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A Gothic Romance

Cradle of Filth
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★4.2(4)

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Tab4

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

Figure A.1

||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-->------->------->------->-------|->-------->----------------------|
||*-9---99--9---99--9---99--9---99--|-8---88---8---88->-------->------[Gtr.1]
||*-9---99--9---99--9---99--9---99--|-8---88---8---88-8---88---8---88-|
||--7---77--7---77--7---77--7---77--|-6---66---6---66-8---88---8---88-|
||--0---00--0---00--0---00--0---00--|-----------------6---66---6---66-|

|| (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) |

|| |

|| |

||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|->-------->------>-------->------|
||*->------->------->------->-------|-8---88---8---88-3---33---3---33-[Gtr.2]
||*-2---22--2---22--2---22--2---22--|-8---88---8---88-3---33---3---33-|
||--2---22--2---22--2---22--2---22--|-6---66---6---66-1---11---1---11-|
||--0---00--0---00--0---00--0---00--|-6---66---6---66-1---11---1---11-|

(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.)

(End Figure A.1)

|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|->------->------->------->---------|-->------->----------------------||
|-9---99--9---99--9---99--9---99----|-10-1010-10-1010->-------->-----*[Gtr.1]
|-9---99--9---99--9---99--9---99----|-10-1010-10-1010-8---88---8--88-*||
|-7---77--7---77--7---77--7---77----|-8--8-8--8--8-8--8---88---8--88--||
|-0---00--0---00--0---00--0---00----|-----------------6---66---6--66--||

|(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) ||

| ||

| ||

|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-->------->------>-------->------||
|->------->------->------->---------|-10-1010-10-1010-3---33---3--33-*[Gtr.2]
|-2---22--2---22--2---22--2---22----|-10-1010-10-1010-3---33---3--33-*||
|-2---22--2---22--2---22--2---22----|-8--8-8--8--8-8--1---11---1--11--||
|-0---00--0---00--0---00--0---00----|-8--8-8--8--8-8--1---11---1--11--||

(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.)

Figure B

||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||-->-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
||*-7-(7)------------------>------|--------------------------------|[Gtr.1]
||*-7-(7)-----------------10------|-10"----------------------------|
||--5-(5)-----------------10------|-10"----------------------------|
||------------------------8-------|--8"----------------------------|

|| (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) |

|| |

|| |

||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|-----------------6/10-----------|
||*-------------------------------|---------7/10----sl-------------|[Gtr.2]
||*--------------5--7-------------|-7/12----sl---------------------|
||-/5-(5)--------------8--5-------|-sl-----------------------------|
||sl------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------->----------|----------------------|
|-->------------>-----|----------7----------|-(7)------------------|[Gtr.1]
|--8------8--7--5-----|-(5)------7----------|-(7)------------------|
|--8------8--7--5-----|-(5)------5----------|-(5)------------------|
|--6------6--5--3-----|-(3)-----------------|----------------------|

| @ @ |

| |

| |

|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-10-9--7--9----------|-10-9-----------------|[Gtr.2]
|---------------------|---------------------|-------7---------(7)\-|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------sl|
|---6-----6--5--3-----|---------------------|----------------------|

@ @

|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|->------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-(7)------------------->------|---------------------------------|[Gtr.1]
|-7-(7)------------------10------|-10"-----------------------------|
|-5-(5)------------------10------|-10"-----------------------------|
|------------------------8-------|--8"-----------------------------|

| (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) |

| |

| |

|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------6/10------------|
|--------------------------------|---------7/10----sl--------------|[Gtr.2]
|---------------5--7-------------|-7/12----sl----------------------|
|/5-(5)---------------8--5-------|-sl------------------------------|
|sl------------------------------|---------------------------------|

(End Figure B)

|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|->------------>-------|---------->----------|--------------------*||[Gtr.1]
|-8------8--7--5-------|-(5)------7----------|-(7)----------------*||
|-8------8--7--5-------|-(5)------7----------|-(7)-----------------||
|-6------6--5--3-------|-(3)------5----------|-(5)-----------------||

| @ @ ||

| ||

| ||

|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|-10-9--7--9----------|-10------9-----(9)\-*||[Gtr.2]
|----------------------|---------------------|-----------------sl-*||
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|-6------6--5--3-------|---------------------|---------------------||

