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Tortured Soul Asylum

Cradle of Filth
Tab
★4.2(3)

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

Song

Tuning: D G C F A D (low to high, drop-down D)

Legend: in tabulature: under tabulature:

~ tremolo picking pm . use palm muting where dots are

x stuccato bend -> pick first note above arrow

\ slide down and bend to second note

*\ pick scratch down h p hammer-on/pull-off

Note: Sometimes you will see capital letters in the tab. these are

fret numbers in hexadecimal (A=10, B=11, C=12 and so on=). I

use them to transcribe the rhythm correctly, so that frets

10 or higher don't require 2 digits. you'll get used to it :)

let notes ring unless noted otherwise. Except for a few licks

where it just wouldn't fit the timing in the tabs resembles

the rhythm exactly.

Riff 1a1

|D-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|F-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|C-6---------------5---------------6---------------5-----------8-8-|
|G-6---------------5---------------6---------------5-----------8-8-|
|D-4---------------3---------------4---------------3-----------6-6-|

| |

|Riff 1b |

|D-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|A---9--9--9--9--9---8--8--8--8--8---9--9--9--9--9---8--8--8-------|
|F-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|C-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 1a2 (variation of 1a, played together with 1b)

|D-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|F-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|C-6---------------5---------------6---------------5---------------|
|G-6---------------5---------------6---------------5----------2--2-|
|D-4---------------3---------------4---------------3-------323-----|

Riff 1a3 (variation of variation :D)

|D-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|F-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|C-6---------------5-----------8-8-6---------------5---------------|
|G-6---------------5-----------8-8-6---------------5----------2--2-|
|D-4---------------3-----------6-6-4---------------3-------323-----|

Riff 2 (listen to recording for exact rhythm)

|D-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|F-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|C-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|G------------------------------2-2----------------------------2-2-|
|D-4-4-44--4-44434---33-33-3323------44-44-4-44434---33-33-3323----|

bend -> ->

Riff 3

|D-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|F-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|C-3~~~~~~~~~~-----2~~~~~~~~~~-------------------------------------|
|G-3-----------3-3-2-----------2-2-8-888-8-888-8-8-8-888-8-888-8-8-|
|D-1-----------1-1-0-----------0-0-6-666-6-666-6-6-6-666-6-666-6-6-|

pm . . . . ... ... . ... ... .

Riff 4

|D-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|F----------------------------------------------------------7--6--5|
|C---------------------------------------------------------5--4--3-|
|G-------------------------------1---------------------------------|
|D-01011---01010-4-01011---01010---01011---01010-4-01011^0 --------|

hph hphp hph hphp hph hphp hph p

Fill 1

|D---------------|
|A---------------|
|F-------------7-|
|C-------------8-|
|G-7---8-9-------|
|D---------7\5---|

Riff 5a

|D-----------------------------------------------------------------
|A-----------------------------------------------------------------
|F-----------------------------------------------------------------

|C-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|G-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|D-----------------------------------------------------------------

|

|Riff 5b (remember, the A thingies are 10s, to maintain rhythm)

|D-----------------------------------------------------------------
|A-----------------------------------------------------------------

|F-77779999AAAA999977779999AAAA999966669999AAAA999966669999AAAA9999

|C-----------------------------------------------------------------
|G-----------------------------------------------------------------
|D-----------------------------------------------------------------

(5a cont.)

 ----------------------------------------------------------------|
 ----------------------------------------------------------------|
 --------------------------------------------------------2-------|

7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---3-2---|

5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------3-|

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

|

(5b cont.) |

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

----------------66668888AAAA8888--------------------------------|

 77779999AAAA999977779999AAAA9999------------------------2-------|
 ----------------------------------------------------------3-2---|
 --------------------------------------------------------------3-|
 ----------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 6a1

|D-------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------|
|F-------------------------------------------------|
|C-------------------------------------------------|
|G----323---323---323---323---5355~~353---6566~~5~~|
|D-5~~---5~~---5~~---5~~---4~~---------3~~---------|

| |

|Riff 6b1 |

|D-------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------|
|F-------------------------------------------------|
|C-------------------------------------------------|
|G----------------------*\----5355~~353---6566~~5~~|
|D----------------------*\-4~~---------3~~---------|

Riff 6a2 (variation of above)

|D-------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------|
|F-------------------------------------------------|
|C-------------2~~---------------------------------|
|G----323---323---3~~2~~3~~---5355~~353---6566~~5~~|
|D-5~~---5~~---------------4~~---------3~~---------|

| |

|Riff 6b2 (1st half is = 6a2, then 1 octave higher)|

|D-------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------|
|F----------------------------7577~~575---8788~~7~~|
|C-------------2~~---------6~~---------5~~---------|
|G----323---323---3~~2~~3--------------------------|
|D-5~~---5~~---------------------------------------|

Riff 6a3 (1st time both gtrs, 2nd time gtr 2 plays 6b3)

|D-------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------|
|F-------------------------------------------------|
|C-------------5~~---------------------------------|
|G----656---656---6~~5~~6~~---5355~~353---6566~~5~~|
|D-8~~---8~~---------------4~~---------3~~---------|

Riff 6b3 (1st half is same as 6a3)

|D-------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------|
|F----------------------------7577~~575---8788~~7~~|
|C-------------5~~---------6~~---------5~~---------|
|G----656---656---6~~5~~6~~------------------------|
|D-8~~---8~~---------------------------------------|

Riff 7

|D-------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------|
|F-------------------------------------------------|

|C-------------6~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~~~456~~~~~~~~~~~|

|G-7~~~~~~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~~~~3~~~~~~~~~234~~~~~~~~~~~|

|D-5~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------------|

Riff 8a (let riiing)

|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|F-------------------------5-----------------------------------------------
|C-7-----------------------5-----------------------2-----------------------
|G-7-----------------------3-----------------------2-----------------------
|D-5-----------------------------------------------0-----------------------

|

|Riff 8b

|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|F-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|C-------------------------------------------------------------------------

|G----7~~8~~7~~---7~~8~~7~~---7~~8~~7~~---7~~8~~7~~---7~~8~~7~~---7~~8~~7~~

|D-5~~---------5~~---------8~~---------8~~---------0~~---------0~~---------

(8a cont.)

