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Perennial Quest by Death
Perennial Quest
Tuning:D, tune every string down one step
Opening Riff
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-4-----------4-----------5-----------2-----------|
|---2-2-2-2-2---2-----------3-3-3-3-3---2-5-5-5-5-|
|-----0-0-0-0-----2-2-2-2-----1-1-1-1-----3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------0-0-0-0-------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Play Opening Riff a total of 4 times. Second two times play the following
over it.
|-12---------------------------12-------------10-10~---|
|----12-10-9----9-----------------12-10-9-10-----------|
|------------10---9-10-9~------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
.
|-12---------------------------12-------------10-12~------|
|----12-10-9----9-----------------12-10-9-10--------------|
|------------10---9-10-9~---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
.
Riff A
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------5-4h5p4---|
|--------------7-5-----9~----------------5-----------5-|
|------------------9-7-----------------3---3-----------|
|-000000000000------------000000000000-----------------|
............ ............
continuation of Riff A (end of Riff A)
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------5~-------2~--|
|--------------7-5------------5--------2-------|
|------------------9-7-6~---3---3----0---0-----|
|-000000000000---------------------------------|
............
Play Riff A a total of 2 times
Riff B
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------10----------------------------|
|-8---7---5--------10---8---7---8-----------|
|----------------8------------------8-------|
|---6---5---5---------8---6---5---6---6-6-8-|
Play Riff B a total of two times.
Riff C Repeat three times then play first measure
|------|------|------|------||---------|------|------|------|------||
|------|------|------|------||---------|------|------|------|------||
|------|------|------|------||*--------|------|------|------|-----*|| GTR I
|------|------|-8-8--|------||*-10-10--|------|------|-8-8--|-----*||
|-2-2--|-6-6--|-6-6--|-8-8--||--8--8---|-2-2--|-6-6--|-6-6--|-8-8--||
|-0-0--|-4-4--|------|-6-6--||---------|-0-0--|-4-4--|------|-6-6--||
| . . . . . . . . .
|
|------|------|------|------||---------|------|------|------|------||
|------|------|------|------||---------|------|------|------|------||
|------|------|------|------||*-5--5---|-4-4--|-3-3--|------|-----*|| GTR II
|------|------|------|------||*-3--3---|-2-2--|-1-1--|------|-3-3-*||
|------|------|------|------||---------|------|------|-6-6--|-1-1--||
|------|------|------|------||---------|------|------|-4-4--|------||
___________ ____________
Riff D | 1,3 | 2,4
|-------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|
|--------5/6----------2-1---2---|---2-1---3---|
|-000000-3/4-000000-3-----3---2-|-3-----3---2-|
...... ...... . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff E
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|----------9----------------9-----------|
|------------8---8------------8---8-7---|
|-00000000-----7---00000000-----7-----8-|
........ ........
Play Riff E a total of six times
Riff F
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-9/10-9--------9-|-9/10-9--------10-|-9/10-9--------5~-|--------------2-|
|-7/8--7----------|-7/8--7-----------|-7/8--7-----------|-2h3-2--------2-|
|--------000000-7-|--------000000-8--|--------000000----|-0h1-0-000000-0-|
...... ...... ...... ......
Play Riff F a total of two times.
Riff G
|------------|------------------------|------------|---------------------|
|------------|------------------------|------------|---------------------|
|--------3-4-|------------------------|--------3-4-|---------------------|
|-000000-1-2-|-------------4----------|-000000-1-2-|---------------4-----|
|------------|-4-6-7---2---2----------|------------|-4-6-7----2----2-----|
|------------|-2-4-5---0--------------|------------|-2-4-5----0----------|
| . .
|
|------------|-------------9-7--------|------------|---------------------|
|------------|-----------------7-9-7~-|------------|---------------------|
|------------|------------------------|------------|---------------------|
|------------|------------------------|------------|---------------------|
|------------|------------------------|------------|---------------------|
|------------|------------------------|------------|---------------------|
Play Riff F twice
Under Solo Rhythm _________ _________
play twice play twice |1. | 2.
||-----------------------------||------------------------------|-----------|
||-----------------------------||------------------------------|-----------|
||-----------------------------||------------------------------|-----------|
||-----------------------------||------------------------------|-8/9-98-8-|
||-6--6-6-8/9-9--6-6-8/9-98-8-||-2-2-2-2-8/9-9--2-2-8/9-98-8-|-8/9-98-8-|
||-4--4-4-6/7-7--4-4-6/7-76-6-||-0-0-0-0-6/7-7--0-0-6/7-76-6-|-6/7-76-6-|
. . . . . . . . . .
play twice play twice
||-----------------------------||------------------------------||
||-----------------------------||------------------------------||
||-----------------------------||------------------------------||
||-----------------------------||------------------------------||
||-6--6-6-8/9-9--6-6-8/9-78-8-||-2-2-2-2-8/9-9--2-2-8/9-98-8-||
||-4--4-4-6/7-7--4-4-6/7-96-6-||-0-0-0-0-6/7-7--0-0-6/7-76-6-||
. . . . . . . . . .
