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Band:  Decrepit Birth
            Album: "...And Time Begins"
             Song: "Prelude To The Apocalypse"
           Length:  1:23

       Copyright - (c) (UNIQUE LEADER) (2003)
  Album Released - October 7, 2003
     Version 1.0 - October 20, 2004

       Written By: Matt Sotelo
   Transcribed By: Matt Sotelo
            email: decrepitbirth@msn.com

           Tabbed: Colton Chapman
            email: mick_6346@yahoo.com

            Music: 235 bpm

          Tunning: Guitar 1 - Matt Sotelo - (D,G,C,F,A,D) - Down 1 Whole Step
                   Guitar 2 - Mike Turner - (D,G,C,F,A,D) - Down 1 Whole Step


              Key: pm - palm mute    [ ]  - Natural Harmonic
                    % - rest         (ph) - Pinch Harmonic
                    / - slide up      h/  - legato slide up
                    ~ - vibrato       h\  - legato slide down
                    \ - slide down    b   - bend
		    h - hammer-on     pb  - pre-bend
                    p - pull-off      fb  - full bend
                   || - end of riff   rb  - release bend


            Notes: This is the Official Guitar Tabulature for
                   Decrepit Birth's "Prelude To The Apocalypse"
                   tabbed out from PowerTab by Decrepit Birth
                   guitarist Matt Sotelo into txt format by
                   Colton Chapman with permission from Matt Sotelo.
                   Also Mike Turner did not play on the recording
                   for the album "...And Time Begins" but he is now
                   a full time member of Decrepit Birth and is their
                   second guitarist.


   Riff 1 - (Guitars 1 & 2)
                                                                      2x
 D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
 A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
 F|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
 C|-----------------5555-------------|----------------------------------||
 G|-4-4-222255552222----222255554444-|-4-4-22225555--------55554444-----||
 D|-2-2------------------------------|-2-2---------22225555--------5555-||
 pm . . ............................   . . ............................


   Riff 2 - (Guitars 1 & 2)

 D|--------------------------------------------------|
 A|--------------------------------------------------|
 F|--------------------------------------------------|
 C|--------------------------------------------------|
 G|-55555555----------------5555555544444444---------|
 D|---------2222222255555555----------------55555555-|
 pm ................................................

 D|--------------------------------------------------|
 A|--------------------------------------------------|
 F|--------------------------------------------------|
 C|---------44444444---------------------------------|
 G|-----------------77777777----------------55555555-|
 D|-22222222----------------2222222255555555---------|
 pm ................................................

 D|---------------------------------||
 A|---------------------------------||
 F|---------------------------------||
 C|-------------------------6-5-----||
 G|-3-------2-----------6-5-----6-5-||
 D|---6-5-6---5-3-2-3-2-------------||
 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


   Riff 3 - (Guitars 1 & 2)

 D|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
 A|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
 F|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
 C|---------------------4444-----------------|--------------------------------||
 G|-4-4-444477776666-4-------4--222255554444-|-6-6-3-3-4-4-3-3-6-6-3-3-4-4-3--||
 D|-2-2--------------2-------2---------------|-4-4-1-1-2-2-1-1-4-4-1-1-2-2-1--||
 pm . . ............ .  .... .  ............   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


   Riff 4 - (Guitars 1 & 2)
                                                                      2x
 D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
 A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
 F|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
 C|-4444-------------4-------5-------|----------------------------------||
 G|-----222255554444-----5-4-----6-5-|-3333-------------3-------2-------||
 D|--------------------2-------3-----|-----666655556666---6-5-6---5-3-2-||
 pm ................ . . . . . . . .   ................ . . . . . . . .


   Riff 5 - (Guitar 1)

 D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 F|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 C|---------2-----4-|---------2-------|-----------------|---------2-----4-|
 G|---3-------------|---3-------------|-6-6-3-3-4-4-3-3-|---3-------------|
 D|-7---5-4---3-2---|-7---5-4---4-3-2-|-4-4-1-1-2-2-1-1-|-7---5-4---3-2---|
 pm . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .

   Riff 5 - (Guitar 2)

 D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 F|--------%--------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 C|-----------------|---------2-------|-----------------|---------2-----4-|
 G|-----------------|---3-------------|-6-6-3-3-4-4-3-3-|---3-------------|
 D|-----------------|-7---5-4---4-3-2-|-4-4-1-1-2-2-1-1-|-7---5-4---3-2---|
 pm                   . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .

   Riff 5B - (Guitars 1 & 2)

 D|-----------------|------------------------------------------------|
 A|-----------------|------------------------------------------------|
 F|-----------------|------------------------------------------------|
 C|-----------------|------------------------------------------------|
 G|-3-------2-------|-6-6-3-3-4-4-3-3-6-6-3-3-4-4-3--6-6-3-3-4-4-3-3-|
 D|---6-5-6---5-3-2-|-4-4-1-1-2-2-1-1-4-4-1-1-2-2-1--4-4-1-1-2-2-1-1-|
 pm . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . .

