Anarchy Divine Tab by Fates Warning

Anarchy Divine tab by Fates Warning

Guitar Tab

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                   A N A R C H Y   D I V I N E

                          Fates Warning

                   Off the album "No Exit" (1988)

		             Transcribed by Mark Rawling
				  (mwr@mel.dit.csiro.au)

        ===================================================

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -



`HM tuning' (ie, all down one semi-tone)

Hack the low E string throughout (ie palm mute and down pick)


(gtrs I & II in separate channels)
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
-2-----0---2-2------------------2-2-----0---2---3---5_7-5-0-
-2-----0---2-2------------------2-2-----0---2---3---5_7-5-0-
---000---0-----0-000-000-000-00-----000---0---0---0---------
 ^   ^   ^     ^   ^   ^   ^    ^     ^   ^   ^   ^     ^

----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
-4--------------------------------------------------------------
-2-----0---2-2----------------------2-2-----0---2---3---7_8-7-0-
-2-----0---2-2----------------------2-2-----0---2---3---7_8-7-0-
---000---0-----0-000-000-000-000-00-----000---0---0---0---------
 ^   ^   ^     ^   ^   ^   ^   ^    ^     ^   ^   ^   ^     ^


Fig 1 (play with lead break 1)

(I)
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
-2-----0---2---3---5_7-5-5-3-2-----0---2---3---7_8-7-7-0--
-2-----0---2---3---5_7-5-5-3-2-----0---2---3---7_8-7-7-0--
---000---0---0---0-------------000---0---0---0------------
 ^   ^   ^   ^   ^     ^     ^   ^   ^   ^   ^     ^


----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------4---------4---5---4_5--------
-2-----0---2---3---5_7-5-5-0-2-----0---2---3---4_5-5-5-0--
-2-----0---2---3---5_7-5-5-0-2-----0---2---3-------5-5-0--
---000---0---0---0-------------000---0---0---0------------
 ^   ^   ^   ^   ^     ^     ^   ^   ^   ^   ^     ^

End Fig 1


Lead Break 1

-7_8_10-----------------------------------------------------------------------
--------9_10_12-10_9----9_10_12-10_9-----------------10_9----9_10_12-10_9-----
---------------------10--------------10-9/_10_13\_12------10--------------10--
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ^      ^       ^       ^       ^       ^            ^       ^       ^

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-9/_10_13_(9)-10_9----9_10_12-9~~~~~~-9\_4-4~~~~~~-4---5~~~~~~~~~~-5---7~~~~~~
-------------------12---------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ^            ^       ^       ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^

--------------------------------------------------------15_13_12-----------15=
------------------------10----12----15=_13_12-15_13-13=----------15_13_12=----
-5-4-7-5-9-7-10-9-12-10----12----14-------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^     ^     ^     ^         ^         ^        ^         ^
 PM___________________|   |__|  |__|

=^^^^^^^^--(15)^v-12=====----------------------------|------------
--------------------------13=====---------15=====----|-12=====\\\\
----------------------------------14=====---------14-|------------
-----------------------------------------------------|------------
-----------------------------------------------------|------------
-----------------------------------------------------|------------
 ^   ^       ^    ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^    ^(x13) ^ ^

End Lead Break 1


Fig 2

     |----------------------------------------------|
     |----------------------------------------------|
     |---------------------0-------------------4----|
 (I) |-2-------------------0-------------------4----|
     |-2--------------------------------------------|
     |----------------------------------------------|
     |                                              |
     |----------------------------------------------|
     |----------------------------------------------|
     |-----------5-----4_2-2-------------5-----4~~--|
(II) |-2-2-5-2-2---2-2-------5-2-2-5-2-2---2-2------|
     |----------------------------------------------|
     |----------------------------------------------|
       ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^
       PM_____________________________________|

     |----------------------------------------------|
     |----------------------------------------------|
     |-----------------------------------------4----|
 (I) |-2-------------------0-------------------4----|
     |-2-------------------0------------------------|
     |----------------------------------------------|
     |                                              |
     |----------------------------------------------|
     |----------------------------------------------|
     |-----------5-----4_2-2-------------5-----4#~--|
(II) |-2-2-5-2-2---2-2-------5-2-2-5-2-2---2-2------|
     |----------------------------------------------|
     |----------------------------------------------|
       ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^
       PM_____________________________________|

