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Band:  Opera IX
Album: Sacro Culto
Song:  My Devotion
Version 1.0 -   23-11-05
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 (00:37)
|---7----------------7-------5-7-7---7---------------7-------5-7-7--|
|-----8-7-8-7-5-5------8-7-8-----------8-7-8-7-5-5-----8-7-8--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---------------0----------------0---------------0----------------|

|---7-----------------------7-----------------------|
|-----8-5-6-5-3-5-6-5-3-5-----8-5-6-5-5-8-6h8p6*-5--|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------0-------------------------|

|---7-----------------------7-----------------------|
|-----8-5-6-5-3-5-6-5-3-5-----8-5-6-5-5-8-6h8p6*-5--|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------0-------------------------|

Fill 1 (01:23) continues through the rest of the intro
|-0--|
|-0--|
|-0--|
|-2--|
|-2--|
|-0--|

|-0-3-2-------7-6-6--0-3-2-------7-6-6--|
|-------/3-5---------------/3-5---------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


|-0-3-2-------0-3-2--------7h8-7-6-6--|
|-------/3-5--------/3-5-5------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|x2
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

distortion starts here
Riff 1 (02:16)  I think something like this happens during riff 1 twice
|-------------| |--------------------------|
|-------------| |-------------------3-4-6--|
|-------------| |-------------2-3-5--------|
|----------4--| |-------2-3-5--------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2--| |-2-3-5--------------------|
|-0--0-0-0----| |--------------------------|
     . . .

Riff 2 (02:51)
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|---4/5-5/7----|
|-2-2/3-3/5-8--|
|-0---------6--|

Riff 2.1 (03:44)
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2/3-3/5----------------2-2/3-3/5----6-6/8-8-9-8---|
|-0---------6~-6-5~-6-5~---0---------6~---------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2/3-3/5----------------2-2/3-3/6----6-6-6/8-8-9\--|
|-0---------6~-6-5~-6-5~---0---------6~---------------|

Riff 3 (04:20)
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------ph--|
|-----------1-0--------------------1-0---3~--|
|-0-2-3-0-0-----2-3-2-0--0-2-3-0-0-----2-----|
  . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . .

Fill 2 (04:41)
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------5555555444444--|
|-222222222555555555222222222---------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

Riff 4 (05:31)
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0...--|
  . . . . . . . . . . .

Fill 3 (05:31)
|-7-------ph-------------7-----------------------|
|---8-5-6-5-3-5-6-5-3-5----8-5-6-5-5-8-6h8p6*-5--|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

|-7-------------------ph-7-----------------------|
|---8-5-6-5-3-5-6-5-3-5----8-5-6-5-5-8-6h8p6*-5--|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

Riff 5 (05:51)
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-------4-4/8-8--9--8--|
|-2-2-2-2-2/6-6--7--6--|
|-0-0-0----------------|
  . . .

Riff 5.1 (06:04)
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-44444444888888889999999988888888--|
|-22222222666666667777777766666666--|
|-----------------------------------|

Riff 6 (06:53)
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-4--8--9-----------------|
|-2--6--7--6666666666666--|
|-------------------------|
           .............

Riff 7 (07:42)
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------2-4-5-4-----------2-4-5-4-7-5-7-5-4--|
|-2-4-5---------2-2-2-4-5--------------------|x2
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
                . .

Riff 8 (07:57)
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------4-2-4-5-----|
|-----5-4-2------------5-4-2----------------4~--|x2
|-2-2--------------2-2--------------------------|
|-0---------000000-0---------000000-------------|
            ......           ......

Riff 9 (08:11)
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------2-4-5-4-2----------------2-4-5-7-5-4--|
|-----2-4-5-----------5-4------2-4-5--------------|
|---2------------------------2--------------------|
|-0------------------------0----------------------|
  . . . . .                . . . . .

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-----------2-4-5-4-2------------|
|-----2-4-5-----------5-4---4-2--|reapet whole
|---2---------------------5------|riff again
|-0------------------------------|
  . . . . .

Riff 8 (08:30)

Riff 9 (08:52)
|----|----|----|----| listen to the song for this bit
|----|----|----|----| and figure out for yourself when
|----|-9--|----|----| to play and palm mute these notes
|-9--|-7--|-7--|-9--|
|-7--|----|-5--|-7--|
|----|----|----|----|

Acoustic sounding bit 1 (09:46)
|---------------------7-5-7-5-3---------------------------------7-5-7-5-3--|
|-5-8-7-3-5--8-7-3-5-------------3-8-7-3-5---5-8-7-3-5--8-7-3-5------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 10 (10:16)
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|-9-9----------|
|-7-7----10-9--|
|-----8--------|

Acoustic sounding bit 2 (10:37)
|-3-7-5-7-8-10--8--7-5-3-7--5-7-8-7-8-10--8-7-8-7-5-7---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------8--7-8-10-8-7-8-7-5-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-2-3--3-2-3-5-3-5-7--8-7-7--5-7-8-7-8-----------------------2-3-5-3-5-7--|
|--------------------------------------8-7-8-5--3-5-7-5-7-8---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-8-7-5-7-3-2-3--2-3-2-0--|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|

Riff 11 (11:40)
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|-9-9-8-9-9-9--|
|-7-7---7-7-7--|
|--------------|
        . . .

Riff 10 (12:09)

Acoustic sounding bit 3 (12:09)
|-0--2-3-5-3-2-3--2-3-2--0-2-3-2-3-7--5-7-8-7-5--7-5-7--5-7-8-7-8-10--8-7-8-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-7-5-3-5-3-2--3-2-0-2-3-2-3--2-3-0--|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|


Riff 12 (13:33)
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-9-9----------9-9-8---|
|-7-7-6-6-6-6--7-7-10--|
|-----8-8-8-8----------|
        . . .

Riff 13 (14:16)
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-9"-8"-4"--|
|-7"-6"-6"--|
|-----------|

End with
|----|
|----|
|----|
|-9--|
|-7--|
|----|

*= Tremolo this

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