GOD OF EMPTINESS
As recorded by Morbid Angel
(From the 1993 Album COVENANT)
Gtr I (A# D# G# C# F# A# D#) - '7 String Left'
Gtr II (A# D# G# C# F# A# D#) - '7 String Right'
Intro
Q=80
4/4 3/4 4/4
Gtr I
\0.5
PM| PM--| ~~ PM|
Q E E E E Q Q Q S S E S E. +Q +H E E E E Q E E
||-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|||-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|-0---------------|||o----------------|----------------|-----------------------|-0--------16-----|||--9--------------|----------------|-5s10--(10)--(10)------|-4-6-7-9/--------|||o-9------4/-9-9s=|==8---9\--------|-----------------------|-----------------|||--7---------7----|----------1-1-1-|-3s=8---(8)---(8)------|-----------------|||--0--0-0-2/-7-7s=|==6---7\--1-1-1-|-----------------------|--------------0-0|
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| Gtr II| \0.5| PM--| PM|| W +H S S E H +H E E E E Q E E||-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|||-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|||o----------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|||-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|||o-2--------------|-(2)------------|-3------------(3)------|-----------------|||--2--------------|-(2)------------|-3------------(3)------|-2-4-5-5---8-----|||--0--------------|-(0)------1-1-1-|-1------------(1)------|-0-2-3-3---6--0-0|
2/4
~ PM---|
S S S S S E +S E E Q Q E E S S E S E +S E E Q|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------|||-------------------------|-----------------------|--------|||-------------------------|-----------------------|--------|||-8s9s8-------------------|--------8s9s8----------|-6s7-7--|||-------------------------|-----------------------|--------|||-6s7s6p0-8s9-(9)\-4-9-5--|--------6s7s6-8s9-(9)\-|-4s5-5--|||---------6s7-(7)\-2-7-6--|-0--0-0-------6s7-(7)\-|--------||
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| ~ PM---|
| S S S S S E +S E E Q Q E E S S E S E +S E E Q|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------|||-------------------------|-----------------------|--------|||-------------------------|-----------------------|--------|||-8s9s8-------------------|--------8s9s8----------|--------|||-------------------------|-----------------------|--------|||-6s7s6p0-8s9-(9)\-4-9-5--|--------6s7s6-8s9-(9)\-|-4s5----|||---------6s7-(7)\-2-7-6--|-0--0-0-------6s7-(7)\-|-2s3-6--||
1st &2nd Verses 4/4 3/4 PM| PM--| Q E E E E Q Q Q S S E|----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------||-9--------------|----------------||-9------4/-9-9s=|==8---9\--------||-7---------7----|----------1-1-1-||-0--0-0-2/-7-7s=|==6---7\--1-1-1-|
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| PM--|| W +H S S E|----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------||-2--------------|-(2)------------||-2--------------|-(2)------------||-0--------------|-(0)------1-1-1-|
4/4 \0.5 ~~ PM| S E. +Q +H E E E E Q E E|-----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|-14-----------20------||-5s10--(10)--(10)------|-14-11-12-14/---------||-----------------------|----------------------||-3s=8---(8)---(8)------|----------------------||-----------------------|------------------0-0-|
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| \0.5| PM|| H +H E E E E Q E E|-----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|----------------------||-3------------(3)------|----------------------||-3------------(3)------|--2--4--5--5---8------||-1------------(1)------|--0--2--3--3---6--0-0-|
2/4
~ PM---|
S S S S S E +S E E Q Q E E S S E S E +S E E Q|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------|||-------------------------|-----------------------|--------|||-------------------------|-----------------------|--------|||-8s9s8-------------------|--------8s9s8----------|-6s7-7--|||-------------------------|-----------------------|--------|||-6s7s6p0-8s9-(9)\-4-9-5--|--------6s7s6-8s9-(9)\-|-4s5-5--|||---------6s7-(7)\-2-7-6--|-0--0-0-------6s7-(7)\-|--------||
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| ~ PM---|
| S S S S S E +S E E Q Q E E S S E S E +S E E Q|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------|||-------------------------|-----------------------|--------|||-------------------------|-----------------------|--------|||-8s9s8-------------------|--------8s9s8----------|--------|||-------------------------|-----------------------|--------|||-6s7s6p0-8s9-(9)\-4-9-5--|--------6s7s6-8s9-(9)\-|-4s5----|||---------6s7-(7)\-2-7-6--|-0--0-0-------6s7-(7)\-|-2s3-6--||
