THERION - THE WINGS OF THE HYDRA
From the Album LEPACA KLIFFOTH
Copyright 1995 Nuclear Blast GmbH.
Version 1.0 - May 1997
Transcribed by: RICHARD BROADHEAD II()
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~ - vibrato / - slide up to note
h - hammer on \ - slide down to note
p - pull off X - percussion note
. - palm mute bf - bend string full step
Tuning: C#(every string down 1.5 steps)
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| GTR I|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------3/5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------3/5-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4p0-0-3p0-0-1/3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4p0-0-3p0-0-1/3-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| GTR I |---------------------------------|---------------------------------||-2---------------------------3/5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6-----5-----3-5-||-0---------------4p0-0-3p0-0-1/3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-0-0-3-0-0-1-3-| . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff A(organ harmonizes 2 octaves up)|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------| GTR I|---------------------------------||-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-------------3/5-||-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-4p0-0-3p0-0-1/3-| . . . . . .
Repeat Riff A a total of 4 times
|-----------|-------||-----------|-------||-----------|-------| GTR I|-----------|-------||-6---------|-3-----||-4---------|-1-----|
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------| GTR I|---------------------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6-----5-----3-5-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-0-0-3-0-0-1-3-| . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff B|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------| GTR I|---------------------------------||-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-6-----5-----3-5-||-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-4-0-0-3-0-0-1-3-| . . . . . . . . . .
Play Riff B a total of three times
Riff C|----------------------||----------------------||----------------------| GTR I|----------------------||-2-----3-5-6-----3----||-0-----1-3-4-----1----|
Play Riff C twice with the following played over it|-7--7--8--7-----5--7--8--7--5--8--7-----5--7--8--7--5---| GTR II|--------------------------------------------------------||-4--4--5--4-----2--4--5--4--2--5--4-----2--4--5--4--2---| GTR III|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------|
Riff D|-----------------------------||-----------------------------||-----------------------------| GTR I|-----------------------------||-2-222-22225-3-5-6-666-3-333-||-0-000-00003-1-3-4-444-1-111-| ... .... .. ..
Play Riff D a total of 4 times
Riff E (end of Riff E)|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| GTR I|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------3/5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6-----5-----3-5-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4p0-0-3p0-0-1/3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-0-0-3-0-0-1-3-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Play Riff B 4 times
Play Riff C twice with Fill 1
Fill 1|-7--7--8--7-----8--7--5--7--7--8--7-----8--7--5---------| GTR II|-------------------------------------------------8--6-5-| GTR II|--------------------------------------------------------||-2---------3-5-6---------3-----2---3-5-6---------3----2-| GTR III|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------|
Play Riff D 4 times
Play four times|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------| GTR I|---------------------------5---3------||-6-5---6-5--3-5--6-5-8-6---3---1---3--||-4-3---4-3--1-3--4-3-6-4-----------1--|
Play Riff E
Play Riff B 4 times
Play Riff C twice with Fill 1
Play Riff D 4 times
|------------||------------||------------| GTR I|------------||-2----------||-0----------|
After repeating the first measure twice, the solo starts.
Repeat 6 times Repeat twice||---------------------||------------------------------||||---------------------||------------------------------||||*-------------------*||*----------------------------*|| GTR II||*-------------------*||*----------------------------*||||--2------------------||--4-------8-7-5-4-------5-7-8-||||--000000004p03p01p0--||--222222226-5-3-222222223-5-6-|| ....... ....... .......
Repeat 3 times||-----------------||------------------|||-----------------||------------------|||*---------------*||------------------| GTR II||*---------------*||------------------|||--2-------6-5-3--||-2-------6X5X3X2--|||--000000004-3-1--||-000000004X3X1X0--| ....... .......
SOLO(guitar I)|-12~--12~--12~-12~-------12~--12~--12~--12~-------12/14-14/15-15\14--|-------------------12h14--------------------12h14--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------
--14\12-12\10-10/12-12~-12~-------14~--14~-14~--14~-14~-----------------------------------12h14-----------------------14h16---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-14~--14~-14~--14~-14~-------14/16-16/17-17\16-16\14-14/16-16/19~-19~--|-----------------------14h16-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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