"Withstand The Fall Of Time" as performed by Immortal on their 1999 album "At The Heart
  Of Winter"

Transcribed by Lord Upir (arjanbarman@hotmail.com) on 28 May 1999
Last update 10 August 1999 by Upir

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AH = Artificial Harmonic

Normal tuning (EADGBe)

All lyrics written by Demonaz; all music written by Abbath; all music arranged by Abbath & Horgh

Intro Riff.1                                                                 1x
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-22222222555555554444444444h55p44p222222220022222222555555554444444477440000-|
A|-2------------------------------------------2--------------------------------|
E|-0------------------------------------------0--------------------------------|

Intro Riff.2               1,3------| 2-----------------| 4--------|
e|-----------------------|----------|-------------------|----------|
B|-----------------------|----------|-------------------|----------|
G|-----------------------|----------|-------------------|----------|
D|-2-----2-----2-----2---|-33333333-|-3p2p0-3p2p0-3p2p0-|-22220000-|
A|-2-----2-----2-----2---|----------|-------------------|----------|
E|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|----------|-------------------|----------|
     . .   . .   . .   .

Intro Riff.1 1x
Intro Riff.2 2x

     gradually dive with whammy bar
e|----'------------------------------------|
B|----------'------------------------------|
G|----------------'------------------------|
D|-2--------------------'------------------|
A|-2--------------------------'------------|
E|-0--------------------------------'------|


(1:01) Riff 1
c: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------AH----------------------------------|
D|-9999999977777777555555557777777--999999997777777755555555-7--9--7-|
A|-777777775555555533333333555555---777777775555555533333333-5--7--5-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse Riff
   1 2 3 4  1e 2 3 4
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|o---------------------o|
D|o-9-99771010-99-77995-o|
A|--7-7755-8-8-77-55773--|
E|--0----------00--------|
    .          ..
Darker and darker skylines of red grew my horizon
on the edges of my vision a giant grimfaced realm...

Riff 1

w/Verse Riff:
Flaming suns crested the horizon shadows born a cloudless day
believers of the rise and set of the moon darkened twilight into night...

Riff 2
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9----------7------10-------9----------7------10--10--10-|
A|-7----------5-------8-------7----------5-------8---8---8-|
E|---00000000---0000----0000----00000000---0000---00--00---|
     ........   ....    ....    ........   ....   ..  ..
Hardening claws of cold tell me we are closer to colder times
throught the days of bitterness still the thundra lay untouched.


Riff 3                1,3-----| 2-------| 4-----------|
e|------------------|---------|---------|-------------|
B|------------------|---------|---------|-------------|
G|------------------|---------|---------|-------------|
D|-9-9--10--12--9-9-|---------|-7-------|----10-9-7-4-|
A|-7-7---8--10--7-7-|-5-4-542-|-5-------|-----8-7-5-2-|
E|------------------|---------|---------|-000---------|
                      . . ...             ...

w/Riff2:
In the final of that day and all centuries after
in eternity and time the same still the thundra lay untouched.

Riff 3

Riff 4                                                             4x
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|o-----------------------------------------------------------------o|
D|o-9-9-99-10-9-7--9-9-99-10-7--10-10-1010-12-10-9--10-10-1010-12-9-o|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


Riff 5											2x
e|---||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---||o---------------------------------------------------------------------------------o|
D|-2-||o-5-5-5----5---2-4---5-5-5---5---4-----7-7-7----7---7-5---7-7-7---7-8-7-5-7-5-4-2-o|
A|-2-||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------2--|
E|-0-||---------0---0-----0-------0---0-----0--------0---0-----0-------0---------------0--|


Riff 1.B
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------AH---------------------------------|
D|-9-------7-------5-------7------7-9-------7-------5--------7--9--7-|
A|-7-------5-------3-------5--------7-------5-------3--------5--7--5-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 1

w/Verse Riff:
Blacker and blacker blinded by shades from centuries behind
shadows of a dark that used to be under heavy winters reign...

Riff 1

w/Verse Riff:
The blackening sky never end as we stand the fall of time
yet winds of cold will always blow without tomorrow...


Riff 5
e|--------------------------5-----------------------
B|----------------------------5---------------------
G|o-9-------9-----9-----7-------7---5----5554-------
D|o-9-------9-----9-----7---------7-5----5554-------
A|--7-------7-7-7-7-7-7-5-----------3----3332-------
E|--------------------------------------------------
              . .   . .

					   2x
  -----------------5-----------/8------------|
  -------------------5---------/--8----------|
  -9-----9-----7-------7---5---/----10------o|
  -9-----9-----7---------7-5---/-------10---o|
  -7-7-7-7-7-7-5-----------3---/-------------|
  -------------------------------------------|
     . .   . .



w/Riff 2:
Hardening claws of cold tell me we are closer to colder times
throught the days of bitterness still the thundra lay untouched.

