 My Dying Bride - "The Blue Lotus" Guitar Tab
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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#Unless specified otherwise, this is NOT an official tab from the band members.#
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Band: My Dying Bride
Album: Songs of Darkness, Words or Light
Song: The Blue Lotus
Copyright (c) Peaceville, 2004
Transcribed By: Calvin Smith
Email: the_annoyance2002@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 is an entire step down from standard
Main Riff, Guitar 1-
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------4-3-3-3-3-4-3-3-4-3-3-3-3-----------------|
|-2-2-2-5-4-4-4-4-5-4-4-2-1-1-1-1-2-1-1-2-1-1-1-1-5-4-4-5-4-4-5\--|
|-0-0-0-3-2-2-2-2-3-2-2---------------------------3-2-2-3-2-2-3\--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guitar 2-
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0--12-11fbr---14-12-11fbr--------12-11fbr----14-12-11fbr-----|
|-------------9-------------15--------------9------------------|
|------------------------------14~-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2, play this after the last time the other riff is played-
|------17fb-------18fb----------------|
|--15--------15-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
The main riff is constant for a while, except when playing it dont
palm mute it during this riff-
Guitar 2
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-21125444421121111100100------|
|------------------------------|
Riff 2
Guitar 1-
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2----|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0----|
. . . . . .
Guitar 2-
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-------4X---------|
|-------3X---------|
|-2-2-2-2X-2-2-----|
|-0-0-0----0-0-----|
. . . . .
Speedy Tremelo Riff-
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|------6"---------|
|--8"7"-----------|
|-----------------|
This is the lone echo riff-
Guitar 2-
|-----------------------------------|
|-------10\9-----12-11hb------------|
|--7/10-------------------11h12-----|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
Guitar 1 (interjects after the echo riff)-
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-2-4-5-4-----|
|-0-2-3-2-----|
Later, Riff 2 is played again with chord changes on the first guitar-
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-----|
|-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-----|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-2-4-5-4-------|
|-0-2-3-2-------|
END
I didn't do too much at all of an order,
but all the riffs except for the solo in
the last couple of minutes in the song. It shouldn't be to
hard to get the order
down. Email me for questioning/critisism.
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