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Something Wicked Trilogy Guitar Tablature
Intro
Riff A (clean electric)
 Gtr 1 and Gtr 2                             x2                                            x2
||--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
||*----------6------5----3------3------3-----*|*----------6------5-----3------3------3----*||
||-----2--------------------------------------|-----3--------------------------------------||
||---0---0-----0-0----0----0-0----0-0----0----|---0---0-----0-0-----0----0-0----0-0-----0--||
||*------------------------------------------*|*------------------------------------------*||
||--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||

repeat Riff A three times...
vocals over the Riff A:

___ I can see clearly now, a painful vision indeed ___
___ An attack on hallowed ground, from high above ___
___ Alien to us, the species known as man ___
___ A serious threat, in the eyes of _________________


Riff B
 Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 (distortion)                                                                x2
 ____the Elder __  __ So heed my warning __ before our own existence __ falls near extinct ___
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*--/3-(3)------------3/5--3—-1-(1)--------1/3--1------------------------------------------*||
||----------------------------------------------------3-(3)----------3/5—-3—---2-(2)---------||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||


vocals over Riff B:

___ Our culture is lost in ancient mystery, 
___ covered in the sands of time _________________


Riff C
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 (clean electric)                                          
1. ___ A sacred few survive the massacre this night ___                                       x2
2. ___ In secret they will meet a new society _____________                  * - distortion, of course
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------*-------*--------||
||---7-----5-----8-----5-----7—---7-----7-----5-----8-----5-----7---7------3-(3)---5-(5)----||
||*----0-0---0-0—--0-0---0-0---0---0------0-0---0-0—--0-0---0-0---0---0----3—(3)---5—(5)---*||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------1—(1)---3—(3)----||


Riff A (again) x2

___ Ten thousand years from now, a child will be born ___
___ I've seen the vision, the writing on the wall ___
___ He'll walk the Earth, two thousand years or more ___
___ Paving the way, for mankind's _________________


Riff B    x2
________________  fall ___
___ So there is hope you see, but we must act with great speed ___
___ Assemble the chosen, the ones to lead, and morph them in the likeness of man ____


Riff C   x2

___ Oppressed for centuries, await the prophecy ___
___ The child will set us free, reclaim it rightfully ___


Riff D
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||----7-----7----7-----7-----------1------------------------------------||
||----7-----7----7-----7-----------1-------------5---3---5-----6-5-3----||
||----5-555-5----5-555-5-----3-333-3----3-333-3----3---3----3-----------||
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
p.m.    ...        ...       . ...      . ... .    .   .    .


And here’s the speedy part!!!!!!

Pre - Verse 1
Riff E                                                             x2
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2              A.H.                           A.H.
||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
||*------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------*-*-*--------------------------*-*-*-----|
||------------7—-5---7------5-7-8-------------7--5---7----5-7-8----|
||*--5-555-5---5---5-----5-----------5-555-5----5---5----5-----------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
p.m. . ... .  .   .     .           . ... .     .   .    .


Gtr 1 and Gtr 2             A.H.                            A.H.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------*||
|--------------------------*-*-*---------------------------*-*-*----||
|-------------5—-3--5------6-5-3~------------5--3---5------6-5-3~---||
|----3-333-3---3--3----3-----------3-333-3----3---3-----3----------*||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
p.m. . ... .   .  .    .           . ... .    .   .     .
note: * - are the artificial harmonics, but they are played not 
everywhere (here)... sometimes they appears, sometimes not, so listen to the song...


... then comes the Verse...

Verse 1
Riff F                                                      
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2                                                  x2
1. ____ We'll take their identity   and live among them free ____
2. ____ We'll build the perfect beast _ with the knowledge that they seek ____
||----------------------------------------------------------------|
||*---------------------------------------------------------------|
||----7-----7----7-(7)-----8—-5------7-----7----7—(7)-----8--5----|
||----7-----7----7—(7)-----8--5------7-----7----7—(7)-----8--5----|
||*---5-555-5-55-5—(5)-----6--3------5-555-5-55-5-(5)-----6--3----|
||----------------------------------------------------------------|
p.m.    ...   ..                       ...   ..


Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
  ____ All the while______ plotting events that mold their history __
___ If it takes ten thousand years ____ we never will retreat ________
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
|---10----10----------------8-----8--------------7-----7----7-(7)-----8--5---||
|---10----10----------------8-----8--------------7-----7----7—(7)-----8--5---||
|---8-888-8---8-8h10p8-6----6-666-6--6-6h8p6-5---5-555-5-55-5—(5)-----6--3--*||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
p.m.  ...                     ...                  ...   ..


Pre - Verse 2
Riff G                                                                     x2 
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2                A.H.                                A.H.
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||*-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------*-*-*------------------------------*-*-*------|
||---------7-----5-----7------5-7-8----------7-----5-----7------8-7-5-----|
||*--5-555---555---555---555------------5-555---555---555---55+-------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
p.m. . ...   ...   ...   ...            . ...   ...   ...   ...


Gtr 1 and Gtr 2                A.H.                         A.H.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
|-----------------------------*-*-*------------------------------*-*-*-----||
|-----------5-----3-----5-----6-5-3~----------5-----3-----5------6-5-3~----||
|----3-333----333---33+---33+-----------3-333---33+---33+---33+-----------*||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
p.m. . ...    ...   ...   ...           . ...   ...   ...   ...

note: with the harmonics the same thing as before, listen to the song...

+ sometimes (especially in Athens) they strike 3 times, sometimes 2 ...


Solo
Riff H
Gtr 2      ...sorry, I’m not sure about this one... too fast to catch...
||----------------10-11-13-14-15-17-18-17-12-11--------------------------|
||----10-11-13-14-------------------------------11~--11h13p11p10-(10)~~--|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
note: during the solo, the first guitar plays the Verse Riff F, two times...


Gtr 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------/1086-6---8-5—-5/6/8-(8)~6-63-3~--5p3-5/6-6/8-8/10-10/11-13fb-13-11-10-(10)~-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
	

Gtr 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--17-18-15-18--17-18-13-18--17-18-15-18--17-18-13-18—-17-18-17-15-13-10-13-15-17-20-18-17-15-13—10-13--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Gtr 2       ...faster...
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|---20-18-17-17—-18-17-17-17-20-17-17-17-21-18-17-17—---|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|


Gtr 2    ...more faster!
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--18-17-17-17-20-17-17-17-21-17-17-17-20-17-17-17-18-17-17-17-20-17-17-17---/22-22-22fbr-22—22--------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
note: fbr – full bend + release


Riff G   x2


Verse 2
Riff I
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2                                                      x2
1. ____  Assassins  we  will  be,    through  human   history ____
2. ____ Disciples of the Watch,       prepare the coming curse____
||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
||*------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----7-----7----7----7-----8—8-5-----7-----7----7—---7-----8-8-5----|
||----7-----7----7—---7-----8-8-5-----7-----7----7—---7-----8-8-5----|
||*---5-555-5-55-5—55-5-55--6-6-3-----5-555-5-55-5-55-5-55--6-6-3----|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
p.m.    ...   ..   ..   ..              ...   ..   ..   ..                                         


Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
  ____ Jesus Christ to Kennedy, the Domino Decree__
___ If it takes ten thousand years ____ we never will retreat ________
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
|---10----10----------------8-----8--------------7-----7----7----7-----8-8-5---||
|---10----10----------------8-----8--------------7-----7----7—---7-----8-8-5---||
|---8-888-8--88-8h10p86----6-666-6-66-6h8p65---5-555-5-55-5—55-5-55--6-6-3--*||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
p.m.  ...    ..               ...   ..             ...   ..   ..   ..


Fill
Gtr (both, I think) clean electric
||-------------||
||-------------||
||-------------||
||-------------||
||----5-(5)----||
||-------------||


Some kind of interlude
Riff J
Gtr 2
||----5-(5)~~---5h6p5-(5)~~---5—6-(6)~~----6h8p6-(8)~---6/8-8-8-8fbr-8-6—5-(5)~~---------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
note: Jon plays Riff A two times, Larry plays lead
note: fbr – full bend + release


Gtr 2
|------5h6p5-(5)~~---(5)1/5-6-(6)~~----6h8p6-(6)~~-----------5-7-8-10—12-13-12-10-8-7--------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------5-7-8-------------------------10-8-7-5-3----||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||


Ending
Riff K
Gtr 2                                         
               ___ And so, our world is doomed,       we'll lay claim again some day ___
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---/3-(3)------------3/5--3—-1-(1)--------1/3--1-------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------3-(3)----------3/5—-3—-2-(2)------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|                       


Gtr 2
   ___ There is hope, in the birth of one ________        ____ so many centuries away ___________
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---/3-(3)------------3/5--3—-1-(1)---------------1/3--1------------------------6—8-6-5-(5)----||
|---------------------------------------------------------3-(3)---------3/5—-3—----------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
note: this riff is almost similar with the Riff B, only the ending’s different...
Jon plays Riff B two tomes, Larry plays Riff K...


