 At The Gates - "Suicide Nation" Guitar Tab
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AT THE GATES - SUICIDE NATION
From the Album SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL
Copyright 1995 EARACHE RECORDS
Version 2.0 - JULY 1997
Corrected by : Anders Bjorler / AT THE GATES July 2000
Corrections, Added Riffs, Solo by: Richard Broadhead
First Transcription By: Scott King
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
ph - pinch harmonic f - full bend h - half bend
* - see comment r - release t - tap bend
X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend
@ - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
Tuning: B(every string down 2.5 steps)
Riff 1 (guitar 1 begins alone and plays 1 time)
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|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------2------------------5~---------------|
|-0-00000-0000-6-6-3-5~--0-2h3p2-0-00000-0000-6-6-3-----0-6-5-3------|
. ..... .... . . ..... .... .
Play Riff 1 a total of 3 times (both)
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|-2--------|
|-0--------|ring out
Riff 2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------12---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------9-10------------------------------------------|
|--------------------7h9h10----------------------------------------7h9h10-------222222-|
|-0-000-0-000-0-000---------8-888-8-888-8-8--8---0-000-0-000-0-000--------333333-------|
. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . . ... . ... . ...
Play Riff 2 a total of two times (guitar 1 continues with riff 2 alone (1 time))
Play Riff 2 again 1 time (both)
Riff 3 (both guitars same distance between the twin muted notes all the way)
(I had to write it down different to save space, the rythm visually
corresponds mostly to guitar 2)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR I
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10--9--10--9--12--10--12--10--10--9--10--9--12--10--12--10---6h7h9--|
|---70-70--70-70--80--80- 80--80--70-70--70-70--80--80--80--80--------|
| .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. |
|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------| GTR II
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-7--5--7--5--9--7--9--7--7--5--7--5--9--7--9---6h7h9--|
|--00-00-00-00-88-88-88-88-00-00-00-00-88-88-88--------|
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Play Riff 2 Two Times
Chorus (Riff 4 - play 2 times) 1. between 1&2 (skip the 1:st bar of the org. riff)
|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|---------------10-10-10-------------------5---7---8~---|---------------| guitar 1
|-2---4-52-2-----------------2---4-52-2-----------------|-222222222-2---|
|-0--h2h30-0---0-8--8--8-----0--h2h30-0---03---5~--6~---|-000000000-0---|
| . . . .........
|
|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|----9-12-11--------------------------------------------|---------------|
|---------------10~-9~-7~------------------5~--7~--8~---|---------------| guitar 2
|-2--7-10-9------------------2-7-10-9h10p9--------------|-222222222-2---|
|-0------------7-8~-7~-5~----0------------73~--5~--6~---|-000000000-0---|
. . .........
Play Riff 3 Two Times
verse variation (var. of Riff 2)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------7h9h10-------------------------------------------7h9h10-------222222-|
|-0-000-0-000-0-000---------8-888-8-888-8-888-8-888-0-000-0-000-0-000--------333333-------|
. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ...
chorus (Riff 4) play 2 times
(- but with a different overlap in between the two times:)
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|--222-222-222-2-|
|--000-000-000-0-|
... ... ... .
Play Riff 1 Two Times
Riff 6 Play Eight Times
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-----------7h9-------|
|-5h7--7h8--------8~--|
|----0----0----0------|
. . .
Play Riff 3 Two Times (solo comes in after 3/4)
soloriff
end 1. 2.
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|------4-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|-4----------|
|--------------------7h9h10--------------------------------------------------|-555555666666-|------2-----|
|-0-000-0-000-0-000---------8-888-8-888-8-888-8-888-3-333-3-333-3-333-3-333--|--------------|-2----------|
. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... ............
Play Riff 2 (begins with one guitar) two times
Play Riff 4 (chorus) like the first time
Play Riff 1 Two Times
Play Riff 6 Eight Times
end with this the eight time:
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------7h9---3--2--|
|-5h7--7h8--------3--2--|
|----0----0----0--1--0--|
. . .
Solo
|---------------------------------7-8-10-8~---7"--5"--7~---7\-----------|
|-12------------------------------------------------------------7bhr~---|
|----12-9----------------------9~---------------------------------------|
|---------9------9~-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------10-7-----9bhr~----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat 3 times
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||-8-5-0--13-10-0--12-8-0--10-7-0---------||--8-5-0--13-10-0---4-5-7--7-8-10--|
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