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                             BACK ON TOP - Obituary
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Tabbed by: Ole Mikkelsen
Tuning: FULL STEP DOWN (D,G,C,F,A D)
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This tab shows to whole song from start to the end.

x - Mute note
. - Palm mute
\ - slide down to
/ - slide up to
b - bend

"Riff 2" has two versions, an (a) and (b) and (c) because the ending is diffrent, or because of a bend note.
The same thing goes for "Riff 3" and "Riff 5"
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Riff 1.a
d|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|x4
a|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
f|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
C|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
G|--2--------5-------6--|------2--------5-------6--|------2--------5-------6--|------3---3-3----5\6/3--|
D|--0----0-0-3---0-0-4--|--0-0-0----0-0-3---0-0-4--|--0-0-0----0-0-3---0-0-4--|--0-0-1---1-3--0-3\4/1--|


Riff 2.a
d|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|x1
a|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
f|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------5----|-------------------5--|-------------------5------------------------5----|
G|--2---7---6--------3-5--|--2---7---6--------3--|--2---7---6--------3-5---7---7-7---6--------3-5--|
D|--0---5-0-4---0-0----3--|--0---5-0-4---0-0-----|--0---5-0-4---0-0----3---5---5-5---4---0-0----3--|
pm              . .                      . .                    . .                      . .


Riff 1.a
d|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|x2
a|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
f|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
C|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
G|--2--------5-------6--|------2--------5-------6--|------2--------5-------6--|------3---3-3----5\6/3--|
D|--0----0-0-3---0-0-4--|--0-0-0----0-0-3---0-0-4--|--0-0-0----0-0-3---0-0-4--|--0-0-1---1-3--0-3\4/1--|


Riff 2.b
d|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|x1
a|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
f|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------5----|-------------------5b--|-------------------5------------------------5----|
G|--2---7---6--------3-5--|--2---7---6--------3b--|--2---7---6--------3-5---7---7-7---6--------3-5--|
D|--0---5-0-4---0-0----3--|--0---5-0-4---0-0------|--0---5-2-4---0-0----3---5---5-5---4---0-0----3--|
pm              . .                      . .                     . .                      . .


Riff 3.a
d|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
f|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|continue below
C|--------------------------5----|--------------------------5--|-------------------------5----|
G|----------7---6-----------3-5--|----------7---6-----------3--|---------7---6-----------3-5--|
D|--0-0-0-0-5-0-4---0-0-0-0---3--|--0-0-0-0-5-0-4---0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-5-0-4---0-0-0-0---3--|
pm  . . . .   .     . . . .         . . . .   .     . . . .      . . . .   .     . . . .

d|-------------------------|x1
a|-------------------------|
f|-------------------------|
C|-------------------------|
G|--7--7-7--6---7--7-7--6--|
D|--5--5-5--4---5--5-5--4--|


Riff 2.b
d|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|x1
a|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
f|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------5----|-------------------5b--|-------------------5------------------------5----|
G|--2---7---6--------3-5--|--2---7---6--------3b--|--2---7---6--------3-5---7---7-7---6--------3-5--|
D|--0---5-0-4---0-0----3--|--0---5-0-4---0-0------|--0---5-0-4---0-0----3---5---5-5---4---0-0----3--|
pm              . .                      . .                     . .                      . .


Riff 1.a
d|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|x2
a|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
f|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
C|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
G|--2--------5-------6--|------2--------5-------6--|------2--------5-------6--|------3---3-3----5\6/3--|
D|--0----0-0-3---0-0-4--|--0-0-0----0-0-3---0-0-4--|--0-0-0----0-0-3---0-0-4--|--0-0-1---1-3--0-3\4/1--|


Riff 3.b
d|-------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------------------|x1
a|-------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
f|-------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------5----|--------------------------5b--|-------------------------5----------------|
G|----------7---6-----------3-5--|----------7---6-----------3b--|-------------------------3-5---7--7-7--6--|
D|--0-0-0-0-5-0-4---0-0-0-0---3--|--0-0-0-0-5-0-4---0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-0-5-0-4---0-0-0-0---3---5--5-5--4--|
pm  . . . .   .     . . . .         . . . .   .     . . . .       . . . .   .     . . . .


Riff 3.a
d|-------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
f|-------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|continue below
C|--------------------------5----|--------------------------5b--|-------------------------5----|
G|----------7---6-----------3-5--|----------7---6-----------3b--|---------7---6-----------3-5--|
D|--0-0-0-0-5-0-4---0-0-0-0---3--|--0-0-0-0-5-0-4---0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-0-5-0-4---0-0-0-0---3--|
pm  . . . .   .     . . . .         . . . .   .     . . . .       . . . .   .     . . . .

d|-------------------------|x1
a|-------------------------|
f|-------------------------|
C|-------------------------|
G|--7--7-7--6---7--7-7--6--|
D|--5--5-5--4---5--5-5--4--|


Riff 4
d|-------------------------|-------------|------------|--------|x1
a|-------------------------|-------------|------------|--------|
f|-------------------------|-------------|------------|--------|
C|-------------------------|-------------|------------|--------|
G|--2-----------3---3---2--|--3---3---2--|-----3---2--|--3--3--|
D|--0-----------1---1---0--|--1---1---0--|--0--1---0--|--3--3--|


Riff 2.b
d|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|x1
a|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
f|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------5----|-------------------5---|-------------------5------------------------5----|
G|--2---7---6--------3-5--|--2---7---6--------3---|--2---7---6--------3-5---7---7-7---6--------3-5--|
D|--0---5-0-4---0-0----3--|--0---5-0-4---0-0------|--0---5-0-4---0-0----3---5---5-5---4---0-0----3--|
pm              . .                      . .                     . .                      . .


Riff 1.b
d|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------|x1
a|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------|
f|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------|
C|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------|
G|--2--------5-------6--|------2--------5-------6--|------2--------5-------6--|------7---7-7---8x--|
D|--0----0-0-3---0-0-4--|--0-0-0----0-0-3---0-0-4--|--0-0-0----0-0-3---0-0-4--|--0-0-5---5-5---6x--|


Riff 5.a
d|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|x2
a|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
f|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
G|--2-------2--------2------2-------------3-----3--|--2-------2--------2-------2-----------3---3--|
D|--0---0-0-0----0-0-0--0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-1---0-1--|--0---0-0-0----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-3---3--|
pm      . .      . .    . .     . . . . .     .           . .      . .     . .     . . . .


Riff 5.b
d|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|TIL END OF SONG
a|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
f|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
G|--2-------2--------2------2-----------3--3--|--2-------2--------2------2-----------3--3--|
D|--0---0-0-0----0-0-0--0-0-0---0-0-0-0-1--1--|--0---0-0-0----0-0-0--0-0-0---0-0-0-0-3--3--|

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