Chord/Tab song: The First Noble Truth

Song: "The First Nobel Truth"
Album: "Of One Blood"

Notation Key:
h hammer on " tremolo picking / slide down
p pull off ~ vibrato \ slide up
. palm mute pinch harmonic ^ bend
r resolve bend () note bent to

Version 3.0
Updated November 19, 2001
Fixed Riffs A1, A2, Riff C (guitar 2), and Riff E.

Any comments or questions can be e-mailed to me at Dblanchard2@charter.net

Guitar 1 - Matt Bachand (right channel)
Guitar 2 - Jon Donais (left channel)

Tune guitar one step down (D G C F A D)

[(1)] [D] [(4)] [C]
[(2)] [A] [(5)] [G]
[(3)] [F] [(6)] [D]
Riff A1
(Guitars 1 and 2)
"As reality washes away..."

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----6--------------------------------------------|
|---000---00000000?"-6"-5"---------5-----5-5-3-1-0---|
|---------------------------6"--333---333----------3-|

... ........ . . . . ... ...

Riff A2
Guitar 1 plays Riff A1

(Guitar 2)
"Realization of my mind?s..."

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|------------------7"-5"-4"-7"----------------------|
|-5-----6-------------------------------------------|
|---000---00000000?---------------5-----5-5-3-1-0---|
|------------------------------333---333----------3-|

... ........ ... ...

Melody

Part 1 (Guitar 2)

|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|---8-7-8-8h10-8-7---7-8-7^(8)-7-|
|-4-----4h5h7-7-7p5p4---|-7----------------9-------------|
|----5----------------7-|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|

Part 2
Guitar 2 with harmonizer in thirds.

(Guitar 2)

|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---12-10-12-12h13-12-10--10-12-10^(12)-10-|
|-7-----7h9h11-11-11p9p7----|-9---------------------12-----------------|
|----9-------------------11-|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|

(Guitar 1)
Play over melody

|-------------------|
|----------3--------|
|-4--------2---2----|
|-4---5----0---2----|
|-2---5--------0----|
|---0-3-00---0---00-|

. .. . ..

Riff B

|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------| Guitar 1
|-------8-6-5-6-6p5---|
|-------------------6-|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|------10-8-7-8-8p7---|
|-------------------8-| Guitar 2
|-5-00----------------|
|---------------------|

..

Riff C
(Guitar 1)
"Will not remain enslaved..."

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5---------------3/5----------------|
|-3/5-5--6-5-6-8-6-5--3/5----------------|
|-1/3-3---------------1/3--8-6-5-6-6p5---|
|--------------------------------------6-|

(Guitar 2)

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----8p7-10----3/5----------------|
|-3/5-5-----5p5--7----3/5----------------|
|-1/3-3--00----0---00-1/3--8-6-5-6-6p5---|
|--------------------------------------6-|

.. . ..

Riff D1 under solo
(Guitar 1)
"I walk alone."

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5---------------------5-5--------------------|
|-5-5----8-6--------------5-5----5-3-------------|
|-3-3----8-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--3-3----5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----00-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------00-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

.. . . . . . . .. . . . . . .

Riff D2 (ending of Riff D1)
(Guitar 1) at end of solo

|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-5-5------------------|
|-5-5----8-6-------8-5-|
|-3-3----8-6-6-6-6-8-5-|
|-----00-6-4-4-4-4-6-3-|

.. . . .

Riff E
(Guitars 1 and 2)
"Extinction of thirst..."

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|----2-1-3-2-1-2p1-2-|
|----2-1-3-2-1-2p1-2-|
|-00---------------0-|

..