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IN THE SHADOW OF THE VALLEY OF DEATH
As recorded by Marilyn Manson
(From the 2000 Album HOLY WOOD)
Words and Music by Marilyn Manson
Transcribed by Craig Clayton
Asus2 Am G Asus4
x 0 2 2 0 x x 0 2 2 1 x 3 2 0 0 3 3 x 0 2 2 3 x
C Dsus2 F
x 3 2 0 1 x x x 0 2 3 0 1 3 3 2 1 1
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Keyboard'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Overdrive Guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Synth'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Intro
Slow Rock Q=69
Asus2 Am
4/4
Gtr I
Wx2 Q E. E S E E S S S E. E. E S E E S S
|------------|-0--0--------0-0-0-|-0-------------------|
|------------|-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0h1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|------------|-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2--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---|
|------------|-------------------|---------------------|
Asus2 Am
Q E. E S E E S S S E. E. E S E E S S
|-0--0--------0-0-0-|-0--------------------||
|-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0h1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1--||
|-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2--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----||
|-------------------|----------------------||
1st. Verse
Asus2 Am
Q E. E S E E S S S E. E. E S E E S S
|-0--0--------0-0-0-|-0-------------------|
|-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0h1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2--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---|
|-------------------|---------------------|
Asus2 Am
Q E. E S E E S S S E. E. E S E E S S
|-0--0--------0-0-0-|-0-------------------|
|-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0h1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2--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---|
|-------------------|---------------------|
G Asus4 Am
Q E. E S E E S S Q E. E S E E S S
|-------------------|---------------0--0-0-|
|-------3-3-3-3-----|-3---3--3-3-0--1--1-1-|
|----0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2---2--2-2-2--2--2-2-|
|----0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2---2--2-2-2-----2-2-|
|-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--------------------|
|-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H. Q
|-3-----------------|----------------------|
|-3-----------------|-0-------------1------|
|-0-----------------|-2------------(2)-----|
|-0-----------------|-2------------(2)-----|
|-2-----------------|-0------------(0)-----|
|-3-----------------|----------------------|
G Asus4
Q E. E S E E S S Q E. E S E E S S
|-------------------|---------------0--0-0-|
|-------3-3-3-3-----|-3---3--3-3-0--1--1-1-|
|----0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2---2--2-2-2--2--2-2-|
|----0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2---2--2-2-2-----2-2-|
|-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--------------------|
|-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------|
|
| W H. Q
|-3-----------------|----------------------|
|-3-----------------|-0-------------1------|
|-0-----------------|-2------------(2)-----|
|-0-----------------|-2------------(2)-----|
|-2-----------------|-0------------(0)-----|
|-3-----------------|----------------------|
C Dsus2
Q E. E S E E S S Q E. E S E E S S
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------1---1---1-1-|-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-----0---0-0---0-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| W W
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5-----------------|-7-----------------|
|-5-----------------|-7-----------------|
|-3-----------------|-5-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
F
Q E. E S E E S S Q E. E S E E S S
|-1-------1---------|-1---------1----------|
|-1--1--1-1-1---1-1-|-1--1--1---1-1---1-1--|
|-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2--2---2-2-2-2-2--|
|-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--|
|
| W H H
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-5-----------------|-5-------2------------|
|-------------------|-3-------3------------|
|-3-----------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|---------1------------|
C Dsus2
Q E. E S E E S S Q E. S H
|-------------------|--------------||
|-------1---1---1-1-|-3--3---------||
|----0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--2---------||
|-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0---------||
|-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0--0---------||
|-------------------|--------------||
Breakdown
Asus2 Am
Q E. E S E E S S S E. E. E S E E S S
|-0--0------------0-0-0-|--0--------------------|
|-0--0--0-----0-0-0-0-0-|--0h=1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-2--2--2-----2-2-2-2-2-|--2--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---|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, IV
| H +E Q E +W
