Band: Hirax
Album: Hate, Fear and Power
Song: The Plague
Copyright (c) (Metal Blade) (1986)
Version 1.0 - (14/02/07)
Transcribed By: Steve
Email: stephen.elvidge1@ntlworld.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - harmonic
pb - pre bend
Tuning E A D G B E
Intro
Guitar 1 on it's own
[-PM-]
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|-------5\4------|
|-4-----3\2-5-5--|
|-2-222-----3-3--| Rpt 4 X
Main Riff
Both guitars
[-PM-]
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|-------5\4------|
|-4-----3\2-5-5--|
|-2-222-----3-3--| Rpt 8 X
PM
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|-4-----7\5/7--|
|-2-22--5\3/5--|
|--------------|Rpt 8 X
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/hirax/plague_tab.html ]
[----PM----] [-PM-] [----PM----] [-PM-]
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------4/5\2-------5/7\5--------------4/5\4/5-------5/7\5---|
|-------------2/3\2-------3/5\3--------------2/3\2/3-------3/5\3---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0--------0-0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0---------| Rpt 3 X
Backing for solo
PM PM
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-4/5----5/7----4/5--5--5--|
|-2/3----3/5----2/3--3--3--|
|-----00-----00------------| Rpt 6 X
[----PM----] [-PM-] [----PM----] [-PM-]
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------4/5\2-------5/7\5--------------4/5\4/5-------5/7\5---|
|-------------2/3\2-------3/5\3--------------2/3\2/3-------3/5\3---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0--------0-0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0---------| Rpt 4 X
Rpt Intro
Rpt Main Riff and Verse
PM PM
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-4/5----5/7----4/5--5--5--|
|-2/3----3/5----2/3--3--3--|
|-----00-----00------------| Rpt
END