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

|

(8b cont.) |

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 -5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

Riff 9a

|D-------------------------------------------------
|A-------------------------------------------------
|F-------------------------------------------------
|C-------------------------------------------------
|G-------------------------------------------------
|D-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--

|

|Riff 9b1

|D-------------------------------------------------
|A-------------------------------------------------
|F-------------5--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--5--5--5--5--
|C-7--7--7--7--------------------------------------
|G-------------------------------------------------
|D-------------------------------------------------

(9a cont.)

 ------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------|
 8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--5--5--5--5--------------|
 ------------------------------------------------|

|

(9b1 cont.) |

 ------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------5--5--------|
 ------------5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--------4-----|
 7--7--7--7-----------------------------------5--|
 ------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------|

Riff 9b2 (1st half is same as 9b1, 2nd half a variation)

|D-------------------------------------------------
|A-------------------------------------------------
|F-------------5--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--5--5--5--5--
|C-7--7--7--7--------------------------------------
|G-------------------------------------------------
|D-------------------------------------------------
 ------------------------------------------------|
 ------------5--5--5--5--------------5--5--------|
 5--5--5--5--------------7--7--7--7--------4-----|
 ---------------------------------------------5--|
 ------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------|

Riff 10a

|D-------------------------------------------------
|A-------------------------------------------------
|F-------------------------------------------------
|C-------------------------------------------------
|G-------------------------7~~~~~~~~~~~6~~~~~------
|D-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------7~~~~~

|

|Riff 10b (remember, A=10)

|D-------------------------------------------------
|A-------------------------------------------------
|F-------------------------------------------------
|C-7-7-7-7-A-7-7-7-7-7-A-7-9-7-9-A-9-7-9-7-9-A-0-7-
|G-------------------------------------------------
|D-------------------------------------------------

(10a cont.)

 -------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------6-565--5-----|
 -----------------------------------------7---7-5-|
 -------------------------------------------------|
 -------------------------------------------------|

8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~7~~~~~~~~~~~-------------|

hp |

(10b cont.) |

 -------------------------------------------------|
 -------------------------------------------------|
 ----------------------7~------------7-5754-5-4---|

7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A~~~--9~~~~~~~~~~~-----------7-|

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

hp

Riff 11a1

|D-------------------------------------------------
|A-------------------------------------------------
|F-------------------------------------------------
|C-------------------------------------------------

|G-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|D-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|

|Riff 11b1

|D-------------------------------------------------
|A-------------------------------------------------

|F-7~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~~~~

|C-7~~~~~~~~~~~7~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~~~~~

|G-------------------------------------------------
|D-------------------------------------------------

(11a1 cont.)

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

3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

|

(11b1 cont.) |

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

4~~~~~~~~~~~2~~~~~~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

3~~~~~~~~~~~3~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

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

Riff 11a2

|D-------------------------------------------------
|A-------------------------------------------------
|F-------------------------------------------------
|C-------------------------------------------------

|G-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|D-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|

|Riff 11b2

|D-------------------------------------------------
|A-------------------------------------------------

|F-7~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~~~~

|C-7~~~~~~~~~~~7~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~~~~~

|G-------------------------------------------------
|D-------------------------------------------------

(11a2 cont.)

 ------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------|
 3---3---3---3---3---3---7-----------------------|
 1---1---1---1---1---1---5-----------------------|

. . . . . . pm|

(11b2 cont. ...A=10...duh :D) |

 ------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------|
 4---4---5---4---4---5---7~~9~~A 9A97-9-7--------|
 3---3---3---3---3---3--------------------A-9A9--|
 -----------------------------------------------7|
 ------------------------------------------------|

. . . . . . pm

Riff 12a1

|D-------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------|
|F-------------------------------------------------|
|C-7-----7-----7-----7-----------------------------|

|G-7--7777--7777--7777-----3~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~3~~2~~|

|D-5--5555--5555--5555-----1~~~~~~~~~~~3~~~~~------|

|pm ... ... ... |

|Riff 12b1 |

|D-------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------|
|F-------------------------------------------------|
|C-7-----7-----7-----7-----2~~~~~~~~~~~------------|
|G-7--7777--7777--7777-----------------5~~~~~3~~2~~|
|D-5--5555--5555--5555-----------------------------|

|pm ... ... ...

Riff 12a2

|D-------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------|
|F-------------------------------------------------|
|C-7-----7-----7-----7-----------------------------|
|G-7--7777--7777--7777-----------------------------|

|D-5--5555--5555--5555-----1~~~~~~~~~~~3~~~~~(mute)|

|pm ... ... ... |

|Riff 12b2 |

|D-------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------|
|F-------------------------------------------2~~1~~|
|C-7-----7-----7-----7-----------------2~~~~~------|
|G-7--7777--7777--7777-----3~~~~~~~~~~~------------|
|D-3--5555--5555--5555-----------------------------|

|pm ... ... ...

Riff 13 (variation of riff 7)

|D------------------------------------------------|
|A------------------------------------------------|
|F------------------------------------------------|
|C------------6~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~~~456~~---------|

|G-7~~~~~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~~~~3~~~~~~~~~234~~---xx-xxx|

|D-5~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------xx-xxx|

pm .. ...

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