ACTIVITY
Forever Blind
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FOREVER BLIND
As recorded by At the Gates
(From the 1994 EP TERMINAL SPIRIT DISEASE)
Transcribed by Skeletor
Words by Tomas Lindberg Music by At the Gates
Gtr I (B E A D Gb B) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (B E A D Gb B) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (B E A D Gb B) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q.=150
12/8
Gtr I
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------2----|-----------2----4----|
|-2----4----5---------|-4----5--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H. H. H. Q. Q.
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------7----8----|
|-4---------4---------|-4-------------------|
|---------------------|-----------4----5----|
|-2---------2---------|-2-------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|----------------2----|-----------2----5-----|
|-2----4----5---------|-4----5---------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|
| H. H. H. Q. Q.
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------7----8-----|
|-5---------5---------|-5--------------------|
|---------------------|-----------4----5-----|
|-3---------3---------|-3--------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------2----|-----------2----4----|
|-2----4----5---------|-4----5--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|
| H. H. H. Q. Q.
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------7----8----|
|-4---------4---------|-4-------------------|
|---------------------|-----------4----5----|
|-2---------2---------|-2-------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|----------------2----|-----------2----5----|
|-2----4----5---------|-4----5---------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|
| H. H. H. H.
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-7---------7---------|-5---------5----------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-5---------5---------|-3---------3---------|
Gtrs I, II
PM----| PM| PM| ~~ PM----| PM PM PM PM
E S S E E E E E E E Q. E S S E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------2-----3-----5----|---------2---3---5---2---3--|
|-1-1-1-1---1-1---1-1------|-1-1-1-1---1---1---1---1----|
PM----| PM| PM| ~~ PM----| PM------------|
E S S E E E E E E E Q. E S S E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------2-----3-----5----|---------2-----5-3-2-3-2-0--|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0------|-0-0-0-0---0-0--------------|
PM--| PM| PM------------| PM| PM----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------3-----2h3---------|-------3-----2h3---------|
|-------------------3-2-3-|-------------------3-2-3-|
|-1-1-1---1-1-----1-------|-1-1-1---1-1-----1-------|
PM--| PM| PM----| PM| PM------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------2-----0h2---------|-------2-----------------|
|-------------------------|-------------5-3-2-3-2-0-|
|-0-0-0---0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0---0-0-------------|
Verses 1,2
$
Gtr I
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||--9----9----9----9----|-9----9----9----9----|
||o-7----7----7----7----|-7----7----7----7----|
||----------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||-----------------2----|-----------2----4----|
||--2----4----5---------|-4----5--------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q. Q. Q. Q. W.
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--4----2--------------|---------------------|
||------------5----4----|-2-------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. 3x
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|-7----7----7----7----|-7----7----7----7------||
|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5-----o||
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|
| Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. 3x
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|----------------2----|-----------2----5------||
|-2----4----5---------|-4----5----------------||
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|
| Q. Q. Q. Q. W. 3x
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|-4----2--------------|-----------------------||
|-----------5----4----|-----------------------||
|---------------------|-5--------------------o||
|---------------------|-----------------------||
Pre-Chorus
Gtrs I, II
PM----| PM| PM| ~~ PM----| PM PM PM PM
E S S E E E E E E E Q. E S S E E E E E E E E E E
||---------------------------|---------------------------|
||o--------------------------|---------------------------|
||---------------------------|---------------------------|
||---------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------2-----3-----5----|---------2---3---5---2---3-|
||--1-1-1-1---1-1---1-1------|-1-1-1-1---1---1---1---1---|
PM----| PM| PM| ~~ PM----| PM------------|
E S S E E E E E E E Q. E S S E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------------o||
|--------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------2-----3-----5----|---------2-----5-3-2-3-2-0--o||
|-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0------|-0-0-0-0---0-0---------------||
$$
PM--| PM| PM------------| PM| PM----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------3-----2h3---------|-------3-----2h3----------|
||o-------------------3-2-3-|-------------------3-2-3--|
||--1-1-1---1-1-----1-------|-1-1-1---1-1-----1--------|
PM--| PM| PM----| PM| PM------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------2-----0h2---------|-------2------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------5-3-2-3-2-0-o||
|-0-0-0---0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0---0-0--------------||
Chorus
Q=150
To Dbl. Coda
4/4
Gtr I
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------4-5-|-4---4-------4-5-7-|-5-4-5---------4-5-|-7-7-7-7-5-4-4----|
|-7-6-7-------7-----|---7---------------|-------------7-----|------------------|
|-------7-(7)-------|-------7-(7)-------|-------8-(8)-------|---------------7--|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-9-9-9-9--9--9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5--|
|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2----------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------3-3-3-3--|
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|---------------4-5-|-4---4-------4-5-7-|-5-4-5---------4-5-|-7-7-7-7-5-4-4---|
|-7-6-7-------7-----|---7---------------|-------------7-----|-----------------|
|-------7-(7)-------|-------7-(7)-------|-------8-(8)-------|---------------7-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9--9--9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|
|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2---------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------3-3-3-3-|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------5-4-5-|-4-2---------------|-----------------|
|-5-4-5-------9-7-9-|-------------------|-----2---------4-5-|-7-7-7-7-5-4-4---|
|-------------------|-9-7-9-------------|-------3-(3)-7-----|-----------------|
|-------7-(7)-------|-------7-(7)-------|-------------------|---------------7-|
Q.=190
12/8
Gtrs I, II
PM-| PM-| PM-|
Q E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|------8h11p8-7h10p7------|-8h11p8-7h10p7------8h11p8-|
|-0--0---------------0--0-|---------------0--0--------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------5-5-5-5-5-5-------|
|-7h10p7-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-|
|--------------------3-3-3-|
PM-| PM-| PM-|
Q E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|------8h11p8-7h10p7------|-8h11p8-7h10p7------8h11p8-|
|-0--0---------------0--0-|---------------0--0--------|
E E E E E E E E E Q.
