/---------------------------------------------------------------------------/
/    The following is the author's own interpretation of the song, to be    /
/                     used for private use and studying                     /
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                        ARCH ENEMY - STIGMATA
                        From the Album STIGMATA
                        Copyright 1998 Century Media in Germany
                        Version 2.0 - JULY 2001

Transcribed by: death8699
Solo Transcribed by: Bil Ur-Sag

For Questions, Comments, Newest Version, or Corrections contact
 death8699: at unhollowed@aol.com
 Bil Ur-Sag at: angelclaw@gmx.de

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Tablature Notation:
.  - palm mute                  /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to              ~  - vibrato             
h  - hammer on                  b  - bend 
p  - pull off                   Suffixes for bend    
ph - pinch harmonic             f - full bend    h - half bend
*  - see comment                r - release      t - tap bend
X  - percussion mute            ~ - vibrato bend
@  - slight palm mute           () - ghost note, sustained note

Tune Gtr to B

STIGMATA

Riff A            4tx
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-8--------5----4----|
|-6--------3----2----|


Riff B            4tx
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-4--------2----1----|
|-6--------3----2----|


Riff C 

(the arpeggios were doubled by an octave below)       

  C        D        E        B                                                                 
|-------12/14-------------15\14-------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----12-------14-------16-------14----|
|-14-------------16-17-------------16-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

  C        D        E
|-------12/14-------------15\14~~-----|4 times
|-------------------------------------|
|----12-------14-------16-------------|
|-14-------------16-17----------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

Riff D         
  C        D        E        B                                                     
|-------12-------14-------15\14-------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----12-------14-------16-------14----|
|-14-------16-------17-------------16-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

  C        D         E
|-------12-------14-------15\14~~-----|2 times
|-------------------------------------|
|----12-------14-------16-------------|
|-14-------16-------17----------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

Riff E                             8tx
(rhythm under Mike's solo. I need some time to check!)
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-5----7----9----4----5----7----9-----|
|-3----5----7----2----3----5----7-----|
|-------------------------------------|


Now followed by Chris' solo!

*the rhythm guitar plays the notes in alternate picking.(P.M.)
 
  E                                           C
     /3\                                         /3\
|-15h19p15-------------------------------15-|-15h20p15-------------------------------15-|
|----------17-------------------------17----|----------17-------------------------17----|
|-------------16-------------------16-------|-------------17-------------------17-------| 
|----------------17-------------17----------|----------------17-------------17----------|
|-------------------19p15-15h19-------------|-------------------19p15-15h19-------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| 
                                                           
  B                                             Bb                      F
     /3\                                         /3\                    /3\
|-14h19p14-------------------------------14-|-10h13p10----------------8h12p8------------|
|----------16-------------------------16----|----------11----------11--------8--------8-|
|-------------16-------------------16-------|-------------10----10-------------9----9---| 
|----------------16-------------16----------|----------------12------------------10-----| 
|-------------------18p14-14h18-------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|

*on the record the arpeggios were doubled by a 2nd guitar!

  E                     C
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10bf-~~----r-10---8---7~-------8-p-7------|
|---------------------------------------9~~-|Gtr I
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|
|-13bf-~~----r-13--12--10~-----12-p-10------|
|--------------------------------------12~~-|Gtr II
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

  B
  *very fast run                                             / 6 \
|------------------------------------------/-6-\------------/-----\-------|
|------------------------/-6-\------------/-----\-------16-17-19-16-17-19-|
|------/-6-\------------/-----\-------14-16-17-14-16-17-------------------|
|-----/-----\-------14-16-17-14-16-17-------------------------------------|
|-14-15-18-14-15-18-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Bb                   F
    /3\
|-15h18p15-------------------13-17-19-22-|
|----------17-14-------------------------|
|----------------15----14-17-------------|
|-------------------17-------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

  E
|-19~~~----19-p-16-------------|
|-------------------17---------|
|-----------------------16~~~~-|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
  
*the Yngwie-part!!!
 
  C
|-20-19-20-17-20-15-20-14------------------|
|-------------------------16-17-19-16-19~~-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

  B
     /3\
|---/---\----------------------------------|
|-16h17p17-13------------------------------|
|-------------16-14-12---------------------|
|----------------------16-14-13------------|
|-------------------------------15-14-12---|
|------------------------------------------|

  Bb                   F
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-13~~~~---------------15~~~~--------------|
|------------------------------------------|

  E
              /3\        /3\
|-----------------14--15-16-17-------------|
|----/3\-------16--------------------------|
|-14-15-16--17-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

  C
     /3\
|-20-19-18--17h20--------------------------|
|-----------------19~--17------------------|
|-------------------------17-16~-----------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

  B
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------12-14~--------------|
|----------15p12-14-15---------------------|
|-15p12h14---------------------------------|
  (*I'm not sure about this part)

  Bb                 F              Bb/Db (first chord
                                           riff B)
|-15p12--------------18p15-----------------|
|-------14-----------------17--------------|
|----------15p12~~------------18p15-18~~~--|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|


Riff F
 |--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|
 |-7"--------3"----2"-------------|
 |-----------------------5"--3"2"-|
   .         .     .     .   . .

Riff B 4tx


Ending chord
(with some weird trem bar effects)
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|-2-----(2)----|
|-0-----(0)----|


Check Out Death Warp, With More Transcriptions On It:
 http://www.sorrowsend.com/DeathWarp/

