 Mourning Beloveth - "Trace Decay" Guitar Tab
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M O U R N I N G B E L O V E T H
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T R A C E D E C A Y
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A DISEASE FOR THE AGES
(c) Prophecy Productions - 2008
http://www.mourningbeloveth.com/
Tune Down 1 & 1/2 Steps
C# F# B E G# C#
Tempo = 80 BPM
Time Signature = 4/4
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Transcribed by
PADDY MCMULLAN
stinkypoohpants@yahoo.co.uk
Version 1.0
4th October 2009
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Tablature Symbols Used:
P.M... - Palm Mute
p - Pull-Off
h - Hammer-On
(/) - Legato Slide (Blank space indicates length of slide)
\ - Slide Down to/Down From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
/ - Slide Up To/Up From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
( ) - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
REST - Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space
|_3_| - Triplet notes
~~ - Vibrato
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Section 1: Guitars 1 & 2 w/ Heavy Distortion (Play 7 times)
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|_3_|
||-----------------------------|---------------------------||
||-----------------------------|---------------------------||
||-----------------------------|---------------------------||
||-----------------------------|---------------------------||
||--2--------(2 h3p2)-0--0h3--|--(3)--2--2~~-----2--3--0--||
||--0--------------------------|------------------------0--||
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|--8------8--8------8--|--------8-------------9--|
|--8------8--8------8--|--------8----------8--9--|
|--6------6--6------6--|--6--6--6----6--6--6--7--|
|--6------6--6------6--|--6--6--6----6--6--6--7--|
P.M. ....
After the first repeat replace the first two bars with the following:
|_3_|
||---------------------------------|----------------------------|
||---------------------------------|----------------------------|
||--9-- \--------------------------|----------------------------|
||--9-- \--------------------------|-------2--------------------|
||--7-- \--2----(2 h3p2)-0--0h3--|--(3)--2--2~~-----2--3--2p0-|
||--7-- \--0-----------------------|----------------------------|
After the last repeat replace the last bar with the following:
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------8----------(8/9)--|
|--------8----------(8/9)--|
|--6--6--6----6--6--(6/7)--|
|--6--6--6----6--6--(6/7)--|
.... ....
During this section the tempo gradually increases to 88 BPM
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Section 2 - Part I: Guitars 1 & 2 (Play twice) [ Tempo = 68 BPM ]
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||----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
||--9--------9------ \ |--5--------5--------|--------4--------4- / |
||--9--------9------ \ |--5--------5--------|--------4--------4- / |
||--7--------7------ \ |--3--------3--------|--2--3--2--------2- / |
||--7--------7------ \ |--3--------3--------|--2--3--2--------2- / |
....
|-------------------| |
|-------------------| |
|--7----------------|*|
|--7----------------|*|
|--5----------------| |
|--5----------------| |
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Section 2 - Part II: Guitars 1 & 2 (Play 4 times)
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||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||-----R- -----------|-----R- ----------|---------------------|
||-----E- -9---------|-----E- -5--------|--------4--------4 / |
||--9--S- -9---------|--5--S- -5--------|--------4--------4 / |
||--7--T- -7---------|--3--T- -3--------|--2--3--2--------2 / |
||--7---------7---------|--3---------3--------|--2--3--2--------2 / |
... ... ....
|-------------------| |
|-------------------| |
|--7----------------|*|
|--7----------------|*|
|--5----------------| |
|--5----------------| |
During this section the tempo gradually increases to 78 BPM
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Section 3.1: Guitars 1 & 2 (Play twice)
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||--------------------|-------------------||---------------------------|
||-----R- -|-------------------||---------------------------|
||-----E- -|--9----------------||-- \-----------------------|
||--9--S- -|--9----------------||-- \--4--4--5--5--2--2--4--|
||--7--T- -|--7----------------||-- \--2--2--3--3--0--0--2--|
||--7-----------------|--7----------------||-- \-----------------------|
...
|------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
|--4---------------------|--5----------------|-(5)---5--5 / 7---7---7 \ |
|--2------5--4--2----2-2-|--3----------------|-(3)---3--3 / 5---5---5 \ |
|---------3--2--0----0-0-|-------------------|--------------------------|
.... ...
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--4-----------------------|---------9--9--9---8---9--|
|--2-----------------2h3p0-|--2--- / 7--7--7---6---7--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
|-/11------------------|-(11)-------------------------|-------------------|
|-/9-------------------|-(9)--9--9--10--7 / 9 \ 5--4--|--2----------------|
|----------------------|------7--7--8---5 / 7 \ 3--2--|--0----------------|
|---------------------------| |
|---------------------------| |
|---------------------------|*|
|-----4--4--5--5 / 8--8--9--|*|
|--2--2--2--3--3 / 6--6--7--| |
|--0------------------------| |
After the first repeat replace the first three bars with the following two bars:
||-------------------|---------------------------|
||-------------------|---------------------------|
||-------------------|---------------------------|
||--9----------------|-- \--4--4--5--5--2--2--4--|
||--7----------------|-- \--2--2--3--3--0--0--2--|
||-------------------|---------------------------|
On the last repeat ignore the last two bars
During this section the tempo gradually increases to 92 BPM
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Section 3.2: Guitar 3 w/ Heavy Distortion (Play twice)
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||-----------------------------||--------------------|
||--R--------------------------||--------------------|
||--E--4--4 h 5--5\ -----------||--------------------|
||--S----------------1--1 h 2--||--2~~---------------|
||--T--------------------------||--------------------|
||-----------------------------||--------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-(2)----------------------|-------------------------|--5----------------|
|-----2--2--3--3--0--0--2--|--2~~--------------------|--3----------------|
|--------------------------|----------3--2--0----0-0-|-------------------|
...
