Sodom - "Shellfire Defense" Guitar Tab
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Band: Sodom
Album: Better Off Dead (1990)
Song: Shellfire Defence
Copyright (c) - SPV/Steamhammer 1990
Version 1.0 - 08.05.2004
Transcribed By: Agent Orange
Email: four_20@abv.bg
* - 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
Tunning E A D G B E
Riff 1 x6
e-|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------
b-|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------
g-|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------
D-|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------
A-|-5-----4-----6---5-----4-----6----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------
E-|---3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-3---3--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------
p.m. * * * * * * * * * * trem.picking* *
Verse riff: x1
e-|------------3----------------------------3--------|-----------------
b-|--------------3----------------------------3------|-----------------
g-|----------------4----------------------------4----|-----------------
D-|-5--5-4---5--------4--4-4-4-4--5--5-4--5--------4-|-----------------
A-|-5--5-4---5--------4--4-4-4-4--5--5-4--5--------4-|-----------------
E-|-3--3-2---3--------2--2-2-2-2--3--3-2--3--------2-|-----------------
p.m. * * * *
Riff 3
With vocals: x2
e-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--
b-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--
g-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--
D-|-10-9--------------7-9--------------10-9--------------7-9---------12-11--|--
A-|--8-7--------------5-7---------------8-7--------------5-7---------10--9--|--
E-|-------0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-------|--
p.m. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 4
When singing stops: x2
e-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--
b-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--
g-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--
D-|-10--9-------------9--8--------------8-7--------------7-6----------------|--
A-|--8--7-------------7--6--------------6-5--------------5-4----------------|--
E-|-------0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0----|--
p.m. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Then:
Riff 1 for chorus x4
Verse riff x1
Riff 3 x2
Riff 4 x2
Riff 1 again x4
Riff 5 One guitar The other does this w/wah-wah: Then:
d-|-----------------------------------|---------------|---------------------|--
a-|-----------------------------------|---------------|---------------------|--
f-|-----------------------------------|---------------|---------------------|--
C-|-----------------------------------|-3--2-----3--2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|--
G-|-----------------------------------|-3--2-----3--2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|--
D-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-etc.|-1--0-----1--0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1---------|--
trem. picking.........................|
Riff 1 x2
Altered verse riff + following two riffs during solo
Riff 1 x3
Verse riff x1
Riff 3 x2
Riff 4 x2
Riff 1 x4
End with an F#5 chord and pick slides
END
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