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Band: Necrophagist
Album: Epitaph
Song: The Stillborn One
Copyright (c) Relapse Records 2004
Version 1.0 – 05.04.2005
Transcribed By: Robert Nowak
Email: robert.n74@web.de
Bands: unchallengedhate.de
japanischekampfhoerspiele.de
. - 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 2 half steps down: D-G-C-F-A-D
guitar one = left channel
guitar two = right channel
NOTE: i wrote down all the notes of both guitars on top of each other
so you can see what the other guitar is playing on every note
RIFF 1 Gtr. one (0:00) = 4 times
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|-3-/-4-\-3---------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------/5---4-----------------------------------------
|-1-/-2-\-1----ph-------7----1--/--2-\-1--------ph-1-/-2-\-1----1-2-
|------------0-2-/-3---------2--/--3-\-2--0-2-3-2--2-/-3-\-2--0-----
. . . . . . . . .
RIFF 1 Gtr. two (0:00) = 4 times
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------5---------------------------------------------
|-1-/-2-\-1----ph------------1--/--2-\-1--------ph-1-/-2-\-1--------
|-2-/-3-\-2--0-6-/-7----8-7--2--/--3-\-2--0-2-3-2--2-/-3-\-2--0-2-3-
. . . . . . . . .
RIFF 1 Gtr. one continue
------------------------------|-1&3&4-|----only-second-time-----||
------------------------------|--time-|-------------------------||
------------------------------|-11----|-------------------------||
-5--ph------------------------|-------|-------------------------||
----7-\-6--1--/--2-\-1----1-2-|-9-----|-1/2h5p2\1/2/1-----------||
-----------2--/--3-\-2--0-----|-------|--------------h3\2/3\2p0-||
. . .
RIFF 1 Gtr. two continue
------------------------------|-1&3&4-|------only-second-time------||
------------------------------|--time-|----------------------------||
------------------------------|-------|----------------------------||
-5--ph------------------------|-4-----|-8/9h12p9\8/9\8-------------||
----7-\-6--1--/--2-\-1--------|-------|---------------h10\9/10\9p7-||
-----------2--/--3-\-2--0-2-3-|-2-----|----------------------------||
. . .
RIFF 2 Gtr. one (0:45) = 2 times
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-3----------------3------2---2---6------555222255-6----------------5----
|-------------------------2---2---------------------------10-9------2----
|-1------000000000-1------0---0---4----------------4---------7----3-3----
......... . . ......... . .
RIFF 2 Gtr. two (0:45) = 2 times
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-3----------------3------2---2---3----------------3---------4------5----
|-------------------------2---2---------------------------2--2----2-2----
|-1------000000000-1------0---0---1------000000000-1------0-------0-3----
......... . . ......... . .
RIFF 2 Gtr. one continue
------------------------------------------------------------------||
------------------------------------------------------------------||
--------------------------------------------------------------4-3-||
-3----------------3------2---2---6------555222255-6---------------||
-------------------------2---2-----------------------------2--2-1-||
-1------000000000-1------0---0---4----------------4--3-3-3-0------||
......... . . ......... . . .
RIFF 2 Gtr. two continue
------------------------------------------------------------------||
------------------------------------------------------------------||
------------------------------------------------------------------||
-3----------------3------2---2---3----------------6--------5--5-2-||
-------------------------2---2------------------------------------||
-1------000000000-1------0---0---1------000000000-4--0-0-0-3--3-2-||
......... . . ......... . . .
RIFF 3 GTR. one (1:05) = 4 times
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|-----5-----4-------5----4-------5---4-/-5---~-------
|-----7-----6-------7----6-------7---6-/-7-/-10------
|-0-------------0------------0-----------------------
. . . . . . . .
RIFF 4 GTR. two (1:05) = 4 times
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------9-------
|------------------------------------------------8---
|-7---1010106---10--7----999-777-10--6-/-7-----------
|----------------------------------------------------
. . . . . . . ... ... .
