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                      DEICIDE - ONCE UPON THE CROSS
                     From the Album ONCE UPON THE CROSS
                   Copyright 1995 ROADRUNNER RECORDINGS

                         Version 666 - JULY '04

Transcribed by: Death8699 (Ryan Fanucchi)

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.  - 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

Transcriber's Notes: Alright, there are too many versions
                     of this song on the Internet only few
                     that are fairly accurate.  My attempt
                     here is to remove the ambiguity and give
                     you a most accurate tab of this awesome
                     song.  E-mail me if you have suggestions,
                     additions, solos, or an even better version
                     at ArghEnemies@aol.com.

Tune Gtr to E-Flat (1/2 Step Down)

--ONCE UPON THE CROSS--

Spoken intro about 30 seconds:
"Sonny, where have you folks taken me!?"


 |Intro Riff| (P.M.H.)
||-----------------------||
||-----------------------||
||-----------------------||
||-4-(4)-3---3---2---2---||
||-2-(2)-1---1---2---2---||
||-2-(2)-1---1---0---0---||
   .     .   .   .   .


Play Intro Riff once only then segue into Riff 1.


 |Riff 1| (Fast tremolo picking!!!)
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||:------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||:------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6---------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0---------|
||                                                                         |
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-----------------------------------------|
||-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-----------------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

 (Con't)
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6---------------------------------------------------------||
 |-----------------7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-||
 |                          (Heavy Palm Muting)                            ||
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 |------------------------------------------------------------------------:||
 |--------------------------4-(4)-3---3---2---2---------------------------:||
 |---------5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4--2-(2)-1---1---2---2----------------------------||
 |-4-4-4-4------------------2-(2)-1---1---0---0----------------------------||
                            .     .   .   .   .  (For spacing purposes only)


Play Riff 1 a total of one time only.


 |Riff 2|
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||:--------------------------------------------------------||
||:---------h-----------h-----------h-------h---h----------||
||---------2-3---------1-2---------2-3-----2-3-0-1---------||
||-0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----0-2-----------------||
|| . . . .     . . . .     . . . .     . .                 ||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------------------:||
||----------h-----------h-----------h-------h---h-------h-:||
||---------2-3---------1-2---------2-3-----2-3-0-1-----0-1-||
||-0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----0-2---------0-2-----||
   . . . .     . . . .     . . . .     . .         . .


Play Riff 2 a total of 2 times.


 |Riff 3| (Fear Him, Fear Him. . . Saaatan!)
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||:--------------------------------------------------------||
||:--------------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------h---------------------------h--||
||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-2-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-3-5-||
|| . . . . . . . . . . . .     . . . . . . . . . . . .     ||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------------------:||
||--------------------------h---------------------------h-:||
||-------------------------2-3-------------------------3-5-||
||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-----||
   . . . . . . . . . . . .     . . . . . . . . . . . .


Play Riff 3 a total of 4 times.


 |Riff 4| (More fast tremolo picking)
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||:----------------------------------------------------------------|
||:----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
||-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------------|
|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         |
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-----------------|
||-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2---------------------------------0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|
   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

 (Con't)
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-----------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------||
 |-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------------||
 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         ||
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 |----------------------------------------------------------------:||
 |----------------------------------------------------------------:||
 |-----------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3---------2-2-2-2-||
 |-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2---------------------------------0-0-0-0---------||
   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


Play Riff 4 a total of 2 times.


 |Riff 5|
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||:--------------------------------------------------------||
||:--------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--2--3--5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0---||
|| . . . . . . . . .  .  .  .  . . . . . . . . . . . .     ||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------------------:||
||--------------------------------------------------------:||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--2--3--5--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0---||
   . . . . . . . . .  .  .  .  . . . . . . . . . . . .


Play Riff 5 a total of 4 times. (Last time leave out the the)
                                (open on the sixth string.  )


Repeat Intro Riff one time only.
Repeat Riff 1 one time only.
Repeat Riff 2 a total of 2 times.
Repeat Riff 3 a total of 4 times.
Repeat Riff 4 a total of 2 times.
Repeat Riff 5 a total of 4 times. (Over Solo)
End finally on Intro Riff.

"Once upon the cross!"

END

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