A Monument Encased In Ash

Song: A Monument Encased In Ash

Artist: The Showdown

Album: A Chorus of Obliteration (2004)

Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)

* Palm mute

' Pinch Harmonic

NH-| Natural Harmonics

h Hammer-On

p Pull-Off

\ Reapeat indicated section

/x? ? amount of times

\ Slide Down

/ Slide Up

-Intro-

The song opens with the snare and bass doing that super-simple-but-still-sick

rhythm, and the bass matches it with an open low D

The Guitar comes in after two repeats with-

-Intro Main-

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There's another guitar playing a higher harmony of that, but I can't figure it out

-Intro Riff-

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A |00--00--00----00--00--00000-5'--|

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-Intro Main-

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-Intro Breakdown-

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NH----| /x2

This is all wierd

use whammy bar...

-Bridge-

This one main rhythm line is played all the way up until the verse

Really Quiet over that, play this

When the drums come in and things kick up, play this

D |-----------------------------------|\

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That line keeps playing and a third guitar plays this

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-Verse-

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-Chorus-

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G |-----------------------------Really-|

D |--8---8-----------------------Fast--|

A |0-8---8-8888888888888888888----Fill-|

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-Bridge-

They go back into the two guitar bridge part from earlier, and then the mini-solo plays over it

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That part looks wierd tabbed out note for note, but that's actually tremolo picking right there

G |15-17----------------------------14-15'--|

The verse plays again, but there are some small variations, they're just open D

plam muted power chords.

Then back into the chorus, same as last time, but at the end, another guitar does this.

D |3'-and-bring-it-up-with-a-bend-|

OOH BREAK IT DOWN (I love that scrowly thing)

D |0-----3'--0---------0-----3'--0-----------------|

That's played a few times, with this one little fill that I fail-bike at figuring

out, and a whammy dip on one of the open D's, followed by a build up of simply

open D power chords, with this lead thing near the end.

G |10'-and-bring-it-up-with-a-bend-|

D |----6---3-1---0---1---1-3---6'--|

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E |--------------------------------|\

B |--------------------------------| \

G |--------------------------------| \

D |----6---3-1---0---3---1-3-------| \

A |0-0-6-0-3-1-0-0-0-3-0-1-3-0-----| \

D |0-0-6-0-3-1-0-0-0-3-0-1-3-0-6'--| \

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D |------------------10-----8---12'--|x4

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Then you play the intro riff, and go back into the chorus, then into the intro

riff again, and end after that