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Once Upon The Cross by Deicide
Once Upon The Cross
Tuning: Half step down
Fig. 1 x1
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|--4-3-3-2-2--|
A|--2-1-1-2-2--|
E|--2-1-1-0-0--|
. . . . .
Riff 1 x1
e|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|--222-111------------------------|--------------111-000----------------|
A|----------222-111----------------|------111-000------------------------|
E|------------------222-111111111--|--000-----------------222-111111111--|
e|----------------------------------------|------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|------------------------|
D|---------222-111------------------------|--------------111-000---|
A|-----------------222-111----------------|------111-000-----------|
E|--00000------------------222-111111111--|--000-------------------|
Repeat Fig. 1 x1
Fig. 2 x2
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------4/5---------3/4---------4/5-----3/4--2-3--|
A|----------2/3---------1/2---------2/3-----1/2--0-1--|
E|--0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----2-3-----------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------4/5---------3/4---------4/5-----3/4--2-3-----2-3--|
A|----------2/3---------1/2---------2/3-----1/2--0h1-----0h1--|
E|--0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----2-3----------1-2------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 2 x4 (Fear him, fear him, fear him...)
e|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|--------------------|-----------------1--|-----------------3--|-----------------4--|
E|--111111000000-1-5--|--111111000000-2----|--111111000000-4----|--111111000000-5----|
............ ............ ............ ............
Riff 3 x2 (Impaled crucifixion, compassion forgot...)
e|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|----------222-555-000-333333--|----------222-555-000-333-000------|
E|--000-222---------------------|--000-222---------------------111--|
... ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
e|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|----------222-555-000-333333--|----------222-555-000-333-000-111--|
E|--000-222---------------------|--000-222--------------------------|
... ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Riff 4 x4
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|---------------2-------------------|---------------1-------------------|
E|--222222-0-2-3---333333333333-000--|--222222-0-2-3---111111111111-000--|
Repeat Fig. 1 x1
Repeat Riff 1 x1
Repeat Fig. 1 x1
Now, right here they should have repeated Fig. 2 x2, but I think they messed up (although this might have been intentional as well) and they play it like this-
This part three times...
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------4/5---------3/4---------4/5-----3/4--2-3--|
A|----------2/3---------1/2---------2/3-----1/2--0-1--|
E|--0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----2-3-----------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
...and then this part once.
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------4/5---------3/4---------4/5-----3/4--2-3-----2-3--|
A|----------2/3---------1/2---------2/3-----1/2--0h1-----0h1--|
E|--0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----2-3----------1-2------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Repeat Riff 2 x4
Repeat Riff 3 x2
Repeat Riff 4 x3
End x1
e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|--4-3-3-2-2--|
A|---------------2-------------------|---------------1---------------|--2-1-1-2-2--|
E|--222222-0-2-3---333333333333-000--|--222222-0-2-3---111111111111--|--2-1-1-0-0--|
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version 2
Tune Gtr to E-Flat (1/2 Step Down)
--ONCE UPON THE CROSS--
Spoken intro about 30 seconds:
"Sonny, where have you folks taken me!?"
|Intro Riff| (P.M.H.)
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||-----------------------||
||-----------------------||
||-4-(4)-3---3---2---2---||
||-2-(2)-1---1---2---2---||
||-2-(2)-1---1---0---0---||
. . . . .
Play Intro Riff once only then segue into Riff 1.
|Riff 1| (Fast tremolo picking!!!)
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||:------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||:------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6---------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0---------|
|| |
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-----------------------------------------|
||-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-----------------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
(Con't)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6---------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-||
| (Heavy Palm Muting) ||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------:||
|--------------------------4-(4)-3---3---2---2---------------------------:||
|---------5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4--2-(2)-1---1---2---2----------------------------||
|-4-4-4-4------------------2-(2)-1---1---0---0----------------------------||
. . . . . (For spacing purposes only)
Play Riff 1 a total of one time only.
|Riff 2|
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||:--------------------------------------------------------||
||:---------h-----------h-----------h-------h---h----------||
||---------2-3---------1-2---------2-3-----2-3-0-1---------||
||-0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----0-2-----------------||
|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------------------:||
||----------h-----------h-----------h-------h---h-------h-:||
||---------2-3---------1-2---------2-3-----2-3-0-1-----0-1-||
||-0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----0-2---------0-2-----||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Play Riff 2 a total of 2 times.
|Riff 3| (Fear Him, Fear Him. . . Saaatan!)
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||:--------------------------------------------------------||
||:--------------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------h---------------------------h--||
||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-2-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-3-5-||
|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------------------:||
||--------------------------h---------------------------h-:||
||-------------------------2-3-------------------------3-5-||
||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-----||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Play Riff 3 a total of 4 times.
|Riff 4| (More fast tremolo picking)
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||:----------------------------------------------------------------|
||:----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
||-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------------|
|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-----------------|
||-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2---------------------------------0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Con't)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------||
|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------------||
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------:||
|----------------------------------------------------------------:||
|-----------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3---------2-2-2-2-||
|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2---------------------------------0-0-0-0---------||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Play Riff 4 a total of 2 times.
|Riff 5|
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||:--------------------------------------------------------||
||:--------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--2--3--5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0---||
|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------------------:||
||--------------------------------------------------------:||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--2--3--5--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0---||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Play Riff 5 a total of 4 times. (Last time leave out the the)
(open on the sixth string. )
Repeat Intro Riff one time only.
Repeat Riff 1 one time only.
Repeat Riff 2 a total of 2 times.
Repeat Riff 3 a total of 4 times.
Repeat Riff 4 a total of 2 times.
Repeat Riff 5 a total of 4 times. (Over Solo)
End finally on Intro Riff.
"Once upon the cross!"
END
LYRICS
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Once upon the cross
Fear him, fear him, fear him... Satan
Nazarene in the valley of persuasion
To receive last temptations from Lord Satan
"Take a bite" said the serpent "eat of it"
Without no choice to do so, you cannot resist
Impaled crucifixion
Compassion forgot
Eternal damnation
Once upon a cross
Blasphemy laughs at thee
Jesus you've been deceived
Struggling on the cross
Gagging to breathe
Despite your god, question why
You were retrieved by the angel of light
Kill him, kill him, kill him... Satan
Nazarene screaming on his crucifixion
Prophecy in its final contradiction
When you die is when the lie will be believed
Upon the cross, before the world to see
Once upon the cross
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Notation Key
v: vibrato
t: tremolo bar
^: bend
.: palm mute
~: trill
p: pull-off
h: hammer-on
x: ghost note
/: slide up
: slide down
. - 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
" - tremolo note <> - Trill