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INSTINCT
As recorded by Arch Enemy
(From the 2003 Album ANTHEMS OF REBELLION)
Transcribed by Brian Gelvin
Words and Music by Michael Amott
Gtr I (A D G C F A D) - 'Synth'
Gtr II (A D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr III (A D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr IV (A D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 3'
Gtr V (A D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 4'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=186
N.C.
5/8 4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||-----------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
> < E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D5 G5 E5 F#m Am G Gtrs II, III E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||-------------------|-------------------|||-------------------|-------------------|||o------------------|-------------------|||--7-----12-----9---|---7-----10----9---|||o-5-----10-----7---|---9-----12---10---|||----0-0----0-0---0-|-0---0-0----0----0-|||-------------------|-------------------|
G5 Am F#m G F#m E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x|-------------------|---------------------|||-------------------|---------------------|||-------------------|--------------------o|||-12-----10-----7---|----9------9---7-----|||-10-----12-----9---|---10-----10---9----o|||----0-0----0-0---0-|-0----0-0----0---0---|||-------------------|---------------------||
Verse $ D5 G5 E5 F#m Am G E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||-------------------|-------------------|||-------------------|-------------------|||o------------------|-------------------|||--7-----12-----9---|---7-----10----9---|||o-5-----10-----7---|---9-----12---10---|||----0-0----0-0---0-|-0---0-0----0----0-|||-------------------|-------------------|
G5 Am F#m G F#m E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x|-------------------|---------------------|||-------------------|---------------------|||-------------------|--------------------o|||-12-----10-----7---|----9------9---7-----|||-10-----12-----9---|---10-----10---9----o|||----0-0----0-0---0-|-0----0-0----0---0---|||-------------------|---------------------||
Chorus N.C. Q Q H Q Q H Q E E +E E E E Q Q H|------------|------------|------------------|------------||------------|------------|------------------|------------||------------|------------|------------------|------------||------------|------------|------------------|------------||------------|------------|------------------|------------||------------|------------|------------------|------------||-1--0-------|-1--0-------|-1--0-1-(1)-0-1-3-|-1--0-------|
Q Q H Q Q H Q E E +E E E E Q Q H|------------|------------|------------------|------------||------------|------------|------------------|------------||------------|------------|------------------|------------||------------|------------|------------------|------------||------------|------------|------------------|------------||------------|------------|------------------|------------||-1--0-------|-6--0-------|-1--0-1-(1)-0-1-3-|-1--0-------|
Q Q S S S S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S S S Q E E +E E E E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------||-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------------||-1--0------------------|-1--0------------------|-1--0-1-(1)-0-1-3--|
Q Q S S S S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S S S|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------||-------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||-1--0------------------|-1--0------------------|-1--0-------------------|
D.S. Q E E +E E E E Q Q H|------------------|------------------------------|||------------------|------------------------------|||------------------|------------------------------|||------------------|------------------------------|||------------------|------------------------------|||------------------|------------------------------|||-1--0-1-(1)-0-1-3-|-1--0-------------------------||
Bridge G5 A5 B5 D5 E5 F#5E5 W Q Q Q Q +W Q Q Q Q||-----------|-------------|------------|------------|||-----------|-------------|------------|------------|||o----------|-------------|------------|------------|||-----------|-------------|------------|------------|||o-5--------|-5--7--9-----|------------|------------|||--3--------|-3--5--7--5--|-(5)--------|-5--7--9--7-|||-----------|----------3--|-(3)--------|-3--5--7--5-|
F#5G5 Eb5 C5 B5 A5 +W Q Q Q Q +H. Q +Q Q H|------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|||------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|||------------|--------------|--------------|---------------o|||------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|||------------|--------------|----------10--|-(10)--9--7----o|||-(7)--------|-7--9--10--6--|-(6)-------8--|--(8)--7--5-----|||-(5)--------|-5--7---8--4--|-(4)----------|----------------||
Guitar Solo B5 C5 Gtr IV W H E E E E|-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|---------/12-13-12-10-||-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------|
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| Gtrs II, III| E E E E E E E E E E E E H|-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||-4-4---4-4---5-5-|---5-5----------------||-2-2---2-2---3-3-|---3-3----------------||-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------|
