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CHALICE OF BLOOD
As recorded by Forbidden
(From the 1988 Album FORBIDDEN EVIL)
Copyright (c) 1988 Combat
(Also from the 1992 album THE BEST OF FORBIDDEN)
Copyright (c) 1992 Combat
Arranged by Forbidden
Transcribed by Steve Rubaszek - MetalThrashingMad
Email: Thrasher502@hotmail.com
Version FINAL - September 30, 2005
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 2'
Q=130
4/4
Gtr I
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|
| Gtr II
| PM--------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
Q=130
4/4
Gtr I
PM----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------3-----|
|---------------------------------|-----------------1--5--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----3--|
|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------3-----|
|---------------------------------|-----------------1--5--|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----3--|
Gtrs I, II
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|-------------------3-0-----3-0-|
||------------------------5-4-2-0-|---------------4-5-----4-5-----|
||o-4-------------2-0-------------|-4-----------------------------|
||--2-2-2-3-2-0-0-----2-0---------|-2-2-2-3-2-0-0-----------------|
4x
|-------------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------------|------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------5-4-2-0-|---------------8---------||
|-4-------------2-0-------------|-4-------------6-8-7-5--o||
|-2-2-2-3-2-0-0-----2-0---------|-2-2-2-3-2-0-0---6-5-3---||
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|---------5-4-------|
|-4-7-6-4-3-2-4-----|
|-2-5-4-2-----2-4-5-|
|---------------2-3-|
PM------------------| PM PM------------------| PM
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------4-----|
|-----------------------5---5-|-----------------------2---5-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-3-|
PM------------------| PM PM------------------| PM
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------5-|
|-----------------------5---5-|-----------------------5---3-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3---|
|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------------|-------------|
|---------5-4-------|---------5---|
|-4-7-6-4-3-2-4-----|-4--6--7-----|
|-2-5-4-2-----2-4-5-|-------------|
|---------------2-3-|-------------|
PM----------------------------|
3x
||----------------------------------|---------------||
||o---------------------------------|--------------o||
||----------------------------------|---------------||
||----------------------------------|----3--2-------||
||o---------------------------------|-5--1--0--2---o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--------0----||
Gtr I
PM-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|
| Gtr II
| \2
| PM--------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5-----------------------8----------------------|11-----------------------5---|
|-3-----------------------6----------------------|-9-----------------------3---|
|-3-----------------------6----------------------|-9-----------------------3---|
|
| ~~~
|18-15-18-15-18-15----12-15-12----12-15-12----12-|18-15-18-15-18-15----15-20b22|
|------------------14----------14----------14----|------------------17---------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Gtrs I, II
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|-------------------3-0-----3-0-|
||------------------------5-4-2-0-|---------------4-5-----4-5-----|
||o-4-------------2-0-------------|-4-----------------------------|
||--2-2-2-3-2-0-0-----2-0---------|-2-2-2-3-2-0-0-----------------|
4x
|-------------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------------|------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------5-4-2-2-|---------------8---------||
|-4-------------2-0-------------|-4-------------6-8-7-5--o||
|-2-2-2-3-2-0-0-----2-0---------|-2-2-2-3-2-0-0---6-5-3---||
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|---------5-4-------|
|-4-7-6-4-3-2-4-----|
|-2-5-4-2-----2-4-5-|
|---------------2-3-|
PM------------------| PM PM------------------| PM
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------4-----|
|-----------------------5---5-|-----------------------2---5-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-3-|
PM------------------| PM PM------------------| PM
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------5-|
|-----------------------5---5-|-----------------------5---3-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3---|
|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------------|-------------|
|---------5-4-------|---------5---|
|-4-7-6-4-3-2-4-----|-4--6--7-----|
|-2-5-4-2-----2-4-5-|-------------|
|---------------2-3-|-------------|
PM----------------------------|
3x
||----------------------------------|---------------||
||o---------------------------------|--------------o||
||----------------------------------|---------------||
||----------------------------------|----3--2-------||
||o---------------------------------|-5--1--0--2---o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--------0----||
Gtr I
PM-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|
| Gtr II
| \2