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-7h10p7-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-----|
|--------3-3-3-3-3-3-6----|
Q.=150
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------10-10-9-10-10-10-------|-10-10-9-7-7-7-------10-10-9-|
|-0-0-0------------------0-0-0-|---------------0-0-0---------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------9--9-7--9--9--9-------|--9--9-7-5-5-5--------9--9-7-|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0------------------0-0-0-|---------------0-0-0---------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10--|
|--------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--9--9--9-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------|
|----------3-3-3-3-3-3--5--5--5--|
|-----------------------3--3--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------10-10-9-10-10-10-------|-10-10-9-7-7-7-------10-10-9-|
|-0-0-0------------------0-0-0-|---------------0-0-0---------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------9--9-7--9--9--9-------|--9--9-7-5-5-5--------9--9-7-|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0------------------0-0-0-|---------------0-0-0---------|
D.S. al Coda
D.S. al Coda
3/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-------------------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------|
|-10-10-10-7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10-|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-------------------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------|
|--9--9--9----------------------|-------|
|----------2-2-2-2-2-2--5--5--5-|-------|
|----------0-0-0-0-0-0--3--3--3-|-------|
Guitar Solo
&
12/8
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------2----|--------------------2------4------|
|--2-----4-------5---------|--4--------5----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| H. H. H. Q. Q.
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------7------8------|
|--4-------------4---------|--4-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------4------5------|
|--2-------------2---------|--2-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
| Q. Q E H. E E E E E E Q. +Q E
|-------19---19------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-16------------21---------|-21S19-19-19S16-16-16----(16)--16-|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------2------|-----------------2----5-----|
|--2----4------5-------------|--4------5------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| H. H. H. Q. Q.
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------7----8-----|
|--5-----------5-------------|--5-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------4----5-----|
|--3-----------3-------------|--3-------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
| H. +Q Q Q Q Q Q H.
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-17---------(17)--17----16--|-16---14----12--11----------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------2----|-----------------2--------4----|
|--2--------4-----5-------------|--4--------5-------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| H. H. H. Q. Q.
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------7--------8----|
|--4--------------4-------------|--4----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------4--------5----|
|--2--------------2-------------|--2----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~
| E E E Q. E E E Q. E E E Q. E E E Q.
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-12S11-11-11----14S12-12-12----|-16S14-14-14----17S16-16-16----|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|----------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------2----|--------------------2----5-----|
|--2----4----5---------|--4--------5--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| H. H. H. H.
|----------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------|
|--7---------7---------|--5-----------------5-----------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------|
|--5---------5---------|--3-----------------3----------|
|
|~~~~~ ~~~
| W. E E E E E E H.
|----------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-17-------------------|-14S12-12-12S11-11-11-----------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------|
Out-Chorus
Q=150
&&
4/4
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------4-5-|-4---4-------4-5-7-|-5-4-5---------4-5-|-7-7-7-7-5-4-4----|
|-7-6-7-------7-----|---7---------------|-------------7-----|------------------|
|-------7-(7)-------|-------7-(7)-------|-------8-(8)-------|---------------7--|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-9-9-9-9--9--9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5--|
|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2----------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------3-3-3-3--|
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||----------------4-5-|-4---4-------4-5-7-|
||o-7-6-7-------7-----|---7---------------|
||--------7-(7)-------|-------7-(7)-------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--9-9-9-9--9--9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-|
||o-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|
||--------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------5-4-5-|
||--5-4-5-------9-7-9-|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-9-7-9-------------|
||--------7-(7)-------|-------7-(7)-------|
~~~~~~
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|------------------o||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-5-4-5---------4-5-|-7-7-7-7-5-4-4-----||
|-------------7-----|------------------o||
|-------8-(8)-------|---------------7---||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|------------------o||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5---||
|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2----------o||
|-------------------|---------3-3-3-3---||
|
| ~~~~~~
| E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|------------------o||
|-4-2---------------|-------------------||
|-----2---------4-5-|-7-7-7-7-5-4-4-----||
|-------3-(3)-7-----|------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------7---||
Gtrs I, III
>
W +W
|----------|--------*|
|----------|--------*|
|----------|--------*|
|----------|--------*|
|-7--------|-(7)----*|
|----------|--------*|
|
| Gtr II
| >
| W +W
|----------|--------*|
|----------|--------*|
|----------|--------*|
|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|-0--------|-(0)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n]
- artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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