Riff 3

w/Riff 2:
In the final of that day and all centuries after
in eternity and time the same still the thundra lay untouched.

Riff 3

Riff 4 (FadeOut)


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2nd version (I thinks this one's better than my own above, but I don't know who transcribed it)

Immortal - Withstand the Fall of Time

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------5555555544444444h55p44p22222222002-------55555555444444447744-----|
|-2-------777777775555555--------33333333332-------7777777755555555----55a.h|
|-0----------------------------------------0-----------------------------6--| 

Riff 2                   1-3rd time  2 time              4 time
|-----------------------|----------|-------------------|----------|
|-----------------------|----------|-------------------|----------|
|-----------------------|----------|--------------p----|----------|
|-2-----2-----2-----2---|-33333333-|-3-000-3-000-3-0---|-22220000-|
|-2-----2-----2-----2---|-55555555-|-------------------|-33333333-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------|-------------------|----------|     
    . .   . .   . .   .                . .   . .  
bar
|----'------------------------------------|
|----------'------------------------------|
|----------------'------------------------|
|-2--------------------'------------------|
|-2--------------------------'------------|
|-0--------------------------------'------|

Riff 3
|----------------------------------------
|------------------------------------A.H-
|-4-44-4-4-------------------------------
|-2-22-2-2-4-44-4-4-5-55-5-5-7-77-7-7----
|-2-22-2-2-5-55-5-5-3-33-3-3-5-55-5-5-5--
|-0-00-0-0-------------------------------

--------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|
-4-44-4-4-----------------------------|
-2-22-2-2-7-77-7-7-5-55-5-5-7-777-9-7-|
-2-22-2-2-5-55-5-5-3-33-3-3-5-555-7-5-|
-0-00-0-0-----------------------------|

Verse Riff 
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-2-555-333--6-22-333-555-----|
|-2-777-555--8-22-555-777-3/4-|
|-0------------00---------5/6-|
  .            ..

Riff 4
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-9----------7------10-------9----------7-------3----3----3|
|-7----------5-------8-------7----------5------(3)--(3)--(3)
|----00000000---0000----0000----00000000---0000---1-1--1-1-|     
     ........   ....    ....    ........   ....   . .  . .  

Riff 5
|------------------|-------------|---------|-------------|
|------------------|-------------|---------|-------------|
|------------------|-------------|---------|-------------|
|-9-9--11--12--9-9-|-------------|-7-7-7-7-|-----7-------|
|-7-7---9--10--7-7-|-5-4---5-4---|-5-5-5-5-|-----5-8-7-5-|
|0----0---0--00----|-3-2-0-3-2-0-|---------|-000---6-5-3-|                    
 .    .   .  ..      ...........                                        
                     4x
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-10-9-7--9-9-9-9-10-7--10-10-10-10-12-10-9--10-10-10-10-12-9--|
|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Riff 7
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|---0-0---0---------0-0---0-----
|-------------2-4-------------4-
|-------------------------------
|-0-----0---0-----0-----0---0---

----------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------p----|
----2-2---2---2-0---2-2---2^3^2-0-2-0---|
--------------------------------------4-|
----------------------------------------|
--0-----0---0-----0-----0---------------|Riff 3B

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------A.H--------------------------------------|
|-4--------------------------------4--------------------------------|
|-2-------4-------5-------7-7------2-------7-------5-------7-9-7----|
|-2-------5-------3-------5--------2-------5-------3-------5-7-5----|
|-0-----------------------5--------0-----------------------5-7-5----|

|-------------------5---------------------------------5-------8--------|
|---------------------5--------------------------------5-------8-------|
|-----------------------7-------------------------------7-------10-----|
|--9-----9--9--7----------7-5--5---2-----9---9----7------7-5-----10-2--|
|--7-----7--7--5------------3--3---2-----7---7----5--------3--------2--|
|---0000--00-00--------------------0-000---00--00-------------------0--|


Riff 9                                            1 |------2|---
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|-----5-4-----4-----2---------5-4-----------5---5---|-5--/7------------|
|---------5-----5-----3-----------5---------5---5---|-5--/7------------|
|-777-------7-----7-----5-777-------7-33333-3---3---|-3--/5------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----10----9-----5-----10-----9p5\2-----8-----7-----3-----8-----7p3p0-|
|-777---777---777---777----777-------555---555---555---555---555-------|

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----4---4------2------5p2---|
|-555555555--33333-33-3-----3-|
|-----------------------------|