Riff L (clean electric)
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
||------------------1—(1)------||
||------------------3—(3)------||
||------------------2—(2)------||
||----7—-5—-3--2----0—(0)------||
||------------------0—(0)------||
||------------------0-(0)------||

effects... clocks are ticking... the Wicked One is getting birthed...




					*** BIRTH OF THE WICKED ***

Intro
Riff A
 Gtr 1                                                                        x2
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
||------------7-7--------------8-(8)----------------10-10------------8-(8)-----|
||------------7-7--------------8-(8)----------------10-10------------8—(8)-----|
||*-----5-555-5-5------5-6-666-6-(6)---------8-888--8--8----8-6-666--6—(6)----*|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|p.m.   . ...          . . ...               . ...          . . ...            |
|                                                                              |
|Gtr 2                                                                         |
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||*----6h8p6-3—4~3~--3-3h4p3-1-3-(3)~~~-----3-3h4p3-1-3-1~--1-1h3p1-----------*|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------3-3-(3)~--|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Gtr 1                                                                          x2
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
|----------7----------------8----------------10----------------8---------------||
|----------7----------------8----------------10----------------8—--------------||
|*---5-555-5-5-5-5-5--6-666-6-6-6-6-6--8-888--8-8-8-8-8--6-666-6—6-6-6-6------*||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|p.m.. ...   . . . .  . ...   . . . .  . ...    . . . .  . ...   . . . .        |
|                                                                               |
|Gtr 2                                                                          |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|*----6h8p6-3—4~3~--3-3h4p3-1-3-(3)~~~-----3-3h4p3-1-3-1~--1-1h3p1------------*||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------3-3-(3)~---||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||


Verse 
Riff B
 Gtr 1
      ___ Daylight breaks hard ____     on sacred ground _____________
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-6-5-3---5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-6-5-3---|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|p.m. . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . .   . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . .   |
|                                                                         |
|Gtr 2                                                                    |
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------3~---4~---6~---4~----31---4p3--1—3-(3)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Gtr 1
      ___ For centuries we've questioned them of His birth ___
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-6-5-3-----5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-6-5-3--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|p.m.. ... . ... . ... . ... . . . .     . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . .  |
|                                                                         |
|Gtr 2                                                                    |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------3~---4~---6~---4~----31---4p3--1—3-(3)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


 Gtr 1
    ___ But in this hour, on this day ______      ________ The Elder knew____   
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
|---------------7---7------------8---8----------|------------------------------------------------||
|---------------7---7------------8---8----------|------------------------------------------------||
|--------5-555--5---5-----6-666--6---6----------|-------5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-6-5-3----------||
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
| p.m.   . ...            . ...                         . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . .           |
|                                                                                                 |
|Gtr 2                                                                                            |
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
|---------7-5-4-5~----------5-3-2-3~------------|--3-5-1-2-(2)~~~--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||


Riff B (Verse continues)

___ Years of madness must now subdue ___
___ Order must be enforced to hide the truth ___
___ Cause on this day, in this hour it's coming true ___


Chorus (without vocals)
Riff C
 Gtr 1
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---7-----7-----7-----7-----77777-----7-----7-----7-----77775------|
||---7-----7-----7-----7-----77777-----7-----7-----7-----77775------|
||---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-55555-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-55553------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
|p.m.  . .   . .   . .   . .       . .   . .   . .   . .            |                         
|                                                                   |
|Gtr 2                                                              |
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--/3-(3)~---------------6~-5~-1~-3-(3)~----------6~-5~-6~—5-(5)~~-|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|


