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Album: Operation: Mindcrime
Transcribed by: Raven
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-0-----------0------1-----------1------2-----------2------1-----------
---0----0------0------0----0------0------0----0------0------0----0----
-----2----2------2------2----2------2------2----2------2------2----2--
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-|-------|
-|1----*-|
-|--0----|
-|----2--|
-|-----*-|
-|-------|
intro riff
----0-0-0---0-0-0----7-----0-0-0----0-0-0---5--|----------------------
----5-5-5---5-5-5----5-----5-5-5----5-5-5---5-*|----------------------
----4-4-4---4-4-4----4-----4-4-4----5-5-5---2--|---5---5--------------
-----------------------------------------------|---5---5--------------
----------------------------------------------*|---3---3--------------
-0--------0-------0-----0--------0-------0-----|----------------------
can't explain . . this holy pain x2
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-----------------------------------------------|----*|----------------
-----------------------------------------------|-----|--5-----7-------
----9--9----10-----7---------12--12-----10-----|--7--|--5-----7-------
----7--7-----7-----7----------9---9------7-----|--7-*|--3-----5-------
-0--------0------0-----0--0----------0------0--|-----|----------------
Página 1 / 5
verse riff end#1 end#2
--------------------------------------------|-------|-----------------
--------------------------------------------|------*|-----------------
------------------------------0-------------|-------|-----------------
-5--4--2----7--5--4----4---------2-------5--|---4\--|---7-------------
-3--3--3----5--5--5----2---------4-------3--|---2--*|---5-------------
--------------------------------------------|-------|-----------------
-|--------|
-|--*-----|
-|--------|
-|--------|
-|--*-----|
-|--------|
after playing that twice, the bridge end#1 end#2-- to verse
riff
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----------7---5---8---5---7--5--------------------7---5---8---5---7---
-4--5--4-------------------------5---5---4--5--4----------------------
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-|---5---|
-|5----*-|
-|-------|
-|-------|
-|-----*-|
-|-------|
chorus. after playing this twice, play intro riff while waiting for
solo.
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------------------------------------------------------------------5--
-4-/-9v-----11b12r11----9-\-4---2b4r2v---------------------2-/-4-----
-----------------------------------------2--2----5--4--5-------------
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-|---------|
-|---------|
-|4--------|
-|---------|
-|---------|
-|---------|
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This solo is a perfect example of Chris DeGarmo's playing style.
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---------------------------------15--12------12------------------12--
-7b9r7---/-2--4--5--4v--9-/-12-----------14------14--12--12--14------
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-|---------|
-|13--12---|
-|---------|
-|---------|
-|---------|
-|---------|
--------------------------------------------12--14--15--12v----/12--
-11h12--12--13--13--15--13--12--12--13--15--------------------------
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-|12--14----|
-|----------|
-|----------|
-|----------|
-|----------|
-|----------|
-15b17r15------15--12----------15p12---17b19r17--15--17v--15--19--15-
-----------13------------14------------------------------------------
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-|---------|
-|17v------|
-|---------|
-|---------|
-|---------|
-|---------|
* - trill
b - bend (use tremolo bar for downbend)
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato
t - tap (with strumming hand)
x - fret-hand muting
^ - natural harmonics
ph- artificial (pinch) harmonics
PM palm mute
-\----------/-----------------------------|
Lines going diagonally up and down --\--------/-------------|
These mean whammy bar --\------/----------|
\ - bar down
/- bar up