Song: Decrystallizing Reason
Artist: Emperor
Album: IX Equilibrium
Tabbed by Chris Rezendes ([email protected])
Tuning: Standard
Notation Key
v: vibrato
t: tremolo bar
^: bend
.: palm mute
~: trill
p: pull-off
h: hammer-on
x: ghost note
/: slide up
: slide down
Comments: I love this song. I love this whole album. I love Emperor. Too bad these guys are gone, they fucking rocked. Anyway, I think I pretty much nailed it, although a couple riffs may be off a little bit because the keyboard can sometimes throw you off as a tabber. Anyway, if you spot any mistakes, point it out to me and I’ll see what I can do, otherwise you can e-mail me the corrections. Enjoy.
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Intro
Gtr. 1 x4
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B|————————————–|
G|————————————–|
D|–6-3-2—-7-7/9-9—-9/10-10-109-9–|
A|–6-3-2—-5-5/7-7—-7/8—8–87-7–|
E|–4-1-0——————————-|
Gtr. 2 x2 (starts after Gtr. 1 plays intro twice)
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D|———–4-4/6-6—-6/7-7-76-6–|
A|———————————–|
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Fig. 1
Gtr. 1 x4
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D|–6-3-2———-7/9-9-9———-9/10-10-10—-10/12-12-12——–|
A|–6-3-2———-5/7-7-777777777–7/8—8–8888–8/10-10-10101010–|
E|–4-1-0-00000000—————————————————|
Gtr. 2 x2 (starts after Gtr. 1 plays Fig. 1 twice)
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D|—————–4/6-6-666666666–6/7-7-7777–7/9-9-9999–|
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Fig. 2 x2
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B|——————|——————–|—————–|———————–|
G|——————|——————–|—————–|———————–|
D|————–4/–|————10–10–|————-4/–|————4/5-5-5/7–|
A|————–2/–|————-8—8–|————-2/–|————2/3-3-3/5–|
E|–00000000000—–|–000000000—-0—-|–0000000000—–|–000000000————|
……….. ……… . ………. ………
Fig. 3 x4
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D|——–9-9–|——-10–10–|——–9-9-8-8-8-8–|
A|——–7-7–|——–8—8–|——–7-7-6-6-6-6–|
E|–0-0-0–0—|–0-0-0——–|–0-0-0–0—0——-|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Repeat Fig. 2 x2
Repeat Fig. 3 x4
Riff 1 x1
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B|——————————-|————————–222–|
G|———————-000-000–|——————000-333——|
D|–333-222-222-222-333———-|–333-222-222-222————–|
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B|——————————-|————————–222-111————–|
G|———————-000-000–|——————000-333———————-|
D|–333-222-222-222-333———-|–333-222-222-222—————–444-111——|
A|——————————-|——————————————222–|
E|——————————-|———————————————–|
Riff 2 x2
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B|————–333———444–|————–222-333-555——|
G|——000-333—–000———-|——222-333——————|
D|–222—————–222——|–222————————–|
A|——————————-|——————————-|
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Repeat Riff 1 x1
Repeat Riff 2 x2
Repeat Riff 1 x1
Riff 3 x4
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G|—————6~5————–6~5——————————————————|
D|–444444444444—–444444444444—–444444444444-666666666666-777777777777-999999999999–|
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Riff 4 x4
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D|–22222-44444-55555-44444——-22222-44444-55555-444444444444–|
A|————————–55555———————————|
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Repeat Riff 3 x2
Riff 5 x8 (the keyboard is playing this, but it can be arranged on a guitar like this)
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G|——————————————8-6–9-7–10-8–11-11–|
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E|—————————————————————–|
Riff 6 x2 (guitar 1 is playing this underneath what the keyboard is playing above)
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E|—-22222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222–|
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E|—-55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555–|
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E|—-22222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222–|
Fig. 4 x2 (guitar 2 is playing this underneath the keyboard’s riff)
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A|–4————————————————————–|
E|–2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2–|
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A|–4————————————————————–|
E|–2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2–|
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A|–7————————————————————–|
E|–5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5–|
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A|–4————————————————————–|
E|–2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2–|
Riff 7 x1
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D|–4——6——7——9–|
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Repeat Riff 5 x8, Riff 6 x2, and Fig. 4 x2 simultaneously (not by yourself, of course 😉
Repeat Riff 7 x1
Repeat Riff 5 x12 , Riff 6 x3 , and Fig. 4 x3 simultaneously, and eventually, fade out