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MARCHING ON A DEAD END ROAD
As recorded by Arch Enemy
(From the 2003 Album ANTHEMS OF REBELLION)
Transcribed by Carlos Acosta (Geeko)
Music by Christopher Amott
Arranged by Christopher Amott
D
x x x x 15 x
AX
x x x x 10 x
G
x x x x 8 x
F
x 8 x x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - '12 string'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - '12 string'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Lead'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Lead Harmony'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Six String Ryhthm'
Gtr VI (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Lead'
Moderately Q=111 Dmadd9 Dmadd9 4/4 Gtrs I, II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------0---------------0-|----------0--------------------0-||---6-------6-------------|------6------------6-------------||-----7-----------7-------|--------7-------------------7----||-0-------0---------------|---0-----------0-----------------||-------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------------|
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| Gtr III
| |----3-----| |-3-|
| H Q Q Q H +E. T T T E E|-------------------------|-<12>-------(<12>)---------13-12-||-------------------------|-------------------------x-------||-------------------<7>---|-----------------------x---------||-------------<7>---------|---------------------x-----------||-------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------------|
Dmadd9 Dmadd9 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------0---------0-|--------0-----------------0-||-----6-------6-------|----6---------6-------------||-------7--------7----|------7----------------7----||--0--------0---------|--0--------0----------------||---------------------|----------------------------||---------------------|----------------------------|
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| ~~~ ~~
| |--3--|
| H. E E H E S S S E E|-13------------12-13-|-12-------12-10h12p10-------||---------------------|----------------------13-10-||---------------------|----------------------------||---------------------|----------------------------||---------------------|----------------------------||---------------------|----------------------------|
Fmaj7sus4/D Fmaj7sus4/D E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------0----------0--|------------0--------0-||-------6----------6--------|------6----------6-----||---------3----------3------|---------3---------3---||--0-------------0----------|---0-----------0-------||---------------------------|-----------------------||---------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~| Q. +H +E +Q E E H|---------------------------|-----------------------||-13b15-----(13)-------(13)-|-(13)---11-10----------||---------------------------|--------------12-------||---------------------------|-----------------------||---------------------------|-----------------------||---------------------------|-----------------------|
Fmaj7sus4/D N.C. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------0-------0-|-------------0------------0--------||-----6-------6-----|-----------------------------------||-------3-------3---|-----<12>--------<12>--------------||--0--------0-------|--0-------11---0------11-----------||-------------------|-----------------------------------||-------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
|~~~~~| |-3-|| +Q E E H +H. +E. T T T|-------------------|-----------------------------------||-(8)-----8-6-------|-(6)------------------(6)-------x--||-------9-----------|------------------------------x----||-------------------|----------------------------x------||-------------------|-----------------------------------||-------------------|-----------------------------------|
Dmadd9 Dmadd9 Gtrs I, II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------0-------------------0---|-------------0------------0--------||-------6--------------------6-------------|-----6--------------6--------------||------------7---------------------7-------|---------7-------------7-----------||--0--------------------0------------------|-0----------------0----------------||------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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| Gtr III| ~~~~~~~~| |-3-|| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q +E. T T T|-10-8-------8-----------------------------|-----------------------------------||------11-10---11-10-8-11-10-8----10-8-6---|-8-6-----6----------------------x--||------------------------------10--------9-|-----9-7---9-7----7---(7)-----x----||------------------------------------------|---------------10-----------x------||------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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| Gtr IV| |-3-|| W H Q E. T T T|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||------------------------------------------|--------------------------------x--||------------------------------------------|------------------------------x----||------------------------------------------|----------------------------x------||------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Dmadd9 Gtrs I, II E E E E E E E E|--------------------0-----------------------0----||--------6-----------------------6----------------||--------------7-----------------------7----------||--0-----------------------0----------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr III| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-10--8--6-----8--6--------6----------------------||----------10-------10--8----10--8--6-10--8--6----||-----------------------------------------------9-||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr IV| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-13-12-10----12-10-------10----------------------||----------13-------13-11----13-11-10-13-11-10----||----------------------------------------------12-||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
Dmadd9 E E E E E E E E|--------------------0--------------0---||--------6--------------------6---------||--------------7----------------7-------||--0-----------------------0------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
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| ~~~| S S S S S S S S Q. +E|---------------------------------------||--8--6--------6------------------------||--------9--7-----9--7-----7-------(7)\-||----------------------10---------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
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| ~~~| S S S S S S S S Q. +E|---------------------------------------||-11-10-------10------------------------||-------12-10----12-10--9-10------(10)\-||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
