Masters Of War

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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

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 A until End

*Don't know solo, but that's the beef