RIFF 3 GTR. one continue
----------------------------------------------------||
----------------------------------------------------||
--------------------------------------------5-/-8---||
-----5-----4-------5----4-------5---4-/-5-----------||
-----7-----6-------7----6-------7---6-/-7-----------||
-0-------------0------------0-----------------------||
. . . . . . . .
RIFF 4 GTR. two continue
----------------------------------------------------||
----------------------------------------------------||
----------------------------------------------------||
--------------------------------------------~-------||
-7---1010106---10--7----999-777-10--6-/-7-/-8-------||
----------------------------------------------------||
. . . . . . . ... ... .
RIFF 5 GTR. one (1:35) = 3 times
|-only--|--------------------------------------||
|-first-|-------0------------------------------||
|-time--|----3----3-------------------0---0----||
|-2-----|-5-------------------------4---4------||
|-2-----|-------------------------2------------||
|-0---0-|--------------------------------------||
RIFF 5 GTR. two (1:35) = 3 times
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|-2--------------------2-----------------------||
|-2--------------------2-----------------------||
|-0--------------------0-----------------------||
RIFF 5 GTR. three (1:35)
|---t15-bh-br---bh-br--------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
RIFF 5 GTR. four (1:35)
|-------------------------t14-bh-br---bh-br----||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
RIFF 6 GTR. one (1:57)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------ph|
|---5---5-4---4-----5---5---9-8---8---7----5---5-4---4-----5---5---9\8---8|
|-7---7-----------6---7---7-----6---6----7---7-----------6---7---7-----7--|
|0----------0---0-----------------------0----------0---0------------------|
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 6 GTR. two (1:57)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------ph------------------------------------ph|
|---------------------------------7--------------------------------------8|
|2----------------6-------------------------------------------------------|
|0------------------------------------------------------------------------|
RIFF 6 GTR. Both GTR. (2:02)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------ph|
|---5---5-4---4-----5---5---9-8---8---7----5---5-4---4-----5---5---9\8---8|
|-7---7-----------6---7---7-----6---6----7---7-----------6---7---7-----7--|
|0----------0---0-----------------------0----------0---0------------------|
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 7 Gtr. one (2:07)
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|---------------4-------5-5-----5---5---4-
|---4---------------6-------7-------------
|-0---3-0-3-2-2---2---3-------3---3---2---
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 7 Gtr. two (2:07)
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|---------------------5---5-----8---8---7-
|---4---------------6---7---7-------------
|-0---3-0-3-2-2-2-2-----------7---6---5---
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 7 Gtr. one continue
-----------------------------------------||
-----------------------------------------||
-------------------------------6---6-----||
---------------4-------5-5-------------5-||
---4---------------6-------7-----4---4---||
-0---3-0-3-2-2---2---3-------3-----------||
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 7 Gtr. two continue
-----------------------------------------||
-----------------------------------------||
---------------------------------------9-||
---------------------5---5-----8---8-----||
---4---------------6---7---7---------7---||
-0---3-0-3-2-2-2-2-----------7---6-------||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 7 Gtr. one (2:12)
Same as before only change on () marked note
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|---------------4--(4)--5-5-----5---5---4-
|---4-----------------------7-------------
|-0---3-0-3-2-2---2---3-------3---3---2---
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 7 Gtr. two (2:12)
Same as before...
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|---------------------5---5-----8---8---7-
|---4---------------6---7---7-------------
|-0---3-0-3-2-2-2-2-----------7---6---5---
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 7 Gtr. one continue
-----------------------------------------||
-----------------------------------------||
-------------------------------6---6-----||
---------------4-------5-5-------------5-||
---4---------------6-------7-----4---4---||
-0---3-0-3-2-2---2---3-------3-----------||
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 7 Gtr. two continue
-----------------------------------------||
-----------------------------------------||
---------------------------------------9-||
---------------------5---5-----8---8-----||
---4---------------6---7---7---------7---||
-0---3-0-3-2-2-2-2-----------7---6-------||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 8 Break Gtr. one (2:17)
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|--------------------7h9p8-9-8-9---7--------||
|--------------------------------9---10-7h9-||
|-------------------------------------------||
. . . . . .
