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Melez

Therion
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Song

Therion "Melez"

Lepaca Kliffoth

tabbed by: Drew Schinzel <analogkid82@yahoo.com>

4/22/00

Legend:

-------

b bend

r release

~ vibrato

/ slide up

\ slide down

C# Tuning (every string down 1.5 steps).

intro It's a damn shame they only use this riff in the intro..

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6-666-6-666-666-7-777-9-999-777-6-666----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------6-666-666-7-777-9-999-777-6-666--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------7--9--7--|
|---------------------------------------------7--9--7--|
|--4-444-444-5-555-7-777-555-4-444-4-444-444--5--7--5--|

riff 1

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6--6-----------6-6-----------6-6-----------------------------|
|-6--6--4-0-3-0--6-6--4-0-3-0--6-6--4-0-3-0--4-3-4-6-4-3-0-3---|
|-4--4-----------4-4-----------4-4-----------------------------|

riff 2

|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-4---4---7--6---6---6--6--6--|--4---4---4--4--7--6---6---9--7--6--|
|-4---4---7--6---6---6--6--6--|--4---4---4--4--7--6---6---9--7--6--|
|-2---2---5--4---4---4--4--4--|--2---2---2--2--5--4---4---7--5--4--|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--4---4---4--4--7--6---6---6--6--6--|--4---4---4--4--7--6---7---2-|
|--4---4---4--4--7--6---6---6--6--6--|--4---4---4--4--7--6---7---2-|
|--2---2---2--2--5--4---4---4--4--4--|--2---2---2--2--5--4---5---0-|

interlude 2:08

|-16-14------------14---------------16-14------------14----------------|
|-------17-16-14------17-16-14------------17-16-14------17-16-14-------|
|------------------------------17--------------------------------17~---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-13--14--13-------------14--13-----------------12--------|
|------------14-13~---13--------14--13-11-13-14----14-13--|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-14--13-------------14--13---------------------------|
|--------14-13~---13--------14--13-11-11-13-14-13-11--|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

riff 3 repeat

|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|--6---6---6--7--7--4---7---|--4---4--4---4--5--5--2---5---|
|--6---6---6--7--7--4---7---|--4---4--4---4--5--5--2---5---|
|--4---4---4--5--5--2---5---|--2---2--2---2--3--3--0---3---|

riff 4 repeat this a few times

|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|--4--4--4-------4--4--4--2--|---4------------------2--|
|--4--4--4--1-0--4--4--4--2--|---4------------------2--|
|--2--2--2-------2--2--2--0--|---2------------------0--|

ending For the final repetition omit the slides. Timing for both isn't exact.

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

|------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar

|--10----10----10\9--9----9----9\6--6----6---6\5--5----5/9--9-----9/10---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|----18-17-15~---17-15-------22b23-22-20-18--18-17----------17-18--------|
|----------------------19~-------------------------20-19-20-------19-20--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------------| Flute

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

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