The First Noble Truth Lyrics

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)
Riff A1
(Guitars 1 and 2)
"As reality washes away..."
|---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"----------------------|
|---000---00000000?---------------5-----5-5-3-1-0---|
Melody
Part 1 (Guitar 2)
|-----------------------|---8-7-8-8h10-8-7---7-8-7^(8)-7-|
Part 2
Guitar 2 with harmonizer in thirds.
(Guitar 2)
|---------------------------|---12-10-12-12h13-12-10--10-12-10^(12)-10-|
(Guitar 1)
Play over melody
Riff B
|---------------------| Guitar 1
|-------------------8-| Guitar 2
Riff C
(Guitar 1)
"Will not remain enslaved..."
(Guitar 2)
Riff D1 under solo
(Guitar 1)
"I walk alone."
Riff D2 (ending of Riff D1)
(Guitar 1) at end of solo
Riff E
(Guitars 1 and 2)
"Extinction of thirst..."