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Violet Vortex

Cathedral
Tab
4.8(6)

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

Song

"Violet Vortex" by Cathedral (Ethereal mirror)

This Intro is the coolest thing I've ever heard.

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Tune your guitar 2.5 steps down (BEADF#B) - if you want.

First toy with your guitars a bit and then:

Riff #1:

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-2---5---7s9---8---8s9s8---7s8s7---5---|
|-0---3-0-5s7---6---6s7s6-0-5s6s5---3---|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-2---5---7s9---8---8s9s8---7s8s7---8\--|
|-0---3-0-5s7---6---6s7s6-0-5s6s5---6\--|
|---------------------------------------|

Riff #2:

|--------------------3----3---------------------8----8-----------------|
|--------------------6/---6/--------------------11/--11/---------------|
|-------------------------------------------3--------------------------|
|------5--5-7-3----------------------5--5-7----------------------------|
|-3-5---------------------------3-5------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------3----3---------------------8----10----------------|
|--------------------6/---6/--------------------11/--13/---------------|
|-------------------------------------------3--------------------------|
|------5--5-7-3----------------------5--5-7----------------------------|
|-3-5---------------------------3-5------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff #3:

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-5-----------------6--------------|
|-------6-----5-----------4---8----|

after repeating the first part three times:

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------7-------|
|-5-----------------3-------------5-------|
|-------6-----4-----------4---2-----------|

And then the climax:

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------7----5-------3-2---------------7----5-------5-slide-3------|
|-0---7---0------------0-----3---0---7---0-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------<harmonization>-|

|------------------------------------------------------(5)-----(7)-----|
|-----------7----5-------3-2---------------7----5-------5-slide-3------|
|-0---7---0------------0-----3---0---7---0-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

/\

|---------------------------------------------------------------/----\-|
|-----------8--8s10---------------------------------8--8s10---13-------|
|-----7---------------10--10--9h10p9----------7------------------------|
|-0-------0--------------------------10---0-------0--------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

/\

|-------------------------------------------------------------12/----\-|
|-----------8--8s10---------------------------------8--8s10--(13)------|
|-----7---------------10--10--9h10p9----------7------------------------|
|-0-------0--------------------------10---0-------0--------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Jennings is a genius.

Doom on.

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