Memphis Will Be Laid to Waste - Norma Jean Guitar Tab

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Submitted by: onlythexclouds

Band - Norma Jean
Song - Memphis Will Be Laid to Waste
Album - Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child
Tuning - Drop C Sharp    high to low  D# A# F# C# G# C#

> - let ring
. - palm mute

Ok I'm just tabbing this because every tab I've seen on the internet leaves
parts out and/or is completely wrong. So here it is Memphis Will Be Laid to
Waste (if you wanna sound really realistic use a Digitech Metal Master).


Intro 
D#|-------|
A#|-------|
F#|-------|
C#|---6---|
G#|---6---|
C#|---6---|
Both guitars strum that note about 24x


Riff 1
D#|-----------------------------------|
A#|---------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---| For that palm-muting at the end
F#|---------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---| just slowly slide your palm off
C#|---0-0-0---------------------------| while playing the note
G#|---0-0-0---------------------------|
C#|---0-0-0---------------------------| Guitar 1 plays this 4x and then
      . . .   . . . . . . . . .         both guitars play it 8x


Riff 2  (Guitar 1) 1x intro
D#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------0-----0-----0-----0-----0---------0-----0-----------0-----0-------|
C#|---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4---3-3---3-3---3-3---0-0---0-0---0-0---|

        (Guitar 2) 7 more times
D#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------2-----2-----2-----2-----2---------2-----2-----------2-----2-------|
C#|---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4---3-3---3-3---3-3---0-0---0-0---0-0---|
G#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Riff 3  (Only Guitar 1 plays the things in parenthesis)
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|---7-7-7-7-7>----7-7-7-7-7>--(7)----7-7-7-7-7>----7-7-7-7-7>--(7)-----|
F#|---4-4-4-4-4>----4-4-4-4-4>----(4)--4-4-4-4-4>----4-4-4-4-4>----(4)---|
C#|-----------0>------------0>-----------------0>------------0>----------|
G#|-----------0>------------0>-----------------0>------------0>----------|
C#|-----------0>------------0>-----------------0>------------0>----------|


Riff 4  2x                                 1                  2
D#|---------------------------------------|------------------|---------------|
A#|---------------------------------------|------------------|---------------|
F#|---------------------------------------|-----------------o|--------------o|
C#|--0-0-0-0-0----------------0-0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0--0-0-0--o|-------0-0-0--o|
G#|--0-0-0-0-0--------(snare)-0-0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0--0-0-0---|-------0-0-0---|
C#|--0-0-0-0-0-(bass)---------0-0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0--0-0-0---|-------0-0-0---|
     . . . . .                . . . . .       . . .  . . .           . . .


Riff 5
D#|-------------|
A#|-------------|
F#|-------------| Both Guitars 1x
C#|---8>---4>---|
G#|---8>---4>---|
C#|---8>---4>---|


Now go back to Riff 1 and play it slightly faster 8x


Riff 6
D#|-----------------------------|
A#|-----------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
F#|-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---| Both guitars now play this 4x
C#|---0-0-0-0-------------------|
G#|---0-0-0-0-------------------|
C#|---0-0-0-0-------------------|
      . . . . 


Riff 7 
D#|----------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------| Both Guitars 3x
C#|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0>--0-0>--0-0>---|
G#|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0>--0-0>--0-0>---|
C#|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0>--0-0>--0-0>---|
      . . . . . . . .   . .   . . 

Riff 8 
D#|-------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------| Both Guitars 9x
C#|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0---|
G#|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0---|
C#|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0---|
      . . . . . . . .  . .  . .
 
Now guitar 2 goes back and plays Riff 7  4x while Guitar 1 plays Riff 9


Riff 9
D#|------------------|
A#|------------------| You play this 2x and strum those notes like super fast
F#|---10---11---10---| (Just listen to the song for the right timing)
C#|------------------|
G#|---8----9----8----|
C#|------------------|


Riff 10
D#|---------------------------|
A#|---------------------------|
F#|---------------------------|  Both Guitars 1x
C#|---11>---11>---11>---11>---| 
G#|---8>----8>----8>----8>----|
C#|---8>----8>----8>----8>----|


Riff 11  (Guitar 1)
D#|----------------------|
A#|----------------------|
F#|----------------------| Comes in and plays this 8x
C#|----------------------|
G#|----------------------|
C#|---8-8-8-8-8-8--6/8---|

         (Guitar 2)
D#|----------------------|
A#|----------------------| Then this comes in after 4 riffs and
F#|---8-8-8-8-8-8--6/8---| plays for 4 more
C#|----------------------|
G#|----------------------|
C#|----------------------|


Riff 12
D#|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|
F#|-----------------| Both Guitars 8x
C#|---11-11-11-11---|
G#|---8--8--8--8----|
C#|---8--8--8--8----|


Riff 13  (Guitar 1)
D#|----------|
A#|----------|
F#|----------| 8x
C#|-----11---|
G#|-----8----|
C#|---6/8----|

         
Guitar 2 plays riff 9 - 8x


Then both guitars go back to Riff 12


And then finally the end
D#|--------|
A#|--------|
F#|--------|
C#|---4>---|
G#|---4>---|
C#|---4>---|


What an awesome song. Easy but fun. I tryed to make this as accurate and 
intricate as possible, Any questions or comments email me at 
surfbass77@lycos.com


God Bless

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