Dethroned Emperor

Album: The Morbid Tales (1984)


Tabbed by Kevin Frank (*)

h = hammer on
p = pull off
\ = slide down to
/ = slide up to
. . = palm mute
Riff A (Intro)
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|---------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------7----------------feedback-----------------------| 
|---------7-----------------------------------------------| 
|----\-5--5-----------------------------------------------| 

Riff B (Main Riff)
|----------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------| 
|----2--2--2--2--3--2--2--2--4--2--2--8---7----------------| 
|----2--2--2--2--3--2--2--2--4--2--2--8---7----------------| 
|----0--0--0--0--1--0--0--0--2--0--0--6---5----------------| 
       .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   

Riff C (Verse)
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--8----8--8--8-----------------| 
|----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--6----6--6--6-----------------| 
       .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .           

|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----------------------------------------------| 
|----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2b----0h2h3p2p0--2b----------------------| 
       .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .                                

Riff D
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------4--------------------------8--------------------------6----------------
|----2----2----2-2--4--------2----2----2-2--8--------2----2----2-2--6--------2----2----2-2-10-
|----0----0----0-0--2--------0----0----0-0--6--------0----0----0-0--4--------0----0----0-0--8-
||-------------| 
||-------------| 
||-------------| 
||---------10--| 
||-------------| 
||-------------| 

Riff E (Prechorus)
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|--------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------10--9--------| 
|--------------------------------------------------8---7-------| 
|----0--0--000--0--0--000--0--0--000---------------------------| 

Riff F (Chorus)
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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------4----4--4--3----3--3--4----4--4--3--
|----4----4--4--4----4--4--4----4--4--4----4--4--2----2--2--1----1--1--2----2--2--1----1--1---
|----2----2--2--2----2--2--2----2--2--2----2--2-----------------------------------------------
||--------| 
||--------| 
||--------| 
||--3--3--| 
||--------| 
||--------| 

Riff G (Bridge)
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|------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----0----0--0--3----2----0h1p0h1p0h1p0h1p0h1p0h1p0h1p0h1p0--| 


Song Structure:
Riff A x1
Riff B x8

Riff C x2
Riff D x4
Riff E x4
Riff F x4
Riff G x4

Riff D x2 (Solo over)

Riff B x8
Riff C x2
Riff D x4
Riff E x4
Riff F x4