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Artist - Trivium
Song – Ascendancy
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Intro/Chorus - Cory
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----6--------6----------|-----2--------2----------|
|--4--4--x--4--4--x-x-x-x-|--0--4--x--0--4--x-x-x-x-|
|--4-----x--4-----x-x-x-x-|--0-----x--0-----x-x-x-x-|
|--4-----4--4-----4-4-4-4-|--0-----0--0-----0-0-0-0-| Do this 4 times.
Intro/Chorus - Matt
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----6--------6----------|-----2--------2----------|
|--4--6--x--4--6--x-x-x-x-|--0--0--x--0--0--x-x-x-x-|
|--4-----x--4-----x-x-x-x-|--0-----x--0-----x-x-x-x-|
|--4-----4--4-----4-4-4-4-|--0-----0--0-----0-0-0-0-| Do This 4 Times.
Guitar 3 (Do this 2 times)
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|--6--4--2~---6--4--7~--|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------| Then...
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--11--9--7~---11--9--6~---|--11--9--7~---11--9--12~--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------| Do this once.
Verse - Cory (Do this twice)
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|---------4-4-4-4----------6-6-6-6-|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|-0-0-0-0---------3-3-3-3----------|
(Do this twice too)
|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------7-|-----------------7-6-|-----------------6-|
|-----------------4-|-----------------4-4-|-----------------4-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
Continued from above...
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|---------4----------6-|
|---------4----------4-|
|-0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3---|
Verse - Matt (Do this four times)
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|
|---------4-4-4-4-----------------|---------4-4-4-4-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-------------------------|-4-4-4-4-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|---------4-4-4-4---------6-6-6-6-|
|---------3-3-3-3-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-------------------------|-0-0-0-0---------3-3-3-3---------|
Pre Chorus - Cory (Do this twice)
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4----------|
|-4----------6----------7---------------------|
|---5--5-5-5---5--5-5-5---5--5-5-5---5--5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------------------|
Continued from above...
|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------------6----------|--13-11-14--13--14--16-|
|-6----------7----------9---------------------|--x--x--x---x---x---x--|
|---7--7-7-7---7--7-7-7---7--7-7-7---7--7-7-7-|--11-9--12--11--12--14-|
|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
Pre Chorus - Matt (Do this twice)
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|------------4----------6----------7----------|
|-7-------------------------------------------|
|---5--5-5-5---5--5-5-5---5--5-5-5---5--5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------------------|
Continued from above...
|---------------------------------------------|------|---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------|---------------------|
|------------6----------7----------9----------|------|---------------------|
|-9-------------------------------------------|--0~--|--------99-1111-1212-|
|---7--7-7-7---7--7-7-7---7--7-7-7---7--7-7-7-|--0~--|-7-9-7---------------|
|---------------------------------------------|--0~--|---------------------|
Do The Intro/Chorus Here.
Now Repeat All The Above Then...
Bridge and backing for solo - Matt
|-----------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|-7-------6-----------|
|-7----------6----------|---------------------------|----------------7----|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---4--4-4-4---4--4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4--4--4-4-4--4-4-4-|---4-4-----4-4----4-4|
Continued from above...
Cory joins here--x
|----------------x|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------x|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------x|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|---6--------6--7x|-7----------6----------|---------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-4---4--4-4------|---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-|
Continued from above...
|----------------------|-------------|
|----------------------|-------------|
|----------------------|-------------|
|----------------------|-------------|
|------9------11-------|-11--12---16-|
|-0--7---0--9----0--11-|-------------|
Bridge and backing for solo - Cory (look in Matts part to see where to join)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/trivium/ascendancy_tab_ver_6.html ]
|------------------------|------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|-----10-----9-----|---------------------------14-|
|------------------------|------------------|-----11-----13------13-14-----|
|----4-------------------|-0-7----0-6---0-7-|-0-7----0-9----0-11-----------|
|---------------7--------|------------------|------------------------------|
|-12---0--0--0---0--0--0-|------------------|------------------------------|
Continued from above...
