Restoring the Locust Years    (with guitar solos)

Performed by Tourniquet
Words and music by Ted Kirkpatrick
From the album: Where Moth and Rust Destroy
Copyright 2003 Metal Blade Records Inc.

Joel 2:25   “I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten..."

1st Peter 5:10   “And the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal
glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself
restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.  To Him be the power
for ever and ever. Amen.

Transcribed by Frank Springman,  March 6, 2005

Tuning: All strings down 3 frets, Low to high: (Db, Gb, B, E, Ab, Db)

h = Hammer-On
p = Pull-Off
~ = Vibrato via fret fingers
^ = Bend
\ = Slide down, / = Slide up
br = Bend and return
for bends: (1/2) = bend equivalent of 1 fret
for bends: (full)= bend equivalent of 2 frets
for bends: (full+1/2)= bend equivalent of 3 frets



(0:00) Main Riff
|-----|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----|*-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-14\-|*-2---------------------------------------------------------|
|-14\-|--2---2-------------2----2---2---2-------------2----2---2---|
|-12\-|--0---1p0-0-0-0--0--1p0--0---0---1p0-0-0-0--0--1p0--0---0---|

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------1-2p1---1-------*|
|-2-------------2------1/2-------2---2/3\2--|
|-1p0-0-0-0--0--1p0-0-----------------------|


(0:15) Main Riff-Add-on  (add-on to Main Riff every 2nd time you play it)
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-----0-2------------------*|
|-2-4-------4----2p0-------*|
|--------------------3p2p0--|
|---------------------------|


(0:33) “Manifold in misery..”
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|*---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|*-2---------------2---------------5---------------7---9--10\-7--------------|
|--2---------------2---------------5---------------7---9--10\-7--------------|
|--0---0-0--0-0----3p0-0-0--0-0----3---3-3--3-3----5---7---8\-5---5-5--5-5---|


|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-7---------------9--------------------------------------|
|-7---------------9--------------------------------------|
|-5---5-5--5-5----7p0-0-0--0-0---10-10-10-12-12-12-15\---|




(0:40) “Soon a yard turns into miles”
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2---------------2---------------5---------------12--11--10--9-------------|
|--2---------------2---------------5---------------12--11--10--9-------------|
|--0---0-0--0-0----3p0-0-0--0-0----3---3-3--3-3/---10---9---8--7--7-7--7-7---|


|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------*|
|-9---------------9---------------9-------------*|
|-9---------------9---------------9--------------|
|-7---7-7--7-7----7---7-7--7-7----7---7-7--5-3^--|





(1:02) Chorus Riff (Play 8 times) “Restoring the locust years”
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|*----------------------10\9---------*|
|*-9-----9--------------10\9---------*|
|--9-----9---------------8\7----------|
|--7p0-0-7----0-0-0-7p0---------0-0-0-|




(2:19) Linking Riff  (Play 4 times)
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|*-----0-2-------------------------|-----0-4-2-------------5------|
|*-2-4-------4----2p0-------2------|-2-4-------4p2p0-------5------|
|---------------------3p2p0-2------|-----------------3p2p0-3------|
|---------------------------0------|------------------------------|

|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|*-----0-2------------------5------|-----0-4-2-------------------*|
|*-2-4-------4----2p0-------5------|-2-4-------4p2p0-------2-----*|
|---------------------3p2p0-3------|-----------------3p2p0-2------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------0------|


(2:50) Guitar Solo
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9/11----9-------------------9/11----9---9---11-----------------------------|
|--------------10p9--------------------------------9h10p9----9----------------|
|-------------------12------------------------------------12---12-9-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|--------------------------------------------------------------------------17-|
|--------------------------------------------14-15-16-15-14-------------------|
|-11-11p9---11/14-14p11--14/16--16p14--16-17----------------17-16p14-16^hold--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------(full)--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|





|-17-----------------------14----14-17-18-14----14h16p14----14-------15p14----|
|-------------------17^-------17-------------17----------17----17p14-------17-|
|----(18)r-14br----(full)-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------(full)-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|-14-----------------------------------17----------17-------------(full)------|
|----17-14----17p14-----------------------17------------------------\---------|
|----------16-------17p16-14---14h16^hold----(18)r-------16--14h16-14br-br\2--|
|----------------------------16----(full)-------------16---------------/------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------(full+1/2)-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


(3:05)
|-----15-15-15\----12-12\----------/15-15-15\----12-12-----------12----15p12--|
|-(2)/15-15-15\----12-12\(2)-------/15-15-15\----12-12---10--/12----12--------|
|-(2)/12-12-12\-----9--9\(2)-------/12-12-12\-----9--9------------------------|
|-(2)/12-12-12\-----9--9\(2)-------/12-12-12\-----9--9------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

b14(16)r(14)b(16) =  Strike note on 14th fret with string already
      bent to sound like 16h fret, release tension then bend up again.

|-------------------------15--------------------------15----------------------|
|-------------------15p12-----------------------15p12----14^-----14^--~~~~~~\-|
|-b14(16)r(14)b(16)---------- b14(16)r(14)b(16)---------(1/2)---(1/2)---------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(3:13)
|----------------14-------12--------------------------------------------------|
|/12-15-14-13p12----12\11----11-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------12p11-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------14~~~~~~~~~~~12-14----------------------|
|-------------------------------(full step vibr)---------12h13p12-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------15~~~~~~~~--|


|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------(1/2 step vibrato)-------------------------------------------|
|-12h14-12-12----11~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|
|-------------14--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|-------------------------------------------12--13p12----------12-------------|
|-------------------------------------12-15-----------15-12-15----15-12-------|
|----------------------11-14-11-12/13-----------------------------------15p14-|
|----------11h12-13h14--------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-13h14--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|(full)--(full+1/2)-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-12^---12br------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Ending
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----0-2------------------|-----0-2------------------|
|-2-4-------4----2p0-------|-2-4-------4----2p0-------|
|--------------------3p2p0-|--------------------3p2p0-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|

|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||
|-----0-4---2---------------------||
|-2-4-----------4p2p0-----2-------||
|---------------------3p2-2-------||
|-------------------------0-------||