Morbid Angel - The Lion's Den
Tabbed By: Haunted
Email: chrisbarnesrules@msn.com

Tuning: Half Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)

Album:Covenant  Year:1993

X - Bend and Artificial Harmonic
A - Artificial Harmonic
B - Bend
S - Slide
H - Hammer on
P - Pull off
. - Mute
V - Vibrato
* - Pick Scrape

Riff 1 - Intro
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|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------4---------------------------------4---|
|-6-5-3-6-5-3-1s2--6-5-3-6-5-3---2--6-5-3-6-5-3-1s2--6-5-3-6-5-3---2-|
  . . . . . .      . . . . . . X .  . . . . . .      . . . . . . X .

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------4---------------------------5-5--|
|-6-5-3-6-5-3-1s2--6-5-3-6-5-3---2--6-5-3-6-5-3-1s2--6-5-3-0-0--|
  . . . . . .      . . . . . . X .  . . . . . .      . . .

Riff 2
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-5------7------5------2---4-5------7------8------7---|
|-2-3-0000-5-0000-3-0000-0---2-3-0000-5-0000-6-0000-5---|
      ....   ....   ....         ....   ....   ....

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-5------7------5------2---888888-111111111111-101010101010-11s\-|
|-2-3-0000-5-0000-3-0000-0-----------------------------------------|
      ....   ....   ....

The numbers in the bar above are 11's not 1's, there are 6 of them.

Riff 3
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|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-1---5s6s5-2-2---2-5s6s5-2-2--1--2-5s6s5-2-2---2-5s6s5-2-2-|
  V           V             V               V             V
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-8s\-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5s6s5-2-2---2-5s6s5-2-2--1--2-5s6s5-2-2---2-5s6s5-2-2-|
              V             V               V             V

Fill 1 - now play these two chords
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|-3--6--|
|-3--6--|
|-1--4--|


Riff 4
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-2------2------5------7----8------8-------------------|
|-0-0000-0-0000-3-3333-5--0-6-0000-6-0000-************-|
    ....   ....   ....        ....   ....

|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------7------7s8s7-|
|-2------2------5------7----8------8-------------------|
|-0-0000-0-0000-3-3333-5--0-6-0000-6-0000-5-0000-5s6s5-|

|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-2------2------5------7----8------8-------------------|
|-0-0000-0-0000-3-3333-5--0-6-0000-6-0000-************-|
    ....   ....   ....        ....   ....

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-2------2------5------7----8------8------7-|
|-0-0000-0-0000-3-3333-5--0-6-0000-6-0000-5-|


Now go back and play riff 2 and riff 3 again. When you have played
them through, end it with this:

Fill 2
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----4s5-------------3-----5--5----4----4-----3-----|
|-------4s5-------------3--4--3--3----2--2---4s3---3s2-|
|-1--1--2s3--Drum Fill--1--4--3--3----2----------------|
     .

Now go back and play riff 4 again, but this time end the last bar
as follows:

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-2------2------5------7----8------8------7--4--|
|-0-0000-0-0000-3-3333-5--0-6-0000-6-0000-5--3--|


Riff 5
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------555555-444444------------------------------------|
|-222222---------------222222-333333-666666-555555-335533-|

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--------555555-444444--------------|
|-222222---------------2222-0-3-5-6-|
                            . . . .

Riff 6
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-5-4----------8-7----------5-4----------8-7-5s7s5-|
|-3-2-22222222-6-5-55555555-3-2-22222222-6-5-3s5s3-|
      ........     ........     ........

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-5-4----------8-7----------5-4----------------|
|-3-2-22222222-6-5-55555555-3-2-22222--6-5-3-5-|
      ........     ........     .....  . . . .

Riff 7
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|------44444444-----------5555-4444------|
|-2222----------2222-3333-----------5555-|

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------44444444-----------5555-------|
|-2222----------2222-3333------3-5-6-|
                               . . .

Riff 8A - This is the riff under which both of the solo's are played.
You have to be careful when playing this riff because each time they
play it, they add an extra beat in, and in different places too.
I will have to transcribe it twice. If you want to keep in time when
playing this section, you must read the next riffs carefully. I will
mark the extra beats with a sign like this ^. This next one is under
the first solo:

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2----------6-5----------3-2----------6-5-3s5s3-|
|-1-0-00000000-4-3-33333333-1-0-00000000-4-3-1s3s1-|
      ........     ........     ........

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2----------6-5----------3-2------------------|
|-1-0-00000000-4-3-33333333-1-0-00000000-4-3-1-3-|
      ........     ........     ........ . . . .

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-5-3-2----------6-5----------3-2----------6-5-3s5s3-|
|-3-1-0-00000000-4-3-33333333-1-0-00000000-4-3-1s3s1-|
  ^     ........     ........     ........

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2----------6-5----------3-2------------------|
|-1-0-00000000-4-3-33333333-1-0-00000000-4-3-1-3-|
      ........     ........     ........ . . . .

Now go back and play riff 7 again

Riff 8B - This is played under the second solo. This time the extra
beat is in a different place. Besides that it is the same as riff 8A.

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2----------6-5----------3-2----------6-5-3s5s3-|
|-1-0-00000000-4-3-33333333-1-0-00000000-4-3-1s3s1-|
      ........     ........     ........

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2----------6-5----------3-2------------------|
|-1-0-00000000-4-3-33333333-1-0-00000000-4-3-1-3-|
      ........     ........     ........ . . . .

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2----------6-5----------3-2----------6-5-3s5s3-|
|-1-0-00000000-4-3-33333333-1-0-00000000-4-3-1s3s1-|
      ........     ........     ........

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-2----------6-5----------3-2------------------|
|-1-1-0-00000000-4-3-33333333-1-0-00000000-4-3-1-3-|
  ^     ........     ........     ........ . . . .

Riff 9 - If you play this riff and go strait into riff 10,
it will fit in perfectly.
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|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-3-0-4-3-0-1s--4-3-0-4-3-0-1s--4-3-0-4-3-0-1s--4-3-0-4-3-0-1s--|
  . . . . . .     . . . . . .     . . . . . .     . . . . . .

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------6------5--------------------2-3-5-6--|
|-4-3-0-4-3-0-1s--4-3-0-4-3-0-1s--4-0000-3-0000-000000-000000-0h1-3-4--|
  . . . . . .     . . . . . .     . ....   .... ...... ......

Riff 10
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------5--4--3-----|
|-5s\------------2h3-5-6--5s\------------2h3-5-3--2--1--6--|
|-3s\0000-000000-0h1-3-4--3s\0000-000000-0h1-3----------4--|
     .... ......             .... ......

On the last time, end it with these 4 chords instead:

|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|-5--4--3----|
|-3--2--1--3-|
|----------1-|

Now go back and play riff 5 again, then riff 10 again.

Riff 11 - After a while riff 10 changes into this riff
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|--------------------------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------------------------|
|-3--000000-000000-0-1-3-3--000000-000000-0-1-3-3--|
  B  ...... ......       B  ...... ......       B

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------5------------------------------|
|---------------------3-2h5p2h5p2h5p2-4p1h4p1h4p1-6--|
|-000000-000000-0-1-3-----------------------------4--|
  ...... ......