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PHOENIX RISING
As recorded by Annihilator
(From the 1993 Album SET THE WORLD ON FIRE)
Transcribed by Pete Hawthorne
Words by Ralph Murphy Music by Jeff Waters
Arranged by Jeff Waters
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Jeff Waters'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Neil Goldberg'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Jeff harmony'
Intro
Q=58
Dm Bb
4/4
Gtr I
H.. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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| Gtr II| W W|---------------||---------------------------------||---------------||---------------------------------||---------------||---------------------------------||---------------||---------------------------------||---------------||---------------------------------||---------------||---------------------------------|
Dm Bb S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------0----------------------||-------6-------6------------6p5-----||-----0---0---------5----------------||---7-------7-----8---8---8----------||-5---------------------5--------5---||------------------------------------|
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Dm Bb Dm Bbmaj7add6 2/4 Gtrs I, II S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H +Q +E. S|-------------0-------------------|-------------0---^5----||-(5)--(5)---||-------6-------6-----------------|-------6-------6-^6----||-(6)--(6)---||-----0---0---------5-------5-----|-----0---0-------^5----||-(5)--(5)---||---7-------7-----8---8---8---8---|---7-------7-----^7----||-(7)--(7)---||-5---------------------5-------5-|-5---------------^5----||-(5)--(5)-5-||---------------------------------|-----------------------||------------|
Verse Dm Bb Dm Bb 4/4 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S||--------------0-------------------|-------------0-------------------|||o-------6-------6-----------------|-------6-------6-----------6p5---|||------0---0---------5-------5-----|-----0---0---------5-------------|||----7-------7-----8---8---8---8---|---7-------7-----8---8---8-------|||o-5---------------------5-------5-|-5---------------------5-------5-|||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1. Dm Bb Dm Bb S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------0-------------------|-------------0--------------------|||-------6-------6-----------------|-------6-------6-----------6p5---o|||-----0---0---------5-------5-----|-----0---0---------5--------------|||---7-------7-----8---8---8---8---|---7-------7-----8---8---8--------|||-5---------------------5-------5-|-5---------------------5-------5-o|||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
2. Dm Bb S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------0-------------------|||-------6-------6-----------6p5---|||-----0---0---------5-----------5-|||---7-------7-----8---8---8-------|||-5---------------------5---------|||---------------------------------||
Chorus F C S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------||-----1-----1---------1-----1-----||---0-----0-----0---0-----0---0---||-3-----3-----3---2-----2-------2-||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
Dm Bb F C S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------0-------------------|---------------------------------||-------6-------6-----------6p5---|-----1-----1---------1-----1-----||-----0---0---------5-----------5-|---0-----0-----0---0-----0---0---||---7-------7-----8---8---8-------|-3-----3-----3---2-----2-------2-||-5---------------------5---------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Dm Bb Bbmaj7add6 2/4 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H +Q +E. S|-------------0-------------------|-------------0---^5----||-(5)--(5)---|||-------6-------6-----------------|-------6-------6-^6----||-(6)--(6)---|||-----0---0---------5-------5-----|-----0---0-------^5----||-(5)--(5)---|||---7-------7-----8---8---8---8---|---7-------7-----^7----||-(7)--(7)---|||-5---------------------5-------5-|-5---------------^5----||-(5)--(5)-5-|||---------------------------------|-----------------------||------------||
Verse 2 Dm Bb Dm Bb 4/4 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S||--------------0-------------------|-------------0-------------------|||o-------6-------6-----------------|-------6-------6-----------6p5---|||------0---0---------5-------5-----|-----0---0---------5-------------|||----7-------7-----8---8---8---8---|---7-------7-----8---8---8-------|||o-5---------------------5-------5-|-5---------------------5-------5-|||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Dm Bb S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------0-------------------||-------6-------6-----------------||-----0---0---------5-------5-----||---7-------7-----8---8---8---8---||-5---------------------5-------5-||---------------------------------|
1. 2. Dm Bb Dm Bb S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------0--------------------||-------------0-------------------||-------6-------6-----------6p5---o||-------6-------6-----------6p5---||-----0---0---------5--------------||-----0---0---------5-----------5-||---7-------7-----8---8---8--------||---7-------7-----8---8---8-------||-5---------------------5-------5-o||-5---------------------5---------||----------------------------------||---------------------------------|
Chorus 2 F C S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------||-----1-----1---------1-----1-----||---0-----0-----0---0-----0---0---||-3-----3-----3---2-----2-------2-||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
Dm Bb F C S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------0-------------------|---------------------------------||-------6-------6-----------6p5---|-----1-----1---------1-----1-----||-----0---0---------5-----------5-|---0-----0-----0---0-----0---0---||---7-------7-----8---8---8-------|-3-----3-----3---2-----2-------2-||-5---------------------5---------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Dm Bb Dm Bbmaj7add6 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H|-------------0-------------------|-------------0---^5----|||-------6-------6-----------------|-------6-------6-^6----|||-----0---0---------5-------5-----|-----0---0-------^5----|||---7-------7-----8---8---8---8---|---7-------7-----^7----|||-5---------------------5-------5-|-5---------------^5----|||---------------------------------|-----------------------||
Middle / Guitar solo G#m F# E F# S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------9-----7---------7-----6---|-------6-----4---------4-------6-||-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-----0-------0---||---8-------8-------6-------6-----|-------------------4-------6-----||-6---------------4---------------|-----6-----6-----2-------4-------||---------------------------------|-7-------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G#m F# S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------9-----7---------7-----6-----||-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0---||---8-------8-------6-------6-------||-6---------------4-----------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
E F# Gtr II S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------6-----4---------4-------------6---||---0-----0-----0-----0-----------0-------||-------------------4---------6-----------||-----6-----6-----2-------4---------------||-7---------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
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| Gtr I| H Q T T T T T T T T|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------4-5-7-||-----------------------------3-4-6-------||-------------------------4-6-------------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
