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Saturnine by Electric Wizard
Saturnine
Played in B standard.
Riff 1: intro and verse
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|----7-----7-----7--7-5h7-7--5h7-7--|
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|-5-----8-----5---------------------|
Riff 2a: the melody that plays straight after riff 1
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|-------------------------------8b^-8p6--------|
|---------------------------5h7---------7-5-7~-|
|-5h7-7-7--7-5h7-7-7--7-5h7--------------------|
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Riff 2b: second part of the melody
|------------------------------------8h10-12b^-12-10-------10-8-10-|
|-8h10-10-10--10-8h10-10-10--10-8h10-----------------12-10---------|
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Riff 3: chorus
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|-7--7--7--7--7-7\5-7-5-3--3-3br-|
|-5--5--5--5--5-5\3-5-3-1--1-----|
Riff 4: an alternate version of the chorus, played before the first solo
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|-9--9--9--9--9-9\7-9-7-5--5-8-8-|
|-7--7--7--7--7-7\5-7-5-3--3-6-6-|
The first solo is played over the chorus riff.It may be a bit off due to effects and any
I made. Broken down into sections to make it easier to read.
Solo 1:
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|----------------5h7-9b^-9p7-------------|
|-5h7--5h7--5h7--------------9p7-9b*-7~--|
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|----------------6h8-8b^-8p6---10b^-10p8-10p8-10~~-|
|-----6h8-8~-6h8-------------8---------------------|
|-5h7----------------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------------------------20----20----|
|------17------17------17------17------17------17-20----20----20-|
|-19b^----19b^----19b^----19b^----19b^----19b^-------------------|
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|-21~--21~21~--21~-21~--21~--21~--21-21p18-18h20-20b*--18--|
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That's as much of the solo as I could get, be sure to use a lot of vibrato in that last
bit.
I couldn't tab the second solo, there's too many effects + 2 guitars soloing over each
complicated it a bit further. From what I could hear, it seems that a lot of that solo is
around the same sort of licks as the opening melody and the first solo, with a few
licks thrown in, such as:
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|-5h7----5h7------|
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Those sorts of fairly basic rock fills. The second solo is played over the verse riff.
A black sun rises everyday
Shadows cross my path as if to say
"Change your life, change your ways, look up to the sky"
Tomorrow'll soon be here then time to die
I hear a death bell tolling out my life
Every strike another plunging of the knife
Mistakes I've made lead me to an early grave
I know its too late I can't be saved
Saturnine for all time the only way I've ever been
Saturnine in my mind high I sail the astral sea
Saturnine for all time I'll never find a way to be free
Saturnine in my mind load another hit of weed
As I invoke these words from blackened page
Through the black arts I will find a way
To bring you back through space and time to me
My priestess of mars set me free...
Symbols used in the tab:
h = hammer on
p = pull off
b = bend
r = reverse bend (from the bend, return to normal)
b^ = sustained bend (hold the note)
* = mute the string quickly after you hit the note
/ or \ = slide
~ = hold note, vibrato
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version 2
Play this part slightly palm muted. Yes do a little sliding when going from 11 to 2 to
not enough to hear a strong slide though.
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|------------------------------------------------------------|Play 2x
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|--0-11~-/-2-\-11~--0-11~-11-9h11~--9h11~--------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . .
Here is when you lay off the palm muting (Maybe still a bit if you hear the song out,
not much for sure. The goal is to get the same above notes louder.)
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|------------------------------------------------------------|Play 2x
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|--0-11~-/-2-\-11~--0-11~-11-9h11~--9h11~--------------------|
. . .
Don't let go of the bends^ you do here, from the first bend "11b" to "11p9" don't let it go.
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|-------------------------------------9h11-11b^^11^11p9------|
|--9h11-11-11~-11-9h11-11-11~-11-9h11------------------------|
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Don't let go of the bends^ you do here either,same as above, from the first bend "15b"
"15p13" don't let it go.
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--------------------------------------------------13h15-15b^^15^15p13--|
------------13h15-15-15~-15-13h15-15-15~-15-13h15----------------------|
--11p9-11~---------------.---------------------------------------------|
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--15h13-15~-| Weird part here, hard to tab so I think this is a good sub.
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Chorus
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Mute, Mute, Mute. If it doesn't sound right, not heavy enough, use the next string up +
string. Get the timing right, that's important here and with all of EW especially.
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--0-0-0-0-01p0-1-00-0-0---|
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Tablature Legend
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/(up) or \(down) - Slide down to or up to (from/to "nowhere")
. - Slightly palm mute
^ - Keep the bended note played bended till appropriate
b - Bend
h - Hammer on
p - Pull off
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