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M Y D Y I N G B R I D E
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C A T H E R I N E B L A K E
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SONGS OF DARKNESS, WORDS OF LIGHT
(c) Peaceville Records - 2004
http://www.mydyingbride.org/
Tune Down 1 & 1/2 Steps
C# F# B E G# C#
Tempo = 60 BPM
Time Signature = 4/4
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Transcribed by
PADDY MCMULLAN
stinkypoohpants@yahoo.co.uk
Version 1.4
(Corrections Outlined at Bottom of Tab)
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Tablature Symbols Used:
p - Pull-Off
h - Hammer-On
P.M... - Palm Mute
\ - Slide Down to/Down From
/ - Slide Up to/Up From
( / ) - Legato Slide
( ) - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
REST - Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space
|_3_| - Triplet
>>> - Volume Swells
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Riff 1a: Guitar 1 (Play Once)
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|_3_| |_3_|||-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|||-----------10------------|-----------10------------|--------10------------|||--------0----------------|--------0----------------|-----0----------------|||--7- -7------------------|--7- -7------------------|--7-------------------|
|----------------------|||----------------------|||----------------------|||--------10------------|||-----0----------------|||--7-------------------||
Let the last two notes of the bar ring each time
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Riff 1b: Guitar 2 (Play 4 times)
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||------------------------| |||--R- ------ -| |||--E- ------ -|*|||--S- -2--2- -|*|||--T- -2--2- -| |||---------------0--0-----| | P.M..
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Riff 2a: Guitar 1 (Play once through)
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||------------------------|------------------------|||------------------------|------------------------|||------------------------|------------------------|||----------10------------|----------10------------|||------0-----------------|------0-----------------|||--7---------------------|--7---------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||--4---------------------||----------10------------|----------10------------||--2------------2--2-----||------0-----------------|------0-----------------||--2------------2--2-----||--7---------------------|--7---------------------||--0------------0--0-----| ...
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|||------------------------|------------------------|---------R- --|||--4---------------------|--4---------------------|--4------E- --|||--2------------2--2-----|--2------------2--2-----|--2------S- --|||--2------------2--2-----|--2------------2--2-----|--2------T- --|||--0------------0--0-----|--0------------0--0-----|--0-----------------|| .... ....
In the first 4 bars, allow the last 2 notes to ring each time
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Riff 2b: Guitar 2 (Play once through)
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||------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|||------------------------|-------------------|--(0)---------------------|||--4---------------------|--4----------------|---4----------------------|||--2------------2--2-----|--2----------------|---2-------------2--2-----|||--2------------2--2-----|--2----------------|---2-------------2--2-----|||--0------------0--0-----|--0----------------|---0-------------0--0-----| .... ....
|------------------------|--0---------------------|------------------------||------------------------|--0---------------------|------------------------||--4---------------------|--4---------------------|--4---------------------||--2------------2--2-----|--2------------2--2-----|--2------------2--2-----||--2------------2--2-----|--2------------2--2-----|--2------------2--2-----||--0------------0--0-----|--0------------0--0-----|--0------------0--0-----| .... .... ....
|--0---------------------|-----------------------------|||--0---------------------|--0--------------------------|||--4---------------------|--4--------------------------|||--2------------2--2-----|--2----------(5/9)-----(7\4)-|||--2------------2--2-----|--2--------------------------|||--0------------0--0-----|--0--------------------------|| ....
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Riff 3a: Guitar 1 (Play 4 times)
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||------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|||------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|||------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|||--9------7--7-----------|------------------------|--------------------|||---------------10----9--|--9 h 10--7-----------|--(7)------5--------|||------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------| ||-------------------| ||-------------------|*||-------------------|*||--(5)--------------| ||-------------------| |
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Riff 3b: Guitar 2 (Play 4 times)
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||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|||--4h 5-4--------(5/9)----(7\4)-|--4h 5----------(5/9)----(7\4)-|||-------------------------------|-------3-----------------------|||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|*||--4h 5----------(5/9)----(7\4)-|--4h (5/7)-----(7)\ (5/9)----(7\4)-|*||-------2-----------------------|-----------------------------------| ||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |
On the 4th repeat, replace the last bar with the following:
||-------------------------||||-------------------------||||-------------------------||||--4h (5/7)---------(7)\ -||||-------------------------||||-------------------------||
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Riff 4a: Guitar 1 (Play 4 times)
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||------------------------| |||------------------------| |||--4---------------------|*|||--2------------2--2-----|*|||--2------------2--2-----| |||--0------------0--0-----| | ....
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Riff 4b: Guitar 2 (Play once through)
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||--0---------------------|--0---------------------|--0---------------------|||--0---------------------|--0---------------------|--0---------------------|||--4---------------------|--4---------------------|--0---------------------|||--2------------2--2-----|--2------------2--2-----|--2------------2--2-----|||--2------------2--2-----|--2------------2--2-----|--2------------2--2-----|||--0------------0--0-----|--0------------0--0-----|--0------------0--0-----| .... .... ....
|--0---------------------|||--0---------------------|||--4---------------------|||--2------------2--2-----|||--2------------2--2-----|||--0------------0--0-----|| ....
