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BIRTH OF VENUS ILLEGITIMA
As recorded by Therion
(From the 1998 Album VOVIN)
Transcribed by Jerry
Music by Christofer Johnsson
Arranged by Christofer Johnsson & Jan Kazda
F5
1 3 3 x x x
Am
x x 7 5 x x
G
x x 5 4 x x
A5
5 7 7 x x x
B5
7 9 9 x x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
C5
8 10 10 x x x
E5
0 2 x x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'lead'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'rhythm'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'clean'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'acoustic'
Intro
Q=110
Am G Am Am G Am
4/4
Gtr III
Q Q E Q E +H.. E Q Q E Q E +Q. Q E Q
||----------------|--------------|---------------|----------------||
||o------------^5-|-(5)----------|------------^5-|-(5)---8--6----o||
||-----5--4-5--^5-|-(5)----------|----5--4-5--^5-|-(5)--------9---||
||-----7--5-7--^7-|-(7)----------|----7--5-7--^7-|-(7)------------||
||o-0-------------|--------------|-0-------------|---------------o||
||----------------|------------0-|---------------|----------------||
Am G Am Am G Am Am G Am
4/4
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------5---4-5-----|-----5---4-5-----|-----5---4-5-----|
||------7---5-7-----|-----7---5-7-----|-----7---5-7-----|
||o-0-0---0-----0-0-|-0-0---0-----0-0-|-0-0---0-----0-0-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F5 E5
Gtr II
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|-------||
|----------|----------|----------|------o||
|----------|----------|----------|-------||
|-3--------|-3--------|-2--------|-2-----||
|-3--------|-3--------|-2--------|-2----o||
|-1--------|-1--------|-0--------|-0-----||
F5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
A5 B5 A5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
Am G Am Am G Am Am G Am
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||------5---4-5------|-------5---4-5-----|-------5---4-5------|
||------7---5-7------|-------7---5-7-----|-------7---5-7------|
||o-0-0---0-----0--0-|--0--0---0-----0-0-|--0--0---0------0-0-|
||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| H E Q E +H E Q E +H E Q.
||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||--5-------4-5---/7-|-(7)-------5-4---2-|-(2)-------4-5------|
||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
F5 E5
Gtr II
W W
|--------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------o||
|--------------|---------------||
|-3------------|-2-------------||
|-3------------|-2------------o||
|-1------------|-0-------------||
|
| Gtr I
| Q Q E Q. Q Q E Q.
|--------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------o||
|-7--5--4-2----|-5--4--2-1-----||
|--------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------o||
|--------------|---------------||
F5 G5 A5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-/7-|
|---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-/7-|
|---1-1-1-1--1--1--1--1-|---1--1-1-1-1-/3-3-/5-|
|
| Gtr I
| H E E E E +W
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-\10-------12-13-15-13-|-(13)-----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
A5 B5 C5 B5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---7--/9-9-/10-10-\9-9\--|
|---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---7--/9-9-/10-10-\9-9\--|
|---5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-|---5--/7-7--/8--8-\7-7\--|
|
| Gtr I
| H Q E E +W
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-/12-------10------10-|-(10)--------------------|
|----------------13----|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
F5 G5 A5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-7-|
|---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-7-|
|---1-1-1-1--1--1--1--1-|---1--1-1-1-1-/3-3-5-|
|
| Gtr I
| H E E E E +W
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-/10-------12-13-15-13-|-(13)----------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
A5 E5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|--------------------|
|---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| Gtr I
| H Q E E +Q. H E
|----------------------|--------------------|
|-/12-------10------10-|-(10)-----9-------6-|
|----------------13----|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|--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--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|
|
| +Q. H E +Q. H +E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-(6)-----5---------|---------------------|
|-----------------5-|-(5)-----4-------(4)-|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
Interlude
Am G Am Am G Am
Gtr III
Q Q E Q E +H.. E Q Q E Q E +Q. Q E Q
||----------------|--------------|---------------|-----------------||
||o------------^5-|-(5)----------|------------^5-|-(5)---8--6-----o||
||-----5--4-5--^5-|-(5)----------|----5--4-5--^5-|-(5)--------9----||
||-----7--5-7--^7-|-(7)----------|----7--5-7--^7-|-(7)-------------||
||o-0-------------|--------------|-0-------------|----------------o||
||----------------|------------0-|---------------|-----------------||
Am G Am Am G Am Am G Am
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------5---4-5-----|-----5---4-5-----|-----5---4-5-----|
||------7---5-7-----|-----7---5-7-----|-----7---5-7-----|
||o-0-0---0-----0-0-|-0-0---0-----0-0-|-0-0---0-----0-0-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F5 E5
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|-------||
|----------|----------|----------|------o||
|----------|----------|----------|-------||
|-3--------|-3--------|-2--------|-2-----||
|-3--------|-3--------|-2--------|-2----o||
|-1--------|-1--------|-0--------|-0-----||
