• Song:

    I Despair

  • Artist:

    Paradise Lost

I got this from an other site just to make this archive grow alittle

  PARADISE LOST - I Despair

Album : One Second (1997) - Digipack version
Normal tuning
p = Pulling off
h = Hammer on


Riff 1(a) - Lead Guitar - Chorus:
e:------0-------------|
B:--------3p1h3---1h3-|
G:-2------------------|
D:--------------------|
A:--------------------|
E:--------------------|


Riff 1(b) - Rythm Guitar - Chorus:
   A5 (x022xx@1)          G5 (355xxx@1)          C5 (x355xx@1)          E5e:-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| (022xxx@1)B:-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G:-2---2-2-2-2-|-------------|-5---5-5-5-5-|-9---9-9-9-9-|
D:-2---2-2-2-2-|-5---5-5-5-5-|-5---5-5-5-5-|-9---9-9-9-9-|
A:-0---0-0-0-0-|-5---5-5-5-5-|-3---3-3-3-3-|-7---7-7-7-7-|
E:-------------|-3---3-3-3-3-|-------------|-------------|


Riff 2 - Break 1 (Lead/Rythm):
                                ___________________________  ___________________
                                |1.                        ||2.               ||         A5e:-----------------------------||--------------------------||-----------------||-------------| (x022xx@1)B:-------------1---5---3---1---||----------------1-3-1-3---||-----------------||-------------|
G:-2---2h5p2-2---2-----------2-||-2---2h5p2-2--------------||-2---2h5p2-----2-||-5-7-5-7-----|
D:-----------------------------||--------------------------||-----------------||-5-7-5-7-7---|
A:-----------------------------||--------------------------||-----------------||-3-5-3-5-7---|
E:-----------------------------||--------------------------||-----------------||---------5---|
 R                              S                          T                  U              V
First play from R to T,then from R to S and T to U(here omit S to T),finally U to V.
Play fast U to V
You can replace D:-7-              G:-2-
                A:-7-      by      D:-2-
                E:-5-              A:-0-


Solo - Lead Guitar:
                                __________________________  __________________________
                                |1.                       ||2.                       |
e:-----------------------------||-------------------------||-------------------------|
B:-------------1---5---3---1---||----------------1h3p1----||-------------------------|
G:-2---2h5p2-2---2-----------2-||-2---2h5p2---2--------2--||-2---2h5p2----0-------2--|
D:-----------------------------||-------------------------||------------------2------|
A:-----------------------------||-------------------------||-------------------------|
E:-----------------------------||-------------------------||-------------------------|
  W                             X                          Y                         Z
First play from W to Y,then from W to X and Y to Z(the second time omit X to Y)


Riff 3 - Rythm Guitar(During the solo):
   A5 (x022xx@1)          C5 (x355xx@1)          A5 (x022xx@1)          G5e:-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| (355xxx@1)B:-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G:-2---2-2-2-2-|-5---5-5-5-5-|-2---2-2-2-2-|-------------|
D:-2---2-2-2-2-|-5---5-5-5-5-|-2---2-2-2-2-|-5---5-5-5-5-|
A:-0---0-0-0-0-|-3---3-3-3-3-|-0---0-0-0-0-|-5---5-5-5-5-|
E:-------------|-------------|-------------|-3---3-3-3-3-|


Song Structure :

Intro : Lead,riff 1(a) * 4/Ryhthm,riff 1(b) * 3

Verse

Chorus : Lead,riff 1(a) * 8/Ryhthm,riff 1(b) * 4

Verse

Chorus : Lead,riff 1(a) * 8/Ryhthm,riff 1(b) * 4

Break 1 : riff 2 * 1

Solo : Lead / Rythm,riff 3 * 2

Break 2

Chorus : Lead,riff 1(a) * 8/Ryhthm,riff 1(b) * 4

The solo is not 100 % correct.
If you have any comments,questions,corrections,or whatever send me an e-mail.I'll try and work
out a complete version soon.
Enjoy!!
Philippe Magnier
pmagnier@minitel.net - (France)

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