Wachturm
As recorded by Sodom
(from the Album TAPPING THE VEIN)

Music by Sodom

Tuning: Standard

..=Palm Mute

Start into the song with this:
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||-----------------
||-----------------
||-5-------7-------
||-5-------7-------
||-3-------5-------


Riff 1
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||-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---|-2-------2---2---5-------7-------|
||-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---|-2-------2---2---5-------7-------|
||-0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0---0---|-0---0-0-0---0---3-------5-------|
       . .             . .               . .
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
 |-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---|-2-------2---2---7-------5-------||
 |-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---|-2-------2---2---7-------5-------||
 |-0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0---0---|-0---0-0-0---0---5-------3-------||
       . .             . .               . .


Riff 2  (4x)
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||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|-----------------5-------7-------||
||---------------------------------|-----------------5-------7-------||
||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-------5-------||
   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .


Riff 3  (2x)
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||-7-------7---7---9-------9---9---|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---||
||-7-------7---7---9-------9---9---|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---||
||-5---5-5-5---5---7---7-7-7---7---|-0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0---0---||
       . .             . .               . .             . .


Riff 4  (2x)
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||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-9-------9---9---9-------9---9---|-9-------9---9-------------------|
||-9---9-9-9---9---9---9-9-9---9---|-9---9-9-9---9---5-------7-------|
||-7---7-7-7---7---7---7-7-7---7---|-7---7-7-7---7---5-------7-------|
||---------------------------------|-----------------3-------5-------|

 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
 |-9-------9---9---9-------9---9---|-9-------9---9-------------------||
 |-9---9-9-9---9---9---9-9-9---9---|-9---9-9-9---9---7-------5-------||
 |-7---7-7-7---7---7---7-7-7---7---|-7---7-7-7---7---7-------5-------||
 |---------------------------------|-----------------5-------3-------||


Play Riff 2  (4x)
Play Riff 3  (2x)
Play Riff 4  (2x)

There's no rhythm guitar during the solo.
If you're funny enough then you can play this:

Solo Rhythm  (play each line 2x)
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||-4-------4---4---4-------4---4---|-4-------4---4---2-------7-------|
||-4-------4---4---4-------4---4---|-4-------4---4---2-------7-------|
||-2---2-2-2---2---2---2-2-2---2---|-2---2-2-2---2---0-------5-------|
       . .             . .               . .
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-6-------6---6---6-------6---6---|-6-------6---6---4-------9-------|
 |-6-------6---6---6-------6---6---|-6-------6---6---4-------9-------|
 |-4---4-4-4---4---4---4-4-4---4---|-4---4-4-4---4---2-------7-------|
       . .             . .               . .
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
 |-8-------8---8---8-------8---8---|-8-------8---8---6-------11------||
 |-8-------8---8---8-------8---8---|-8-------8---8---6-------11------||
 |-6---6-6-6---6---6---6-6-6---6---|-6---6-6-6---6---4-------9-------||
       . .             . .               . .

Play Riff 2  (4x)

There's some palm-muting on higher notes (or whatever)
going on during Riff 2 which I couldn't catch.

Play Riff 4
Play Riff 2  (4x)
Play Riff 3  (2x)
Play Riff 4  (3x)


Coda  (play first two bars 2x)
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||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------|
||-9-------9---9---9-------9---9---|-9-------9---9-------------------|-----------------|
||-9---9-9-9---9---9---9-9-9---9---|-9---9-9-9---9---5-------7-------|-5-------7-------|
||-7---7-7-7---7---7---7-7-7---7---|-7---7-7-7---7---5-------7-------|-5-------7-------|
||---------------------------------|-----------------3-------5-------|-3-------5-------|

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 |-----                            |-----                            |-----||
 |-5---  thrash on this            |-5---  now hold the chord        |-2---||   abrupt
 |-5---  chord for a while         |-5---  again for a while         |-2---||    halt
 |-3---                            |-3---                            |-0---||