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