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M Y D Y I N G B R I D E
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O N E O F B E A U T Y ' S D A U G H T E R S
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A LINE OF DEATHLESS KINGS
(c) Peaceville Records - 2006
http://www.mydyingbride.org/
Tune Down 1 & 1/2 Steps, Then Drop D
B F# B E G# C#
Tempo = 70 BPM
Time Signature = 4/4
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Transcribed by
PADDY MCMULLAN
stinkypoohpants@yahoo.co.uk
Version 1.0
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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
<5> - Natural Harmonics
X\ - Pick Scrapes
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Riff 1a: Guitar 1 with Heavy Distortion (Play 4 times)
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||-----------------------| |
||-----------------------| |
||-----------------------|*|
||--2--------------------|*|
||----------2------2--0--| |
||-------2------------0--| |
P.M ...
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Riff 1b: Guitar 2 with Heavy Distortion (Play 4 times)
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||-----------------------| |
||-----------------------| |
||-----------------------|*|
||--5-------2------2-----|*|
||--3----2--2------2--0--| |
||--5----2--2------2--0--| |
... ...
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Riff 2a: Guitar 1 (Play 4 times)
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||---------------------------| |
||---------------------------| |
||---------------------------|*|
||--2---2-4-5------0--0h2-0--|*|
||------------2----0--0h2-0--| |
||-----------------0--0h2-0--| |
...
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Riff 2b: Guitar 2 (Play 4 times)
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||---------------------------| |
||---------------------------| |
||---------------------------|*|
||--2---2-----2----0--0h2-0--|*|
||--3---3-2h3-2----0--0h2-0--| |
||--3---3-----2----0--0h2-0--| |
...
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Lead Riff 1: Guitar 3 with Heavy Distortion (And a multitude of effects)
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[ The volume gradually fades in, reaching its peak during bar 4 ]
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--2--2--2-3-2-2--2--2--2-5-2-2--|--2--2--2-3-2-2--2--2--2-5-2-2--|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-------------------------*-------||
|--2--2--2-3-2-2--2--2--2-5-2-2--|--2--2--2-3-2-2--2--2--2-3-3-3-3-||
|--------------------------------|-------------------------1-1-1-1-||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
* At this point, guitars 1 and 2 play the following:
||-----------------------||
||--R- ---------||
||--E- -3-3-3-3-||
||--S- -3-3-3-3-||
||--T- -1-1-1-1-||
||-----------------------||
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Riff 3: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 3 times)
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||------------------------------|------------------------------|
||------------------------------|------------------------------|
||------------------------------|------------------------------|
||--2--2--3p 2-2--2--2--5p 2-2--|--2--2--3p 2-2--2--2--5p 2-2--|
||--2--2--2-(2)2--2--2--2-(2)2--|--2--2--2-(2)2--2--2--2-(2)2--|
||--2--2--2-(2)2--2--2--2-(2)2--|--2--2--2-(2)2--2--2--2-(2)2--|
|------------------------------|------------------------------| |
|------------------------------|------------------------------| |
|------------------------------|----------------------3-3-3-3-|*|
|--2--2--3p 2-2--2--2--5p 2-2--|--2--2--3p 2-2--2--2--3-3-3-3-|*|
|--2--2--2-(2)2--2--2--2-(2)2--|--2--2--2-(2)2--2--2--1-1-1-1-| |
|--2--2--2-(2)2--2--2--2-(2)2--|--2--2--2-(2)2--2--2----------| |
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Lead Riff 2: Guitar 1 (Play once through) [ Guitar 2 plays Riff 3 throughout ]
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[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/my-dying-bride/113664.html ]
||------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
||--2------------(2/5)----|--4------------5----|--7----9-----(9)\-2----|
||------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------3-3-3-3-|------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------3-3-3-3-|------------------------|--------------------|
|--(2/5)--4----------1-1-1-1-|--2------------(2/5)----|--4------------5----|
|----------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
Pick Scrapes
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------------3-3-3-3-||
|-----------------------|------------------X\X\ ------3-3-3-3-||
|--7----9-----(9)\-2----|--(2/5)--4--------X\X\ ------1-1-1-1-||
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------||
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Riff 4: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 4 times)
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||---------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|*|
||--4-5-2--5--4--5--2--5--4--5--2--|--4-5-2--5--4--5--2--(5\3)-3--3--3--3--|*|
||--2-3-2--3--2--3--2--3--2--3--2--|--2-3-2--3--2--3--2--(3\1)-1--1--1--1--| |
||--4-5-2--5--4--5--2--5--4--5--2--|--4-5-2--5--4--5--2--(5\3)-3--3--3--3--| |
.... .... .... ..........
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Guitars 1 and 2 repeat Riff 3 twice
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Guitar 1 repeats Lead Riff 2 once, accompanied by Riff 3 played by guitar 2
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Guitars 1 and 2 repeat Riff 4 four times
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Guitars 1 and 2 repeat Riff 1 four times
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Guitars 1 and 2 repeat Riff 2 four times
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Riff 5a: Guitar 1 (Play once through)
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||-------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
||--5----------------|-------------------|--5----------(5)--------|
||--5----------------|--5----------------|--5----------(5)--------|
||--5----------------|-------------------|--5-----------5h7----5--|
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|--5----------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|--5----------------|--5----------------|
|--4-----------2----4--|--5----------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------||
|--5---------(5)---------|-------------------||
|--5---------(5)---------|-------------------||
|--5----------5h 7----5--|--4----------------||
Hold the last note for a further 2 bars
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Riff 5b: Guitar 2 (Play 4 times)
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||-------------------|-------------------| |
||-------------------|-------------------| |
||-------------------|-------------------|*|
||--5----------------|--4----------------|*|
||--5----------------|--5----------------| |
||--5----------------|--4----------------| |
Hold the last chord for a further 2 bars
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Outro
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The outro consists of volume swells, panning from left to right,
then right to left. A rough estimate of the harmonics used here are is follows:
||------------||
||------------||
||------------||
||------------||
||--<5>-------||
||--<5>-------||
Each swell lasts for only one bar.
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End
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Tab summary: Riff 1a + 1b X 4
Riff 2a + 2b X 4
Lead Riff 1 X 1
Riff 3 X 3
Lead Riff 2 X 1
Riff 4 X 4
Riff 3 X 2
Lead Riff 2 X 1
Riff 4 X 4
Riff 1 X 4
Riff 2 X 4
Riff 5a X 1 + Riff 5b X 4
Outro
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