Gtr 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------5-----5-----5-----5555------------------------8888--------|
|---------5-----5-----5-----55558-----8-----8-----8-----8888--------|
|-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-33338-----8-----8-----8-----6666--------|
|-------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-------------|
|p.m. . .   . .   . .   . .       . .   . .   . .   . .             |       
|                                                                   |
|Gtr 2                                                              |
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---(5)~~---------------6~-5~-6~-3~~-------3~---6~-------~-5~~------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


 Gtr 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----7-----7-----7-----7-----77777-----7-----7-----7-----77775------|
|----7-----7-----7-----7-----77777-----7-----7-----7-----77775------|
|----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-55555-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-55553------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|p.m.  . .   . .   . .   . .       . .   . .   . .   . .            |                         
|                                                                   |
|Gtr 2                                                              |
|---0—(0)-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---3-(3)~----------------6~-5~-1~-3-(3)~----------6~-5~-6~—5-(5)~~-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


Gtr 1
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------5-----5-----5-----5555------------------------8888-------||
|---------5-----5-----5-----55558-----8-----8-----8-----8888-------||
|-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-33338-----8-----8-----8-----6666-------||
|-------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------||
|p.m. . .   . .   . .   . .       . .   . .   . .   . .             |       
|                                                                   |
|Gtr 2                                                              |
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
|---(5)~~---------------6~-5~-6~-3~~-------3~---6~-------~-5~~-----||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||


Verse 
Riff B x2

___ Child of the wicked and an ancient man ___
___ Baptized in black magic, their master plan ___
___ Born of the Watch, his prophecy, by their command ___

___ Conceived of the Beast and in stars above ___
___ We’ll shape and guide him with undying love ___
___ Born of the Watch, through sands of time, by their command ___


Chorus
Riff C

___ So, behold the birth, the wicked child ___
___ Born of the Beast, in eastern sands ___
___ He will arise, He will divide ___
___ He has the power to bring the end ___


pre - solo
Riff D
 Gtr 1                                                         * - A.H.	 x2
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*----------------------------------------------------------------------*||
||----------------------------------------------------------------*-*-*---||
||----------------------------------------------------------------1-2-1~--||
||*----5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-6-5-3---5-555-5-555-555--5-6-5-3--------*||
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|p.m. . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . .   . ... . ... ...  . . . .           |
|                                                                          |
|Gtr 2                                                                     |
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*----------------------------------------------------------------------*||
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*----------------------------------------------------------------------*||
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||


Solo
Riff E
Gtr 1                                                         * - A.H.	
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------*-*-*---|
||----------------------------------------------------------------1-2-1~--|
||-----5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-6-5-3---5-555-5-555-555--5-6-5-3---------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|p.m. . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . .   . ... . ... ...  . . . .          |
|                                                                         |
|Gtr 2                                                                    |
||-------------------------5-—6—-8-—10—5h6p5-(5)~-------------------------|
||----/3-(3)~----3-—4--6--------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------7h9p7-(7)~----------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
note: fbr – full bend + release


Gtr 1                                                         * - A.H.	
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------*-*-*---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------1-2-1~--|
|------5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-6-5-3---5-555-5-555-555--5-6-5-3---------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|p.m.  . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . .   . ... . ... ...  . . . .         |
|                                                                         |
|Gtr 2                                                                    |
|-----/10-(10)~~--10-10/11-11-11/13-13-13p15-13-11-10-10-(10)-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------10-(10)--10-11-10--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Gtr 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------7---7------------8---8----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------7---7------------8---8----------------------------------------------------|
|--------5-555--5---5-----6-666--6---6----------5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-6-5-3-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| p.m.   . ...            . ...                 . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . .           |
|                                                                                         |
|Gtr 2                                                                                    |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------/8-----10--------11-----13—---15---16-----15----13-—-15---(15)~~-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Gtr 1                         * - A.H.	
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------*-*-*-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------1-2-1~------------------------------------|
|------5-555-5-555-555--5-6-5-3---------5-555-5-555-5-555-5-555-5-6-5-3---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|p.m.  . ... . ... ...  . . . .         . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . .   |
|                                                                         |
|Gtr 2                                                                    |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------(15)-15-16-15-(15)~------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------14-15-14-(14)~---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------12-13-12-(12)~--12fbr-(12)~~---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Gtr 1                        * - A.H.	
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------*-*-*--------------7---7-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------1-2-1~-------------7---7-----------------------------------|
|-----5-555-5-555-555--5-6-5-3-------------5-555--5---5-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|p.m. . ... . ... ...  . . . .             . ...                                          |
|                                                                                         |
|Gtr 2                                     ...and here goes something really wicked!!    :)
|--------------17---17--------------------15-16-17-16-15-15-15-17-16-15-15-15-17-16-15----|
|-----------17---17----19-20-19h20p19-15--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--12-13-16-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                            I don’t know for sure, how to play this fastest part,
                                            but I think, it goes something like this...