End Fig 2


Repeat Fig 2 accompanied by Fig 3


Fig 3

(III) (' ` = 1/4 bend/release)
----------------------------------------------
-----------5'`---------------------5'---------
-----4'----------7'--5\_4----5'----------7~~--
-5-7-----7-----7---------5_7-----7-----7------
----------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------
 ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^

----------------------------------------------
-----------5'----------------------5'---------
-----5'----------7-7-5\_4----5'----------7~~--
-5-7-----7-----7---------5_7-----7-----7------
----------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------
 ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^

End Fig 3


Fig 4 (play with lead break 2)

(I)
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
-5-----2-----0-----2-----5---8---5-----2-----8------------
-5-----2-----0-----2-----5---8---5-----2-----8------------
---0-0---0-0--(0)0---0-0--(0)------0-0---0-0-----0-0-0-0--
 ^   ^   ^   ^ * ^   ^   ^ * ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^
            (rarely)   (usually)

----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
-5-----2-----0-----2-----5---8---5-----2-------------2/_3-
-5-----2-----0-----2-----5---8---5-----2-------------2/_3-
---0-0---0-0--(0)0---0-0--(0)------0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0------
 ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^

----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
-5-----2-----0-----2-----5---8---5-----2-----8------------
-5-----2-----0-----2-----5---8---5-----2-----8------------
---0-0---0-0--(0)0---0-0--(0)------0-0---0-0-----0-0-0-0--
 ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^

                                        Ending 1          (Fig 5 starts here)
-------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------
-------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------
-------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------
-5-----2-----0-----2-----5---8-|-5-----2-----8===========|=2=================
-5-----2-----0-----2-----5---8-|-5-----2-----8===========|=2=================
---0-0---0-0--(0)0---0-0--(0)--|---0-0---0-0-------------|-------------------
 ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^ | ^   ^   ^   ^  ^  ^  ^    ^
                                                         (hold for 2 x Fig 5)
                                                         (then play 2 x Fig 5)
End Fig 4


Lead Break 2

----19-19----19-19-22-19-19-22-22-22-22^v-22^--22^==v_20_19--------------------
-22^------22^----------------------------------------------22_20_19------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------21==^v^v^v^-
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^    ^    ^    ^      ^       ^   ^   ^

----------19-------------------------------------------------------------------
-20-19-------20----19-------22-19----20----19------------19--------------------
-------21-------21----21-19-------19----21----19-19---------19-----------------
----------------------------------------------------22-21------21-19--19^v^v^v^
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^    ^     ^   ^     ^

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------12_13_15---------------------12_13_12------
-------------------------------------------9_10_11_12-11_12_14----------14---
-----------------------9_10_11_12--------------------------------------------
-9_10_11_12-9_10_11_12-------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ^          ^          ^          ^        ^          ^           ^
 PM_____________________________|
 (If you nail the muting just right (quite light) it makes the notes sound
 as if they're all individually picked - and really, really fast!!)

---------------------------------------------
-12_13-15-15^====-12~~~~~~-13\-------8_10_12-
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
 ^        ^     ^     ^    ^    ^    ^

(fast!!)
                t                t            t       t
-8_12_8_12_8_12-15_8------------(15)8_12_8_12-17_8_12-15_8-------------------
--------------------_12_8_10_12---------------------------_12_8_10_12--------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ^    .    ^      .    ^    .    ^       .    ^       .    ^    .

  t            t       t       t    t                                (Fig 5)
-(15)8_12_8_12-15_8_12-17_8_12-15_8-15_8----------------------------|-starts
----------------------------------------_12_8_10_12_10_8------------|-here--
--------------------------------------------------------_10===_12===|-9==---
--------------------------------------------------------------------|-------
--------------------------------------------------------------------|-------
--------------------------------------------------------------------|-------
  ^     .      ^    .  ^       .       ^  .   ^     .    ^  ^  ^  ^   ^(2xfig5)

End Lead Break 2 (phew!)


Fig 5 (play 4 times - gtr I joins in last two times)

First 2 times have a slightly faster tempo than normal.

