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Band:  Opera IX
Album: Sacro Culto
Song:  Under The Sign Of The Red Dragon
Version 1.0 -   02-11-05
Transcribed By: Tjaial
Email:          Tjaial@aol.com
Copyright (c)   Shiver Records

.  - 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 (00:16)
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------4-5-4-7-5h7-5-4--|
|-222-2-2/4-4-4/5-5-7-5-4-5-4-2-2--0-2-4-2--2------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------4-5-4-2-0h2-0----|
|-2-2/4-4-4/5-5-7-5-4-5-4-2-2--0-2-4-2--2---------------4--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-2-4-0-2-4-2-2/--|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|

Riff 1 (01:04)
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-2-222-2--2-222-3--|
|-0-000-0--0-000-1--|
  . ... .  . ...

Riff 1.1 (01:20)                Fill 1 (01:35)
|-----------------------------| |--------|
|-----------------------------| |--------|
|-----------------------------| |--------|
|-----------------------------| |--------|
|-2-2222-3-2222-2-2222-3-6-5--| |-3-2-3--|
|-0-0000-1-0000-0-0000-1-4-3--| |-1-0-1--|
    ....   ....   ....

Riff 2 (02:03)
cant make out that riff

Riff 3 (02:29)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------5-6-5-5-6-5-5/15\--|
|---4h5-4--2-4-5-4-5-7-5-4-5-4----4-5-4-2--2-4--------------------|
|-2-----------------------------2---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff1.1 (02:42)

Riff 4 (02:55)
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|----------2"----1"-----------------|
|-0"-2"-3"----3"----2"-0"-1"-0"-1"--|
  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .

Riff 4.1 (03:08)
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|----------4"----3"-----------------|
|-2"-4"-5"----5"----4"-2"-3"-2"-----|
|-------------------------------3"--|
|-----------------------------------|

Riff 4   (03:34)
Riff 4.1 (03:57)

Riff 4.2 (04:10)
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-9\---------------------5-4-2------------|
|----2-4-5-4--2-4-5-4--2-------5-4-2-4h5--|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
                       .
|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------ph--|
|---------------------5-4-2-4-5-7---|
|-2-4-5-4--2-4-5-4--2---------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
                    .
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------5-4-2------------|
|-2-4-5-4--2-4-5-4--2-------5-4-2-4h5--|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
                    .
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|---------------------5-4-2-4-5-4----|
|-2-4-5-4--2-4-5-4--2----------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
                    .

Riff 5 (04:24)
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-2--------------------|
|---2-3-0-2-3-2-0------|
|-----------------3-2--|

Fill 2 (04:47)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2/4-4/5-5-4-2-2h4-4-4--2-4-5-4-4/5-5/7-9-9/10-9-7h9-5h7-4h5-4p2--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Fill 3 (05:17)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---5-4-2------------------------------------5-4-2------------------------|
|-2-------5-4-2-4-5-4-4-2-4-5-5-4-4-4-5-5--2-------5-4-2-4-5-4-5/7-7-5\4--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|-4-5-4-4-2-4--|
|--------------|
|--------------|

Fill 3(05:47)
|-7h8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7-3-2-3/5-5-3h5p3-2-2-2h3-2p0-0h2-2h3p2h3p2h3p2--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------|
|-5/7-7/8-10-8-7-8-7-7-4-5-5--|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

end Riff 5 with (06:19)
|----|
|----|
|----|
|----|
|-2--|
|-0--|

Riff 6 (06:29)
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-4"-5"-4"-2"-4"-5"-4--|
|-2"-3"-2"-0"-2"-3"-2--|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|

Riff 6.1 (06:33)
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-4"-5"-4"-2"-4"-5"--4"-5"-8"-5"-4"-5"--|
|-2"-3"-2"-0"-2"-3"--2"-3"-6"-3"-2"-3"--|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

Riff 6.2 (06:56)
|--------------|
|--------------|
|-4"-3"-4"-7"--|
|-2"-1"-2"-5"--|
|--------------|
|--------------|

Riff 7 (07:18)
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-2"-3"-6"-3"-5"-3"--|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|

Riff 6   (07:41)
Riff 6.1 (07:45)
Riff 6.2 (08:07)
Riff 7   (08:29)

Riff 8 (08:51)
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|---------------5-4-2----|
|-2-2--2-2--2-2-3-2-0-5--|
|-0-0--0-0--0-0-------3--|
  . .  . .  . .

Riff 8.1 (09:00)
|------------------|   |-----------------------| |------|
|------------------|   |-----------------------| |------|
|--------------5"--|   |-5"-4"-2"--------------| |------|
|-----2"-4"-5"-----|x3 |----------5"-4"-5"-4"--| |------|
|-222--------------|   |-----------------------| |-2-2--|
|-000--------------|   |-----------------------| |-0-0--|
  ...                                              .

(09:53) play around with Em for the rest of the song

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