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AGENTS OF STEEL
As recorded by Agent Steel
(From the 1985 Album SKEPTICS APOCALYPSE)
Copyright (c) Combat Records 1987
Arranged by Agent Steel
Transcribed by Steve Rubaszek
Version - FINAL August 3, 2005
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Fill'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Lead'
0:00
Q=175
4/4
Gtr I
W W Q E Q. Q
|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|-8--7-8----5--|
|----------|-5--------|-6--5-6----3--|
|----------|-3--------|--------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W W
|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|--------------|
Gtrs I, II
W Q E Q. Q
|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-8--7-8----5--|
|--5----------------------------------------|-6--5-6----3--|
|--3----------------------------------------|--------------|
|
| \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/
| |-------------6:8-------------|
| H +S +S +S +S +S +S W
|-15----(15)--(15)--(15)--(15)--(15)--(15)--|--------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
0:06 , 0:31
$
Gtrs I, II
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E Q. Q 6x
||--------------------------------|---------------||
||o-------------------------------|--------------o||
||--------------------------------|---------------||
||--------------------------------|-8--7-8----5---||
||o-5-----------------------------|-6--5-6----3--o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------||
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E E Q Q
||--------------------------------|--------------|
||o-------------------------------|--------------|
||--------------------------------|--------3-----|
||--4-----------------------------|-5--4-5-1--5--|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--2-3----3--|
||--------------------------------|--------------|
D.S.
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E E H
|-------------------------------|--------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------o||
|-------------------------------|--------2-----||
|-4-----------------------------|-5--4-5-0-----||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--2-3------o||
|-------------------------------|--------------||
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E Q. Q 4x
||--------------------------------|---------------||
||o-------------------------------|--------------o||
||--------------------------------|---------------||
||--------------------------------|-8--7-8----5---||
||o-5-----------------------------|-6--5-6----3--o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------||
1:06
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||o--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
||--------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| Q E E Q E E
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||--10-------9---10---13-------12---9---|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--o||
|--------------------------------------||
|
| Q E E H
|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
|-10-------9---10---12-----------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------|
||o-3-3----3---3--3-3----3---3-3-3----3---3--3-3----3---3-|
||--------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |---3----| |---3----| |---3----| |---3----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------------|
||--9---10---9---12---10---9---9---10---9---12---10---9---|
||--------------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|-3-3----3---3--3-3----3---3-3-3----3---3--3-3-3-3----o||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|
| |---3----| |---3----| |---3----|
| S S S S S S S S S Q
|------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------o||
|-9---10---9---12---10---9---9---10---9---10-----------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||---2-2----2----2--2-2----2----2--2-2----2----2--2-2----2----2-|
||o-------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |----3----| |----3----| |----3----| |----3----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||o-10---11---10---13---11---10---10---11---10---13---11---10---|
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|--2-2----2----2--2-2----2----2--2-2----2----2--2-2-2-2-----||
|----------------------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|
| |----3----| |----3----| |----3----|
| S S S S S S S S S Q
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-10---11---10---13---11---10---10---11---10---11----------o||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4----4---4--4-4----4---4-4-4----4---4--4-4----4---4-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |---3----| |---3----| |---3----| |---3----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-8---10---8---12---10---8---8---10---8---12---10---8---|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4----4---4--4-4----4---4-4-4----4---4-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| |---3----| |---3----| |---3----|
| S S S S S S S S S Q
|-8---10---8---12---10---8---8---10---8---8-------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4----4---4--4-4----4---4-4-4----4---4--4-4----4---4-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |---3----| |---3----| |---3----| |---3----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-8---10---8---12---10---8---8---10---8---12---10---8---|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--4-4----4----4--4-4----4----4--4-4----4----4--4----4-4-4-|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |----3----| |----3----| |----3----|
| S S S S S S S S S Q
|-19---17---15---------------------------------------------|
|----------------18---17---15------------------------------|
|-------------------------------14---16---17---17b19-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
1:26
Gtrs I, II
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E Q. Q 4x
||--------------------------------|---------------||
||o-------------------------------|--------------o||
||--------------------------------|---------------||
||--------------------------------|-8--7-8----5---||
||o-5-----------------------------|-6--5-6----3--o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------||
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E E Q Q
||--------------------------------|--------------|
||o-------------------------------|--------------|
