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THE SWARM
As recorded by At the Gates
(From the 1994 EP TERMINAL SPIRIT DISEASE)
Transcribed by Skeletor
Words by Tomas Lindberg Music by A. Björler/J.Björler/At the Gates
Gtr I (B E A D Gb B) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (B E A D Gb B) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (B E A D Gb B) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=140
A5 G5
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||--9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-|
||o-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9--9--9--9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9--9--9--9-|
||--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7--7--7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--5--5-|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7--7--7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--5--5-|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--5--5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|
F5 G5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------7-7-7-7----------||
|-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7--||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--6--6--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6--6--6--6-|---------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--3--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
|--3--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
|--1--1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1--1--1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
Q.=160
A5
12/8
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W. +W. +W. +H. +Q. Q.
|---------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|-7-------------|-(7)------------|-(7)------------|-(7)------(7)----------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------12----|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W. +W. +W. +H. +Q. Q.
|---------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|-5-------------|-(5)------------|-(5)------------|-(5)------(5)----------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------12----|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W. +W. +W. +W.
|---------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|-7-------------|-(7)------------|-(7)------------|-(7)-------------------|
|-7-------------|-(7)------------|-(7)------------|-(7)-------------------|
|-5-------------|-(5)------------|-(5)------------|-(5)-------------------|
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-7-----5-----7-----8-----|-7-----5-----7-----4h5---|
||----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-|
G5 F5
PM| PM| PM PM| PM| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E Q.
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-8-----5-----7-----8-----|-5-5-5-5----5S3-3-3-----o||
|---6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6-|-3-3-3-3----3S1-1-1------||
Verses 1,2
$
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-7-----5-----7-----8-----|-7-----5-----7-----4h5---|
||----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
G5 F5
PM| PM| PM PM| PM| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E Q.
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-8-----5-----7-----8-----|-5-5-5-5----5S3-3-3-----o||
|---6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6-|-3-3-3-3----3S1-1-1------||
|
| PM| PM
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E Q.
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-5-5-5-5----5S3-3-3-----o||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-3-3-3-3----3S1-1-1------||
$$
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-10-----10h12p10-9-----9-----|-10-----10h12p10-9-----9-----|
|----0-0------------0-0---0-0-|----0-0------------0-0---0-0-|
B5
PM| PM| PM| ~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E H.
|--------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|
|-9-----9h10p9-7-----7-----|-7----7h9p7-9-----|
|---0-0----------0-0---0-0-|------------7-----|
Chorus
E5
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-10-----10h12p10-9-----9-----|-10-----10h12p10-9-----9-----|
||-----0-0------------0-0---0-0-|----0-0------------0-0---0-0-|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||---9-9-9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--9-9-9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
||o--7-7-7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7-7-7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
To Dbl. Coda
D5 C5 B5
PM| PM| PM| ~~ ~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E H.
|--------------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------||
|-9-----9h10p9-7-----7-----|-7------7h9p7-9------o||
|---0-0----------0-0---0-0-|----------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H.
|--------------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------------|--------------4-------||
|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5--5-5-5-5-5---------||
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-2------o||
|--------------------------|----------------------||
Post-Chorus
Q=115
E5 C/E G5/C E5 C/E D5/B
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM|
E. S S S E +E S S E S S E. S S S E +E S S Q
||---------------------------------|------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|------------------------|
||---------------------------------|------------------------|
||--9--10-----12-(12)-12-12-12-----|-9--10-----7-(7)-7-7-7--|
||o-7---7-----10-(10)-10-10-10-----|-7---7-----5-(5)-5-5-5--|
||--------0-0--8--(8)--8--8--8-0-0-|-------0-0-7-(7)-7-7-7--|
D.S. al Coda
D.S. al Coda
E5 C/E G5/C E5 C/E C
PM| PM| PM|
E. S S S E +E S S E S S E. S S S E +E S S S E.
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-9--10-----12-(12)-12-12-12-----|-9--10-------------------------------||
|-7---7-----10-(10)-10-10-10-----|-7---7-----7-(7)--9h=10---9p==7-----o||
|-------0-0--8--(8)--8--8--8-0-0-|-------0-0-8-(8)-(8)-(8)-(8)-(8)-----||
&
N.C.
PM--| PM--| PM| PM| ~
E S S S E. E S S S E. E S S Q E S S Q
||------------------------|--------------------||
||o-----------------------|-------------------o||
||--------2-4--------2-4--|---2----------------||
||----5-4--------5-4------|-----5-4----5-4-2---||
||o-----------------------|-3--------2--------o||
||--0----------3----------|--------------------||
Guitar Solo
Gtr I
PM--| PM---|
E S S S E. E S S S E.
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-----------2--4------------------2-4------|
|------5-4-------------------5--4----------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-0----------------------3-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM----------------------------------------
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-0--0-0-0--0--0---0--0--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
|
| Gtr III
| PM-----| ~
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|------------------------------------------|
|-------------12--10-----------------------|
|--------9-12--------12-11-9-8-------------|
|------9-----------------------10-9--------|
|-7-10-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
PM| PM| ~
E S S Q E S S Q
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------2------------------------------------|
|----------5--4-----------------5-4-2--------|
|-3-------------------------2----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-3--3--3--3--3--3-3--3-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| PM------|
| S S S S E. T T H
|---------12-15------14h15p14----------------|
|------12------------------------------------|
|-9-12---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
PM--| PM--|
E S S S E. E S S S E.
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------2--4------------------2-4-------|
|------5-4--------------------5-4-----------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-0----------------------3------------------|
|
| PM-----------------------------------------
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-0--0-0-0--0--0---0--0--3--3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|
|
| PM-----| ~~~
| S S S S S S S S Q. E
|-----------------12------------------------|
|-------------12----------------------------|
|--------9-12--------11---------------------|
|------9----------------10------------------|
|-7-10---------------------------------10---|
|-------------------------------------------|
PM| PM| ~
E S S Q E S S Q
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-------2-------------------------------|
|----------5--4-------------5-4-2-------|
|--3-------------------2----------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--3--3-3--3--3-3--3-3-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| ~~ ~
| E. S e E E. S e E
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-10------10-12---10---9------7-5---4---|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
Q.=160
E5
12/8
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-10-----10h12p10-9------9-----|-10-----10h12p10--9------9-----|
|----0-0-------------0-0---0-0-|----0-0--------------0-0---0-0-|
|
| E E E E Q H. E E E Q. +H.
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--9-9-9--9--------------------|--9-9-9--9-------(9)-----------|
|--7-7-7--7--------------------|--7-7-7--7-------(7)-----------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
D5 C5 B5
PM| PM| PM| ~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E H.
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|-9-----9h10p9-7------7-----|-7----7h9p7-9------|
|---0-0-----------0-0---0-0-|------------7------|
|
| E E E E Q H. H. H.
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-------------------|-5----------4------|
|-5-5-5-5-------------------|-3----------2------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
&&
E5
PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H. Q.
|------------------------------|--------------------*|
|------------------------------|--------------------*|
|------------------------------|--------------------*|
|------------------------------|-9-9-9-9-----------*|
|-10-----10h12p10-9------9-----|-7-7-7-7-----------*|
|----0-0-------------0-0---0-0-|--------------------*|
|
| E E E E Q H. E E E H. Q.
|------------------------------|--------------------*|
|------------------------------|--------------------*|
|------------------------------|--------------------*|
|--9-9-9--9--------------------|-9-9-9-9-----------*|
|--7-7-7--7--------------------|-7-7-7-7-----------*|
|------------------------------|--------------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers -
= BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths