The Man I Used to Be (Guitar)
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Man I Used To Be
                                       by
                                Burning Saviours

                     Transcribed by myself (ThrashingDeath).

Legend:
p = pull off
\ = slide down
/ - slide up
~ = vibrato
b = slight bend, not enough to reach the next note.
x = muted note

Riff 1:
e---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------5-4-5----------------------------5-4-3----|
A---7--7xx--3-5--5----7--7--3-2-3----7--7xx--3-5--5----7--7--3-2-1----|
E---5--5xx-------3----5--5-----------5--5xx-------3----5--5-----------|

Riff 2:         First appears at 0:33
Gtr 1 (primarily left channel):
e---------------------------------|     x2
B---------------------------------|
G---------------------------------|
D------5--7--5--------------------|
A---7--3--5--3--7-7---3-5-3-------|
E---5-----------5-5---------5-5---|

Gtr 2 (primarily right channel):
e---------------------------------|     x2
B---------------------------------|
G------5--7b-5--------5-7-5-------|
D---------------------------7-7---|
A---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|

Riff 3:         First appears at 1:06
e---------------------|  x4
B---------------------|
G---------------------|
D--7--7--7--7/10------|
A--5--5--5--5/8-------|
E---------------------|

Riff 4:         First appears at 1:17
Gtr 1:
e----------------|  4x
B----------------|
G----------------|
D--7xx7xx7xx7/10-|
A--5xx5xx5xx5/8--|
E----------------|
Gtr 2:
e--------------------------------------------------10b-10b-10b-10b-10b-10b-10b-10\---|
B-----------------------10p8---------------------------------------------------------|
G--7~-7~-7~-7/10--7~-7~-----10-7h10--7~-7~-7~-7/10-----------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

The second time riff 4 comes up at 2:25 Gtr 2 is slightly different:
e------------------------------------------------------10b-10b-10b-10b-10b-10b-10b-10\---|
B-----------------------10p8---------------10p8------------------------------------------|
G--7~-7~-7~-7/10--7~-7~-----10-7h10--7~-7~-----10-7h10-----------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Solo Backing:           Starts at 3:00
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--9-9-x-x-x-9-9-x-x-x-9-9-x-x-x-9-12---9-9-x-x-x-9-9-x-x-x-9-9-x-x-x-9-7------------|
A--7-7-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x-7-10---7-7-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x-7-5------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                        Starts at 3:47
e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G------------------------------|
D--9---12-9-7---7-9---12-9-7---|
A--7---10-7-5---5-7---10-7-5---|
E------------------------------|
The solo itself sounds to be mostly improvised on the recording and I'm not great at 
working out solos.
If you would like to improvise though the song is in Amin.