Fmaj7sus4/D Fmaj7sus4/D Gtrs I, II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------0---------------0---|--------0-------0-||---------6---------------6---------|----6-------6-----||-----------3----------------3------|------3-------3---||-0-------------------0-------------|--0-------0-------||-----------------------------------|------------------||-----------------------------------|------------------|
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| ~~
| |-3-| |----3----|
| S T T T Q Q Q +Q S S W|---------6---8---/10---(10)---10p8-|-10---------------||-------6---------------------------|------------------||-----8-----------------------------|------------------||---8-------------------------------|------------------||-----------------------------------|------------------||-----------------------------------|------------------|
Fmaj7sus4/D E E E E E E E E|------------------0-----------------------0-||----6-----------------------6---------------||-------------3---------------------3--------||-0------------------0-----------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |-3--| |------3-------|
| E T T T Q Q a Q +E +E.|-----------8---10-----10h12---(12)---(12)---||---------8----------------------------------||------10------------------------------------||---10---------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
N.C. E E E E E E E E|------------------------------0------------------0--||----------------------------------------------------||--------------<12>-----------------<12>-------------||---0--------------------11-------0---------11-------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|
|
|~~~~~~
| |-----------3------------| |------3------|
| +E +T T T T Q Q Q Q Q|-(12)-(12)------------9----10---12------10----12----||-------------------10-------------------------------||---------------12-----------------------------------||-----------12---------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|
D
Gtr VI
W +W
| |
/ /
Gtr III
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|----3----|
Q. E. E. +H +W|-12----13--13--(13)------|-(13)-------------------||-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------|
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| Gtr V| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------||-----5------3------5---3-|---5----3---5---3-------||--5-----5--------5---5---|------5---5---5-------5-||-------------------------|------------------------|
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| Gtrs I, II| |-3-|| E E E E E E E E +E Q Q E S S S E|-----3--1--------0h1-----|------------------------||------------3--------3-1-|--(1)-3---0---1-0h1p0---||--2----------------------|----------------------0-||-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------|
+W +W
| |
/ /
~~~~~~ +W W|-(13)-----------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------||---5------3---5---3---|--5---3---5---3----||--------5---5---5---5-|----5---5---5---5--||----------------------|-------------------|
|
| E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------1s3-1---0-1-----|--0h1--------------||------------3-----3---|------3---1--------||---2----------------2-|--------2---0---0--||----------------------|--------------2----||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------|
AX
Gtr VI
W +W
| |
/ /
Gtr V E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------------||-----------------|-----------------------||-----------------|-----------------------||---3---3---3---3-|-----3---3---3-------3-||-1---1---1---1---|--1----1---1---1-------||-----------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II| |-3-|| E E E E E E E E +E Q Q E S S S E|---3-1---0h1-----|-----------------------||-------3-----3-1-|-(1)-3---0---1-0h1p0---||-----------------|---------------------0-||-----------------|-----------------------||-1---------------|-----------------------||-----------------|-----------------------|
G F
W W
| |
/ /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-----5---3---5---3-|----7---7---7---7--||-5-----5---5---5---|--4---4---4---4----||-------------------|-------------------|
|
| E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---1s3-1---0h1-----|-^0-3--------------||---------3-----3-3-|-^2---2-------2----||-2-----------------|-^2-----2---2---2--||-------------------|----------0--------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
D
W +W
| |
/ /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------------||-----------------|-----------------------||-----------------|-----------------------||---5---3---5---3-|--5----3---5---3-------||-5---5---5---5---|-----5---5---5-------5-||-----------------|-----------------------|
|
| |-3-|| E E E E E E E E +E Q Q E S S S E|---3-1---0h1-----|-----------------------||-------3-----3-1-|-(1)-3---0---1-0h1p0---||-0---------------|---------------------0-||-----------------|-----------------------||-----------------|-----------------------||-----------------|-----------------------|
+W +W
| |
/ /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------||--5-----3---5---3---|--5---3---5---3----||------5---5---5---5-|----5---5---5---5--||--------------------|-------------------|
|
| E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----1s3-1---0h1-----|--0h1--------------||----------3-----3---|------3---1--------||--2---------------2-|--------2---0---0--||--------------------|--------------2----||--------------------|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
AX
W +W
| |
/ /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------------||-----------------|-----------------------||-----------------|-----------------------||---3---3---3---3-|-----3---3---3-------3-||-1---1---1---1---|--1----1---1---1-------||-----------------|-----------------------|
|
| |-3-|| E E E E E E E E +E Q Q E S S S E|---3-1---0h1-----|-----------------------||-------3-----3-1-|-(1)-3---0---1-0h1p0---||-----------------|---------------------0-||-----------------|-----------------------||-1---------------|-----------------------||-----------------|-----------------------|
H.=H Q=60
G AX Dm
W W W
| |
/ /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W|-------------------|------------------|-^1----*||-------------------|------------------|-^3----*||-------------------|------------------|-^2----*||-----5---3---5---3-|----7---7---7---7-|-^0----*||-5-----5---5---5---|--4---4---4---4---|-------*||-------------------|------------------|-------*|
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| E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W|---1s3-1---0h1-----|-^0-3-------------|-^1----*||---------3-----3---|-^2---2-------2---|-^3----*||-2---------------2-|-^2-----2---2---2-|-^2----*||-------------------|----------0-------|-^0----*||-------------------|------------------|-------*||-------------------|------------------|-------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
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
