AMON AMARTH - "Masters Of War" Tablature

Amon Amarth - MASTERS OF WAR
From the Album - THE CRUSHER
Version 1.0 - Oct 2001

Transcribed by: TerminalX

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NOTE: This is the beef of it.. i don't know all the 2nd guitar
parts yet.


. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
ph - pinch harmonic
f - full bend h - half bend
* - see comment r - release t - tap bend
X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend
@ - slight palm mute () - Hold note until next note

" - Tremolo until next note

Tune Gtr to B

MASTERS OF WAR

Riff A (listen to CD for rhythm, completely palm muted)
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------| (4x) Both Guitars
|---9"--7"--|
|-----------|
|-----------|
. .

Riff B (Main riff. int means first time played/starting note)
(int)| (4x) | (end of riff)
|-----|--------------|----------|
|-----|--------------|----------|
|-----|--------------|----------| Both Guitars
|-----|--------------|-10"/12"--|
|--7--|---9-10p9p7-7-|--8"/10"--|
|-----|-0"-----------|----------|
.
Play B a couple times, then play Riff A again 4x
Play Riff B another couple times

Riff C

Gtr 1
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-------(9)--7--------------------|
|---(7)--------10-10-9-10-9-------|
|---------------------------10----|

Riff D (break down..."Masters of war.."

Little lick to link to next part

|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|---7-5-8---|
|---5-3-6---|

these are the notes for the palm muting - in order
listen to beat to get it
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-7----7-5---8---2--------7---5---8---7---|
|-5----5-3---6---0--------5---3---6---5---|
. . . . . . . . .
After palm muting they play this variation

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---(7)----7-3-(8)-(2)---------7-5-8-(7)--|
|---(5)----5-1-(6)-(0)---------5-3-6-(5)--|

Riff C again

Then this riff played once before C is played again

|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|--7-5-8-7-5-7--|
|--5-3-6-5-3-5--|

Riff C
Riff A until End