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                       DEATH - TO FORGIVE IS TO SUFFER
                  From the Album THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE
                        Copyright 1998 NUCLEAR BLAST

                         Version 1.0 - November 1998

Transcription Done by: Kerry Vick (nucleusmetal@home.com)


Notation: When two guitars are listed play all guitars simultaneously.
          b = bend              / = slide up            a.h. = artificial
          bf= bend full         br= bend release               harmonic
          h = hammer-on         \ = slide down          n.h. = harmonic
          p = pull-off          . = palm mute(pm)          t = tapping
          " = tremolo picking   > = abrupt stop            ~ = vibrato

Tuning = D (D,G,C,F,A,D)


Riff A
|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5~-----77-5---5~-|
|-------4-5-4~--------4-5-----5-------7----|GTRS I
|-7--77---------6--77---------5------------|  & II
|-7-------------6-------------3------------|
|-5-------------4--------------------------|
     ..            ..            ..


     *--------------*
|----5-4h5p4---7-4---|
|------------5-----6-|
|-4------------------|GTR I (* 2nd time use a.h.'s *)
|-4------------------|
|-2------------------|
|--------------------|
|                    |
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-4--2-1h2p1---4-1---|GTR II
|-4----------2-----3-|
|-2------------------|
|--------------------|


Riff A - fill
|---------------------------------------------|
|-10~--10-12-12/13-12-12~--12-13-13/15-13-17~-|
|---------------------------------------------|GTR III
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

 continuation of Riff A - fill
|-----------------------|
|-17/18-15-13-12/13-12~-|
|-----------------------|GTR III
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|

Play Riff A three times

Riff B
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-------4-----4~~----------------4~-|GTR I
|-2-------------------2-----2-------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|                                   |
|-------------10-12h13-12-10--------|
|---12h13-12~----------------13-12~-|
|-9---------------------------------|GTR II
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

 continuation of Riff B
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-------------5~-----5\7-----7~--|GTR I
|-3-----3------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|                                |
|-------------10-12h13-12-10-----|
|---12h13-12~----------------13~-|
|-9------------------------------|GTR II
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

 continuation of Riff B
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|---4-4~-----4~-----5~-5\7-7~-|GTR I
|-2------2-2----3-3-----------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|
|-
|-
|-
|-GTR II ???
|-
|-

Play Riff B three times


Riff C.1
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|GTRS I
|-------------------------------------|  & II
|---------3p2p0-----------------------|
|-0000000-------00-00000000-3p2p0-3-5-|
  .......       .. ........

Riff C.2
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|---------------5-7--4-|GTRS I
|---------------5-7--4-|  & II
|---------3p2p0-3-5--2-|
|-0000000--------------|
  .......

Riff C.3
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|---------------5-4----|GTRS I
|---------------5-4--5-|  & II
|---------3p2p0-3-2--5-|
|-0000000------------3-|
  ......

Riff C.4
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|---------------5-4------|GTRS I
|---------------5-4------|  & II
|---------3p2p0-3-2-a.h.-|
|-0000000------------3~--|
  .......

Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.2 one time
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.3 one time
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.2 one time
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.4 one time


Riff D
|----0-------------|----0-------------|
|------0-----------|------0-----------|
|----------------7-|------------------|GTR I
|-2------------5-7-|-2------------3-5-|
|-2------3-2~--5-5-|-2------3-2~--3-5-|
|-0------------3---|-0------------1-3-|
|                                     |
|                                     |
|----0-------------|----0-------------|
|------0-----------|------0-----------|
|--------5-4~----7-|--------5-4~------|GTR II
|-2------------5-7-|-2------------3-5-|
|-2------------5-5-|-2------------3-5-|
|-0------------3---|-0------------1-3-|

Play Riff D two times
Play Riff A  three times

Riff E -- Solo 1
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|---------5---------2--5-5-|GTRS I
|------2--5-5-------2--5-3-|  & II
|------2--3-5--0000-0--3---|
|-0000-0----3--------------|

Play Riff E four times
Play Riff B three times
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.2 one time
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.3 one time
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.2 one time
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.4 one time
Play Riff D two times
Play Riff A  three times


Riff F.1 -- Finger Tapping
|-12p8p5-12p8p5-12p8p5--------------------|
|----------------------12p8p5-12p8p5-12p8-|
|-----------------------------------------|GTRS I
|-----------------------------------------|  & II
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

 continuation of Riff F.1
|-11p7p4-11p7p4-11p7p4--------------------|
|----------------------11p7p4-11p7p4-11p7-|
|-----------------------------------------|GTRS I
|-----------------------------------------|  & II
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

 continuation of Riff F.1
|-10p6p3-10p6p3---------------|
|---------------10p6p3-10p6p3-|
|-----------------------------|GTRS I
|-----------------------------|  & II
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|


Riff F.2
|-19p15p12-19p15p12-19p15-------------------------|
|-------------------------19p15p12-19p15p12-19p15-|
|-------------------------------------------------|GTR II
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

 continuation of Riff F.2
|-18p14p11-18p14p11-18p14-------------------------|
|-------------------------18p14p11-18p14p11-18p14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|GTR II
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

 continuation of Riff F.2
|-17p13p10-17p13p10-------------------|
|-------------------17p13p10-17p13p10-|
|-------------------------------------|GTR II
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

Play Riff F.1 one time
Play Riff F.1/F.2 three times


Riff G -- with studio effects
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-9----8----7----10-----12-----10----|GTRS I
|-9-9--8-8--7-7--10-10--12-12--10-10-|  & II
|-7-9--6-8--5-7---8-10--10-12---8-10-|
|---7----6----5------8-----10------8-|

Play Riff G two times
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