The First Noble 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 D*

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-| 
  ..