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Band:  CRADLE OF FILTH
Album: THORNOGRAPHY
Song:  I AM THE THORN

Copyright (c)  ROADRUNNER RECORDS 2006
Version 1.0 - (DATE)

Transcribed By: dismemberedfoetus
Email:          cemetery_and_sundown@yahoo.com


.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        <> - Trill

Tuning : (DOWN A WHOLE STEP) D G C F A D

* - Harmonic

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--------4---5----------------------|
|-2------2---3---2------5---4-5-4---|
|-0--------------0------3---2-3-2---|

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--------4---5--------------------------|
|-2------2---3---2------5---9/8--8-7-6--|
|-0--------------0------3---7/6--6-5-4--|

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------3--3---|
|-5-----5-----5-------------------2-----2-----2--2-3-2-3--1--1---|
|-3-333-3-333-3--3-4-3-4-6-4-3-4--0-000-0-000-0--0-1-0-1---------|
    ...   ...                       ...   ...    . . . .               X 4
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----5-----5-------------------2-----2-----2--9/8--8-7-6------|
|-3-333-3-333-3--3-4-3-4-6-4-3-4--0-000-0-000-0--7/6--6-5-4------|
    ...   ...                       ...   ...
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------7--6----6-7-6-7--9--9-----------7--6------------------|   X 2
|-2------5--4----4-5-4-5--7--7----2------5--4--9-9-8--7-7-6----|
|-0-------------------------------0------------7-7-6--5-5-4----|
                 . . . .                       . .    . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2------|  X 2
|-----5-6-3--3-5-1--1-3-0--0-1-----5-6-3--3-5-----------------------|
|--3----------------------------3-----------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|
|--8----6--5--7----8----8----5--0-------|  (SORRY I COULDN'T GET THE RYTHEM
|----------------------------------3----|   BEHIND THIS)
|---------------------------------------|   X 2
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-9/8--8-7-6--|
|-7/6--6-5-4--|


|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------3--3---|
|-5-----5-----5-------------------2-----2-----2--2-3-2-3--1--1---|
|-3-333-3-333-3--3-4-3-4-6-4-3-4--0-000-0-000-0--0-1-0-1---------|
    ...   ...                       ...   ...    . . . .               X 2
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----5-----5-------------------2-----2-----2--9/8--8-7-6------|
|-3-333-3-333-3--3-4-3-4-6-4-3-4--0-000-0-000-0--7/6--6-5-4------|
    ...   ...                       ...   ...

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------7--6----6-7-6-7--9--9-----------7--6------------------|   X 2
|-2------5--4----4-5-4-5--7--7----2------5--4--9-9-8--7-7-6----|
|-0-------------------------------0------------7-7-6--5-5-4----|
                 . . . .                       . .    . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2------|  X 2
|-----5-6-3--3-5-1--1-3-0--0-1-----5-6-3--3-5-----------------------|
|--3----------------------------3-----------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|
|--8----6--5--7----8----8----5--0-------|
|----------------------------------3----|
|---------------------------------------|   X 2
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

   (SHOTGUN CLICK)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|  X 2
|--2-2----5--4-----2-2----5--4------3-3-----7-6------3--7--2--6-----|
|--0-0----3--2-----0-0----3--2------1-1-----5-4------1--5--2--4-----|

|---------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-5*-5*-5*-5*-|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|  X 2
|--2-2----5--4-----2-2----5--4------3-3-----7-6------3--7--2--6-----|
|--0-0----3--2-----0-0----3--2------1-1-----5-4------1--5--2--4-----|

