Vital Remains - Dechristianize guitar tab
Tabbed by: ArsonistInBlack
E-mail: pyro_parks@yahoo.com
*Please e-mail me and let me know if I made any mistakes so I can correct them.
I'm not promising that it's perfect but hey, it's a difficult song, but it's amazing
as well.
. - palm mute / - slide up to
- slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note - Trill
nh - natural harmonic . - (above note) staccato
Tuning: D G C F A D
Riff A1:
|Gtr1
|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|-------------|
|-.----------.----------|-------------|
|-2----------2----------|-2h3-3/5-5/6-|
|-0----------0----------|-0h1-1/3-3/4-|
| | |
|Gtr2 | |
|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|-------------|
|----"-"-"-"----"-"-"-"-|-------------|
|-.--2-2-5p3-.--2-2-5p3-|-------------|
|-2----------2----------|-2h3-3/5-5/6-|
|-0----------0----------|-0h1-1/3-3/4-|
Riff A2:
|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|-------------|
|----"-"-"-"----"-"-"-"-|-------------|
|-.--2-2-5p3-.--2-2-5p3-|-------------|
|-2----------2----------|-2h3-3/5-5/6-|
|-0----------0----------|-0h1-1/3-3/4-|
Riff B:
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-2--3-5-6-2--3-5-6-|-2--3-5-6-2---3--|
|-0--1-3-4-0--1-3-4-|-0--1-3-4-0---1--|
Riff C:
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------76---65-------|-------76---65---------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------54---43----4--|-------54---43---------|
|-0-000-----0-----0--2--|-0-000-----0-----0-0-2-3-|
. ... . . . ... . . . . .
Riff D: _________________ _________________
1| 2|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|----------7---6---|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-2222333366665555-|-2222333388887777-|-22223333-5---4---|
|-0000111144443333-|-0000111166665555-|-00001111---------|
Solo Backing 1:
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------/12-|---11------4---|---5-------7---|
|-2-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-2-------------|-----------/10-|----9------2---|---3-------5---|
|-0-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Solo Backing 2:
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-9-------------|--------(9)/12-|---11------4---|---5-------7---|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7-------------|--------(7)/10-|----9------2---|---3-------5---|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Aaah, yes, the solo you've all been waiting for
|-19p15--------------------15h19p15------|
|------17----------------17--------17----|
|--------16------------16------------16--|
|----------17--------17------------------|
|------------19p14h19--------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-19p15--------------------15h19p15------|
|------17----------------17--------17----|
|--------16------------16------------16--|
|----------17--------17------------------|
|------------19p14h19--------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-14p11--------------------11h14p11------|
|------12----------------12--------12----|
|--------11------------11------------11--|
|----------13--------13------------------|
|------------14p10h14--------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
_________________________________________
1,2,3|
t |
|---------12h15h17p15p14--14h17h22p17p14---|
|-------13--------------15--------------15-|
|-----12-----------------------------------|
|---14-------------------------------------|
|-15---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
_________________________________________
4|
|---------12h15h17p15p14--14h17h22~~~~~~~~-|
|-------13--------------15-----------------|
|-----12-----------------------------------|
|---14-------------------------------------|
|-15---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
Lead 1:
___________________________________________
|Gtr1 1,3,5,7|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-15151513131313~~~-|-12121210101010/121212-|-127-7-7-7/8-8~~~-|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
| | | |
|Gtr2 | | |
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-12121210101010~~~-|--9-9-9-7-7-7-7/-9-9-9-|-9-4-4-4-4/5-5~~~-|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
___________________________________________________________
|Gtr1 2,6|
|-----------17p15p14-15p14p12-|-14p12p10-12p10p8-10p8p7------|
|-121212~~~-------------------|-------------------------8~~~-|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
| | |
|Gtr2 | |
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------14p12p11-12p11p-9-|-11p9p-7-9p-7p-5-7p-5p-4------|
|--9-9-9~~~-------------------|-------------------------5~~~-|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
_____________________________________________
|Gtr1 4|
|----------------/18--17~|-~~~--15-15h17p15-16-|
|-121212~~~--------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
| | |
|Gtr2 | |
|------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------/20--19~|-~~~--17-17h19p17-15-|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|--9-9-9~~~--------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
_____________________________________________
|Gtr1 8|
|------------------------|-18~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
|-121212~~~--------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
| | |
|Gtr2 | |
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|-20~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|--9-9-9~~~--------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
Riff E1: *Staccato on first time only
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-*-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-.---------.-|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-2-------222-|-------------|-------------|-2-----------|
|-0-------000-|-------------|-------------|-0-----------|
...
