. - palm mute ph - pinched harmonic / - slide up to ah - artificial harmonic - slide down to th - tap harmonic ~ - vibrato hr - natural harmonic h - hammer on b - bend p - pull off Suffixes for bend t - tap with finger f - full bend h - half bend " - tremolo picking r - release t - tap bend X - percussion mute p - pick when bent > - accented note Prefixes () - ghost note, sustained note p - pre-bend w - use bar * - see comment d - don't pick start of bend Tune Gtr to D VIOLENT REVOLUTION Riff A |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------|I |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2-----------5-7-8--5------2-5-7-5-8-2-------5-7-8-3------2-5-7-5-8-2-| |-0-----------3-5-6--3------0-3-5-3-6-0-------3-5-6-1------0-3-5-3-6-0-| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------4----------------------------| |---7-5-4-----7-5-4-------7-5-4-----7-5-4------------------------------|II |-5---------5-------5---5---------5------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| Riff B, guitar II plays the same, but I goes like this: |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2----------------5-7-8--5------------------------------------------| |-0-000000000000---3-5-6--3-333333333333-etc-------------------------| ............ ............ Riff C |----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------3x---------------------|-------------1x-------------------| |----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |----------------------------5-----|----------------------------5-2-3-| |-3-2------------------2-3-2-3-3-2-|-3-2------------------2-3-2-3-0-1-| |-1-0-00-000-00-000-00-0-1-0---1-0-|-1-0-00-000-00-000-00-0-1-0-------| .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. Riff D |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |-3-2-----------5----7-5-3---3-2-----------5----7-3-3ah----| |-1-0-00-000-00-3-00-5-3-1---1-0-00-000-00-3-00-5-1--------| .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. --------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------| -3-2-----------5----7-5-3---3-2-----------88------77----------------| -1-0-00-000-00-3-00-5-3-1---1-0-00-000-00-66-0000-55-0000-----------| .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .... .... Riff E |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------|I |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2---------------2-2------------------------------------------------| |-0---------------0-0------------------------------------------------| . |----------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------| |----------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------| |----------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|II |----------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------| |-3-3p2-----3-2h3-5-7-|-------2---2h3-5-|-------2---2h3p2----------------| |-------3-0------------|-0-2h3---3-------|-0-2h3---3-------3-------------| Guitar I will play this in harmony as well two frets higher up. Riff F (also backing for solo) |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------5-----------------5--------------------------------------------| |-3-2---3-5-7-8----3-2---3-5-4-3---------------------------------------| |-1-0-----3-5-6----1-0-----3-2-1---------------------------------------| At one point it goes like this: |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5-7-5-7-4-3--------------------------------------------------------| |-3-5-3-5-2-1--------------------------------------------------------| Riff G |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------|I |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |-77777etc-6-5-44444etc-3-2-22222etc-44444-77777---------------------| |-55555----4-3-22222----1-0-00000----22222-55555---------------------| ..... . . ..... . . ..... ..... ..... |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |-9-7-5-------9-7-5-------9-7-5-4----------------9-7-----------------|II |-------7-5-7-------3-3-5---------5-7---7h10-7-5-----10-9------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| Third guitar enters and plays the melody in harmony, again two frets up. Riff H Backing is variant of Riff G and what guitar I plays. Melody is the same again, but this the basis is one the high e-string. |-15-13-12----------15-13-12---------15-13-12-10-7/8-----------------| |----------13-11h13----------10-8h10---------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----