At The Gates - "The Swarm" Guitar Tab

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#Unless specified otherwise, this is NOT an official tab from the band members.#
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				AT THE GATES "THE SWARM"
			FROM THE ALBUM "TERMINAL SPIRIT DISEASE" 1994
				PEACEVILLE RECORDS


TRANSCRIBED BY : ANDERS BJORLER / AT THE GATES July 2000
NOTES : Well, i'm not too familiar writing tabs, but I'll give it a shot.
	There are no exact bars that measure time, but my advice is:
	Listen to the song and try to figure it out with the help from these tabs.
	If you have any q's, please e-mail them to me (dahaunted@hotmail.com)


.  - palm mute
~  - vibrato
\  - slide to
h  - hammer on
b  - bend
p  - pull off
*  - see comment



TUNING: B (every string down 2.5 steps)




RIFF 1 (intro) play four times

/// Well, the intro riff starts off with violin on the album,
but we never played it live, so i would
suggest you play the intro riff 4 times instead.
There are 4 guitars on this part.
Guitar 1,2 and 3 play all four times,
Guitar 4 just plays 3:rd and 4:th time.
If you're planning to do this song live, let the bass play what guitar 3 is
doing.
Then play guitar 1+2 the first two times, then change to guitar 1+4 the last
two ///




  GUITAR 1                                                            after 4:th ring out with:
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------|
|------------5555|------------5555|5555--------5555|--------7777----||-------------------------|
|999977779999----|999977779999----|----77779999----|99997777----7777||7~-----------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------|
|
|
| GUITAR 2                                                            after 4:th ring out with:
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------|
|----------------|----------------|6666666666666666|----------------||-------------------------|
|9999999999999999|9999999999999999|----------------|7777777777777777||5~-----------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------|
|
|
| GUITAR 3                                                            after 4:th ring out with:
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------|
|7777777777777777|5555555555555555|3333333333333333|5555555555555555||7------------------------|
|7777777777777777|5555555555555555|3333333333333333|5555555555555555||7------------------------|
|5555555555555555|3333333333333333|1111111111111111|3333333333333333||5------------------------|
|
|
| GUITAR 4 (Comes in after 2 times)                                   after 4:th ring out with:
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------|
|----------------|----------------|66665555--------|66665555--------||-------------------------|
|4444555577779999|4444555577779999|--------77775555|--------7777575~||5~-----------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------| end of riff 1



RIFF 2 (VERSE) 4 times.

GUITAR 1 all four times / GUITAR 2 two first times
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------*---------------*-|
|7--5--7--8--7--5--7--45-8--5--7--8---5555-----------5\333-|
|-00-00-00-00-00-00-00--0-66-66-66-66-3333-----------3\111-|
| .. .. .. .. .. .. ..  . .. .. .. ..  .. * ring out    .
|
| GUITAR 2 (3:rd and 4:th time)
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|555555555333000000000000888888888888----*---------------*-|
|-------------------------------------5555-----------5\333-|
|------------------------666666666666-3333-----------3\111-| end of riff 2
                                       .. * ring out    .


RIFF 3 (chorus) 3 TIMES

first time:

BOTH GUITARS
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*--|
|-10----10h12p10-9---9---10----10h12p10-9---9---9---9h10p9-7-----7~-------7~---7h9p7h-9~-|
|---0-0-----------0-0-0-0--0-0-----------0-0-0-0-0-0----------0-0--0-0----------------7--|
    . .           . . . .  . .           . . . . . .          . .  . .

2:nd and third time:

GUITAR 1
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*--|
|-10----10h12p10-9---9---10----10h12p10-9---9-----9~--9h10p9-7---7~-------7~---7h9p7h-9~-|
|---0-0-----------0-0-0-0--0-0-----------0-0-0-0--------------0-0--0-0-------------------|
|   . .           . . . .  . .           . . . .              . .  . .
|
| GUITAR 2
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4--|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-2--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| end of riff 3
    										     * ring out



RIFF 4 (post chorus) 2 times

BOTH GUITARS
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------*----------------------*--|
|-9-10----12----12-12-12----9-10----7----7-7-7--|
|-7--7----10----10-10-10----7-------5----5-5-5--|
|-0----00-8-----8--8--8--00------00-7----7-7-7--|
|      ..                ..      ..   * ring out
|
|
| cont.
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------*---------------------------|
|-9-10----12----12-12-12----9-10------------------|
|-7--7----10----10-10-10----7-------7----9h10-9\7-|
|-0----00-8-----8--8--8--00------00-8************-| end of riff 4
       ..                ..      ..   * ring out


Play Riff 2 twice (only the 2 last times)
Play Riff 3 three times
Play Riff 4 two times


RIFF 5 (SOLORIFF) four times (solo comes in after two)

GUITAR 1
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------9---------------9----------------------------------|
|-----9-10-12---------9-10-12---------12-10-9---------10-9-7~----|
|-0---------------3---------------8---------------7--------------|
|
|
| GUITAR 2
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|




SOLO
                                                     15
|---------------------------------|------12-15*----14--14*-------|
|------------12-10----------------|----12------------------------|
|--------9-12------12-11-9-8------|9-12--------------------------|
|------9---------------------10-9~|------------------------------|
|-7-10----------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
						     * ring out
cont.
|---------------12----------------|------------------------------||--------|
|------------12-------------------|------------------------------||--------|
|--------9-12------11-------------|------------------------------||--------|
|------9--------------10~*--------|10---10-12-10-9~-75-4~--------||-999-9\-|
|-7-10--------------------------10|------------------------------||-777-7\-|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------||--------| solo ends here



Play Riff 3 three times (But with pauses (same chords as guitar 2 above -
figure it out !!!)


+ end with this added to the chorus:

GUITAR 1
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------11-11-11---11\*--------|
|-10----10h12h10-9---9-----10-10-10---10\*--------|
|---0-0-----------0-0-0-0-------------------------|
|   . .           . . . .
|
| GUITAR 2
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------9--9--9----9\*--------|
|---------------------------7--7--7----7\*--------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
					 * slide all the way down the neck

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