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Band:  Opera IX
Album: Sacro Culto
Song:  The Oak
Version 1.0 - 28-10-05
Transcribed By: Tjaial
Email:          Tjaial@aol.com


.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        <> - Trill

Tuning E A D G B E

listen to the song for timing

intro (00:00)
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-4-8-7-6-5--4-8-7-6-5--|
|-2-6-5-4-3--2-6-5-4-3--|

Riff 1 (00:00)
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-------3"--------|
|-2"-1"----4"-3"--|

Riff1.1 (00:13)
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-------3"--------|
|-2"-1"----4"-3"--|
  .  .  .  .  .

fill 1 (00:35)  Riff 2 (00:36)
|----------|   |-----------------------------------------|
|----------|   |-----------------------------------------|
|----------|   |-----------------------------------------|
|----------|   |---------------7-6------------------7-6--|
|-5/10\----|   |-2-22-5\4-5-22-5-4-6--2-22-5\4-5-22-5-4--|
|-3/8\-----|   |-0-00-3\2-3-00-----4--0-00-3\2-3-00------|
                 . ..       ..        . ..       ..

Riff 3 (01:38)
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|-3"-4"-3"-6"--|

Riff 4 (02:12)                    Riff 4.1 (02:23)
|------------------------------|  |-----------------|
|------------------------------|  |-----------------|
|------------------------------|  |-----------------|
|------------------------------|  |-----------------|
|----4"--------------4"-5-6-8--|  |----4"-----------|
|-3"----3"-4"-6"--3"----3-4-6--|  |-3"----3"-4"-6"--|
                        . .               .  .  .

Riff 3   (02:35)
Riff 4   (02:58)
Riff 4.1 (03:09)
Riff 3   (03:20) Palm mute this time

Riff 5 (03:43)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--------------6---------------|
|-6--7-9-6-6-----6-6-6-6--7-9--|
|-4--5-7-4---4-----4-4-4--5-7--|
           . .     . .

Riff 6 (04:00)
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-4"-5"-7"-7"-5"-4"-2"-4"-5"-4"---4"-5"-7"-7"-5"-4"-5"-7"--|

Riff 6.1 (04:12)
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-4"-5"-7"-7"-5"-4"-2"-4"-5"-4"---4"-5"-7"-7"-5"-4"-5"-7"--|
  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .

Riff 6   (04:23)
Riff 6.1 (04:35)

Riff 7 (04:49)
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|----------------------7-6--|
|-6------6------6------5-4--|
|-4-4444-4-4444-4-4444------|
    ....   ....   ....
				Alternate between
Riff 7.1 (04:59)                Riffs 7 and 7.1
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|----------------------9-8--|
|-6------6------6------7-6--|
|-4-4444-4-4444-4-4444------|
    ....   ....   ....

Fill 2 (05:09)
|--------------------------------------|
|-12--11--12-14--12-14-12-11-12-11\-9--|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

Fill 2.1 (05:21)
|--------------------------------------------|
|-12--11-11--11-12-14--12-14-12-11-12-11-9\--|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

Riff 8 (05:34)
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2....-and so on---------------|
  . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fill 3 (05:36)  Fill 3.1 (05:38)        do fills 3 and 3.1
|--------|     |--------------|         during Riff 8 a couple
|--------|     |--------------|         of times
|--------|     |--------------|
|--------|     |----5-4-------|
|-/7-7\--|     |-/7-----7-7\--|
|--------|     |--------------|

Fill 2.2 (05:48)
|-----------------------------------|
|-12--11--11-12-14--12-14-12--11-9--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

Riff 9 (06:01)
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|----------4--|
|-2--4--5--2--|
|-0--2--3-----|

Riff 10 (06:36)
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-22-55-44-77-5--22-55-44-00-2--|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

Riff 8 with fills 3 and 3.1 again (07:01)

Riff 11 (07:27)
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------| i think that variations of
|-4-3-4-6-7--6-7-6-4--------| Riff 11 are played but
|-2-1-2-4-5--4-5-4-2--5--4--| its sort of this all the
|---------------------3--2--| way through.
|---------------------------|

solo (08:18)
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-4-5-4--4-5-7-7-5--4-5-4-2-------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-1245457579--10-12-10-9-10-9\--------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
				    slightly tremolo
|-----3-2--0-2-3-2-3-5-6-5-3--32020*---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------455--5-7-8-8-7-8-7h8p7h8p7h8p7h8--|
|---4----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-12--11--12-14--12-12-12-11-11-11-12-12-15--14-14-14--12-14--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

|-15-14-12-10-9-7-7--12-14-17--15-15-15-14-14-14-15-17--|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

|-17"15"14"15"17"15"14"15"17"15"14"15"17"15"14"15"17"15"14"15"17"--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-19--19--19--19-19-19--19\18-18-18/19-19-19\18-18-18/19-19-19\--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 9 (09:09)

end with (10:26)
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|-----2--|
|-2-2-2--|
|-0-0-0--|
  . .

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