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------6-5-5-6---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7------------|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|  X 2
|--2-2----5--4-----2-2----5--4------3-3-----7-6------3--7--2--6-----|
|--0-0----3--2-----0-0----3--2------1-1-----5-4------1--5--2--4-----|


|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------3--------------------3-------3----|   X 4
|-2---------1----5-----2---------1----5--1----|
|-0--------------3-----0--------------3-------|

|-------------------|
|--12---------------|
|-------12---9------|
|----------------9--| X 2  (DURNING LAST 2 TIMES OF THE LAST RIFF)
|-------------------|
|-------------------|

|---5*-------5*-------5*------5*--------------|
|----5*-------5*-------5*------5*-------------|
|-----5*-------5*-------5*------5*------------|
|------5*-------5*-------5*------5*--3--3-----|
|-2--------2--------2-------2--------1--1--4--|
|-0--------0--------0-------0--------------2--|
  .        .        .       .                    X 2
|---5*-------5*-------5*------5*-----------------|
|----5*-------5*-------5*------5*----------------|
|-----5*-------5*-------5*------5*---------------|
|------5*-------5*-------5*------5*--3--3-----1--|
|-2--------2--------2-------2--------1--1--4--3--|
|-0--------0--------0-------0--------------2-----|
  .        .        .       .
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|   x 3
|--7-----7-----7--7-7-------------7-----7-----7--5-5-----------|
|--5-555-5-555-5--5-5--6-5-6-8----5-555-5-555-5--3-3--5-3-5-6--|
     ...   ...                      ...   ...
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------5-----9---7-6--|
|-6"-5"-6"-8"-6"-5"-6"-8"-6"-5"-6"-8"-9"-8"-6"-8"---3-----7---5-4--|
  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .

SOLO:

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


|-------------------------------------10-12-13-10~----------8-10-11-13-11--|
|-3-5-6-8--8-10-11-8~--8-10-11-10-8~----------------8-10-11----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|----10"-11"-10"----10"-11"-10"----10"-11"-10"-13"-10"-11"-10"---|
|-8"-------------8"-------------8"-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|


|----7"-8"-7"----7"-8"-7"-8"-7"-------------6"--|
|-5"----------5"----------------8"-7"-8"-7"-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|


|----10"-11"-10"----10"-11"-10"----10"-11"-10"-13"-10"-11"-10"---|
|-8"-------------8"-------------8"-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|


|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-9-7-10-9-7-10-9-7-10-9-7-12-10-9-12-10-9-12-11-9-10~--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|


|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------7-6~-------5--7--5--4--5--7--|
|-------------7-9------7-----------------------|
|-7~~--7-9-10-------------7--------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|


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


|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-2--5--4--8--7--5-5-4~---|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------17-15-14-12-7-8-10-8h10p8-7-5---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(SWEEP BIT THAT I COULDN'T GET)-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

UNDER SOLO:

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------3--3---|
|-5-----5-----5-------------------2-----2-----2--2-3-2-3--1--1---|
|-3-333-3-333-3--3-4-3-4-6-4-3-4--0-000-0-000-0--0-1-0-1---------|
    ...   ...                       ...   ...    . . . .               X 2
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----5-----5-------------------2-----2-----2--9/8--8-7-6------|
|-3-333-3-333-3--3-4-3-4-6-4-3-4--0-000-0-000-0--7/6--6-5-4------|
    ...   ...                       ...   ...

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------7--6----6-7-6-7--9--9-----------7--6------------------|   X 2
|-2------5--4----4-5-4-5--7--7----2------5--4--9-9-8--7-7-6----|
|-0-------------------------------0------------7-7-6--5-5-4----|
                 . . . .                       . .    . .



AFTER SOLO:


|---------------------------------------|
|--8----6--5--7----8----8----5--0-------|
|----------------------------------3----|
|---------------------------------------|   X 2
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-5*-5*-5*-5*-5*-5*-5*-5*-|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|  X 2
|--2-2----5--4-----2-2----5--4------3-3-----7-6------3--7--2--6-----|
|--0-0----3--2-----0-0----3--2------1-1-----5-4------1--5--2--4-----|

|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-5*-5*-5*-5*-|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|  X 2
|--2-2----5--4-----2-2----5--4------3-3-----7-6------3--7--2--6-----|
|--0-0----3--2-----0-0----3--2------1-1-----5-4------1--5--2--4-----|

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

|------------------|
|--/7----/10-------|
|------------------|
|--/4----/7--------|  (OVER LAST 2 TIMES OF THE
|------------------|   PREVIOUS RIFF)
|------------------|


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|-2-|
|-0-|


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