At The Gates - "Terminal Spirit Disease" Guitar Tab
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AT THE GATES "TERMINAL SPIRIT DISEASE"
FROM THE ALBUM "TERMINAL SPIRIT DISEASE" 1994 PEACEVILLE RECORDS
TRANSCRIBED BY : ANDERS BJORLER / AT THE GATES
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
* - see comment
t - triplets
TUNING: B (every string down 2.5 steps)
RIFF 1 (intro) play two times
GUITAR 1
|------------|-----------|-----------|------------------
|------------|-----------|-----------|------------------
|-9-9-9-9-9-9|9-9-9-9-9-9|9-9-9-9-9-9|10-10-10-11-11-11-
|------------|-----------|-----------|------------------
|-7-7-7-7-7-7|7-7-7-7-7-7|7-7-7-7-7-7|-8--8--8--9--9--9-
|------------|-----------|-----------|------------------
|
|
|GUITAR 2
|------------|-----------|-----------|------------------
|------------|-----------|-----------|------------------
|-9-9-9-9-9-9|7-7-7-7-7-7|5-5-5-5-5-5|-5--5--5--5--5--5-
|------------|-----------|-----------|------------------
|-7-7-7-7-7-7|5-5-5-5-5-5|3-3-3-3-3-3|-3--3--3--3--3--3-
|------------|-----------|-----------|------------------
|
|
|GUITAR 1 cont.
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5|5-5-5-5-5-5|5-5-5-5-5-5|5-5-5-5-5-5------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3|3-3-3-3-3-3|3-3-3-3-3-3|3-3-3-3-3-3------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|
|
|
|GUITAR 2 cont.
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5|4-4-4-4-4-4|-----------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------|7-7-7-7-7-7|7-7-7-7-7-7------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3|2-2-2-2-2-2|-----------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------|5-5-5-5-5-5|5-5-5-5-5-5------|
end riff 1
RIFF 2a - Play two times
GUITAR 1
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------222222--------333333--------222222--------222-----|
|-00-023--------00-023--------00-023--------00-023----3-2--|
| .. .. .. .. . .
|
|GUITAR 2
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------555555--------777889--------555555--------222-----|
|-00-023--------00-023--------00-023--------00-023----3-2--| end riff 2a
.. .. .. .. . .
VERSE (RIFF 3)
BOTH GUITARS
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------8\7--7~-----8\7--7~----8\7--7~----8\7--5~-|
|-22----22----22----22-------------------------------------------------|
|-00----00----00----00---\33----3----33-----3----33----3----33----3----|
.. . .. . .. . .. .
cont.both guitars
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----5\4--4~---5\4--4~---5\4--4~---5\4--2~---8\7--7~----8\7--7~---8\7--7~---8\7--5~-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-00----0---00----0---00----0---00----0----33---3----33----3---33----3---33---------|
end of verse
.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..
CHORUS (RIFF 4) play 2 times
GUITAR 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------10t-9t-8~----------------------------------------7\9~--|
|-77-10\9-99--77-10\9-99--77-10\9-99-----------77-10\9-99--77-10\9-99--77-10\9-99-10\9------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|
|GUITAR 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9--------------------7--5--------------------9--------------------7--5--------------------|
|-9--------------------7--5--------------------9--------------------7--5-----------5--------|
|-7--------------------5--3--------------------7--------------------5--3-----------5--------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------3--------|
end of chorus
RIFF 2b one WHOLE time
(= similar to 2a but different)
GUITAR 1
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------222222--------333333--------222222--------222-----|
|-00-023--------00-023--------00-023--------00-023----3-2--|
| .. .. .. .. . .
|
|GUITAR 2
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------555555--------777889--------555555--------222-----|
|-00-023--------00-023--------00-023--------00-023----3-2--|
.. .. .. .. . .
cont. GUITAR 1
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------222222--------333333--------222222--------222-----|
|-00-023--------00-023--------00-023--------00-023----3-2--|
| .. .. .. .. . .
|
|cont.GUITAR 2
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------222222--------777889--------222222--------222-----|
|-00-023--------00-023--------00-023--------00-023----3-2--| end riff 2b
.. .. .. .. . .
RIFF 1 two times
VERSE as above
CHORUS as above 2 times
RIFF 2b one time
RIFF 1 two times
HEAVY MIDDLE RIFF (play two times, but start an octave up on the "B's" 2:nd
time)
BOTH GUITARS
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------2-------------------------5-------7-5-|
|--00--7\6-6-6~-6\5-5-5~-5\3-3-3---2---0-0--7\6-6-6~-6-7-6---6-5-3~----|
. . . .
melodic part
guitar 1
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------9~-------------------------9~----------------|
|---10-9-10------10-9-10-10----10-9-10------10-9-10~-----|
|-0------------0-------------0------------0--------------|
| . . . .
|
|guitar 2
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|----7-5-7--7-----7-5-7--7------7-5-7--7------7-5-7~-----|
|-0------------0-------------0------------0--------------|
| . . . .
|
|
| cont. guitar 1
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------7--------------------------7-----------------|
|-5--8-7-8-----5--8-7-8--8---5--8-7-8-----5---8-7-8~-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
| cont. guitar 2
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|----5-3-5--5-----5-3-5--5------5-3-5--5------5-3-5~-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-3------------3-------------3------------3--------------| end melodic part.
1:ST SOLORIFF (SAME AS MELODIC PART)
2:ND SOLORIFF
BOTH GUITARS
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------55----55----55----55--|
|-22----22----22----22----55----55----55----55--|
|-00----00----00----00----33----33----33----33--|
alt.VERSE (RIFF 3)
BOTH GUITARS
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----5\4--4~---5\4--4~---5\4--4~---5\4--2~----8\7--7~-----8\7--7~----8\7--7~---8\7--5~-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-00----0---00----0---00----0---00----0---\33----3----33-----3---33-----3---33----3----|
.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. .
.. .
cont.both guitars
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----5\4--4~---5\4--4~---5\4--4~---5\4--2~---8\7--7~----8\7--7~---8\7--7~---8\7--5~-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-00----0---00----0---00----0---00----0----33---3----33----3---33----3---33---------|
end of alt.verse
.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..
ring out with:
guitar 1
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-7---------|
|-----------|
guitar 2
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-10--------|
|-----------| while bass is playing HEAVY MIDDLE RIFF
play HEAVY MIDDLE RIFF three times.
Last time Guitar 1 is playing one octave higher.
end with:
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-9--7--9\--|
|-7--5--7\--|
|-----------|
SOLO:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------18~---|
|-----------------10-12-13-15~---13-12-13-12------------15-----------15-------|
|-9-------9-11-12----------------------------14-12~---------15-14-15----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
cont. 24
|----------19-20-22-22b-----22-20-19--------------------------19-20-22-----------|
|-19-20-22---------------------------22-20-19-20~----19-20-22----------19-20-19~-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
cont.
|-------------------------------|
|-17\15~---15-0-12-0-10-0-12~---|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------| solo ends here
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