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                           M Y   D Y I N G   B R I D E

                                        -

                          C A T H E R I N E   B L A K E
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                        SONGS OF DARKNESS, WORDS OF LIGHT
                          (c) Peaceville Records - 2004
                           http://www.mydyingbride.org/


                              Tune Down 1 & 1/2 Steps
                                  C# F# B E G# C#

                                   Tempo = 60 BPM
                                Time Signature = 4/4



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                                  Transcribed by

                                  PADDY MCMULLAN
                            stinkypoohpants@yahoo.co.uk

                                   Version 1.4
                      (Corrections Outlined at Bottom of Tab)
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                             Tablature Symbols Used:


 p         -  Pull-Off
 h         -  Hammer-On
 P.M...    -  Palm Mute
 \         -  Slide Down to/Down From
 /         -  Slide Up to/Up From
 ( / )     -  Legato Slide
 ( )       -  Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
 REST      -  Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space
 |_3_|     -  Triplet
 >>>       -  Volume Swells


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Riff 1a: Guitar 1 (Play Once)
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    |_3_|                     |_3_|
||-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
||-----------10------------|-----------10------------|--------10------------|
||--------0----------------|--------0----------------|-----0----------------|
||--7- -7------------------|--7- -7------------------|--7-------------------|


|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|--------10------------||
|-----0----------------||
|--7-------------------||



Let the last two notes of the bar ring each time



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Riff 1b: Guitar 2 (Play 4 times)
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||------------------------| |
||--R-          ------   -| |
||--E-          ------   -|*|
||--S-          -2--2-   -|*|
||--T-          -2--2-   -| |
||---------------0--0-----| |
                 P.M..



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Riff 2a: Guitar 1 (Play once through)
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||------------------------|------------------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|
||----------10------------|----------10------------|
||------0-----------------|------0-----------------|
||--7---------------------|--7---------------------|


|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------||--4---------------------|
|----------10------------|----------10------------||--2------------2--2-----|
|------0-----------------|------0-----------------||--2------------2--2-----|
|--7---------------------|--7---------------------||--0------------0--0-----|
                                                                     ...

|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------|---------R-       --||
|--4---------------------|--4---------------------|--4------E-       --||
|--2------------2--2-----|--2------------2--2-----|--2------S-       --||
|--2------------2--2-----|--2------------2--2-----|--2------T-       --||
|--0------------0--0-----|--0------------0--0-----|--0-----------------||
                ....                     ....



In the first 4 bars, allow the last 2 notes to ring each time



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Riff 2b: Guitar 2 (Play once through)
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||------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
||------------------------|-------------------|--(0)---------------------|
||--4---------------------|--4----------------|---4----------------------|
||--2------------2--2-----|--2----------------|---2-------------2--2-----|
||--2------------2--2-----|--2----------------|---2-------------2--2-----|
||--0------------0--0-----|--0----------------|---0-------------0--0-----|
                 ....                                           ....

|------------------------|--0---------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--0---------------------|------------------------|
|--4---------------------|--4---------------------|--4---------------------|
|--2------------2--2-----|--2------------2--2-----|--2------------2--2-----|
|--2------------2--2-----|--2------------2--2-----|--2------------2--2-----|
|--0------------0--0-----|--0------------0--0-----|--0------------0--0-----|
                ....                     ....                     ....

|--0---------------------|-----------------------------||
|--0---------------------|--0--------------------------||
|--4---------------------|--4--------------------------||
|--2------------2--2-----|--2----------(5/9)-----(7\4)-||
|--2------------2--2-----|--2--------------------------||
|--0------------0--0-----|--0--------------------------||
                ....



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Riff 3a: Guitar 1 (Play 4 times)
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||------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
||--9------7--7-----------|------------------------|--------------------|
||---------------10----9--|--9   h 10--7-----------|--(7)------5--------|
||------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|


|-------------------| |
|-------------------| |
|-------------------|*|
|-------------------|*|
|--(5)--------------| |
|-------------------| |



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Riff 3b: Guitar 2 (Play 4 times)
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||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--4h 5-4--------(5/9)----(7\4)-|--4h 5----------(5/9)----(7\4)-|
||-------------------------------|-------3-----------------------|
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|*|
|--4h 5----------(5/9)----(7\4)-|--4h (5/7)-----(7)\ (5/9)----(7\4)-|*|
|-------2-----------------------|-----------------------------------| |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |



On the 4th repeat, replace the last bar with the following:



||-------------------------||
||-------------------------||
||-------------------------||
||--4h (5/7)---------(7)\ -||
||-------------------------||
||-------------------------||



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Riff 4a: Guitar 1 (Play 4 times)
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||------------------------| |
||------------------------| |
||--4---------------------|*|
||--2------------2--2-----|*|
||--2------------2--2-----| |
||--0------------0--0-----| |
                 ....



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Riff 4b: Guitar 2 (Play once through)
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||--0---------------------|--0---------------------|--0---------------------|
||--0---------------------|--0---------------------|--0---------------------|
||--4---------------------|--4---------------------|--0---------------------|
||--2------------2--2-----|--2------------2--2-----|--2------------2--2-----|
||--2------------2--2-----|--2------------2--2-----|--2------------2--2-----|
||--0------------0--0-----|--0------------0--0-----|--0------------0--0-----|
                 ....                     ....                     ....

|--0---------------------||
|--0---------------------||
|--4---------------------||
|--2------------2--2-----||
|--2------------2--2-----||
|--0------------0--0-----||
                ....



