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                         AT THE GATES - SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL
                         From the Album SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL
                         Copyright 1995 Earache Records
                              
                              Version 1.0a - March 1997
                                 
Transcribed by: RICHARD BROADHEAD II(Displacer)  
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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
"  - tremelo note               () - ghost note, sustained note

Tuning: B(in otherwords, all strings down 2.5 steps)

 Opening
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------Don't hold------| GTR I
|-slide---------------------------------------------out the E5------|
|-\\\------7--5h7-7--10--9------------7--5h7-7--2-------------------|
|-\\\---000-00---0-00--00-00777870-000-00---0-000-------------------|
|        .. ..   . ..  .. ..        .. ..   . .. 
|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------Don't hold out--| GTR II
|---------------------------------------------------the chords------|
|----------------------------------2--2--2---2--2-------------------|
|----------------------------------0--0--0---0--0-------------------|

 Riff A
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------| GTR I & GTR II
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----7--5h7-7--10--9------------7--5h7-7--10--9--------6~---|
|-000-00---0-00--00-00777870-000-00---0-00--00-007h10p7-----|
   .. ..   . ..  .. ..        .. ..   . ..  .. ..

Play Riff A a total of two times

 Riff B(Play this twice)
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|GTR
|------------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|------------9-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----7---7----------10---9h10p9---7---00030002h30-000------2-------------|
|-000-000-000-000888--888------888-888----------------3-333-3332-222-222-|
| ... ... ... ......  ...      ... ...... ...   . ... . ... ............
| (guitar 2)guitars stay in rhythm with eachother
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------9--------------------7\--------------------------------------|
|----7---7----------10---9h10p9---7\---00030002h30-000------2-------------|
|-000-000-000-000888--888------888--888----------------3-333-3332-222-222-|
  ... ... ... ......  ...      ...  ...... ...   . ... . ... ............ 

                             _____________    _______________
 Chorus                     | 1.             | 2.
|------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------| GTR I
|------9-7---------------9-7---------------|------4~----------------|
|--------------12-10---------------7-9-10--|---6~-------------------|
|-00000---88888-----00000----7-8-10--------|------------------------|
| .....   .....     .....    ______________   ______________ 
|                           |1.              | 2.
|------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------| GTR II
|------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------10-9-----9-7-----10-9-------7-9-10--|------6~----------------|
|-00000----88888---00000-----7-8-10--------|---7~-------------------|
  .....    .....   .....    

Play Riff A

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------| GTR I
|-----------------------------------------------|
|----7--5h7-7--10--9------------7--5h7-7--2-----|
|-000-00---0-00--00-00777870-000-00---0-000-----|
|  .. ..   . ..  .. ..        .. ..   . ..       
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------| GTR II
|-----------------------------------------------|
|----7--5h7-7--10--9---------2--2--2---2--2-----|
|-000-00---0-00--00-00777870-0--0--0---0--0-----|
   .. ..   . ..  .. ..                            

 Riff C
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|GTR
|------------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|------------9-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----7---7----------10---9h10p9---7---00030002h30-000------2-------------|
|-000-000-000-000888--888------888-888----------------3-333-333222222222-|
| ... ... ... ......  ...      ... ...... ...   . ... . ... ............
| (guitar 2)guitars stay in rhythm with eachother
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------9--------------------9---------------------------------------|
|----7---7----------10---9h10p9--------00030002h30-000------2-------------|
|-000-000-000-000888--888------888--888----------------3-333-333222222222-|
  ... ... ... ......  ...      ...  ...... ...   . ... . ... ............ 

Play Riff C a total of two times
Chorus
                                     _______________   ____________________
 Riff D (guitar 1)                  | 1.              | 2.
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------9"-7"-------------------------|----------------------|
|-10"--9"---7"-10"--9"-------10"--9"--7"--7"-6h7p6---|--7"-10"----------6~--|
|----------------------------------------7---------7-|---------7-7h10p7-----|
|                                    ________   _________________
|                                   |1.        | 2.
|--------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|----------------------| GTR II
|-9-----5-----9-------------9---5------------|----------------------|
|-7-----3-----7----5--9-----7---3------------|--------------6~------|
|------------------3--7--------------5--7-7~-|--5--7-7h10p7---------|

                _______  _______  _______
  Riff E       | 1,3    | 2      | 4
|----------------------|--------|--------|
|----------------------|--------|--------|
|----------------------|--------|--------| Both Guitars
|----------------------|--------|-----78-|
|----7--5h7-7---5-59-8-|-2--987-|-578956-|
|-000-00---0-00-3-37-6-|-0--765-|-3567---|
   .. ..   . ..

Start solo with riff F
  Riff F
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------| Gtr III
|----------------------------------------------------78-|
|-2-2--5-59-8---2-2--2--987---2-2--5-59-8---2-2--578956-|
|-0-0--3-37-6---0-0--0--765---0-0--3-37-6---0-0--3567---|

              ___________   ________________  ___________________
             | 1,3         | 2.              | 4.
|-------------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|---------------------| GTR III
|-------------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------6\-|---------------------|
|-0-00000-00008-88888-8888|7-77777-7h10p7---|7-77777-7h10p7h10\---|
  . ..... ..... ..... .... . ..... . .  ..   . ..... . .  . .
solo ends after this riff

Play Riff F two times
Play Riff C 2x
Play Chorus
Play Riff D two times
                _______  _______  _______  _______
               | 1,3,5  | 2.     | 4.     | 6.
|----------------------|--------|--------|--------|
|----------------------|--------|--------|--------|
|----------------------|--------|--------|--------| Both guitars
|----------------------|--------|--------|-----78-|
|----7--5h7-7---5-59-8-|-298754-|-2--987-|-578956-|
|-000-00---0-00-3-37-6-|-076532-|-0--765-|-3567---|
   .. ..   . ..

|------------|
|------------|
|------------| GTR I and GTR II
|--2---2-----|
|--2---2-----|
|--0---0-----|
   .   .

End of song!!


Start of Solo
 guitars stay in perfect rhythm(eventhough appearance suggests otherwise)
|-7---7--6bhr-7-7---10--7h10p7-6bhr----|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------ph------|
|--------------------------------------|-12"-0"-12"-0"-12"-0"-12~-----| GTR I
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
|-10--10-9bhr-10-10---14-10h14p10-9bhr-|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------ph------|
|--------------------------------------|-12"-0"-12"-0"-12"-0"-12~-----| GTR 2 
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
                                        
 (guitar 1)
|--------12"------12------|----------------------------------------------|
|----12"-----12"--15bfrf~-|----------------------------------------------|
|-9"----------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------7-5~---------10-9~----7-5~--4-----|
|-------------------------|-7~--10-9~---------7-6~-------------------7~--|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|
| (guitar 2)
|--------12"------12--*---|----------------------------------------------|
|----12"-----12"--15bfrf--|----------------------------------------------|
|-9"----------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------10-9~---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-10~--14-12~--------10-9~-12-10~--9-7~--6-7~--|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
* guitar II doesn't release the note a full step, maybe about 3/4 step

|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------| GTR I
|---------------------|
|-7-6h7p6-9-9h10p9-12-|
|---------------------|
|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------| GTR II
|-7-------------------|
|----7~---------------|

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