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In Tears Bereaved

Dark Tranquillity
Tab

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

Song

In Tears Bereaved

by Dark Tranquillity

from the album Skydancer

tabbed by Ken Hoffmeyer (TheOldMansChild@aol.com)

I have my guitar tuned to Eb (all down 1/2 step), although DT might play it

in another tuning. I know most DT stuff is in this tuning though.

ALMOST ALL OF THE SONG IS TREMOLO PICKED!!!

I know many parts could be played on multiple strings to make it easier

(such as Riff B), but I like the sound of the wound strings better so I usually

stay on the lower strings. Simply move the notes if you want. The timing in the

tab is VERY approximated, listen to the song and figure it out yourself.

I spaced the notes out for a very general idea to help you along. I hope the position

in seconds will be very helpful as I have always found it to be. Also, the first

35 seconds is REALLY confusing with timing so be careful. Riff J has a harmony that I am

too lazy to figure out, and I left out a part that is too hard to hear around the 3:00 mark.

But hey, it's better than nothing, right!? I only proofread this once, could be errors still. Oh, and I recommend viewing this in notepad at 1024x768 resolution or higher to make sure the lines don't wrap.

Intro (0:00)

|------------------|
|------------------|
|-7----------------|
|-7--8--7--7-5-----|
|-5--8--7------8-7-|
|----6--5----------|

Riff A (0:04) Ending 1 (0:07) Ending 2 (0:12)

|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------7---------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7--8-10----10-5-7--|-0-3-0-3---2---2-|-0-3-0-------2---|  *Either of these can be played
|--------------------|---------0-7-0-7-|-------0-0-3---3-|   but only play ONE.  Pick the one

|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------| that fits your playing style (I play the 7)

All tremolo picked * *

Riff B (0:14)

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-7-8-10--8--10-7--5--7-3--8--10-7--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

All tremolo picked

Riff C (0:18)

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-7--------5--2----3--5-7-53-8--10-7--5--7-3-|
|----8-5--------3----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

All tremolo picked

Repeat Riff A at new tempo (0:26)

Riff D 2x (0:34)

Gtr. I

|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|---3---6-10-865--8-653-|
|-5---5-----------------|
|-----------------------|

|

|Gtr. II

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

|-----------------------| This part is VERY VERY hard to hear and could quite

|-----------------------| possibly be wrong.

|-5-8-5-8-8--865-6---63-|
|-----------------------|

All tremolo picked

Riff E 2x (0:44)

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-023023023023-------------|
|-------------3573573571-3-|

Riff F 2x (0:51)

Gtr. I

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

|-777-777-555-2235-|-777-777-555------| * I can't tell if this is actually played, it might be an A5

|-777-777-555-2235-|-777-777-555-787--| like the two proceding it. Sounds good either way, ha!

|-555-555-333-0013-|-555-555-333----8-|
|------------------|------------------|

| *

|Gtr. II

|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-777-777-555-2235-|-777-777-555------|

|-777-777-555-2235-|-777-777-555-7878-|

|-555-555-333-0013-|-555-555-333------|
|------------------|------------------|

*

Riff G (0:59)

Gtr. I

|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-------5----7----|-7-----573----7-75-|
|-5-------3----7----|-5-----353----7-73-|
|--------------5----|--------------5-5--|
|-------------------|-------------------|

|

|Gtr. II

|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-78785757----------|-78785757----------|
|---------781087878-|---------781087878-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|

All tremolo picked

Riff H (1:09)

Gtr. I

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-9-----7---9-----7------6----9-|
|-9-----5---7-----5------4----9-|
|-7---------------------------7-|
|-------------------------------|

|

|Gtr. II

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---4-5-7---5-4-2-4--5-4-2--420-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

All tremolo picked

Riff I (1:16)

Gtr. I

|---------------------------------|---------------------/-----------|
|---------------------------------|-------------()----/-------------|
|-7-------7-----------------------|-----------------/---------------| Gtr. 1 has a weird rhythm, listen to the song
|-5-------5-------7-------5-------|---------------/-----------------|
|-----------------5-------5-------|-------------/----()-------------| <---That symbol is supposed to mean to

|---------------------------------|-----------/---------------------| repeat the measure heh

|

|Gtr. II

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------575------------------|
|-85555-5585555-55----------------|-85555-55858---87----------------|  Weird rhythm, listen to the song
|-----------------85555-558555555-|-----------------85555-558555555-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Gtr. I

|---------------------------------|----------------------/------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------()----/--------------|
|-7-------7-----------------------|------------------/----------------|
|-5-------5-------7-------5-------|----------------/------------------|
|-----------------5-------5-------|--------------/----()--------------|
|---------------------------------|------------/----------------------|

|

|Gtr. II

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------575---------575--5----|------------------------575--5----|
|-85555-55858---87-----78---87-87--|-55555-5585855-57-----78---87-87--|
|-----------------85555----------8-|--------------8--85555----------8-|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

Riff J 2x (1:43)

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

|-7-7-----5787-7-7555------------5------| *These notes feel like they are 2 sets of triplets

|-----578------------88-3-3-35568-8--5--|
|---------------------------------------|

******

Repeat Intro 1x (2:00)

Repeat Riff B 1x (2:05)

Repeat Riff C 2x (2:10)

Repeat Riff A 2x (2:25) but replace Ending 2 with this...

Riff A Ending 3 (2:32)

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-7-10-71097-----9--97-----|

|-----------1097---7--1097-| Those are 10s, but the whole thing is probably completely wrong

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

All tremolo picked

2:35-3:11...Figure this out for yourself! Three guitars goin at one point but I can't hear them well.

Repeat Riff J 2x (3:11)

Repeat Riff D 2x (3:27)

Repeat Riff A 2x (3:38)...Read below for details...

At 3:38, play Riff A VERY QUICKLY with endings 1 and 2, except add an open D string to the end,

so the final ending look like this...

Riff A Final Ending (3:43)

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-0-3-0-------2---0-|
|-------0-0-3---3---|
|-------------------|

All tremolo picked

And there ya go, another Dark Tranquillity tab for your collection! :)

Questions or comments, email me at TheOldMansChild@aol.com

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