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

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                   A   C R U E L   T A S T E   O F   W I N T E R
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                                THE DREADFUL HOURS
                          (c) Peaceville  Records (2001)
                           http://www.mydyingbride.org/


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

                                  Tempo = 64 BPM
                               Time Signature = 4/4



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                                 Transcribed by

                                 PADDY MCMULLAN
                           pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com

                                   Version 1.0
                                7th November 2010
                             -----------------------

                             Tablature Symbols Used:



 ...          -  Palm Mute
 p            -  Pull-Off
 h            -  Hammer-On
             -  Slide Down to/Down From
 /            -  Slide Up To/Up From
 ( )          -  Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
 REST         -  Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space
 |____[1,2,3] -  Alternative Endings
 *            -  Staccato Note (Bring the indicated note to an abrupt stop)
 7b8r7        -  Bend and Release
 |_3_|        -  Triplet Notes



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Part 1: Guitars 1 & 2 with Distortion (Play 4 times)      [ Time 00:00 - 00:30 ]
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||---------------------------|---------------------------| |
||---------------------------|---------------------------| |
||---------------------------|---------------------------|*|
||---------*-----------*-----|---------------------------|*|
||--2 /7---7-------7---7-----|----10---10-----9----9-----| |
||--0------0-----8-----8-----|--7------7---0--7----7-----| |
                                          ...



Allow the notes on the low-E string to bleed into the notes in the A-string



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Part 2: Guitars 1 & 2 (Play twice)                        [ Time 00:30 - 00:45 ]
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---------
Guitar 1:
---------

                                |___________________________[1]
||------------------------------|---------------------------| |
||------------------------------|---------------------------| |
||------------------------------|---------------------------|*|
||------------------------------|---------------------------|*|
||--7---------------------------|------------------------5--| |
||--5-----(5/7)-8h10-8----8h10--|--7h8-7----7h8-5h7-5----3--| |


|____________________________[2]
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|----------------------10  --||
|--7h8-7----7h8-5h7-5--10  --||



---------
Guitar 2:
---------


                              |____________________________[1]
||----------------------------|----------------------------| |
||----------------------------|----------------------------| |
||----------------------------|----------------------------|*|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|*|
||--7-----(3/5)-7h8-7----7h8 |--5h7-5----5h7 3h5-3----5--| |
||--5-------------------------|-------------------------3--| |


|_____________________________[2]
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|--5h7-5----5h7-(87)-7--8  --||
|------------------------8  --||



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Repeat Part 1 four times with the following variations    [ Time 00:45 - 01:16 ]
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On the last repeat guitar 2 replaces the last two bars with the following:


---------
Guitar 2:
---------


|----------------------------|---------------------------||
|----------*-----------------|---------------------------||
|--(4/9)---9-----------------|---------------------------||
|---x------x-----------*-----|---------------------------||
|--(2/7)---7-------7---7-----|----10---10-----9----9--9--||
|----------------8-----8-----|--7------7---0--7----7--7--||
                                          ...



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Repeat Part 2 four times with the following variations    [ Time 01:16 - 01:45 ]
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---------
Guitar 2:
---------


Bar 4 variation:


|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--5h7-5----5h7-(87)-7-- --5--|
|----------------------------3--|


Bar 8 variation:


|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|--5h7-5----5h7-(87)-(7  b8r7)-7--||
|----------------------------------||



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Part 3: Guitars 1 & 2 (Play once)                         [ Time 01:45 - 02:00 ]
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---------
Guitar 1:
---------


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

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



----------
Guitar 2 :
----------


||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||---------------9---------------|--7--------------------------------|
||--10p7---7--7----(9  b10r9)-9--|----5---5--(5/7)-7h9h10p7h10p9p7h9-|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|------------------12----11-11----||
|---------------9---------------|--7---------------x-----x--x-----||
|--10p7---7--7----(9  b10r9)-9--|----5---5--(5/10)-10----9--9-----||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||



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Part 4: Guitars 1, 2 & 3 (Repeats outlined below)         [ Time 02:00 - 02:46 ]
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---------
Guitar 1:
---------


                      |_______________[1 - 11]
||--------------------|--------------------| |
||--------------------|--------------------| |
||--------------------|--------------------|*|
||--5--------4--------|--------------------|*| x 12
||--3--------2--------|--5--------4--------| |
||--3--------2--------|--3--------2--------| |


   |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|
|____________________________________[12]
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------4-----||
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--5--2--5--||
|--3--3--3--3--5--3--2--2--2--3-----3--||
      ...............................



