At the Gates – Under A Serpent Sun (Guitar Tab)
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From the Album "SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL"
1995 Earache Records
Version 666 - July 2000
Originally transcribed by: Richard Broadhead II and Scott King
Changes by : Anders Bjorler (AT THE GATES) July 2000.
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
ph - pinch harmonic f - full bend h - half bend
* - see comment r - release t - tap bend
X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend
@ - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
TUNING: B(everystring down 2.5 steps)
Intro riff *(these are 10's not 1's and 0's) |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| Gtrs |-----------------------------------------------------*----------------| 1-2 |-----------------------------------------9999--------10101010---------| |----3333------------3333------------7777---------7777------------7777-| |1111----444444441111----444444445555---------5555------------5555-----|
Play the above a total of two times
Riff 1(* these are 10's not ones and zeros) |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| Gtr |----------------------------------------------------*----------------| 1 |----------------------------------------9999--------10101010---------| |----3333------------3333------------7777--------7777------------7777-| |1111----444444441111----444444445555--------5555------------5555-----| | | |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| Gtr |---------------------------------------------------------------------| 2 |3---------------3-----------3-6-7-----------9---10-------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------2--------| |1---------------1-----------1-4-5-----------7---8-----------0--------| Riff 2 |------------------------------------------------ |------------------------------------------------ gtr |------------------------------------------------ 1-2 |------------------------------------------------ |------------------------------------------------ |-000-0-000-111-1-111111-333-3-333-111-1-111111-- ... . ... ... . ...... ... . ... ... . ...... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GTR ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -000-0-000-111-1-111111-333-3-333-111-1-111111--111-1-111-111-1-111111-- |... . ... ... . ...... ... . ... ... . ...... ... . ... ... . ......
|
----------------------------------------------------8---------9---------
----------------------------------------------------9---------10-------- GTR
----------------------------------------------------10--------11-------- 1
----------------------------------------------------10--------11--------
------------------------------------------------8---8-8---9---9---------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(end of Riff 2)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 1
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-111-1-111-111-1-111111-111-1-111-111-1-111111-111-1-111-111-1-111111--|
|... . ... ... . ...... ... . ... ... . ...... ... . ... ... . ......|
-----8---------7------------8---------9------------8-----7-------------| -----9---------8------------9---------10-----------9-----8-------------| GTR -----10--------9------------10--------11-----------10----9-------------| 2 -----10--------9------------10--------11-----------10----9-------------| -8---8-8---7---7--------8---8-8---9---9--------8---8-8---7-------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Play Riff 1 two more times
Fill 1 |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |--2-------------(2)--------------------2------------------(2)---------| |--0-------------(0)--------------------0------------------(0)---------|
*First time this riff is played, guitar 1 doesn't come in until the 8's on
string 6 are played. After the first time this riff is played, the 8's
remain as 8's and don't go into C5 power chords and remain palm muted.
*Riff 3
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| & GTR
2
|-2-----10p9---12p10---------10p9-12p10-----------------------------|
|-0-000------0------0-000-000----0-----0777888888888888--0-22-0-3---|
... . . ... ... . .........@@@@@@
continuation of Riff 3 (end of Riff 3)
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR 1
|------------------------------------------------------------------| & GTR 2
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2----10p9---12p10---------10p9-12p10-----------------------------|
|-0-00------0------0-000-000----0-----0777888888888888--0-22-0-6---|
. . ... ... . ..........@@@@@
Riff 4 (chorus) play 2 times
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------| GTR I
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------7--5-----5----------------|
|-2--------2--------2--------2---2---5--3-----3--2h3p2-5--4----|
|-0--0000--0--0000--0--0000--0---0---------------------3--2----|
| .... .... ....|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------| GTR II
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2---10p9---12-10~---2----10p9-12-10~--9-7~--10--9----7--6----|
|-0--0-----0----------0--0-----0-------------------------------|
. . . .Play intro riff twice
Play Riff 3 as above
Play Riff 4 as above
melodic middle part (guitars 1,2) play 2 whole times
|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2- GTR 1 |-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4- |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GTR 2 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |-------------------------------------------------------4-----------------------5---------4-2----------- |-2---------------------------4-5----------------------------------------------------------------------- |-2-----------------------------------------------------2-----------------------3---------2-0----------- |-0---------------------------2-3----------------------------------------------------------------------- |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3----------------------------- |-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-5----------------------------- GTR 1 cont. |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GTR 2 cont. |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |-7-----------------------5-----------------------4---------2------------------------------------------- |-------------------------------------------------------------5-----4-----2-----4-----5----------------- |-5-----------------------3-----------------------2---------0------------------------------------------- |-------------------------------------------------------------3-----2-----0-----2-----3-----------------
Play Riff 3
Play Riff 4
Mellow part =
Guitar II without distortion
Guitar I distorted (* without distortion)
|-----0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3--| GTR II alone |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2----|
then:
|------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR I |-4*---------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------4-3-3------------------------------| |-2*----------------------------2-1-1------------------------------|
|
|-----0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---2-----2---2-----2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2--| GTR II |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2-----2----2----2-----2-----2---1-----1-----1---1-----1-----1----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR I |-4*---------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------4-3-3------------------------------| |-2*----------------------------2-1-1------------------------------|
|
|-----0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2--| GTR II |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---1-----1-----1---1-----1-----1----|
Then guitar 1 starts with the heavy part alone
while guitar 2 continues from the beginning of the mellow part.
|------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------3--| GTR I |-5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---3-3---3-3-------3-3---3-3-------2-2---2-2-------2-2---2-2------| | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|
|-----0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3--| GTR II |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------3--| GTR I |-5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4----| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---3-3---3-3-------3-3---3-3-------2-2---2-2-------2-2---2-2------| | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|
|-----0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3--| GTR II |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2----|
Then both turn to the heavy part..
Guitar II now distorted.
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------2--| GTR I
|-4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3----| & 2
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---2-2---2-2-------2-2---2-2-------1-1---1-1-------1-1---1-1------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------2---------------2---------------2--------------------| GTR 1
|-4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---3-----3-----3---3------------------| & 2
|-------------------------------------------------3------------------|
|---2-2---2-2-------2-2---2-2-------1-1---1-1-----1------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .Play Riff 2 and end both guitars like this
|---------| |---------| |---------| |---------| |-----2---| |-3-1-0---|