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Band:  Ancient Rites
Album: The Diabolic Serenades
Song:  Longing for the Ancient Kingdom

Copyright (c)  After Dark Records / Mascot Records (1994)
Version 1.0 - 10/05/04

Transcribed By: Cerulean
Email:          antimatter@pandora.be


.  - 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 E A D G B E

Well, this is the first time I've tried to tab a song. Should be mostly correct.

Riff 1
Repeat 4 times
                                                                    |
|------------|
|------------|
|-2----------|
|-2--2--3----|
|-0--------3-|
|------------|

Riff 2
Repeat 2 times

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-2--2--3-----2--2--3--------|
|-2--------3--2--------3-2---|
|-0-----------0------------3-|
|----------------------------|

Repeat riff 1 4 times
Repeat riff 2 2 times

Lead 1
Repeat 2 times

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------5~--5-------------------|
|-2---2-3-2-3-------2---2-3-2-3-------|
|-------------------------------3~--3-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

Fill
|-----|
|-----|
|--2--|
|--2--|
|--0--|
|-----|

Riff 3
Repeat 2 times

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------8-7---------------------------------7-|
|-----8-7-----8-7-----8-7-----8-7-----8-7-----8-7-----8-7-----7-|
|-0-0-----0-0-----0-0-------------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-5-|
|-.-.-----.-.-----.-.-------------.-.-----.-.-----.-.-----.-.---|

Riff 4
Repeat 2 times

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------8-7---------------------------------7-|
|-----8-7-----8-7-----8-7-----8-7-----8-7-----8-7-----8-7-----7-|
|-0-0-----0-0-----0-0-------------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-5-|
  . .     . .     . .             . .     . .     . .     . .

Repeat riff 3 2 times
Repeat riff 4 2 times

Riff 5
Repeat the first part twice, then play the second part .

|-----------|-----------------------|
|-----------|-------------5---------|
|-2---------|-2---------------5---4-|
|-2---3---2-|-----3---2-------------|
|-0---3---2-|-----------------------|
|-----1---0-|-----------------------|

Riff 6
Repeat 2 times

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|----2-----3-----2-------|
|----2-----3-----2-----3-|
|-0000--1111--0000-----3-|
|-------------------1111-|

Riff 7
Repeat 2 times

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|----7-----8-----7-------|
|----7-----8-----7-----8-|
|-5555--6666--5555-----8-|
|-------------------6666-|

Repeat riff 6 2 times
Repeat riff 7 2 times

Riff 8
Repeat 2 times

|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-2---5---4---3-|
|-2---5---4---3-|
|-0---3---2---1-|

Riff 9
Repeat 2 times

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-2------2-5------5-4------4-3------3-|
|-0--0-0-0-3--3-3-3-2--2-2-2-1--1-1-1-|
     . .      . .      . .      . .

Repeat riff 8 2 times
Repeat riff 9 2 times


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