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-(5)---5--5 / 7---7---7\ -|----------------------------|
|-(3)---3--3 / 5---5---5\ -|--2~~-----2h3-2p0-2~~-------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|-(2)-- / 7--7--7---6---7--|--/ 9~~---------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|_3_|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----9--9--10 \ 7 / 9--5---4h5p4--|--2~~---------------------------|
|-(9)------------------------------|---------- \2--2h3-2p0-2p0------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------3p2-|
|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||
|-----4--4--5--5 \ 3--3--4--||
|-----x--x--x--x---x--x--x--||
|-----2--2--3--3 \ 1--1--2--||
|--0------------------------||
After the first repeat ignore the first bar
On the last repeat ignore the last two bars
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Section 4.1: Guitars 1 & 2 (Play 5 times) [ Tempo = 68 BPM ]
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||-----------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
||-----------------------|--5-------------------|---------------------|
||--2------2--2------2-0-|--3------------3h5----|--5---------------0--|
||--0------0--0------0-0-|----------------------|--3------------3-----|
.... ...
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--4------2--4--2--------|-------------------------|
|--2------0--2--0--5--4--|--2------2-2--2------2-0-|
|------------------3--2--|--0------0-0--0------0-0-|
... ... ... ... ...
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|--5-------------------|---------------------|
|--3------------3h5----|--5---------------0--|
|----------------------|--3------------3-----|
|---------------------------| |
|---------------------------| |
|---------------------------|*|
|--4------2-2-4--2-2--------|*|
|--2------0-0-2--0-0-5--4-4-| |
|--------------------3--2-2-| |
... ... ...
During this section the tempo gradually increases to 82 BPM
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Section 4.2: Guitar 3 (Play 5 times)
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||----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
||----------------------|--5---------------5--|-------------------|
||--2---------------2-0-|--3---------------3--|--5----------------|
||--0---------------0-0-|---------------------|--3----------------|
...
|-------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|--5---------------5--|
|--2~~------------- /11\ -|--2---------------2-0-|--3---------------3--|
|------------------ /11\ -|--0---------------0-0-|---------------------|
...
|---------------------|----------------------|/|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|/|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|/|----------------------|
|------------------2--|----------------------|/|----------------------|
|--5------------5--0--|--2~~----------- /9\ -|/|------------2---------|
|--3------------3-----|---------------- /9\ -|/|--0------0------------|
...
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------5--4--5--4----------|-----------------------5--|
|--3----------------5~~- \--|------------0h2-5-2-------|
|---------------------------|--3~~-----3---------------|
|_3_|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-(5\4) h5p4\2--2h4------2--4-|--5---5-5--5-4-4h5p4\2---- /--|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--10---10-10--10-9-9h10p9------------|
|--------------------------10 \ 7--9--|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--10~~--- / 12-12-12-12 \ 10-10-10--7-7-10-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------| |
|---------------------------------| |
|---------------------------------|*|
|---------------------------------|*|
|--10\9--9-9-10p9\7-9-9~~---- \--| |
|---------------------------------| |
After the first repeat, ignore the first 8 bars
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Section 4.3: Guitar 4 w/ Heavy Distortion (Play Once)
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This part enters during the last repeat of the previous riffs
||---------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------|-------8--7--8--7---------|
||------------4--------|--5----------------7-- \--|
||--2------2-----------|--------------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------------|
|__3__|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------3------(5/8)-8-|-(8\7)-7-- h8p7\5h7-7~~-----5--7--|
|--0------0h2-4---4~~----------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|_3_|
|------------------------------|
|--8---8-8--8-7-7h8p7\5---- /--|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|__3___|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--13---13-13--13-12-12h13p12-------------|
|-----------------------------12 \ 9--11--|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--12---- / 14-14-14-14\ 12-12-12--9-9-12-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|__3___|
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|--12/ 11--11-11h12p11\9-11-11~~----- \--||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
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Guitars 1 & 2 play Section 1 seven times [ Adhere to tempo changes ]
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Guitars 1 & 2 play Section 2 - Part I twice [ Adhere to tempo changes ]
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Guitars 2 & 3 play Section 2 - Part II 4 times, ending on the following:
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||--------------------||
||-----R- -||
||-----E- -||
||--9--S- -||
||--7--T- -||
||--7-----------------||
...
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End
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Tab summary: Section 1 x 7
Section 2:
Part I x 2
Part II x 4
Section 3 x 2
Section 4:
4.1 x 5
4.2 x 5
4.3 x 1
Section 1 x 7
Section 2:
Part I x 2
Part II x 4
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