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------7---5---|-(5)-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-------(0)-----------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Asus2 Am
Q E. E S E E S S S E. E. E S E E S S
|-0--0------------0-0-0-|--0--------------------||
|-0--0--0-----0-0-0-0-0-|--0h=1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-||
|-2--2--2-----2-2-2-2-2-|--2--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---||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|
| H +E Q E +W
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------7---5---|-(5)-------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-0-------(0)-----------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
2nd. Verse
Asus2 Am
Q E. E S E E S S S E. E. E S E E S S
|-0--0------------0-0-0-|--0--------------------|
|-0--0--0-----0-0-0-0-0-|--0h=1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-2--2--2-----2-2-2-2-2-|--2--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---|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| H +E Q E +W
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------7---5---|-(5)-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-------(0)-----------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Asus2 Am
Q E. E S E E S S S E. E. E S E E S S
|-0--0------------0-0-0-|--0--------------------|
|-0--0--0-----0-0-0-0-0-|--0h=1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-2--2--2-----2-2-2-2-2-|--2--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---|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| H +E Q E +W
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------7---5---|-(5)-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-------(0)-----------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G Asus4
Q E. E S E E S S Q E. E S E E S S
|------------------------|---------------0--0-0-|
|----------3-3-3--3------|-3---3--3-3-0--1--1-1-|
|-------0--0-0-0--0-0--0-|-2---2--2-2-2--2--2-2-|
|-------0--0-0-0--0-0--0-|-2---2--2-2-2-----2-2-|
|-2-----2--2-2-2--2-2--2-|-0--------------------|
|-3-----3--3-3-3--3-3--3-|----------------------|
|
| Gtrs III, IV
| |------3-------|
| E +H. Q. E. W
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|-7-(7)--------2----4----|-2--------------------|
|-5-(5)------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H. Q
|-3----------------------|----------------------|
|-3----------------------|-0-------------1------|
|-0----------------------|-2------------(2)-----|
|-0----------------------|-2------------(2)-----|
|-2----------------------|-0------------(0)-----|
|-3----------------------|----------------------|
G Asus4
Q E. E S E E S S Q E. E S E E S S
|------------------------|---------------0--0-0-|
|----------3-3-3--3------|-3---3--3-3-0--1--1-1-|
|-------0--0-0-0--0-0--0-|-2---2--2-2-2--2--2-2-|
|-------0--0-0-0--0-0--0-|-2---2--2-2-2-----2-2-|
|-2-----2--2-2-2--2-2--2-|-0--------------------|
|-3-----3--3-3-3--3-3--3-|----------------------|
|
| |------3-------|
| E +H. Q. E. W
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|-7-(7)--------2----4----|-2--------------------|
|-5-(5)------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|
| W H. Q
|-3----------------------|----------------------|
|-3----------------------|-0-------------1------|
|-0----------------------|-2------------(2)-----|
|-0----------------------|-2------------(2)-----|
|-2----------------------|-0------------(0)-----|
|-3----------------------|----------------------|
C Dsus2
Q E S E S E E E Q E S E S E E E
|----------------------|--------------------|
|------1-------1---1-1-|--3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-|--2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-2--2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-|--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-3--3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-|--0-----0---0-0---0-|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|
| H +E Q E W
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|-0--------(0)-------0-|-(0)----------------|
|-2--------(2)---3-----|--0-----------------|
|-3--------(3)---------|--2-----------------|
|----------------------|--3-----------------|
|
| W W
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|-5--------------------|--7-----------------|
|-5--------------------|--7-----------------|
|-3--------------------|--5-----------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
F
Q E S E S E E E Q E S E S E E E
|-1------1-----------|-1------1-------------|
|-1--1-1-1---1---1-1-|-1--1-1-1---1---1-1---|
|-2--2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2---2-2-2-2---|
|-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---|
|
| H H H H
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-3------------------|-5--------3-----------|
|----------3---------|----------3-----------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
| W H H
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-5------------------|-5--------2-----------|
|--------------------|-3--------3-----------|
|-3------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------1-----------|
C Dsus2
Q E S E S E E E E E H.