F5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
A5 B5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/therion/97930.html ]
F5 G5 A5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------|----------------------|
||o-----------------------|----------------------|
||------------------------|----------------------|
||----3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-/7-|
||o---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-/7-|
||----1-1-1-1--1--1--1--1-|---1--1-1-1-1-/3-3-/5-|
|
| Gtr I
| H E E E E +W
||------------------------|----------------------|
||o-/10-------12-13-15-13-|-(13)-----------------|
||------------------------|----------------------|
||------------------------|----------------------|
||o-----------------------|----------------------|
||------------------------|----------------------|
A5 B5 C5 B5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 3x
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------o||
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---7--/9-9-/10-10-\9-9\---||
|---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---7--/9-9-/10-10-\9-9\--o||
|---5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-|---5--/7-7--/8--8-\7-7\---||
|
| Gtr I
| H Q E E +W 3x
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|-/12-------10------10-|-(10)--------------------o||
|----------------13----|--------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------o||
|----------------------|--------------------------||
F5 G5 A5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-/7-|---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|
|---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-/7-|---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|
|---1-1-1-1--1--1--1--1-|---1--1-1-1-1-/3-3-/5-|---5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-|
|
| Gtr I
| H E E E E +W H Q E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-/10-------12-13-15-13-|-(13)-----------------|-/12-------10------10-|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------13----|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--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--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|
|
| Gtr I
| Q. H E +Q. H E +Q. H +E
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-10------9-------6-|-(6)-----5---------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------5-|-(5)-----4-------(4)-|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
String intro
F5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
A5 B5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
Outro
F5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|--3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-3---3---3---|
|--3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-3---3---3---|
|--1-1-1-1--1-1--1--1-|---1--1-1-1-1-1---1---1---|
|
| Gtr I
| H q E E +H E S S S S S S
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|-13-------12------10-|-(10)---------------------|
|---------------12----|--------------5-7-9-7-5---|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
A5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|--7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|--7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|--5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|
| Gtr I
| H Q E E +W
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-12-------10------10-|-(10)---------------|
|---------------13----|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
F5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|--3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-3---3---3---|
|--3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-3---3---3---|
|--1-1-1-1--1-1--1--1-|---1--1-1-1-1-1---1---1---|
|
| Gtr I
| H q E E +H E S S S S S S
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|-13-------12------10-|-(10)---------------------|
|---------------12----|--------------5-7-9-7-5---|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
A5 E5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|--7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|--------------------|-------------------|
|--7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|--5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| Gtr I
| H Q E E +Q. H E +Q. H E
|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-12-------10------10-|-(10)-----9-------6-|-(6)-----5---------|
|---------------13----|--------------------|-----------------5-|
|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
Am
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W +W +W
|-------------------|---------------------|----------|------------|--------*|
|-------------------|---------------------|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|
|-------------------|---------------------|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|
|-------------------|---------------------|-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----*|
|--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--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|----------|------------|--------*|
|
| Gtr I
| +Q. H E +Q. H +E W W W
|-------------------|---------------------|----------|------------|--------*|
|-------------------|---------------------|----------|------------|--------*|
|-(5)-----4-------2-|-(2)-----1-------(1)-|----------|------------|--------*|
|-------------------|---------------------|----------|------------|--------*|
|-------------------|---------------------|----------|------------|--------*|
|-------------------|---------------------|----------|------------|--------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
