----0----2----3----2----|
|-(1)-------1--0------|---------------| |-------4------------------------|
...
7 8 9
| |--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
| |--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|4|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|/|--3-----------------|-(3)----------2------|--2----------------|
|4|--3-----------------|-(3)-------3--2------|--0----------------|
| |--1-----------------|-(1)-------1--0------|-------------------|
...
10 11 12
| |--------------------------------| |----------------|---------------------|
| |--------------------------------| |----------------|---------------------|
|6|--------------------------------|4|----------------|---------------------|
|/|-(2)--------2----4----5----4----|/|--3-------------|-(3)----------2------|
|4|-(0)---6----0----2----3----2----|4|--3-------------|-(3)-------3--2------|
| |-------4------------------------| |--1-------------|-(1)-------1--0------|
...
13 14 15
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--2-----------------|--2----4----5----4----|--3-----------------|
|--0------------6----|--0----2----3----2----|--3-----------------|
|---------------4----|----------------------|--1-----------------|
16
|---------------------||
|---------------------||
|---------------------||
|-(3)----------2------||
|-(3)-------3--2------||
|-(1)-------1--0------||
...
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Riff 4a: Guitar 1 (Play 4 times) [Tempo = 120 BPM]
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mourning_beloveth/the_sickness_tab.html ]
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||-------2 / 7~~---2 / | -6~~-------------------|
||--0----------------------|--------6 \ -2----6----|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------| |
|----------------------------|---------------------| |
|----------------------------|---------------------|*|
|----------------5~~ \--|--4--------3---------|*|
|--5~~ \----5--------------|--4--------3----2----| |
|----------3-----------------|--2--------1----0----| |
...
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Riff 4b: Guitar 2 (Play 4 times)
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||----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------|--1-----------1-----1--|--5------5--5----5----|
||--0----0----7----0----|--2--------2-----------|--5------5--5----5----|
||----------------------|--4--------------4-----|--3------3--3----3----|
............
|---------------------| |
|---------------------| |
|---------------------|*|
|--4--------3---------|*|
|--4--------3----2----| |
|--2--------1----0----| |
...
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Riff 5a: Guitar 1 (Play 4 times)
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||------------------------|--------------------------|
||------------------------|--------------------------|
||--2---------------------|--2---2---------0---------|
||--2---------------------|--3---3---3--3--0------2--|
||--0---------------0--2--|--3---3---3--3--2------3--|
||------------------------|----------------3------5--|
.... ....
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--0---0---------0------0--|--0---------------------|
|--2---------------------|--2---2---2--2--0------2--|--2---------------2--2--|
|--3---------------3--3--|--3---3---3--3--2------3--|--3--------------(3)-3--|
|--5---------------5--5--|----------------3---------|------------------------|
.... .... .....
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------0--4------2--|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
|--0---0---0--0--5------3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
|--2---2---2-----5------3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
|--3---3-------------------|--------------------------|
.... .......... ....
|--------------------------| |
|--------------------------| |
|--4--4--4--4--4--4-----5--|*|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--7-----|*|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--------| |
|--------------------------| |
....
After playing this riff once, replace bar 1 with the following:
||-------------------------||
||-------------------------||
||--5--2-------------------||
||-----2-------------------||
||-----0-------------0--2--||
||-------------------------||
....
On the second and fourth repeats of this riff, replace bar 3 with the following:
||------------------------||
||------------------------||
||--2---------------------||
||--2---------------2--2--||
||--0---------------0--0--||
||------------------------||
....