|------------------|------------||
|------1---1---1-1-|-3-3-!3-----||
|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-!2-----||
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-!0-----||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0---!0-----||
|------------------|------------||
|
| Gtrs II, IV
| W W
|------------------|------------||
|------------------|------------||
|-0----------------|-0----------||
|-2----------------|-7----------||
|-3----------------|-5----------||
|------------------|------------||
Interlude
Am Asus2
Gtrs I, III
Q E. E S E E S S Q E. E S E E S S
|---------------------------|-0----0-------------0--0-0-|
|-1----1----1----1-1-1--1-1-|-0----0----0----0-0-0--0-0-|
|-2----2----2----2-2-2--2-2-|-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-------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr V
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-8-------8----------8------|-8-------8----------8------|
|---10--------10-------10---|---10--------10-------10---|
|------9-----------9--------|------9-----------9--------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Am Asus2
S E. E. E S E E S S Q E. E S E E S S
|-0----------------------------|-0----0-------------0--0-0---||
|-0h1-----1----1----1-1-1--1-1-|-0----0----0----0-0-0--0-0---||
|-2-2-----2----2----2-2-2--2-2-|-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---------------------------||
|------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-8----------8----------8------|-8-------8----------8--------||
|------10--------10-------10---|---10--------10-------10-----||
|---------9-----------9--------|------9-----------9----------||
|------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|------------------------------|-----------------------------||
Bridge
Am Asus2
Q E. E S E E S S Q E. E S E E S S
|---------------------------|-0----0-------------0--0-0-|
|-1----1----1----1-1-1--1-1-|-0----0----0----0-0-0--0-0-|
|-2----2----2----2-2-2--2-2-|-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-------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-8-------8----------8------|-8-------8----------8------|
|---10--------10-------10---|---10--------10-------10---|
|------9-----------9--------|------9-----------9--------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Am Asus2
S E. E. E S E E S S Q E. E S E E S S
|-0----------------------------|-0----0-------------0--0-0---|
|-0h1-----1----1----1-1-1--1-1-|-0----0----0----0-0-0--0-0---|
|-2-2-----2----2----2-2-2--2-2-|-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---------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-8----------8----------8------|-8-------8----------8--------|
|------10--------10-------10---|---10--------10-------10-----|
|---------9-----------9--------|------9-----------9----------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Am Asus2
Q E. E S E E S S Q E. E S E E S S
|---------------------------|-0----0-------------0--0-0-|
|-1----1----1----1-1-1--1-1-|-0----0----0----0-0-0--0-0-|
|-2----2----2----2-2-2--2-2-|-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-------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-8-------8----------8------|-8-------8----------8------|
|---10--------10-------10---|---10--------10-------10---|
|------9-----------9--------|------9-----------9--------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Am Asus2
S E. E. E S E E S S Q E. E S E E S S
|-0----------------------------|-0----0-------------0--0-0---||
|-0h1-----1----1----1-1-1--1-1-|-0----0----0----0-0-0--0-0---||
|-2-2-----2----2----2-2-2--2-2-|-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---------------------------||
|------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-8----------8----------8------|-8-------8----------8--------||
|------10--------10-------10---|---10--------10-------10-----||
|---------9-----------9--------|------9-----------9----------||
|------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|------------------------------|-----------------------------||
3rd. Verse
Am Asus2
Q E. E S E E S S Q E. E S E E S S
||----------------------------|-0----0-------------0--0-0-|
||o-1----1----1----1-1-1--1-1-|-0----0----0----0-0-0--0-0-|
||--2----2----2----2-2-2--2-2-|-2----2----2----2-2-2--2-2-|
||--2----2----2----2-2-2--2-2-|-2----2----2----2-2----2-2-|
||o-0----0----0----0---0--0---|-0-------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--8-------8----------8------|-8-------8----------8------|
||o---10--------10-------10---|---10--------10-------10---|
||-------9-----------9--------|------9-----------9--------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
Am Asus2
S E. E. E S E E S S Q E. E S E E S S
|-0----------------------------|-0----0-------------0--0-0---|
|-0h1-----1----1----1-1-1--1-1-|-0----0----0----0-0-0--0-0---|
|-2-2-----2----2----2-2-2--2-2-|-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---------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-8----------8----------8------|-8-------8----------8--------|
|------10--------10-------10---|---10--------10-------10-----|
|---------9-----------9--------|------9-----------9----------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Am Asus2
Q E. E S E E S S Q E. E S E E S S
|---------------------------|-0----0-------------0--0-0-|
|-1----1----1----1-1-1--1-1-|-0----0----0----0-0-0--0-0-|
|-2----2----2----2-2-2--2-2-|-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-------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-8-------8----------8------|-8-------8----------8------|
|---10--------10-------10---|---10--------10-------10---|
|------9-----------9--------|------9-----------9--------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Am Asus2
S E. E. E S E E S S Q E. E S E E S S 3x
|-0----------------------------|-0----0-------------0--0-0----||
|-0h1-----1----1----1-1-1--1-1-|-0----0----0----0-0-0--0-0---o||
|-2-2-----2----2----2-2-2--2-2-|-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---------------------------o||
|------------------------------|------------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-8----------8----------8------|-8-------8----------8---------||
|------10--------10-------10---|---10--------10-------10-----o||
|---------9-----------9--------|------9-----------9-----------||
|------------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|------------------------------|------------------------------||
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
