Wachturm
By Sodom, from the album Tapping the vein
Music by Sodom
Tabbed by Ronald Ammann
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-------|
. . . . . .
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|-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-------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sodom/wachturm_tab.html ]
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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---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-------|
. . . . . .
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|-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-------|
. . . . . .
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|-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---||
