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M Y D Y I N G B R I D E
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B L A C K H E A R T R O M A N C E
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THE DREADFUL HOURS
(c) Peaceville Records (2001)
http://www.mydyingbride.org/
Tune Down 1 & 1/2 Steps
C# F# B E G# C#
Tempo = 68 BPM
Time Signature = 3/4
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Transcribed by
PADDY MCMULLAN
stinkypoohpants@yahoo.co.uk
Version 2.0
5th January 2010
(Corrections Outlined at Bottom of Tab)
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Tablature Symbols Used:
P.M... - Palm Mute
p - Pull-Off
h - Hammer-On
\ - Slide Down to/Down From
/ - Slide Up To/Up From
( ) - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
% - Whammy Bar (Articulation is indicated above tab, blank spaces
indicate length of articulation)
REST - Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space
|____[1,2,3] - Alternative Endings
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Section 1.1: Guitar 1 with Heavy Distortion (Play 5 times; first time solo)
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||------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
||------------------|---------(7p5h7)--9- \-|------------------|
||--2----2 / 5------|--(5)------------------|--2----2 / 5------|
||------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|---------------------| |
|---------------------| |
|---------------------|*|
|---------------------|*|
|-(5)---------0--5- \-| |
|-------0--3----------| |
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Section 1.2: Guitar 2 with Heavy Distortion (Play 4 times)
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Rest for 4 bars before joining in
||------------------|--------------------|------------------|
||------------------|--------------------|------------------|
||------------------|--------------------|------------------|
||--2----2--0---(0)-|--------------------|--2----2--0---(0)-|
||--2----2--2---(2)-|-----5-----2--5-----|--2----2--2---(2)-|
||--0----0--3----3--|--2-(2)-3--------2--|--0----0--3----3--|
|--------------------| |
|--------------------| |
|--------------------|*|
|--------------------|*|
|-----5-----2--5-----| |
|--2-(2)-3--------2--| |
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Section 2.1: Guitar 3 with Clean Tone and Mild Delay (Play twice)
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* Let ring wherever possible *
||--12-----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
||-------12---15---12--------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------12---14p12--------------|--(12\7/9)----(11\7/9)----|
||-------------------------------12h 14--14----|--------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--12-----------------------------------------|--------------------------| |
|-------12---15---12--------------------------|--------------------------| |
|---------------------12---14p12--------------|--(12\7/9)--11b12r11------|*|
|-------------------------------12h 14--14----|--------------------------|*|
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------| |
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------| |
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Section 2.2: Guitar 4 with clean Tone (Play twice)
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* Let ring wherever possible *
||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||--0-----0------------|---------------------|--0-----0------------|
||-----5---------------|---------------------|-----5---------------|
||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||--------------7------|-----5---------3-----|--------------7------|
||-----------8-----8 \ | -7-----7 \ 5-----5--|-----------8-----8 \ |
|------------------| |
|------------------| |
|------------------|*|
|------------------|*|
|-----5-----7------| |
|--7-----7---------| |
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Section 2.3: Guitar 5 with clean Tone (Play 4 times)
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||--10------12--10------------|--------10------8-----| |
||--8-------10--10-12-(10)-10-|--(10)--10------10----| |
||----------------------------|----------------------|*|
||----------------------------|----------------------|*|
||----------------------------|----------------------| |
||----------------------------|----------------------| |
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Guitars 1 and 2 repeat Section 1
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Guitars 3, 4 and 5 repeat Section 2
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Guitars 1 and 2 repeat Section 1 twice (Guitar 2 plays the following variation):
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Notice the slight variation during the last two notes
||------------------|--------------------| |
||------------------|--------------------| |
||------------------|--------------------|*|
||--2----2--0---(0)-|--------------------|*| x 4
||--2----2--2---(2)-|-----5-----2--------| |
||--0----0--3----3--|--2-(2)-3-----3--2--| |
Guitar 1 replaces the first bar with the following on the second repeat:
||-------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|
||-----------0---(0)-|--------------------|
||--2--2--2--2---(2)-|-----5-----2--5-----|
||--0--0--0--3----3--|--2-(2)-3--------2--|
.......
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Section 3: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 4 times)
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|_____________________[1,2,4]
||------------------|-------------------------| |
||------------------|-------------------------| |
||--6--6--6--5------|-------------------------|*|
||--6--6--6--5------|-------------------------|*|
||--4--4--4--3------|-(0h2p0)---0h3-3p2-2--2--| |
||--4--4--4--3------|---------3-----1p0-0--0--| |
....
|________________________[3]
|--------------------------|
|-----------------------R--|
|-----------------------E--|
|-----------------------S--|
|--(0h2p0)---0h3-3p2-2--T--|
|----------3-----1p0-0-----|
...
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Guitars 1 & 2 rest while the bass plays the following 2 times:
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||--7------6------|--(6)----------|--9-------8------|--(8)----------| |
||--8------7------|--(7)----------|--10------9------|--(9)----------|*|
||----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------| |
||----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|*|
||----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------| |
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Section 4: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 4 times)
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| |------------------------------|-------------------------------| |
| |------------------------------|-------------------------------| |
|4|------------------------------|-------------------------------|*|
|/|------------------------------|-------------------------------|*|
|4|------------------------5-----|---------------------5---------| |
| |--6--6--6-7-5--5--5-6-7---7-6-|--7--7--7-5-5--5-6-7---7-5-5-5-| |
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Section 5.1: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 4 times) [Time sig = 8/4]
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% [Gradually depress whammy bar 2 and 1/2 steps]
||-----------------------|------------------| |
||-----------------------|------------------| |
||--6--6--6--5- -|--(5)- -|*|
||--6--6--6--5- -|--(5)- -|*|
||--4--4--4--3- -|--(3)- -| |
||--4--4--4--3- -|--(3)- -| |
End the riff with the following:
| |-----------||
| |-----------||
|3|--6--6--6--||
|/|--6--6--6--||
|8|--4--4--4--||
| |--4--4--4--||
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Section 5.2: Guitar 6 with Heavy Distortion (Play twice)
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||--12----------------------------------| |------------------|
||------12------------------------------| |------------------|
||----------12--------------------------|7|------------------|
||--------------14----(13b14r13b14r13)--|/|--(13)------------|
||--------------------------------------|8|------------------|
||--------------------------------------| |------------------|
| |--12-----------------------------------| |-----------------------| |
| |------12-------------------------------| |-----------------------| |
|4|----------12--------12-----------------|7|-----------------------|*|
|/|--------------14-------14-(13b14r13b14 |/| 13b14r13b1413b14r13)--|*|
|4|---------------------------------------|8|-----------------------| |
| |---------------------------------------| |-----------------------| |
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Guitars 1 and 2 repeat Section 4
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Guitars 1, 2 and 6 play Section 5 four times, with the following tail:
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| |-----------||
| |-----------||
|3|--3--3--3--||
|/|--3--3--3--||
|8|--1--1--1--||
| |--1--1--1--||
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Guitars 1 and 2 repeat Section 1
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Guitars 3, 4 and 5 repeat Section 2 four times
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End
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Tab summary: Section 1 x 4
Section 2 x 4
Section 1 x 4
Section 2 x 4
Section 1 x 4
Section 3 x 4
Section 4 x 4
Section 5 x 4
Section 4 X 4
Section 5 x 4
Section 1 x 4
Section 2 x 4
END
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Corrections (05/01/2010):
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* Completely retabbed from scratch. This is one of the first songs I ever
tabbed in full, back in 2004/2005, and I thought it was time for a revamp. The
tab has received a major make-over and numerous embarrassing errors have been
eradicated.