@ @

Figure C

||-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------
||-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------
||*------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------
||*-10--10--10--10--10--10-|-9---9---9---10---10-9---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
||--10--10--10--10--10--10-|-9---9---9---10---10-9---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-77
||--8---8---8---8---8---8--|-7---7---7---8----8--7---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-55

Gtr.2]

||-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------------|->----------->----->--|
||*-->---------------------|->----------------->--->-|-6-----------7-----6--|
||*-10---------------------|-9----------------10---9-|----------------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------------|-4-----------5-----4--|
||--8----------------------|-7----------------8----7-|----------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||[Gtr.1]
|-10--10--10--10--10--10---|-9---9---9---10---10-9---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-10--10--10--10--10--10---|-9---9---9---10---10-9---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-8---8---8---8---8---8----|-7---7---7---8----8--7---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||

| |_________|_________| |_________|_________| |__________|__________| ||

| 6 6 12 ||

| ||

|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------->--------|->--------------->->->---||
|-->-----------------------|->------->->----6--------|-7---------------6-7-6---||[Gtr.2]
|-10-----------------------|-9------10-9-------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------4--------|-5---------------4-5-4---||
|-8------------------------|-7------8--7-------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]

|-10--10--10--10--10--10---|-9---9---9---10---10-9---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-10--10--10--10--10--10---|-9---9---9---10---10-9---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-8---8---8---8---8---8----|-7---7---7---8----8--7---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

|_________|_________| |_________|_________| |__________|__________|

6 6 12

(End Figure C)

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

|--------------------------|-->------------>---->---*||[Gtrs.1&2]

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

|_________|__________|

8

Repeat Figure B: [1x]

Repeat Figure C: [1x]

Figure D

||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||*-------------------------|--------------------------|[Gtr.1]
||*-------------------------|-10-----------------------|
||--------------8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10----------5-----5------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-|____|____|-|-8-------------8-7---8-7--|

|____|____| 6 ^

6

(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a)

||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||*-------------------------|-------------7-----7------|[Gtr.2]
||*-7-----------------------|-10-----------10-9--10-9--|
||--7-----------------------|-10-----------------------|
||--5-----------------------|-8------------------------|

^ ^

(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a)

|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|[Gtr.1]
|---------------------------|-------------------5------|
|--------------8-8-8-8-8-8--|-------------5-------8-7--|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-|____|____|--|-8-8-8-8-8-8---8-7--------|

|____|____| 6 |____|____|

6 6

(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a)

|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|[Gtr.2]
|--------------8-8-8-8-8-8--|--------------5-----5-----|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-|____|____|--|--8-8-8-8-8-8---8-7---8-7-|
|--|____|____|------6-------|--|____|____|-------------|

6 6

(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a)

|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------5------|[Gtr.1]
|---------------8-8-8-8-8-8-|-------------5-------8-7--|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5--|____|____|-|-8-8-8-8-8-8---8-7--------|
|--|____|____|-------6------|-|____|____|--------------|

6 6

(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a)

|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|[Gtr.2]
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------8-8-8-8-8-8--|-------------5-----5------|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-|____|____|--|-8-8-8-8-8-8---8-7---8-7--|

|____|____| 6 |____|____|

6 6

(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a)

(End Figure D)

|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------8------||
|---------------------------|-------------7-------109-*||[Gtrs.1&2]
|---------------------------|---------------109-5-----*||
|--------------8-8-8-8-8-8--|-------------5-------8-7--||
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-|____|____|--|-8-8-8-8-8-8---8-7--------||

|____|____| 6 |____|____|(Gtr.1&2 Split)

6 6

(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a)

Repeat Figure D: [Last bar only]