B5 C5 H. E E +H Q Q|---------------------|-------------------||---------------------|-------------------||-12------------------|-------------------||---------------13-10-|-(10)-------9--10--||---------------------|-------------------||---------------------|-------------------||---------------------|-------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E H|---------------------|-------------------||---------------------|-------------------||---------------------|-------------------||--4--4---4-4----5--5-|------5-5----------||--2--2---2-2----3--3-|------3-3----------||---------------------|-------------------||---------------------|-------------------|
B5 C5 B5 C5 ~ W E E H +Q E E E E E E E E W|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|--------------||-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|--------------||-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|--------------||-9---------------|-7----------------------|-----------------|--------------||-----------------|---10-10pb12r=====(10)--|-9-7-6-7-6-------|--------------||-----------------|------------------------|-----------8-7-8-|-7------------||-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|--------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E H|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|--------------||-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|--------------||-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|--------------||-4-4---4-4---5-5-|----5--5----------------|-4-4---4-4---5-5-|---5-5--------||-2-2---2-2---3-3-|----3--3----------------|-2-2---2-2---3-3-|---3-3--------||-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|--------------||-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|--------------|
D5 Eb5 Q +E E E S S Q|-----------------------------------||-14b16====(14)-14-14r-14----14b16--||-------------------------15--------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||--7-----7-------7--7------8--8-----||--5-----5-------5--5------6--6-----||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
|-----5-----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------13----------15----13----------||-14b16-14----14-14b16-14----14----15-14-------15----15-14----||----------15-------------15-------------15-------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------|
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| E E E E H|-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||--------8--8-------------------------------------------------||--------6--6-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------|
D5 Eb5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----15----13-------------13-------15----13-------||-------15----15-14----15----15-14----15----15-14-||-15----------------15----------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||--7--7-----7--7-----8--8-------------------------||--5--5-----5--5-----6--6-------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~ S S S S S S S S E E +Q|----15----13----13----------------------------||-------15----15----15----14-14b16-(14)pb16----||-15-------------------15----------------------||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
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| E E E E H|----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------||-----8--8-------------------------------------||-----6--6-------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
D5 Eb5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-10-9-8-7---------------------------------||----------12-11-10-9----------------------||---------------------11-10-9-8------------||-------------------------------12-11-10-9-||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E|------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||--7-7---7--7-----8-8----------------------||--5-5---5--5-----6-6----------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------13-16---------||-13-12-11-10-------------------12-15-------12-15---||-------------14-13-12-11-11-14---------------------||---------------------------------------------------|
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| E E E E H|---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||-----8--8------------------------------------------||-----6--6------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------|
D5 Eb5 ~~~~~~~ S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +W|-------------------------16-19-------16-19s24-|-(24)b27------------|||-------15-18-------15-18-------15-18----------|--------------------|||-13-16-------13-16----------------------------|--------------------|||----------------------------------------------|--------------------|||----------------------------------------------|--------------------|||----------------------------------------------|--------------------|||----------------------------------------------|--------------------||
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E H|----------------------------------------------|--------------------|||----------------------------------------------|--------------------|||----------------------------------------------|--------------------|||--7--7-----7--7-----8--8----------------------|---------8-8--------|||--5--5-----5--5-----6--6----------------------|---------6-6--------|||----------------------------------------------|--------------------|||----------------------------------------------|--------------------||
