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band:Lamb of God
album: as the palace burns
song: in defense of our good name

copyright (c) epic records 2003

tabed by: antipunx
email adress: metalboi_91@hotmail.com


.  - 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 D A D G B E

   intro:
  guitar 1 and 2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|5h8p5----5h8p5----5h8p5---5h8p5---4h7p4---4h7p4----4h7p4----4h7p4---|
D|-----0-0------0-0------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0------0-0------0-0|
       . .      . .      . .     . .     . .     . .      . .      . .
  repeat 2x then add this fill after the drums kick in
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(riff interlude)---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------|(repeat 3x)|(repeat 3x)|(repeat 3x)|(repeat 3x)---|
|----4--3-0-0-1-3-|5h8p5------|-4h7p4-----|5h8p5------|4h7p4---------|
|00004--3-0-0-1-3-|-----0-0---|------0-0--|-----0-0---|-----0-0------|
 ....     .             . .          . .        . .         . .

 guitars 1 and 2 first verse:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------7-----7-----7-------7---------8-----8-----8-------8--------|
|--------8-----8-----8-------8---------9-----9-----9-------9--------|
|0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0----------|
 . . . .   . .   . .   . . .   . . . .   . .   . .   . . .
repeat and then add the "riff interlude"

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6-5-0-----------8-7-0---10-9-0---6-5-0-----------8-7-0---12-13-12|
|0-------0-0-0-0-0-------0--------0-------0-0-0-0-0-------0---------|
 .       . . . . .       .        .       . . . . .       .
repeat 2x then add the "riff inturlude"

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----6-6-----6-6------------6-6-----6-6------------6-6------**-----|
|-----5-5-----5-5------------5-5-----5-5------------5-5-------------|
|00000---00000---000011110000---00000---000011110000---0000---------|
 .....   .....   ............   .....   ............   ....
Repeat then add "riff interlude" **retard for drums (first time only)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|1-1-1-0-0-0-------------1-1-1-0-0-0--------------------------------|
|0-----------4-4-4-5-5-5-0-----------4-4-4-1-1-1--------------------|

 repeat 1x
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|repeat 6x|repeat 6x|repeat 6x|repeat 6x|---------|
|5h8p5----|-4h7p4---|1h4p1----|0h3p0----|-0-1-3-1-|
|-----------------------------------------0-1-3-1-|
repeat

|not sure about this|-----------|-first 2 times palm muted----------|
|repeat-------------|-----------|-then the third time tremelo pick--|
|--------3-0-------2|-----------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------|-----------------------------------|
|0-1-0-0-----0-1-0--|-1--0--1-0-|-0-0-0-1--1-1--1-3--3-3--3-4-------|
 . . . .     . . .    .  .  . .   . . . .  . .  . .  . .  . .
|-----------------------------------------------------|-first ----|2nd-ending|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-ending----|----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------|----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|6p5p0-4p3p0|----------|
|1--0--1--0--0-0-0-1--0--1--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--0--1--0--|-----------|4-4-4--0-0|
|1--0--1--0--0-0-0-1--0--1--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--0--1--0--|-----------|4-4-4--0-0|
             . . .            . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------5h7------------4h7------------1h4------------0h3-------|
|000000000000---000000000000---000000000000---000000000000----------|
 ............   ............   ............   ............
play once then add "riff interlude"

|----------|----------|----------|------------|---------------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------|---------------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------|---------------------------|
|repeat 3x-|repeat 3x-|repeat 3x-|--repeat----|---------------------------|
|5h7p5-----|4h7p4-----|7h10p7----|12h15p12----|---------------------------|
|-----0-0--|-----0-0--|------0-0-|--------0-0-|-0000-4-3-0-0-1-3-12\0-----|
      . .        . .         . .          . .   ....     .

 Well, there you have it. There are many rythm changes but if you listen
 to the cd you can pick them up. Have fun and rock on.
                                                      Antipunx

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