Artist: Type O Negative
Album: Life Is Killing Me
Song: Todd's Ship Gods (Above All Things)
Tabbed by D-Rock (drockny@yahoo.com)
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
~ - vibrato
x - play 'note' with heavy damping
Type-O tuning from low to high (B,E,A,D,F#,B)
I can't believe no one has transcribed this truly amazing tune from my favorite band!
It's not very complicated but it sounds great!
INTRO: eerie sounds from the shipyard by Josh
(Kenny comes in with dist.)
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||--/12----0—-2--2222--------------0--2--5—5p4--/12-------------------|
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||------------------------------------------|| (Repeat)
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||--0—-2--2222--------------0--2-----/12----||
VERSE: light dist. with chorus & reverb (keyboard arranged for guitar)
"Grease, sweat, coffee, faded shipyard..." (3 times)
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||--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------------------------|---------------||
||---9--9—-9--9--9--9--9--9—-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|--9---9-9-7-9--||
||----------------------------9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--7---7-7-7-7--||
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CHORUS: back to dist. (Pete is throwing in extra licks on bass)
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/type-o-negative/52809.html ]
"Humming..." (2 times) "I won't cry..."
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||------------------------------|-----------6------8-----------------||
||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---6-6-6-----|----8------4------6-----------------||
||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---4-4-4---6-|----6-------------------------------||
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SOLO: could be Josh on keys or Kenny playing it on guitar with chorus and delay;
it sounds really sweet.
(w/feedback)
||--~14-----|-14-14-14-14p12-12-12-12p11-11-11-11---------------------|
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||-------------------|-14-14-14-14p12-12-12-12p11-11-11-11------------|
||-14-14-14-14-12-12-|-------------------------------------12-12-10~10|
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(still hold note) (fade out Kenny slowly turns off vol.)
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||-(~10)----------14-14-12-12----------------------------------------||
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Well that's the song. Any questions/comments feel free to email me.
Enjoy!
"Around the Pyre, a circle of thirteen
Thoughout these woods, ecstatic screams!"
