/---------------------------------------------------------------------------/
/    The following is the author's own interpretation of the song, to be    /
/                     used for private use and studying                     /
/---------------------------------------------------------------------------/

                        ARCH ENEMY - STIGMATA
                        From the Album STIGMATA
                        Copyright 1998 W.A.R.
                        Version 2.0 - JULY 2001

Transcribed by: death8699
Solo by: Carsten Mai (angelclaw@gmx.de)

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Tablature Notation:
.  - palm mute                  /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to              ~  - vibrato             
h  - hammer on                  b  - bend 
p  - pull off                   Suffixes for bend    
ph - pinch harmonic             f - full bend    h - half bend
*  - see comment                r - release      t - tap bend
X  - percussion mute            ~ - vibrato bend
@  - slight palm mute           () - ghost note, sustained note

Tune Gtr to B

STIGMATA

Riff A            4tx
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-8--------5----4----|
|-6--------3----2----|


Riff B            4tx
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-4--------2----1----|
|-6--------3----2----|


Riff C                                                                        4tx
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------17/19----------------20\19-17----------17/19----------------20-19~--|
|----16-------16----------16----------16----16-------16----------16---------|
|-14-------------17----17----------------14-------------17----17------------|
|-------------------19--------------------------------------19--------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Riff D                                                             2tx
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------17-------19-------20\19-17----------17-------19-------20-19~--|
|----16-------18-------19----------16----16-------18-------19---------|
|-14-------16-------17----------------14-------16-------17------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|


Riff E                             8tx
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|------7----9---------------7----9----|
|-10---5----7----9----10----5----7----|
|-8--------------7----8---------------|


Riff F                                                          4tx
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-77777777777777733333333333333332222222222222222------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------5555555533332222-|
  ............................................... ................


Riff B 4tx


Ending chord
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|-4-----(4)----|
|-6-----(6)----|


(Solo)                 


*the rhythm guitar plays the notes in alternate picking.(P.M.)
 

  E                                           C
     /3\                                         /3\
|-15h19p15-------------------------------15-|-15h20p15-------------------------------15-|
|----------17-------------------------17----|----------17-------------------------17----|
|-------------16-------------------16-------|-------------17-------------------17-------| 
|----------------17-------------17----------|----------------17-------------17----------|
|-------------------19p15-15h19-------------|-------------------19p15-15h19-------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| 
                                                           
  B                                             Bb                      F
     /3\                                         /3\                    /3\
|-14h19p14-------------------------------14-|-10h13p10----------------8h12p8------------|
|----------16-------------------------16----|----------11----------11--------8--------8-|
|-------------16-------------------16-------|-------------10----10-------------9----9---| 
|----------------16-------------16----------|----------------12------------------10-----| 
|-------------------18p14-14h18-------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|

*on the record the arpeggios were doubled by a 2nd guitar!


  E                     C

|-------------------------------------------|
|-10bf-~~----r-10---8---7~-------8-p-7------|
|---------------------------------------9~~-|Gtr I
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|
|-13bf-~~----r-13--12--10~-----12-p-10------|
|--------------------------------------12~~-|Gtr II
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

  B
  *very fast run                                             / 6 \
|------------------------------------------/-6-\------------/-----\-------|
|------------------------/-6-\------------/-----\-------16-17-19-16-17-19-|
|------/-6-\------------/-----\-------14-16-17-14-16-17-------------------|
|-----/-----\-------14-16-17-14-16-17-------------------------------------|
|-14-15-18-14-15-18-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Bb                   F
    /3\
|-15h18p15-------------------13-17-19-22-|
|----------17-14-------------------------|
|----------------15----14-17-------------|
|-------------------17-------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

  E

|-19~~~----19-p-16-------------|
|-------------------17---------|
|-----------------------16~~~~-|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|

  
*the Yngwie-part!!!
 
  C

|-20-19-20-17-20-15-20-14------------------|
|-------------------------16-17-19-16-19~~-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

  B
     /3\
|---/---\----------------------------------|
|-16h17p17-13------------------------------|
|-------------16-14-12---------------------|
|----------------------16-14-13------------|
|-------------------------------15-14-12---|
|------------------------------------------|

  Bb                   F

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-13~~~~---------------15~~~~--------------|
|------------------------------------------|

  E

|---------------14-15-16-17----------------|
|------------16----------------------------|
|-14-15-16-17------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

  C

|-20-19-18-17h20---------------------------|
|----------------19~--17-------------------|
|------------------------17-16~------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

  B

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------12-14~--------------|
|----------15p12-14-15---------------------|
|-15p12h14---------------------------------|
  (*I'm not sure about this part)

  Bb                 F              Bb

|-15p12--------------18p15-----------------|
|-------14-----------------17--------------|
|----------15p12~~------------18p15-18~~~--|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|


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