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Sand And Mercury

The Gathering

10 acessos

Legend:
-------
b bend
r release
h hammer on
p pull off
~ vibrato
/ slide up
\ slide down

Note: Listen for precise timing of chords and notes, I had to condense them
a little to save space.

standard tuning

riff 1

|----------------------------------------|---|
|----------------------------------------|---|
|--4--------------------------------7----|-7-|
|--4--------4-----(4)(4)-5----------7----|-7-|
|--2--------4-----(4)(4)-5----------5----|-5-|
|-----------2-----(2)(2)-3---------------|---|


For riff 1, for most of the first two repetitions each chord is
strummed once, for the last two reps they're strummed in a simple rhythm
which is easy to hear.


riff 2

|---------------------------------------------------|-----------|
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------|
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------|
|---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--|--7--5--2--|
|---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--|--7--5--2--|
|---5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5---5--5--5--|--5--3--0--|

Heavy palm-muting on the first three chords of each set of 4.



|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3--|
|--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3--|
|--1--1--1--1---1--1--1--1---1--1--1--1---1--1--1--1--|




|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---5--5--5--5----------------|
|--7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---5--5--5--5---6--6--6--6---|
|--5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5---3--3--3--3---6--6--6--6---|
|-----------------------------------------4--4--4--4---|



riff 3

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5--------|
|--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5--------|
|--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-2-2-2--|
4x




|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-------|
|--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-------|
|--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-2-2-2-|
4x



Second time they use this riff, drop the second part


For the solo, again beware of the condensed note spacing. Also note that
the bends are slow bends,

semi-riff mini-solo thing

|------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------|--7b8r7--7~--7b8r7--7~---7b8r7--8p7----|
|------------|------------------------------------7~-|
|--5-5-5-5-4~|---------------------------------------|
|------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------|---------------------------------------|




|------------------------------------------------------|
|--8--8p7-5~---7b8r7--7~---7b8r7--7~---7b8r7--8p7------|
|--------------------------------------------------7~--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


|----------------10-10-10-9-7~---/10--10p9---------|
|--8--8p7--5~-------------------------------10~----|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|


|--/10--10p9-----------------------------------------|
|-------------8~---/8--8p7--7~---5~------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------(2)----2/5-----4~----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|



solo rhythm

|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|--4----4----|-----------|-----------|---2---2---|
|--4----4----|-----------|---5---5---|---2---2---|
|--2----2----|--0---0----|---5---5---|---0---0---|
|------------|-----------|---3---3---|-----------|


Final chord
|----|
|----|
|--4-|
|--4-|
|--2-|
|----|

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