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Scorched Earth Erotica

Cradle of Filth
Tab
★4.7(3)

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

Intro Part A

(0:00-0:14)

Both guitars

e|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|-9/10p9~----|
E|------------|

Intro Part B (0:14-0:26)

Paul (Gtr.1 continued from Part A)

e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-(9~)-----------------------|
E|----------------------------|

Gian (Gtr.2)

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4-4-----------------------5-5-5-5---------|
D|-4-4-4--5-5-5--2-2-2--5-5-5-5--------5-5-5-5-|   Probably wrong
A|-2-2-2--5-5-5--2-2-2--5-5-5-5--------3-3-3-3-|
E|--------3-3-3--0-0-0--3-3-3-3----------------|

Riff A 2x (0:26-0:38)

Paul (Gtr.1)

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-4--2-4-5--4-2-7--5-4-5---|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|

|

|Gian (Gtr.2)

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|--STILL TO COME--------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|

Riff B 2x (0:38-0:49)

Paul (Gtr.1)

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|-4--2-4-5--4-2-7--5-4-5---|
E|--------------------------|

|

|Gian (Gtr.2)

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|--STILL TO COME--------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|

Riff A 2x (0:49-1:00)

Riff C 2x (1:00-1:24)

Paul (Gtr.1)

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-2-3-2-----------------|
A|-2-3-2--STILL TO COME--|
E|-0-1-0-----------------|

|

|Gian (Gtr.2)

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-2-3-2-----------------|
A|-2-3-2--STILL TO COME--|
E|-0-1-0-----------------|

Riff A 2x (1:24-1:35)

Riff B 2x (1:35-1:47)

Riff C 2x (1:47-2:10)

Riff D 2x (2:10-2:22)

Paul (Gtr.1)

e|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|--------------------------|  Make sure each note
D|--------9------12-9---9------|-------8-----11-8---8-----|  is fingered, don't
A|------9---9---------9---9----|-----8---8--------8---8---|  bar fingers across
E|-7-10-------10------------10-|-6-9-------9------------9-|  multiple strings.

|

|Gian (Gtr.2)

e|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-9---------------------------|-8------------------------|
A|-9---------------------------|-8------------------------|
E|-7---------------------------|-6------------------------|

Paul (Gtr.1)

e|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|---------10-------13-10----10-------|--------9------12-9---9------|
D|------10----10----------10----10----|------9---9---------9---9----|
A|-8-11----------11----------------11-|-7-10-------10------------10-|
E|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|

|

|Gian (Gtr.2)

e|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-10---------------------------------|-9---------------------------|
D|-10---------------------------------|-9---------------------------|
A|-8----------------------------------|-7---------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|

Riff E 2x (2:22-2:34)

Paul (Gtr.1)

e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|---------11---------------11-------|---------10---------------10-------|
D|-9-11-12----12-11-9-11-12----12-11-|-8-10-11----11-10-8-10-11----11-10-|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|

|Gian (Gtr.2)

e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-STILL TO COME---------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

Paul (Gtr.1)

e|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------17----------------17-------|----------16-------------17-------|
D|-15-17-18----18-17-15-17-18----18-17-|-14-16-17----17-16-14-16----17-16-|
A|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|

|Gian (Gtr. 2)

e|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-STILL TO COME-----------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

Riff D 1.75x (2:34-2:43)

Pick Scrape (2:43-2:45)

Paul (Gtr.1)

e|------|
B|------|
G|------|
D|-X\---|
A|-X\---|
E|------|

| In the video, Paul is shown, open strings, pick goes from

|Gian (Gtr.2) high frets to low, and hits mostly the D string

e|------|
B|------|
G|------|
D|--X\--|
A|--X\--|
E|------|

Okay, enough for now...the rest will come in time and I will fill in all

those damn holes in Gian's parts! It's just too far in the background!

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| p Pull-off

| / Slide up

| ~ Vibrato

| X dead note

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