Gtr 1
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|----------8---8------------------------------------------|
|----------8---8------------------------------------------|
|----6-666-6---6------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|p.m.. ...                                                |
|                                                         |
|Gtr 2                                                    |
|---18-17-15-15-15-18-17-15-15-15-18-17-15-19-17-15-15----|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


Gtr 1 
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-7-7---------------|
|----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-7-7---------------|
|----5-555-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
| p.m. ...   . .   . .   . .                     |
|                                                |
|Gtr 2                                           |
|----17p15p14—17-15-14---------------------------|
|----------------------15/16-16-(16)—16-15-(15)~-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|


Gtr 1 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------7-----7----------------8------8---------7-----7-------------------------|
|---------------------7-----7----------------8------8---------7-----7-------------------------|
|-------------5-555---5-----5---------6-666--6------6---------5-555-5-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| p.m.        . ...                   . ...                     ...                           |
|                                                                                             |
|Gtr 2                                                                                        |
|----18-17-15-15--17-14-14-14-18-14-14-14-18-17-15-15--17-14-14-14-18-14-14-14-18-17-15-15----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Gtr 1 
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|-----------7-----7-----7-7-7----||
|-----------7-----7-----7-7-7----||
|-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
|--------------------------------||
| p.m.  . .   . .   . .           |
|                                 |
|Gtr 2                            |
|-------/18-(18)~--18h19h18p17--||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||




Riff A (only one time each part)

Riff B (Verse)

___ It's up to us now to seal his fate ___
___ Marked with the proper math the child's none to late ___
___ Blessed by the Beast, our Chosen One was born this day ___
___ He'll rise from the ashes of our dying race ___
___ Manipulate history, time and space ___
___ The Elder, Men of the Watch, professed this day ___


Riff C (Chorus) x2

___ So, behold the birth, the wicked child ___
___ Born of the Beast, in eastern sands ___
___ He will arise, He will divide ___
___ He has the power to bring the end ___

___ Behold the birth, the wicked child ___
___ Born of the Beast, in eastern sands ___
___ He will arise, He will divide ___
___ He has the power to bring the end ___


Riff A (only one time each part)

       
Ending                                                                                          
 Gtr 1                                                                                            
||----------------------||
||----------------------||
||------5---7----------||
||------5---7----------||
||------3---5----------||
||----------------------||
|                        |                                                                        
|Gtr 2                   |                                                                         
||-----------------------|
||----------------------||
||------5--—7----------||
||----------------------||
||----------------------||
||----------------------||

... then Rick Risberg finishes with the piano solo ... and the Coming Curse starts!!



					*** THE COMING CURSE ***

Intro
Riff A1 (the main riff)
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2                                                           x2
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*----------------------------------------------------------------------*||
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*--------7-777-------8-----8-7-5-5-------5-777-------------------------*||
||---5-555-------5-555---555---------8-888--------5-555-5-555-555-555-----||
p.m. . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . . . ... . ...  . ... . ... ... ...


Riff A2
Gtr 1 Gtr 2                                                               x2
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*----------------------------------------------------------------------*||
||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||---5-----5-----8-----8-----10--8----8-7-5-7-----7-----7-----7-7-7-7-----||
||*--5-----5-----8-----8-----10--8----8-7-5-7-----7-----7-----7-7-7-7----*||
||---3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6—8-8-6-6--6-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----||
p.m.   . .   . .   . .   . .   .   .          . .   . .   . .   


