Once Upon The Cross

Deicide

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                     From the Album ONCE UPON THE CROSS
                   Copyright 1995 ROADRUNNER RECORDINGS

                         Version 666 - JULY '04

Transcribed by: Death8699 (Ryan Fanucchi)

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.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note         - Trill

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                     song.  E-mail me if you have suggestions,
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Tune Gtr to E-Flat (1/2 Step Down)

--ONCE UPON THE CROSS--

Spoken intro about 30 seconds:
"Sonny, where have you folks taken me!?"


 |Intro Riff| (P.M.H.)
||-----------------------||
||-----------------------||
||-----------------------|| 
||-4-(4)-3---3---2---2---||
||-2-(2)-1---1---2---2---||
||-2-(2)-1---1---0---0---||
   .     .   .   .   .


Play Intro Riff once only then segue into Riff 1.


 |Riff 1| (Fast tremolo picking!!!)
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||:------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||:------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6---------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0---------|
||                                                                         |
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-----------------------------------------|
||-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-----------------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

 (Con't)
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6---------------------------------------------------------||
 |-----------------7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-||
 |                          (Heavy Palm Muting)                            ||
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 |------------------------------------------------------------------------:|| 
 |--------------------------4-(4)-3---3---2---2---------------------------:||
 |---------5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4--2-(2)-1---1---2---2----------------------------||
 |-4-4-4-4------------------2-(2)-1---1---0---0----------------------------||
                            .     .   .   .   .  (For spacing purposes only)


Play Riff 1 a total of one time only.


 |Riff 2|
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||:--------------------------------------------------------||
||:---------h-----------h-----------h-------h---h----------||
||---------2-3---------1-2---------2-3-----2-3-0-1---------||
||-0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----0-2-----------------||
|| . . . .     . . . .     . . . .     . .                 ||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------------------:||
||----------h-----------h-----------h-------h---h-------h-:||
||---------2-3---------1-2---------2-3-----2-3-0-1-----0-1-||
||-0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----0-2-3-0-----0-2---------0-2-----||
   . . . .     . . . .     . . . .     . .         . .


Play Riff 2 a total of 2 times.


 |Riff 3| (Fear Him, Fear Him. . . Saaatan!)
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||:--------------------------------------------------------||
||:--------------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------h---------------------------h--||
||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-2-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-3-5-||
|| . . . . . . . . . . . .     . . . . . . . . . . . .     ||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------------------:||
||--------------------------h---------------------------h-:||
||-------------------------2-3-------------------------3-5-||
||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-----||
   . . . . . . . . . . . .     . . . . . . . . . . . .


Play Riff 3 a total of 4 times.


 |Riff 4| (More fast tremolo picking)
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||:----------------------------------------------------------------|
||:----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
||-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------------|
|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         |
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-----------------|
||-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2---------------------------------0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|
   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

 (Con't)
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-----------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------||
 |-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------------||
 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         ||
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 |----------------------------------------------------------------:||
 |----------------------------------------------------------------:||
 |-----------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3---------2-2-2-2-||
 |-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2---------------------------------0-0-0-0---------||
   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


Play Riff 4 a total of 2 times.


 |Riff 5|
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||:--------------------------------------------------------||
||:--------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--2--3--5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0---||
|| . . . . . . . . .  .  .  .  . . . . . . . . . . . .     ||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------------------:||
||--------------------------------------------------------:||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--2--3--5--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0---||
   . . . . . . . . .  .  .  .  . . . . . . . . . . . .


Play Riff 5 a total of 4 times. (Last time leave out the the) 
                                (open on the sixth string.  )


Repeat Intro Riff one time only.
Repeat Riff 1 one time only.
Repeat Riff 2 a total of 2 times.
Repeat Riff 3 a total of 4 times.
Repeat Riff 4 a total of 2 times.
Repeat Riff 5 a total of 4 times. (Over Solo)
End finally on Intro Riff.

"Once upon the cross!"

END

LYRICS
======

Once upon the cross

Fear him, fear him, fear him... Satan

Nazarene in the valley of persuasion
To receive last temptations from Lord Satan
"Take a bite" said the serpent "eat of it"
Without no choice to do so, you cannot resist

Impaled crucifixion
Compassion forgot
Eternal damnation
Once upon a cross

Blasphemy laughs at thee
Jesus you've been deceived
Struggling on the cross
Gagging to breathe
Despite your god, question why
You were retrieved by the angel of light

Kill him, kill him, kill him... Satan

Nazarene screaming on his crucifixion
Prophecy in its final contradiction
When you die is when the lie will be believed
Upon the cross, before the world to see

Once upon the cross

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