At The Gates - "Forever Blind" Guitar Tab
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AT THE GATES - FOREVER BLIND
From the Album "TERMINAL SPIRIT DISEASE"
1994 Peaceville Records
Made 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 / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
ph - pinch harmonic
* - see comment
X - percussion mute
@ - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - 4 strokes on one note
TUNING: B(everystring down 2.5 steps)
Riff 1 (guitar1 = each note is a triplet) - Play one time
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------2-----2-4-------2-----2-5--------2-----2-4-------2-----2-5\----|GTR1
|-2-4-5---4-5-----2-4-5---4-5------2-4-5---4-5-----2-4-5---4-5---------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------7-8-------------7-8--------------7-8---------------------|
|-4---4---4-------5---5---5--------4---4---4---------------------------|GTR2
|-------------4-5-------------4-5--------------4-5-7---7---5---5\------|
|-2---2---2-------3---3---3--------2---2---2---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------5---5---3---3\------|
RIFF 2a (all 1's are ones, not 11's) Play one time
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|GTRS1&2
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------2----3----5~--------2-3-5-2-3~---------2---3---5~------2----5-3-2-3-2-0-|
|1-111---11---11-----1-111--1-1-1-1-----0-000--00--00---0-000---00-------------|
. ... .. .. . ... . . . . . ... .. .. . ... .. . . . . . .
RIFF 2b // Play one time (all 1's are ones, not 11's)
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|GTRS1&2
|-----3----2h3------------3----2h3-------------2---0h2--------2----------------|
|----------------323-----------------323---------------------------5-3-2-3-2-0-|
|-111---11-----1-----1111---11-----1-----0000----00---0000000---00-------------|
... .. . ... .... .. . ... .... .. .... .. .. . . . . . .
RIFF 3a (VERSE) VAR. OF RIFF 1 - Play one time
/// This riff has 3 guitars (on the album)///
/// Live Jonas used to play what guitar 1 is doing //
(ALL guitars = each note is a triplet)
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|GTR1
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|----------------------------------|
|
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|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-------2-----2-4-------2-----2-5--|GTR2
|-2-4-5---4-5-----2-4-5---4-5------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-4-2-------------4-2--------------|GTR3
|-----5-4-2-----------5-4----------|
|-------------------------5--------|
|----------------------------------|
PLAY Riff 1 one time (like above)
PLAY Riff 2a two times
PLAY Riff 2b two times
RIFF 4 (CHORUS) * - two strokes on each note - Play 2 times
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------*-*-*---*-----*-*-*-*-*-*-----*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*---|GTR1
|-*-*-*-----*-4-5-4-*-4-----4-5-7-5-4-5-------4-5-7-7-7-7-5-4-4---|
|-7-6-7-----7-------7-----------------------7---------------------|
|-------7~--------------7~--------------8~----------------------7-|
|
|
|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|GTR2
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-|
|
|
|guitar 3 (just on the recording, not live) - Comes in the 2:nd time
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------*-*-*-*-*-----*-*-*-*-*-*-----*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*---|GTR3
|-*-*-*-----*---------------5-4-5-4-2-----------------------------|
|-5-4-5-----9-7-9---------------------2-------4-5-7-7-7-7-5-4-4---|
|-----------------9-7-9-----------------3~--7---------------------|
|-------7~--------------7~--------------------------------------7-|
RIFF 5a - Play one time
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|GTRS 1&2
|----------------------------------------------------555555----|
|----8h11p8-7h10p7----8h11p8-7h10p7----8h11p8-7h10p7-333333555-|
|-00---------------00---------------00---------------------333-|
cont.
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|GTRS 1&2
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|----8h11p8-7h10p7----8h11p8-7h10p7----8h11p8-7h10p7-5555558\--|
|-00---------------00---------------00---------------3333336\--|
RIFF 5b - Play one time (* - two strokes on each note)
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----******-----******-----******-----------------------------|GTR1
|-----554555-----554222-----554555----444555-------------------|
|----------------------------------777-------------------------|
|-000--------000--------000------------------------------------|
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|
|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----******-----******-----******-----------------------------|GTR2
|-----997999-----997555-----997999-555555----------------------|
|----------------------------------333333555-------------------|
|-000--------000--------000--------------333-------------------|
cont.
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----******-----******-----******-----------------------------|GTR1
|-----554555-----554222-----554555----444555-------------------|
|----------------------------------777-------------------------|
|-000--------000--------000------------------------------------|
|
|
|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----******-----******-----******-----------------------------|GTR2
|-----997999-----997555-----997999-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------222222555-------------------|
|-000--------000--------000--------000000333-------------------|
Play Riff 3a one time
Play Riff 1 one time
Play Riff 2a two times
Play RIff 2b two times
Play chorus like above
Play Riff 5a one whole time
Play Riff 5b one whole time
SOLORIFF = RIFF 1 - one whole time
Play riff 2b two times
Play chorus like above but double it, and the 3:rd guitar comes in after two instead of one.
END
SOLO :
|--------19--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------20------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16~--------21~----21\19-19-19\16-16-16~---16-17~-----17-16------16-14-12-11~-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
. .
cont.
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|-12\11-11-11~--14\12-12-12~--16\14-14-14~--17\16-16-16~---17~----14\12-12-12\11-11-11~-|
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