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  DEATH - EMPTY WORDS
                         From the Album SYMBOLIC
                         Copyright 1995 The All Blacks B.V.

                              Version 1.0 - July 96
                                  
Transcribed by: Dave Hatfield
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Tuning:D, tune every string down one step

.  - palm mute                          /  - slide up to                       
  - slide down to                      ~  - vibrato                            
h  - hammer on                          b  - bend 
p  - pull off                              Suffixes for bend    
t  - tap with finger                            f - full bend    h - half bend
() - ghost note                                 r - release      t - tap bend
*  - see comment                                p - pick when bent 

  Repeat Four Times And Fade In
||------0-----0-----0------|-----0-----0-----------------0--||
||------0-----0-----0--5/8-|-----0-----0-----------------0--||
||*--------------------4/7-|-----------------9/10-10-------*||
||*---2-----2-----2--------|---2-----2---0---9/10-10-------*||
||--0----------------------|-0-------------7---------5/7----||
||--------1-----0----------|-------1------------------------||
                                 
Riff A                          
|-----------|---------|-----------|
|-----------|---------|-----------| Gtr I
|-----------|---------|-----------|   &
|-5-4-------|-5-4-----|-5-4-------| Gtr II
|-3-2-5-6-3-|-3-2-5-6-|-3-2-5-6-2-|
|-----3-4-1-|-----3-4-|-----3-4-0-|
                  .         .
  _______________   ___________________
 | 1,3             | 2.                 (end of Riff A)
|-13/15-15/16-15~-|-13/15-15/16-16/18~-| Gtr II
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|--3/5---5/6---5~-|--3/5---5/6---6/8~--| Gtr I
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|

             ______________________________________
  Riff B    | 1,2  
|---------|------------------------------------------|
|---------|------------------------------------------|
|---------|------------------------------------------| Gtr I
|-2-------|-3-------------6--------------------------|
|-0---2---|-1-----3-------4-----------6--------------|
|-----0---|-------1-------------------4--------------|
|
|---------|----------------------------8-7-----------|
|---------|---------------10-9h10p9--------10-9------|
|---------|--------10-9-7-----------10----------10-9-| Gtr II
|---------|-10-9-7-----------------------------------|
|---------|------------------------------------------|
|---------|------------------------------------------|

continuation of Riff B
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------| GTR 1
|-2-----|-3-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---2-|-1---------------------------------------------3-------------|
|-----0-|-----------------------------------------------1-------------|
|                  T                      T                      T
|-------|-12h13h15-19----*-------12h13h15-19-----*------12h13h15-19---|
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------| GTR 2
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|                              T                      T
|-------|-----*-------12h13h15-19-----*------12h13h15-19-----*--------|
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------| GTR 3
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------|

continuation of Riff B
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR
|------------------------------------6----------------------------------|  1
|------------------------------------4----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                      T                       T                     T
|----*--------12h13h15-19------*------12h13h15-19-----*-----12h13h15-19-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|  2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          T                       T                       T
|-12h13h15-19-----*-------12h13h15-19------------12h13h15-19----*-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| GTR 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|  3
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

continuation of Riff B (gtr 1)
|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|2---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------6----------|0-------------------------------2-------------------|
|-----------4----------|--------------------------------0-------------------|
| guitar 2   
|--*--------20bf-20-20-|20-2019-19-1917-----------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------2018-1817-1715-15-15/17-17-17~-|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|          T
|12h13h15-19-----------|
|----------------------| GTR 3
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|

continuation of Riff B(end of Riff B)
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------| GTR 1
|-3---------6---------|
|-1----3----4----6----|
|------1---------4----|
|
|---------------------|
|(17)~~~--------------|
|---------------------| GTR 2
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|

Riff C                                          (end of Riff C)
|------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------| Gtr I
|------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|  &
|------------|-------5-7-8-7-5-|------------|-------3-5-6-5-3-| Gtr II
|-0-5-6-7-6~-|-5-6-7-----------|-0-3-5-6-5~-|-3-5-6-----------|

Play Riff C a total of two times

Riff D                                             (end of Riff D)
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------a.h.--|
|----------3----------5------6-|----------3----------5------7~----|
|-00000000-1-00000000-3-0000-4-|-00000000-1-00000000-3-0000-------|
  ........   ........   ....     ........   ........   ....
 
Play Riff C two times, then play Riff D

Riff E.1
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------| Gtr I
|-9-10-7--/12-9-10-|
|-7-8--5--/10-7-8--|
|------------------|

Riff E.2(play with Riff E.1)
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------| Gtr II
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-0000000000000000-|
  ................

Riff E.3(play with Riff E.1)
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-T--------------T--------------T--------------T--------------T----------
|-16-9h12p9h12p9-17-9h12p9h12p9-16-9h12p9h12p9-19-9h12p9h12p9-14-9h12p9--
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------

continuation of above
------------|
-T----------|  Play Riff E.3 a total of two times
-16-9h12p9--|
------------|  Gtr II
------------|
------------|

 Riff F
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------7----------------| Gtr I & Gtr II
|-9---------10----------5-------5--7-----9----|
|-7---------7--------------3----------5-----7-|
|---0000000----0-0-0-0------------------------|
    .......    . . . .

Play Riff F a total of four times

Riff G(play four times with solos)
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------10----10--10----7----7--7-| Gtr II
|-------------------------------------10----10--10----7----7--7-|
|---------------------------------8888--8888--88--5555-5555-55--|
|-55555555555555556666666666666666------------------------------|
  ....................................  ....  ..  .... .... ..  

 
Play Twice                            Play Twice
||-8-7-5-7~------|-8-7-5-7-8-10-7~--||-7h8p7~--7h8-5~--|-7h8p7~-7h8h10~-|| G2
||---------------|------------------||-----------------|----------------||
||*5-4-2-4~------|-5-4-3-4-5-7--4~-*||*4h5p4~--4h5-2~--|-4h5p4~-4h5h7~-*|| G3
||*don't play this part the 1st time||*----------------|---------------*||
||---------------|------------------||-----------------|----------------||
||---------------|------------------||-----------------|----------------||
||
||---------------|------------------||-----------------|----------------||
||---------------|------------------||-----------------|----------------||
||*--------------|-----------------*||*----------------|----------------||
||*-2------------|-----------------*||*----------------|----------------|| G1
||--0-----2------|-3------------5---||--2----------3---|-5-----------3--||
||--------0------|-1------------3---||--0----------1---|-3-----------1--||

Play twice
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------| Gtr I
|----------------|
|-2---3---5---3--|
|-0---1---3---1--|
|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------| Gtr II
|----------------|
|-7~--8~--10~-8~-|
|----------------|

Play Riff A
Play Riff B
Play Riff C
Play Riff D
Play Riff C
Play Riff D
Play Riff E.1, E.2, E.3, E.4
Play Riff F(fade out)
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