The Absence - "Intro" Guitar Tab
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Artist: The Absence
Album: From Your Grave
Song: Intro
Transcribed by:Alvaro Ramirez
Email me for any comments or corrections:lazyguitarist@gmail.com
Tune guitars to C standard
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. - palm mute / - slide up to ah - Artificial harmonics
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato __ - Tremolo pick
h - hammer on b - Bend \
p - pull off Suffixes for bend \
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend \ - Dive with bar
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend /
x - Staccato ~ - vibrato bend / - Raise with bar
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note /
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Intro - Some cool effect.
0:09
Riff 1 Both guitars
|----------------------------|------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|------|---------------------------|
|----------5-4-------4-5-----|-..2x-|----------5-4-------4-5----|
|------6-7-----7-6-5-----7~--|------|------6-7-----7-6-5-----7~-|
|-0--------------------------|------|-8-------------------------|
0:21
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|----------5-4-------|--------5-4-------|
|------6-7-----7-6-5-|----6-7-----7-6-5-|
|-5------------------|-7----------------|
0:25
Riff 2 guitar one
|-------------------------------|------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------|------------------------------|
|-----------5-4--------4-5------|-..2x-|-----------5-4--------4-5-----|
|------6-7------7--6-5-----7~---|------|------6-7------7--6-5-----7~--|
|-0-----------------------------|------|-8----------------------------|
|
| guitar two
|------------------------------|-------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------|------------------------------|
|-----------9-7--------7-9-----|-..2x--|-----------9-7--------7-9-----|
|------9-10-----10-9-7-----10~-|-------|------9-10-----10-9-7-----10~-|
|-0----------------------------|-------|-8----------------------------|
0:38
guitar one
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------5-4--------|---------5-4--------|
|------6-7------7--6-5-|----6-7------7--6-5-|
|-5--------------------|-7------------------|
|
| guitar two
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------9-7--------|---------9-7--------|
|-0----9-10-----10-9-7-|----9-10-----10-9-7-|
|----------------------|-7------------------|
Repeat riff 2 many times
0:43
Solo
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-/9~~-----9-11-12-11~~---11-12-14-15bh-14~---16-16/17-16~--14~~--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
1:00
Solo 2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-/9~~-----9-11-12-11~~---11-12-14-15bh-14~---16-16/17-16~--14~~--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|
|/12~~----12-14-15-14~~---14-15-17-18bh-17----19-19/20-19~--17~~--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat solo 2 many times
1:16
Solo 3 Left channel
|-24-19-22-17-20-15-17-15------------24-19-22-17-20-15-17-15-----------|
|-------------------------17-15-15~~-------------------------17-15-17~-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Right channel
|-------------24-19-22-17-20-15------------------24-19-22-17-20-15-----|
|------------------------------/15~~-------------------------------17~-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat Solo 3 many times
1:31
Ending
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-0---------------------|
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| (harmonized)
|-24~-------------------|
|-17--------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
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