---------
Guitar 2:
---------


||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||---------------9---------------|--7--------------------------------|
||--10p7---7--7----(9  b10r9)-9--|----5---5--(5/7)-7h9h10p7h10p9p7h9-|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------(12  / 14)-14----|
|---------------9---------------|--7----------------x---------x-----|
|--10p7---7--7----(9  b10r9)-9--|----5---5--(5/10)-(10  / 12)-12----|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--10p7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(5/9)-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-------------------------------------|


|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--(2/5)-5-5-5-5-(5/7)-7h9h10p7h10p9p7h9-|
|----------------------------------------|


|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------(12  / 14)-14----|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------x---------x-----|
|--10p7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(5/9)-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--(2/5)-5-5-5-5-(5/10)-(10  / 12)-12----|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|


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


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



---------
Guitar 3: with Distortion
---------


Rest for 4 bars before joining in


||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||--(95)-5-5-5-5-5-5-(9p7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--(5/7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------|
|--------------------7h9h10p7h10p9p7h9-|
|--------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|--------------------12----11----||
|--(95)-5-5-5-5-5-5-(9p7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--(5/7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-x-----x-----||
|--------------------------------------|--------------------10----9-----||
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------||



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Repeat Part 1 four times with variations                  [ Time 02:46 - 03:15 ]
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Repeat Part 2 four times with variations                  [ Time 03:15 - 03:45 ]
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Part 5: Guitars 1 & 2 (Repeats outlined below)            [ Time 03:45 - 04:45 ]
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-------
Riff 1:
-------


||-----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|
||--5-2-2-----2-0-2--5-2-2-----2-0-2-|
||--3-0-0---3--------3-0-0---3-------|
    ................................


|----------------------------| |
|----------------------------| |
|----------------------------|*|
|----------------------------|*| x 4
|--3-2-2-----2-0-2-5----3----| |
|----0-0---3-------3----1----| |
   ...............


-------
Riff 2:
-------


||----------------------------------|----------------------------| |
||----------------------------------|----------------------------| |
||----------------------------------|----------------------------|*|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------|*| x 2
||------------2-0-2-----------2-0-2-|--3---------2-0-2-5----3----| |
||--3-0-0---3-------3-0-0---3-------|----0-0---3-------3----1----| |



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Repeat Riff 1 two times, replacing the last bar with the following:
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Note the slight variation in the last chord


|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|--3-2-2-----2-0-2--5----3----||
|----0-0---3--------3----5----||
   ...............



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Repeat Part 1 four times with the following Variations [ Time 04:45 - 05:16 ]
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---------
Guitar 1: Replace the last two bars with the following:
---------


|----------------------------|---------------------------||
|----------*-----------------|---------------------------||
|--(4/9)---9-----------------|---------------------------||
|---x------x-----------*-----|---------------------------||
|--(2/7)---7-------7---7-----|----10---10------9----9----||
|----------------8-----8-----|--7------7---0---7----7----||
                                           ...



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Repeat Part 2 four times with the following variations    [ Time 05:16 - 05:46 ]
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---------
Guitar 2:
---------


Bar 5 variation:


|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--3------(3/5)-7h8-7----7h8 |
|-----------------------------|



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Repeat Part 4, replacing the last bar with the following  [ Time 05:46 - 06:31 ]
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   |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|  |__3__|
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--4--5--7--5--4--5--||
|--3--3--3--3--5--3--2--3--5--3--2--3--||



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Part 6: Repeat Riffs 1 & 2 of Part 5 then play the following  [Time 06:32 - End]
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                            |________________________[1]
||--------------------------|------------------------| |
||---------R- ---------R- --|---------R- ------------| |
||---------E- ---------E- --|---------E- ------------|*|
||---------S- ---------S- --|---------S- ------------|*| x 2
||--5-2-2--T- --5-2-2--T- --|--5-2-2--T- --5----3----| |
||--3-0-0-------3-0-0-------|--3-0-0-------3----1----| |
    .....       .....          .....



Note the slight variation in the last chord of the second ending:

|_______________________[2]
|------------------------||
|---------R- ------------||
|---------E- ------------||
|---------S- ------------||
|--5-2-2--T- --5----3----||
|--3-0-0-------3----5----||
   .....


|-----------------------||
|---------R--         --||
|---------E--         --||
|---------S--         --||
|--5-2-2--T--         --||
|--3-0-0----------------||



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End
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Tab summary:        Part 1 x 4
                    Part 2 x 2
                    Part 1 x 4
                    Part 2 x 4
                    Part 3 x 1
                    Part 4 x 12
                    Part 1 x 4
                    Part 2 x 4
                    Part 5 x 1
                    Part 1 x 4
                    Part 2 x 4
                    Part 4 x 12
                    Part 6 x 1

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