Verse 1
Riff A1  x2

___ I walk the Earth just as they planned ___
___ Baptized in fire for my ancient land ___

Riff A2  x2

___ The coming curse, your anti-Christ, I am the Watcher's eye ___
___ I vindicate and cleanse the Earth of all mankind ___



Verse 2
Riff A1  x2

___ For many years, I've walked among you ___
___ Through the folds of time and space ___

Riff A2  x2

___ Kingdoms fall, leaders die, as I see fit ___
___ I devour souls of those that pose a threat ___


Chorus
Riff B
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
 ____ I walk the Earth another day ______    The wicked one  that comes this way ___
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----7---7—(7)----------7--10-—108-8-(8)-------85-5-----5----5--8—-87---7-(7)------|
||----7---7—(7)----------7--10—-108-8-(8)-------85-5-----5----5--8—-87---7—(7)------|
||----5-5-5-(5)----------5--8----86-8-(6)-------63-3-3-3-3----3--6—-65---5—(5)------|
p.m.    .                                              . .


Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
 ____ Savior to my own ____ devil to some ________ Mankind falls, something wicked comes ___
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----7—----7-(7)----------7--10-—108-8-(8)-------85-5-----5----5--8—-87---7-(7)----||
|-----7—----7-(7)----------7--10—-108-8-(8)-------85-5-----5----5--8—-87---7—(7)----||
|-----5-5-5-5-(5)----------5--8----86-8-(6)-------63-3-3-3-3----3--6—-65---5—(5)----||
p.m.    . .                                              . .


Verse 3
Riff A1  x2

___ I bide my time planning your fate ___
___ With bated breath, The Elder wait ___


Riff A2  x2

___ The coming curse, your anti-Christ, I am the Watcher's eye ___
___ For your crimes on our kind you all will die ___


Chorus
Riff B

___ I walk the Earth another day ___
___ The wicked one that comes this way ___
___ Savior to my own, devil to some ___
___ Mankind falls, something wicked comes ___



Solo riff
Riff C1
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2                                                          x2
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*---------------------------------------------------------------------*||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*--------7-777----------------------------8-888-----------------------*||
||---5-555-------5-555-5-555-555-555-—5-555-------5-555-5-555-555-555----||
p.m. . ... . ... . ... . ... ... ...  . ... . ... . ... . ... ... ...


Riff C2
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2                                                          x2
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*---------------------------------------------------------------------*||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||*--------5-555----------------------------6-666-----------------------*||
||---3-333-------3-333-3-333-333-333-—3-333-------3-333-3-333-333-333----||
p.m. . ... . ... . ... . ... ... ...  . ... . ... . ... . ... ... ...


Solo
Riff D
Gtr 2
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----5-6—10-(10)~~---5-6-8--6--5—5h6-5-(5)~3-(3)~h5p4p3-2~~--------3-5-3------2~--------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------2-3-6--------2-3-----------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
During the solo, Jon plays Riff C1 two times and Riff C2 two times too...


Gtr 2     Oh, ***! Hey, I don’t really know how to play this fast part... but I’ve figured smth here...
...of course, It’s wrong... well, anyway, here it is... But if you have any ideas, pls contact me!
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---3-5-4-3-2-2-3-4-6-5-4-3-3-4-5-7-6-5-4-4-3-4-6-5-4-3-3—2-3-5-4-3-2-2-3-3h5-3-2----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------2-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Gtr 2
|-----------------------------------------------10-----------------------------------------|
|--------3-5-6-5-3—3/10-10-11-10---------10-11----10—10-11-12-10h11p10-10-10~-------------|
|---/2-2-----------------------------/9-9--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Gtr 2                                                  A.H.
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------*---*----*-----------------------------|
|---9-000-7-000-6-000-4-000-7-000-6-000-4-000-2000—-7~~-10~~-7~~--------3—3---5------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


The aftersolo riff
Riff E
 Gtr 1
||----------5-(5)------------------5—(5)-----------------5-(5)------------------5-(5)--|
||----------5—(5)------------------5-(5)-----------------5-(5)------------------5-(5)--|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---7-(7)---------5-7-8--87—(7)----------------7-(7)----------5-7-8--87—(7)---------|
||---7—(7)---------5-7-8--87—(7)----------------7—(7)----------5-7-8--87—(7)---------|
||---5—(5)---------3-5-6--65-(5)----------------5—(5)----------3-5-6--65-(5)---------|
|                                                                                      |
|                                                                                      |
|Gtr 2                                                                                 |
|-------------------------------------------||-----------5-(5)------------------5—(5)--|
|-------------------------------------------||-----------5—(5)------------------5-(5)--|
|----2-(2)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------||-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------||---7-(7)----------5-7-8--87—(7)---------|
|---------------------------------------x--||---7—(7)----------5-7-8--87—(7)---------|
|---------------------------------------x--||---5—(5)----------3-5-6--65-(5)---------|
                                 pick slide (rake)      


