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                                 D E S P O N D

                                       -

                                   G R I E F
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			    SUPREME FUNERAL ORATION
		           (c) Haceldama Records 2003
                             http://despond.free.fr/


                               Tune Down 2 Steps
			         C F A# D# G C

			         Tempo = 70 BPM
		              Time Signature = 4/4



                          -----------------------------
		                 Transcribed by

		                 PADDY MCMULLAN
                           stinkypoohpants@yahoo.co.uk

                                   Version 1.1
                     (Corrections Outlined at Bottom of Tab)
                             -----------------------

		             Tablature Symbols Used:


 P.M.. ... -  Palm Mute
 h         -  Hammer-on
 p         -  Pull-off
 \         -  Slide Down to/Down From
 /         -  Slide Up to/Up From
 ( / )     -  Legato Slide
 ( )       -  Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note



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Riff 1: Guitars 1 and 2 with heavy distortion (Play 7 times)
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||-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
||--4----------------|--4------------(4\ 3)--|--3----------------|
||--4----------------|--4------------(4\ 3)--|--3----------------|
||--2----------------|--2------------(2\ 1)--|--1----------------|


|-------------------| |
|-------------------| |
|-------------------|*|
|--3----------------|*|
|--3----------------| |
|--1----------------| |



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Rest for 8 bars, then play riff 1 four more times
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Riff 2: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 3 times, with lead riff 1)
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||--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
||--4------------4----|--4------------4----|--4--------4----5----|
||--4------------4----|--4------------4----|--4--------4----5----|
||--2------------2----|--2------------2----|--2--------2----3----|


|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5----7----6--7--6----|--4------------4----|--4------------4----|
|--5----5----4--5--4----|--4------------4----|--4------------4----|
|--3--------------------|--2------------2----|--2------------2----|


|---------------------|-----------------------| |
|---------------------|-----------------------| |
|--6--------6----5----|--5--------------------|*|
|--6--------6----5----|--5----7----6--7--6----|*|
|--4--------4----3----|--3----7----6--7--6----| |
|---------------------|-------5----4--5--4----| |



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Lead riff 1: Guitar 3 with heavy distoriton (enters on second repeat of riff 2)
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||------------------|------------------|---------------------|
||-R-              -|-R-              -|---------------------|
||-E-              -|-E-              -|---------------------|
||-S-              -|-S-              -|--4--------4----5----|
||-T-              -|-T-              -|---------------------|
||------------------|------------------|---------------------|


|-----------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-R-              -|-R-              -|
|-----------------------|-E-              -|-E-              -|
|--5----7----6--7--6----|-S-              -|-S-              -|
|-------5----4--5--4----|-T-              -|-T-              -|
|-----------------------|------------------|------------------|


|---------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-R-              -|
|--6--------6----5----|--5--------------------|-E-              -|
|---------------------|-------7----6--7--6----|-S-              -|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-T-              -|
|---------------------|-----------------------|------------------|


|------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-R-              -|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-E-              -|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-S-              -|--4--------4----5----|--5----7----6--7--6----|
|-T-              -|---------------------|-------5----4--5--4----|
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|


|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-R-              -|-R-              -|---------------------|
|-E-              -|-E-              -|--6--------6----5----|
|-S-              -|-S-              -|---------------------|
|-T-              -|-T-              -|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------------|


|-----------------------||
|-----------------------||
|--5--------------------||
|-------7----6--7--6----||
|-----------------------||
|-----------------------||



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Riff 3: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 3 times)
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||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--4----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--4----------------|--5----------------|--8----------------|
||--2----------------|--5----------------|--8----------------|
||-------------------|--3----------------|--6----------------|


|-------------------| |
|-------------------| |
|-------------------|*|
|--5----------------|*|
|--5----------------| |
|--3----------------| |



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Riff 4: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 3 times)
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||--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||--4------------4----|--4--------2----4----|--4------------(4/  -|
||--4------------4----|--4--------2----4----|--4------------(4/  -|
||--2------------2----|--2--------0----2----|--2------------(2/  -|


|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------| |
|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------| |
|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|*|
| 9)----12----11----11----|--5------------(5/  -| 7)--------7----5----|*|
| 9)----12----11----11----|--5------------(5/  -| 7)--------7----5----| |
| 7)----10----9-----9-----|--3------------(3/  -| 5)--------5----3----| |



