POSSESSED – THE EXORCIST
(Seven Churches, 1985)

Key
after note vibrato
^ after note heavy vibrato
slide down
/ slide up
+ tap
h hammer
p pull
n natural harmonic
s pinching harmonic (squeal)
tremolo pick
t trill
b bend
|-3-| triplet

n number above the tab play the first part then the first finishing part
play the first part a second time and then play the second finishing part
etc.

Riff 1

E ---------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------
G ---------------------------------------
D -3-2-3---------------------------------
A -3-2-3--------------3-2----------------
E -1-0-1--00-00-00-00-----3--00-00-00-00-'

Fill 1

E --------
B --------
G --------

[-3-2-3–]
E [-3-2-3–]-1-0-1–

Riff 2

E -----------------------------
B -----------------------------
G -----------------------------
D -5-5--5--------5-5--5--------
A -5-5--5-5-4----5-5--5-5-4----
E -3-3--3-----43-3--3-----4

Riff 3

E ---------------------------
B ---------------------------
G -----------4------------3--
D -5-5--5-3--4--5-5--5-3--3--
A -5-5--5-3--2--5-5--5-3--1--
E -3-3--3-1-----3-3--3-1-----

Riff 4

E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G -00-00-00-00-00-00-33-33-22-22-22-22-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-
D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------
G -33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-
D -------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G -00-00-00-00-00-00-33-33-22-22-22-22-33-33-33-33-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-
D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------
G -11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-
D -------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------
G -00-00-00-00-00-00-33-33-22-22-22-22-33-33-33-33-
D -------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------

Riff 4A

E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G -00-00-00-00-00-00-33-33-22-22-22-22-33-33-33-33-33-33-6p3-33-33-33-5p3-5-33-33-6p3-33-33-33-5p3-5-
D ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------------------
G -33-33-6p3-33-33-33-5p3-5-33-33-6p3-33-5p3-33-6p3-33-
D -----------------------------------------------------
A -----------------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G -00-00-00-00-00-00-33-33-22-22-22-22-33-33-33-33-11-11-4p1-11-11-11-3p1-3-11-11-4p1-11-11-11-4p1-4-
D ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------------------
G -11-11-4p1-11-11-11-3p1-3-11-11-4p1-11-3p1-11-4p1-11-
D -----------------------------------------------------
A -----------------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------
G -00-00-00-00-00-00-33-33-22-22-22-22-33-33-33-33-
D -------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------

Riff 5

E ----------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------
G -------------5--------------7-----------------
D -5-5-5-5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6-6-6-7--8-8-8-8-8-8-7--
A -5-5-5-5-5-5-3--6-6-6-6-6-6-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-7--
E -3-3-3-3-3-3----4-4-4-4-4-4----6-6-6-6-6-6-5--

Fill 2

E ----------
B ----------
G ----------
D -3-2-3--2-
A -3-2-3--2-
E -1-0-1--0-

Order

Riff 1 x 4
Fill 1 x 1
Riff 2 x 4
Riff 3 x 4
Riff 2 x 4
Riff 3 x 4
Riff 4/4A x 1
Riff 5 x 4
Riff 4/4A x 1
Solo over Riff 5 x 4
Solo over Riff 3 x 4
Riff 2 x 4
Riff 3 x 4
Riff 2 x 4
Riff 3 x 4
Riff 2 x 4
Riff 3 x 4
Riff 4/4A x 1
Riff 5 x 4
Riff 4/4A x 1
Riff 3 x 4
Riff 1 x 4
Fill 2 x 1

Tabbed by Radiohater 2003