"IN THE BEGINNING"  by  AMORPHIS
                  from the album Tales from the Thousand Lakes


                                                              Tuning:
Tune all strings a 1 1/2 step down                                   E==C#
b = bend until it sounds like ( no. of the higher fret )             B==G#
r = release the bend                                                 G==E
h = hammer on                                                        D==B
\ = slide down                                                       A==F#
                                                                     E==C#
RIFF A:
E--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G-2------------------------------------|
D-2------h--2---------3---------5------|
A-0-----0^2-2------h--3------h--5------|
E-----------0-----0^1-1-----1^3-3------|
         |         |         |
         |---------|---------|
                KEYBOARD


WITH RIFF A
LEAD 1:
E------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-7----------------7----------------8--7-8-10-8-7---------7--------|
E----10-8-7-8-7-5-----10-8-7-8-7-5----------------10--8-7---10-8-7-|





E---------------------------|
B---------------------------|
G---------------------------|
D--3--3--3--5--5--5--2------|
A---------------------------|
E--1--1--1--3--3--3--0------|
                      continues into RIFF B


RIFF B:

E-----------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------|
D-2----------4---5---------7---9---------2|
A-2----------4---5---------7---9---------2|
E-0----------2---3---------5---7---------0|


WITH RIFF B
LEAD 2:    (sound nice with the bends)
E----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G10b12r10-8-7-----7b8r7------------|
D-----------------------9-7-9------|
A----------------------------------|
E----------------------------------|
                         last time pick slide


RIFF C:

E-----|-----|-----|-----|
B-----|-----|-----|-----|
G-----|-----|--5--|--4--|
D--2--|--5--|--5--|--4--|
A--2--|--5--|--3--|--2--|
E--0--|--3--|-----|-----|

WITH RIFF C
LEAD 3:
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--8-7-7-5-8-7-7-5-10-8-8-7---5-7-8--8-7-7-5-8-7-7-5-7-5-------5-7-8-|
G---------------------------7----------------------------7-6-7-------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|



RIFF D:

E------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A-2-2---h-h--2------2-2---h-h--2-----|-2-2---h-h--2------2-2-x-5-x-5--|
E-0-0--0^3^5---5-3--0-0--0^3^5---5---|-0-0--0^3^5---5-3--0-0-x-3-x-3--|


RIFF E

E-----|-----|-----|-----|
B-----|-----|-----|-----|
G-----|-----|-----|-----|
D-----|-----|--2--|-----|
A--4--|--2--|--0--|--5--|
E--2--|--0--|-----|--3--|

WITH RIFF E
LEAD 4:
E-----------------|
B-----------------|
G-----------------|
D/9-9-8-8-6-6-4---|
A-----------------|
E-----------------|


RIFF F:
E-----|------|------|-----|
B-----|------|------|-----|
G-----|------|--10--|--9--|
D--7--|--10--|--10--|--9--|
A--7--|--10--|---8--|--7--|
E--5--|---8--|------|-----|


WITH RIFF F
LEAD 5:
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G11-10-10-8-11-10-10-8-13-11-11-10----8-10-11--11-10-10-8-11-10-10-8-10-8---------8-10-11--|
D----------------------------------10-------------------------------------10-9-10----------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



ENDING:
E-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D---5-5----5-5-----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----9-9-9-9\---|
A-x-5-5--x-5-5-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7\---|
E-x-3-3--x-3-3-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0\---|

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another version
                      	"IN THE BEGINNING"  by  AMORPHIS
                  from the album Tales from the thousand lakes

transcribed by David Gagnon

tune all strings a half step down
b = bend until it sounds like ( no. of the higher fret )
r = release the bend
h = hammer on
\ = slide down

RIFF A:
E--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G7-----------------------5-------|
D7-------7-------8-------5-------|
A5-------7-------8-------3-------|
E--------5-------6---------------|

repeat riff A,


LEAD 1:(discreetly) (play with fingers if you want)
E--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G--------------------------------|
D--------------------------------|
A5-65-5----5--------565----57875-|
E----8-865--868656-8---868------8|

play this on riff A


repeat lead 1 with riff A another time,

BRIDGE 1:
chords:  D5 D5 D5 E5#VIII E5#VIII E5#VIII

RIFF B:   Chords:
 D5                                E5
 E5#VIII                           G5X
 A5XII                             E5
 D5 (played 13 times muted the second time)

repeat riff B:

LEAD 2:
E------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|
G/14---12----------------------------|
D---------15-14---14-(15)-14----12---|
A----------------------------15------|
E------------------------------------|
                         (last time a third guitar pick-scratches)
play this four times on each riff B

repeat lead 2 four more times with riff B


RIFF C:  Chords:
 D5                      E#VIII                  Bb
                         |                       |
LEAD 3: (the hot one!)   |                       |
E------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------12----------------------------------------------|
D15-14-14-12-15-14-14-12----15-15-14----12-14-15-15-14-14-12-15-14-14-12-|
A------------------------------------15----------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|

RIFF C: (continued...) Chords:
 A5
LEAD 3: (continued...)
E-----------------------|
B-----------------------|
G-----------------------|
D12-11-11-12-12-14-14---|
A------------|--|--|--|-|
E------------|--|--|--|-|  repeat this 3 other times each time on riff C
             |  |  |  |
BRIDGE 2:    |  |  |  |
            -0--8--5--3-|
last time of lead 3 substitute these notes on the 4th string (D)

RIFF D:
 D5                                                      0F F