Cruachan - "Cattle Raid Of Cooley (Táin Bó Cuailgne)" Guitar Tab
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Band: Cruachan
Album: The Middle Kingdom
Song: Cattle Raid Of Cooley (Táin Bó Cuailgne)
Copyright (c) Hammerheart 2000
Version 1.0 - 16.6.2005
Transcribed By: theoldman
Email: swordbearing@hotmail.com
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. - 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
Tuning E A D G B E
Riff 1 (acoustic) (0:06-1:30)
|------------------------------------------------|
|------3-----------3-----------3-----------1-----|
|----2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------0---0---|
|0-3-------3-0-3-------3-0-3-------3---2-------2-|
|------------------------------------3-----------|
|------------------------------------------------|
Riff 2 (distortion) (1:46-2:01)
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|7-----7-----7-----5------|
|5-55555-55555-55553-3333-|
|-------------------------|
Riff 3 (2:02-2:17)
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|7-----------------5------|
|5-----------------3-3333-|
|-------------------------|
Riff 2 (2:18-2:33)
Solo 1 (2:34-2:49)
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------2-0-----------|
|7-0-0-3-0-0-7-0-0-3--5-7-0-0-3-----3-0---0---|
|---------------------------------------3-----|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|7-0-0-3-0-0-7-0-0-3--5-7--7-7-5-3-5-2---0---|
|--------------------------------------3-----|
|--------------------------------------------|
Riff 2 under Solo 1 (2:34-2:49)
Solo 2 (2:50-3:05)
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--7-7---7---7-5---5---5---7-7---7---7-5---5---|
|7-----7---7-----7---7---7-----7---7-----7-----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|5--------------------------------------------|
|--7-5-7-5---------5--------------------------|
|----------7-5-5-5---7-5-7--7-7-5-3-5-2---0---|
|---------------------------------------3-----|
|---------------------------------------------|
Riff 3 under Solo 2 (2:50-3:05)
Solo 3 (3:06-3:21)
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|0-3-0-------0---3-0---0-------------------|
|------3-0-3---------3---3-0-3-0---3---3---|
|--------------------------------3---------|
Riff 2 under Solo 3 (3:06-3:21)
Riff 4 (3:22-3:37)
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|7-----7-----7-----5------|
|5-55555-55555-55553-3333-|
|-------------------------|
... ... ... ...
Solo 4 (3:38-4:09)
|--5-5-5-5-8-------------------------------|
|3-----------8-----------------------------|
|--------------9-7-9-----------------------|
|----------------------7-5---5-------------|
|--------------------------7---7-5-7---7---|
|------------------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-8------------------------------|
|3-----------8----------------------------|
|--------------9-7-9----------------------|
|----------------------7-5---5------------|
|--------------------------7----5-7---7---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-8-------------------------------|
|3-----------8-----------------------------|
|--------------9-7-9-----------------------|
|----------------------7-5---5----9---9--7-|
|--------------------------7----5----------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-8-------------------------------|
|3-----------8-----------------------------|
|--------------9-7-9-----------------------|
|----------------------7-5---5-------------|
|--------------------------7---7-5-7---7---|
|------------------------------------------|
Riff 5 under Solo 4 (3:38-4:09)
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|9---------------------7-------------------|
|7---------------------5-----7-----2---2---|
|----------------------------5-----0---0---|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|9---------------------7-------------------|
|7---------------------5-----7-----2---2---|
|----------------------------5-----0---0---|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|7---------------------5-----7-----9---9---|
|5---------------------3-----5-----7---7---|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|9---------------------7-------------------|
|7---------------------5-----7-----2---2---|
|----------------------------5-----0---0---|
Riff 4 (4:10-4:40)
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