Old Mans Child

Return Of The Night Creatures

Old Mans Child


Tom: G

                       OLD MAN'S CHILD:
                   RETURN OF THE NIGHT CREATURES


Tabbed: Esa Mikkola (Finland)

Palm muted notes are marked with these ......



Riff 1  This is hard riff because it's
        played like chords

guitar 1

|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------3---------|
|---------5---------------------3-----|
|-----5-------7---------5-------------|
|---5-----------------5---------------|
|-3-----3---3---3---3-----3---3---3---|
  . .   .   .   .   . .   .   .   .

|----------------------------------------|
|---------4-------3----------------------|
|-----3-------5-------3---5--------------|
|-----------------------------7----------|
|---5------------------------------------|
|-3-----3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------|
  . .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

|-------------------------------------------|
|---------4---------------------------------|
|-----5-------5----7---8---7-5--------------|
|---5--------------------------8-7----------|
|-3-----3---3---3----5---5-------------3-6--|
|----------------------------------2-5------|
  . .   .   .   .    .   .

guitar 2

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------7--3--5----7-----|
|-555---555---555--5--7--3--5----7-----|
|-555---555---555--5--5--1--3----5-----|
|-333---333---333--3-------------------|


Riff 2


|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-5---6---5-----5---6---5--8---9---8-----8---9---8-|
|---3---3---3-3---3---3------6---6---6-6---6---6---|
    .   .   . .   .   .      .   .   . .   .   .

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-7---8---7-----7---8---7---------------------------------|
|---5---5---5-5---5---5----5---6---5-----5---6---5----3-6-|
|----------------------------3---3---3-3---3---3---2-5----|
    .   .   . .   .   .      .   .   . .   .   .


Riff 3

guitar 1

|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------3-3-7-5-2-3--5-5-8-7-4-5----------------|
|-5-5-8-7-4-5----------------------------6-5-5-8-7-4-5-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-7-5-2-3--5-5-8-7-4-5--7-7-10-9-6-7--8-7-5----------|
|-----------------------------------------------8-7-5-4--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

guitar 2

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|----3--5-----3--5--7-------|
|-5--3--5--5--3--5--7-hold--|
|-5--1--3--5--1--3--5-------|
|-3--------3----------------|

In the end of the song this riff comes again but
there is little change. Here it is:

|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------3-3-7-5-2-3--5-5-8-7-4-5----------------|
|-5-5-8-7-4-5----------------------------6-5-5-8-7-4-5-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-7-5-2-3--5-5-8-7-4-5---------7-8-7-5----------|
|--------------------------7-7-7-7---------8-7-5-4--|
|---------------------------here--------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|


Riff 4  This is even harder than first one

|-----------------------------------|
|------------------6-------7--------|
|---------8------------6-------8----| 2x and then
|-----8-------10--------------------|
|---8-------------------------------|
|-6-----6---6----6---6---6---6---6--|
  . .   .   .    .   .   .   .   .

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------3-------4---------|
|---------5-----------3-------5-----|
|-----5-------7---------------------| 2x
|---5-------------------------------|
|-3-----3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
  . .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .