Tuning: Eb NOTE: Main solos are from the live version of this song. Riff 1 Guitar 1 x2 eb|----------------------| Bb|----------------------| Gb|----------------------| Db|------2----7-7--------| Ab|-4----0----5-5----4-4-| Eb|-2----------------2-2-| Guitar 2 x8 eb|--17----16----14------------| Bb|-----14----14----17--15-14--| Gb|----------------------------| Db|----------------------------| Ab|----------------------------| Eb|----------------------------| Guitar 1 x2 eb|----------------------| Bb|----------------------| Gb|----------------------| Db|-2----2-----4----5----| Ab|-0----0--5--2----3--5-| Eb|---------3----------3-| Guitar 2 x4 x4 eb|--17-13--------|--19-15--------| Bb|--------17-----|--------19-----| Gb|-----------14--|-----------16--| Db|---------------|---------------| Ab|---------------|---------------| Eb|---------------|---------------| Riff 2 eb|----------------------------------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------------------------------| Gb|----------------------------------------------------------| Db|----------------------------------------------------------| Ab|-7----------------------5-7-8-8--7---------------7------7-| Eb|-5-5-555-555-555-555-5--3-5-6-6--5-5-555-5--6666-5-6666-5-| * *** *** *** *** * * * * * *** * **** **** Riff 3 eb|-----------------------------------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------| Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------| Db|-----------------------------------------------------------| Ab|-7----------------------8-8-8-7-------------------7------7-| Eb|-5-5-555-555-555-555-5--6-6-6-5-5-555-555-5--6666-5-6666-5-| * *** *** *** *** * * *** *** * **** **** "Cannons pound..." Riff 4 (Play 2x) eb|----------------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------------| Gb|----------------------------------------| Db|----------------------------------------| Ab|-10---9---8--8--8-7---------------------| Eb|--8---7---6--6--6-5-5-555-555-555-555-5-| * *** *** *** *** * "The seeds of hate..." eb|-----------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------| Gb|-----------------------------------| Db|-----------------------------------| Ab|-5-7-8-8--7---------------7------7-| Eb|-3-5-6-6--5-5-555-5--6666-5-6666-5-| * * * * *** * **** **** Play Riff 2 Play Riff 3 "For seven years..." Play Riff 4 "We paint the sky..." Riff 5 Gutiar 1 eb|-------------------------------| Bb|-------------------------------| Gb|-------------------------------| Db|-------------3h5-----8---5---7-| Ab|-0-0-0-000-0-----0-0---0---0---| Eb|-------------------------------| * * * *** * * * * * eb|-------------------------------| Bb|-------------------------------| Gb|-------------------------------| Db|-------------3h5-----8---7---5-| Ab|-0-0-0-000-0-----0-0---0---0---| Eb|-------------------------------| * * * *** * * * * * Guitar 2 eb|-------------------------------------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------11-8-10-----------------------11-10-8-| Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------| Db|-8-8-8-7-7-7-8-8-10-10---------8-8-8-7-7-7-8-8-10-10---------| Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------| Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Riff 6 Guitar 1 eb|-----------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------| Gb|-----------------------------------| Db|---------9--7--3-------------------| Ab|---------7--5--3-------------------| Eb|--5-555-----------5-555-5-77-5-4~--| * *** * *** * ** * Guitar 2 x3 eb|----------12------------------------------| Bb|-13-12-------13-----13-12----121212-10----| Gb|-------9--------10--------9------------13-| Db|------------------------------------------| Ab|------------------------------------------| Eb|------------------------------------------| eb|----------12---------------------------| Bb|-13-12-------13-----13-12----121212-10-| Gb|-------9--------10--------9------------| Db|---------------------------------------| Ab|---------------------------------------| Eb|---------------------------------------| Guitar 3 x3 eb|---------------------------------| Bb|---------------------------------| Gb|--------9------------------------| Db|-10-9------10----10-9---999-7-6~-| Ab|------7-------8-------7----------| Eb|---------------------------------| eb|------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------| Gb|--------9---------------------| Db|-10-9------10----10-9---999-7-| Ab|------7-------8-------7-------| Eb|------------------------------| Lead into next section (clean): eb|-------0-| Bb|------0--| Gb|-----9---| Db|----9----| Ab|---7-----| Eb|--0------| Riff 7 Guitar 1 (Clean) x3 eb|-----------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------| Gb|-----------------------------------| Db|--------7--------------------------| Ab|--8--7-----8--7-6-7---7--7-8-7---7-| Eb|-----------------------------------| eb|-------------| Bb|-------------| Gb|-------------| Db|--------7----| Ab|--8--7-----8-| Eb|-------------| Guitar 2 (Distortion) eb|-13-12--17--13--12-11-12----12-13-12-| Bb|-------------------------------------| Gb|-------------------------------------| Db|-------------------------------------| Ab|-------------------------------------| Eb|-------------------------------------| eb|-13-12--17--13-| Bb|---------------| Gb|---------------| Db|---------------| Ab|---------------| Eb|---------------| Ending to riff 7 (distortion) eb|-------------------------------------| Bb|-------------------------------------| Gb|-------------------------------------| Db|--9-8-9------------9-10-9------------| Ab|--7-6-7------------7--8-7------------| Eb|--------000-0-0000--------000-0-0000-| *** * **** *** * **** Riff 8 eb|------------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------------| Gb|-------------------9----------------| Db|-10-------9--------7-------10-------| Ab|--8-------7-----------------8-------| Eb|----0-0-0---000-0----0-0-0----0-0-0-| * * * *** * * * * * * * "Feel the pain from the jackals wrath..." eb|------------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------------| Gb|------------------------------------| Db|-9-8-9------------9-10-9------------| Ab|-7-6-7------------7--8-7------------| Eb|-------000-0-0000--------000-0-0000-| *** * **** *** * **** Riff 9 (Solo Rhythm) eb|--------------------------------| Bb|--------------------------------| Gb|--------------------------------| Db|--------------------------------| Ab|-3----3--2----------------------| Eb|-1-00-1--0-0-000-0-000-0-000-00-| * ** * * *** * *** * *** ** eb|--------------------------------| Bb|--------------------------------| Gb|--------------------------------| Db|--------------------------------| Ab|-4----4--5----------------------| Eb|-2-00-2--3-3-333-3-333-3-333-33-| * ** * * *** * *** * *** ** Final time eb|--------------------------| Bb|--------------------------| Gb|--------------------------| Db|--------------------------| Ab|-4----4--5--------------5-| Eb|-2-00-2--3-3-333-3-33-0-3-| * ** * * *** * ** * * Solo x4 x4 eb|-12p10p8---------|-10p8p7--------| Bb|---------12p10p8-|--------10p8p7-| Gb|-----------------|---------------| --> Play 2x Db|-----------------|---------------| Ab|-----------------|---------------| Eb|-----------------|---------------| x8 x8 eb|-10h12p10p8-|-8h10p8p7-| Bb|------------|----------| Gb|------------|----------| Db|------------|----------| Ab|------------|----------| Eb|------------|----------| x8 x4 eb|-10h12p10p8-|-8h10-10p8p7-|--7~-| Bb|------------|-------------|--8~-| Gb|------------|-------------|-----| Db|------------|-------------|-----| Ab|------------|-------------|-----| Eb|------------|-------------|-----| End solo Riff 10 Guitar 1 x4 eb|----------------------------------|-------------| Bb|----------------------------------|-------------| Gb|----------------------------------|-------------| Db|---3--2--3--2~~------3--2--3--5~~-|--7-10--7-10-| Ab|----------------------------------|--5--8--5--8-| Eb|----------------------------------|-------------| Guitar 2 x4 eb|----------------------------------|-------------| Bb|----------------------------------|-------------| Gb|---5--4--5--4~~------5--4--5--7~~-|-------------| Db|----------------------------------|--7-10--7-10-| Ab|----------------------------------|--5--8--5--8-| Eb|----------------------------------|-------------| Riff 11 (Solo Rhythm, Play 2x) eb|------------------------------------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------------------------------------| Gb|------------------------------------------------------------| Db|-9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9------------------| Ab|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-8-10-8-7-| Eb|------------------------------------------------------------| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * eb|-------------------------------------------------------------| Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------| Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------| Db|-7-------7-------7-------7-----------------------------------| Ab|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-------8------7-------7--7-| Eb|---------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5-5--5-| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Riff 11a (Solo Rhythm) eb|------------------------------------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------------------------------------| Gb|------------------------------------------------------------| Db|-9----------------------------------------------------------| Ab|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-8-10-8-7-| Eb|------------------------------------------------------------| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * eb|------------------------------------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------------------------------------| Gb|------------------------------------------------------------| Db|-7-------7-------7-------7-----------------------7-10--7-10-| Ab|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-------8-------5--8--5--8-| Eb|---------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Solo eb|-------------------------------------| Bb|-------------------------------------| Gb|-----------------------------9-9-9-9-| Db|---------------------9-9-9-9---------| Ab|-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-----------------| Eb|-------------------------------------| * * * * * * * * * * * * eb|--------------------------------------| Bb|-13-----12-----13-----12-----13---12--| Gb|----9-9----9-9----9-9----9-9----9---9-| Db|--------------------------------------| Ab|--------------------------------------| Eb|--------------------------------------| * * * * * * * * * * eb|-----------------13~--/15-12~~-| Bb|-13b15-13-12-------------------| Gb|-------------14~---------------| Db|-------------------------------| Ab|-------------------------------| Eb|-------------------------------| Repeat above End solo Riff 12 eb|-------------------------------------------| Bb|-------------------------------4-444-5-555-| Gb|-------------------5-555-4-444-------------| Db|-------5-555-4-444-------------------------| Ab|-7-777-------------------------------------| Eb|-------------------------------------------| eb|----------------------------| Bb|-------------------------4-| Gb|-4-444-5-555-5-555-4-444----| Db|----------------------------| Ab|----------------------------| Eb|----------------------------| Play Riff 2 Play Riff 3 "The land on Earth..." Play Riff 4 "We paint the sky..." Play Riff 2 Play Riff 1 Play Riff 8 "Feel the pain..." Notation: 10b12 = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret. 10b12r10 = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret, then release to the 10th fret. {10}12r10 = bend to the 12th fret from the 10th fret, pick, then release to the 10th fret. 10b12 {14} = pick the 14th fret while holding the previous bend. 10b15* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 15th fret. 7d2* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 2nd fret. 12~* = tremolo bar vibrato. x = mute with fret-hand * = palm mute X\ = pick slide h = hammer-on p = pull-off ~ = vibrato t = finger tap / = slide up = slide down h = natural harmonics a = artificial harmonics (9) = ghost note tm = trem picking tr = trill transcribed by: Russ Elton ([email protected])

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