Pre-Chorus 4/4 PM Q E E a E E E E E e Q S S E E e E S S Q +E E E E|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|--------------------|------(7)----------------||-9--9-11-11s12-11-----|--------------------|-------------------------||------------------7-5-|------------2S=9--9-|--9-8-----9--(9)---------||-7--7--9--9s10--9-5-3-|-9-4-4--2-2---10-10-|-10-9-----9--(9)-4-7-5---||-0--------------------|-7-2-2--0-0---------|----------7--(7)-2-5-3---|
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| PM| Q E E a E E E E E e Q S S E e e E S S Q +E E E E|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------||-2--2--4--4s=5--4-7-5-|--------------------|----------9--(9)---------||------------------5-3-|-9-4-4--------------|----------9--(9)-4-7-5---||-0--0--2--2s=3--2-----|-7-2-2--0-0-0--3--3-|--3-3--x--7--(7)-2-5-3---|
PM Q E E a E E E E E e Q S S E E e E S S Q +E E Q|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------|------x-------------||-9--9-11-11s12-11-----|--------------------|------x-------------||------------------7-5-|------------2S=9--9-|--9-8-x-9--(9)------||-7--7--9--9s10--9-5-3-|-9-4-4--2-2---10-10-|-10-9---9--(9)-4-7--||-0--------------------|-7-2-2--0-0---------|--------7--(7)-2-5--|
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| PM| Q E E a E E E E E e Q S S E e e E S S Q +E E Q|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------|--------------------||-2--2--4--4s=5--4-7-5-|--------------------|------x-9--(9)------||------------------5-3-|-9-4-4--------------|------x-9--(9)-4-7--||-0--0--2--2s=3--2-----|-7-2-2--0-0-0--3--3-|--3-3-x-7--(7)-2-5--|
Chorus Gtrs I, II S +E +S e E e E S S +S S +E. +S E E S a +E +S S E.|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------|------------------------------/10\-||-------------------------------------|------------------------------/10\-||-------------------------------------|------------------------------/10\-||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-1b3==(1)r(1)-0-1-0-2-0-1b2-(1)-2b3==|=(2)r(2)-0-1-0-1b2==(1)r(1)-2------|
PM----|
S +E +S e E e E S S +S S +E. +S E E S T T S S S S S S|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||-1b3==(1)r(1)-0-1-0-2-0-1b2-(1)-2b3==|=(2)r(2)-0-1-0-0h1h2p1-3-3-3-3---|
S +E +S e E e E S S +S S +E. +S E E S a +E +S S E.|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------|------------------------------/10\-||-------------------------------------|------------------------------/10\-||-------------------------------------|------------------------------/10\-||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-1b3==(1)r(1)-0-1-0-2-0-1b2-(1)-2b3==|=(2)r(2)-0-1-0-1b2==(1)r(1)-2------|
PM----|
S +E +S e E e E S S +S S +E. +S E E S T T S S S S S S|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||-1b3==(1)r(1)-0-1-0-2-0-1b2-(1)-2b3==|=(2)r(2)-0-1-0-0h1h2p1-3-3-3-3---|
~ PM| PM ~ PM| PM PM Q S S S S S S S S E S S Q S S S S S S S S S E S|--------------------------|---------------------------||--------------------------|---------------------------||--------------------------|---------------------------||--------------------------|--------------3S4---3S4S3--||--------------------------|---------------------------||--------4S5---4-----3-----|--------4S5---4S5---4S5S4--||-2--0-0-2S3-0-2-0-0-1-0-0-|-2--0-0-2S3-0-2S3-0-2S3S2--|
~ PM| PM ~ PM| PM PM Q S S S S S S S S E S S Q S S S S S S S S S E S|--------------------------|---------------------------||--------------------------|---------------------------||--------------------------|---------------------------||--------------------------|--------------3S4---3S4S3--||--------------------------|---------------------------||--------4S5---4-----3-----|--------4S5---4S5---4S5S4--||-2--0-0-2S3-0-2-0-0-1-0-0-|-2--0-0-2S3-0-2S3-0-2S3S2--|
1. 2. ~ PM| PM ~ PM| PM PM| ~ Q S S S S S E S E E Q S S S S S S S S Q|-----------------------||-----------------------|||-----------------------||-----------------------|||----------------------o||-----------------------|||-----------------------||-----------------------|||----------------------o||-----------------------|||--------4S5---4---3----||--------4S5---4-----3--|||-2--0-0-2S3-3-2-3-1----||-2--0-0-2S3-0-2-0-0-1--||
Interlude Gtr I ~ E T T T T T T T T S S T T S T S T S T T T T T T||--------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------|||o---------------------------6---8---9---8-----9s8-|||--2-----------------------------------------------|||o-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-5-3-3---5---6---5-----6-----|||--------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr II| E T T T T T T T T S S T T S T S T S T T T T T T||--------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------|||o-------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------|||o---------------------------3---5---6---5-----6s5-|||--------------------------------------------------|||--1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-3-1-1---3---4---3-----4-----|
