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This is an awesome song off one of my all time favourite albumns.
There are not many good Morbid Angel tabs going around, but this
one is correct as far as I can tell.......
Album: Covenant
Band: Morbid Angel
Song: Lions Den
Transcribed by: Warrick McPherson
E-mail: sirwarrick@hotmail.com
Tuning: Tune your guitar down 1/2 step to Eb
Notation:
X - Bend and Artificial Harmonic
A - Artificial Harmonic
B - Bend
S - Slide
H - Hammer on
P - Pull off
. - Mute
V - Vibrato
* - Pick Scrape
Riff 1 - Intro
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------4---------------------------------4---|
|-6-5-3-6-5-3-1s2--6-5-3-6-5-3---2--6-5-3-6-5-3-1s2--6-5-3-6-5-3---2-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X .
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------4---------------------------5-5--|
|-6-5-3-6-5-3-1s2--6-5-3-6-5-3---2--6-5-3-6-5-3-1s2--6-5-3-0-0--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 2
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-5------7------5------2---4-5------7------8------7---|
|-2-3-0000-5-0000-3-0000-0---2-3-0000-5-0000-6-0000-5---|
.... .... .... .... .... ....
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-5------7------5------2---888888-111111111111-101010101010-11s\-|
|-2-3-0000-5-0000-3-0000-0-----------------------------------------|
.... .... ....
The numbers in the bar above are 11's not 1's, there are 6 of them.
Riff 3
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-1---5s6s5-2-2---2-5s6s5-2-2--1--2-5s6s5-2-2---2-5s6s5-2-2-|
V V V V V
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-8s\-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5s6s5-2-2---2-5s6s5-2-2--1--2-5s6s5-2-2---2-5s6s5-2-2-|
V V V V
Fill 1 - now play these two chords
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|-3--6--|
|-3--6--|
|-1--4--|
Riff 4
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-2------2------5------7----8------8-------------------|
|-0-0000-0-0000-3-3333-5--0-6-0000-6-0000-************-|
.... .... .... .... ....
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------7------7s8s7-|
|-2------2------5------7----8------8-------------------|
|-0-0000-0-0000-3-3333-5--0-6-0000-6-0000-5-0000-5s6s5-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-2------2------5------7----8------8-------------------|
|-0-0000-0-0000-3-3333-5--0-6-0000-6-0000-************-|
.... .... .... .... ....
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-2------2------5------7----8------8------7-|
|-0-0000-0-0000-3-3333-5--0-6-0000-6-0000-5-|
Now go back and play riff 2 and riff 3 again. When you have played
them through, end it with this:
Fill 2
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----4s5-------------3-----5--5----4----4-----3-----|
|-------4s5-------------3--4--3--3----2--2---4s3---3s2-|
|-1--1--2s3--Drum Fill--1--4--3--3----2----------------|
.
Now go back and play riff 4 again, but this time end the last bar
as follows:
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-2------2------5------7----8------8------7--4--|
|-0-0000-0-0000-3-3333-5--0-6-0000-6-0000-5--3--|
Riff 5
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------555555-444444------------------------------------|
|-222222---------------222222-333333-666666-555555-335533-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--------555555-444444--------------|
|-222222---------------2222-0-3-5-6-|
. . . .
Riff 6
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-5-4----------8-7----------5-4----------8-7-5s7s5-|
|-3-2-22222222-6-5-55555555-3-2-22222222-6-5-3s5s3-|
........ ........ ........
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-5-4----------8-7----------5-4----------------|
|-3-2-22222222-6-5-55555555-3-2-22222--6-5-3-5-|
........ ........ ..... . . . .
Riff 7
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|------44444444-----------5555-4444------|
|-2222----------2222-3333-----------5555-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------44444444-----------5555-------|
|-2222----------2222-3333------3-5-6-|
. . .
Riff 8A - This is the riff under which both of the solo's are played.
You have to be careful when playing this riff because each time they
play it, they add an extra beat in, and in different places too.
I will have to transcribe it twice. If you want to keep in time when
playing this section, you must read the next riffs carefully. I will
mark the extra beats with a sign like this ^. This next one is under
the first solo:
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2----------6-5----------3-2----------6-5-3s5s3-|
|-1-0-00000000-4-3-33333333-1-0-00000000-4-3-1s3s1-|
........ ........ ........
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2----------6-5----------3-2------------------|
|-1-0-00000000-4-3-33333333-1-0-00000000-4-3-1-3-|
........ ........ ........ . . . .
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-5-3-2----------6-5----------3-2----------6-5-3s5s3-|
|-3-1-0-00000000-4-3-33333333-1-0-00000000-4-3-1s3s1-|
^ ........ ........ ........
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2----------6-5----------3-2------------------|
|-1-0-00000000-4-3-33333333-1-0-00000000-4-3-1-3-|
........ ........ ........ . . . .
Now go back and play riff 7 again
Riff 8B - This is played under the second solo. This time the extra
beat is in a different place. Besides that it is the same as riff 8A.
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2----------6-5----------3-2----------6-5-3s5s3-|
|-1-0-00000000-4-3-33333333-1-0-00000000-4-3-1s3s1-|
........ ........ ........
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2----------6-5----------3-2------------------|
|-1-0-00000000-4-3-33333333-1-0-00000000-4-3-1-3-|
........ ........ ........ . . . .
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2----------6-5----------3-2----------6-5-3s5s3-|
|-1-0-00000000-4-3-33333333-1-0-00000000-4-3-1s3s1-|
........ ........ ........
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-2----------6-5----------3-2------------------|
|-1-1-0-00000000-4-3-33333333-1-0-00000000-4-3-1-3-|
^ ........ ........ ........ . . . .
Riff 9 - If you play this riff and go strait into riff 10,
it will fit in perfectly.
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-3-0-4-3-0-1s--4-3-0-4-3-0-1s--4-3-0-4-3-0-1s--4-3-0-4-3-0-1s--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------6------5--------------------2-3-5-6--|
|-4-3-0-4-3-0-1s--4-3-0-4-3-0-1s--4-0000-3-0000-000000-000000-0h1-3-4--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .... ...... ......
Riff 10
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------5--4--3-----|
|-5s\------------2h3-5-6--5s\------------2h3-5-3--2--1--6--|
|-3s\0000-000000-0h1-3-4--3s\0000-000000-0h1-3----------4--|
.... ...... .... ......
On the last time, end it with these 4 chords instead:
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|-5--4--3----|
|-3--2--1--3-|
|----------1-|
Now go back and play riff 5 again, then riff 10 again.
Riff 11 - After a while riff 10 changes into this riff
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-3--000000-000000-0-1-3-3--000000-000000-0-1-3-3--|
B ...... ...... B ...... ...... B
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------5------------------------------|
|---------------------3-2h5p2h5p2h5p2-4p1h4p1h4p1-6--|
|-000000-000000-0-1-3-----------------------------4--|
...... ......
The spaces between the 0's in the previous bars are simply there
to make it easier to read, and for timing purposes. Not because
there is a break in between them.
Well there you go, that's the whole song (minus the solo's of course).
I hope you liked it.
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