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Ordinary Story Guitar Tablature
IN FLAMES - ORDINARY STORY 
From the Album COLONY 
Copyright 1999 Nuclear Blast 
Version 1.0 - JANUARY 2000 


. - palm mute / - slide up to 
 - slide down to ~ - vibrato 
" - tremelo picking () - ghost note 
p - pull off h - hammer-on 
tr - trill notes fb - full bend (1step) 
< > - harmonic 

In Flames - Ordinary Story 

Tuning = Dropped A# (A#,2,3,4,5,C) 
(Lowest string down 3 steps) 
(All other strings down 2 Steps) 
(Same as if you Tune guitar to C, then drop the lowest string down 1 step) 

Riff A.1 
|--------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------22222333553332220033322200-|Gtr I 
|-333222--333222--333555---------------------------| 
|-------00------00---------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------| 
| | 
|--------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------22-----------------|Gtr II 
|-----------------3--(3)--333555--5553332255533322-| 
|-55533300555333003--(3)---------------------------| 
|-----------------3--(3)---------------------------| 

Riff A.2 
|------------------| 
|------------------| 
|-------22222------|Gtr I 
|-333555-----55522-| 
|------------------| 
|------------------| 
| | 
|------------------| 
|------------------| 
|------------------|Gtr II 
|----22233333222---| 
|-555-----------33-| 
|------------------| 

Repeat Riff A.1 (1 Time) 
Repeat Riff A.2 (2 Times) 





Riff B 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0----|Bass 
|---0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--| Gtr 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| | 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----2-----------------------------0------------------------------|Gtr I 
|---3---------------------------------7----------------------------| 
|-5-------------------------------8-----8--------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 


|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-0---0---0---0-------------------0---0---0---0--------------------|Bass 
|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-3---3---3---3----| Gtr 
|-----------------3---3---3---3---------------------5---5---5---5--| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| | 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------0---------------2-----2---2--|Gtr I 
|---2-------------------------------2---------------3-----3--------| 
|-3---3---------------------------3---------------5-----5-----5----| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Repeat Riff B (1 Time) 

Riff C.1 
|-------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------|Gtr I 
|-------------77788-----------------h-------------hp----| 
|-88877788-85555555--8-----7-----3/7-8-----8---8-787-8-| 
|-88888888-55555555----0-0---0-0-------0-0-----------8-| 
| | 
|-------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------p-------------hp----|Gtr II 
|-------------77788--7-----5-----3/5-7-----7---7-575----| 
|-88877788-85555555----------------------------------8-| 
|-88888888-55555555----0-0---0-0-------0-0---0-------8-| 

Riff C.2 
|---------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------7~-|Gtr I 
|-------------77788-----------------h----5-7-5-8-5-7-5----| 
|-88877788-85555555--8-----7-----3/7-8--------------------| 
|-88888888-55555555----0-0---0-0--------------------------| 
| | 

|---------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------p----5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|Gtr II 
|-------------77788--7-----5-----3/5-7---5-5-5-5-5-5-5----| 
|-88877788-85555555----------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3----| 
|-88888888-55555555----0-0---0-0--------------------------| 

Repeat Riff C.1 (1.5 Times) 
Repeat Riff A.1 (1 Time) 
Repeat Riff A.2 (1 Time) 
Repeat Riff A.1 (1 Time) 
Repeat Riff A.2 (2 Times) 

Riff D.1 
|-------6-----5----------------------13----------8-------7-| 
|-----8------------------10-11-13-------------10------10---| 
|---7-------7---------10----------10--------9-------9------|Key 
|-0-------0-------------------------------7----------------|board 
|-------------------8--------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------| 

Riff D.2 
|----------10-12-10-------10----------------10----| 
|-------13----------13-------13-11----11-13----13-| 
|----12----------------12----------10-------------|Key 
|-10----------------------------------------------|board 
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------| 

