Death- Voice of The Soul
From- The Sound Of Perseverance
Lead Guitar Transcription Done by: Siroa
Rhythm Guitar Transcription Done by: Kerry Vick
Notation: When two guitars are listed play all guitars simultaneously.
b = bend / = slide up a.h. = artificial
bf= bend full br= bend release harmonic
h = hammer-on \ = slide down n.h. = harmonic
p = pull-off . = palm mute(pm) t = tapping
" = tremolo picking
Tuning = D (D,G,C,F,A,D)
SECTION 1 - Rhythm guitar
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Riff A - Clean|---------------5h7h8-7---|----------------5h7h8-7---10---||----0h5h7-5------------8-|----0h5h7-7-------------8----7-||-------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------------||-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------------|
Play Riff A ten times
Chords A.1 - Chords only (listen for pattern)|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---||-5-|-3-|-5-|-3-|-6-|-8-|-6-|-8-||-4-|-2-|-4-|-2-|-5-|-7-|-5-|-7-||-2-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-3-|-5-|-3-|-5-||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chords A.2 - Chords only (listen for pattern)|---|---|---|---|---||-5-|---|-5-|---|---||-4-|-5-|-4-|-5-|-2-||-2-|-5-|-2-|-5-|-2-||---|-3-|---|-3-|-0-||---|---|---|---|---|
Play Chords A.1 two times
Play Chords A.2 two times
Riff B - Clean|--------------------------0-------|--------------------------0-------||-------0----------------0---0-----|-------0----------------0---0-----||-----5---5------------5-------5---|-----5---5------------5-------5---||---2-------2---2----2-----------2-|---2-------2---2----2-----------2-||-0-----------0----0---------------|-3-----------3----3---------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Riff C - Clean|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------0----------------0-------|-------------------------0-------||-----------0----------------0-----|-----------------------0---0-----||-----5-------5--------5-------5---|-----3-----5---------4-------4---||---5---5-------5----5---5-------5-|---3-----5-----7---2-----------2-||-3----------------3---------------|-1-----3-----5---0---------------|
Riff B twice
Riff C twice
Riff B twice
Riff C twice
Riff B twice
Riff C twice
Chords B.1 - Chords only (listen for pattern)|---|---|---|---||---|---|-5-|-3-||-5-|-4-|-4-|-2-||-5-|-4-|-2-|-0-||-3-|-2-|---|---||---|---|---|---|
Chords B.2 - Chords only (listen for pattern)|---|---|-0----------||---|---|---0--------||-5-|-4-|-----0----4-||-5-|-4-|-------4--4-||-3-|-2-|----------2-||---|---|------------|
Chords B.1 three times
Chords B.2 once
SECTION 2 - Lead Guitar
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Lead A.1|-------------------------------------------------------||-12~-12/13-13~-13/15-15~-15/17-17/15-15/13-13-13/12-12-||-------------------------------------------------------|GTR I|-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------|
Lead A.2|-14~-14/12-12~-12/15-15~-15/14-14/10-10~-10/19-19~--||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|GTR I|----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|
Lead A.3 |12-12-15-14-12-14~--14-14-17-15-14-15~--15-15-19-17-15-17~-24bfr~-||------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------|GTR I|------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------|
Lead A - Fill (play under A.1, A.2, A.3)|-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|GTR II|-9~-9/10-10~-10/12-12~-12/14-14/12-12/10-10-10/9--9~-||-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|
Lead B.1|-19----17----------------------------------------||----20----20-19-19-19-17-15-15/17-17~------------||-------------------------------------------------|GTR I|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------||----------12----10-------------------------------||-------------12----12-11-11-11-9-9-9-7-7-7/9-9~--|GTR II|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
Lead B.2|-24bf~------24br~---------------------------------||-------------------------17-17/19-19/20-19/20/19~-||--------------------------------------------------|GTR I|--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------||-12----10-----------------------------------------||----12----12-11-11-11-9-7-7/9-9~~~----------------|GTR II|--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
Play Lead A.1 once w/fill
Play Lead B.1 once
Play Lead A.1 once w/fill
Play Lead B.1 once
Play Lead A.2 once w/fill
Play Lead B.1 once
Play Lead A.3 once w/fill
Play Lead B.2 once
Lead C.1|-7h8h10t14~~--------7h8h10t15~~---------|GTR I|-----------5h7h8t12~~---------5h7h8t13~~|GTR II|----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|
continuation of Lead C.1|-7h8h10t17~~---------7h8h10t15~~----------|GTR I|-----------5h7h8t15~~----------5h7h8t13~~-|GTR II|------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
