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Metal Church "Start the Fire" from THE DARK (1986)

Tabbed on Nov. 12, 2002 by Nick S. (Pantera9560@aol.com) If you E-mail me, use the subj.
"Start the Fire tablature." I'm not saying what stuff is palm-muted 'cause you can figure
that out by listening to the song. Special thanks to my guitar teacher for helping me out
with this one.
Note: My guitar teach said this song was tuned down a half step, but it does sound
exactly like the album in the standard tuning as well.

Riff 1
D-2-4-3-2------------------------
A-0-2-1-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---
E----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---
(For Riff 1 this part is played twice, then play the next part seen below once, then
the first part of Riff 1 once more.)

D-2-4-5-2------------------
A-0-2-3-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
E----------1-1-1-1-1-1-1---

Riff 1 shortened
D-2-4-3-2------------------------
A-0-2-1-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---
E----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---

There are 4 different endings for Riff 1:
Ending 1 - Strum palm-muted E5 chord a few times
Ending 2 - Strum C5 once, then G5
Ending 3 - Strum E5 chord once, not palm-muted (This one is for the shortened version)
Ending 4 - Strum palm-muted F5 and G5 chords
Each ending is played once each time.

Riff 2
D-7/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7---------------------7/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---
A-5/4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5/4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---
E-------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------
This is just an estimated guess at how many times you play the chords, but they are the
right chords. Remember to do a slide on the D5 chord w/ the whammy bar after
each time you play this part.

Song order:
Riff 1 twice, ending 1 after first time
Riff 1 shortened once then ending 1
Riff 1 twice ending 2 after first time, ending 1 after second time
Riff 2 once
Riff 1 shortened 4x, ending 3 after fourth time
Riff 1 twice, ending 2 after first time, ending 1 after second time
Riff 2 once
Riff 1 shortened 4x, ending 3 after fourth time
Riff 1 twice, ending 2 after first time, ending 4 after second time
Riff 2 once
Riff 1 16x no real ending, it just fades out.

Kirk Arrington: Drums
Duke Erickson: Bass
Kurdt Vanderhoof: Guitar
David Wayne: Vocals
Craig Wells: Guitar

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