CANDLEMASS - SOLITUDE
From the Album EPICUS DOOMICUS METALLICUS
Copyright 1986 Black Dragon
EMI Songs Scandinavia AB
Version 1.1 - January 1997
Transcribed by: RICHARD BROADHEAD II()
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. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap with finger f - full bend h - half bend
* - see comment r - release t - tap bend
X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend
" - tremelo note () - ghost note, sustained note
Tuning: Haha, you want the tuning for this song, good luck. It's somewhere
between Eb and D, just turn every string down about .75 steps
Man this beginning was a bitch to figure out, don't know why, I probably made
it alot hard than it actually is. This could be played with a 12 string, not
sure. If you know the exact way, email me ""
NOTE: I was informed that this beginning is played in the open Em position,
oh well. I'm too lazy to change this :)
Let all the notes rings out as long as possible
each note and chord is of the same length, say 8th notes.
|--(0)-----------0------0--------0----------0-------------0-------0--------0-|
|---0--------0---0---0-(0)-------0---0---0-(0)-------0----0----0-(0)-----0-0-|
|-----0------7---7--(0)----0-----7---0--(0)----0-----7----12--(0)----0---7-7-|
|-------0-----------------(0)--------7--------(0)---------14--------(0)------|
|-7-------10---9---7----------10---9---7----------10---------7---------10-9--|
|------------------------------------------------------14--------------------|
|------0-----------------0-----0-----------0----------0------0------0------|
|---0-(0)-----0---0---0-(0)----0----0---0-(0)-----0---0---0-(0)-----0----0-|
|--(0)----0---7---0--(0)---0---12---0--(0)---0----7---7--(0)---0----12---0-|
|--------(0)------7-------(0)-------7-------(0)---------------(0)--------7-|
|-7---------10--7---7--------10---9---7--------10---9---7--------10----9---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
retardo appegrio
|------0-------0----------0-----------0-------0--------0--------0---------|
|---0-(0)------0---0---0-(0)------0---0----0-(0)-------0----0---0---------|
|--(0)---0-----7---7--(0)----0----7---7---(0)----0-----12---0---0---------|
|-------(0)-----------------(0)-----------------(0)---------7---2---------|
|-7---------10---9---7---------10---9---7-----------10----9-----2---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------0---------|
Fade in with E5, and a little slide
Riff A
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----2-----3---3-------2-----*----------|
|-0-----0-----------0-----2--1bh~r-(1)~--|
*(bend note half step vibrato, bring back down to 1 and vibrato)
Play Riff A a total of 8 times
Riff B
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------| GTR I
|----------------------------------------|
|-----2-----3---3-------2-----*----------|
|-0-----0-----------0-----2--1bh~r-(1)~--|
|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------| GTR II
|-----9-----10--10------9----------------|
|-7-----7-----------7-----9--8bh~r-(8)~--|
|----------------------------------------|
Play Riff B a total of two times
Play Riff A 4 times
Riff C
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----------9~---8~---7~---7~/12~---10~--| GTR I
|-6~---7~--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------| GTR II
|-----------5----4----3------------------|
|-2----3----3----2----1-----5------3-----|
|-0----1--------------------3------1-----|
Play Riff C 4 times
again let notes ring out and every note is of equal length.
|------0------------0-------0----------0------0---------------0-----0----0--|
|---0-(0)-------0---0----0-(0)-----0---0---0-(0)----0------0-(0)----0----0--|
|--(0)----0-----7---12--(0)---0----7------(0)---0---7---0-(0)---0---12---12-|
|--------(0)-----------------(0)---------------(0)------7------(0)----------|
|-7----------10---9----7--------10---9---7--------10--9--7--------10---9----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
slide hand on strings
Riff D
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|---------3---3--------------------------|
|-2---X-X-1---1---2---X-X--2----1--------|
|-0---X-X---------0---X-X----2~---1~-----|
. . . . (vibrato these notes very violently)
Play Riff D four times until solo comes in, Riff D is played under the solo
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/candlemass/solitude_tab.html ]
Solo
|----------------------------------------|
|-Start tremeloing-on the G string and slide
|-up the neck towards the bridge. Around 14th fret move
|-onto to B string and continue tremeloing towards the bridge. Around the
|-19th fret move onto the high E string and continue to tremelo towards the
|-bridge until you reach fret 22 on the high E string. Sit there half a
second and tremelo the 22nd fret, then precede as the tab describes below
can't tell exactly how this part starts but I think
its close enough, so that it really doesn't matter!
|-22bf~--22bf-22bf-22bf~-|-t10p7h10p7t12p7h12p7t12p7h12p7t13p7h12p7t12p7h12--
|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
-p7t13p7h12p7t12p7h12p7t13p7h12p7t10p7h10t12p7h10p7t12p7h12p7t13p7h12p7--
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-t10p7h10p7t12p7h10p7t10p7h10p7t12p7h10p7t10p7h10p7t12p7h10p7t12p7h12p7t13p7-
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
-h12p7t12p7h12p7t13p7h12p7---------7-10-|-10bf~-10bf-10bf-10bft14p10rbf~-----
--------------------------9~----10------|------------------------------------
----------------------------------------|------------------------------------
----------------------------------------|------------------------------------
----------------------------------------|------------------------------------
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*bend 10 up to twelve, while bent tap the 14th fret, then release it while the
10th fret is still bent up to 12, then move the 10 back down to 10 and bend it
back up to 12 again and vibrato. Do all this is one nice smooth motion
without picking ever.
*(kinda same as above) (listen to song for exact pattern)
-10bf~t16p10~-r-------12-|-12-12-12-16-12-12-16-12-12-16-12-12-16-12-12-12-16-
----------------12-15----|----------------------------------------------------
-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------
-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------
-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------
-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------
tremelo each note
-12-16-12-12-16-12\10-10~----------12-|-12"15"16"15"12"---------------------|
-----------------------------12-15----|----------------15"14"12"------------|
--------------------------------------|-------------------------14"13"13~---|
--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Play Riff D with the following twice fade out with
||-12~---13~---19bh~-19~---18~---13bf~---13~--||-12~-\-|
||--------------------------------------------||-------|
||*------------------------------------------*||-------|
||*------------------------------------------*||-------|
||--------------------------------------------||-------|
||--------------------------------------------||-------|
Play Riff B twice
Play Riff A four times
Riff E
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------9~---8~---7~-----------------|---------9~--8~--7~-7\12~-10~-|GTR I
|-6~---7~-------------------9~-----7~----|-6~--7~-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------| GTR II
|-----------5----4----3------------------|---------5---4---3---------|
|-2----3----3----2----1-----5------3-----|-2---3---3---2---1---5---3-|
|-0----1--------------------3------1-----|-0---1---------------3---1-|
Play Riff E a total of two times
Play Riff E with the following twice fade out with(include echo)
||-12~---13~---19bh~-19~---18~---13bf~---13~--||-12~-\-|
||--------------------------------------------||-------|
||*------------------------------------------*||-------|
||*------------------------------------------*||-------|
||--------------------------------------------||-------|
||--------------------------------------------||-------|
Ending
repeat 3x(last time retardo),appegrio chord at end
|------0-----------0--|--0---------------|
|---0-(0)------0---0--|--0---------------|
|--(0)---0-----7---7--|--0---------------|
|-------(0)-----------|--2---------------|
|-7---------10---9----|--2---------------|
|---------------------|--0---------------|
Transcribed by: RICHARD BROADHEAD II()
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