The Maelstrom Mephisto(Tabs)

	        Transcribed By: (BestialWarrior) 
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.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to 
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato 
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend 
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend 
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend 
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend 
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend 
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend 
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note 
'  - tremolo note        <> - Trill 
 
Tuning E A D G B E
Riff #1. Fast.  Intro:Drum Roll. 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------h----------------| 
|------------------33333333------------------------0`1--------------| 
|------------222222--------------------2222----2222-----------------| 
|000000000000--------------000000000000----0000---------------------| 
Riff #2. Fast Palm Mute.                          Fill #1. 
|----------------------------------|-------------|------------------| 
|----------------------------------|-------------|----(4)-----------| 
|----------------------------------|-------------|11---t------------| 
|------2------3------21-3---2------|-------------|---2-3------------| 
|------2------3------21-3---2------|-------------|------------------| 
|000000-000000-000000----000-000000|444444111111-|------------------| 
 ...... ...... ......    ... ...... 
Riff#3.  SLightly fast..     Fill#1.            Transition to Riff#4. 
|---------|----------------|----------------|  |------| 
|---------|----------------|----------------|  |------| 
|---------|----------------|----------------|  |------| 
|2-3-2----|-2-3-2----------|4-\3-3----------|  |---- -| 
|---------|----------------|2-\1-1-11111111-|  |2-3-2-| 
|0-1-0-000|-0-1-0-00000000-|----------------|  |0-1-0-| 
       ...        ........ 
 
Riff#4.                               Riff#5 a.   Fill#1.     Fill#2.(after fill#1 2x) 
|-------------------------------|   |------|---|-----------|---------| 
|-------------------------------|   |------|---|-----------|---------| 
|-------------------------------|  v|------|---|-----------|---------| 
|------2---1------1/2---5-1-1-2-|   |6-----|-5-|-----------|---------| 
|-----------------------3-1-1-2-|   |4-----|-3-|---66----77|-6---7---| 
|000000-000-000000---0003-------|   |4-----|-3-|---44----55|-4---5---| 
 ...... ... ......   ... 
Riff #5b.                                    .     ..    .. 
|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------|  Riff #6.  Repeat #5, except no palm mute where 
|6------5-------6---------------|  Indicated. 
|4------3-------4-------6----7--| 
|4------3-------4-------4----5--| 
        . 
Riff #7. slightly fast  Repeat riff 2x 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|6-----5-----6--666--6--666--6-666--6\5-5-------------------6-\5-5| 
|4-----3-----4--444--4--444--4-444--4\3-3-4-444-4-444-4-444-4-\3-3| 
|4-----3-----4--444--4--444--4-444--4\3-3-4-444-4-444-4-444-4-\3-3| 
             .  ...  .  ...  . ...         . ... . ... . ... 
 
Riff#8.  Fast... 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|888888888888-------------6-666-6-666-6-666-6\5-5-6-666-6-666-6-666-6\5-5--| 
|666666666666555555555555-4-444-4-444-4-444-4\3-3-4-444-4-444-4-444-4\3-3--| 
|------------333333333333-4-444-4-444-4-444-4\3-3-4-444-4-444-4-444-4\3-3--| 
 
                          . ... . ... . ...       . ... . ... . ... 
 
Repeat Riff#2, Riff#3.,Transition, Riff #4. End... 
Note:very last chord let ring out for half time..2/4.