Posted: Nov 15 2004, 05:24 AM 


REQUIEM - Intro/main riff. Album: Killing Joke (1980)
Updated : Feb. 06 2006

Let ring . C (0) string is played sometimes. Keep a barred A# chord (D#-2, G#-2, C#-2).

F-------------------------------------------------
C--------4--2--------------------(0)---------(0)--
G#-------------4--2-----------------0-----------0-
D#--(2)--------------4--2-0-----------------------
A#---0---------------------------4----------5-----
F-----------------------------2----------3-------- 





Mar 20 2006


[REQUIEM. Album : Killing Joke (1980).
As played currently live, a nice variation of the main riff.
Let ring…
Keep a barred chord on the 2nd case with the index and play the other notes with 3rd finger.
^ = hammer-on / pull-off.

D--------------------------------------------------
A-----2^4^2---2------------------------------------
F-----------4---4^2^4-2--------------0---------0---
C---2-------------------4-2^0----------------------
G-0-------------------------------4---------5------
D------------------------------2---------3---------

Can also be played like that…
D-----------------------------------0---------0---
A-----2^4^2---2-----------------------0---------0-
F-----------4-----2^4^2---------------------------
C---2-----------4--------4-2-0--------------------
G-0-------------------------------4---------5-----
D------------------------------2---------3--------

Or like that…
D--------------------------------------------0---
A-----2^4^2---2---------------------0---------0--
F-----------4---4^2^4-2---------------0--------0-
C---2-------------------4-2-0--------------------
G-0-------------------------------4---------5----
D------------------------------2---------3-------


Live Geordie plays the main riff (first part) on the 14th case.
Keep a barred with the index on C-F-A 14th.
You can alternate the second part of it by the different ways.
Let ring…

D--------------------------------------------
A-------16-14--------------------------------
F-14-14-14-14-16-14--------------0---------0-
C-14-14-14-14-14-14-16-14--------------------
G--0--0--0-----0-----0--0-----4---------5----
D--------------------------2---------3-------




You can play the second part of this riff from different ways that all sound.
You can play a lot of variations playing the little F-A-D open strings…
Let ring…

D-------0---------------)-------------------0----
A---------0-----------0-)------0-------------0---
F-------------------0---)--------0------------0--
C-----------------------)------------------------
G----4-----------5------)----4-----------5-------
D-2-----------3---------)-2-----------3----------