Gtr 1 and Gtr 2                                    x2
|-----------|---------2-(2)------------------2—(2)--|----------------||
|-----------|*--------2—(2)------------------2-(2)-*|----------------||
|-----------|---------------------------------------|----------------||
|----8-7-5--|--4-(4)---------2-4-5--54—(4)---------|----------------||
|----8-7-5--|*-4-(4)---------2-5-5--54—(4)--------*|---2-4-5-7------||
|----6-5-3--|--2-(2)---------0-2-3--32-(2)---------|---0-2-3-5------||
p.m.                                                    . . . .


Riff F
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2                                          
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--7--7-7-7--7-7-7—-7-7-5-7-8—-8--7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7—-7-7-5-7-8—-8--7-7--7-7-7---|
||--5--5-5-5--5-5-5—-5-5-3-5-6--6--5-5—-5-5-5—-5-5-5—-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5—-5-5-3-5-6--6--5-5—-5-5-5—--|
p.m..  . . .  . . .  . . . . .  .  . .  . . .  . . .  . . .  . . .  . . .  . . . . .  .  . .  . . .


Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----7-----7-5--4--4-4-4--4-4-4—-4-4-2-4-5—-5--4-4—-4-4-4—-4-4-4--4-4-4---|
|----5-555-5-3--2--2-2-2--2-2-2—-2-2-0-2-3--3--2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---|
p.m. . ... . .  .  . . .  . . .  . . . . .  .  . .  . . .  . . .  . . .


Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
|--------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------||
|----4-4-4--4-4-4—-4-4-2-4-5—-5--4-4—-4-4-4—-4-5-8-7-5---||
|----2-2-2--2-2-2—-2-2-0-2-3--3--2-2--2-2-2--2-3-6-5-3---||
p.m. . . .  . . .  . . . . .  .  . .  . . .  . . . . .


Riff G
Gtr 2                                                       A.H.
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------*--*--*-----------|
||-----7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9---7-10-9---7-9---7-9-10-9---14-15-14-(14)~----|
||---7-----7-----7-----7-----7--------7-----7-------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . .  .
Jon plays Riff F, Larry plays lead...


Gtr 2                                                      A.H.
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------*--*--*-----------|
|------7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9---7-10-9---7-9---7-9-10-9---19-13-14-(14)~----|
|----7-----7-----7-----7-----7--------7-----7-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . .  .


Gtr 2                                                       A.H.           x2
|--------------------------------------------------------*--*--*-----------||
|*-------------------------------------------------------7~-6~-5~---------*||
|------4-6---4-6---4-6---4-6---4-7-6----4-6---4-6-7-6-------------6~------||
|----4-----4-----4-----4-----4--------4-----4------------------------------||
|*------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . .


Fill 1
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 (clean electric)
||--------------------------||
||--------------------------||
||--------------------------||
||--------------------------||
||---0-(0)------------------||
||--------------------------||


Clean part
Riff H
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 (clean electric)                 x2
||------------------------------------------------|
||*--------6-------------------------------------*|
||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||*--7-------------5-----7-------7-------7-------*|
||-5---5------5-5-----5-----5-5-----5-5-----5-----|


Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 (clean electric)                 x2
|------------------------------------------------||
|*--------4-------------------------------------*||
|------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------||
|*--5-------------3-----5-------5-------5-------*||
|-3---3------3-3-----3-----3-3-----3-3-----3-----||

play Riff H three times...

___ Fo_______rged in the sacred flames ___
____On the sixth day _________________________
____Of the sixth month ___
___ In the sixth 


Riff I 
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2 (switch to drive)
   hour _____              x4                           x4
||---------------------------|--------------------------||
||*-------------------------*|*------------------------*||
||-----9----9-9-10----7-9----|-----7----7-7-8----5-7----||
||---7---7----------7--------|---5---5---------5--------||
||*-------------------------*|*------------------------*||
||---------------------------|--------------------------||
p.m. . . .  . .  .  . . .        . . .  . . .  . . . 

play Riff I two times...


