Band: Aborted
Album: Engineering The Dead
Song: Sphincteral Enthrallment

Copyright (c) Listenable Records, 2001
Version 1.0, 10/1/2006

Transcribed By: Andrew Collyer
Contact: immortalshadow666@gmail.com

Suffixes for bend:
fb - full bend       hb - half bend
qb - quarter bend    t - tap bend
^ - Hold bend        r - release bend
~ - vibrato bend

Suffixes for harmonic:
ph - pinched harmonic      nh – natural harmonic
ah – artificial harmonic   hh – harp harmonic

Suffixes for mute:
. – palm mute            x – staccato mute
, - light palm mute      ; - heavy palm mute

Other:
/ - slide up to            \ - slide down to       
h - hammer on              p - pull off
‘ - sustained note         * - see comment
" - tremolo note           <> - Trill
L – left channel only      R – right channel only
= - 12 string guitar part 

Tuning D G C F A D

Riff 1a (0:35)
 [Intro]
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------|----------2h5p2-1h4p1--------2ph--------3"-------2"--|
|-3----2----|-3--2--1---------------3--2-------2--1-----2"-1"-----|
|-3----2----|-3--2--1---------------3--2-------2--1---------------|
              .  .  .

Riff 1b (0:43)
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------2h5p2-1h4p1--------2ph------------------|
|-3--2--1---------------3--2--------------4-3-4-3--|
|-3--2--1---------------3--2------330-330-2-1-2-1--|
  .  .  .                         ... ... . . . .

Riff 1a x 1 (0:47)
Riff 1b x 1 (0:51)

Riff 2a (0:56)
|----|------------------------------------------------------|
|----|------------------------------------------------------|
|----|------------------------------------------------------|
|----|---------------------------------------------3---2----|
|-3--|-----------------------------------------------4---3--|
|-1--|-1"--2"-1"--5"-1"--2"-0"--1"--2"-1"--5"-1"-1----------|

Riff 2b (1:01)
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------4--3--2--|
|-1"--2"-1"--5"-1"--2"-0"--1"--2"-1"--5"-1"--4"-1"--2--1--0--|
                                                    .  .
Riff 2a x 1 (1:05)
Riff 2b x 1 (1:10)

Fill 1 (1:14)
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-4--3--2---4--3--2---4--3--2---4--3--3--4--|
|-2--1--0---2--1--0---2--1--0---2--1--1--2--|
  .  .      .  .      .  .      .  .  .  .

Riff 3a (1:16) play twice
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------3"----------------------|
|-4"-5"-4"-5"----5"-4"---5"-4"-5"-1"--|

Riff 3b (1:24) play twice
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------3"----------------------|
|-4"-5"-4"-5"----5"-4"---5"-4"-5"-1"--|

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------5"----------------------|
|-6"-7"-6"-7"----7"-6"---7"-6"-7"-3"--|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

Riff 4a (1:32) play twice
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------2ph--|
|-3-2-1-0-1-2-3-2-1-0-1-2-3-2-1-0-1-2-1p0------|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Riff 4b (1:35) play twice
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------5h8p5-4h7p4--|
|-3-2-1-0-1-2-3-2-1-0-1-2-3-2-1-0-1-2--------------|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Riff 4a x 1 (1:38)
Riff 4b x 1 (1:41)
Riff 4a x 1 (1:44)
Riff 4b x 1 (1:47)
Riff 4a x 1 (1:50)
Riff 4b x 1 (1:53)

Riff 5a (1:57) play twice
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-4"-------334"-------334"-------334"--------|
|----4"-5"------4"-5"------4"-5"------4"-1"--|

Riff 5b (2:00) play twice
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------3"--2"--|
|-4"-------334"-------334"-------3355---------|
|----4"-5"------4"-5"------4"-5"--------------|

Riff 5a x 1 (2:04)
Riff 5b x 1 (2:08)

Riff 6a (2:12) play twice
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-3"-------------------2"-3"----------------2ph--|
|----2"-3"-2"-1"-0"-1"-------2"-3"-2"-1"-0"------|

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-3"---------------------------------------------|
|----------------------2"-3"----------------2ph--|
|----2"-3"-2"-1"-0"-1"-------2"-3"-2"-1"-0"------|


Riff 6b (2:15) play twice
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-3"-------------------2"-3"-----------------3--4--|
|----2"-3"-2"-1"-0"-1"-------2"-3"-0"--00000-1--2--|
                                       .....

