Katatonia - "Funeral wedding" Guitar Tab
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Artist: Katatonia
Album: For Funerals to come...
Track: Funeral Wedding
Tabbed by : John M
citastro@hotmail.com
marym@iol.ie
6th Feb 2000
**** Tune Guitar so first note of song corresponds to A ****
Tuning is regular -E-A-D-G-B-E-
Guitars should delay/reverb on them...
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from 0:00 to 0:39
Part 1
This has at least 1 lead guitar (gtr 2), which is a bit 'all over the place',
and a rhythm, (gtr 1) which is fine:
^= bend up 1 fret in pitch
\= slide down
/= slide up
Gtr 1:
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2-2--------------------4^----------------------------------
2---2--5-3-2-3---5-----------etc... let chords ring....----
0---3--------3---5---5-------------------------------------
-------------1-0-3--3--------------------------------------
Gtr 2: (let ring with vibrato...)...there's a few guitars here alright,
so it's hard to make out which is playing what, but this will do:
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----------6-8-6-5-6----------12^---------------------------
----9\-----------------------------------------------------
10-----5-----------10-9-9h10-------------------------------
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Part 2:
at 0:40 it changes to this:
'...for the wind hopes to die.....'
Gtr 1+2
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10-9-7------5-3-3-2-0-------------------6------------------
0ring-------5-3-----3-play 4 times-then-6------------------
------------3-1ring-3-------------------4------------------
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Part 3: from 1:17 to 1:46
Gtr 1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0-------2-0--------2-0------0-2-3-0-0---play 4 times---33----33---33---2
---3-00000---3-222222---3-0000-------3----4th time ends--33-2--33-2-33-2-0
----------------33333---------------------with this bit--11-3--11-3-11-3--
Gtr 2
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
2-0-------2-0--------2-0-------2-3-2-3---------------------
---3-00000---3-222222---3-0000-2-3-2-3-2-2-----------------
----------------33333----------0-1-0-1-3-3-----------------
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Part 4 from 1:46 to 2:43
This has a clean rhythm gtr (gtr 1), plucking, and a distorted lead gtr (gtr 2)
which is playing a solo.
Gtr 1:
Chords are Am, C and C-shape slid up two frets, Bm and F.
Am C C up 2 frets
-------------------------------------0----------------------
---1-0-h1-----1-0-h1-----1-0-h1-----3-3---------------------
--2------2---2------2---0------0---0---0--------------------
-2--------2-2--------2-2--------2-4-----4----play this twice
0----------0----------3----------5--------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
Bm F
--------------------------------------------------------------------
---3-2h-3-----3-2h-3------1-------1---------------------------------
--4------4---4------4----2-2-----2-2--------------------------------
-4--------4-4--------4--3---3---3---3-------------------------------
2----------2-----------3-----3-3-----3------------------------------
----------------------1-------1-------1-play twice then-1-3-bass fill
Gtr 2:
-----------------------------------------8h5h8h5-5--------------------
----------------10-8-10-------------------------8-8-5-----------------
7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7-------7-7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7------------77^7-5-----------
-----------------------------------------------------------7----9-----
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------8087070----------10-7--------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
9^9-7-99^-9-7-h9--------9-11-9-11--and play again, then go back to
-----------------------------------the start of the lead again----
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
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Part 5 from 2:52 to 3:35
At the start of this the timing is a bit erratic, you'll have to figure it out,
but the chords for the rest of it go like this:
Gtr 1 + Gtr 2
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-----------------------------------------------------------
2---------------------------------------------------------
2------2--3---22222233-222222233---------------------------
0------0--3---00000000-000000000-33------------------------
----------1----------------------11------------------------
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Part 6 From 3:35 to 4:44
With keyboard
Gtr 1 + 2
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---4-5-4---5-5-7-4-4-5---4-5-4---3-3-2--------repeat x 4---
7-7-----7-5-----------7-7-----7-5-----3-5-7----------------
0----------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------5-3-
--------------------------------------------------7---7------
------9-------9-----10-----10-------9-------9---7---7---5----
7-9-10--7-9-10--10-9---10-9---7-9-10--7-9-10---5-5-5-5-3-----
---------------8------8--------------------------------------
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Part 7 From 4:45 to 5:41
2 Guitars, both clean.
Gtr 1:
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-----------------------------------------------------------
-2-2-2-2---------------------------------------------------
0-0-0-0-etc----------3-3-3-3-------------------------------
------------3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-etc..-4-4-4-4---7-7-6-6--------
-----------1-1-1-1---------------2-2-2-2-2-5-5-4-4---------
Gtr 2:
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
-7-10-7-9-7-10-7-------10--9--10-----------10-9-7----------
0-------0----0-0 etc 10--10-10--10-8-8-10-8------10-etc----
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Part 8 From 5:42 to 6:51
Here there's 2 distorted guitars: (but you can get away with 1 part:)
Gtr 1
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---------------------------------------3-4-3-4-----6---6-4-
--6--4----4-6-4-6-4------------6--4----4-4-4-4-----6-7-6-2-
-6--4-4--2--------------------6--4-4--2------------4-7-4-2-
4--2---2-0---0---------------4--2---2-0---0----------5---0-
Play this bit over the last 4 chords of the prev. :
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--6------6----4--------------------------------------------
-6---7--6-6-4---again -------------------------------------
4---7--4-----7---------------------------------------------
---5-------------------------------------------------------
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At 6:52 play part 6 until 7:25 when there's a bass interlude followed
by part 5 till the end of the song...
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