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From: Matt Anderson
Email me: iplaybass@ev1.net

song: What Malice Embrace
band: Old Man's Child
album: Pagan Prosperity

this is in standard tuning

Intro (Acoustic)  			     this chord is rolled.
E---------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------7~---|
G-----4---2--------5---4-------4---2-------4--4-~---|
D---2---5---4---/7---7---5---2---5---4---4---4--~---|
A--------------------------------------2------------|
E-0-----------0------------0------------------------|

The acoustic does the same while the two guitars do this.
guitar 1
|E--------------------------------------------------|
|B--------------------------------------------------|
|G-----4---2~~------5---4~~-----4---2~~-----4-5-4~~-|
|D---2---5-------/7---7-------2---5-------4---------|
|A--------------------------------------2-----------|
|E-0-----------0------------0-----------------------|
|
|guitar 2
|E---------------------------------------------------|
|B---------------------------------------------------|
|G-----0---0~~------2---0~~-----0---0~~--------------|
|D---2---2--------2---2-------2---2-----4-5-4-2-1~~--|
|A---------------------------------------------------|
|E-0-----------0------------0------------------------|


Verse riff

there are many ways to play this riff,
if you can't make all these shifts, then do it differently.
but this is how i think it's supposed to sound.

guitar 1
|E--------------------------------------------|
|B--------------------------------------------|
|G--------------------------------------------|
|D------2222-5555-2222-7777-5555-4444-2222----|
|A--------------------------------------------|
|E-0000---------------------------------------|
|
|
|guitar 2
|E--------------------------------------------|
|B--------------------------------------------|
|G--------------------------------------------|
|D-----2222-9999-2222-10101010-9999-7777-5555-|
|A--------------------------------------------|
|E-0000---------------------------------------|


guitar 1
|E--------------------------------------------|
|B--------------------------------------------|
|G--------------------------------------------|
|D------4444-5555-4444-5555-4444-2222-0000----|
|A-2222---------------------------------------|
|E--------------------------------------------|
|
|
|guitar 2
|E--------------------------------------------|
|B--------------------------------------------|
|G--------------------------------------------|
|D------4444-5555-4444-9999-7777-5555-4444----|
|A-2222---------------------------------------|
|E--------------------------------------------|



pre-chorus

both guitars
E---------------------------------|
B---------------------------------|
G---------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|
A-2---3---2---4----2---3---2---4--|
E-0---1---0---2----0---1---0---2--|



Chorus
kinda hard to hear with all the drums and bass and the guitars
so low...but this is how i interpret it.you can also just play it as the
midi file goes...

E-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------7--5~-------|
A-2~~~~~~~~~~~~3---2~~~~~~~~~~~5---2~~~~~~~~~~~~5--3~----3~-|
E-00000000000001---0000000000003---0000000000000---------1~-|


Then verse again


close to the verse riff but up a fourth.
both guitars
E-----------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------|
G------2222-5555-2222-7777-5555-4444-2222-|
D-----------------------------------------|
A-0000------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------|


E-----------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------|
G------4444-5555-4444-9999-7777-5555-4444-|
D-2222------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------|


guitar 1
|E-----------------------------------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------------------------|
|G---0-2-4---5-4tr5-2----------0-2-4---7-5tr7-4-9--7-6-|
|D---------2----------7--5-4---------2----------7--5-4-|
|A--------------------5--3-2---------------------------|
|E-0-------------------------0-------------------------|
|
|
|guitar 2	(this is really just a hammer pullof, just so fast that it's
|		   one trill, i just wanted it to be known that its fast.)
|E-----------------------------------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------------------------|
|G----------------------------------------------9--7-6-|
|D---2-4-5---7-5tr7-4-7--5-4---2-4-5---9-7tr9-5-7--5-4-|
|A---------3----------5--3-2---------3-----------------|
|E-0-------------------------0-------------------------|


solo
Use long delay with this. Listen to record to
get the right time.
guitar 1
E------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--/9---11-12---\5-----14-12-11---12-14-17-12-16-12--16-11-12------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------13---|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------|


E-------------12--15-14h15p14-12--------------------------|
B----------12--------------------13----15-13h15p13-12-----|
G--9-11-12--------------------------------------------14--|
D---------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------|

delay off
E-----------------------------------------------------10------------------|
B-------12------------------------12-8---8--12-8---8-----8---8--10-8-7-8--|
G-12-14----14-12-11----------11--------9---------9---------9--------------|
D-------------------14-13-14----------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|



E------------------------------7-----------------------------------|
B-10-7---7--10-7---7--8-5---5----7---------------------------------|
G------7---------7--------5--------8-----9-9h11h12--11-11h12h14----|
D------------------------------------9-----------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------|



E----------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------15-13h15p13-12------|
G-12-12h14h16--14-14h16h17--17------------------14\--|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|



E--8h10h12----------------------------------|
B----------8h10h12--------------------------|
G------------------9h11h12-8h9h11-9-8-9ah---|
D-------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|

repatition of earlier riffs
then
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------55555555------6666-33333333------------55555555------5555----------|
G------2222-----------------------------------2222--------------------11111111-|
D--------------------3333-----------------------------------2222---------------|
A-0000-----------------------------------0000----------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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