Overkill - Birth Of Tension Chords & Tabs

                     Overkill - Birth Of Tension
                     From the Album Years Of Decay
                     Copyright Megaforce Records
                     Version 1.0 - March - 2001

Transcribed by: Carl Culpepper
Typed out 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

Tune Gtr to E
            Riff 1           End Riff 1
|----------|---------------------------|
|----------|---------------------------|
|----------|---------------------------|
|-3--------|-2----------------3--------|
|-3--------|-2----------------3--------|
|-1--------|-0----------------1--------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------222--------------------222--------222-------|
|-0--0--0--0--3--0--0--0--000--0--0--3--0--1--3--000--0--0--000--0--0-|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3----2--2--222--------222--------222--------2--2--2--2--222-------|
|-1----0--0--000--0--0--300--0--0--000--0--0--3--0--3--4--000--0--0-|

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-222--------222--------------2-----1--------3/-|
|-000--0--0--000--0--0--0--3-----3-----2--1-----|
 Riff 2                  End Riff 2
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------1-|
|-0000000000000000000000000000-3---|

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|------------------6-5----5----5-6\-|
|-0000000000000000-4-3----3----3-4\-|
 Riff 3
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------2--------2--------2--------2-------------------------2--------|
|-------2--------2--------2--------2--------------3----------2--------|
|-0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0--0--0--1----0--0-----0--0--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/o/overkill/birth_of_tension_tab.html ]
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2--------2--------2-------------------------2--------2--------2--------|
|-2--------2--------2--------------3----------2--------2--------2--------|
|----0--0-----0--0-----0--0--0--0--1----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0--|
                                                      End Riff 3
|---------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-2-------------------------2--------2--------3--------3--------|-----------------------|
|-2--------------3----------2--------2--------3--------3--------|-5--------5--------3/5-|
|----0--0--0--0--1----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----1--1-----1--1--|-3--3--3--3--3--3--1/3-|
 Half Time
|------------------------------------|
|------------------x\----------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-2----------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------------|
 Riff 4                                                                   End Riff 4
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------7-----------------------------------|
|-2----------------------5----------------------7--------------------5--------------|
|-2----------------3--4--5----------------5--5--5--------5--5--------5-----------1--|
|-0----------------1--2--3----------------3--3-----------3--3--------3--------3-----|
 Double Time
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\-|
|---------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------|
                  3 Times 4th time
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------2-----1--------3-|-222----222--222--222----222--222-|
|-0--3-----3-----2--1----|-000----000--000--000----000--000-|

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-222----222--222--222----222--222--222----222----222----2-|
|-000----000--000--000----000--000--000----000----000----0-|
                  2 Times 
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------3----------------|
|-------2-----1--------3-|-------2-----1----------------|
|-0--3-----3-----2--1----|-0--3-----3-------------------|
                3 Times
|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-222--------222--222--|-222--------222--------222--------6-5----5----5-6-|
|-000--------000--000--|-000--------000--------000--------4-3----3----3-4-|

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-2--------7\------------------------------|
|-2--------7\----------2-----1--------3--2-|
|-0--------5\----0--3-----3-----2--1-----0-|


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