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|---------7-9-|
|-------------|-------------|
|-222-222-222-|-222-222-5-7-|
|-000-000-000-|-000-000-----|
... ... ... ... ...
Riff E2: ____________ ____________
1| 2|
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|---------7-9-|
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-2--222-222-|-222-222-222-|-222-222-222-|-222-222-5-7-|
|-0--000-000-|-000-000-000-|-000-000-000-|-000-000-----|
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Lead 2:
|Gtr1
|-----12--15--14~|~~~~----17--15--|-----12--15--14~|~~~~----17--15--|
|-12-------------|----------------|-13-------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| | | | |
|Gtr2 | | | |
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------9--12--11~|~~~~----14--12--|------9--12--11~|~~~~----14--12--|
|--9-------------|----------------|-10-------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Lead 3:
|Gtr1
|-----12--15--14~|~~-171915171415-|-----12--15--14~|~~-192017191517-|
|-12-------------|----------------|-13-------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| | | | |
|Gtr2 | | | |
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------9--12--11~|~~~~----14--12--|------9--12--11~|~~~~----14--12--|
|--9-------------|----------------|-10-------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Riff E3: ____________ ____________
1| 2|
|------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------|-----11/12~~-|-------------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|
|-2--222-222-|-222--9/10~~-|-222--9/10-7-|
|-0--000-000-|-000---------|-000--7/-8-5-|
. ... ... ... ...
Lead 4:
___________________________________________
|Gtr1 1,3|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-15151513131313~~~-|-12121210101010/121212-|-127-7-7-7/8-8~~~-|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
| | | |
|Gtr2 | | |
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-12121210101010~~~-|--9-9-9-7-7-7-7/-9-9-9-|-9-4-4-4-4/5-5~~~-|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
___________________________________________________________
|Gtr1 2|
|-----------17p15p14-15p14p12-|-14p12p10-12p10p8-10p8p7------|
|-121212~~~-------------------|-------------------------8~~~-|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
| | |
|Gtr2 | |
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------14p12p11-12p11p-9-|-11p9p-7-9p-7p-5-7p-5p-4------|
|--9-9-9~~~-------------------|-------------------------5~~~-|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
_____________________________________________
|Gtr1 4|
|------------------------|-18~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
|-121212~~~--------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
| | |
|Gtr2 | |
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|-20~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|--9-9-9~~~--------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
Lead 5:
|------------------------|----------------------20-|
|---------10-12-------13-|-12-------17-15-13-12----|
|-12p11-9-------11-12----|----12-14----------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-19-17------------------|
|-------20-18-17~~~~~~~~-|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
Lead 6:
|------------------------|----------------------20-|
|---------10-12-------13-|-12-------17-15-13-12----|
|-12p11-9-------11-12----|----12-14----------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-19-17-----------------------------------|
|-------20-18-17-201817201817201817201817-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
Riff E4:
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-9-------------/12-|--------11---------|--8-------9--------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-------------/10-|---------9---------|--6-------7--------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Lead 7:
___________________________________________
|Gtr1 1,3|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-15151513131313~~~-|-12121210101010/121212-|-127-7-7-7/8-8~~~-|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