| PM--------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5-----------------------8----------------------|11-----------------------5---|
|-3-----------------------6----------------------|-9-----------------------3---|
|-3-----------------------6----------------------|-9-----------------------3---|
|
| ~~~
|18-15-18-15-18-15----12-15-12----12-15-12----12-|18-15-18-15-18-15----15-20b22|
|------------------14----------14----------14----|------------------17---------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Gtrs I, II
PM------------------| PM PM------------------| PM
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------4-----|
|-----------------------5---5-|-----------------------2---5-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-3-|
PM------------------| PM PM------------------| PM
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------5-|
|-----------------------5---5-|-----------------------5---3-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3---|
Q=140 Q=130
PM| PM----------------|
16x
||-----------------------||-||-----------------------------|
||o---------------------o||-||o----------------------------|
||-----------------------||-||-----------------------------|
||------------------5-5--||-||--4---------------------5-5--|
||o-4---------------3-3-o||-||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3--|
||--2-2-2-3-3-2-2-2------||-||-----------------------------|
PM--------| PM----------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|-5-5-5-5----------|
|-4-------------4-5-5--|-4---------------------5-4-|-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-|---------4-4-4-4--|
|----------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
PM----------------| PM--------| PM----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-4---------------------5-5-|-4-------------4-5-5--|-4---------------------5-4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-|
|---------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
2/4
4x
|------------------||--------|
|-----------------o||--------|
|---------7-7-7-7--||--------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-3-4----|
|-3-3-3-3---------o||-3-2-5--|
|------------------||-----3--|
4/4
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--------------|
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o-4-------5\-4-------------------|-4-------5\-4-------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-3\-2-2-2-2-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-2-2-2-2-3\-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
4/4
PM--| PM--| PM--|
4x
|--------------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-------------------------||
|-4-------5\-4-------------------|-4-------5\-4-7-6-4-6-7-o||
|-2-2-2-2-3\-2-2-2-2-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-2-2-2-2-3\-2-5-4-2-4-5--||
PM--------| PM| PM| PM--------|
3x
||-------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
||--5/-6-------------5/-6--------------|-5/-6-------------4-2-1-1-4-2-1-1---||
||--3/-4-4-4-7-5-4-4-3/-4-4-4-5/-6-----|-3/-4-4-4-7-5-4-4-------------------||
||o---------------------------3/-4-4-4-|-----------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
PM--------| PM| PM| PM--------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
|-5/-6-------------5/-6--------------|-5/-6-------------------|
|-3/-4-4-4-7-5-4-4-3/-4-4-4-5/-6-----|-3/-4-4-4-7-5-4-4-4-----|
|---------------------------3/-4-4-4-|------------------2--4--|
|------------------------------------|---------------------2--|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|-------------------3-0-----3-0-|
||------------------------5-4-2-0-|---------------4-5-----4-5-----|
||o-4-------------2-0-------------|-4-----------------------------|
||--2-2-2-3-2-0-0-----2-0---------|-2-2-2-3-2-0-0-----------------|
4x
|-------------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------------|------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------5-4-2-0-|---------------5-4-------||
|-4-------------2-0-------------|-4-------------3-2-5-4--o||
|-2-2-2-3-2-0-0-----2-0---------|-2-2-2-3-2-0-0-----3-2---||
PM----------------------------|
3x
||----------------------------------|---------------||
||o---------------------------------|--------------o||
||----------------------------------|---------------||
||----------------------------------|----3--2-------||
||o---------------------------------|-5--1--0--2---o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--------0----||
Gtr I
PM-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|
| Gtr II
| \2
| PM--------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5-----------------------8----------------------|11-----------------------5---|
|-3-----------------------6----------------------|-9-----------------------3---|
|-3-----------------------6----------------------|-9-----------------------3---|
|
| ~~~
|18-15-18-15-18-15----12-15-12----12-15-12----12-|18-15-18-15-18-15----15-20b22|
|------------------14----------14----------14----|------------------17---------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Gtrs I, II
|--------------*|
|--------------*|
|--------------*|
|-2-3----------*|
|-0-1-4-2-4----*|
|-----2-0-2----*|
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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