Apocalypse Upon Us

Album:  Fight Ambition To Kill

Transcribed by Dave Blanchard

Standard Tuning

Guitar 1 - Pete Cortese
Guitar 2 - Scott McCooe

I tried to line up the measures to 
indicate the correct timing, but 
you'll have
to listen closely to fully get it.

Riff 1A


Guitar 1
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-------------------4---3---\7----
|-----------2---------------------
|---------------------------------

||------------------------| 
||------------------------| 
||------------------------| 
||3-----------------------| 
||---4*-------------------| 
||------------------------| 


Guitar 2
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|-2-2-2-2-------------2----------
|-2-2-2-2-------3-1-2------3-3-1-
|-0-0-0-0---0-1----------1-------
  . . . .                        

||-------------------------| 
||-------------------------| 
||-------------------------| 
||--2------------2---------| 
||2--------3-1-2-----------| 
||-----0-1---------0-3-0-1-| 
                 . . . .   

Riff 1B


Guitar 1
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|------4----3----\7---7\6---6-----
|-2-------------------------------
|---------------------------------


Guitar 2
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-----------2------------2--------
|-----3-1-2------3-3-1-2--------3-
|-0-1----------1------------0-1---

||----------------| 
||----------------| 
||----------------| 
||----2---------2-| 
||1-2-----------2-| 
||------0-3-0-1-0-| 
      . . . . .   

Riff 2
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|----------------5---3---4----3-3-
|----------------5---3---4----3-3-
|----------------3---1---2----1-1-
|-0-1-0-3-1-0-1--3-0-1-0-2-0--1-1-
  . . . . . . .    .   .   .      

||--| 
||--| 
||3-| 
||3-| 
||1-| 
||1-| 
    


Guitar 2
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|----------------5---3---4----3-3-
|---(Rest)-------5---3---4----3-3-
|----------------3---1---2----1-1-
|----------------3-0-1-0-2-0--1-1-
                   .   .   .      

||--| 
||--| 
||3-| 
||3-| 
||1-| 
||1-| 
    


Guitar 1
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|----------------5---3---4----3/4-
|----------------5---3---4----3/4-
|----------------3---1---2----1/2-
|-0-1-0-3-1-0-1--3-0-1-0-2-0--1/2-
  . . . . . . .    .   .   .      

||----| 
||----| 
||3-3-| 
||3-3-| 
||1-1-| 
||1-1-| 
      


Guitar 2
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|----------------5---3---4----3/4-
|----------------5---3---4----3/4-
|----------------3---1---2----1/2-
|-0-1-0-3-1-0-1--3-0-1-0-2-0--1/2-
  . . . . . . .    .   .   .      

||----| 
||----| 
||3-3-| 
||3-3-| 
||1-1-| 
||1-1-| 
      


Guitar 1
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|----------------5---3---4----3-3-
|----------------5---3---4----3-3-
|----------------3---1---2----1-1-
|-0-3-1-2-0-0-0--3-0-1-0-2-0--1-1-
  . . . . . . .    .   .   .      

||--| 
||--| 
||3-| 
||3-| 
||1-| 
||1-| 
    


Guitar 2
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|----------------5---3---4----3-3-
|----------------5---3---4----3-3-
|----------------3---1---2----1-1-
|-0-3-1-2-0-0-0--3-0-1-0-2-0--1-1-
  . . . . . . .    .   .   .      

||--| 
||--| 
||3-| 
||3-| 
||1-| 
||1-| 
    

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Guitar 1
|----------------------| 
|----------------------| 
|----------------------| 
|----------------------| 
|-3--------2-----------| 
|----2--1--------1b2r1-| 


Guitar 2
|----------------------| 
|----------------------| 
|----------------------| 
|----------------------| 
|----4--3--4/7---4---3-| 
|-1--------------------| 

Riff 3

Guitar 1
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-------7tr8-------7h8-5tr7-------
|-00000------00000----------00000-
  .....      .....          ..... 

||----------"-|    
||---------------| 
||-----"------|    
||---------------| 
||7tr8-----------| 
||---------------| 
                 


Guitar 2
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-------7tr8-------7h8-5tr7-------
|-00000------00000----------00000-
  .....      .....          ..... 

||---------------| 
||----------"-|    
||-----"------|    
||---------------| 
||7tr8-----------| 
||---------------| 
                 

Riff 4

Guitar 1
|---------------------------------
|-----0-------0-----0-------------
|-----3-------4-----3-------------
|--------------------------3---3--
|---------------------------------
|-000---0-000---000----000---0----
  ...   . ...   ...    ... . . .  


Guitar 2
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|-222---2-222---222------5---3---
|-222---2-222---222------5---3---
|-000---0-000---000----0-3-0-1-0-
  ...   . ...   ...    . . . . . 

||--| 
||--| 
||--| 
||4-| 
||4-| 
||2-| 
.   


Guitar 1
|--------------------------------
|-----0-------0-----0------------
|-----3-------4-----3------------
|------------------------5---3---
|------------------------5---3---
|-000---0-000---000----0-3-0-1-0-
  ...   . ...   ...    . . . . . 

||--| 
||--| 
||--| 
||4-| 
||4-| 
||2-| 
.   