||--------------------------------|--------3-----|
||--4-----------------------------|-5--4-5-1--5--|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--2-3----3--|
||--------------------------------|--------------|
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E E H
|-------------------------------|--------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------o||
|-------------------------------|--------2-----||
|-4-----------------------------|-5--4-5-0-----||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--2-3------o||
|-------------------------------|--------------||
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E Q. Q 6x
||--------------------------------|---------------||
||o-------------------------------|--------------o||
||--------------------------------|---------------||
||--------------------------------|-8--7-8----5---||
||o-5-----------------------------|-6--5-6----3--o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------||
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E E Q Q
||--------------------------------|--------------|
||o-------------------------------|--------------|
||--------------------------------|--------3-----|
||--4-----------------------------|-5--4-5-1--5--|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--2-3----3--|
||--------------------------------|--------------|
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E E H
|-------------------------------|--------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------o||
|-------------------------------|--------2-----||
|-4-----------------------------|-5--4-5-0-----||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--2-3------o||
|-------------------------------|--------------||
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E Q. Q 4x
||--------------------------------|---------------||
||o-------------------------------|--------------o||
||--------------------------------|---------------||
||--------------------------------|-8--7-8----5---||
||o-5-----------------------------|-6--5-6----3--o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------||
2:21
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||o--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
||--------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| Q E E Q E E
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||--10-------9---10---13-------12---9---|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--o||
|--------------------------------------||
|
| Q E E H
|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
|-10-------9---10---12-----------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------|
||o-3-3----3---3--3-3----3---3-3-3----3---3--3-3----3---3-|
||--------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |---3----| |---3----| |---3----| |---3----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------------|
||--9---10---9---12---10---9---9---10---9---12---10---9---|
||--------------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|-3-3----3---3--3-3----3---3-3-3----3---3--3-3-3-3----o||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|
| |---3----| |---3----| |---3----|
| S S S S S S S S S Q
|------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------o||
|-9---10---9---12---10---9---9---10---9---10-----------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||---2-2----2----2--2-2----2----2--2-2----2----2--2-2----2----2-|
||o-------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |----3----| |----3----| |----3----| |----3----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||o-10---11---10---13---11---10---10---11---10---13---11---10---|
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|--2-2----2----2--2-2----2----2--2-2----2----2--2-2-2-2-----||
|----------------------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|
| |----3----| |----3----| |----3----|
| S S S S S S S S S Q
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-10---11---10---13---11---10---10---11---10---11----------o||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4----4---4--4-4----4---4-4-4----4---4--4-4----4---4-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |---3----| |---3----| |---3----| |---3----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-8---10---8---12---10---8---8---10---8---12---10---8---|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4----4---4--4-4----4---4-4-4----4---4-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| |---3----| |---3----| |---3----|
| S S S S S S S S S Q
|-8---10---8---12---10---8---8---10---8---8-------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4----4---4--4-4----4---4-4-4----4---4--4-4----4---4-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |---3----| |---3----| |---3----| |---3----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-8---10---8---12---10---8---8---10---8---12---10---8---|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--4-4----4----4--4-4----4----4--4-4----4----4--4----4-4-4-|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |----3----| |----3----| |----3----|
| S S S S S S S S S Q
|-19---17---15---------------------------------------------|
|----------------18---17---15------------------------------|
|-------------------------------14---16---17---17b19-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
2:42
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E Q. Q 4x
||--------------------------------|---------------||
||o-------------------------------|--------------o||
||--------------------------------|---------------||
||--------------------------------|-8--7-8----5---||
||o-5-----------------------------|-6--5-6----3--o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------||
Q E Q. Q 3x W +W 7x
||----------------||----------||----------||
||o--------------o||----------||o--------o||
||----------------||----------||----------||
||--8--7-8----5---||----------||----------||
||o-6--5-6----3--o||-5--------||o-(5)----o||
||----------------||-3--------||--(3)-----||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th;
T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it
represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them
represent rests. Multi-bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the
number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16),
where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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