RIFF 8 Break Gtr. two (2:17)
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-9p8-9-8-9---7-----------------------------||
|-----------9---10-7h9----------------------||
|----------------------7p6-7-6-7-2-5-3--0h2-||
. . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 9 Gtr. one (2:20) = 2 times
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------5\4-2h4---4---------------------------------
|-----3---5-----2-------------5-------3-------6-----------5---2---
|-------------------------------------------------7---7-----------
|-1-1---1---1-4---0-0-------------1-1---1-1-1---4---0---0---0---0-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 9 Gtr. two (2:20) = 2 times
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------0-----------------------------------
|---------------------------0---0---------------------------------
|-----3---5-----2---------------------3-------6-----------5---2---
|---------------------3\2-0-----------------------7---7-----------
|-1-1---1---1-4---0-0-------------1-1---1-1-1---4---0---0---0---0-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 9 Gtr. one continue
-------------------------------------------------------------||
-------------------------------------------------------------||
---------------------------4---5-----------------------------||
-----3---5-----2---------------------3---5--------------4----||
---------------------6\5-2---3-------------------------------||
-1-1---1---1-4---0-0-------------1-1---1---1-4-0--0--3--2----||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 9 Gtr. two continue
-----------------------------0-0-----------------------------||
-------------------------------------------------------------||
---------------------------0---------------------------------||
-----3---5-----2---------4-----------3---5-----------5--4----||
---------------------3\2--------------------------3----------||
-1-1---1---1-4---0-0-------------1-1---1---1-4-0--------2----||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 10 Gtr. one (2:36)
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------ph----ph---
|-----3---------------5---2-----6-----3-------5---------7-----9p6--
|-------------------------------------------------7--8-----8-------
|-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1---0---0-4---3\1---1-1-1---0------------------
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 10 Gtr. two (2:36)
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----3---------------5---2-----6-----3-------5---------ph----ph---
|-------------------------------------------------------5-----5p2--
|-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1---0---0-4---3\1---1-1-1---0-0--1-----1-------
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 10 Gtr. one continue
-----------------------------------------------------------||
-----------------------------------------------------------||
-----------------------------------------------------------||
-----3---------------5---2-----6-----3-------5-------------||
-------------------------------------------------------~---||
-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1---0---0-4---3\1---1-1-1---1/3h4h7p3---||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 10 Gtr. two continue
-----------------------------------------------------------||
-----------------------------------------------------------||
-------------------------------------------------------~---||
-----3---------------5---2-----6-----3-------5-------2/5---||
-----------------------------------------------------------||
-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1---0---0-4---3\1---1-1-1---1/3h7-------||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 8b BREAK Gtr. one (2:43)
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|-7p6-7-6-7-2-5-3--0h2-||
. . . . . .
RIFF 8b BREAK Gtr. two (2:43)
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|-9p8-9-8-9---7--------||
|-----------9---10-7h9-||
|----------------------||
. . . . . .
