Katatonia - "Rainroom" Guitar Tab
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Artist: Katatonia
Album: Brave Murder Day
Track: Rainroom
Tabbed by : John M
citastro@hotmail.com
marym@iol.ie
5th Feb 2000
**** Tune down Guitar so first note of song corresponds to low E ****
Tuning is regular -E-A-D-G-B-E-
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0:00 to 1:01
part 1 --------------------------------------
--------------------------33----33----
--44----------66----------44----44---- continue each of these in
--22 etc...---22 etc..----44----44---- slashes until 1:01......
--22----------22----------22----00----
--00----------00----------------------
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part 2 1:01 to 1:30
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gtr 1 -----------------------------------------------------------
4------------------3---3--2--------------------------------
2--------------5---3---3--2--------------------------------
2--------3---33-3--1---1--0--------------------------------
0--0-3-5---------------------------------------------------
part 2
gtr 2 -----------------------------------------------------------
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4------------------4------5\2------------------------------
2----------2----22--2-3------------------------------------
2----------------------------------------------------------
0---0-3-5--------------------------------------------------
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Part 3 1:31 to 2:43
gtr 1 -----------------------------------------------------------
55555555555555555555555555--and occasionally:--------------
44444444444444444444444444---------------------------------
22222222222222222222222222--------------------333333333333
22222222222222222222222222--------------------333333333333
00000000000000000000000000--------------------111111111111
gtr 2 1:44 to 2:43 | gtr 3 2:00 to 2:43
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---------------------| ------------12-------------
--12-----------------| -12------------12-15-------
-----9--12-11--------| ----11-12------------------
--------------10-----| ---------------------------
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Then play part 2 again, from 2:43 to 3:09
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at 3:09 the chord is
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-4-----and let this rrrrrrriiiiinnnnggggggg----------------
-2---------------------------------------------------------
-0----------------------------------------------------------
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Part 4, clean guitar sound: / = slide up, \ = slide down
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--------------------------9--------------------------------
-----9----------------10------------12--9----9\--7---ring...
-------10----------0------------10----------10\--9---------
--0---------------------------0----------------------------
When the distortion starts at 3:41, the clean guitar part under it
is very similar to the last bit, only slightly different, adding in
a C bass note:
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--------------------------9--------------------------------
-----9----------------10------------12--9----9\--7---ring...
-------10----------0------------10----------10\--9---------
--0---------------------------8----------------------------
The distorted gtr that comes in from 3:41 to 4:38 is playing
in slashes again, several times over and over...
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-------------4--2--
2/--9----7---5--4--
2/--7----7---3--2--
0/--0----5---------
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part 5 comes in at 4:38 5:07, there's a 'rhythm' (gtr 1)
and a 'lead' (gtr 2):
h = hammer on
Gtr 1
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---------8--------9--8h9---------------------------8--8--9--8-
7--7h9---6---7--7--------10-9--7-7h9-9-10--10--6-6---6--6-----
0--------6---0-----------------0------------------------------
gtr 2
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-----------------12h11h12h11--------------------------------------
9--9h11--8---9-9-------------12-11--9-9-11-11h12-12----8-8-9-8----
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Then play part 1 again till fade.....killer song....
I'm confident that this is correct....let me know!
Happy playing!
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