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Years of Silent Sorrow  Immortal

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IMMORTAL "Years of silent sorrow"
/ = slide up \ = slide off (slide down)
xxx = pickscrape /// & " = tremolo pick
ah = artificial harmonic
~ = vibrato, or hold note. x = dead note (muted)
Palm Mute where else you feel necessary.
RIFF A (sometimes C5 goes tremolo when it is held. Bass plays behind C5 something wild)
 
 e |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G |--------------------12------------------------------------------------|
 D |-9--------------9---12----------9--------------9----------------------|
 A |-7---9---10-----7---10---10-----7---9---10-----7---101010121212-10----|
 E |-----7---8---------------8----------7---8-----------------------8-----|

RIFF B
 
 e |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 D |--------999101010-------------------------------------999101010-------101010999|
 A |-7------7778-8-8--7------7-7-8p7-10p7-8p7-10p7-7------7778-8-8--------8-8-8-777|
 E |-0000000----------0000000----------------------0000000---------0000000---------|

RIFF A
RIFF B (2x) (first time heavy palm mute last two chords when downpicking them)
RIFF C (4x)
 
 e |-----------------------------------------|
 B |--6-6---6--------------6-6---6-----------|
 G |---7-7---7--------------7-7---7----------|
 D |2-----------77775-4-2------------777-2-2-|
 A |2-----------55553-2-2------------555-0-2-|
 E |0-------------------0------------------0-|

RIFF C (2 more times with lyrics):
Farewell... lengethening pain inside me
Harnessbells... I hear them calling me
RIFF D
 
 e |-------------------------------------|
 B |-------------------------------------|
 G |---------------ah--------------------|
 D |-7-7-66-77-6-6-3---7-7-66-77-6-6-3/4-|
 A |-5-5-44355-4-4-----5-5-44355-4-4-1/2-|
 E |-------------------------------------|

RIFF C (2x) :
A demon... watch my walk in snow
Remain... my years of silent sorrow
RIFF D (2x) (artificial harmonics are different each time. 1=higher, 2=lower pitches)
(like on third fret of 2, then 1 strings)
RIFF E (2x)*
[E5] [D5] [A5] [Ab5]  
 
 e |///-----///----///----///---------------| *when you play this riff make sure
 B |----------------------------------------| to play each note for a beat then slide
 G |----------------------------------------| down and off, rest,
 D |----------------------------------------| and slide to the next note
 A |------------------------------14--------| (slide off only for E and D notes)
 E |-12-----10-----17-----16---------17-16--|

With E (4x): Dome in the sky / black winds to taste
shadowsed spirits lead my way...
Drifting everly alone years of silent sorrow
until i'm home...
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/immortal/years_of_silent_sorrow_tab.html )
RIFF F (P.M. this riff)
 
 e |------------------------------------------------------------|
 B |------------------------------------------------------------|
 G |------------------------------------------------------------|
 D |------------------------------------------------------------|
 A |77-77--77-77---33-33--33-33\8-77-77--77-77---33-33--33-33\8-|
 E |00-00--00-00---00-00--00-00---00-00--00-00---00-00--00-00---|

INTERLUDE
 
 e |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 D |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 A |-7~~-7~7hp87-5-7-3~-----ah--77h8p7-5-7--7x788810101212887-7h8p7-5~-333/888-|
 E |--------------------333-5--------------------------------------------------|

RIFF F VARIATION 2x with lyrics: (Palm Mute first part of this riff)
 
 e |--------------------------------------------|
 B |--------------------------------------------|
 G |--------------------------------------------|
 D |-------------------------5-------5----------|
 A |-7-7-7-7777-7-7-7-7777-7-3-------3------\8--|
 E |-0-0-0-0000-0-0-0-0000-0--------------------|

Bitterness with bitterness you bitter me...
Emptiness with emptiness you empty me...
INTERLUDE
RIFF F VARIATION 2x with lyrics:
Darkness with darkness you darkened me
this journey black before me...
RIFF F
INTERLUDE 2 (two guitars arranged for one) INTERLUDE 2.1
 
 e |------------------------------------------------||-----------------
 B |------------------------------------------------||-----------------
 G |--------5-----------------------5---------------||*----------------
 D |-2------5----------------2------5---------------||*----------------
 A |-2------3---2--2--0--0---2------3---2--2--0--0--||/1010101010\-----
 E |-0---------3-33-33-22-22-0---------3-33-33-22-22||-----------------

?????????????
P.M............ .............
 
 e ------------------------------------------------------------------
 B ------------------------------------------------------------------
 G --------------5---------------------------------------------------
 D --------------5---------------------------------------------------
 A /1010-9-10-9\-3--2--2--0--0--/10-10101010\----10--12-10-9-10-9-7-\
 E ----------------3-33-33-22-22-0-----------------------------------

P.M..........
 
 e ---------|| Playing interlude 2, going into 3 parts of 2.1 interlude.
 B ---------|| After part 2.1 was played twice there is a silent rest for a beat
 G -5------*|| then it goes again one more time around ending with a pick-scrape
 D -5--5---*|| and a 'Ahh!' by Abbath.
 A -3--5----||
 E ----3----||

RIFF A
RIFF B 2x
RIFF C 4x with:
Farewell... nothing breathes within me
Harnessbells... sounding cold behind me
A demon... with frozen eyes opened
this journey black behind me...
RIFF D 2x
RIFF E 2x without lyrics, next 4 with:
(also the riff varies with artificial harmonics, several endings from the original)
With E (4x): Dome in the sky / black winds to taste
shadowsed spirits/lead my way...
 
 Drifting everly alone/years of silent sorrow until i'm ho-me-m-m-m-m-m...

THE END RIFF
 
 e |--------------------------------xx---------------------------------
 B |--------------------------------xPx-----xAx------------------------
 G |---------------------------------xIx---xRxPx-----------------------
 D |----------------------------------xCx-xCx-xEx----------------------
 A |-----------------------------------xKxSx---x---10"-9"-7"-5"-3"-2"--
 E |-0-12"---0-10"-----0-8"-------------xxx--------12"-10"9"----5"-3"--
 e ---------------------------------|
 B ---------------------------------|
 G ---------------------------------|
 D ----------------------------2----|
 A ----------------------------2----|
 E -2p0h2p0-%-RITARD------0----|

(trill repeats)
Track 6 from At The Heart Of The Winter (Osmose '99)
comments / questions / correction to the writer/transcribed : parisc97@erols.com

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