To Forgive Is To Suffer

			   
			   'TO FORGIVE IS TO SUFFER' BY DEATH
			   FROM "THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE" CD
			   COPYRIGHT 1998 NUCLEAR BLAST USA

	Transcribed by Kerry Vick
	E-mail address: [email protected]

		 	  Version 1.0 - October 1998

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NOTES:
Tuning: Tune down one whole step (1:D, 2:G, 3:C, 4:F, 5:A, 6:D)

Timing: Listen to music for actual timing...

Notation: When two guitars are listed play all guitars simultaneously.
          b = bend        	/ = slide up            a.h. = artificial
          bf= bend full  	br= bend release               harmonic
          h = hammer-on         \ = slide down                 
          p = pull-off          . = palm mute(pm)          t = tapping
          " = tremolo picking
	 
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 Riff A
|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5~-----77-5---5~-|
|-------4-5-4~--------4-5-----5-------7----|GTR I
|-7--77---------6--77---------5------------| & II
|-7-------------6-------------3------------|
|-5-------------4--------------------------|
     ..            ..            ..

 continuation of Riff A
     *--------------*
|----5-4h5p4---7-4---|
|------------5-----6-|
|-4------------------|GTR I (* 2nd time use a.h.'s *)
|-4------------------|
|-2------------------|
|--------------------|
|                    |
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-4--2-1h2p1---4-1---|GTR II
|-4----------2-----3-|
|-2------------------|
|--------------------|

 Riff A--fill
|---------------------------------------------|
|-10~--10-12-12/13-12-12~--12-13-13/15-13-17~-|
|---------------------------------------------|GTR III
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

 continuation of Riff A--fill
|-----------------------|
|-17/18-15-13-12/13-12~-|
|-----------------------|GTR III
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|

Play Riff A three times
        
 Riff B
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-------4-----4~~----------------4~-|GTR I
|-2-------------------2-----2-------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|                                   |
|-------------10-12h13-12-10--------|
|---12h13-12~----------------13-12~-|
|-9---------------------------------|GTR II
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

 continuation of Riff B
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-------------5~-----5\7-----7~--|GTR I
|-3-----3------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|                                |
|-------------10-12h13-12-10-----|
|---12h13-12~----------------13~-|
|-10-----------------------------|GTR II
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

 continuation of Riff B
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|---4-4~-----4~-----5~-5\7-7~-|GTR I
|-2------2-2----3-3-----------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|
|-
|-
|-
|-GTR II ???
|-
|-

Play Riff B three times

 Riff C.1
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|GTRS I
|-------------------------------------|  & II
|---------3p2p0-----------------------|
|-0000000-------00-00000000-3p2p0-3-5-|
  .......       .. ........
 
 Riff C.2
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|---------------5-7--4-|GTRS I
|---------------5-7--4-|  & II
|---------3p2p0-3-5--2-|
|-0000000--------------|
  .......

 Riff C.3
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|---------------5-4----|GTRS I
|---------------5-4--5-|  & II
|---------3p2p0-3-2--5-|
|-0000000------------3-|
  ......
 
 Riff C.4
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|---------------5-4------|GTRS I
|---------------5-4------|  & II
|---------3p2p0-3-2-a.h.-|
|-0000000------------3~--|
  .......

Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.2 one time
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.3 one time
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.2 one time
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.4 one time

 Riff D
|----0-------------|----0-------------|
|------0-----------|------0-----------|
|----------------7-|------------------|GTR I
|-2------------5-7-|-2------------3-5-|
|-2------3-2~--5-5-|-2------3-2~--3-5-|
|-0------------3---|-0------------1-3-|
|                                     |
|                                     |
|----0-------------|----0-------------|
|------0-----------|------0-----------|
|--------5-4~----7-|--------5-4~------|GTR II
|-2------------5-7-|-2------------3-5-|
|-2------------5-5-|-2------------3-5-|
|-0------------3---|-0------------1-3-|

Play Riff D two times
Play Riff A  three times

 Riff E -- Solo 1
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|---------5---------2--5-5-|GTRS I
|------2--5-5-------2--5-3-|  & II
|------2--3-5--0000-0--3---|
|-0000-0----3--------------|

Play Riff E four times
Play Riff B three times
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.2 one time
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.3 one time
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.2 one time
Play Riff C.1 one time
Play Riff C.4 one time
Play Riff D two times
Play Riff A  three times


 Riff F.1 -- Finger Tapping
|-12p8p5-12p8p5-12p8p5--------------------|
|----------------------12p8p5-12p8p5-12p8-|
|-----------------------------------------|GTRS I
|-----------------------------------------|  & II
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

 continuation or Riff F.1
|-11p7p4-11p7p4-11p7p4--------------------|
|----------------------11p7p4-11p7p4-11p7-|
|-----------------------------------------|GTRS I
|-----------------------------------------|  & II
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

 continuation of Riff F.1
|-10p6p3-10p6p3---------------|
|---------------10p6p3-10p6p3-|
|-----------------------------|GTRS I
|-----------------------------|  & II
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|


 Riff F.2 
|-19p15p12-19p15p12-19p15-------------------------|
|-------------------------19p15p12-19p15p12-19p15-|
|-------------------------------------------------|GTR II
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

 continuation of Riff F.2
|-18p14p11-18p14p11-18p14-------------------------|
|-------------------------18p14p11-18p14p11-18p14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|GTR II
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

 continuation of Riff F.2
|-17p13p10-17p13p10-------------------|
|-------------------17p13p10-17p13p10-|
|-------------------------------------|GTR II
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

Play Riff F.1 one time
Play Riff F.1/F.2 three times

 Riff G -- with studio effects
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-9----8----7----10-----12-----10----|GTRS I
|-9-9--8-8--7-7--10-10--12-12--10-10-|  & II
|-7-9--6-8--5-7---8-10--10-12---8-10-|
|---7----6----5------8-----10------8-|

Play Riff G two times
END.