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Band:  Morbid Angel
Album: Blessed Are the Sick
Song:  The Ancient Ones
Relativity    1991
Version 1.0 - 3/28/06
Transcribed By: travI56669
Email:          marilynmaggot@yahoo.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

There's some cool II guitar shit
played during some of these riffs....

Tuning Eb

Main Riff
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------A.H.------|
|----------------------------------9---8----|
|-8--------9--------8----9----8-9-----A.H.--|
|-6-000000-7-000000-6-00-7-00---------------|
                                                  Fill
|----------------------------|----------|--------|-------|
|----------------------------|----------|--------|-------|
|----------------------------|----------|--------|-9/----|
|-5--------7--------8--------|-5/8--8-7-|-5/-----|-------|
|-3--------5--------6--------|-3/6--6-5-|-3/-8-7-|-7/----|
|-3-000000-5-000000-6-000000-|-3/6--6-5-|-3/-6-5-|-------|

Interlude
|--------------------------------------------|--------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------|
|---------7/8/9---------7/8\7----------7/8/9-|-7---5--------|
|-8--888--5/6/7-8--888--5/6\5--8--888--5/6/7-|---8---7-8-5--|
|-6--666--------6--666---------6--666--------|--------------|

Fill
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|-8/---4---|
|-6/---2---|

1st Solo Riff
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-----------5/------------------|
|-----------5/-------------A.H.-|
|-----------3/--------------3/--|
|-0-0-110-1------0-0-110-1------|

 Guitar I
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|-7---5--------|-7---5---5-6--|
|---8---7-8-5--|---8---7------|
|--------------|--------------|
 Guitar II
|-------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------9------8------7--------|-11/12\11-----------|-----------------|
|-7------7-7777-6-6666-5--5-\6--|--9/10\-9-12\11/12--|-9-10-9----------|
|-5-----------------------3-\4--|----------10\-9/10--|--------10-9-10--|

Guitar I
|------|-----------|--------|
|------|-----------|--------|
|-A.H.-|-----------|--------|
|--7---|-----------|--5--6--|
|------|--5--6--7--|--------|
|------|--3--4--5--|--------|
Guitar II
|----|-----------|--------|
|----|-----------|--------|
|----|-----------|--------|
|----|-----------|--------|
|-7--|--5--6--7--|--5--6--|
|-5--|--3--4--5--|--3--4--|

Guitar I
|--------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-7---5--------|-9-10-9---------|-----------------|
|---8---7-8-5--|--------10-9-10-|-9-10-9----------|
|--------------|----------------|--------10-9-10--|
Guitar II keeps playing this while Guitar I
starts playing other stuff after a while...              last ending
|---------------|-----------------|--------------------|-before-solo---|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------------|-riff----------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------------|---------------|
|--------9------|-8------7--------|-11/12\11-----------|-9/10\9--------|
|-7------7-7777-|-6-6666-5--5-\6--|--9/10\-9-12\11/12--|---------------|
|-5-------------|-----------3-\4--|----------10\-9/10--|-7/-8\7-0-5-7--|

Guitar I
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-7----------------------5-6-7--------------|
|--------7------6------5------------7-------|
|---5555---5555---5555---------5555---5555--|
Endings for the riff above...
|-----------------|------------------|-last-ending----|
|-----------------|------------------|-before-solo----|
|-----------------|------------------|-riff-----------|
|-9h10p9----------|------------------|----------------|
|--------10p9h10--|--9h10p9----------|-9h10p9---------|
|-----------------|---------10p9h10--|--------10-9-7--|

Solo Riff
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------5--6--7-------7--------7--4--------------|
|-6-------6-------6-------6--------5--5555-5--5555--------5--8--5-----|
|-4--4444-4--4444-4--4444-4----------------------------------------5--|

End Note
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|--6/---|
|--4/---|

END

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