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/ The following is the author's own interpretation of the song, to be used  /
/ for private use and studying                                             /
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                          From the Album SHOW NO MERCY       
                      
                           Version 1.0 - October 1998

Transcription By: Kiowa Jackson

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.  - palm mute                  /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to              ~  - vibrato             
h  - hammer on                  b  - bend 
p  - pull off                        Suffixes for bend    
ph - pinch harmonic                      f - full bend    h - half bend
*  - see comment                         r - release      t - tap bend
X  - percussion mute                     ~ - vibrato bend
@  - slight palm mute           () - ghost note, sustained note

Tuning: Eb(Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb)                  

My name is Kiowa Jackson and this thing took me forever to

Riff 1a
1-------------------------------------------------------------
2-------------------------------------------------------------
3-------------------------------------------------------------
4-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-10-12-------------------------
5-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-10-12-------------------------
6-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-8--10------------------------
    xxxxxxx    xxxxxxx    xxxxxxx

Riff 1b
1-------------------------------------------------------------
2-------------------------------------------------------------
3-------------------------------------------------------------
4-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-3-3-----------------------
5-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-3-3-----------------------
6-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-5-5-----------------------
    xxxxxxx    xxxxxxx    xxxxxxx

   

Riff 1c
1------------------------------------------------------------
2------------------------------------------------------------
3------------------------------------------------------------
4-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7--------------------
5-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7--------------------
6-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5--------------------
    xxxxxxx    xxxxxxx    

Play Riff 1a + b 3 times (2 times with only one guitar)

Then Riff 1a + c 1 time

Then again Riffa 1a + b but this time only 2 times

This is then followed by:
Riff 2
1------------------------------------------------------------
2------------------------------------------------------------
3------------------------------------------------------------
4-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7---------
5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7---------
6-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5---------
    xxxxxxx    xxxxxxx     xxxxx    xxxxxxx

And then it´s riff 1a, riff 2 and 2 times riff 1a

Then comes this (2 times):

Riff 3
1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------
4-9-7-5-12--------------------------------------------------
5-9-7-5-12--------------------------------------------------
6-7-5-3-10--------------------------------------------------

Then Riff 1a + c, 2 times Riff 1a + b
Then Riff 2, Riff 1a, Riff 2, 2 times Riff 1a
Then 2 times  Riff 3, Riff 1a plus this:

1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------
4-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--12-12-12-12-12------------
5-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--12-12-12-12-12------------
6-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10------------
    xxxxxxx    xxxxxxx    

Then

1------------------------------------------------------------
2------------------------------------------------------------
3------------------------------------------------------------
4------------------------------------------------------------
5------------------------------------------------------------
6-5-9-5-9-5-9-5-9--7-11-7-11-7-11-7-11---------------

1------------------------------------------------------------
2------------------------------------------------------------
3------------------------------------------------------------
4------------------------------------------------------------
5------------------------------------------------------------
6-3-7-3-7-3-7-3-7--5-9-5-9-5-9-5-9---------------------

Play this 4 times:
1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------
4-9-12-9-12-9-12--14-14----------------------------------
5-9-12-9-12-9-12--14-14----------------------------------
6-7-10-7-10-7-10--12-12----------------------------------
Then one guitar plays this:
1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------
4-7-11-7-11-7-11-7-11--9-13-9-13-9-13-9-13---------
5-----------------------------------------------------------
6-----------------------------------------------------------

1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------
4-5-9-5-9-5-9-5-9--7-11-7-11-7-11-7-11---------------
5-----------------------------------------------------------
6-----------------------------------------------------------

The other plays this:
1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------
4-10-14-10-14-10-14-10-14--12-16-12-16-12-16-12-16
5-----------------------------------------------------------
6-----------------------------------------------------------

1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-12-16-12-16-12-16-12-16-------------------------------
4--------------------------------14-18-14-18-14-18-14-18
5-----------------------------------------------------------
6------------------------------------------------------------

Then it´s Riff 1a + c and then this:

4a
1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------
4-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9--9-7-----------------------------------
5-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9--9-7-----------------------------------
6-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-5----------------------------------
    x x    x x   x x

4b
1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------
4-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5------------------------------------
5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5------------------------------------
6-3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3--3-2----------------------------------
    x x    x x    x x 

4c
1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------
4-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-7----------------------------------
5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-7----------------------------------
6-3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3--3-5----------------------------------
    x x    x x    x x 

Now play Riff 5(=4a two times + b and c one time) two times .

Then one guitar  plays this:
1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------
4-9--7-9--7-5--4-5------------------------------------------
5-9--7-9--7-5--4-5------------------------------------------
6-7--5-7--5-3--2-3-----------------------------------------

While the other plays like this:
6
1-----------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------
3-4-5-4-----------------------------------------------------
4--------5-4---4-5-4-5-4--------------------------
5------------7-----------7-5-4------------------------------
6-----------------------------7------------------------------


After this is played together the second guitar continues to 
play Riff 6 while the other playes Riff 5.
After this is played together a couple of times the solo comes
in and Riff 5 continues during that.
Then after the solo Riff 6 is played by both guitars 4 times.


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