Riff 6a x 1 (2:19)

Riff 6c (2:22) play twice
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-3"-------------------2"-3"-----------4--3--4--2ph--|
|----2"-3"-2"-1"-0"-1"-------2"-3"-0"--2--1--2-------|
                                       .  .  .

Fill 2 (2:26)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------7--6--------5-----------|
|-4--3--4--2ph--4--3--4--2ph--4--3--4--2--5--4--6--5--3--5--4--5--|
|-2--1--2-------2--1--2-------2--1--2--3--------4--3-----3--2--3--|
  .  .  .       .  .  .       .  .  .        .  .  .     .  .  .

Riff 7a (2:31)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------4--3--2--3-----------------6-------5--------|
|-3-0-300-100-300-100-300-100-2--1--0--1--300-100-300-5----5-6-8---4-5-7--|
  . . ... ... ... ... ... ... .  .  .  .  ... ... ... .    . . .   . . .

Riff 7b (2:36)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------6/7\6--|
|-----------------------------4--3--2--3-----------------6-------4/5\4--|
|-3-0-300-100-300-100-300-100-2--1--0--1--300-100-300-5----5-6-8--------|
  . . ... ... ... ... ... ... .  .  .  .  ... ... ... .    . . .

Riff 7a x 1 (2:41)

Riff 7c (2:46)
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------4--3--2--3---4--3--2--3---3--|
|-3-0-300-100-300-100-300-100-2--1--0--1---2--1--0--1---1--|
  . . ... ... ... ... ... ... .  .  .  x   .  .  .  x   x

Riff 8a (2:50)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----1144----1144----1144----------1144----1144-5h8p5-4h7p4-5h8p5-4h7p4--|
|-3333----3333----3333----3"-2"-3333----3333------------------------------|

Riff 8b (2:55)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----1144----1144----1144----------1144----1144-5h8p5-4h7p4-5h8p5-7h11p7--|
|-3333----3333----3333----3"-2"-3333----3333-------------------------------|

Riff 8a x 1 (3:00)
Riff 8b x 1 (3:05)

Riff 9a (3:10)
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-6h9p6-5h8p5-6h9p6-5h8p5-------7"--------7"---|
|-------------------------8--7------8--7-------|
|-------------------------6--5------6--5-------|
                          .  .      .  .
Riff 9b (3:12)
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------6"--------6"---|
|-6h9p6-5h8p5-6h9p6-5h8p5----------------------|
|-------------------------8--7------8--7-------|
|-------------------------6--5------6--5-------|
                          .  .      .  .

Riff 9a x 1 (3:15)
Riff 9b x 1 (3:17)

Fill 3 (3:20)
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------6"--------6"----------------------------|
|----------------------8--7--------6------------|
|-8--7------8--7-------6--5--7--6--4--6--5--6---|
|-6--5------6--5-------------5--4-----4--3--4---|
  .  .      .  .          .  .  .     .  .  .

Riff 5a x 1 (3:22)
Riff 5b x 1 (3:26)
Riff 5a x 1 (3:30)
Riff 5b x 1 (3:34)
Riff 6a x 1 (3:37)
Riff 6b x 1 (3:41)
Riff 6a x 1 (3:45)
Riff 6c x 1 (3:48)
Fill 2 x 1 (3:52)

End (3:55)
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-2---2---2---2---2--|
|-0---0---0---0---0--|
  x   x   x   x   x

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Sphinctral Enthrallment

Type: Guitar