Before proceeding to the next riff, play and hold the following chord for
6 bars (it serves as a segue into the next riff):
||----------||
||----------||
||--2-------||
||--2-------||
||--0-------||
||----------||
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Riff 5b: Guitar 2 (Play twice)
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1 2 3
||------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|---------------------0-|
||--0---------------0--2--|--3---3---3--2~~-----3--|--3~~--------------3---|
||------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
4 |__3__| 5
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--2---2---2h 3p 2-0-----(0/2)-|--2~~----------------3p 2-|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
6 7 |__3__|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|--0------2--2----0--3--|-(3)-2h 3p 2-0-----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------3----0----2h 3-|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
8 9
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------5--|--5-------9p 7-9------7h 9-|
|-----------------5--7-----|-----7---------------------|
|--2~~ / 7-----------|-----0---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
10 |__3___| 11 |__3___|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--10--9h 10p 9--------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------10\ 7--9------7-9-|--10---10---9--9h 10p(9\7)--7\ -2--|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
12 13
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--(3/5)--7 / 10--9 \ 7h 9\ | -5~~---------------3-|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
14 15 |__3__|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--2 / 5--5 \ 2--3--|-(3)-2h 3p 2-0-----------------|
|--------------------------|----------------3----0----2h 3-|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
16
|---------------------------| |
|---------------------------| |
|---------------------------|*|
|---------------------------|*|
|--2~~ \ 0----0--2--3--| |
|---------------3-----------| |
Before proceeding to the next riff, play and hold the following chord for
6 bars (it serves as a segue into the next riff):
||----------||
||----------||
||--2-------||
||--2-------||
||--0-------||
||----------||
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Riff 6a: Guitar 4 with Clean Tone (Play twice) [Tempo = 77 BPM] Time Sig. = 6/4
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*Let notes ring wherever possible*
||-------0--------0--------0------------|
||----------------------------------1---|
||-----2--------2--------2--------2-----|
||--------------------------------------|
||--0--------0--------0--------0--------|
||--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |
|-------1--------1--------0--------0--|-------0------------------------------| |
|-----2--------2--------2--------2----|-----2----------2--------2--------2---|*|
|-------------------------------------|--------------2--------2--------2-----|*|
|--0--------0--------0--------0-------|--0--------0--------0--------0--------| |
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |
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Riff 6b: Guitar 3 (Play once)
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||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||--9----------------7 h 9--(9/12) \ 5--|
||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
|__3__|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--5---------------(5)\ 4 h 5--|--4h 5p (4\2)------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------2-------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------0------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--9-7-9-------------7 h 9--(9/12) \ 5--|--5---------------(5)\ 4 h 5--|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|__3___|
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|--4h 5p (4\2)-----------------------------||
|-----------------2------------------------||
|------------------------0-----------0--2--||
|------------------------------------------||
....
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Riff 7a: Guitars 1 & 2 (Play once) [Tempo = 78 BPM]
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Bar 1 is a segue from guitar 1 & 2's previous riff
|__3_|
||------||------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
||------||------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
||------||------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
||--2---||------------------------------|----------2---------------------------|
||--0-2-||--3-------------------2----3--|--2h 3p 2-0---------------------0--2--|
||------||------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
... ....
|------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--5---------------------------|-----2-----------------------||
|--3-------------------2----3--|--2--0-----------------------||
|------------------------------|-----------------------------||
Hold the following chord for 6 bars
|-------------------||
|-------------------||
|--2----------------||
|--2----------------||
|--0----------------||
|-------------------||
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Riff 7b: Guitar 3 (Play once)
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|__3__|
||------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
||------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
||------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
||------------------------------|----------2---------------------------|
||--3-------------------2----3--|--2h 3p 2-0---------------------0--2--|
||------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
....
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--5---------------------------|
|--3-------------------2----3--|
|------------------------------|
|__3__| |__3__| |__3__|
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--2h 3-2h 3p 2p 0-2h 3-2h 3p 2p 0-2h 3-2h 3p 2p 0-2----------(2)/ ||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
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Repeat Riff 6 once
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Repeat Riff 7 once
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Repeat Riff 6 once
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Repeat Riff 7 once
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Repeat Riff 3 once (use bars 5 to 8 for each repeat) [Tempo = 70 BPM]
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Repeat Riff 4 four times [Tempo = 87 BPM]
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After the last repeat of Riff 4, hold the following chord for 8 bars:
|-------------------||
|-------------------||
|--2----------------||
|--2----------------||
|--0----------------||
|-------------------||
The tempo is now 120 BPM
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Repeat Riff 1 once
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Repeat Riff 2 once
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Repeat Riff 1 once
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Repeat Riff 2 once
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Repeat Riff 2 until the song fades out.
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End
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Tab summary: Riff 1a X 3 + Riff 1b X 2
Riff 2a X 1 + Riff 2b X 4
Riff 1 X 2
Riff 2a X 4 + Riff 2b X 1
Riff 3 X 1
Riff 4 X 4
Riff 5a X 4 + Riff 5b X 2
Riff 6a X 2 + Riff 6b X 1
Riff 7 X 1
Riff 6a X 2 + Riff 6b X 1
Riff 7 X 1
Riff 6a X 2 + Riff 6b X 1
Riff 7 X 1
Riff 3 X 1
Riff 4 X 4
Riff 1 X 1
Riff 2 X 2
Riff 1 X 1
Riff 2 X 2
END
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Corrections (09/07/08):
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* Corrected Riff 3
