Tab: The Abyss - Sepultura

The Abyss / Andreas Kisser (From Schizophrenia by Sepultura) Edited by Eivind F. (eivind256 at hotmail dot com) Built on the tab by Hellfire and Nomad. Original notes remain, as I do not have the CD anymore (stolen :-( I just got the .mp3 for the song and.... Its supposed to be downtuned half a step..and thats almost correct.. but unfortunately, Andreas plays an out-of-tune guitar here. I tuned down, it didnt work so i had to tune each string specifically for the song then i strummed a few chords.. yuck.. really out of tune, although its sounds fairly ok on the album. hrm. (Tsk.tsk...its their 3rd album....should have learned to tune their guitars by now!) News: I used Soundforge to up-tune the mp3! I Tuned it up 35/100 of a semitone which at least made the bass string in tune. Its a file called AbyssInTune.mp3 (well..not completely...some strings are relatively out of tune) but at least you wont need to retune your guitar! Intro: First bars open with fingerpicked chords (see the original for the details, this is easy anyway) Chords:

e  0       0
b  0       0
g  8       3
d  10      5
a  9       4
E  7  and  2

Just alternate between these two. Then comes the main melody. I just rewrote some of it to standard chords (i guess Andreas plays it more like this), the original was quite a weird thing for me to do. You'll notice that it'just to move up and down the neck with pretty much the same fingerpositions. Room for plenty of improvisations!

 Verse 1 (also, i tried to name the chords)
G+ ?    #Am      Bm      #Cm     Bmsus2   Gdim?
  0       1       2       3        4       5
e |-------|-------|-------|-------||-------|-----0-|
b |-------|-----2-|-3-2---|-5-----||---2---|-----2-|
g |-----3-|-3-4---|-----4-|---7-6-||-4---4-|-3-----|
d |---5---|-------|-------|-------||-------|-4-----|
a |-4-----|-1-----|-2-----|-4-----||-2-----|-------|
E |-2-----|-------|-------|-------||-------|-------|

ok i give up the nuances!, im no theory wizard

   D        #A       G      F#
   6         7    
e ||-------|r|-------|-------|-------|-------2-|
b ||-7-5---|e|-2-0---|-0-----|-----0-|-2-------|
g ||-----7-|p|-----0-|---0-3-|---3---|---3-----|
d ||-------|3|-------|-------|-4-----|-----4---|
a ||-5-----|&|-1-----|-------|-------|---------|
E ||-------|2|-------|-3-----|-2-----|-2-------|

Sequence:
Play 0...5,
   0...3,6,3,2,7...

Outro:
e |--------|-------|--------|---------|------------|
b |--------|-----7-|-10-8-7-|---12-10-|------------|
g |------8-|-8-9---|--------|---------|----12-11-9-|
d |---10---|-------|--------|---------|------------|
a |-9------|-6-----|-7------|-9-------|-10---------|
E |-7------|-------|--------|---------|------------|

                                 twice
e |0-------0-0|------------------|------------|-------------|
b |--12-10-8-7|------------------|------------|-------------|
g |--12-11----|7-9-7-6-7-4-3-----|----0----0--|---7----6--4-|
d |-----------|--------------4-8-|-9-----9----|-9----8----4-|
a |-----------|9-----8-------7-9-|---9-9--9-9-|--9-9--9-9-5-|
E |0-------9--|------------------|-7----------|-7----6----7-|