/ slide
h hammer on
p pull off
b bend
r release bend
Intro part 1 - clean + reverb
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|-----7-------7---7--------7---9-------9---9-------9---10-------10---10-------10---|
|-------7---7---7----7---7---7---6---6---6---6---6---6----7---7----7----7---7----7-|
|---------5------------5-----------5-----------5------------5-------------5--------|
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|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|---7-----------7-------------|
|-----7-8-7-8-----7-8-7-8-----|
|-------------10-----------10-|
|-----------------------------|
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|---7-------7---7--------7---9-------9---9-------9---10-------10---10-------10--5-|
|-----7---7---7----7---7---7---6---6---6---6---6---6----7---7----7----7---7----7--|
|-------5------------5-----------5-----------5------------5-------------5---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|--------4-5-6-6-5-4-8--|
|--5-7-8----------------|
Intro part 2 - gain / distortion
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|-14--14p12/10-12-12/14-13-9--14--14p12/10-12-14-14b15r14-9--|
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|-17-------15----------17------------------------------------------------------13-12-----|
|----15-------17-18-15----15----15h17p15-13-13h15p13---15-13---13--------------------13--|
|-------17-------------------17---------------------14-------14---10h12p10------------14-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------12-------------|
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|-------------------14----------------17-15-14----14-15--14h15-12h13-10h12-9h10-7h9-6-|
|-15-14----------14----17-15-14-15-17----------17-------------------------------------|
|-------17-16-17----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
preverse - gain / distortion
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|--7------------9------------10-------------------------|
|--7------------7-------------7------------5-----5------| X2
|--5------------5-------------8------------5-----5------|
|----000--0-000----000--0-000---000--0-000-5-000-5-000--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_absence/merciless_tab.html ]
verse (1)- gain / distortion
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|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5h8p5h8--------8p7p5-5p4-4-4h5h7-----5h8p5h8--------------4-5-7-7-5-4-8-|
|-0-0---------0--0-0-------------------0-0---------0--0-0-5-7-8---------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5h8p5h8--------8p7p5-5p4-4-4h5h7-----5h8p5h8----------------5p4-7p4----|
|-0-0---------0--0-0-------------------0-0---------0--0-0-7p5-8p5------------|
both X2
verse (2)-gain / distortion
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|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-6-----6-5-3-5---------6-----6-5-3-5-10-6-5-0--|
|-6-----6-5-3-5---------6-----6-5-3-5-10-6-5-0--|
|-6-000-6-5-3-5-000-000-6-000-6-5-3-5-10-6-5-0--|
repeat verse (1)
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|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5h8p5h8--------8p7p5-5p4-4-4h5h7-----5h8p5h8--------------4-5-7-7-5-4-8-|
|-0-0---------0--0-0-------------------0-0---------0--0-0-5-7-8---------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5h8p5h8--------8p7p5-5p4-4-4h5h7-----5h8p5h8----------------5p4-7p4----|
|-0-0---------0--0-0-------------------0-0---------0--0-0-7p5-8p5------------|
both X2
Chorus (1)
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|-----------------------------------------|
|-77---77---66---66---33---22---33---66---|
|-77---77---77---77---33---33---33---66---| X4
|-55-xx55-xx44-xx44-xx11-xx00-xx11-xx44---|
|-----------------------------------------|
Chorus (2)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------10-9-7-9-7-6-12-10-9-10-9-7-10-9-7-9-7---7|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10-|
|7-7h8-8-7h8p7-0-7-7h8-8/10-8-12-13-10--7-7h8-8-7h8p7-0--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
chorus (1) repeat
chorus (2) repeat
verse (1) repeat
Chorus (1,2,1,2) repeat
Intro repeat (w/gain)
Other instrumental bit
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|---------------7-7---6-6-|
|---7-7---7-7-------------|
|-55-5--55-5--55-5--55-5--|
|-------------------------|
repeat intro
repeat instrumental (muted)underneath solo
repeat chorus (1) underneath sencond part of solo
chorus
end
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|------7-7--|
|-0----7-7--|
|-0----5-5--|
|-0---------|