Note the slight variation in bar 3
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Riff 5: Guitar 1 (Play twice)
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|__3___| |__3___| |__3___| |__3___| |__3__| |__3__| |__3__| |__3__|||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|||-----7--10----7--10----7--10----7--10----6--9-----6--9-----6--9-----6--9--|||--0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------| ......................................................................
|__3__| |__3__| |__3__| |__3__| |__3__| |__3__| |__3__| |__3__||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|*||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|*||-----2--5-----2--5-----2--5-----2--5-----1--4-----1--4-----1--4-----1--4--| ||--0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------| | ......................................................................
While this part of the riff is playing, guitar 2 plays the following:
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|||--0----------------|--(0)--------------|--(0)--------------|||--2----------------|--(2)--------------|--(2)--------------|||--2----------------|--(2)--------------|--(2)--------------|||--0----------------|--(0)--------------|--(0)--------------|
|----------------------|||----------------------|||--(0)-----------------|||--(2)-----------------|||--(2)-----------------|||--(0)-----------------||
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Guitars 1 & 2 play Riff 5 six times, with the following variation:
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On the second repeat, replace the last bar of the riff with the following:
|__3__| |__3__| |__3__| |__3__| |__3__| |__3__||--------------------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------------4--3--|||--------------------------------------------------------4--3--|||-----2--5-----2--5-----2--5-----2--5-----1--4-----1--4--2--1--|||--0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------2--1--|| ....................................................
After this variation, the riff returns to normal
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Riff 6a: Guitar 1 (Play 4 times)
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>>>||-------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|||-------------------|-------------------| |--17----------------|||-------------------|-------------------| |--16----------------|||-------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|||--7----------------|--(7)--------------| |--------------------|||--0----------------|--(0)--------------| |--------------------|
>>> >>> >>>|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| ||--13----------------|--15----------------|--15----------------| ||--12----------------|--14----------------|--12----------------|*||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|*||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| ||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| |
On the last repeat, replace the last bar with the following:
>>>|--------------------|||--13----------------|||--12----------------|||--------------------|||--------------------|||--------------------||
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Riff 6b: Guitar 2 (Play 4 times)
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>>>||-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|||-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|||-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|||-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|||--7----------------|--(7)--------------| |--7----------------|||-------------------|-------------------| |--7----------------|
>>> >>> >>>|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| ||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| ||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|*||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|*||--7----------------|--9----------------|--5----------------| ||--8----------------|--7----------------|--5----------------| |
On the last repeat, replace the last bar with the following:
|---------------|||---------------|||---------------|||---------------|||--(9)----------|||--(7)----------||
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Riff 6c: Guitar 3 with heavy distortion
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[ Play Riff 3b four times, including the variation ]
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Riff 7a: Guitar 1 (Play 8 times)
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|__3__| |__3__| |__3__| |__3__| |__3__| |__3__| |__3__| |__3__|||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|*|||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|*|||-----------7--7--7--------------------7--7--7--7--7--7--------------------| |||--0--0--0-----------8--8--8--0--0--0--------------------8--8--8--7--7--7--| | ......................................................................
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Riff 7b: Guitar 2 (Rest for 2 bars, then play 6 times)
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|__3__| |__3__| |__3__| |__3___| |__3__| |__3__| |__3___| |__3__|||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|*|||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|*|||--------------------7--7--7--10-10-10----------7--7--7--10-10-10----------| |||--7--7--7--0--0--0--------------------0--0--0--------------------8--8--8--| | ......................................................................
For one time only, do not play the first triplet of the riff
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Riff 8: Guitars 1 & 2 (Play once)
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|_3_| |_3_| |_3_| |_3_| |_3_| |_3_| |_3_| |_3_|||--------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------|||--5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---8-8-8\7-|||--3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---6-6-6\5-|
|_3_| |_3_| |_3_| |_3_| |_3_| |_3_| |_3_| |_3_||--------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------|||--4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4---4\3-3-3-3-3-|||--2---2-2-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-2---2\1-1-1-1-1-||
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Guitars 1 & 2 play Riffs 7a & 7b four times
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Guitars 1 & 2 play Riff 8 once
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Guitars 1 & 2 play Riffs 7a & 7b four times
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Guitars 1 & 2 play Riff 8 once
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Riff 9: Guitar 1 (Play 4 times, while guitar 2 plays riff 4B once)
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||------------------------| |||------------------------| |||--4---------------------|*|||--2------------2--2-----|*|||--2------------2--2-----| |||--0------------0--0-----| | ....
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End
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Tab summary: Riff 1a X 1 + 1b X 4
Riff 2a + 2b X 1
Riff 3a + 3b X 4
Riff 4a X 4 + Riff 4b X 1
Riff 5 X 8
Riff 6a, 6b + 6c X 4
Riff 7a X 8 + Riff 7b X 6
Riff 8 X 1
Riff 7a + 7b X 4
Riff 8 X 1
Riff 7a + 7b X 4
Riff 8 X 1
Riff 9 X 4 + Riff 4b X 1
END
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Corrections (09/12/06):
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* Corrected Riff 1a
* Corrected Riff 5
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Corrections (15/11/06):
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* Corrected Riff 2a
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Corrections (09/11/06):
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* Corrected Riff 1a
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Corrections (07/11/06):
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* Minor adjustments to layout, corrected spellings, etc.
