Cradle of Filth - "Better To Reign In Hell" Guitar Tab
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Band: Cradle Of Filth
Album: Damnation and a Day
Song: Better To Reign In Hell
Copyright (c) Red Ink, Epic 2003
Version 1.0 - 5/20/2003
Transcribed By: Shaun Secaur
Email: Soulterashaun@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
Tunning Standard C (Down 2 whole steps)
Riff 1
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|-9---5--2---2--5--9--10--10---5--2---2--5--9--10--7---5--2-2--5--9--10|
|-7---3--0---0--3--7---8---8---3--0---0--3--7---8--5---3--0-0--3--7--8-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--7--10--9--12--7-10-9-12-10-9-10--|
|--5--8---7--10--5--8-7-10--8-7--8--|
Repeat
Verse Riff (Riff 2)(Clean)
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----p----p---p---p----p---p--9-9--12-9---------------|
|--129--119-129-129--119-129-----------12-11--9-11-12-|
|-------------------------------------------12--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Riff 3
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|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------3-4-|
|--7-6-3-4-3-----7-6-3-4-3--4-3--4-1-2-|
|--5-4-1-2-1-----5-4-1-2-1--2-1--2-----|
Riff 4
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5-6|
|--9-8-5-6-5--6-5--9-8-5-6-5-6-5--6-3-4|
|--7-6-3-4-3--4-3--7-6-3-4-3-4-3--4----|
|--------------------------------------|
Slight P.M.
Riff 5 Ending 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------9/10\8--hp--hp-|
|--5---5---5-787-5---5---5-787-5---5---5-787-7/-8\6-353-242-|
|--3-xx3-xx3-565-3-xx3-xx3-565-3-xx3-xx3-565----------------|
...
Ending 2
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|--------------hp-|
|--9/10\8--hp-565-|
|--7/-8\6-353-----|
|-----------------|
Riff 5 Variation(All endings are the same)
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|--5/7-5/7-5/7-787-|
|--3/5-3/5-3/5-565-|
Repeat Riff 1 twice
Riff 2 4 times
Riff 3 twice
Riff 4 twice
Riff 5 twice
Riff 5 with variation twice
Riff 1 twice
Riff 4 with little variations
Play Riff 4 third and fourth times only with
bottom note, tremolo picked.
Riff 6
|---------------------3-3-----------|
|---------------------3-3-----------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--8--7--4--6--5--5-5---------------|
|--6--5--2--4--3--3-3---------------|
|-----------------------------------|
Repeat 2 and a half times
Riff 7
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--6---8---9---8---6---8---9---8-|
|--6-xx6-xx6-xx6-xx6-xx6-xx6-xx6-|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
Riff 7A
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|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|------6"--7-9---6"-7"-9--|
|--5"----------5"---------|
Riff 7B
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--8/9-9-9-11--9-8-6-5----|
|--6/7-7-7--9--7-6-4-3----|
Riff 8
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|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--9"---10"-9"-7"-12"-10"-7"-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
Repeat Twice
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|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--9"--10"-9"-12"-13"-12"-7"-9"-|
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Riff 4
Riff 5 once
Riff 5 with variation once
Riff 1 until end then just the power chords going down.
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