Lead C.2|-7h8h10t14~-7h8h10t15~-7h8h10t14~-7h8h10t17~-7h8h10t15~-7h8h10t14~-||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|GTR I|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-5h7h8t12~--5h7h8t13~--5h7h8t12~--5h7h8t15~--5h7h8t13~--5h7h8t12~--||-------------------------------------------------------------------|GTR II|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Lead C.3|-7h8h10t14~-7h8h10t15~-7h8h10t14~-7h8h10t17~-7h8h10t15~-7h8h10t14~-||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|GTR I|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------10-12-13--------------||-9-11-12---------------9-11-12--------------------------9-11-12----|GTR II|-----------7--9-10----------------7--9-10--------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Play Lead C.1 once
Play Lead C.2 twice
Play Lead C.3 twice
Lead D.1|------------------------------------------------||---------10-12----10-------10-12-13-12-10-------||-9-11-12-------12----11-12----------------12-11-|GTR II|------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------|
Lead D.2|----------------------------------------||---------10-12----10-------10-12-13-12~-||-9-11-12-------12----11-12--------------|GTR II|----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|
Lead D.3|-----------------------------------------------10-8~-7~-||---------10-12----10-------10-12-13-12~-10-12~----------||-9-11-12-------12----11-12------------------------------|GTR II|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------|
Lead D - Fill (play under D.1, D.2, D.3)|-t15p10-t14p10-t12p10-t14p10-t12p10-t14p10-t15p10-t14p10-||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
continuation of Lead D - Fill (play under D.1, D.2, D.3)|-t15p10-t17p10-t15p10-t14p10-t12p10-t14p10-t15p10-t12p10-||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
Play Lead D.1 once w/fill
Play Lead D.2 once w/fill
Play Lead D.1 once w/fill
Play Lead D.3 once w/fill
Lead E.1|-12~-14~-15~-/17~-15~-14/-||--------------------------||--------------------------|GTR I|--------------------------||--------------------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------------||--------------------------||-9~--11~-12~-/14~-12~-12/-|GTR II|--------------------------||--------------------------||--------------------------|
Lead E.2|-12~-14~--20~-19~-||------------------||------------------|GTR I|------------------||------------------||------------------|
|------------------||------------------||-9~--11~--17~ 16~-|GTR II|------------------||------------------||------------------|
Play Lead E.1 three times
Play Lead E.2 once
Lead F.1 - Fade in|-14~\------17~\-|GTR I|----------------||-11~\------14~\-|GTR II|----------------||----------------||----------------|
Play Lead F.1 once
Lead G.1|-22b-22~-22/20/10-10-10/15-15-17-15-14/15-14~-\-||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------|GTR I|------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------||-20b-20~-20/18/8--8--8/13--13-15-13-12/13-12~-\-||------------------------------------------------|GTR II|------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------|
Lead G.2|-------------------------------------||-12-12-------------------------------||-------12-12-------------------------|GTR I|-------------10-10-9--9--7--7--9--9--||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
|-19-19-------------------------------||-------20-20-13-13-12-12-10-10-12-12-||-------------------------------------|GTR II|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
continuation of Lead G.2 (* natural harmonics)|--------------------------------------------12*----12*----||-----------------------------------------------12*----12*-||----------------------------------------------------------|GTR I|-10-10-12-12br-10-10-9--12br-10--9/10-9~------------------||----------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------12*-------------|
|--------------------------------------------12*----12*----||-13-13-14-14br-13-13-12-14br-13-12/13-12~------12*----12*-||----------------------------------------------------------|GTR II|----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------12*-------------|
Lead G.3|-24bf~~--||---------||---------|GTR I|---------||---------||---------|
Play Lead G.1 once
Play Lead G.2 twice
Play Lead G.3 once
Play Lead E.1 once
Play Lead E.2 once
Lead H.1|-20-19-17----------------------||----------20-19-17-19~---------||-------------------------------|GTR I|-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------||----------------------17-19-20-||-------------------------------|GTR II|-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
Lead H.2|-20-19-17----------------------||----------20-19-17-19~---------||-------------------------------|GTR I|-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|----------------------------17-||----------------------19-20----||-------------------------------|GTR II|-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
Lead H.3|-24-24bf-24bf½-24bf~-24bf½-24bf-24bf½~-||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|GTR I|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
Play Lead H.1 once
Play Lead H.2 once
Play Lead H.1 once
Play Lead H.3 once