Guitar 2
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|-222---2-222---222------5---3---
|-222---2-222---222------5---3---
|-000---0-000---000----0-3-0-1-0-
  ...   . ...   ...    . . . . . 

||--| 
||--| 
||--| 
||4-| 
||4-| 
||2-| 
.   

Fill 1

Both Guitars
|------------| 
|------------| 
|-4---3------| 
|-4---3------| 
|-2---1------| 
|-2---1---2~-| 

Riff 5

Both Guitars
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|------6----5---------4-----------
|------6----5----6----4----4\3----
|------4----3----6----2----4\3----
|-0000-4-00-3-00-4-00-2-00-2\1-00-
  ....   ..   ..   ..   ..     .. 

||-------------| 
||-------------| 
||3------------| 
||3----4-------| 
||1----4-------| 
||1-00-2-00-2~-| 
  ..   ..      


Ending 1
|----------------------------| 
|----------------------------| 
|-------------------4--3-----| 
|-------------------4--3-----| 
|-------------------2--1-----| 
|-0-3-0-1-0-2-0h1p0-2--1--2~-| 


Ending 2
|------------------------------| 
|------------------------------| 
|------------------------------| 
|-2-5--2-3--2-5--2-5--2-3--2-4-| 
|-2-5--2-3--2-5--2-5--2-3--2-4-| 
|-0-3--0-1--0-3--0-3--0-1--0-2-| 
  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .   

Riff 6

Guitar 1 
|----------------------------
|----------------------------
|----------------------4-3---
|--------------------3-4-3-4-
|--------------------3-2-1-4-
|-00000000-0-0-0-0-0-1-----2-
  ........ . . . . .         

||------------------------------------| 
||------------------------------------| 
||-------------------6-5---4----4-3---| 
||-------------------6-5-6-4--3-4-3-4-| 
||-------------------4-3-6-2--3-2-1-4-| 
||00000000-0-0-0-0-0-----4----1-----2-| 
........ . . . . .                    


Guitar 2
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|----------------------4-3--------
|-2------------------3-4-3-4------
|-2------------------3-2-1-4------
|-0------------------1-----2------

||-------------------------------| 
||-------------------------------| 
||--------------6-5---4----4-3---| 
||--------------6-5-6-4--3-4-3-4-| 
||--------------4-3-6-2--3-2-1-4-| 
||------------------4----1-----2-| 


Guitar 1
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------3-----4--6-5---4----4-3-
|---------3-----4--6-5-6-4--3-4-3-
|---------1-----2--4-3-6-2--3-2-1-
|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-2------4----1-----
  . . . .   . .                   

||--| 
||--| 
||--| 
||4-| 
||4-| 
||2-| 
    


Guitar 2
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|------------------6-5---4----4-3-
|------------------6-5-6-4--3-4-3-
|------------------4-3-6-2--3-2-1-
|----------------------4----1-----

||--| 
||--| 
||--| 
||4-| 
||4-| 
||2-| 


Pete plays this lick:
|-0h3p0-------------------| 
|-------0h3p0-------------| 
|-------------0h2p0-------| 
|-------------------0h2p0-| 
|-------------------------| 
|-------------------------| 

Riff 6 changes rhythms throughout 
the rest of the song.  Listen for 
the correct timing.

Fill 2

Guitar 1 only
|-----------------| 
|-----------------| 
|-------4--3------| 
|-------4--3------| 
|-------2--1---9\-| 
|-0h1p0-2--1------| 

Riff 7
|---------------------------------
|----0-----------------0----------
|----4---4-5-----------4b---4-5---
|-2------4-5--------2-----2-4-5---
|-2------2-3--------2-------2-3---
|-0------2-3-3--3/5-0-------2-3-3-

||-----| 
||-----| 
||-----| 
||-----| 
||-----| 
||-3/5-| 


Guitar 2
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|--------4-5----------------4-5---
|-2---2--4-5-5--5/7-22222---4-5-5-
|-2---2--2-3-5--5/7-22222---2-3-5-
|-0---0--2-3-3--3/5-00000---2-3-3-
                    .....         

||-----| 
||-----| 
||-----| 
||-5/7-| 
||-5/7-| 
||-3/5-| 
       

Riff 8

Guitar 2 plays a palm muted open E 
pattern.

Guitar 1
|----------------------------
|----------------------------
|----------------------------
|----------------------------
|----------------------------
|-00000000-00000000-00000000-
  ........ ........ ........ 

||----------0--------| 
||----------0--------| 
||-------------------| 
||-------------4/5-4-| 
||-------------4/5-4-| 
||00000000-----2/3-2-| 
........             


(Guitar 1 continued)
|---------------------| 
|---------------------| 
|----------7----------| 
|-2---4/5--7--7/7-7/9-| 
|-2---4/5--5--4/5-5/7-| 
|-0---2/3-------------| 

Riff 9

Both Guitars
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------
  . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . 

||----| 
||----| 
||4-4-| 
||4-4-| 
||2-2-| 
||----| 
. .   


(continued)
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|----------------7-7-7-7-7------
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--7-7-7-7-7--7/7-
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5--4/5-
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------
  . . . . . . .  . . . . .      

||----| 
||----| 
||----| 
||7/9-| 
||5/7-| 
||----|