Mayhem: Ancient Skin (from Wolf's lair abyss mcd) Tabbed 30.9.1998 by Aki Järvinen ([email protected]) 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.