Riff H
|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------8------|
|-----9-----10-7~------9---5-7-7~-|
|-----7---8----7~------7---5---5~-|
|-0-0---0---------0-0----0--------|
|---------------------------------|
. . . . . .
Play Riff H a total of eight times
Play Riff A twice
Play Riff B four times
Play Riff C
Play Riff D
Play Riff E six times(hold out last note)
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-6-----------------|-5-----------------|
|-4-----------------|-3-----------------|
Acoustic Part(repeat and fade out)
|-6-----5-----6-----5-----|-----6-----6-----5-----5-|
|---3-----3-----3-----3---|---4-----4-----4-----4---|
|-------------------------|-3-----3-----3-----3-----|
|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
--------------------
version 2
Tuning D G C F A D
Riff A
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-4-----------4------------5-----------2-----------|Gtr
|---2-2-2-2-2---2------------3-3-3-3-3---2-5-5-5-5-|I&II
|-----0-0-0-0-----2-2-2-2------1-1-1-1-----3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------0-0-0-0--------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Play Riff A twice
Riff B
|-12-----------------------12--------------10-10~~-|
|----12-10-9----9--------------12-10-9-10----------|
|------------10---9-10-9~--------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
| |
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-4-----------4------------5-----------2-----------|Gtr
|---2-2-2-2-2---2------------3-3-3-3-3---2-5-5-5-5-|II
|-----0-0-0-0-----2-2-2-2------1-1-1-1-----3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------0-0-0-0--------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-12-----------------------12--------------10-12~~-|
|----12-10-9----9--------------12-10-9-10----------|
|------------10---9-10-9~--------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
| |
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-4-----------4------------5-----------2-----------|Gtr
|---2-2-2-2-2---2------------3-3-3-3-3---2-5-5-5-5-|II
|-----0-0-0-0-----2-2-2-2------1-1-1-1-----3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------0-0-0-0--------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Play Riff B once
Riff C
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------4~--------------------5-4h5p4---|Gtr
|--------------7-5-4-2-------------------5-----------5-|I&II
|--------------------------------------3---3-----------|
|-000000000000------------000000000000-----------------|
............ ............
continuation of Riff C
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------5~-------2~-|Gtr
|--------------7-5-4----------5--------2------|I&II
|--------------------7-6~---3---3----0---0----|
|-000000000000--------------------------------|
............
Play Riff C a total of 2 times
Riff D
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------6-----------------------------------|
|-3----2----2----------5----3----2-----3-------------|Gtr
|------------------3-------------------------3-------|I&II
|---1----0----0----------3----1-----0----1-----1-1-3-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
Play Riff D 3 times
Riff E Play this bar twice
|-------------------------|------------------------------|-----|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|-----|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|-----|Gtr
|-------------8-8---------|-10-10--------------8-8-------|--10-| I
|-2-2---6-6---6-6---8-8---|-8--8---2-2---6-6---6-6---8-8-|--8--|
|-0-0---4-4---------6-6---|--------0-0---4-4---------6-6-|-----|
| . . . . . . . . . |
| |
| Play this bar twice |
|-------------------------|------------------------------|-----|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|-----|
|-------------------------|-5--5---4-4---3-3-------------|-----|Gtr
|-------------8-8---------|-3--3---2-2---1-1---------3-3-|--10-|II
|-2-2---6-6---6-6---8-8---|--------------------6-6---1-1-|--8--|
|-0-0---4-4---------6-6---|--------------------4-4-------|-----|
. . . . . . . . .
Play Riff E once
Riff F
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|Gtr
|-------------------------------|I&II
|--------5/6----------2-1---2---|
|-000000-3/4-000000-3-----3---2-|
...... ...... . . . . . .
Continuation of Riff F
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|Gtr
|-------------------------------|I&II
|--------5/6----------2-1---3---|
|-000000-3/4-000000-3-----3---2-|
...... ...... . . . . . .
Play Riff F twice
Riff G
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|----------4----------------4-----------|Gtr
|------------3---3------------3---3-2---|I&II
|--------------2----------------2-----3-|
|-00000000---------00000000-------------|
........ ........
