Katatonia - "Brave" Guitar Tab
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Artist: Katatonia
Album: Brave Murder Day
Track: Brave
Tabbed by : John M
citastro@hotmail.com
marym@iol.ie
6th Feb 2000
**** Tune Guitar so first note of song corresponds to note A ****
Tuning is regular -E-A-D-G-B-E-
Guitars should delay/reverb on them...
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from 0:10 to 1:48
Part 1
This has a lead (gtr 2) and a rhythm, (gtr 1)
Gtr 1:
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----------------------333322-------------------------------
222------------222----444444-----------444444444-4444444444
222----222222--222----444444---etc...--555555555-4444444444
000-55-222222--000-55-222222-----------333333333-2222222222
----33 000000------33--------------------------------------
Gtr 2: (in slashes)
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10--8-555555555--10-8--------------------------------------
9---7-444444444--9--7-777666666666--4444444444444444444444-
7---5-222222222--7--5-444444444444--5555555555555555555555-
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5555555555777777777777-------------------------------------
4444444444444444444444-------------------------------------
4444444444444444444444-------------------------------------
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Part 2: from 1:49 to 2:56
Has 2 gtrs, (gtr 1) is rhy, and (gtr 2) is lead.
/ = slide up \ = slide down
Gtr 1:
----------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------1h3-0---------------------------
-----------33------------44-4-2-2-------------------------------
5-5/-88-55-33------------22-4-2-2----play twice and back again--
5-5/-66-55-33-twice then-22-2-0-0-------------------------------
3-3/-66-33-11------------00-------------------------------------
Gtr 2: (with vibrato...) Play both parts twice.
----------------------------------------------------------(14) play this note last time only
11-h-10--------------------12-11--------------13-13-15-12-
-------12-----------------------11-12--12-11-9------------
---------12---12------------------------------------------
------------------13--------------------------------------
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Part 3: 3:01 to 5:22
(By the way, this bit is cool, but is a rip off of the middle of Iron Maiden's
'Phantom of the Opera'...still...great song to rip-off!!)
Begins with the lead gtr (gtr 2) and the rhythm comes in after a while.
The tapping is played with the left hand only. E,A,D,G dtrings are palm
muted to keep them quiet.
Gtr 2:
19-----19-----19-----19-----15-----15-----15-----15--------
--17-0---17-0---17-0---17-0---13-0---13-0---13-0---13-0----
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14-----14-----14-----14-----15-----15-----17-----17--------
--12-0---12-0---12-0---12-0---13-0---13-0---15-0---15-0----
-----------------------------------------------------------
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Gtr 1: plays feedback from 3:01 to 3:32 and then comes in with this,
with guitar 2 playing the tapping along with it...
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4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444-
2222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222-
2222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222-
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000-
-----------------------------------------------------------
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5555555555555555555-4444444444444444444--------------------
5555555555555555555-4444444444444444444-etc.....
3333333333333333333-2222222222222222222--------------------
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Part 4: from 5:27 to 7:33
Here there's 3 guitar parts, 2 are distorted, 1 is clean gtr 2 (lead)
comes in playing this next piece, whilst the other guitar(s) feedback:
Gtr 2:
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---10---10---------------------7----10--------------------
-7-----7---and occasionally, -7---7------------------------
0-----0----------------------0---0-------------------------
Gtr 1: (clean rhythm gtr):
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-16--16--16--16---twice--14--14--14--14-------12--12--12--12
---14--14--14--14----------14--14--14---twice---14--14--14--14 twice
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Gtr 3: (distorted rhy gtr, and this is quite far back in the mix):
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4444444444444444-2222222222222222222-4444444444444444------
2222222222222222-2222222222222222222-5555555555555555------
2222222222222222-0000000000000000000-3333333333333333------
0000000000000000---------------------3333333333333333------
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At 7:34, Part 1 comes back in, with Part 2 following again at 9:10, till end.
N-joy!!
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