~ E T T T T T T T T S S T T S T S T S T T T S.|--------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------|||---------------------------6---6---8---8---8-----o|||-2------------------------------------------------|||-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-5-3-3---3---5---5-----------o|||--------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------||
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| E T T T T T T T T S S T T S T S T S T T T S.|--------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------------------o|||--------------------------------------------------|||---------------------------3---3---5---5---5-----o|||--------------------------------------------------|||-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-3-1-1---1---3---3------------||
Gtrs I, II E T T T T E S S T T S T S T S T T T T T T|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-----------2-8-10-----8---10---11---10-----11s10-||-5---------2-------------------------------------||-6-5-5-0-0-0-6--8-6-6---8----9----8------9-------||-------------------------------------------------|
~ E T T T T E S S T T S T T S Q|-----------------------------------|||-----------------------------------|||-----------------------------------|||-----------2-8-10-----8---8---10---|||-5---------2-----------------------|||-6-5-5-0-0-0-6--8-6-6---6------8---|||-----------------------------------||
Q=54 7/8 4/4 7/8 PM| PM| Q E S S E E S S Q S S E S S E S S S S Q E S S E E S S||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|||o-----------------------|------------------------o||------------------------|||--9--10-9s10-12-13\-----|-8--8s7-7----------------||-9--10-9s10-12-13\------|||o-----------------------|------------------------o||------------------------|||--7---8-7s=8-10-11\-----|-6--6s5-5-5s2-4---4-4-2--||-7---8-7s=8-10-11\------|||--------------------0-0-|----------6s0-5-0-5-5-3--||-------------------0-0--|
Outro 5/8 4/4 PM PM| PM PM| Q S S E S S E S S S S E +E E S S S S E S S S S E +E S S E. S|--------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||--------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||--------------||o----------------------------|----------------------------o|||-8--8s7-7-----||--6---6-----/9-(9)-9-8S9-----|-6---6-----/9-(9)-9S8-8------|||--------------||o----------------------------|----------------------------o|||-6--6s5-5-5s2-||--4---4-----/7-(7)-7-6S7-x-4-|-4---4-----/7-(7)-7S6-6--x---|||----------6s0-||--5-5-5-5-5-/8-(8)-8-7S8-x-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-/8-(8)-8S7-7--x---||
3/8 7/8 PM PM| E S S S S Q E S S E E S S|------------|-----------------------||------------|-----------------------||------------|-----------------------||-6---6-6----|-9--10-9s10-12-13\-----||------------|-----------------------||-4---4-4-/7-|-7---8-7s=8-10-11\-----||-5-5-5-5----|-------------------0-0-|
4/4 7/8 PM| Q S S E S S E S S S S Q E S S E E S S|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||-8--8s7-7---------------|-9--10-9s10-12-13\------||------------------------|------------------------||-6--6s5-5-5s2-4---4-4-2-|-7---8-7s=8-10-11\------||----------6s0-5-0-5-5-3-|-------------------0-0--|
5/8 4/4 PM PM| PM PM| Q S S E S S E S S S S E +E E S S S S E S S S S E +E S S E. S|--------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||--------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||--------------||o----------------------------|----------------------------o|||-8--8s7-7-----||--6---6-----/9-(9)-9-8S9-----|-6---6-----/9-(9)-9S8-8------|||--------------||o----------------------------|----------------------------o|||-6--6s5-5-5s2-||--4---4-----/7-(7)-7-6S7-x-4-|-4---4-----/7-(7)-7S6-6--x---|||----------6s0-||--5-5-5-5-5-/8-(8)-8-7S8-x-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-/8-(8)-8S7-7--x---||
PM PM| PM PM| E S S S S E +E E S S S S E S S S S E +E S S E. S 6x||-----------------------------|----------------------------||||-----------------------------|----------------------------||||o----------------------------|---------------------------o||||--6---6-----/9-(9)-9-8S9-----|-6---6-----/9-(9)-9S8-8-----||||o----------------------------|---------------------------o||||--4---4-----/7-(7)-7-6S7-x-4-|-4---4-----/7-(7)-7S6-6--x--||||--5-5-5-5-5-/8-(8)-8-7S8-x-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-/8-(8)-8S7-7--x--||
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