G#m F# E F# S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------9-------7---------7-----6---|-------6-----4---------4---------6---||-----0----0------0-----0---0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-----0---------0-----||---8---------8-------6-------6-----|-------------------4---------6-------||-6-----------------4---------------|-----6-----6-----2-------4-----------||-----------------------------------|-7-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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| ~~~~~~ ~| E S S +H S S E E S S H S a S S S|-4---4-----------------------4-----|---------------------------------6---||-------4-(4)-----------------------|-7-----5-5---------------------9-----||-----------------------------------|---------------------------6s8-------||-----------------------------------|-----6-------------------------------||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G#m F# E F# S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------9--------7---------7-----6---|-------------6--------4---------4---------6-|||-------0----0-------0-----0---0-----0-|---0--------------0-----0-----0--------0----|||-----8---------8--------6-------6-----|----------------------------4-------6-------|||---6------------------4---------------|--------6-----------6-----2-------4---------|||--------------------------------------|-7------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
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| a E S S +S E. Q E S S E E E a Q Q E S S|-6-7---6----------------------------7-|-9---11---12---9h11-------------------------|||---------7-(7)--------------------9---|--------------------------------------------|||---------------8------------------8---|--------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------14-16-|||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
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| Gtr III| W W|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
B F# S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------12-------11--------------7-----------6------||-----0-----------0-----0--------0-----0-----------0---||-----------------------------6-----------6------------||--9-----9-----9-----------4---------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T S S|------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||-16-------16----16-------15-------15----15h16p15------||----16-16----16----16-16----16-16----16----------16---||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T S S|------------------------------------------------------||-16-------16----16-------14-------14----14h16p14------||----16-16----16----16-16----15-15----15----------15---||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
G#m E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------0-----0---------0--------0----||---------0---0-----0-----0----0--------0-||-------6-------6-------6---------6-------||-----6---------------6-------------------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
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| ~~| a H Q S S S S|--------------------------------------11-||-----------------------------11-12-14----||-----------------------------------------||-16S18-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
B F# E F# S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------12--------11-----------------7---------6-------|--------4-----4---------4----------|||----0-----------------0-----0---------0--------0-----------0-|------0---0-----0-----0-----2------|||---------------------------------6----------------6----------|----4-------4-------4---------4----|||--9------9---------9-----------4-----------------------------|--2---------------2-------4-----0--|||-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
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| ~~
| |----3----| |----3----|
| E E E +E S S E E E +E T T S H H|-11----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||------12---12----(12)------12-12-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|||------------------------11--------------------------11h13p11-|-11--------------------------------|||-----------------------------------13---13---(13)------------|-----------------------------------|||-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Dm Bb S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------0-------------------||-------6-------6-----------------||-----0---0---------5-------5-----||---7-------7-----8---8---8---8---||-5---------------------5-------5-||---------------------------------|
Chorus 3 Dm Bb F C S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------0-------------------|---------------------------------||-------6-------6-----------6p5---|-----1-----1---------1-----1-----||-----0---0---------5-----------5-|---0-----0-----0---0-----0---0---||---7-------7-----8---8---8-------|-3-----3-----3---2-----2-------2-||-5---------------------5---------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Dm Bb S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------0-------------------||-------6-------6-----------6p5---||-----0---0---------5-----------5-||---7-------7-----8---8---8-------||-5---------------------5---------||---------------------------------|
F C Dm Bb S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------|-------------0-------------------||-----1-----1---------1-----1-----|-------6-------6-----------------||---0-----0-----0---0-----0---0---|-----0---0---------5-------5-----||-3-----3-----3---2-----2-------2-|---7-------7-----8---8---8---8---||---------------------------------|-5---------------------5-------5-||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Dm Bbmaj7add6 2/4 S S S S S S S S H +H|-------------0---^5----||-(5)----||-------6-------6-^6----||-(6)----||-----0---0-------^5----||-(5)----||---7-------7-----^7----||-(7)----||-5---------------^5----||-(5)----||-----------------------||--------|
Outro Dm Bb F Bb Dm Bb F Bb 4/4 Gtr I S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---0-----------------0---------3-|---0-----------------0---------3--||-----3-------3-----3---3-----3---|-----3-------3-----3---3-----3----||-------2---2-----2---------3-----|-------2---2-----2---------3------||-0-------5-----3---------5-------|-0-------5-----3---------5--------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| Gtr II| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---0-1-------1-----1-0-1-------6-|---0-1-------1-----1-0-1-------6--||-------1---1-----1-----------6---|-------1---1-----1-----------6----||---------3-----2-----------7-----|---------3-----2-----------7------||-0-----------------------8-------|-0-----------------------8--------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Dm Bb F Bb Dm S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W|---0-----------------0---------3-|-^0----*||-----3-------3-----3---3-----3---|-^3----*||-------2---2-----2---------3-----|-^2----*||-0-------5-----3---------5-------|-^0----*||---------------------------------|-------*||---------------------------------|-------*|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W|---0-1-------1-----1-0-1-------6-|-^5----*||-------1---1-----1-----------6---|-^6----*||---------3-----2-----------7-----|-^5----*||-0-----------------------8-------|-^7----*||---------------------------------|-^5----*||---------------------------------|-------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - 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
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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] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - 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)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
