Band: Vader
Album: The Beast
Song: Choices
Suffixes for bend:
fb - full bend hb - half bend
qb - quarter bend t - tap bend
^ - Hold bend r - release bend
~ - vibrato bend
Suffixes for harmonic:
ph - pinched harmonic nh – natural harmonic
ah – artificial harmonic hh – harp harmonic
Suffixes for mute:
. – palm mute x – staccato mute
, - light palm mute ; - heavy palm mute
Other:
/ - slide up to \ - slide down to
h - hammer on p - pull off
‘ - sustained note * - see comment
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
L – left channel only R – right channel only
= - 12 string guitar part
Tuning D G C F A D
Intro A1 (0:00)
|-------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---|
|---4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-----|
|-2---4---4-----4-2---4---4-----4-1---4---4-----4-1---4---4-----4-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| gtr 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---|
|---4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-----|
|-2---4---4-----4-2---4---4-----2-1---4---4-----4-1---4---4-----1-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| gtr 2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro A2 (0:09)
|---0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
|-------6-----6---------6-----6---------6-----6---------6-----6---|
|-3---5---5-----5-3---5---5-----5-2---5---5-----5-2---5---5-----5-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| gtr 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
|-------6-----6---------6-----6---------6-----6---------6-----6---|
|-3---5---5-----5-3---5---5-----3-2---5---5-----5-2---5---5-----2-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| gtr 2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5---3-----------------------------------|
|-/5------------------------------6-5---------6h8-5---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| gtr 3
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro A3 (0:18) play twice – bracketed note indicated second time only
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4---6---4-6-----4---6---4-6-----4---6---4-6-----4---6---4-6---|
|-----5---5-----5-----5---5-----5-2---5---5-----5-2---5---5-----5-|
|-6---------------6-----------------------------------------------| gtr 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4---6---4-6-----4---6---4-6-----4---6---4-6-----4---6---4-6---|
|-----5---5-----5-----5---5-----5-2---5---5-----5-2---5---5-----5-|
|-6---------------6-----------------------------------------------| gtr 2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/v/vader/choices_tab.html ]
|-------------------------------3-------------------------------3-|
|-(4)---------------------4---6---4-----------------------4---6---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| gtr 3
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro A2 x 2 (0:36)
Intro A3 x 1/2 (0:54)
Intro (1:21)
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|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-10-----1010--------10-----1010--------------|
|-8------8-8--2------8------8-8--2-----2---5--|
|----0-0------0---------0-0------0-----2---5--|
. . . .
Riff 1a (1:28)
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------2"--------------------------------|
|-0"--3"-5"----3"--5"-6"-2"--3"-5"--1"-3"-0"--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 1b (1:34)
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------2"----------------------5--3--|
|-0"--3"-5"----3"--5"-6"-2"--3"-5"--3--1--|
. . . . . . . . . .
Riff 2a (1:39)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-------------------9---9/10---9/10--|
|-------------------7---7/8----7/8---|
|-000-0-0-000-0-0-00--00-----0-------|
... . . ... . . .. .. .
Riff 2b (1:41)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-------------------9---9/10---7/10--|
|-------------------7---7/8----5/8---|
|-000-0-0-000-0-0-00--00-----0-------|
... . . ... . . .. .. .
Riff 2a x 1 (1:44)
Fill 1a (1:47)
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------| gtr 1
|-2---8-----7---8---|
|-0---6-----5---6---|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-----5-----4---5---|
|-------------------| gtr 2
|-2-----------------|
|-0-----------------|
Riff 2a x 1 (1:50)
Riff 2b x 1 (1:53)
Riff 2a x 1 (1:56)
Fill 1b (1:59)
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------| gtr 1
|-2---8-----7---6---|
|-0---6-----5---4---|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-----5-----4---3---|
|-------------------| gtr 2
|-2-----------------|
|-0-----------------|
Riff 3 (2:01) play twice
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|---------6-6-5--4--5--|
|---------4-4-3--2--3--|
|-3"----3--------------|
. .
Riff 1a x 2 (2:07)
Riff 2a x 1 (2:18)
Riff 2b x 1 (2:21)
Riff 2a x 1 (2:24)
Fill 1b x 1 (2:27)
Riff 3 x 1 (2:30)
Riff 2a x 1 (2:35)
Riff 2b x 1 (2:38)
Riff 2a x 1 (2:24)
Riff 4 (2:41)
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-2-------------2------------|
|-0-------------0------------|
Solo begins (2:52)
Riff 5 (2:52) play 4 times
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|---------5-5-4--3--4--|
|---------3-3-2--1--2--|
|-2"----2--------------|
. .
Riff 3 x 2 (3:03)
Fill 2 (3:15)
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-5---3---|
|-3---1---|
Riff 2a x 1 (3:16)
Riff 2b x 1 (3:19)
Riff 2a x 1 (3:22)
Fill 1a x 1 (3:25)
Riff 2a x 1 (3:27)
Riff 2b x 1 (3:30)
Riff 2a x 1 (3:33)
Fill 3 (3:36)
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-2---8---7---8---7--5--|
|-0---6---5---6---5--3--|
Riff 2a x 1 (3:39)
Riff 2b x 1 (3:42)
Riff 2a x 6 (3:44)
End (4:02)
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|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-2---8---7---8---2--|
|-0---6---5---6---0--|
