Apocalyptic City Tab by Testament

Apocalyptic City tab by Testament

Guitar Tab

Tabbed by: Steven Scifo
Email: stscifo@adelphia.net

Tab 🏷Legend:
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
|  pinch harmonic
| [] natural harmonic
| *  palm mute
| x  muted strum
| b  bend
| r  release bend

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

Tuning: Standard

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Intro:
Riff 1 (clean) (x3):
e|-------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|
G|-12----------|-10----------|
D|----16-------|----12-------|
A|-------14----|-------12----|
E|----------12-|----------10-|
      (x4)          (x4)

Lead fill over Riff 1 (x2):
e|-19b20r19˜-------------------------------------17b18r17˜-----------------------------|
B|------------17b18r17˜------------------------------------15b16r15˜-------------------|
G|-----------------------16b17r16˜-----------------------------------14b15r14˜---------|
D|---------------------------------14b15-14-12˜--------------------------------14-15˜--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

After fill, clean guitar finishes with:
e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-12--------|
D|-16--------|
A|-14--------|
E|-12--------|

Riff 2 (x6):
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2------2------2------10--9--8------8------8------8------|
A|-2------2------2------10--9--8------8------8------8------|
E|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--8--7--6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-|
      * *    * *    * *           * *    * *    * *    * *

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2------2h3------2------10--9--8------8------8------8------|
A|-2------2h3------2------10--9--8------8------8------8------|
E|-0--0-0------0-0-0--0-0--8--7--6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-|
      * *      * *    * *           * *    * *    * *    * *
Lead fill over Riff 2 (x2):
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-13˜--9/12-7˜---13˜--9/16-15˜-|
D|------------------------------|
A|-11˜--7/10-5˜---11˜--7/14-13˜-|
E|------------------------------|


Riff 3 (x2):
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------7---6----------------------------------------|
A|-0-000-000-000-000---0---0-˜--0-000-000-000-000-7-0-6-0------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------˜-|
   * *** *** *** ***   *   *       * *** *** *** ***   *   *

Riff 4 (x1):
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7----10\7-7/10-10-----10-10-------7----10\9-----8--------------|
E|-5-555-8\5-5/8---8-8888-8--8-8888--5-555-8\7-5-8-6-000-0-0-0000-|
     ***             ****      ****    ***     * *   *** * * ****
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-7----10\7-7/10-10-----10-10-------7----10\9-----8-|
E|-5-555-8\5-5/8---8-8888-8--8-8888--5-555-8\7-5-8-6-|
     ***             ****      ****    ***     * *

Verse:
Riff 3 (x4)
"Born into a world of hatred..."

Pre-Chorus:
Riff 4 (x1)
"I can feel the fire..."

Chorus:
Riff 5 (x4)
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------3-|
D|-----------------------------3-|
A|-----------------------------1-|
E|-310-0-0-320-0-0-320-0-0-310---|
   *** * * *** * * *** * * ***
"Burn, ignite the population..."

Verse:
Riff 3 (x4)
"Years have passed since I stood still..."

Pre-Chorus:
Riff 4 (x1)
"I can feel the fire..."

Chorus:
Riff 5 (x4)
"Burn, ignite the population..."


Solo over:

Riff 6 (x2)
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2------2------2------10--9--8------8------8------8------|
A|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--8--7--6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
      * *    * *    * *           * *    * *    * *    * *
Riff 7 (x2)
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-2----2--4--5---10--9--8----9--5--2--|
A|-0----0--2--3----8--7--6----7--3--0--|
E|-------------------------------------|

Riff 8 (x4)
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-2------2------2------8--3--2------2------2--------|
A|-2------2------2------8--3--2------2------2--------|
E|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-6--1--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-(Rest)-|
      * *    * *    * *          * *    * *
Riff 7 (x2)

Riff 9 (x1)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5----7----9--------5----7----9-----9/10----9-----9/10-----5----7----9--------5----7-|
D|-5----7----9--------5----7----9-----9/10----9-----9/10-----5----7----9--------5----7-|
A|-3----5----7--------3----5----7-----7/8-----7-----7/-8-----3----5----7--------3----5-|
E|--------------------------------0-0-----0-0---0-0------0-0---------------------------|
						   * *     * *   * *      * *
												                  End Solo

Riff 2 (x3)

Lead fill over Riff 2 (x2):
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-13˜--9/12-7˜---13˜--9/16-15˜-|
D|------------------------------|
A|-11˜--7/10-5˜---11˜--7/14-13˜-|
E|------------------------------|

Riff 3 (x2)
Riff 4 (x1)


Verse:
Riff 3 (x4)
"Now my great assault is over..."

Pre-Chorus:
Riff 4 (x1)
"I can feel the fire..."

Chorus:
Riff 5 (x4)
"Burn, ignite the population..."

Riff 10 (x4)
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------8--|
A|-----------------------5/7---8--|
E|-310-0-0-320-0-0-310-0-5/7-0-6--|
   *** * * *** * * *** *     *

Riff 2 (x1)

Riff 11 (x4):
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-2---10--9--8----|
A|-2---10--9--8----|
E|-0----8--7--6----|

Lead fill over Riff 11 (x2):
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-13---9/12-7----13---9/16-15--|
D|------------------------------|
A|-11---7/10-5----11---7/14-13--|
E|------------------------------|


Ending Riff (x1):
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|-3----2----3----2----|
A|-3----2----3----2----|
E|-1----0----1----0----|

Lead fill over Ending Riff (x1):
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|10---9---9/10---9----|
D|---------------------|
A|-8---7---7/-8---7----|
E|---------------------|

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