Immortal - "Years of silent sorrow" Guitar Tab

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IMMORTAL "Years of silent sorrow" (1/9/01)
Transcribed by: Nakhtal Frost  (steinzo@hotmail.com) & (parisc97@erols.com)

  RIFF A
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9---4---5-555666-9--------5-------9---4---5-555666-9--------------5-------|
|-7---2---3-333333-7---10---3-------7---2---3-333333-7---10--12----/3-------|
|----------------------------333444-----------------------------------333444|

   RIFF B
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------9--10-----------------------------------------9--10-----------6-6-6-555|
|--------7--8-------------7-7-8p7-10p7-8p7-10p7--------7--8------------8-8-8-777|
|-0000000-00--00---0011111----------------------0000000-00--00--0011111---------|

RIFF A (1/2)
RIFF B (2x) (first time heavy palm mute last two chords when downpicking
them)

   RIFF C (4x)
|---1--1-1--1---------1--1-1--1---------|
|----3--3-3--3---------3--3-3--3--------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-2--------------2--22------------------|
|-2--------------3--32-----------555555-|
|-0------------00-00-0------------------|

RIFF C (2 more times with lyrics):
Farewell... lengthening pain inside me
Harnessbells... I hear them calling me

  RIFF D
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-3---2----3---2-----3---2---3---6-----|
|-5---4----5---4-----5---4---5---4-----|
|---0---0----0---1ah---0---0---0---1/2-|

RIFF C (2x) :
A demon... watch my walk in snow
Remain... my years of silent sorrow

RIFF D (2x)

  RIFF E (2x)
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|---5------4---/7------6"------9"--6"----|
|-2/7"---2/5"-0/9"-----7--------------7"-|
|-0/-----0/------------------------------|

With E (3x): Dome in the sky / black winds to taste
shadowed spirits lead my way...
Drifting everly alone years of silent sorrow
until i'm home...

   RIFF F
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|9999\--9999\---9999\--9999\---2222\--2222\---2222\--2222/10-10-|
|7777\2-7777\2--7777\2-7777\2--3333\2-3333\2--3333\2-3333/8--8--|
|-----0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------------|

   INTERLUDE
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7~~-7~7hp87-5-7---3~-----ah--77h8p7-5-7--7x788810101212887-7h8p7-5~-333/888-|
|-----------------------333-2-------------------------------------------------|

  RIFF F VARIATION 2x with lyrics:
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-9999\--9999\---9999\--9999\--2-------2-------3--|
|-7777\2-7777\2--7777\2-7777\2-3-------3-------3--|
|------0------0-------0------0--------------------|
    Bitterness with bitterness you bitter me...
    Emptiness with emptiness you empty me...
   INTERLUDE
   RIFF F VARIATION 2x with lyrics:
     Darkness with darkness you darkened me
     this journey black before me...
   RIFF F

    INTERLUDE 2                                      INTERLUDE 2.1
|----------??????????????-----------?????????????||-----------------
|------------------------------------------------||-----------------
|--------5-----------------------5---------------||*----------------
|-2------5--5--5--4--4----2------5--5--5--4--4---||*----------------
|-2------3---5--5--5--5---2------3---5--5--5--5--||/1010101010\--2-2
|-0------3----3--3--5--5--0------3----3--3--5--5-||--------------0-0
          P.M...........            ............                 . .

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------5-----------------------------------------------------5--
--------------5-5--5--4--4------------------------------------------5--
/1010-9-10-9\-3--5--5--5--5--/10-10101010\-2-2-10--12-10-9-10-9-7-\-3--
--------------3---3--3--5--5--0------------0-0-------------------------
                P.M.........               . .

---------|| Playing interlude 2, going into 3 parts of 2.1 interlude.
---------|| After part 2.1 was played twice there is a silent rest for a beat
--------*|| then it goes again one more time around ending with a pick-scrape
-5555---*|| and a 'Ahh!' by Abbath.
-5555----||
-3333----||

RIFF A
RIFF B 2x
RIFF C 4x with:
Farewell... nothing breathes within me
Harnessbells... sounding cold behind me
A demon... with frozen eyes opened
this journey black behind me...
RIFF D 2x
RIFF E 2x without lyrics, next 4 with: (***?***)
(also the riff varies with artificial harmonics, several endings from the
original)
With E (3x): Dome in the sky / black winds to taste
shadowed spirits/lead my way...
Drifting everly alone/years of silent sorrow until i'm ho-me-m-m-m-m-m...

    THE END RIFF
e |--------------------------------xx----------------------------
B |--------------------------------xPx-----xAx-------------------
G |---------------------------------xIx---xRxPx------------------
D |---5-------4---------2------------xCx-xCx-xEx--14-13-10-9--5--
A |---7"------5"--------3"------------xKxSx---x------------------
E |-0-------0---------0----------------xxx--------12-11-8--7--3--

e ---------------------------------|
B ---------------------------------|
G ---------------------------------|
D ----------------------------2----|
A ----------------------------2----|
E -2h3p2h3-%-%-%--RITARD------0----|
   (trill repeats)

Track 6 from At The Heart Of Winter (Osmose '99)

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