MORBID ANGEL - HE WHO SLEEPS
(2000 - GATEWAYS TO ANNIHILATION)
Version 1.0 - April 2001
On the album you actually hear two seperated guitars in the left and right
channel. However, I arranged most of the tracks for one guitar. In some
places the guitar tracks merged better than in others. Sometimes it was
unavoidable to transcribe for 2 guitars. But if you are only one guitarist
you can still achieve a heavy sound.
This song is performed on a 7-string guitar tuned down a half step
(Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb) - the guitar sound has quite some
midrange and lots of distortion going.
This is the first song I transcribe so if you have any corrections or
anything to say feel free to mail me : bpielczyk(at)gmx.de.
Some words about my notation style, which should be pretty straight-forward
and easy to read (I hope so *g*) - for more details listen to the record :
- Each "-" is a 16th
- / = Slide Up
- \ = Slide Down
- * = Palm Mute
- ~ = Vibrato
- WB-1 = Whammy Bar -1 semitone
- \3/ = Triplet
I hope other tabbers will follow with some more new Morbid Angel songs !
Figure A :
|----------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|----------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|----------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|----------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|2---------------|3---2---3-2-|2---6-------|5---8-------|6---9---8---|
|----------------|4---3---1-0-|3-----------|------------|------------|
|0---------------|------------|----4-------|3---6-------|4---7---6---|
/ \ * * / / /
Figure B :
|--------|--------|--------|--------|----------------|----------------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|----------------|----------------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|----------------|----------------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|----------------|----------------|
|6-------|5---8---|----6---|9---8---|2---------------|----------------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|----------------|----------------|
|4-------|3---6---|----4---|7---6---|0---------------|----------------|
/ / WB-1
Figure C1 :
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------5-----|----------------|----------------|
|4---3---3---3---|33334---4-5---2-|4---3---3---3---|33334---2-5---2-|
|4---3---3---3---|33334---4-3---2-|4---3---3---3---|33334---2-5---2-|
|2---1---1---1---|11112---2-----0-|2---1---1---1---|11112---0-3---0-|
* **** * * * **** * *
Figure C2 (only slight changes in the last measure) :
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------5-----|----------------|----------------|
|4---3---3---3---|33334---4-5---2-|4---3---3---3---|33334---2-5---5-|
|4---3---3---3---|33334---4-3---2-|4---3---3---3---|33334---2-5---5-|
|2---1---1---1---|11112---2-----0-|2---1---1---1---|11112---0-3---3-|
* **** * * * **** * * *
Fill C2 ( parallel to Fig. C2 - overdub in the right speaker ) :
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------6-----|
/~
Figure D :
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|3-------2---6---|5-----------6-5-|----------------|6-5-5-5-555-5-6-|
|----------------|------------6-5-|4---------------|6-5-5-5-555-5-6-|
|1-------0---4---|3-----------4-3-|----------------|4-3-3-3-333-3-4-|
/ * * / WB -1 \ * **
Figure D1 :
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|6-5-5-5-555-5-6-|
|6-5-5-5-555-5-6-|
|4-3-3-3-333-3-4-|
\ * **
Figure E :
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|2-----------3---|2-----------8---|--/3\----8-8-----|--/3\----8-11----|
|----------------|----------------|8-8888-8---------|8-8888-8---------|
|0-----------1---|0-----------6---|6-6666-6-6-6-----|6-6666-6-6-9-----|
/ /~ * **** * /~/~ * **** * /~/~
Figure E2 (only a slight change in the 3rd measure) :
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|2-----------3---|2-----------8---|--/3\----8-11----|--/3\----8-8-----|
|----------------|----------------|8-8888-8---------|8-8888-8---------|
|0-----------1---|0-----------6---|6-6666-6-6-9-----|6-6666-6-6-6-----|
/ /~ * **** * /~/~ * **** * /~/~
Figure F :
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|0-3-0-1-0-3-0-1-|0-3-0-1-0-3-0-1-|0-3-0-1-0-3-0-1-|0-3-0-1-0-3-0-1-|
|0-3-0-1-0-3-0-1-|0-3-0-1-0-3-0-1-|0-3-0-1-0-3-0-1-|0-3-0-1-0-3-0-1-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Fill F ( parallel to Fig. F - right speaker ) :
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|--5-------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------0-3-0-1-|
|--3-------------|--------0-3-0-1-|
WB-1 * *
Song Structure :
2 x Figure A
1 x Figure B
1 x Figure C1
1 x Figure C2
2 x Figure A
1 x Figure B
1 x Figure C1
1 x Figure C2 + Fill C2
1 x Figure C1
1 x Figure C2
2 x Figure D
1 x Figure D1
2 x Figure D
3 x Figure D1
(Sound of a bell)
1 x Figure E
1 x Figure E2
2 x Figure F + 4 x Fill F
2 x Figure F
1 x Figure F + 2 x Fill F
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