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Title: The Bitterness and Bereavement
Artist: My Dying Bride
Album: As The Flowers Wither

Instrument: Guitar

Tabbed by: Andy Briones (House_Of_Shame@msn.com)

Tuning: 1 1/2 Steps Down (Db Gb Cb Fb Ab Db)

This is basically the notes you need to know. It doesn't necessarily show rhythm
, but I'm sure you can figure that out on your own.

Tablature Notation
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.  - palm mute                  /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to              ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on                  b  - bend
p  - pull off                   Suffixes for bend
ph - pinch harmonic             f - full bend    h - half bend
*  - see comment                r - release      t - tap bend
X  - percussion mute            ~ - vibrato bend
@  - slight palm mute           () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - trem pick
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Riff 1
Db|--------------------------------------||
Ab|--------------------------------------||
Fb|--------------------------------------||
Cb|--------------------------------------||
Gb|-------------7--\----------------6----||
Db|--0----8--5-----------0----8--5-------||


Riff 2 (Sometimes it is played like this, other times the guitars split
in which (gtr.1) plays the bottom note and [gtr.2] plays the top)
Db|----------------------------------------------||
Ab|----------------------------------------------||
Fb|----------------------------------------------||
Cb|----------------------------------------------||
Gb|-[9~]-------[9~]-------[8]--[8]---[5]--[4]----||
Db|-(7~)-------(7~)-------(6)--(6)---(3)--(2)----||


Riff 3 (Same case with this riff as indicated above)
Db|----------------------------------------------||
Ab|----------------------------------------------||
Fb|----------------------------------------------||
Cb|----------------------------------------------||
Gb|-[8]--[8]---[3]--[3]---[7]--[7]---[2]--[2]----||
Db|-(6)--(6)---(1)--(1)---(5)--(5)---(0)--(0)----||


Riff 4 (There's a guitar in the background with a melody but it's very hard to hear.)
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------||
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------------||
Fb|--------------------------------------------------------------||
Cb|--7---7---6------5---5---4-------7---7---6-------5---5---4----||
Gb|--5---5---4------3---3---2-------5---5---4-------3---3---2----||
Db|--5---6---5------3---4---3-------5---6---5-------3---4---3----||


Riff 5
Gtr. 1
Db|----------------------------------------||
Ab|----------------------------------------||
Fb|----------------------------------------||
Cb|----------------------------------------||
Gb|----------------------------------------||
Db|----2"---3"---2"---1"---2"---1"---0"----||

Gtr. 2 (Played second time around)
Db|----------------------------------------||
Ab|----------------------------------------||
Fb|----------------------------------------||
Cb|----4-----------------------------------||
Gb|----4-----------------------------------||
Db|----2-----------------------------------||

Then both guitars play riff 5 (Gtr. 1) in unison.


Riff 6
Db|----------------------------------------||
Ab|----------------------------------------||
Fb|----------------------------------------||
Cb|----7----7----7--7----7----7----8--8----||
Gb|----5----5----5--5----5----5----6--6----||
Db|----5----5----4--4----5----5----6--6----||


Fill
Db|-----------------------||
Ab|-----------------------||
Fb|-----------------------||
Cb|--------5-4-----4-3----||
Gb|----4-5-----3-4--------||
Db|-----------------------||


Riff 7
Db|-------------------------------------||
Ab|-------------------------------------||
Fb|-------------------------------------||
Cb|----------------------5-4-----4-3----||
Gb|----2-2-5--4--2-2-4-5-----3-4--------||
Db|----0-0-3--2--0-0--------------------||
       . .       . .

Riff 8
Db|-------------------------------------||
Ab|-------------------------------------||
Fb|-------------------------------------||
Cb|----------------------9-8-----8-7----||
Gb|----2-2-5--4--2-2-8-9-----7-8--------||
Db|----0-0-3--2--0-0--------------------||
       . .       . .

Ending Riff
Db|-----------------------------------------------------||
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------||
Fb|-----------------------------------------------------||
Cb|----------------------5-4-----4-3-----9-8-----8-7----||
Gb|----2-2-5--4--2-2-4-5-----3-4-----8-9-----7-8--------||
Db|----0-0-3--2--0-0------------------------------------||
       . .       . .

That's basically it. Questions, Comments, Suggestions, anything concerning
this or other tabs, Please email me! Hope you enjoy it.

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