.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to

\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato

h  - hammer on           b  - Bend

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

x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend

,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note

"  - tremolo note        <> - Trill



Transcriber's Notes: Alright, there are too many versions

                     of this song on the Internet only few

                     that are fairly accurate.  My attempt

                     here is to remove the ambiguity and give

                     you a most accurate tab of this awesome

                     song.  E-mail me if you have suggestions,

                     additions, solos, or an even better version

                    at ArghEnemies@aol.com.



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