Ancient Skin Guitar Tabs by Mayhem

Mayhem: Ancient Skin (from Wolf's lair abyss mcd)

Tabbed 30.9.1998 by Aki Järvinen (akjarvin@hotmail.com)

All riffs tremolo picked, exept riff 666.
Tune whole guitar one step down(D).

Intro Riff A:

2 X

I-----------------------------------------------------------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------------------I
I---------------8-----7--------------------------------7-----7----I
I-5---------9---6-----5---8--------------5---------8---5-----4----I
I-3---------7-------------6--------------3---------6--------------I

Intro Riff B1: (the timings shift quite a lot, it's not really possible 
to indicate them in tab)

Repeat 4 X

I--------------------------------------------------------------------I
I--------------------------------------------------------------------I
I--------------------------------------------------------------------I
I--5-------5---4-----5--------4---5----------2----5---------4--------I
I--3-------3---2-----3--------2---3----------4----3---------2--------I
I--------------------------------------------------------------------I

Repeat Intro Riff A 2 X

Intro Riff B2:    

Repeat 4 X

I--------------------------------------------------------------------I
I--------------------------------------------------------------------I
I--------------------------------------------------------------------I
I-5---------4----5---------4-----5---------4-------5----------6------I
I-3---------2----3---------2-----3---------2-------3----------4------I
I--------------------------------------------------------------------I


Verse Riff

Repeat 6 X

I-0-----------------------------------------------------------I
I-1-----------------------------------------------------------I
I-2----------0-------10----9----------------------------------I
I-2----------2-------10----9----5----------9-----3------------I
I-0----------2--------8----7----5----------9-----3------------I
I------------0------------------3----------7-----1------------I

Riff Z: On the first time, the second guitar plays nothing but a ringing 
E-minor, and on the 2-3 times joins the 1:st guitar.. 

Repeat 3 X

I----------------------------------------------------------------I
I-8------------------3---1--------------------9------------12----I
I-9------------------4---2---------------9----10-----------13----I
I-9------------------4---2---------------9----10-----------13----I
I-7------------------2---0---------------7----8------------11----I
I----------------------------------------------------------------I

Repeat verse Riff 4X

Riff 666: On the first two times, let the chords ring. Start tremolo 
picking on the 3-4:rth times.

Repeat 4 X

I---------------------------------------------------------------I
I---------------------------------------------------------------I
I-9------9------7------5-------------9-----7-----5-----8-----8--I
I-7------7------5------5---6---2-----7-----5-----5-----8-----8--I
I-7------7------5------3---6---2-----7-----5-----33333366666666-I
I-0------------------------4---0--------------------------------I 

Repeat Intro Riff B2 8 X 

On the ending, the chords are C5 and B-minor.

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