End the riff on the following:

|-----------|-----------||
|-----------|-----------||
|-----------|-----------||
|--4--------|--(4)------||
|--4--------|--(4)------||
|--2--------|--(2)------||



*Guitar 2 rests for the first 6 bars*



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Riff 5: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 3 times)
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||-------------------------|--------------------------|
||-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--10----9--7--7----7--9--|--9--10--9--5--5----5--7--|
||--0-----0--0--0----0--0--|--0--0---0--0--0----0--0--|
||-------------------------|--------------------------|
||-------------------------|--------------------------|


|-----------------------| |
|-----------------------| |
|--3----3--2--2----2/---|*| X 2
|--0----0--0--0----0----|*|
|-----------------------| |
|-----------------------| |


|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--10----9--7--7----7--9--|
|--0-----0--0--0----0--0--|
|-------------------------|


|--------------------------|-----------------------| |
|--------------------------|-----------------------| |
|--------------------------|-----------------------|*| X 2
|--9--10--9--5--5----5--7--|--3----3--2--2----2/---|*|
|--0--0---0--0--0----0--0--|--0----0--0--0----0----| |
|--------------------------|-----------------------| |



* Guitar 2 rests for the first 6 bars *



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Riff 6: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 12 times, with lead riff 2)
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||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--7----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--7----------------|--7----------------|--8----------------|
||--5----------------|--7----------------|--8----------------|
||-------------------|--5----------------|--6----------------|


|--------------------| |
|--------------------| |
|--------------------|*|
|--3--------2--------|*|
|--3--------2--------| |
|--1--------0--------| |



* Gradually fade out during the last 13 bars of the song *



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Lead riff 2: Guitar 3 (Play once through, enter on bar 9 of riff 6)
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1                             2
||----------------------------|--------------------------|
||----------------------------|--------------------------|
||----------------------------|--------------------------|
||----------------------------|--------------------------|
||--7h8-7h8-7h8--------8--10--|--7----8--(8/10)-----8----|
||----------------------------|--------------------------|

3                       4                       5
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|--7------8--7----8--7--|--5----5--7--7----7----|--10------12------12----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|

6                          7
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--10----9--9--10----10----|--(10/12)-----10-9-10-9-7----7--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|

8                       9                            10
|-----------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|--9----9--9--10--------|--5--7--7--7--7-------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------5--(8\7)-|--7----7--8--7----7----|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|

11                           12
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|--10----12--12--12----5--8--|--7----7--5--5----5----|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|

13                         14
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--10----9--7--7--7--7--7--|--10----7--5--5--5--5--(5/ |
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|

15                            16
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
| -12)------12--14----15--14--|--12----(12\ 10)--10----10----|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|

17                           18
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--(10\ 9)------10----10--9--|--10--12--10--9--7----(7/  -|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|

19                              20
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 14)h15p14h15------15----15----|--14h15p14h15------17--------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|

21                   22                 23
|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|-R-              -|-R-              -|
|--19----------------|-E-              -|-E-              -|
|--------------------|-S-              -|-S-              -|
|--------------------|-T-              -|-T-              -|
|--------------------|------------------|------------------|

24                 25                           26
|------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-R-              -|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-E-              -|--5--7--7--7--7-------------|-----------------------|
|-S-              -|-------------------5--(8\7)-|--7----7--8--7----7----|
|-T-              -|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|

27                             28
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|--10--12--12--12--12----5--8--|--7----7--5--5----5----|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|

29                            30
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--(10\ 9)--(9\ 7)--7----7----|--(10\ 9)--(7\ 5)--5----(5/  |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

31                            32
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
| -12)------12--14----15--14--|--12------10--10----10----|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|

33                            34
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|--(10\ 9)--9----10----10--9--|--10--12--10--9--7----(7/  |
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|

35                                36
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 14)h15p14h15------15----15--15--|--14h15p14h15------17--------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|

37
|--------------------||
|--------------------||
|--19----------------||
|--------------------||
|--------------------||
|--------------------||



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End
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Tab summary:        Riff 1 x 7
                    Riff 1 x 4
                    Riff 2 x 3 + Lead riff 1 x 1
                    Riff 3 x 3
                    Riff 4 x 3
                    Riff 5 x 3
                    Riff 6 x 12 + Lead riff 2 x 1

                    END


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Corrections (29/10/05):
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* Fixed incorrect slide directions
* Fixed rests

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