again RIFF 9 Gtr. one (2:45) = 2 times
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------5\4-2h4---4---------------------------------
|-----3---5-----2-------------5-------3-------6-----------5---2---
|-------------------------------------------------7---7-----------
|-1-1---1---1-4---0-0-------------1-1---1-1-1---4---0---0---0---0-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
again RIFF 9 Gtr. two (2:45) = 2 times
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------0-----------------------------------
|---------------------------0---0---------------------------------
|-----3---5-----2---------------------3-------6-----------5---2---
|---------------------3\2-0-----------------------7---7-----------
|-1-1---1---1-4---0-0-------------1-1---1-1-1---4---0---0---0---0-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 9 Gtr. one continue
-------------------------------------------------------------||
-------------------------------------------------------------||
---------------------------4---5-----------------------------||
-----3---5-----2---------------------3---5--------------4----||
---------------------6\5-2---3-------------------------------||
-1-1---1---1-4---0-0-------------1-1---1---1-4-0--0--3--2----||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 9 Gtr. two continue
-----------------------------0-0-----------------------------||
-------------------------------------------------------------||
---------------------------0---------------------------------||
-----3---5-----2---------4-----------3---5-----------5--4----||
---------------------3\2--------------------------3----------||
-1-1---1---1-4---0-0-------------1-1---1---1-4-0--------2----||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Intro to Solo I both Gtr. (3:01)
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|-3-----------------------------
|-3-----------------------------
|-1-----------------------------
Solo I
Rhythm Gtr. one RIFF 11 = 4 times
|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
|-4---------------------------------------------------------------||
|-4----------------------------4----------------------------4-----||
|-2-----------------------2----4----------------------------4-----||
|-------------------------3----2----------------------------2-----||
Rhythm Gtr. one RIFF 11 = 4 times
|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------0------------------------------------------------------||
|-------0-----------0-------------------0----------------0--------||
|----4----------------4--------------4-----------4----------------||
|-2-------------------------------4-------------------4-----------||
|------------------------------2-------------------2--------------||
. . . .
Intro to Solo II Gtr. one (3:37)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-------5----------------------|
|-------5------5--------8------|
|-~-----3----2--------6--------|
|-2--0-------------------------|
. .
Intro to Solo II Gtr. two (3:37)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-----------------------3------|
|-------5------5--------4------|
|-~-----3----2--------6--------|
|-2--0--3----------------------|
. .
Solo II
Rhythm Both Gtr. RIFF 12 (3:39) = 2 times
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----5----------------9-------10-------4-------4-------5-------4---
|---7---7---7h10p7---7---7---7----7---------------------------------
|-0-------0--------0-------0--------0-2---2-0-2---2-0-3---3-0-2---2-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
----------------------------------------------------------------||
----------------------------------------------------------------||
----------------------------------------------------------------||
--------------5-------10-------9-------4----------5-------7-----||
---7h10p7---7---7---7----7---7---7-------~----------------------||
-0--------0-------0--------0-------0-2---2------3---3-3-3---3-3-||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rhythm Both Gtr. RIFF 13 (3:55) = 2 times
The () marked note is played by guitar one
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------11------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------4-------4-------5---
|---7h10p7h9-----7h10p7h9------3~-----------------------------
|-0----------0-0--------------(0ph)---0-2---2-0-2---2-0-3---3-
. . . . . . . . . . . .
-----------------------------------------------------------------||
-----------------------------------------------------------------||
-----------------------11-----7----------------------------------||
-----------------------------------------4-----------5-----------||
---7h10p7h9-----7h10p7h9------5----------------------------------||
-0----------0-0----------------------------2-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-3-||
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Solo Outro Gtr. 1 (4:11)
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-2--------/-9--------|
|-2--------/-7--------|
|-0-------------------|
Solo Outro Gtr. 1 (4:11)
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-2--------/-9--------|
|-2--------/-10-------|
|-0-------------------|
RIFF 1 Gtr. one (4:14) ending
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|-3-/-4-\-3-----------------------------------------||
|--------------------/5---4-------------------------||
|-1-/-2-\-1----ph-------7----1--/--2-\-1--------1---||
|------------0-2-/-3---------2--/--3-\-2--0-2-3-2---||
. . . . . .
RIFF 1 Gtr. two (4:14) ending
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------5-----------------------------||
|-1-/-2-\-1----ph------------1--/--2-\-1--------1---||
|-2-/-3-\-2--0-6-/-7----8-7--2--/--3-\-2--0-2-3-2---||
. . . . . .
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