Rotting Christ - "The Fifth Illusion" Guitar Tab
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Copyright (c) Unisound International (1994)
Version 1.0 - 2006-3-12
Transcribed By: Benjamin Gheysels
Email: benjamingheysels@hotmail.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Tuning E A D G B E
Play with distortion
Riff 1: play 2 twice
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|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-9-9-9-7----|
|-------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
this is the lead you hear:
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------11-11--11--9-9-9---|
|---------12-12-12--9-9-9--11-11-11------------9-9-9---------------------|
|--9-9-9-----------------------------12-12-12----------------------------|
after 7" you hear this:
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|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---6---------9-9-------9hold+bend------|
|---4ring-----7-7ring-------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
Riff 2 (14"): play 4 times. This is a slight variation of the intro lead
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|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------11-11--9-9-----|
|-------------------9-9-----------------|
|---9-9-9-9--12-12----------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 3 (41"): play 2 times
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|---------------------------------------|
|---4-6----------------------6----4-----|
|--------7p6p4h6---7----4---------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
Riff 2' (55"): play 4 times. Note between brackets only the first time
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------11-11--9-9--(11)--|
|-------------------9-9--------------------|
|---9-9-9-9--12-12-------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 3 (1'21"): play 2 times
Riff 4 (1'35"): play 2 times
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4h6p4--------------------------------------------------------4---|
|--------6hold---7-6-4-----4-4-4---4---2h4-4hold--2---/7-6-6--------|
|----------------------7-7---------2--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 4': this is a slight variation of Riff 4. Play 4 times
|------------------------------------------14---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4h6p4-------------------------------------------------------4--|
|--------6hold---7-6-4-----4-4-4---4---2h4------2---/7-6-6--------|
|----------------------7-7---------2------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 5 (2'19"): play 8 times
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------6~----|
|--------2-2--4-6-6--4----------|
|---4-4--2-2--2-4-4--2----------|
|---2-2--0-0--------------------|
Riff 6 (2'59"): play 4 times
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|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------2-2------6------7-------|
|---4------2-2------4ring--5ring---|
|---2ring--0-0ring-----------------|
This is what the keyboard plays:
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|------10-----9-----7--------------10-----9-----7-----------|
|---6------6-----6-----9hold----6------6-----6-----9hold----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
be sure to hold every note in this bit
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|---7--6-----------6-----------6-----|
|---------9--7--9-----9--7--9--------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
Solo (3'26"): play this first bit 4 times
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--11p9p6-6----------------------|
|-------------7-6-7-9-7-6--------|
|-------------------------7-9----|
. . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(4)/7p6hold-------(4)/7p6holdp4hold-------(4)/7p6hold-------(4)/6-4hold-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------0-0-0-------------------0-0-0-------------0-0-0-------------|
. . . . . . . . .
|--9hold----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------10-9-10-12-10-9h10p9--10-9----9h10h12h10h9--9h10hold---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--9h10p9---------------------------------------------------|
|---------11-9----9h11p9-------------8----------------------|
|------------------------11hold----9---6-7-4h6hold---7\6----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------9-6--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---6-6-7-----9-7-6--------------7-6-6-9-7-7-6-6hold----7-6---7------------|
|-------------------9-7h9hold-------------------------------9---7----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------7-9hold--|
. . . . . . . .
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------8-9-------------|
|--------------------------------9-11-----8h11hold----|
|-----7-6-------------------9-11----------------------|
|---7-----7-7/9hold----9-12---------------------------|
. . . . . . . .
|---------------------------------------12h16p12-----------------------------|
|----------------9-10-12-10-12/14~---14----------14--------------------------|
|--8-9----8-9-11-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------11-------------------------------------------13-13-14-13-11-11/13hold-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------17-16hold
|-------------------------------------------------------------14h16h17----------
|-----------------------------------------13h14p13---13h14h16-------------------
|13-14-16p14p13h14p13hold-14p13p11/13hold---------16----------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 2 (4'35"): play 4 times
Riff 3 (5'01"): play 4 times
end with:
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|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--4--6--------------|
|--2--4stop----------|
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That's it! enjoy!
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