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Apocalypse Upon Us

Overcast

Chord: Principal (acoustic and electric guitars)
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key: E 
Album:  Fight Ambition To Kill

Transcribed by Dave Blanchard

Standard Tuning

Guitar 1 - Pete Cortese
Guitar 2 - Scott McCooe

I tried to line up the measures to indicate the correct timing, but you'll have
to listen closely to fully get it.  

Riff 1A

Guitar 1
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------4---3---\7----3-----------------------|
|-----------2------------------------4*-------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-------------2------------2------------2---------|
|-2-2-2-2-------3-1-2------3-3-1-2--------3-1-2-----------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-1----------1------------0-1---------0-3-0-1-|
  . . . .                                         . . . .

Riff 1B

Guitar 1
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|------4----3----\7---7\6---6---------------------|
|-2-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------2------------2------------2---------2-|
|-----3-1-2------3-3-1-2--------3-1-2-----------2-|
|-0-1----------1------------0-1---------0-3-0-1-0-|
                                        . . . . . 

Riff 2

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|----------------5---3---4----3-3-3-|
|----------------5---3---4----3-3-3-|
|----------------3---1---2----1-1-1-|
|-0-1-0-3-1-0-1--3-0-1-0-2-0--1-1-1-|
  . . . . . . .    .   .   .
Guitar 2
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|----------------5---3---4----3-3-3-|
|---(Rest)-------5---3---4----3-3-3-|
|----------------3---1---2----1-1-1-|
|----------------3-0-1-0-2-0--1-1-1-|
                   .   .   .
Guitar 1
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------------5---3---4----3/4-3-3-|
|----------------5---3---4----3/4-3-3-|
|----------------3---1---2----1/2-1-1-|
|-0-1-0-3-1-0-1--3-0-1-0-2-0--1/2-1-1-|
  . . . . . . .    .   .   .
Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------------5---3---4----3/4-3-3-|
|----------------5---3---4----3/4-3-3-|
|----------------3---1---2----1/2-1-1-|
|-0-1-0-3-1-0-1--3-0-1-0-2-0--1/2-1-1-|
  . . . . . . .    .   .   .

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

Guitar 1
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-3--------2-----------|
|----2--1--------1b2r1-|
Guitar 2
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----4--3--4/7---4---3-|
|-1--------------------|

Riff 3

Guitar 1
|-------------------------------------------"-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------"------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-------7tr8-------7h8-5tr7-------7tr8-----------|
|-00000------00000----------00000----------------|
  .....      .....          .....
Guitar 2
|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------"-|
|--------------------------------------"------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-------7tr8-------7h8-5tr7-------7tr8-----------|
|-00000------00000----------00000----------------|
  .....      .....          .....

Riff 4

Guitar 1
|----------------------------------|
|-----0-------0-----0--------------|
|-----3-------4-----3--------------|
|--------------------------3---3---|
|----------------------------------|
|-000---0-000---000----000---0-----|
  ...   . ...   ...    ... . . . 
Guitar 2
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-222---2-222---222------5---3---4-|
|-222---2-222---222------5---3---4-|
|-000---0-000---000----0-3-0-1-0-2-|
  ...   . ...   ...    . . . . . .

Guitar 1
|----------------------------------|
|-----0-------0-----0--------------|
|-----3-------4-----3--------------|
|------------------------5---3---4-|
|------------------------5---3---4-|
|-000---0-000---000----0-3-0-1-0-2-|
  ...   . ...   ...    . . . . . .
Guitar 2
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-222---2-222---222------5---3---4-|
|-222---2-222---222------5---3---4-|
|-000---0-000---000----0-3-0-1-0-2-|
  ...   . ...   ...    . . . . . .

Fill 1

Both Guitars
|------------|
|------------|
|-4---3------|
|-4---3------|
|-2---1------|
|-2---1---2~-|

Riff 5

Both Guitars
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|------6----5---------4-----------3------------|
|------6----5----6----4----4\3----3----4-------|
|------4----3----6----2----4\3----1----4-------|
|-0000-4-00-3-00-4-00-2-00-2\1-00-1-00-2-00-2~-|
  ....   ..   ..   ..   ..     ..   ..   ..
Ending 1
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-------------------4--3-----|
|-------------------4--3-----|
|-------------------2--1-----|
|-0-3-0-1-0-2-0h1p0-2--1--2~-|

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

Riff 6

Guitar 1 
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------4-3----------------------6-5---4----4-3---|
|--------------------3-4-3-4--------------------6-5-6-4--3-4-3-4-|
|--------------------3-2-1-4--------------------4-3-6-2--3-2-1-4-|
|-00000000-0-0-0-0-0-1-----2-00000000-0-0-0-0-0-----4----1-----2-|
  ........ . . . . .         ........ . . . . .
Guitar 2
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------4-3----------------------6-5---4----4-3---|
|-2------------------3-4-3-4--------------------6-5-6-4--3-4-3-4-|
|-2------------------3-2-1-4--------------------4-3-6-2--3-2-1-4-|
|-0------------------1-----2------------------------4----1-----2-|

Guitar 1
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|---------3-----4--6-5---4----4-3---|
|---------3-----4--6-5-6-4--3-4-3-4-|
|---------1-----2--4-3-6-2--3-2-1-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-2------4----1-----2-|
  . . . .   . . 
Guitar 2
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|------------------6-5---4----4-3---|
|------------------6-5-6-4--3-4-3-4-|
|------------------4-3-6-2--3-2-1-4-|
|----------------------4----1-----2-|

Pete plays this lick:
|-0h3p0-------------------|
|-------0h3p0-------------|
|-------------0h2p0-------|
|-------------------0h2p0-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|

Riff 6 changes rhythms throughout the rest of the song.  Listen for the correct timing.  

Fill 2

Guitar 1 only
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-------4--3------|
|-------4--3------|
|-------2--1---9\-|
|-0h1p0-2--1------|

Riff 7

|--------------------------------------|
|----0-----------------0---------------|
|----4---4-5-----------4b---4-5--------|
|-2------4-5--------2-----2-4-5--------|
|-2------2-3--------2-------2-3--------|
|-0------2-3-3--3/5-0-------2-3-3--3/5-|

Guitar 2
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------4-5----------------4-5--------|
|-2---2--4-5-5--5/7-22222---4-5-5--5/7-|
|-2---2--2-3-5--5/7-22222---2-3-5--5/7-|
|-0---0--2-3-3--3/5-00000---2-3-3--3/5-|
                    .....

Riff 8 

Guitar 2 plays a palm muted open E pattern.  

Guitar 1
|--------------------------------------0--------|
|--------------------------------------0--------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------4/5-4-|
|-----------------------------------------4/5-4-|
|-00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000-----2/3-2-|
  ........ ........ ........ ........
(Guitar 1 continued)
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|----------7----------|
|-2---4/5--7--7/7-7/9-|
|-2---4/5--5--4/5-5/7-|
|-0---2/3-------------|

Riff 9

Both Guitars
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------|
  . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . .
(continued)
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|----------------7-7-7-7-7----------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--7-7-7-7-7--7/7-7/9-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5--4/5-5/7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------|
  . . . . . . .  . . . . .
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