The Haunted - "Downward Spiral" Guitar Tab
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Band: The Haunted
Song: Downward Spiral
Album: One Kill Wonder
Copyright (c) Earache Records,2003
Version 1.0 - 5/25/03
Transcribed By: metaltabs28
Email: metaltabs28@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
Tuning: Eb
Intro (fades in)
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------3--2----------------------|
|--1-1-4--3--1-------3--1-4-3----1-1------|
|------------------------------2-----2----|
|--------------------------------------6--|
Riff A (gtr.1)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|---------------3--2-----------------|
|--1-1-4--3--1-------3--1-4-3--1-----|
|------------------------------3--2*-|
|------------------------------3--2--|
^*here starts gtr.2
*(gtr.2) [1,3] [2] [4]
|----------------------|--------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|------------------|
|-----4--3------1------|-----4--3---4-3-4--8h7p8--|-----4--3---3-----|
|--6---------2----2----|--6-----------------------|--6---------3--2--|
|-------------------6--|--------------------------|---------------3--|
^^guitar 2 does that while guitar 1 goes on with:
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------3--2----------------------|
|--1-1-4--3--1-------3--1-4-3-----1-------|
|------------------------------2-----2----|
|--------------------------------------6--|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------3--2--------------------------|
|---1-1-4--3--1-------3--1-4-3---4-3-4--8h7p8--|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------3--2----------------------|
|--1-1-4--3--1-------3--1-4-3-----1-------|
|------------------------------2-----2----|
|--------------------------------------6--|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|---------------3--2-----------------|
|--1-1-4--3--1-------3--1-4-3--1-----|
|------------------------------3--2*-|
|------------------------------3--2--|
Verse Riff: * **
|---------------------------------|-------|------------|
|---------------------------------|-------|------------|
|---------------------------------|--2-3--|--2-3-------|
|--1-4--3h4-1--1-0--1-4--3h4-1-0--|-------|-------4/3--|
|---------------------------------|-------|------------|
|---------------------------------|-------|------------|
*First Ending
**Second Ending
Fill 1
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|--0--1--3--|
|--1--1--1--|
|-----------|
Chorus:
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------1--1--
|--------------------------8-----------3--2--------
|--1-----------3-----------8-----------------------
|--3-----------2------1----6-----------------------
|--3--2p1-1-0--1--2p1---2-----2p1-1-0--------------
--------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------|
--8-----------6-----------7-----------3--2--------|
--8-----------6-----------8-----------------4--3--|
--6-----------8------1----8-----------------------|
-----2p1-1-0-----2p1---2-----2p1-1-0--------------|
Solo:
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--11--11------------------------------4-7-6-8-7-9-7-9-7--12/13--|
|----------11-10-8-7--8--7-8/7-5--7------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------6----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse Riff
Chorus
Interlude: x2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------0----------3--------------------------3-----0----|
|---------------------------3------3--------------------------3---------3--|
|------4--------4-------3--------3----------4--------4------3-------3------|
|--6-6---6--6-6---6---5--------5--------6-6---6--6-6---6--5-------5--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge: x2
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--1xxx-1xxx-4xxx-3xxx---1xxx-1xxx-9xxx-8xxx--|
|--3xxx-3xxx-6xxx-5xxx---3xxx-3xxx-9xxx-8xxx--|
|--3xxx-3xxx-6xxx-5xxx---3xxx-3xxx-7xxx-6xxx--|
Singing begins, repeat bridge twice again upon:
("thrust the blade...into this corroded world")
Riff B
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------2-|
|------------------------------2p1--------------2-0--------------2-0---|
|--444-444-444-444--0-0000-000-----3-0-0000-000-----3-0-0000-000-------|
... ... ... ...
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------2---------------------------------2|
|-------------2p1--------------2-0--------------2p1--------------2-0---|
|--0-0000-000-----3-0-0000-000-------0-0000-000-----3-0-0000-000-------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-------------2p1----|
|--0-0000-000-----3--|
Verse Riff x4
Fill 1
Chorus x2
Ending:
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--3--2--------------|
|-------4--3-4-3--1--|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
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