Play Riff G 6 times
Riff H
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|Gtr
|-9/10-9--------9-|-9/10-9--------10-|-9/10-9--------5~-|--------------2-|I&II
|-7/8--7----------|-7/8--7-----------|-7/8--7-----------|-2/3-2--------2-|
|--------000000-7-|--------000000-8--|--------000000----|-0/1-0-000000-0-|
...... ...... ...... ......
Play Riff H twice
Riff I
|------------|------------------------|------------|---------------------|
|------------|------------------------|------------|---------------------|
|--------3-4-|------------------------|--------3-4-|---------------------|Gtr
|-000000-1-2-|-------------4----------|-000000-1-2-|---------------4-----|I&II
|------------|-4-6-7---2---2----------|------------|-4-6-7----2----2-----|
|------------|-2-4-5---0--------------|------------|-2-4-5----0----------|
. .
Play Riff I once
Play Riff D twice
SOLO(Chuck Schuldiner)
|-------------------------------10p11h10----10hb~----------------------17~-|
|-----------------9----8hb~~-------------------------12--------------------|
|-7~~~~~----7----------------------------------------------15----16--------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------12--------14hb~~-|
|------------------10-------13------------12----------|
|--------------------------------9--------------------|Gtr
|------------8~---------9-----------------------------| I
|-7----9~---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-12p11-------------------------------------15-16h18---15-------------------|
|-------12----------------------------15h16---------------16----------------|
|----------11----------------------15------------------------15h16----------|Gtr
|-------------13----------------17---------------------------------17-------| I
|----------------14----------18---------------------------------------18----|
|-------------------15~---19---------------------------------------------19-|
|------------------------------------14--15--16--18----18fb~-|
|-------------------------12-15---16-------------------18fb~-|
|-15-------------------12------------------------------------|Gtr
|----16-------------13---------------------------------------| I
|-------17-------14------------------------------------------|
|----------15h16---------------------------------------------|
Tremolo picking
|-19p17p16-------19-16-17-16------------------------|
|----------16h19-------------16---------------11hb~-|
|-------------------------------16-13-15------------|Gtr
|----------------------------------------9-11-------| I
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------16--18--18~------16--18--19------16--18--19-|
|----16--17--19----------------17--------------17------------|
|-16---------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|------------------------------------------------------------| I
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|----18--19--21------19--21-----23--21--23--24~-|
|-17--------------19----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-----------------------------------------------| I
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
Very fast tremolo picking
|----------------------------------------19-20-22-20-19-17-------24~--24fb~~|
|----------12-13-15-13-12-10-12-13-16-19-------------------20-19------------|
|-------12------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-12-15---------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff J(played during Chuck's solo)
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|Gtr
|-----------------------------|II
|-6--6-6-8/9-9--6-6-8/9-9-8-8-|
|-4--4-4-6/7-7--4-4-6/7-7-6-6-|
Play Riff J twice
Riff K(Played during Chuck's solo)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|Gtr
|---------3/4-4------3/4-4-1-1-|II
|-2-2-2-2-1/2-2--2-2-1/2-2-1-1-|
|-0-0-0-0--------0-0-----------|
. . . . . .
Play Riff K twice
Play Riff J twice
Play Riff K twice
Riff L
|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------8--------|
|------9--------10--7~-------9-----5--7--7~-|Gtr
|------7-----8------5~-------7-----5-----5~-|I&II
|-0-0-----0-------------0-0-----0-----------|
|-------------------------------------------|
. . . . . .
Play Riff L 8 times
Play Riff C twice
Play Riff D 4 times
Play Riff E once
Play Riff F once
Play Riff G 6 times(hold out last note)
Fill A
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------|I&II
|-6------------------5-----------------|
|-4------------------3-----------------|
Play Fill A once
Riff M(acoustic)
|-6--------5--------6--------5-------|-------6--------6--------5--------5-|
|----3--------3--------3--------3----|----4--------4--------4--------4----|
|-------0--------0--------0--------0-|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|Gtr
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|II
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
PLay Riff M 12 times
SOLO(Chuck Schuldiner)
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|Gtr
|-7h8p7~--------------7-----------------| I
|------------------------5-------5/---8-|
|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------7/-10~------|Gtr
|-7h8p7~------------------------------7h8p7~------------7/-10~--10~-| I
|---------------------5/---8~~--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------15~-15~~~~----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12------12------10-----------------------------------10~-----13~~~~-|Gtr
|-----13------13------15~--15~~----------------10~--------------------| I
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-20~~~~~~-----22~~~~~~-----23~~~~~~~~~------24~~~~~~~~~~-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------------------| I
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
Let Riff M and the solo fade out.
. - palm mute / - slide up to
- slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note