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Gods Of Rapture by Meshuggah
Gods Of Rapture
Meshuggah play seven-string guitars tuned down a semitone to Bb. This
is transcribed for a six-string, so tune to Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Bb, and
you'll never miss that last string, cause you can't play those solos
anyway can you ;) Definitely use fat strings if you want a good sound,
at least 12's.
Generally one dash is a 16th note or a 32nd note in length, so either
---- or -------- is one beat. Be very careful with the rhythms in
Meshuggah songs, they are not instinctive until you really know the
song. The rhythms are transcribed very accurately in this document.
Notation explanation:
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-5:--4:-- Time Signature changes. If you don't understand, listen
-4:--4:-- to the song.
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The most important things needed to sound like Meshuggah is to nail
the rhythms accurately, and to palm mute the right notes. Pay
attention to those P.Ms.
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Riff A
/== 1 =============\/== 2 ==============\
Db||---------------------|------------------||-------------------|
Ab||*-4:-4343432432434324|7:-34343243243432*||4:-34343243243432--|
Eb||*-4:-2121210210212102|8:-12121021021210*||4:-12121021021210--|
Bb||---------------------|------------------||-------------------|
P.M ................ .............. ..............
Play Riff A
Then play this cool section:
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-
Ab|4-4-4324--4-4324|-4-4324--4-4324-|4-4324--4-4324-4|-4324--4-4324-4-|-
Eb|2-2-2102--2-2102|-2-2102--2-2102-|2-2102--2-2102-2|-2102--2-2102-2-|-
Bb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-
P.M. . .... . ....| . .... . .... |. .... . .... .| .... . .... . |
Gb|6---------------|5---------------|6---------------|5---------------|-
Db|6---------------|5---------------|6---------------|5---------------|-
Ab|4---------------|3---------------|4---------------|3---------------|-
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-
Bb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-
Db -|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|
Ab -|4324--4-4324-4-4|324--4-4324-4-43|24--4-4324-4-432|2:-4--4-432|
Eb -|2102--2-2102-2-2|102--2-2102-2-21|02--2-2102-2-210|4:-2--2-210|
Bb -|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|
|.... . .... . .|... . .... . ..|.. . .... . ...| . . ...|
Gb -|6---------------|5---------------|6---------------|---5-------|
Db -|6---------------|5---------------|6---------------|2:-5-------|
Ab -|4---------------|3---------------|4---------------|4:-3-------|
Eb -|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|
Bb -|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|
Play Riff A again
Riff B
Db|-------3---------3-|--3-------3-----|------3---3-----|3---------3---3-|-
Ab|4:-----1---------1-|--1-------1-----|------1---1-----|1---------1---1-|-
Eb|4:-0000----000000--|------0000----00|000---------0000|----000000------|-
Bb|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-
P.M .... ...... .... .. ... .... ......
Db -|----3---------3-|--3-------5-----|------3---3-----|3---------3---3-|
Ab -|----1---------1-|--1-------3-----|------1---1-----|1---------1---1-|
Eb -|0000----000000--|------0000----00|000---------0000|----000000------|
Bb -|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
.... ...... .... .. ... .... ......
Play Riff B 2x
Riff C
Db|----------------|
Ab|4-----444-------|
Eb|2-----222-------|
Bb|----------------|
P.M. ...
Play Riff C 4x
Riff D
Db|--5-6-7-----5-6-|7-----5-6-7-----|5-----4-----3---|
Ab|--5-6-7-----5-6-|7-----5-6-7-----|5-----4-----3---|
Eb|0-3-4-5-0-0-3-4-|5-0-0-3-4-5-0-0-|3-0-0-2-0-0-1-0-|
Bb|----------------|----------------|----------------|
P.M. . . . . . . . . . . .
Play Riff D 4x
Then play:
Db|----3---------3-|-----3---------|-------------------|---------------|
Ab|----1---------1-|3:---1---------|4:-5-5---5-5---4-4-|3:----rest-----|
Eb|0000----000000--|4:-------------|4:-5-5---5-5---4-4-|4:-------------|
Bb|----------------|---------------|---3-3---3-3---2-2-|---------------|
P.M.... ...... . . . . . .
Riff E /= 3 =\ /= 3 =\
Eb|2-------222-----|--2--------2--2-|2--2--2-------2-|--------2-2-2---|
Bb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
P.M. ... . . . . . . . . . .
Play Riff E 2x
Under solo, play Riff E 4x playing Gb rather than F (fret 3 rather than 2)
Then play Riff E 2x on G (fret 4)
Play Riff E 1x on Eb (open)
Then play:
Eb|0-------00-hold-|--0-------0----0|----0-----------|------rest------|
Bb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
P.M. . . .
Riff F
Db|----------------|----6------------|----------------|----------------|-
Ab|6---------------|----4-4-5-4-3----|--3-4-5---------|5-------4-------|-
Eb|4-4---5---6-----|--2---2-3-2-1----|--1-2-3-----335-|--2-4-5-2-2-----|-
Bb|--2---3---4-----|-----------------|----------------|--0-2-3---0-----|-
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Db -|----------------|--------------4-|----------------|--5-4-----------|
Ab -|6---------------|------------5---|3-4-2-----2-----|--3-2-5-2-4-----|
Eb -|4-4---5---6-----|--2-4-5-6-4-----|--2-0-----0-----|------3-0-2-----|
Bb -|--2---3---4-----|--0-2-3---------|----------------|----------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Under solo, play Riff F 2x (wicked riff!)
Play Riff B 2x
Play Riff C 6x
Play Riff D 4x
Then play:
Db|2-------2-------|
Ab|2-------2-------|
Eb|0-------0-------|
Bb|----------------|
Riff G /== 1 ==============\/== 2 ==============\
Db||----/3=\/= 3 =\---------|-------/= 3 =\-4---||-------/= 3 =\-5---|
Ab||*5:---------------------|4:-------------3--*||4:-------------4---|
Eb||*4:--3--4--3--4---------|4:-5---6--5--6-2--*||4:-5---6--5--6-3---|
Bb||-----1--2--1--2---------|---3---4--3--4-----||---3---4--3--4-----|
P.M . . . . . . . . .
^-this is a triplet eighth rest, followed by 4 triplet quarters
Play Riff G 2x
Then drop to a half-time tempo, and play:
Eb|555-----555---555---------------|
Bb|333-----333---333---------------|
P.M... ... ...
Riff H
Eb|44-4--4-44-44-4-|-4--4-44-4--4-44|-44-4--4--4-44-4|--4-44-44-4--4--|
Bb|22-2--2-22-22-2-|-2--2-22-2--2-22|-22-2--2--2-22-2|--2-22-22-2--2--|
Play Riff H 4x and end on low Bb chord.
I feel torn apart
A vile misfit fallen deep into affliction of my hollow mind
The sense of suffocation grows inside my lungs
When I wake into truth I'm back among the blind
The truth of lies
Disenchanting my eyes
How can I survive
I can't stand being alive
Gods of rapture
Enshrouding my eyes
A try to hide
That slowly I die
My past laughs at me
From the other side of negation
Untying the lasting few cords of common sense
Submerged into the flow
The rapids of addiction
Too weak to push it back
A worm without defence
My flesh fading undressing the bones
Behold me naked cadaver exposed
This my abuse
I can't take it no more
The fragile truth sneering at me
With teeth pressed like thrusting nails
Into my head
All my life I regret
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