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Submitted by: frankolio

Drinking from the Poisoned Well 			

Performed by Tourniquet
Written by Ted Kirkpatrick   -  Proverbs 29:11
From the album: “Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm”
Copyright 2000;   Metal Blade Records Inc.

Transcribed by Frank Springman, January 17, 2005
Tuning: All strings down 2.5 steps (low to high: B, E, A, D, Gb, B) 

h = Hammer-On
p = Pull-Off
~ = Vibrato via fret fingers
^ = Bend
br = Bend and release
^bh = Bend and hold until: \br = Bend-release
\ = Slide down, / = Slide up
x = Muted
 

	     Main Riff       
|-15\-|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15\-|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15\-|*--------------------------------------------------------------------*|
|-----|*-2--2-2-2--2----2--2-2-2--3-2-3----2--2-2-2--2----2--2-2-2--2-2--3--*|
|-----|--2--2-2-2--2----2--2-2-2--3-2-3----2--2-2-2--2----2--2-2-2--2-2--3---|
|-----|--0--0-0-0--0----0--0-0-0--1-0-1----0--0-0-0--0----0--0-0-0--0-0--1---|
	
Fill-1 (0:11, and other spots)
|---------------------------|
|--1-3-5-3-1-0--------------|
|--------------2-4-2-0------|
|----------------------4-2--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|


Riff-2 (0:37)     (Lower guitar only shown.)
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|*---------------------------------------------------------------|
|*---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---7-----------7-----------9-----------10-----------3-----------|
|------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0--|

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------*-|   
|---------------------------------------*-|
|15-----------14-----------10-------------|
|----0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0----|


Fill-2 (1:51, and other spots)
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--1-3-5-3-1-0-------------------------------------|
|--------------2-4-2-0---------0-------------------|
|----------------------4-2-2-4---4-2-0-------------|
|--------------------------------------3-5-3-2-0---|
|------------------------------------------------3-| Into...


Riff-3 (1:55)     
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|*------------------4-x-x-4-x-x-4-4-----------------7-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-|
|*--2-x-x-2-x-x-2-2-4-x-x-4-x-x-4-4-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-2-7-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-|
|---2-x-x-2-x-x-2-2-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-2-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-2-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-5-|
|---0-x-x-0-x-x-0-0-----------------0-x-x-0-x-x-0-0-----------------|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------7-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-----------------4-x-x-4-x-x-4-4--*|
|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-5-7-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-5-4-x-x-4-x-x-4-4--*|
|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-5-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-5-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-5-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-2---|
|-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-3-----------------3-x-x-3-x-x-3-3-------------------|


Riff-4  (2:50)  (with the wistling in background)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|*---------4~~----------4~~-------------------2~~----------2~~----------|
|*---2-4h5--------2-4h5--------2-4h5----2-4h5--------2-4h5--------2-4h5-|
|--2------------2------------2--------3------------3------------3-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------2~~----------2~~----------*|
|---4-5h6-7~~----4-5h6-7~~----4-5h7----1-2/4--------1-2/4--------1-2/4-*|
|-5------------5------------5--------2------------2------------2--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|Into..


Riff-5 (3:17)  
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|*-----------------------------7----5-5--------5-5-----------|
|*-2-2--------2-2--------------7----5-5--------5-5-----------|
|--2-2--------2-2--------------5----3-3--------3-3-----------|
|--0-0--------0-0--------------------------------------------|


|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7--------7-7-----------------4-4--------4-4-------------*|
|-7-7--------7-7-----------------4-4--------4-4-------------*|
|-5-5--------5-5-----------------2-2--------2-2--------------|
|---------------------------5^---------------------------3^--| Into...


