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Ride

Cathedral
Tab
4.4(7)

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

Song

"Ride" by CATHEDRAL (From Ethereal mirror)

Tune your guitar 2.5 steps lower: B E A D F# B.

Ethereal is played entirely using B tuned guitars - maybe that's what

makes it one of the heaviest album in the world.

The verse (shuffle style):

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------/\/\/-slide--------------------/\/\/-slide--------|

|-0-00-00-00-00-00-05------------0-00-00-00-00-00-07-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------/\/\/-slide----------------2--0-------------------|
|-0-00-00-00-00-00-05------------0-00-00-00-00--------0----------------|

This riff is repeated, with different endings (pointless to rewrite the

same riff over and over):

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-4--3-----2-------------|
|-2--1-----0-------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|---------h-p-h-p-h------|
|-4------2-4-2-4-2-4-----|
|--------------------2---|
|------------------------|

Chorus (If it can be called a chorus):

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--h-------------------------------------------|
|-2-4-4-4-2---------2-----------2--------------|
|-----------4-3-----------3---------2---1------|

Then a third guitar comes along, playing pretty much the same riff, only

an octave higher:

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-4-6-6-6-4---------4-----------4--------------|
|--h--------6-5-----------5---------7---67676..|
|---------------------------------------/|\----|
|----------------------------------------|-----|

|

Hammer on and pull off constantly

The following riff:

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------7----/\/\/-----------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----9-7---8---------9----------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------9-----9----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------/-bend gently---------------------|

|-------------------------7-----7---9----------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----9-7-------9----------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------9----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

The slower part:

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------h-p-----------------------h-p----6-----4--------|
|-4---7-4-7-2---4-2---4-----4---7-4-7-2---4-----2--------|
|-------------------4------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--------h-p-----p--------------3---3-----2------|
|-2---5-2-5-0---2-0---2---------1---1-----0------|
|-------------------2----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

The second riff ends differently the second time:

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------h-p-----p--------------4---3---2------2---3---4--|
|-2---5-2-5-0---2-0---2---------4---3---2------2---3---4--|
|-------------------2-----------2---1---0------0---1---2--|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

Interlude Riff (palm mute):

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------2-----------|
|-----------------2-----------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---0-----------|

A weird lead comes along:

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--4-h-5-p-4-h-5-p-4-h-5-......--------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

And then the beautifull lead (which is backed by C#, B, A and D chords):

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--h-------------------s-------------s-----------------------slide-----|

|-4-6---6---4-464-2-4-2-1-1-----1-2-4-6---6-------7-6-7-9--11----------|
|-------------/|\-------------2----------------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------------------------------|

|

Hammer and pull off, as usual

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--h-------------------s-------------s---------------------------------|
|-4-6---6---4-464-2-4-2-1-1-----1-2-4-6---6-------7-6-7-9--11----------|
|-----------------------------2----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------12-14---12------------------9---7------|
|-10-----------12-14---12-------------------------10----9h10--------5--|
|---------------------------------------------9------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------12-14---12--------14--14--14--14--14---|
|-10-----------12-14---12--------------------14---15/-15/-15/-15/-15/--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

The comes the verse and the chorus and the song finishes:

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-slide down---------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-slide down---------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-slide down---------------------------------------------------------|

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