Repeat Riff D.1 

Riff D.3 
|----------10-12-10-------10-----------------| 
|-------13----------13-------13-11----11-13--| 
|----12----------------12----------10--------|Key 
|-10-----------------------------------------|board 
|--------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------| 
| | 
|--------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------|Gtrs I 
|--------------------------8--8--8--8--8-10--| & II 
|--------------------------8--8--8--8--8-10--| 
|--------------------------8--8--8--8--8-10--| 

Repeat Riff C.1 (Skip first eight notes) 
Repeat Riff C.2 (1 Time) 
Repeat Riff C.1 (1.5 Times) 







Riff E 
|--------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------|Gtrs I 
|-7775-7775-7775-777--7775-7775-7775---------| & II 
|-5553-5553-5553-5555-5553-5553-5553-0-2-3-5-| 
|-0000-0000-0000-000--0000-0000-0000-0-2-3-5-| 


Riff F (Solo) 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------3~------| 
|-----------0-2-3-3fb+r-2-3~----------------0-2-3-3fb+r-2---------|Gtr I 
|---------0-------------------------------0-----------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
| | 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------3hb+r---3~------------------------------5/6~----| 
|-----------0-2-3-------5-------------------0-2-3-3fb+r-2---------|Gtr II 
|---------0-------------------------------0-----------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
| | 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr III 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1--3--3-| 
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1--3--3-| 

p p p p p 
|-------10-------10-15-10----10-15-10-15-10----10-15-10-15-10----10-| 
|----11----11-------------11----------------11----------------11----| 
|-12----------12----------------------------------------------------|Gtrs I 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| & II 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| | 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr III 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----| 
|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----| 

p 
|-15-10----10----15/17-17-18-18fb+r-20-20fb~-| 
|-------11----11-----------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------|Gtrs I 
|--------------------------------------------| & II 
|--------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------| 
| | 


|--------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------|Gtr III 
|--------------------------------------------| 
|-5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5---1---| 
|-5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5---1---| 


|-22-18-----------------| 
|-------20--------------| 
|----------19-20-17-----|Gtr I 
|-------------------19~-| 
|-----------------------| 
|-----------------------| 
| | 
|-18-15-----------------| 
|-------15--------------| 
|----------15-17--------|Gtr II 
|----------------19-----| 
|-----------------------| 
|-----------------------| 
| | 
|-----------------------| 
|-----------------------| 
|-----------------------|Gtr III 
|-----------------------| 
|-1--1--1--1---3--3-----| 
|-1--1--1--1---3--3-----| 


Riff G 
|--------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------| 
|-9hb+r-7~---5---5/7-7~---5---5/7-7-9-9/10-10/12---|Gtr I 
|--------------7------------7----------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------| 
| * = harmonic | 
|-------*------------------------------------------| 
|-8fb+r-6~---5---5/6-6~---5---5/6-6/8-8-10-10------| 
|--------------5------------5----------------------|Gtr II 
|--------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------| 

Repeat Riff G (3 Times) 

Riff H 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----2-----------2------------------------------------------------|Gtr 
|---3-----------3--------------------------------------------------| 
|-5-----------5-----------------------3~---------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
| | 

|---------------------------13------------5-8----5-7---------------| 
|------------10-11-13-11----------------5------5-------------------|Key 
|---------10-------------10-----------5----------------------------|board 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 


|----------10-12-10-------10----------------10----| 
|-------13----------13-------13-11----11-13----13-| 
|----12----------------12----------10-------------|Key 
|-10----------------------------------------------|board 
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------| 

Repeat Riff A.1 (1 Time) 
Repeat Riff A.2 (1 Time) 
Repeat Riff A.1 (1 Time) 
Repeat Riff A.2 (1 Time) 

Riff A.3 
|-------------------| 
|--------------7----| 
|----------9--------|Gtr I 
|-7---10------------| 
|-------------------| 
|-------------------| 
| | 
|-------------------| 
|-------------------| 
|--------------7----|Gtr II 
|------2-------7----| 
|-0----3---3---5----| 
|-------------------|
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