AT THE GATES "THE SWARM" FROM THE ALBUM "TERMINAL SPIRIT DISEASE" 1994 PEACEVILLE RECORDS TRANSCRIBED BY : ANDERS BJORLER / AT THE GATES July 2000 NOTES : Well, i'm not too familiar writing tabs, but I'll give it a shot. There are no exact bars that measure time, but my advice is: Listen to the song and try to figure it out with the help from these tabs. If you have any q's, please e-mail them to me (dahaunted@hotmail.com) . - palm mute ~ - vibrato \ - slide to h - hammer on b - bend p - pull off * - see comment TUNING: B (every string down 2.5 steps) RIFF 1 (intro) play four times /// Well, the intro riff starts off with violin on the album, but we never played it live, so i would suggest you play the intro riff 4 times instead. There are 4 guitars on this part. Guitar 1,2 and 3 play all four times, Guitar 4 just plays 3:rd and 4:th time. If you're planning to do this song live, let the bass play what guitar 3 is doing. Then play guitar 1+2 the first two times, then change to guitar 1+4 the last two /// GUITAR 1 after 4:th ring out with: |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------| |------------5555|------------5555|5555--------5555|--------7777----||-------------------------| |999977779999----|999977779999----|----77779999----|99997777----7777||7~-----------------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------| | | | GUITAR 2 after 4:th ring out with: |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------| |----------------|----------------|6666666666666666|----------------||-------------------------| |9999999999999999|9999999999999999|----------------|7777777777777777||5~-----------------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------| | | | GUITAR 3 after 4:th ring out with: |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------| |7777777777777777|5555555555555555|3333333333333333|5555555555555555||7------------------------| |7777777777777777|5555555555555555|3333333333333333|5555555555555555||7------------------------| |5555555555555555|3333333333333333|1111111111111111|3333333333333333||5------------------------| | | | GUITAR 4 (Comes in after 2 times) after 4:th ring out with: |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------| |----------------|----------------|66665555--------|66665555--------||-------------------------| |4444555577779999|4444555577779999|--------77775555|--------7777575~||5~-----------------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-------------------------| end of riff 1 RIFF 2 (VERSE) 4 times. GUITAR 1 all four times / GUITAR 2 two first times |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------*---------------*-| |7--5--7--8--7--5--7--45-8--5--7--8---5555-----------5\333-| |-00-00-00-00-00-00-00--0-66-66-66-66-3333-----------3\111-| | .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. * ring out . | | GUITAR 2 (3:rd and 4:th time) |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |555555555333000000000000888888888888----*---------------*-| |-------------------------------------5555-----------5\333-| |------------------------666666666666-3333-----------3\111-| end of riff 2 .. * ring out . RIFF 3 (chorus) 3 TIMES first time: BOTH GUITARS |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*--| |-10----10h12p10-9---9---10----10h12p10-9---9---9---9h10p9-7-----7~-------7~---7h9p7h-9~-| |---0-0-----------0-0-0-0--0-0-----------0-0-0-0-0-0----------0-0--0-0----------------7--| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:nd and third time: GUITAR 1 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*--| |-10----10h12p10-9---9---10----10h12p10-9---9-----9~--9h10p9-7---7~-------7~---7h9p7h-9~-| |---0-0-----------0-0-0-0--0-0-----------0-0-0-0--------------0-0--0-0-------------------| | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | GUITAR 2 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*--| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4--| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5----| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-2--| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| end of riff 3 * ring out RIFF 4 (post chorus) 2 times BOTH GUITARS |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |---------------------*----------------------*--| |-9-10----12----12-12-12----9-10----7----7-7-7--| |-7--7----10----10-10-10----7-------5----5-5-5--| |-0----00-8-----8--8--8--00------00-7----7-7-7--| | .. .. .. * ring out | | | cont. |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |---------------------*---------------------------| |-9-10----12----12-12-12----9-10------------------| |-7--7----10----10-10-10----7-------7----9h10-9\7-| |-0----00-8-----8--8--8--00------00-8************-| end of riff 4 .. .. .. * ring out Play Riff 2 twice (only the 2 last times) Play Riff 3 three times Play Riff 4 two times RIFF 5 (SOLORIFF) four times (solo comes in after two) GUITAR 1 |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------9---------------9----------------------------------| |-----9-10-12---------9-10-12---------12-10-9---------10-9-7~----| |-0---------------3---------------8---------------7--------------| | | | GUITAR 2 |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7| SOLO 15 |---------------------------------|------12-15*----14--14*-------| |------------12-10----------------|----12------------------------| |--------9-12------12-11-9-8------|9-12--------------------------| |------9---------------------10-9~|------------------------------| |-7-10----------------------------|------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------| * ring out cont. |---------------12----------------|------------------------------||--------| |------------12-------------------|------------------------------||--------| |--------9-12------11-------------|------------------------------||--------| |------9--------------10~*--------|10---10-12-10-9~-75-4~--------||-999-9\-| |-7-10--------------------------10|------------------------------||-777-7\-| |---------------------------------|------------------------------||--------| solo ends here Play Riff 3 three times (But with pauses (same chords as guitar 2 above - figure it out !!!) + end with this added to the chorus: GUITAR 1 |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------11-11-11---11\*--------| |-10----10h12h10-9---9-----10-10-10---10\*--------| |---0-0-----------0-0-0-0-------------------------| | . . . . . . | | GUITAR 2 |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------9--9--9----9\*--------| |---------------------------7--7--7----7\*--------| |-------------------------------------------------| * slide all the way down the neck