Interlude G5 A5 B5 D5 E5 F#5 E5 Gtr IV W Q Q Q Q +W Q Q Q Q||--8--------|-8--10--12-----|------------|---------------|||-----------|------------8--|-(8)--------|-8--10--12--10-|||o-5--------|-5---7---9-----|------------|---------------|||-----------|------------5--|-(5)--------|-5---7---9---7-|||o----------|---------------|------------|---------------|||-----------|---------------|------------|---------------|||-----------|---------------|------------|---------------|
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| Gtr V| W Q Q Q Q +W Q Q Q Q||-----------|---------------|------------|---------------|||--5--------|-5---6---8-----|------------|---------------|||o----------|------------7--|-(7)--------|-4---5---7---5-|||-----------|---------------|------------|---------------|||o----------|---------------|------------|---------------|||-----------|---------------|------------|---------------|||-----------|---------------|------------|---------------|
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| Gtrs II, III| W Q Q Q Q +W Q Q Q Q||-----------|---------------|------------|---------------|||-----------|---------------|------------|---------------|||o----------|---------------|------------|---------------|||-----------|---------------|------------|---------------|||o-5--------|-5---7---9-----|------------|---------------|||--3--------|-3---5---7--5--|-(5)--------|-5---7---9---7-|||-----------|------------3--|-(3)--------|-3---5---7---5-|
F#5 G5 Eb5 C5 B5 A5 +W Q Q Q Q +H. Q +Q Q H|-------------|----------------|----------/13--|-(13)--12--10-----|||-(10)--------|-10--12--13--9--|-(9)-----------|------------------|||-------------|----------------|----------/10--|-(10)---9---7----o|||--(7)--------|--7---9--10--6--|-(6)-----------|------------------|||-------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------o|||-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|||-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
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| +W Q Q Q Q +H. Q Q Q H|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|||-------------|----------------|----------/10--|--10----8---6-----|||--(5)--------|--5---7---9--8--|-(8)-----------|-----------------o|||-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|||-------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------o|||-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|||-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
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| +W Q Q Q Q +H. Q +Q Q H|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|||-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|||-------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------o|||-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|||-------------|----------------|-----------10--|-(10)---9---7----o|||--(7)--------|--7---9--10--6--|-(6)--------8--|--(8)---7---5-----|||--(5)--------|--5---7---8--4--|-(4)-----------|------------------||
Chorus N.C. Gtrs II, III Q Q H Q Q H Q E E +E E E E Q Q H|------------|------------|------------------|------------||------------|------------|------------------|------------||------------|------------|------------------|------------||------------|------------|------------------|------------||------------|------------|------------------|------------||------------|------------|------------------|------------||-1--0-------|-1--0-------|-1--0-1-(1)-0-1-3-|-1--0-------|
Q Q S S S S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S S S Q E E +E E E E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------||-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------------||-1--0------------------|-1--0------------------|-1--0-1-(1)-0-1-3--|
Q Q S S S S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S S S|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------||-------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-1--0------------------|-1--0------------------|
Q E E +E E E E Q Q S S S S E E|------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------|-------<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-----|||------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------|-------------------------------|||-1--0-1-(1)-0-1-3-|-1--0--------------------------||
Outro C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5C5 B5C5D5 C5 B5 Q Q H Q Q H Q E E +E E E E Q Q H 3x||-------------|------------|------------------|------------||||-------------|------------|------------------|------------||||o------------|------------|------------------|-----------o||||-------------|------------|------------------|------------||||o------------|------------|------------------|-----------o||||--3--2-------|-3--2-------|-3--2-3-(3)-2-3-5-|-3--2-------||||--1--0-------|-1--0-------|-1--0-1-(1)-0-1-3-|-1--0-------||
C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5C5 B5C5D5 C5 B5 Q H. Q H. Q E E +E E E E Q Q H|------------|------------|------------------|------------*||------------|------------|------------------|------------*||------------|------------|------------------|------------*||------------|------------|------------------|------------*||------------|------------|------------------|------------*||-3--2-------|-3--2-------|-3--2-3-(3)-2-3-5-|-3--2-------*||-1--0-------|-1--0-------|-1--0-1-(1)-0-1-3-|-1--0-------*|
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
