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Archon by Rotting Christ
Archon
Standard Tuning
Notation:
PM-Palm Mute
AH-Artificial Harmonic
Intro/Verse Riff
G5 A5 A#5 A5 F5 E5 E5 D5
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------9----9----7-|
|-5--7----8----7------3----7-77-7-77-5-|
|-3--5-55-6-66-5-5555-1-11-------------|
P.M. .. .. .... .. .. ..
The chord names above the staff will be important later so don't forget about 'em.
Chorus Riff
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------A.H.--|
|-777777-8877..665577..443355..-5-7--8----|
|-555555------------------------3-5-------|
This whole riff is Palm Muted except for the harmonic at the end.
The .. after the 7 and 5 mean i didn't bother to count how many times
to play that note, just play along with the music! Also the number
of A5 chords at the beginning vary sometimes.
Riff 3
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----------5--------10------------|
|-7--------3--------8-------2-4-5-|
|-5------0--------0---------0-2-3-|
P.M. . . . . .
Let the chords ring.
Riff 4
|--------| |---------| |--------|
|--------| |---------| |--------|
|--------| |---------| |--------|
|--------| X 4 |---------| X 3 |--------|
|-7-9-10-| |-9-11-12-| |-11-9-7-|
|--------| |---------| |--------|
Again, this riff is also entirely palm muted. Not too sure about this one either.
Riff 5
|--------| |---------| |-----|
|--------| |---------| |-----|
|--------| |---------| |-----|
|--------| X 8 |---------| X 8 |-----|
|-7------| |-10------| |-2-5-|
|-5-5555-| |-8--8888-| |-0-3-|
P.M. .... .... . .
And here's the song structure...
Verse Riff X 12, vocals start the 8th time.
Chorus Riff X 4-the 4th time don't play the harmonic.
Verse Riff X 4
Chorus Riff X 4-again no harmonic the 4th time.
Riff 3 X 4
Riff 4 X 4
Riff 5 X 4
Verse Riff X 8, vocals start 4th time.
Chorus Riff X 4-no harmonic at the end, don't P.M. the last A5 chord,
just hit it hard and abruptly stop.
Ok here's the line for guitar 2 during the intro,
this is where them chords from the first riff are important.
Guitar 2 plays chords the first 4 times the riff is played,
here's what chords to hit.
1/2-G5 A5
3/4-G5 A5 A#5 A5
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version 2
Standard Tuning
[Riff 1] X 12
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|*-------------------------------7-*|
D|*--------8---7-----7---10---7---7-*|
A|--5-7----0-0-0--8888-8--8-8-8-8----|
E|--3-5-0----------------------------|
. . ... . . .
[Riff 2] X 4
E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|*---------------------------------------------*|
D|*---------------5”--7”------------------3-A.H.*|
A|-------8”--7”------------3”--5”----------------|
E|--5”-----------------------------8-3-5---------| *A.H. Not played on last bar*
. . .
Riff 1 X 4
Riff 2 X 4
[Riff 3] X 4
E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|*---------------------*|
D|*-------5-------------*|
A|--7-----3----3--2-3-5--|
E|--5---0----0-1--0-1-3--|
. . . . .
[Riff 4](Entirely palm muted)
E|----------| |-------------| |------|
B|----------| |-------------| |------|
G|*-gtr-I--*| |*-----------*| |------|
D|*-7-9-10-*| X 4 |*-3--5--7---*| X 3 |--5-3-|
A|--7-9-10--| |--9-10-12----| |-10-9-|
E|--gtr II--| |-------------| |------|
[Solo] x 4[last time only]
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
G|*-\12-14-14~--14-12-12~---------------------------------------*|--------------|
D|*-----h----------p--------12-14~-12-14-15~-14-12-14-12-10-12/-*|--------------|
A|----------------------14---------------------------------------|----10\12~----|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
[Riff 5](played over solo)
E|----------| |-----------| |-------|
B|----------| |-----------| |-------|
G|*--------*| |*---------*| |-------|
D|*--------*| X 8 |*---------*| X 8 |-------|
A|--7-------| |-10--------| |-2-3-5-|
E|--5-5555--| |--8--8888--| |-0-1-3-|
.... .... . . .
Riff 1 X 8
Riff 2 X 4
. - 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
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute
" - tremolo note
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version 3
[Intro]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------9--9--9---7----------------------9--9--9---7-------------|
D|--5---7---8--7----7--7--7---7------5---7---8--7----7--7--7---7-------------|
A|--5---7---0--0----8--8--8---8------5---7---0--0----8--8--8---8-------------|
E|--3---5----------------------------3---5-----------------------------------|
play intro riff as verse until chorus
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