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Endless Sacrifice Guitar Tablature
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Endless Sacrifice
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Tabbed by Matt Sells- 28 Dec, 2003

Here is what I can figure out on this song. It is hard to hear 
exactly what each guitar/bass is playing when both of them are
playing at the same time but I think it is pretty accurate. I 
don’t have the gigantic solo yet but I’m working on it. Tune 
to drop D (D, A, D, G, B, e) or it will be a lot harder to
play. There are a few parts in this song where the beat gets 
a little… touchy… so just listen to it and play along. Have fun!

h- hammer
p- pull
*- palm mute
+- touch string lightly to scream it when you play
/- slide up
- slide down
g#- indicates solo/second guitar start


This is the basic rhythm fig. played.
|-------0-1-0-------------------0-|-------0-1-0-----------|
|-----3-------3-----3-6-3---3-----|-----3-------3-----3-6-|
|---2-----------2-3-------4---2---|---2-----------2-3-----|
|-0-------------------------------|-0---------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|

|-------------------|-------0-1-0-------------------0-|---|
|-3-----1-----1-----|-----3-------3-----3-6-3---3-----|---|
|-----2---2-----3-2-|---2-----------2-3-------4---2---|---|
|---3-------2-------|-0-------------------------------|-0-|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|---|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|---|
                     g1
|-----0-1-0---------------------------------|-------------|
|---3-------3-----3-6-3-----1-----1---------|-------------|
|-2-----------2-3---------2---2-----3-2-3-2-|-------------|
|-----------------------3-------2-----------|-------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------|
     
g1- Here is the part for the second guitar/bass
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------3-2-0----------------------|
|------------5-0-1----3-----------0--1---------------|
|-0-------------------------------------3--2---------|

Play that entire part again (without the second guitar). the
keyboard does it’s thing and then you go onto the verse where
you play it a third time AND a fourth time. After that you 
go into the higher scale version of it. You might need to listen
to the song to really get how it goes.

|-----3-5-6-5-3-----6-5---6-5-----3-5-6-5-3-----10p8------|
|---3-----------3-5-------------3-----------3-5------8----|
|-0---------------------------0---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

|-5---10---10---|-----3-5-6-5-3-----6-5-6-----5-------3-5-|
|---3-----------|---3-----------3-5---------3---3---3-----|
|--------7----7-|-0-------------------------------0-------|
|---------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------------------|

|-6-5-3---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------3-5-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------5-3-|-----------------------|
|-------------3-1-3---3-5---5-----|-----------------------|
|-----------5---------------------|-----------------------|

And now you go into the chorus

|------------------------------------------------|--------|
|------------------------------------------------|--------|
|------------------------------------------------|--------|
|-0-0-3-5-0---0-3-5-0--7+--0-0-3-5-0---0-5-7-5-3-|--------|
|-0-0-3-5-0---0-3-5-0------0-0-3-5-0---0-5-7-5-3-|--------|
|-0-0-3-5-0---0-3-5-0------0-0-3-5-0---0-5-7-5-3-|--------|

|--------------------------------------------------|------|
|--------------------------------------------------|------|
|--------------------------------------------------|------|
|-0-0-3-5-0---0-3-5-0—-7+--0-0-3-5-0---3-3-3-5-5-5-|------|
|-0-0-3-5-0---0-3-5-0------0-0-3-5-0---3-3-3-5-5-5-|------|
|-0-0-3-5-0---0-3-5-0------0-0-3-5-0---3-3-3-5-5-5-|------|
                                       * * * * * *

|------------------------------------------------|--------|
|------------------------------------------------|--------|
|------------------------------------------------|--------|
|-0-0-3-5-0---0-3-5-0--7+--0-0-3-5-0---0-5-7-5-3-|--------|
|-0-0-3-5-0---0-3-5-0------0-0-3-5-0---0-5-7-5-3-|--------|
|-0-0-3-5-0---0-3-5-0------0-0-3-5-0---0-5-7-5-3-|--------|

|--------------------------------------------------|------|
|--------------------------------------------------|------|
|--------------------------------------------------|------|
|-0-0-3-5-0---0-3-5-0—-7+--0-0-3-5-0---3-3-3-5-5-5-|------|
|-0-0-3-5-0---0-3-5-0------0-0-3-5-0---3-3-3-5-5-5-|------|
|-0-0-3-5-0---0-3-5-0------0-0-3-5-0---3-3-3-5-5-5-|------|
                                       * * * * * *

Next there is a short bridge

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---------2--------5----------3--2----------------------|
|-0---------2--------5----------3--2----------------------|
|-0---------2--------5----------3--2----------------------|

Play through the verse and chorus again adding the distortion 
in the verse at the right time, then you go into the big long 
solo. The only part of which I know is something like…

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------9-------------------------------------------|
|-------------8-------------------7-----------------------|
|-------------7-------------------6-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------|

…over and over. Hope this helps a little. I will try to get
 it all done eventually.
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