CANDLEMASS - THE PROPHECY
                         From the Album TALES OF CREATION
                         Copyright 1989 Music For Nations

                        Version 1.0 - October 1997

Transcribed by: Richard Broadhead II
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.  - palm mute                  ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on                  p  - pull off

Tuning: Eb(Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb) every string down half a step

Note: A nice simple song, but I love the main riff in this song, I could
      play it for hours on end!

Riff A
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------| GTR I
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-5~---5~-3~-5~--1~--0~--8~-7~-8~-7~-3~--|
|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------| GTR II
|-7~---7~-5~-7~-------10~9~10~9h10p9-----|
|--------------8~--7~----------------10~-|
|----------------------------------------|

Play Riff A 6 times(note that GTR II might end after 2 times, but
impossible
                   (to tell, so I say play it and make it more full
sounding!
Play Fill 1 the last 4 times of Riff A

Fill 1
|--------------------------------|
|----------------5-3-5-3h5p3-----|
|-(2)-5-4-5-2-1--------------4~--|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

 Riff B
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|---------------4--4-4-7-6-5---|
|-2--2-2-5-4-3--2--2-2-5-4-3---|
|-0--0-0-3-2-1-----------------|
     . .           . .

Play Riff B a total of 4 times
Play Riff A 4 times and on last two times play Fill 1

ENDING
|-----------|
|--0~-------| GTR II(violently shake with whammy)
|-----------|
|-----------|
|--2--------| GTR I
|--0--------|

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