Note the slight variation in bar 3



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Riff 5: Guitar 1 (Play twice)
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    |__3___| |__3___| |__3___| |__3___| |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----7--10----7--10----7--10----7--10----6--9-----6--9-----6--9-----6--9--|
||--0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------|
    ......................................................................

   |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|*|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|*|
|-----2--5-----2--5-----2--5-----2--5-----1--4-----1--4-----1--4-----1--4--| |
|--0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------| |
   ......................................................................



While this part of the riff is playing, guitar 2 plays the following:



||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--0----------------|--(0)--------------|--(0)--------------|
||--2----------------|--(2)--------------|--(2)--------------|
||--2----------------|--(2)--------------|--(2)--------------|
||--0----------------|--(0)--------------|--(0)--------------|


|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|--(0)-----------------||
|--(2)-----------------||
|--(2)-----------------||
|--(0)-----------------||



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Guitars 1 & 2 play Riff 5 six times, with the following variation:
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On the second repeat, replace the last bar of the riff with the following:


   |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------4--3--||
|--------------------------------------------------------4--3--||
|-----2--5-----2--5-----2--5-----2--5-----1--4-----1--4--2--1--||
|--0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------2--1--||
   ....................................................



After this variation, the riff returns to normal



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Riff 6a: Guitar 1 (Play 4 times)
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                                              >>>
||-------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------| |--17----------------|
||-------------------|-------------------| |--16----------------|
||-------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|
||--7----------------|--(7)--------------| |--------------------|
||--0----------------|--(0)--------------| |--------------------|

   >>>                  >>>                  >>>
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| |
|--13----------------|--15----------------|--15----------------| |
|--12----------------|--14----------------|--12----------------|*|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|*|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| |
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| |



On the last repeat, replace the last bar with the following:


   >>>
|--------------------||
|--13----------------||
|--12----------------||
|--------------------||
|--------------------||
|--------------------||



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Riff 6b: Guitar 2 (Play 4 times)
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                                              >>>
||-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|
||--7----------------|--(7)--------------| |--7----------------|
||-------------------|-------------------| |--7----------------|

   >>>                 >>>                 >>>
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|*|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|*|
|--7----------------|--9----------------|--5----------------| |
|--8----------------|--7----------------|--5----------------| |



On the last repeat, replace the last bar with the following:



|---------------||
|---------------||
|---------------||
|---------------||
|--(9)----------||
|--(7)----------||



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Riff 6c: Guitar 3 with heavy distortion
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[ Play Riff 3b four times, including the variation ]


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Riff 7a: Guitar 1 (Play 8 times)
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    |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|*|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|*|
||-----------7--7--7--------------------7--7--7--7--7--7--------------------| |
||--0--0--0-----------8--8--8--0--0--0--------------------8--8--8--7--7--7--| |
    ......................................................................



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Riff 7b: Guitar 2 (Rest for 2 bars, then play 6 times)
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    |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3___| |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3___| |__3__|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|*|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|*|
||--------------------7--7--7--10-10-10----------7--7--7--10-10-10----------| |
||--7--7--7--0--0--0--------------------0--0--0--------------------8--8--8--| |
    ......................................................................



For one time only, do not play the first triplet of the riff



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Riff 8: Guitars 1 & 2 (Play once)
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    |_3_| |_3_| |_3_| |_3_| |_3_| |_3_| |_3_| |_3_|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---8-8-8\7-|
||--3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---6-6-6\5-|


   |_3_| |_3_| |_3_| |_3_| |_3_| |_3_| |_3_| |_3_|
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4---4\3-3-3-3-3-||
|--2---2-2-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-2---2\1-1-1-1-1-||



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Guitars 1 & 2 play Riffs 7a & 7b four times
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Guitars 1 & 2 play Riff 8 once
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Guitars 1 & 2 play Riffs 7a & 7b four times
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Guitars 1 & 2 play Riff 8 once
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Riff 9: Guitar 1 (Play 4 times, while guitar 2 plays riff 4B once)
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||------------------------| |
||------------------------| |
||--4---------------------|*|
||--2------------2--2-----|*|
||--2------------2--2-----| |
||--0------------0--0-----| |
                 ....



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End
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Tab summary:        Riff 1a X 1 + 1b X 4
                    Riff 2a + 2b X 1
                    Riff 3a + 3b X 4
                    Riff 4a X 4 + Riff 4b X 1
                    Riff 5 X 8
                    Riff 6a, 6b + 6c X 4
                    Riff 7a X 8 + Riff 7b X 6
                    Riff 8 X 1
                    Riff 7a + 7b X 4
                    Riff 8 X 1
                    Riff 7a + 7b X 4
                    Riff 8 X 1
                    Riff 9 X 4 + Riff 4b X 1

                    END


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Corrections (09/12/06):
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* Corrected Riff 1a
* Corrected Riff 5


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Corrections (15/11/06):
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* Corrected Riff 2a


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Corrections (09/11/06):
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* Corrected Riff 1a


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Corrections (07/11/06):
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* Minor adjustments to layout, corrected spellings, etc.

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