band: Rotting Christ
song: A Dead Poem
album: A Dead Poem
transcribed by: Tero (magics5@yahoo.com)
http://www.geocities/SunsetStrip/Amphitheatre/5457/


notation:
^   =  bend
^  =  bend and release
x   =  fret-hand muting
pm. =  pick-hand muting
spm.=  slight palm muting
h   =  hammer-on
p   =  pull-off
~   =  vibrato
t   =  tap-on
/   =  slide up
\   =  slide down
h.  =  harmonics
(9) =  ghost note
"   =  trem picking



intro:
=====

acoustic

  ____________________   ____________________   __________________
 | a                  | | b                  | | c                |
|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--0-4--4--3--3---2h3--|--0-4--4--2--3---2h3--|-0-4--4--2--3---0---|
|-----5--5--5--5-------|-----5--5--5--5-------|----5--5--5--5------|
|--2---2--2--2--2-0h2--|--2---2--2--2--2-0h2--|-2---2--2--2--2-2---|
|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------|


intro structure:

a, a, a, b, a, a, a, c, a, c, a, c, a, c, a, c
					    | w/ fill 1


fill 1
 pm    . . . . . . . .
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|------5-4-3-0-3-2-1-0--|


verse
=====

with distortion
		   __________   ____________
 pm   . .    . .    1,2,3,   |   4          |
|----------------|------------|--------------|
|----------------|------------|--------------|
|----------------|-4-4--4--2--|--------------|
|----------------|-2-2--2--0--|--------------|
|--2------2------|------------|-2--4-5--6-7--|
|--0--0-0-0--0-0-|------------|-0--2-3--4-5--|


		  sometimes play harmonics, improvise
			if you can't hear them well
  *		   __________   ____________
 spm  . .    . .    1,2,3,   |   4          |
|----------------|------------|--------------|
|-----2-2--2-2-2-|-5-5--5--4--|--/5-4-4--3---|
|--/2-2-2--2-2-2-|-5-5--5--4--|--/5-4-4--3---|
|----------------|------------|--------------|
|----------------|------------|--------------|
|----------------|------------|--------------|

 * = REALLY slight palm muting



then play intro riffs again, listen to the song for structure
then verse riffs again


that's all I know...