Riff J
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
___ I am your anti-Christ,               I will destroy mankind
                     (I am your anti-Christ)              (I will destroy  
||-----------5—(5)-----------------5—(5)--------5—(5)-----------------5—(5)--------|
||-----------5-(5)-----------------5-(5)--------5—(5)-----------------5—(5)--------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----7-(7)-------7-8-—87--7-(7)--------7-(7)-------7-8-—87--7-(7)---------------|
||----7—(7)-------7-8-—87—-7-(7)--------7-(7)-------7-8-—87--7-(7)---------------|
||----5—(5)-------5-6-—65—-5-(5)--------5—(5)-------5-6-—65—-5-(5)---------------|


Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
        ___ Born of the beast ____ and flames          I will devour, I will divide _______________
  mankind)                        (and flames)        (I will devour, I will divide ________________)
|------------3—(3)----------------3—(3)---------------5—(5)-------------------5—(5)--------||
|------------3-(3)----------------3-(3)---------------5—(5)-------------------5—(5)--------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----5-(7)-------------—85-(5)---------5-8—-8-7-(7)--------7--8—--8-7-(7)----------------||
|-----5—(7)-------------—85—(5)---------5-8—-8-7-(7)--------7--8—--8-7-(7)----------------||
|-----3—(5)-------------—63—(3)---------3-6—-6-5-(5)--------5--6—--6-5-(5)----------------||


repeat Riff A1 x2
  and  Riff A2 x2


Verse 4
Riff A1 x2

___ Hellfire rages in my eyes ___
___ Blood will fall like rain this night ___

Riff A2 x2

___ The coming curse, the anti-Christ, I am the Watcher's eye ___
___ I vindicate and cleanse the Earth of all mankind ___


Chorus x2
Riff B x2

___ I walk the Earth another day ___
___ The wicked one that comes this way ___
___ Savior to my own, devil to some ___
___ Mankind falls, something wicked comes ___


Ending
Riff K
Gtr 2 lead                                                   x2
||------------------------------------------------------------|
||*--------------10-(10)~~--10-(10)~---9h10p9p7-9—6-5-(5)~~--*|
||------------------------------------------------------------|
||----/7-(7)--------------7-----------------------------------|
||*----------------------------------------------------------*|
||------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1 plays Riff C1, Riff C2, Riff C1, Riff C2...


Gtr 2 lead                                                   x2
|------------------------------------------------------------||
|*--------------8-(8)~~----8-(8)~-----7h8p7p5-7—4-3-(3)~~---*||
|------------------------------------------------------------||
|----/5-(5)-------------5------------------------------------||
|*----------------------------------------------------------*||
|------------------------------------------------------------||

play Riff K two times...


The very ending
Riff L
Gtr 1 and Gtr 2                             x2                                          x2
||-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
||*-----------------------------------------*|*-----------------------------------------*|
||---2-----9—(9)-9----2-----10-(10)-10-----|----2-----7-(7)-7-----2-----8-(8)-8------|
||---2-----9—(9)-9----2-----10—(10)-10-----|----2-----7-(7)-7-----2-----8—(8)-8------|
||*--0-0-0-7-(7)-7----0-0-0--8—-(8)--8----*|*---0-0-0-5-(5)-5-----0-0-0-6—(6)-6-----*|
||-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
p.m. . . .             . . .                      . . .              . . .


Gtr 1 and Gtr 2                        x2                                       
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------------*|---------------------------------------|
|----2-----9—(9)----2-----10-(10)-----|----2-----7-(7)-----2-----8-(8)-------|
|----2-----9—(9)----2-----10—(10)-----|----2-----7-(7)-----2-----8—(8)-------|
|*---0-0-0-7-(7)----0-0-0--8—-(8)----*|----0-0-0-5-(5)-----0-0-0-6—(6)-------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
p.m. . . .           . . .                   . . .              . . .


Gtr 1 and Gtr 2
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|----2-----7-(7)-----2-----8-(8)------------2-(2)------||
|----2-----7—(7)-----2-----8—(8)------------2—(2)------||
|----0-0-0-5—(5)-----0-0-0-6—(6)------------0—(0)------||
|------------------------------------0-0-0-------------||
p.m. . . .           . . .           . . .

Enjoy!
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