[Figure E](**) (End Figure E)

||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||*--------------------------------|--------------------------------*||[Gtr.1]
||*-7"--8"7"5"--7"5"3"5"3"---------|-7"--------------5"------8"-----*||
||--5"--6"5"3"--5"3"1"3"1"5"7"8"7"-|-5"--------------3"------6"------||
||------------------------3"5"6"5"-|---------------------------------||

|| ||

|| ||

|| ||

||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||*--------------------------------|--------------------------------*||[Gtr.2]
||*--------------------------------|--------------------------------*||
||--5"--6"5"3"--5"3"1"3"1"---------|-5"--------------3"------6"------||
||------------------------3"5"6"5"-|---------------------------------||

(**) = The actual amount of notes picked is approximate. This will

give you an idea of how the riff is played but listen to the

song for actual timing and repetition.

Repeat Figure E: [4x]

[Figure E.1] (sim.) (End Figure E.1)

||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||[Gtr.1]
||-7-----8-7-5---7-5-3-5-3---------|-7"--------------5"------8"-----||
||-5-----6-5-3---5-3-1-3-1-5-7-8-7-|-5"--------------3"------6"-----||
||-^---------^-------------3-5-6-5-|--------------------------------||

|| ||

|| ||

|| (sim.) ||

||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||[Gtr.2]
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||-5-----6-5-3---5-3-1-3-1---------|-5"--------------3"------6"-----||
||-^---------^-------------3-5-6-5-|--------------------------------||

[Fill 2] (End Fill 2)

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-7------------(Tacet)-------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|-7--------------------------------|
|-5--------------------------------|
|-^--------------------------------|

Fill 1: [1x] (Pick slides only)

[Figure F](**) (End Figure F)

||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||*-7------9-------10--------------|-9-10-9---10---9----------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
||*-7------9-------10--------------|-9-10-9---10---9----------------*||
||--5------7-------8---------------|-7-8--7---8----7-----------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||

[D5] [E5] [F5II]. . etc.

(**) = The chord notation I've put here so that the timing of both guitars

is in synchrony with the tab.

[Guitar 3](Play w/Riff F)(**)

||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||------7---5---7-------7---5------|-------7---5---7-------8---7-----||[Gtr.3]
||--5---------------5-----------8--|---5---------------5-----------8-||
||----X---X---X---X---X---X---X----|-X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---||

|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ||

|| [D5] [E5] ||

|| [8x]||

||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||[Gtr.3]
||------7---5---7-------7---5------|-------7---5---7-------8---7-----||
||--5---------------5-----------8--|---5---------------5-----------8-||
||----X---X---X---X---X---X---X----|-X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---||

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F5II] [E5][F5II][E5] [F5II][E5]

(**) = You can possibly substitute open E-string palm muting instead of

the percussive notes. It sounds like they play the later on the

album but if you want to beef up the riff go for the open E palm

mutes.

Repeat Figure F: [1x] + Guitar 3's riff over rhythm

[Figure F.1](w/Gtr.3 Riff) (End Figure F.1)

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

||*-7"-----9"------10"-----|-9"-10"-9"-10"-9"-------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

||*-7"-----9"------10"-----|-9"-10"-9"-10"-9"-------*||
||--5"-----7"-------8"-----|-7"--8"-7"--8"-7"--------||
||-------------------------|-------------------------||

Repeat Figure F.1: [1x]

Figure G

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

||*-----------------|-----------------||[Gtrs.1&2]

||*-----------------|-----------------||
||--2-2-5---4/5-4/5-|-2-2-5---5-8\7-5-||
||--0-0-3-0-2/3-2/3-|-0-0-3-0-3-6\5-3-||

|| sl sl sl ||

|| ||

|| (End Figure G)||

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

||------------------|----------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

||------------------|----------------*||
||--2-2-5---4/5-4/5-|-2-2-5/8-88-8-8--||
||--0-0-3-0-2/3-2/3-|-0-0-3/6-66-6-6--||

sl sl sl

Repeat Figure G: [3x]

[Figure H] (End Figure H)

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

||*----------------|----------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]

||*-9"---8"--------|-9"---12"-------*||
||--7"---6"---8"---|-7"---10"---8"---||
||------------6"---|------------6"---||

(**) = The actual amount of notes picked

is approximate. This will give you

an idea of how the riff is played

but listen to the song for actual

timing and repetition.