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-4---------------------|---------------------------|
|------------7----------|---------------------------|
|---4--4-4-4---4--4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4--4--4-4-4--4-4-4-|
Continued from above...
|------------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|-4----------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|---------7--------4-----|----------------|-4---------------------|
|------------------------|---7--------7-9-|------------7----------|
|---4-4-4---4-4-4----4-4-|-4---4--4-4-----|---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0-|
Solo
|--------------------------------|----------------------|----------|
|-14--14-12----12----------------|----------------------|----------|
|-----------14----14-13-14-13-11-|-13-11----11----------|----------|
|--------------------------------|-------14----14-12-11-|-9--14-11-|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|----------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|----------|
|----------|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------|-15--15-14-12-14-12----12-------|----------------------|
|----------|--------------------14----14-13-|-14-13-11-13-11-------|
|-9-11-9---|--------------------------------|----------------14-12-|
|--------12|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|14-14-17-16|------------------------------------------------------------14|
|-----------|-14-15-15b-15b-14-14-14-14-12-----------------------14-15-17--|
|-----------|------------------------------13--14-13-------14-16-----------|
|-----------|----------------------------------------14-16-----------------|
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
(Tremlo pick this twice)
|17161414191714141716141419171414|14---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------16-18-------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------16-18-19-------------16-18-|
|--------------------------------|-----16-17-19----------------17-19-------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------17--19~|
|---16-18-19-------------16-18-19--------|
|19-------------16-18-19-----------------|
|------------19--------------------------|
|----------------------------------------| End Solo
Part after Solo - Cory
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|11-----9-----7-------11---9---7---|
|------------------------------|---7-7---7-7---7-7-7----7---7---7-|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|4-4-4-4-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------|-----------|
|------------------------------|-----------------|--------10-|
|------------------------------|-----------------|-----------|
|------------------------------|0-6-7-0-7-11-0-7-|0-7-9-0----|
|------------------------------|-----------------|-----------|
|4-4-4-4-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------|
Part after Solo - Matt
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|10-----9-----7-------10---9---7---|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---7-7---7-7---7-7-7----7---7---7-|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|4-4-4-4-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------|-----------|
|------------------------------|-----------------|-----------|
|------------------------------|-----------------|-----------|
|------------------------------|-----------------|--------11-|
|------------------------------|-----------------|-----------|
|4-4-4-4-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-|0-6-7-0-7-11-0-7-|0-7-9-0----|
Dueling Guitar bit (Updated 21/7/08 thanks to rcw110131)
Corey
E|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------|----------------|-7---------------|----------------|
G|-----------------|----------------|---9-7-6-9-7-6---|7-6-----6-------|
D|------11-------9-|------7---------|---------------9-|----9-7---9-7-6-|
A|9-7-9------9-7---|--9-7-----9-7-9-|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|-----------------|----------------|7-6-----6-------|----------------|
D|-------7-------6-|------4---------|----9-7---9-7-6-|9-7-6---7-6-----|
A|5-4-5------5-4---|--5-4-----5-4-5-|----------------|------9-----9-7-|
D|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
x2
Matt
E|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------|----------------|10-9-7---9-7-----|7---------------|
G|-------9-------7-|------6---------|-------9-----9-7-|--9-7-6-9-7-6---|
D|7-6-7------7-6---|--7-6-----7-6-7-|-----------------|--------------9-|
A|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------|----------------|7---------------|----------------|
G|-----------------|----------------|--9-7-6-9-7-6---|7-6-----6-------|
D|------11-------9-|------7---------|--------------9-|----9-7---9-7-6-|
A|9-7-9------9-7---|--9-7-----9-7-9-|----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
x2
Now repeat the Pre Chorus and the Chorus.
Both Guitars end on...
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