Eternal Summer Chords & Tabs
ETERNAL SUMMER
As recorded by Celtic Frost
(From the 1985 Album TO MEGA THERION)
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Intro
Q=140
BbF5/Bb5/E5 G5 F#5F5
4/4
Gtr II
PM----|
|------------|--------------|---------------|
|------------|--------------|---------------|
|------------|--------------|---------------|
|------------|--------------|---------------|
|-----1s8s=1-|-2-2-2-2-2----|-(2)-5---4--3--|
|-----1s8s=1-|-0-0-0-0-0----|-(0)-3---2--1--|
E5 A5 G#5G5
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|-(2)-7---6--5---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-(0)-5---4--3---|
E5 G5 F#5F5 E5 A5 G#5G5
PM----| PM------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2----|-(2)-5---4--3--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|-(2)-7---6--5--|
|-0-0-0-0-0----|-(0)-3---2--1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-(0)-5---4--3--|
1st 2nd and final Verses
Q=155
B5 C5 B5BbA5Bb5 B5 C5 B5BbA5Bb5 B5 C5 B5BbA5Bb5 B5 C5 B5BbA5Bb5
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-9--10--9-8s7s8-|-9--10--9-8s7s8-|-9--10--9-8s7s8-|-9--10--9-8s7s8--|
||--7---8--7-6s5s6-|-7---8--7-6s5s6-|-7---8--7-6s5s6-|-7---8--7-6s5s6--|
$
B5 C5 B5BbA5Bb5 B5 C5 B5BbA5Bb5 B5 C5 B5 A5Bb5 B5 C5 B5BbA5Bb5
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-9--10--9-8s7s8-|-9--10--9-8s7s8-|-9--10--9-8s7s8-|-9--10--9-8s7s8-|
|-7---8--7-6s5s6-|-7---8--7-6s5s6-|-7---8--7-6s5s6-|-7---8--7-6s5s6-|
E5F#G#G5A5Bb5 E5F#G#G5A5Bb5 E5F#G#G5A5Bb5 E5F#G#G5A5Bb5
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-2-4-6-5-7-8-|-2-4-6-5-7-8-|-2-4-6-5-7-8-|-2-4-6-5-7-8-|
|-0-2-4-3-5-6-|-0-2-4-3-5-6-|-0-2-4-3-5-6-|-0-2-4-3-5-6-|
E5 G5E5 G#5 E5 G5A5BbA5Bb5
PM------| PM------| PM------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-2-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-5-7s8-7s8-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-3-5s6-5s6-|
E5 G5E5 G#5 E5 G5A5BbA5Bb5
PM------| PM------| PM------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-2-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-5-7s8-7s8-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-3-5s6-5s6-|
E5 G5E5 G#5 E5 G5A5BbA5Bb5
PM------| PM------| PM------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-2-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-5-7s8-7s8-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-3-5s6-5s6-|
E5 G5E5 G#5 E5 G5A5BbA5Bb5
PM------| PM------| PM------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-2-2-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-5-7s8-7s8-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-3-5s6-5s6-|
To Coda
E5F#E5F5E5G5G#A5 E5F#E5F5E5G5G#A5 E5F#E5F5E5G5G#A5 E5F#E5F5E5G5G#A5
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-4-2-3-2-5-6-7-|-2-4-2-3-2-5-6-7-|-2-4-2-3-2-5-6-7-|-2-4-2-3-2-5-6-7-|
|-0-2-0-1-0-3-4-5-|-0-2-0-1-0-3-4-5-|-0-2-0-1-0-3-4-5-|-0-2-0-1-0-3-4-5-|
A5BbB5C5 C#5C5 A5BbB5C5 C#5C5
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-7-8-9-10-11s10-10-(10)S|=7-8-9-10-11s10-10-(10)S|
|-5-6-7--8--9s=8--8--(8)S|=5-6-7--8--9s=8--8--(8)S|
A5BbB5C5 C#5C5 A5BbB5C5 C#5C5
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------o||
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|-7-8-9-10-11s10-10-(10)S|=7-8-9-10-11s10-10-(10)\-o||
|-5-6-7--8--9s=8--8--(8)S|=5-6-7--8--9s=8--8--(8)\--||
Bridge
G5 Bb5 G#5 B5 A5 C5 Bb5 C#5 G5 Bb5 G#5 B5 A5 C5 Bb5 C#5
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---5---8---6---9-|---7---10---8---11-|---5---8---6---9-|---7---10---8---11-|