Repeat Figure H: [3x]

[Slower Tempo] (End Riff)

||------------|------------|------------|------------||
||----->------|----->------|----->------|----->------||
||->---7------|->---7------|->---7------|->---7------||[Gtr.1]
||-7---7------|-7---7------|-7---7------|-7---7------||
||-7---5------|-7---5------|-7---5------|-7---5------||
||-5----------|-5----------|-5----------|-5----------||

|| ||

|| ||

||(sim.) ||

||------------|------------|------------|------------||
||------------|------------|------------|------------||
||----/7------|----/7------|----/7------|----/7------||[Gtr.2]
||-7----------|-7----------|-7----------|-7----------||
||----/5------|----/5------|----/5------|----/5------||
||-5-sl-------|-5-sl-------|-5-sl-------|-5-sl-------||

[Slow] [3x]

||------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------||
||*---7---10109-9-----7-10109-9-7-7--*||[Gtr.1]
||*-7---------------7----------------*||
||----5---8-8-7-7~----5-8-8-7-7-5-5---||
||--5---------------5-----------------||

|| ||

|| ||

|| [3x]||

||------------------------------------||
||--------10107-7-------10107-7-------||
||*---7---------------7---------1010-*||[Gtr.2]
||*-7-----7-7-5-5---7---7-7-5-5------*||
||----5---------------5---------8-8---||
||--5---------------5-----------------||

[Next] (End Riff)

||------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------||
||*----7--10-10-9--9--7--7--6--7-----*||[Gtr.1]
||*-7--------------------------------*||
||-----5--8--8--7--7--5--5--4--5------||
||--5---------------------------------||

|| ||

|| ||

|| ||

||------------------------------------||
||--------10-10-8--8------------------||
||*----7--------------10-10-9--10----*||[Gtr.2]
||*-7-----7--7--5--5-----------------*||
||-----5--------------8--8--7--8------||
||--5---------------------------------||

Fill 2: [1x] (Guitars Tacet)

Fill 1: [1x]

[Melodic Riff](**) [8x]

||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||*-/7--/10--9/10--9\7----7-|-(7)--/10--9/10--9\7-<7>-*||[Gtr.1]
||*-------------------------|-------------------------*||
||--/5--/8---7/8---7\5----5-|-(5)--/8---7/8---7\5-<5>--||
||-sl--sl----sl-----sl------|-----sl----sl-----sl------||

|| ||

|| ||

|| [8x]||

||--/10-/13--12/13-12\10-10-|-(10)-/13--12/13-12\10<10>||

||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||*-/7--/10---9/10--9\7--7--|-(7)--/10---9/10--9\7-<7>*||[Gtr.2]
||*sl--sl------------sl-----|-----sl-----sl-----sl----*||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||

(End Riff)

(**) = This riff has some variations which I didn't tab out

completely. Listen to the song for the guitar harm-

onies to get a better & more accurate idea of how

this riff is played.

[Lead Guitar](w/Melodic Riff) [2x]

||----------------12----13----15-----||-------------15----13----12-------||
||-/15-(15)-15"------15----15----15\-||-/15---15"------15----15----15----||
||*sl-----------------------------sl*||sl--------------------------------||[Gtr.2]
||*---------------------------------*||----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||----------------------------------||

|| ||

|| ||

|| (End Riff)||

||-------12----13----15----13----12--||----------------------------------||
||-15"------15----15----15----15-----||-15-<15>--------------------------||

||-----------------------------------||---------(For-spacing-purposes)---||[Gtr.2]

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

Repeat Lead Guitar Riff: [1x]

Repeat Figure E: [1x]

Repeat Figure E.1: [1x]

Repeat Figure E: [4x]

Repeat Figure G: [4x]

helll. it's not so easy to play

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