GHOST OF A STRANGER
(From the 2007 Album AKELDAMA)
Transcribed by Eric De La Torre
Gtr I (C G C F A D) - Guitar Left
Gtr II (C G C F A D) - Guitar Right
Gtr III (C G C F A D) - Synth I
Gtr IV (C G C F A D) - Synth II
Gtr V (C G C F A D) - Clean I
Gtr VI (C G C F A D) - Clean II
Riff
Q=230
4/4 5/4
Gtr I
PM----| PM----------| PM------| PM|
E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------||
||o-------------------|-------------------|------------------------o||
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------||
||----------3-6-3-----|---------3-6-3-----|-------6-9---------9-12--||
||o-------5-------5---|-------5-------5---|-----8----------11------o||
||--0-3-6-----------6-|-0-3-6-----------6-|-6-9-------9-12----------||
|
| Gtr II
| PM----| PM----------| PM------| PM|
| E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------||
||o-------------------|-------------------|------------------------o||
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------||
||----------3-6-3-----|---------3-6-3-----|-------3-6---------6--9--||
||o-------5-------5---|-------5-------5---|-----5-----------8------o||
||--0-3-6-----------6-|-0-3-6-----------6-|-3-6-------6--9----------||
Riff
4/4
TP TP TP TP PM----| PM---
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E S S E E E |||||
||||o|
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||23||363|
|54|||o55|
|36|25||0366|
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| TP TP TP TP PM----| PM---
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E S S E E E |||||
||||o|
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||56||363|
|87|||o55|
|69|58||0366|
5/4 | PM| PM| E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||||
||o||
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|363|69912||
|55|811o||
|0366|69912||
| || PM| PM| | E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||||
||o||
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|363|3669||
|55|58o||
|0366|3669||
4/4
T. T. T. T. H. S T. T. T. T. H. S |||
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|10101010|11111111|
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| | T. T. T. T. H. S T. T. T. T. H. S |||
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|12121212|13131313|
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Riff D
TP TP TP TP
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------|--------------||-------------------|------------------|
||o-------------|-------------o||-------------------|------------------|
||--------------|--------------||-----5-6--7--------|---3-----2S1------|
||--------------|-------2--3---||-------------8-----|-4-----3-----2----|
||o-------5--4--|-------------o||-5-6-----------6-3-|-----2---------1--|
||--3--6--------|-2--5---------||-------------------|------------------|
|
| TP TP TP TP
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------|--------------||-------------------|------------------|
||o-------------|-------------o||-------------------|------------------|
||--------------|--------------||-----8-9-10--------|---6-----5S4------|
||--------------|-------5--6---||------------11-----|-7-----6-----5----|
||o-------8--7--|-------------o||-8-9-----------9-6-|-----5---------4--|
||--6--9--------|-5--8---------||-------------------|------------------|
PM| PM PM| PM PM PM--| PM-----| |3| |3| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E S S E E. S. S E H. E |||||
||5588|8||
|||||
|4|5558----|8---------------------||
|/54635||000----00|0|
|63||111----11|1|
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| PM| PM PM| PM PM PM--| PM-----|
| |3| |3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E S S E E. S. S E H. E |||||
||8811----11|----11||
|||||
|7|888----11----|11---------------------||
|/87968||000----00|0|
|96||111----11|1|
Riff
PM PM PM PM
Q H. H Q Q W Q H Q |||||
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|0|0||00|
|1|1||11|
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| PM
| Q H. H. Q W H Q Q |||||
||11||11|
||14||14|
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|0||||
|1||||
Riff G
Q=115
PM--------| ~~~ PM--------| ~~~ |----3----| |----3----| Q Q S S S S S S Q Q Q S S S S S S Q |------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------2-2-2-2-2-2-[3]--|
|-------5-5-5-5-5-5-[4]--|------------------------|
|-3--6-------------------|-2--5-------------------|
|
| PM--------| ~~~ PM--------| ~~~
| |----3----| |----3----|
| Q Q S S S S S S Q Q Q S S S S S S Q |------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------5-5-5-5-5-5-[3]--|
|-------8-8-8-8-8-8-[4]--|------------------------|
|-6--9-------------------|-5--8-------------------|
PM--------| ~~~ PM--------| ~~~ |----3----| |----3----| Q Q S S S S S S Q Q Q S S S S S S Q |------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|-------2-2-2-2-2-2-[3]----|
|-------5-5-5-5-5-5-[4]--|--------------------------|
|-3--6-------------------|-2--5---------------------|
|
| PM--------| ~~~ PM--------| ~~~
| |----3----| |----3----|
| Q Q S S S S S S Q Q Q S S S S S S Q |------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|-------5-5-5-5-5-5-[3]----|
|-------8-8-8-8-8-8-[4]--|--------------------------|
|-6--9-------------------|-5--8---------------------|
PM--------| ~~~ PM--------| ~~~ |----3----| |----3----| Q Q S S S S S S Q Q Q S S S S S S Q |------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------2-2-2-2-2-2-[3]--|
|-------5-5-5-5-5-5-[4]--|------------------------|
|-3--6-------------------|-2--5-------------------|
|
| PM--------| ~~~ PM--------| ~~~
| |----3----| |----3----|
| Q Q S S S S S S Q Q Q S S S S S S Q |------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------5-5-5-5-5-5-[3]--|
|-------8-8-8-8-8-8-[4]--|------------------------|
|-6--9-------------------|-5--8-------------------|
PM--------| ~~~ |----3----| Q Q S S S S S S Q H H |------------------------|------------|
|------------------------|------------|
