• Song:

    Babalon

  • Artist:

    Cradle Of Filth

Artist - Cradle of Filth

Track - Babalon A.D

Album - Damnation and a Day

/   - slide up                            *  - harmonic
   - slide down                            - pick slide
..  - palm mute                           p  - pull off
 ~  - vibrato                             t  - tremolo picking
 h  - hammer on

Tuning - Tune guitar 1 step down, then drop the bass d to c. - (c, g, c, f, a, d)

I tabbed this song by listening to the video on Kerrang so it might be different to the proper album 
version. If you copy and paste this remember to change this to ?Courier New?, otherwise it will be 
messed up.

Intro
                                                               
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--4---3---4---0-1-4---3---6-6-----------------|
|--4---3---4---0-1-4---3---6-6-----------------|
|--4---3---4---0-1-4---3---6-6-----------------|

Riff 1

|------|      |----------------| x3 |-------------|
|------|      |----------------|    |-------------|
|------|      |----------------|    |-------------|
|-10-9-|      |-9-10-7-9--109-|    |-5-4-5-4-5-7-|
|-10-9-|      |-9-10-7-9--109-|    |-5-4-5-4-5-7-|
|-10-9-|      |-9-10-7-9-------|    |-5-4-5-4-5-7-|

Riff 2

With these, hammer on and pull off the fret shown up until the last 8 notes which you play normally
                                                        x2
|------------------------------------------|                    
|------------------------------------------|
|-10-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-10-7-7-7-7-7-10-12-10-9-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|         

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-10-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-10-7-7-7-10-9-7-6---------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------8-7-5-4-|
|--------------------------------------------|

End of Riff 2

|-------| |-------|
|-------| |-------|
|---3---| |-------|
|---3---| |---5---|
|---1---| |---5---|
|-------| |---5---|
 1st time    2nd time

Riff 3

Listen to the song to get the correct rhythm for playing these chords

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-5---8---5---8-3-6----------|
|-5---8---5---8-3-6----------|
|-5---8---5---8-3-6----------|


Riff 4

Same method as Riff 2, hammer on and pull off all the notes shown

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---7---7---9---10---7---7---9-10-12---7---7---9---10---9---9---6---6|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--6-x-x-6-x-x-6/764/6-x-x-------------|
|--6-x-x-6-x-x-6/764/6-x-x---3-2---3-2-|
|--6-x-x-6-x-x-6/764/6-x-x-3-----3-----|

Riff 5

Hammer and pull off each note

|-------------------------------10---------------------------|
|--10--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--10------7--7--7--10--10--9--9----|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 6

Tremolo pick all the way

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----10--9--10--7--9--10-----9--10------9--10--|
|--7-----------------------8---------10---------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------8--|
|-----10--12--7--9--10-----9--10------9--10-----|
|--7--------------------8---------10------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

Riff 7

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------6--|
|-------------------------------------------------3t--6t--5t-6t-5t--6--|
|-3-2-0-6-5-0-3-0-3-2-0-8-7-0-3-0-3-2-0-6-5-0-3-0-------------------6--|

Play this harmonic at the end of Riff 7 (just before the heartbeat sound}

|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|--2.5*------|

Outro - same as Intro

Order of song

Intro
Riff 1       Riff 6
Riff 2       Riff 7
Riff 3       Riff 1
Riff 4       Riff 6
Riff 1       Outro
Riff 2
Riff 5
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