GOD DETHRONED
The Serpent King
Album: Bloody Blasphemy
1999 Metal Blade Records


tabbed by Hellspawn (infernal_throne@hotmail.com)


Legend:

h       = hammer-on                b/   =  bend half a step           
p       = pull-off                
pm...   = palm mute                  )
"       = tremolo picking          b/   =  bend one whole step
          (or 32th note)        
/       = slide up                 b/\  =  bend half a step and release
\       = slide down
x\\\\   = pick slide                 )
4/4     = time signature           b/ \ =  bend one whole step and release
( )     = tie note                 b    =  bend without picking
x       = muffled note             B    =  bend with picking
ah      = artificial harmonic      
s       = short note

|----|            |-----|
|----| play       |-----| play
|-*/-| previous   |-*//-| previous
|-/*-| bar        |-//*-| two bars
|----|            |-----|
|----|            |-----|


Timing: 4/4: ----   = 1 beat
       12/8: ------ = 1 beat
             |_3_|  = triplet

Gtr 1 = Left speaker
Gtr 2 = Right speaker

Tune Down 1 whole step  (6:D 5:G 4:C 3:F 2:A 1:D)

 Fill 1
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-4---------------|
|-4-------5---7---|
|-2-------5---7---|
|---------3---5---|

 Riff A
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----4-------4---|-----44445-------|-----5-------5---|-----55554-------|
|-----------------|-------------5---|-----------------|-------------5---|
|-2222----2222----|-2222------------|-3333----3333----|-3333------------|

                                                            (end Riff A)
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------h----|
|-----4-------4---|-----44445-------|-----5-------5---|-----55554-5-7---|
|-----------------|-------------5---|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2222----2222----|-2222------------|-3333----3333----|-3333------------|

 Riff B                                                     (end Riff B)
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------p--|
|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----5-------5-7-|
|-2222----2222----|-3333----3333----|-5555----5555----|-7777----7777----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

 Riff B1 (Gtr 2) w/ Riff B                                  (end Riff B1)
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------h---|
|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|-----9-------9-11-|
|---5-----5555----|-7777----7777----|-9999----9999----|-10""----10""-----|
|-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

play Fill 1
play Riff A
play Riff B
play Riff B & B1
play Fill 1

 Riff C
|----------0-------|-----------------|-0---------------|---------0-------|
|------------------|-0---------------|-----0-----------|-----------------|
|o-----------------|-----0-----------|---------0-------|-----------------|
|o-9---------------|-(9)-------------|-----------------|-9---------------|
|--7---------------|-(7)-----9-------|-(9)---------9---|-7---------------|
|------------------|---------7-------|-(7)-------------|-----------------|

                                        5/4
                          (end Riff C)  Riff C1  
|------------------|-0----------------||---------------0-----|-----------------0---|
|-0----------------|-----0------------||---------------------|-0-------------------|
|-----0------------|---------0-------o||---------------------|---------------------|
|-(9)--------------|-----------------o||-9---7---------------|-----5-----4---------|
|-(7)-----10-------|-(10)--------9----||-9---7---------------|-----5-----4---------|
|---------8--------|-(8-)-------------||-7---5---------------|-----3-----2---------|
                                         1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 

                               (end Riff C1)
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-------------------|---------------------|  It was a total pain in
|-----0-----------7---|---------------------|  the arse figuring out
|---------5-------7---|-----4-5-----5-------|  the timing for this riff
|---------5-------5---|-----4-5-----5-------|
|---------3-----------|-----3-2-----3-------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 &

play Riff A
play Riff B
play Riff B & B1
play Fill 1
play Riff C 2 times
play Riff C1

 Riff D (Gtr 1)
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------7777|-7777------------|-------------7777|-7777------------|
|-----99997777----|-----999977779999|-----99997777----|-----999977779999|
|-7777------------|-----------------|-7777------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|                                                                       |
|       (Gtr 2)                                                         |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------rest-------|
|-2---------------|-(2)-------------|-2---------------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|-(2)-------------|-2---------------|-----------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)-------------|-0---------------|-----------------|

                                                            (end Riff D)
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------9999|-9999------------|-------------9999|-9999------------|
|-----10""9999----|-----10""999910""|-----10""9999----|-----10""999910""|
|-8888------------|-----------------|-8888------------|-----------------|
|                                                                       |
|                                                                       |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---------------|-(5)-------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
|-5---------------|-(5)-------------|-5-----------5---|-(5)-----4-------|
|-3---------------|-(3)-------------|-3-----------5---|-(5)-----4-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3---|-(3)-----2-------|

play Riff D 2 times

 (Gtr 2) w/ Riff D
|-----------------|-----------------|-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-*//-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------9999|-9999------------|-//*-|-------------5555|-5555------------|
|-777710""9999----|-----10""999910""|-----|-----77775555----|-----777755557777|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----|-8888------------|-----------------|


|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------5555|-55559999--------|-5-4-----5-7-----|
|-----77775555----|---------99997777|-5-4-----5-7-----|
|-8888------------|-----------------|-3-2-----3-5-----|

play Riff A
play Riff B
play Riff B & B1
play Fill 1
play Riff C 2 times
play Riff C1