|------------------------|------------|
|------------------------|-1----/4----|
|-------5-5-5-5-5-5-[4]--|-1----/5----|
|-3--6-------------------|-1----/4----|
|
| PM--------| ~~~
| |----3----|
| Q Q S S S S S S Q H H |------------------------|------------|
|------------------------|------------|
|------------------------|------------|
|------------------------|-1----/4----|
|-------8-8-8-8-8-8-[4]--|-1----/5----|
|-6--9-------------------|-1----/4----|
Riff J
PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||---------3-----------3-----------3----------10----|
||o-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----7-----7-|
||---0-----------0-----------0-----------7----------|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||---------3-----------3-----------3----------10----|
||o-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----7-----7-|
||---0-----------0-----------0-----------7----------|
|
| Gtr IV
| s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------17----|
||--------14----------14----------14----14-17----17-|
||--12-15----15-12-15----15-12-15----15-------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
Riff K
PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||-------11-------11--------10-------10---|
||o----8----8---8----8----7----7---7----7-|
||---8--------8---------7--------7--------|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||-------10-------10---------9--------9---|
||----------------------------------------|
||o----8----8---8----8----7----7---7----7-|
||---8--------8---------7--------7--------|
|
| Gtr III
| H H
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||--10------------------9-----------------|
||--11-----------------10-----------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||---8------------------7-----------------|
Riff L
PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||---------3-----------3-----------3----------10----|
||o-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----7-----7-|
||---0-----------0-----------0-----------7----------|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||---------3-----------3-----------3----------10----|
||o-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----7-----7-|
||---0-----------0-----------0-----------7----------|
|
| Gtr IV
| s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------17----|
||--------14----------14----------14----14-17----17-|
||--12-15----15-12-15----15-12-15----15-------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
Break
Q=200
Gtr V
H H +W +H E E E E ||||
||||
|||6b7r|
|0----|(0)|(0)7|
|0----|(0)|(0)----56|
|0----|(0)|(0)|
| | H H +W +H H ||||
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|0----|(0)|(0)|
|0----|(0)|(0)|
|0----|(0)|(0)|
Riff O
+ |||
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|(6)3|2s1|
|843|24|
|632|1/546|
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| | W W |||
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PM|
+ 3x
||----------------------|---------------------|-------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------|------------------o||
||-----------------6b7r=|=(6)-----------3-----|-2s1---------------||
||---------------7------|------8------4-----3-|-----2--------4----||
||o-3-5-----5-6---------|--------6--3-----2---|-------1-/5-4---6-o||
||------6-3-------------|---------------------|-------------------||
|
| Gtr VI
| H E E E E +E E H. W 3x
||----------------------|---------------------|-------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------|------------------o||
||-----------------9b10r|=(9)-----------------|-------------------||
||--------------10------|-----11--------------|-------------------||
||o---------8-9---------|---------------------|------------------o||
||----------------------|---------------------|-------------------||
Riff P
Q=140
Gtr I
PM-------| PM-------- |3| |3|
E Q S S E Q S S S S S S S S S Q E Q S S
||-------------------------|--9-12--9----------------------|
||o---------------------11-|----------11-------------------|
||-----------------9-12----|-------------12--9-------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-3----4-4-3-------------|----------------------3----4-4-|
||--3----4-4-3-------------|----------------------3----4-4-|
|
| Gtr II
| PM-------| PM--------
| |--3--| |------3-------|
| E Q S S E Q S S S S S S S S S Q E Q S S
||-------------------------|-15-18-15----------------------|
||o---------------------17-|----------17-------------------|
||----------------15-18----|-------------18-15-------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-3----4-4-3-------------|----------------------3----4-4-|
||--3----4-4-3-------------|----------------------3----4-4-|
Outro
Q=230
5/4
PM----| PM----------| PM------| PM|
E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------||
||o-------------------|-------------------|------------------------o||
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------||
||----------3-6-3-----|---------3-6-3-----|-------6-9---------9-12--||
||o-------5-------5---|-------5-------5---|-----8----------11------o||
||--0-3-6-----------6-|-0-3-6-----------6-|-6-9-------9-12----------||
|
| PM----| PM----------| PM------| PM|
| E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------||
||o-------------------|-------------------|------------------------o||
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------||
||----------3-6-3-----|---------3-6-3-----|-------3-6---------6--9--||
||o-------5-------5---|-------5-------5---|-----5-----------8------o||
||--0-3-6-----------6-|-0-3-6-----------6-|-3-6-------6--9----------||
Duration Legend ---------------
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend ----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
Misc Legend
| - bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
: - bar (freetime)
& - Coda
** Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen: The Official Power Tab Web Site