God Of Emptiness

Morbid Angel's

"God Of Emptiness"

>From the albulm: Covenant

I figured that it's about time someone contributes a little more to the

Morbid Angel section of OLGA. In my opionion, this song contains one of the

best methodical riffs in the metal genre, and is a good example of the merits

that Death Metal has to offer. So here goes the whole thing:

Be sure to tune the guitars down 3 whole steps to (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, F, Bb) to

simulate the detuned 7 string guitar that Trey plays on this song. I play it

on my guitar that's detuned only 2 1/2 steps, (for Carcass songs) and it sounds

just fine to me.

)

/\ )

Bends: / | full bend and release /| half bend and release

Palm muting will be designated by ........ marks

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Lyrics: So let the children come to me, their mother loves me so shall

they...

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Interlude: Lower notes + chords=gtr. 1 Higher notes + chords= 2

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. . Bow to me fiathfully....

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------------------------------------| Repeat last riff as necessary

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