(gtr II)
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
-0-0-0-0-0-0-2_3-0-0-0-0-0-0-3_5-0-0-0-0-0-0-2_3-0-0-5_7-0-0-3_5--
 ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^
(Don't forget to PM the E string!!)         (^^^ play 5_7 here 2nd time)

End Fig 5


Fig 6 (play twice with verse 1 ... Enter young man, etc)

      |---- |---- --------------------------------------------3====----|
      |---- |---- --------------------------------------------3====----|
      |---- |---- --------------------------------------------0====----|
 (I)  |---- ===_2 -----------0==_2-----------0==_2-------------------0==
 left |---- ===_2 -----------0==_2-----1_0---0==_2-------------------0==
 chan.|-0-0 |---- -0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-----3-------0-0-0-0-0-----------|
      | ^   | ^    ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   |
      |     |                                                          |
      |---- |---- -----------------------------------------------------|
      |---- |---- -------------------------------------------11=====---|
      |---- |---- -------------------------------------------10=====---|
 (II) |---- ===_2 -----------0==_2-----------0==_2-----------9======-0==
 right|---- ===_2 -----------0==_2-----1-0---0==_2-----0----(10)====-0==
 chan.|-0-0 |---- -0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-----3-------0-0---0-0-----------|
       1st   2nd                       PM__|
       time  time

      |------------------------------------------------------------ --|  --|
      |------------------------------------------------------------ --|  --|
      |-------------------------------------------------000333--222 --|  2-|
 (I)  ===_2-----------0==_2-----------0==_2-------------00033333222 -0=  2-|
      ===_2-----------0==_2-----1_0---0==_2-------------------33--- -0=  --|
      |-----0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-----3-------0-0-0-0-0-0------------ --|  --|
      | ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^   |    |
      |                                                               |    |
      |------------------------------------------------------------ --|  --|
      |------------------------------------------------------------ --|  --|
      |-------------------------------------------------000333--222 --|  2-|
 (II) ===_2-----------0==_2-----------0==_2-------------00033333222 -0=  2-|
      ===_2-----------0==_2-----1-0---0==_2-------------------33--- -0=  --|
      |-----0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-----3-------0-0-0-0-0-0------------ --|  --|
                                                                    1st  2nd
                                                                    time time

End Fig 6


Gtrs I and II play Fig 5 (unmodified) with lead break 3


Lead Break 3

-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-9==========-16=====-15=====-9=/_10=========-12==\\\-7==---------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-7==========-14=====-13=====-7=/_8==========-10==\\\-5==-5_7-7//-
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^

-------------------------------------12_15_12/_15-15_17_15_17-19=_17_15--
-------------------------12_15_12_15-------------------------------------
-------------12_14_12_15-------------------------------------------------
-12_14_12_14-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ^           ^           ^           ^            ^           ^

                                                                  (verse 2)
-17_19-19-15-17-(15)\12-15-------12----15^=====---12_15----------|------------
---------------------------12-15----12------------------12_15-15-|------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------|-14''v\-----
-----------------------------------------------------------------|-(slow full-
-----------------------------------------------------------------|--bend and--
-----------------------------------------------------------------|---slide)---
 ^        ^          ^     ^     ^     ^  ^  ^  ^    ^     ^       ^(x6)

End Lead Break 3


Play Fig 6 twice with verse 2


Play Fig 4 (with ending 2 .. below) with chorus, "Save me someone's gonna", etc


Fig 4 Ending 2
----------
----------
----------
-5-----3==
-5-----3==
---0-0----
 ^   ^


Fig 7 (play four times with lead break 4)

------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------8======-10=====----
==_5-----------5====-----3-----3==_5-----------8======-10=====-3==
==_5-----------6====-----5_6_5-3==_5-----------6======-8======-3==
-----3-3-6-3-3-------3-3-------------3-3-6-3-3-----------------*** not
 ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^     last time

End Fig 7


Fig 8 (play once near end of lead break 4)

------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
-----555---5---------5555----7777----555---5---------5555----3333-
-----555---5---------5555----7777----555---5---------55553---3333-
-3-3-----3---3-3-3-3-----3-6-----3-3-----3---3-3-3-3-------6------
 ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^

End Fig 8


Lead Break 4

-----------------------------------------------------------11_13_15-15^-15^-
--------------------------------------------------11_13_15------------------
-7===-10_8-10~~~-8===-12_10-12~~~-10_12/_14-12_14---------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ^   ^    ^   ^   ^  ^     ^  ^    ^       ^     ^        ^        ^

