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Tales of Bitterness Guitar Tablature
Enforsaken
"Tales of bitterness"
From the album "The Forever Endeavor"
track 1
Century Media Records
Music by Steve Stell and Joe DeGroot
Lyrics By Steven Sagala

COMPLETE LYRICS ARE BELOW TAB
transcribed by EuronymousKrieg




Tune to C#

 Intro                      
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|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-3-3------6-6------3-3------6-6---------------|
|-1-1-1111-4-4-4444-1-1-1111-4-4-4444----------|



Main riff
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------0-------------------------------|
|-5-----10--9------5---5--5-----10--9-------9/10-10~-|
|-7-----12-10----7--------7-----12-10------10/12-12~-|
|-0-000---0--0000---------0-000---0---0000-----------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----10--9-----------------------------------------------(hopo)-----|
|-7-----12-10-----1010997755-10------10-10-12----10--12-10-9-10-9------|
|-0-000---0--0000-------------8-8888--8--8-10--/8--8--------------10~--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|



First Guitar Lead:
                                         hammer on/pull off
|-17---17---17---17---17---17---17---17------12-17-12----------|
|-20-b-20-b-20-b-20-b-20-b-20-b-20-b-20-b~------------13-12----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------14-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|



|-------------12---------ho/po-------------------------------------------|
|-13-12-13-15----15-13-12-13-12------------12----------------------------|
|-------------------------------14~----/14----14-13-12-------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------10-12-12b-10------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------12--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|




|----------------------------12----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------12-13-15----15-13-12-------------------------------------|
|-------------12-14----------------------14-12------------ho/po--------------|
|----10-12-14----------------------------------14-13-12-10-12-10-12b-10-----|
|-/12--------------------------------------------------------------------12-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|




Melody 1 first part

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------ho/po------------------ho/po-------------------------ho/po--------------|
|-------9-10-9----10-9---------9-10-9-----10/12-10-/12-14-12-10-12-10-9-10-9-10-|
|-12-12--------12------12--7-7--------8-8----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



Melody 1 second half at end of riff

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-----------------TRILL~~~~~----|
|-/14-12-10-12-10-9-10-9-10-----|
|-------------------------------|


back to main riff
melody riff 1

Chorus melody riff (speed pick throughout)
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------99991010101012121212101010109999--------9999101010101212121210101010109999-|
|-12121212--------------------------------10101010-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


(cont. speed picking)
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------99999101010101012121212121010101099999----------99999--------9999101010109999-|
|-88888--------------------------------------1010101010-----10101010-----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


back to main riff
melody 1 riff
chorus


bridge breakdown riff slower part 1 first part
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-----2-2-----ho/po-ho/po--2-2-----2-2-----------------------|
|-0-0-000-0-0-000-02353202320--0-0-000-0-0-32--3-3---------32----|
|----------------------------3---------------3-1-1-111-0-0---3---|



bridge breakdown riff second part at end of riff
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------5-5-555-------------------------------|
|-3-3-----3-3-333-------------------------------|
|-1-1-111---------------------------------------|



next riff first part
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------ho/po---------|
|--------------10--9------------9-10--------------10--9-12--10--9--9-10-9--------|
|-0-0-0-320357---0--0-0-0-320357-----0-0-0-320357---0-----00--00-00--------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



second part fill at end of this riff

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|------------ho/po-----------------------|
|-/12-10-9-10-9-10-9---------------------|
|-------------------10-------------------|
|----------------------------------------|




slow melodic next part one
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---10/12---12/14-14-141210--2----2-----2-----222-|
|/8------10--------------------000000-00000-0000000-|
|---------------------------------------------------|



slow melodic part two at end of riff
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--------------ho/po----------------|
|----10/12--10-9-10-9---------------|
|-/8------10----------10------------|
|-----------------------------------|


Chord fill before fast part

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|----------9------------------------|
|-12-10-12-7------------------------|
|-10-8--10--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|



Fast part in middle
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|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------7-10-------------------------|
|--7-----------------------------7--------------6-9------------------------------|
|---------7------6--------------------------5-8----------------------------------|
|---555555-555555-555555-8-555555-555555-4-7-------------------------------------|



|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------a.h.--------------------------------------------|
|--7-----------------------------7~----------------------------------------------|
|---------7------6------------------9-10-9-7------------------------33333322222--|
|---555555-555555-555555-8-555555---7-8--7-5--1111111444444411111111-------------|


|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------2-3-5-a.h.---|
|-444444411111114444444411111111-0-1-3-4~-----|


fill at and off riff before abrupt stop
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|---------3-6-3------------------------|
|-----2-5-------5-2--------------------|
|-1-4---------------4-1----------------|


next fast riff
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------77777-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-55555566666555555------555555666664444445555556666665555550000001111113333344444-|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------77777----------------------------------------3-----6----|
|-55555566666555555------55555566666444444555555666666555555-111-4-444--7--|



solo section

back to main riff
melody riff
chorus
end...........................................................................

(Tales of bitterness lyrics)

The illusion in us all - a social parasite 
Manipulating circumstance or a judgment stigmatized? 
The inner revolution, the ruins of the heart 
These are tales of bitterness let me take you to the start 

I feel it coming down 
And waiting at my door 
My god so far away 
Does he need me anymore? 

We travel in this rapid form 
Unable to fulfill our dreams 
The fleeting thoughts of yesteryear 
Impossible for you to breed 

Songs of a shattered lifetime – modern day dramatics 
Another contradiction is rising through the conflicts 
Nothing lasts forever 
Nothing stays the same 
We are magnificent material exposed to decay 

At the farthest reaches of my sight 
You’re not there 

Where are you now? 
As I cry for my reprieve 
Where are you now? 
As I become who I am supposed to be 

Tear my heart 
Ease my pain 
Further below us yet so up high 
This paradise will never survive 

The wrath of mankind means nothing here 
The hands of the liar will seal my fate 
I am burning alive 

As the angels weep, the prophet decrees 
“Withered wings shall befall the kings”
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