 D|----------------||
 A|----------------||
 F|----------------||
 C|----------------||
 G|-4-2-1-0-3-2-1--||
 D|-4-2-1-0-3-2-1--||
 pm . . . . . . .


   Riff 6 - (Guitar 1)

 D|-------------|--------------------------|---------------------||
 A|-------------|--------------------------|---------------------||
 F|------%------|--------------------------|---------------------||
 C|-------------|-6-6-3--4--3--6--3--4--3--|---------------------||
 G|-------------|-4-4-1--2--1--4--1--2--1--|-4444-1111-2222-1111-||
 D|-------------|-4-4-1--2--1--4--1--2--1--|---------------------||
 pm               . . .        .             .... .... .... ....

   Riff 6 - (Guitar 2)

 D|-------------|--------------------------|---------------------||
 A|-------------|--------------------------|---------------------||
 F|-------------|--------------------------|---------------------||
 C|-6--3--4--3--|-6-6-3--4--3--6--3--4--3--|---------------------||
 G|-4--1--2--1--|-4-4-1--2--1--4--1--2--1--|---------------------||
 D|-4--1--2--1--|-4-4-1--2--1--4--1--2--1--|-4444-1111-2222-1111-||
 pm .             . . .        .             .... .... .... ....


   Riff 7 - (Guitars 1 & 2)

 D|------------------------------------------------|----------------|
 A|------------------------------------------------|----------------|
 F|------------------------------------------------|----------------|
 C|------------------------------------------------|----------------|
 G|-6-6-3-3-4-4-3-3-6-6-3-3-4-4-3--6-6-3-3-4-4-3-3-|-4-3-2-1-3-2-1--|
 D|-4-4-1-1-2-2-1-1-4-4-1-1-2-2-1--4-4-1-1-2-2-1-1-|-4-3-2-1-3-2-1--|
 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . .

   Riff 7B - (Guitar 1)

 D|------------------------------------------||
 A|------------------------------------------||
 F|------------------------------------------||
 C|----------12------------------------------||
 G|---9-12-9----9-12-11---9-12------12-11----||
 D|-9-------------------9------9-12-------12-||
 pm . .  . .  . .  .  . . .  . .  .  .  .  .

   Riff 7B - (Guitar 2)

 D|---------------------------------||
 A|---------------------------------||
 F|---------------------------------||
 C|---------5-----------------------||
 G|---2-5-2---2-5-4---2-5-----5-4---||
 D|-2---------------2-----2-5-----5-||
 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


   Riff 8 - (Guitars 1 & 2) - 2x

 D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 F|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 C|-----------------5555-------------|----------------------------------|
 G|-4-4-222255552222----222255554444-|-4-4-22225555--------55554444-----|
 D|-2-2------------------------------|-2-2---------22225555--------5555-|
 pm . . ............................   . . ............................

 D|-----------------------------------------||
 A|-----------------------------------------||
 F|-----------------------------------------||
 C|--------------------7-10-----------------||
 G|-5-8-7-10------7-10------3-6-5-8-1-4-3-6-||
 D|----------7-10---------------------------||
 pm . . .  . .  . .  . .  . . . . . . . . .


   Riff 9 - (Guitars 1 & 2)

 D|------------------------------------------|---------||
 A|------------------------------------------|---------||
 F|------------------------------------------|----%----||
 C|---------------------4444-----------------|---------||
 G|-4-4-444477776666-4-------4--222255554444-|---------||
 D|-2-2--------------2-------2---------------|---------||
 pm . . ............ .  .... .  ............


   Riff 10 - (Guitars 1 & 2)

                         3x
 D|------------------------||
 A|------------------------||
 F|------------------------||
 C|------------------------||
 G|-4--5--4--7--4--5--4--3-||
 D|-2--3--2--5--2--3--2--1-||
 pm .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .

   Riff 10B - (Guitar 1)

 D|------------|------------||
 A|------------|------------||
 F|------------|------------||
 C|------------|------------||
 G|-4--5--4--7-|-4--5--4--3-||
 D|-2--3--2--5-|-2--3--2--1-||
 pm .  .  .  .   .  .  .  .

   Riff 10B - (Guitar 2)

 D|------------|------------||
 A|------------|------------||
 F|------%-----|------------||
 C|------------|------------||
 G|------------|-4--5--4--3-||
 D|------------|-2--3--2--1-||
 pm              .  .  .  .


   Riff 11 - (Guitars 1 & 2)
                                                         2x
 D|--------------------------------------------------------||
 A|--------------------------------------------------------||
 F|--------------------------------------------------------||
 C|--------------------------------------------------------||
 G|-4-4--------------4--5--4--3--4-----------4--5--3--4--3-||
 D|-2-2-222255552222-2--3--2--1--2--22225555-2--3--1--2--1-||
 pm . . ............ .  .  .  .  .  ........ .  .  .  .  .

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