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Key to the Gate

Burzum
Tab
3.5(7)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Song:Key to the Gate

Artist:Burzum

Album:Det Som Engang Var

Tabbed by:thegreateye@hotmail.com

Key:

AFAP=AS FAST AS POSSIBLE

p=pull-off

/=slide

h-hammer-on

pm=palm mute

...=tremelo

tr=trill

v=vibrato

b=bend

ah=artificial harmonic

()=ring out

Intro:

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-----5--6-------6--5--6------5--6----5-----------
-2---5--5---2---5--5--5---2--5--5----5--2--2--2--
-2---3--4---2---4--3--4---2--3--4----3--2--2--2--
-0---3--4---1---4--3--4---0--3--4----3--0--3--1--

PM . . .

Intro part 2:AFAP

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-------555-666----------666-777-----------
-------555-555----------666-666--2--------
-2222--333-444---22-22--444-555--2--2h3---
-0000--333-444---00-11-----------0--0h1---

PM .

Riff 1a:Both times you do this whole riff , do this one only first one .

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--2------------------
--2-2222-1/4-2-2222--
--0-0000-3/4-4-4444--

PM .... ....

Then just play It like this ...

Riff 1:

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--4----3-----------------3----3----------------
--4-44-3-33--1/2-2-2222--3-33-3-33-1/2-2/2222--
--2-22-1-11--3/4-4-4444--1-11-1-11-3/4-4/4444--

Pm .. .. .... .. .. ....

Riff 2:AFAP

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--------666-777---66---------5555-6666---
--------666-666---66---------5555-5555---
--2222--444-555---44-22-22---3333-4444---
--0000--444-555---44-00-11---------------

Repeat 1 and 2

Fill 1:twice

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-------0----
--/5---4----

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--/3---2----

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Riff 3:x4:On the last repetition , DO NOT do the last one of these 4

patterns ( the one on the G ) just go into 4a...

---------0---------------0---------------------------------------
-------0---0---------------0-----------------------------0-------
-----3-------3---------3-----3-----------9-------------0---0-----
--/2-------------/2------------------8-9---9-8-------8-------8---

----------------------------------/7-------------/10-------------

--------------------0--------------------------------------------

This next part has a funny pattern...

Riff 4a:

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--------0-----------------0----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------0---0----------0-----------------7------------7-----------------0-------------0-----------0------
----8-------8------8----8---8------0-----0------0-----0----------10------10-----10----10------9---9----
-/9-------------/9--------------/5---5-----5--4---4-----4------0--------------0-------------0----------
------------------------------------------------------------/8------8-------8------8------7---------7--

Fill 2a:Play 8 Times

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--------0------
----------7----
----0-------0--
--5---5--------

Fill 2b:The slide , It's really one fluid motion ....

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--------------1/7--

-5/15--15/12-------

Riff 4b x2: The second time you play this , Cut off the very last bit ,

where you slide to the E ...

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---------0--------------0-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------0---0---------0-----0---------7------------7------------0-----------0--------------0------------0------
-----8-------8-----8---8---------0-----0------0-----0--------4---4-------4---4---------10---10-------9---9----
--/9------------/9------------/5---5-----5--4---4-----4----4-------4---4-------4-----0-------------0----------
---------------------------------------------------------2-----------2------------/8-----------8-7---------7--

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--------0------------0------------0--------
----------7------------7--------8---8---8--
----0-------0----0-----------/7-------7----
--5---5--------5---5-----5-----------------

That was the most confusing piece of the song .

Fill 3:

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---------0------------0------------0------------0------------0------------0------------0------
-------0---0--------0---0--------0---0--------0---0--------0---0--------0---0--------0---0----
-----7-------7----7-------7----7-------7----7-------7----7-------7----7-------7----7-------7--
---6------------5------------5------------5------------6------------5------------5------------

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Riff 5a:

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--------0---------------------0-------------------
------4---4-----------------4---4-----------------
----4-----------2--/5-----4-----------2--5-4------
--2---------2---0--/3---2---------2---0--5-4--2---
-----------------------------------------3-2--0---

PM . . .

Riff 5b:Lots of sweeping here ...

----------0--------------0-------------------------------
---------0-0------------0-0------------------------------
--------0---0----------0---0-----------0----------0------
--2----2-----2---2----2-----2----5----5-5---4----4--4----
--2---2-------2--2---2-------2---5---5---5--4---4----4---
--0--0-----------0--0------------3--3-------2--2---------

Solo A:Twice

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----------------------------v12--/10-----10-12--10----10-----
--/v9----11-12--v9---/11-12----------12------------12----12--

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Solo B:4 Times

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---------------------------10----------------12-----------------12------------
--9-11-12-11-9-11--9-11-12----12-11----12-14----14-12-14--12-14----14--12-----
--------------------------------------------------------------------------16--

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Solo C:Twice...

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-/v9-----/12-v11---/11-12-11-------
------9----------------------------

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Then hold the E , or go into this ....

Riff 6/Outro:

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-----------------------------------1------------1-----------------------------------------------------------
--------0------------0---------2-----2--------2---2----------0------------0-------------0------------0------
------2---2--------2---2---------2-----2----2-------2------2---2--------2---2-------2-----2------2-----2----
----2-------2----2-------2---3------------3--------------2-------2----2-------2-------2-----2------2-----2--
--0------------0---------------------------------------0------------0-------------3------------2------------

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-----------------------------------1------------1-------------------------------------------------------------
--------0------------0---------2-----2------2-----2--------------0------------0------------0-----------0------
------2---2--------2---2---------2-----2------2-----2--------2-----2------2-----2--------2---2-----2-----2----
----2-------2----2-------2---3------------3------------3-------2-----2------2-----2----2-------2-----2-----2--
--0------------3------------------------------------------0-------------0------------3-----------2------------

Riff 7:8 Times , I variate this one alot with octaves/vibrato and weird shit

, It's not there though so here what he plays ....

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--------------7/9--9/11-11/12------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------0----
--/7--10-9-7--5/7--7/-9--9/10---/7--10-9--9h10p9p7--10p9p7--5----

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Then do the Outro ......

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