THE VICE OF KILLING
As recorded by SODOM
(From the 1999 album Code Red)
                         
Music by Tom Angelripper

... = palm mute         h = hammer-on       ah = artificial harmonic
/, = slide             p = pull-off        nh = natural harmonic
~   = vibrato           " = tremolo pick    tr = trill


Tune to 1 whole step down (DGCFAD).


RIFF A

D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------------| 6x
C|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--3-2-------------3-2-------------3-2-------------3-5--5-3----|
D|--1p0-0-0-000-00001p0-0-0-000-00001p0-0-0-000-00001-3--3-1----|
        . . ... ....    . . ... ....    . . ... ....


RIFF B (0:29)

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 2x
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-----3-----2-----3-----2-3-2-0-2-----3-----2-----3-----2---0--|
D|----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----------1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1----|
      ...   ...   ...   ...           ...   ...   ...   ...   .


RIFF C (0:39)

D|-------0--------------------------------|
A|-------0--------------------------------|
F|-------0--------------------------------|
C|--2----9----3----9/10-9----3------------|
G|--2----7----1----7/8--7----1----3--5----|
D|--0----0--------------0---------1--3----|


RIFF D (0:50) 2x

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7tr8----------7tr8----------7tr8----------7tr8-5tr7-3tr5-2tr3--|
D|------0000000000----0000000000----0000000000---------------------|
        ..........    ..........    ..........

D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7tr8----------7tr8----------7tr8-------------------------|
D|------0000000000----0000000000----0000000000-111111111111--|
        ..........    ..........    .......... ............

..RIFF A 4x
..RIFF B 2x
..RIFF C


RIFF E (1:51)

D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--9----10-----9----10-----910-910-9----10-----9----10-----910-910--|
G|--7-----8-----7-----8-----7/8-7/8-7-----8-----7-----8-----7/8-7/8--|
D|----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----------0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0----------|
      ...   ...   ...   ...           ...   ...   ...   ...

D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------do-some----------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------natural---------|
C|--9----10-----9----10-----9-0-9-0-9----10-----9------harmonics-------|
G|--7-----8-----7-----8-----7/8-7/8-7-----8-----7---------here-above---|
D|----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----------0-0---0-0---0-0--7th-fret-or-so--|
      ...   ...   ...   ...           ...   ...   ...

D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--9----10-----9----10-----910-910-9----10-----9----10-----910-910--|
G|--7-----8-----7-----8-----7/8-7/8-7-----8-----7-----8-----7/8-7/8--|
D|----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----------0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0----------|
      ...   ...   ...   ...           ...   ...   ...   ...

(2:10)
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 2x
C|--7-----8-----7-----8-----7-8-7-6-7-----8-----7-----8-----7-8-7-6--|
G|--7-----8-----7-----8-----7/8-76-7-----8-----7-----8-----7/8-7/6--|
D|----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----------0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0----------|
      ...   ...   ...   ...           ...   ...   ...   ...


RIFF F (2:20)

D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------| 2x
C|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|--0000000000-0000000000-0000000000-0000000000--|
    .......... .......... .......... ..........

D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|--0000000000-0000000000-0000-0000--|
    .......... .......... .... ....


..RIFF D 2x


RIFF G (behind solo)

D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------| 2x
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|--2222222222222222222222-------------------------|
D|------------------------44444444444444444444444--|
    .............................................

..RIFF A 4x
..RIFF B 2x

RIFF H (4:03)
D|-------0---------------------------|
A|-------0---------------------------|
F|-------0---------------------------|
C|--2----9----3----9/10-9----3-------|
G|--2----7----1----7/8--7----1----3--|
D|--0----0--------------0---------1--|

D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------|
C|-/12-11-----5----/12-11----5-----------------------|
G|-/10--9-----3----/10--9----3--5--7--444444444------|
D|------------------------------3--5--222222222...---|