Solo Introduction (3:44)  
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5\4/5-----4/5--5/7\5--4-----------------4\2/4------2/4--4/5\4--2---------|
|-------------------------5\3---------------------------------------3\2----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo Intro continued   +  +  +  below is the second guitar or you can repeat 
the previous line one more time +  +  +
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9\7/9-----7/9--9/10\9--7---------------7\5/7------5/7--7/9\7--5----------|
|--------------------------9\7-------------------------------------7\6-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo (4:10)
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------15------------------|
|-------------12----------12^----------------/12-14-14^-----12----12h14p12~~~|
|-------12-14----14-12--------14~~~~~~~\-----------------------14------------|
|-12h14----------------14----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-------------12--------------12--------12----15^--15~~~~-12h15p12----12-----|
|----------------12-15-12------------12----12----------------------15----15^^|
|-------14^---------------14^----14^-----------------------------------------|
|-14p12----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-12-------------------------------------------15-17^------------------------|
|----15-12-------15-------------------------15-------------------------------|
|----------14^------14b---r--12-14-12-14/16----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

   (4:26)   Play next two lines extremely FAST
|-12h15p12----------12h15p12----------12h15p12----------12h15p12-------------|
|----------12h15p12----------12h15p12----------12h15p12----------12h15p12----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-12h17p12----------12h15p12----14-15-14----12-------------------------------|
|----------12h15p12----------15----------15----12----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|----15-17^bh------20--17\br--15---------------------------------------------|
|-17------------------------------17~~~~17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


	Play this line extremely FAST (this is the toughest part of the solo)
|-------------12-15-12----12----------------------------------------------|
|-------12-15----------15----15-12-15-12----12----------------------------|
|-12h14----------------------------------15----15-14h15p14p12-14-12-14-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                         End of Solo!
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-12~~~-------14^--12~~~~~~~~~-----------------------------------|
|----------14p12------------------14\-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


Riff for the fantastic drum playing (5:20) 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|*------2--------------------------------------------5--------4--------1---|
|----------------2--------3--------1--------2------------------------------|
|-0-3-0----0-3-0----0-3-0----0-3-0----0-3-0----0-3-0----0-3-0----0-3-0-----|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
|-------2-----------------0--------------------------------------------1--*|
|----------------2-----------------4--------3--------1--------2------------|
|-0-3-0----0-3-0----0-3-0----0-3-0----0-3-0----0-3-0----0-3-0----0-3-0-----|


Viscious Scale, mini-solo (5:40)
|14h15-14-15-14-12-14-12----12------------------------------------------------|
|------(------)-(------)-15----15-14-15-14-12-14-12----12---------------------|
|------------------------(------)-(------)-(------)-15----15-14-15-14-15-14-12~
|---------------------------------------------------(------)-(------)---------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
								Into...

Riff for the closing parts of the song
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
|*-----------2-2-2---------------2-2-2---------------2-2-2--------2--------2*|
|------------2-2-2---------------2-2-2---------------2-2-2--2\1/2----3p2h3---|
|0h2h3-0h2h3-0-0-0---0h2h3-0h2h3-0-0-0---0h2h3-0h2h3-0-0-0-------------------|



Muffled, low scale (6:33)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------15p12-15p12-14p12-------------|
|-------------------12----12-14p12-14---------------------14-12-14p12-|
|-12-14p12-14p12-14----14---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|


|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-14-12-14p12----------|
|-------------14p12----|
|-------------------15-|


Cool Effect (7:03)  
|----------------21---------\-----|
|----------17h20------------\-----|
|---------------------------------|
|-14/17-20------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|


Ending (7:10)  (after final funny-voice break)
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------2----------2--2-2-2--2-----|
|-------------------------------------------------2----------2--2-2-2--2-----|
|-0h2h3-0h2h3-0h2h3-0h2h3-0h2h3-0h2h3-0h2h3-0h2h3-0----------0--0-0-0--0-----|


|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------9\------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------9\------------------|
|--2--2-2-2---3--2--3-sustain chord----------------------9\------------------|
|--2--2-2-2---3--2--3------------------------------------7\------------------|
|--0--0-0-0---1--0--1--------------------------------------------------------|

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