--/_18-17_18_20-18_20_22-17_18-17-------15------------------------
----------------------------------16-15----15---15-16~~-15--------
----------------------------------------------------------15------
------------------------------------------------------------15==--
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
 ^     ^        ^           ^     ^     ^     ^    ^    ^   ^   ^

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-14_15-15-15-15-14-14-14-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12-------------------------
-------------------------------------------------13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12-
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ^           ^           ^           ^           ^           ^

------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------10-11-13---------
---------------------------------------------------12==---------12'~~~--
-------------------------------10_12_13-12~~~~--------------------------
-------------------10===_12_13------------------------------------------
-11-11-11-11-10-10------------------------------------------------------
 ^           ^        ^        ^        ^     ^     ^     ^     ^    ^

(get those fingers nice and warmed up for this bit)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-11-10_11_13_11_10/-13_11/_13-15_14_13/-16_15_14-14/-18_16_15-15-18^\--6//--
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ^        ^         ^         ^         ^            ^           ^     ^

----------------------------------10_11_10_11-----------8_10_8_10-----------
-11_13_11_13-10_11_10_11-8_10_8_10------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------10_12_10_12---------8_10_8_10--
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ^           ^           ^        ^          ^          ^        ^

--------------------------------10----13--11_10-11-----10------------------
-10_11_10-----------------10-11----11--------------13-----13--11_10_11_10--
--------------------10-12--------------------------------------------------
----------12===_13---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ^           ^      ^     ^     ^     ^         ^      ^      ^

 (fig 8 starts)
-----------------------------------------13'===========================
-----------------------------------------13^===========================
-12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-12_10_12_10-------------------------------
-----------------------------12_10_12_10-------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^           ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^

End Lead Break 4


Play Fig 8 four times with verse 3 ... I will keep my own time, etc


Play Fig 4 (ending 1) with chorus ... Save me someone's gonna, etc


Play Fig 5 once


Outro

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------7_5_7-----5_3_5-----3_2_3---------------------------------------2-
-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-------0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-7_5_7-0-0-5_3_5-0-0-3_2_3-0-
 ^   ^   ^   ^     ^   ^     ^   ^     ^   ^   ^   ^     ^   ^     ^   ^     ^


                               T H E    E N D
                              ================


 🏷Legend
 ======

  ~~      vibrato
  =       hold note
  ^v      full bend/release
  '`      1/2 bend/release
  (15)^   prebend
  (2)     sometimes played/barely audible/I'm not really sure about this note!!
  (x7)    below staff indicates the passing of several timing beats
  \ /     slides
  _       hammer/pull
  13#     artificial harmonic
  t       tap

  /_10    slide to 10 without picking
  -_10    blind hammer onto 10 without picking (left hand tap)

  t
 (15)8    `ghost tap' - tap 15 but only so as to sound 8 by pulling
          off quickly (ie very fast and virtually inaudible)

  ^.      timing marks (when below staff)
  PM__|   Palm muted section



Variations
==========

As with most Fates songs, they play with intervals and overdubbing/multiple
guitars to achieve some fairly subtle, but great sound textures.
As a result, it's easy to come up with all sorts of ideas for what
they're actually doing. For example, try these variations ...

In Fig 6, instead of ------------ try ------------
                     ------------     ------------
                     -000333--222     -000333--20-
                     -00033333222     -00033333202
                     -------33---     -------33--2
                     ------------     ------------

and for the main part of Fig 6 try ...
(I think this one's really cool)

    |---------------------------------------------------------|
    |-----------------------------------------------6======---|
 (2)===_4-----------2==_4---------------------------4======-2==
 (2)=====-----------2====-----------4==_5-----------5======-2==
    |-------------------------1_0---5====-----0---------------|
    |-----0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-----3-------0-0---0-0-----------|






I certainly hope you get the same kick out of this awesome song that I do.
It is a classic in my opinion. One of my all time favourites.
Also, I'm sorry the tab is so hard to read - give me the pencil and
paper originals any day!! Any suggestions welcome of course, but please
keep me informed.



-Mark


(coming soon - No Exit, Static Acts, A World Apart

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