Song:Archon
Band:Rotting Christ
Tab by Sean O'Connor (itz31@aol.com)
Send any corrections/additions to itz31@aol.com
I'm working on the solo as we speak, i'll have it sometime
this weekend probably. The chorus is as close as i can get
it for now, it sounds right but it feels wrong if that makes
any sense at all.
Standard Tuning
Notation:
PM-Palm Mute
AH-Artificial Harmonic
Intro/Verse Riff
G5 A5 A#5 A5 F5 E5 E5 D5
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------9----9----7-|
|-5--7----8----7------3----7-77-7-77-5-|
|-3--5-55-6-66-5-5555-1-11-------------|
P.M. .. .. .... .. .. ..
The chord names above the staff will be important later so don't forget about 'em.
Chorus Riff
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------A.H.--|
|-777777-8877..665577..443355..-5-7--8----|
|-555555------------------------3-5-------|
This whole riff is Palm Muted except for the harmonic at the end.
The .. after the 7 and 5 mean i didn't bother to count how many times
to play that note, just play along with the music! Also the number
of A5 chords at the beginning vary sometimes.
Riff 3
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rotting_christ/archon_tab.html ]
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----------5--------10------------|
|-7--------3--------8-------2-4-5-|
|-5------0--------0---------0-2-3-|
P.M. . . . . .
Let the chords ring.
Riff 4
|--------| |---------| |--------|
|--------| |---------| |--------|
|--------| |---------| |--------|
|--------| X 4 |---------| X 3 |--------|
|-7-9-10-| |-9-11-12-| |-11-9-7-|
|--------| |---------| |--------|
Again, this riff is also entirely palm muted. Not too sure about this one either.
Riff 5
|--------| |---------| |-----|
|--------| |---------| |-----|
|--------| |---------| |-----|
|--------| X 8 |---------| X 8 |-----|
|-7------| |-10------| |-2-5-|
|-5-5555-| |-8--8888-| |-0-3-|
P.M. .... .... . .
And here's the song structure...
Verse Riff X 12, vocals start the 8th time.
Chorus Riff X 4-the 4th time don't play the harmonic.
Verse Riff X 4
Chorus Riff X 4-again no harmonic the 4th time.
Riff 3 X 4
Riff 4 X 4
Riff 5 X 4
Verse Riff X 8, vocals start 4th time.
Chorus Riff X 4-no harmonic at the end, don't P.M. the last A5 chord,
just hit it hard and abruptly stop.
Ok here's the line for guitar 2 during the intro,
this is where them chords from the first riff are important.
Guitar 2 plays chords the first 4 times the riff is played,
here's what chords to hit.
1/2-G5 A5
3/4-G5 A5 A#5 A5
Thats it.
