Band: Morbid Angel
Song: Chapel of Ghouls
Album: Altars of Madness
Transcribed by: Warrick McPherson
E-mail: sirwarrick@hotmail.com
Notation:
/\ - Slide
. - Mute
h - Hammer on
p - Pull off
x - Rake
* - Artificial Harmonic
Riff 1 - Opening Riff & Verse Riff
I know a lot of people will think this riff is wrong and that the
guitar is repeatedly hitting an "E" type chord throughout the intro,
but if you listen you will notice it is only the bass hitting the
"E" note while the guitar plays the following riff. Then when the
verse starts up the bass follows the guitar line.
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------2h5---------7--8/9---------------2h5---------6--7/8-|
|-2-2-5\4-3/4-0h3-2-2-5\4-7--8/9---2-2-5\4-3/4-0h3-2-2-5\4-6--7/8-|
|-0-0-3\2-1/2-----0-0-3\2-5--6/7---0-0-3\2-1/2-----0-0-3\2-4--5/6-|
Riff 2 - Chorus (type 1)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----7---7---7-------7-----------------7---7---7-------7---------------|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---6-----7---7---7---7---7---7---7------5--4-|
|-7-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-7-x-5-x-7-x-6-x---7-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-7-x-5-x-7------5--4-|
|-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-4-x---5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5------3--2-|
Riff 3
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-------5-------6\5-6-------5-------------------5-------6\5-6-------5--4--3-|
|-5---3-5-5---3---6\5-6---3-5-5---3---6\5-6---3-5-5---3---6\5-6---3-5-5--4--3-|
|-3---3-5-3---3---4\3-4---3-5-3---3---6\5-6---3-5-3---3---4\3-4---3-5-3--2--1-|
|---0-1-3---0-1---------0-1-3---0-1---4\3-4-0-1-3---0-1---------0-1-3---------|
. . . . . . .
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-------5-------6\5-6-------5-------------------5-------6\5-6-------5-------|
|-5---3-5-5---3---6\5-6---3-5-5---3---6\5-6---3-5-5---3---6\5-6---3-5-5--5--4-|
|-3---3-5-3---3---4\3-4---3-5-3---3---6\5-6---3-5-3---3---4\3-4---3-5-3-------|
|---0-1-3---0-1---------0-1-3---0-1---4\3-4-0-1-3---0-1---------0-1-3----3--2-|
. . . . . . .
Now go back and play:
Riff 1, then...
Riff 4 - Chorus (type 2) - This time the chorus is a little different
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----7---7---7-------7-----------------7---7---7-------7-----------|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---6-----7---7---7---7---7---7---6---5---|
|-7-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-7-x-5-x-7-x-6-x---7-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-7-x-5-x-6-x-5-x-|
|-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-4-x---5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-4-x-3-x-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----7---7---7-------7-----------------7---7---7-------7---------------|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---6-----7---7---7---7---7---7---7------5--4-|
|-7-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-7-x-5-x-7-x-6-x---7-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-7-x-5-x-7------5--4-|
|-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-4-x---5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5------3--2-|
Now go back and play:
Riff 3, then...
Riff 5
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------7-8-10\-|
|------------------------------------5-6-8-\-|
|-0000-3333-2222-6666-5555-2222-3333---------|
. .
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------7-8-9\--|
|-------------------------------5-6-7\--|
|-3333-2222-6666-5555-2222-3333---------|
. .
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------7-8-10\-|
|-------------------------------5-6-8-\-|
|-3333-2222-6666-5555-2222-3333---------|
. .
1st 2nd
|-----------------------------------|----|------------|
|-----------------------------------|----|------------|
|-----------------------------------|----|------------|
|-------------------------------7-8-|-9\-|-9--9--9--9-|
|-------------------------------5-6-|-7\-|-7--7--7--7-|
|-3333-2222-6666-5555-2222-3333-----|----|------------|
. .
Riff 6
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-9------9----------------10------10----------------------|
|-9------9--9-8------8-8--10------10--10-11------12\11\10-|
|-7-7777-7--9-8------8-8--8--8888-8---10-11------12\11\10-|
|-----------7-6-6666-6-6--------------8--9--9999-10\9-\8--|
.... .... .... ....
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-9------9----------------10------10--------------13\12\11-|
|-9------9--9-8------8-8--10------10--10-11\10/11-13\12\11-|
|-7-7777-7--9-8------8-8--8--8888-8---10-11\10/11-11\10\9--|
|-----------7-6-6666-6-6--------------8--9-\8-/9-----------|
.... .... ....
Now go back and play:
Riff 5
Riff 6, then...
Riff 7 - Only play the first bar the first time through
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------7-8-9\--------------------------6-7-8\-|
|-------------------------7-8-9\--------------------------6-7-8\-|
|-000-000-000-000-000-000-5-6-7\--000-000-000-000-000-000-4-5-6\-|
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------5/6\5\4-----4-----------------5/6\5\4--7--8--9\--|
|---------5/6\5\4-----4--1p0-3----------5/6\5\4------------|
|-0-0-0-0-3/4\3\2-0-0-2---------0-0-0-0-3/4\3\2--5--6--7\--|
. . . . . . * . . . .
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------5/6\5\4-----4-----------------5/6\5\4--6--7--8\--|
|---------5/6\5\4-----4--1p0-3----------5/6\5\4------------|
|-0-0-0-0-3/4\3\2-0-0-2---------0-0-0-0-3/4\3\2--4--5--6\--|
. . . . . . * . . . .
Now go back and play:
Riff 4
Riff 3
Riff 1, then...
End the song as follows:
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-6-7-8---6-7-8---6-7-8\--2--|
|-6-7-8---6-7-8-----------2--|
|-4-5-6---4-5-6---4-5-6\--0--|
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