Arch Enemy - Sinister Mephisto Tabs

ARCH ENEMY - SINISTER MEPHISTO
                        From the Album STIGMATA

                        Version 2.0 - APR 01


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..  - palm mute          /  - slide up to
 \  - slide down to      ~  - vibrato
 h  - hammer on          b  - bend
 p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
                          ph - pinch harmonic
                           f - full bend    h - half bend
*  - see comment           r - release      t - tap bend
X  - percussion mute       ~ - vibrato bend
@  - slight palm mute     () - ghost note, sustained note

Tune to B

Riff 1 (both guitars!)              1.                 
|----------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------------|
|-5"-2"-4"----2"-|-7"-9"-10"-7"-9"-6"-7-77777777-|
|-5"-2"-4"-6"-2"-|-7"-9"-10"-7"-9"-6"-7-77777777-|
|-3"-0"-2"-6"-0"-|-5"-7"-8"--5"-7"-4"-5-55555555-|
|----------4"----|-------------------------------|
                                        ........ 

 2.                  3.                 
|-------------------|---|
|-------------------|---|
|--------------5--4-|---|
|-3-3-5-5-2-2--5--4-|-2-|
|-3-3-5-5-2-2--3--2-|-2-|
|-1-1-3-3-0-0-------|-0-|


Riff 2 Guitar 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----9---10----9---10----------------------9---10----9---10-------------------|
|----9---10----9---10----91012h13p12h13----9---10----9---10---111214h15p14h15-|
|----7---8-----7---8-----------------------7---8-----7---8--------------------|
|-00---0----00---0----00----------------00---0----00---0----00----------------|
  ..   .    ..   .    .. ..             ..   .    ..   .    .. . .


|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----9---10----9---10-------------------------------------------------|
|----9---10----9---10----91012h13p12h13--------------7-----------5~---|
|----7---8-----7---8--------------------------7\-------6-----5h6------|
|-00---0----00---0----00-----------------0000----000-----7p6----------|
  ..   .    ..   .    .. ..              ....    ...


Riff 3 Guitar 1
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------9-----7-----5-----7------9--------2-----2---------4-----4-----|
|---10-----9-----7-----9-----10---10---3-----3---3-----5-----5---5---|
|-0------0-----0-----0-----0---------5-----5-------5-7-----7-------7-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  . . .  . . . . . . . . . .  . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 


Refrain Guitar 1
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------7-------9-9---4-4-------------------7----7-----9-9---9-9-|
|-4---------------7-------9-9---4-4---4---------------7----7-----7-7---6-6-|
|-4---------------5-55555-7-7-7-2-2-2-4---------------5-55-5-5-------0-----|
|-2-2222222222222---------------------2-2222222222222----------------------|
    .............   .....     .     .   .............   ..   .       .


Riff 4 Guitar 1
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----10p9----7-9----------7~-----10p9---7-9---/12-10---9~-|
|-000-------0-----0-8-10-0-5~-000------0-----0--------0----|
  ...       .     .      .    ...      .     .        .

                 
Rhythm under solo 1.     2.      3.            4.     5.      6.
|----------------------|------|--------------|------|------|------------|
|----------------------|------|--------------|------|------|------------|
|-12\11-11/12----------|------|-9999999-4-5~-|-2--4-|-5--7-|-4444444444-|
|----------------------|-5--7-|-9999999-4-5~-|-2--4-|-5--7-|-4444444444-|
|-10\9--9-/10----------|-5--5-|-7777777-2-3~-|-0--2-|-3--5-|-2222222222-|
|-------------00000000-|-3--5-|--------------|------|------|------------|
              ........                                       ..........


Song structure
--------------
Riff 1: 2 times with the second part ending with 3.
Riff 2: guitar 1 begins 2 times then with guitar 2 together 2 times
Riff 3: 4 times 
Refrain: 4 times
Riff 1: same as above
Riff 2: same as above
Riff 3: same as above
Refrain: guitar 1 plays the same but guitar 2 plays 2nd refrain 2 times
Riff 4: guitar 1 alone 2 times then with guitar 2 together 2 times
Rhythm under Solo
1.: 4 times
2.: 1 time
1.: 4 times
2.: 1 time
3.: 3 times
4.: 1 time
3.: 3 times
4.: 1 time
3.: 3 times
4.: 1 time
3.: 3 times
4.: 1 time
5.: 1 time
3.: 2 times
5.: 1 time
6.: 1 time
Riff 1: same as above
Riff 3: same as above
Refrain: as 2nd refrain with other ending!