| | | |
|Gtr2 | | |
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-12121210101010~~~-|--9-9-9-7-7-7-7/-9-9-9-|-9-4-4-4-4/5-5~~~-|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
___________________________________________________________
|Gtr1 2|
|-----------17p15p14-15p14p12-|-14p12p10-12p10p8-10p8p7------|
|-121212~~~-------------------|-------------------------8~~~-|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
| | |
|Gtr2 | |
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------14p12p11-12p11p-9-|-11p9p-7-9p-7p-5-7p-5p-4------|
|--9-9-9~~~-------------------|-------------------------5~~~-|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
___________________________________________
|Gtr1 4|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-1212--19--17--20--17--|-19--15--19--17~~~~-|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
| | |
|Gtr2 | |
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-------17--15--18--15--|-17--13--17--15~~~~-|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|--9-9------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
Lead 8:
___________________________________________
|Gtr1 1,3|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-15151513131313~~~-|-12121210101010/121212-|-127-7-7-7/8-8~~~-|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
| | | |
|Gtr2 | | |
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-12121210101010~~~-|--9-9-9-7-7-7-7/-9-9-9-|-9-4-4-4-4/5-5~~~-|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
___________________________________________________________
|Gtr1 2|
|-----------17p15p14-15p14p12-|-14p12p10-12p10p8-10p8p7------|
|-121212~~~-------------------|-------------------------8~~~-|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
| | |
|Gtr2 | |
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------14p12p11-12p11p-9-|-11p9p-7-9p-7p-5-7p-5p-4------|
|--9-9-9~~~-------------------|-------------------------5~~~-|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
________________________________________
|Gtr1 4|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-121212~~~----------|---------20~~~~~~~~-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
| | |
|Gtr2 | |
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---------17~~~~~~~~-|
|--9-9-9~~~----------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
Lead 9:
|Gtr1
|-----12--15--14~|~~-171915171415-|-----12--15~~~~~|~~~~------19~~~-|
|-12-------------|----------------|-13-------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| | | | |
|Gtr2 | | | |
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------9--12--11~|~~~~----14--12--|------9--12~~~~~|~~~~------------|
|--9-------------|----------------|-10-------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ending:
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-.-------------|
|-2-------------|
|-0-------------|
Song Structure:
Riff A1 (x2)
Riff A2 (x4)
Riff B (x4)
Riff A2 (x4)
Riff B (x4)
Riff C (x4)
Riff D (x2)
Riff C (x4)
Riff D (x2)
Riff A2 (x4)
Riff B (x4)
Riff A2 (x4)
Riff B (x4)
_
Solo Backing 1 | Solo played over
Solo Backing 2 (x3) _| this section
_
Riff E1 (x2) | Lead 1 played over
Riff E2 (x2) _| this section
Riff E3 (x2) + Lead 2 (x2)
Riff E3 (x2) + Lead 3 (x2)
Riff E2 (x2) + Lead 4
Riff E3 (x2) + Lead 2 (x2)
Riff E3 (x2) + Lead 3 (x2)
Riff A1 (x2)
Riff A2 (x4)
Riff B (x4)
Riff A2 (x4)
Riff B (x4)
Riff C (x4)
Riff D (x2)
Riff C (x4)
Riff D (x2)
Riff E4 (x4) + Lead 5 (x4)
Riff E2 (x2) + Riff E4 (x4) + Lead 6 (x4)
Riff E2 (x2) + Lead 7
Riff E3 (x2) + Lead 2 (x2)
Riff E3 (x2) + Lead 3 (x2)
Riff E2 (x2) + Lead 8
Riff E3 (x2) + Lead 2 (x2)
Riff E3 + Lead 3
Riff E3 + Lead 9
Riff A1 (x2)
Riff A2 (x4)
Ending
I admit, the tab is somewhat cluttered with slight differences of the same leads, but
I thought tabbing it out this way was the best way to do it. But if you think of a
different method, don't hesitate to let me know.