|-0-3-0-6-0-4-0-7-|-0-5-0--8-0-6-0--9-|-0-3-0-6-0-4-0-7-|-0-5-0--8-0-6-0--9-|
B5 A5 C5 B5 A5 C5 B5 A5 C5 B5 A5
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|
|-9-9-9-7---10s9-|-9-9-9-7---10s9-|-9-9-9-7---10s9-|-9-9-9-7----|
|-9-9-9-7---10s9-|-9-9-9-7---10s9-|-9-9-9-7---10s9-|-9-9-9-7----|
|-7-7-7-5----8s7-|-7-7-7-5----8s7-|-7-7-7-5----8s7-|-7-7-7-5----|
G5 Bb5 G#5 B5 A5 C5 Bb5 C#5 G5 Bb5 G#5 B5 A5 C5 Bb5 C#5
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---5---8---6---9-|---7---10---8---11-|---5---8---6---9-|---7---10---8---11-|
|-0-3-0-6-0-4-0-7-|-0-5-0--8-0-6-0--9-|-0-3-0-6-0-4-0-7-|-0-5-0--8-0-6-0--9-|
Q=140
G#G5F#5 E5 Bb5 B5
PM----|
|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|
|-(11)----6-5-4--|-2-2-2-2-8---9-|
|--(9)----4-3-2--|-0-0-0-0-6---7-|
G#G5F#5 E5 Bb5 B5 G#G5F#5
PM----|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-(9)----6-5-4--|-2-2-2-2-8---9-|-(9)----6-5-4--|
|-(7)----4-3-2--|-0-0-0-0-6---7-|-(7)----4-3-2--|
E5 Bb5 B5 G#G5F#5 E5 Bb5 B5 E5F5G5
PM----| PM----|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-2-2-2-2-8---9-|-(9)----6-5-4--|-2-2-2-2-8---9-|-(9)----2-3-5--|
|-0-0-0-0-6---7-|-(7)----4-3-2--|-0-0-0-0-6---7-|-(7)----0-1-3--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/celtic_frost/eternal_summer_tab_ver_2.html ]
Guitar Solo
C5 C5 B5 C5 D5 E5 F5 G5
Gtr I
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|-8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7h10p7h8p7h8p7-|--8p=7h8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7h8p7-7b8-(7)b8.5-(7)b8--|
|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr II
|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-5-----------5-----------4s====5------------7-----|-(7)------------------------------------------|
|-3-----------3-----------2s====3------------5-----|-(5)-----------------------2----3-------5-----|
|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------0----1-------3-----|
C5 C5 B5 C5 D5 E5 F5G5
T T T T T T
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------3----|
|-5h7h10p5h7h10p4h6h9p4h6h9p4h6h9p3h5h8p3-3-3b4-|-(3)--3b4==(3)r(3)b4---3b4------|
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-5-------------5-----------4s====5---------7---|-(7)----------------------------|
|-3-------------3-----------2s====3---------5---|-(5)------------2----3-5--------|
|-----------------------------------------------|----------------0----1-3--------|
C5 C5 B5C5 D5 E5F5G5 C5 C5 B5C5 D5 E5F5G5
|-4---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---3---3---------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----3---3-2-3-2-|------------------|-----2-3-----2-3-|-------2-3-----2-3-|
|-----------------|--3--2-3-2-3------|-2-3-----2-3-----|--2--3-----2-3-----|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-5---5---4s5---7-|-(7)--------------|-5---5---4s5---7-|-(7)---------------|
|-3---3---2s3---5-|-(5)-------2-3-5--|-3---3---2s3---5-|-(5)-------2-3-5---|
|-----------------|-----------0-1-3--|-----------------|-----------0-1-3---|
E5 Bb5 B5 G#5 G5 F#5
T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---8-10-8h10p8h10p8h10p8h10p8h10p6h8h10p8p6-|--8h=10p8h10p8h10p8h10p8h10p8h10p8h10p8--|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| PM------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-2-2----2-------2---------8------9----------|-(9)--------------6---------5---------4--|
|-0-0----0-------0---------6------7----------|-(7)--------------4---------3---------2--|
E5 Bb5 B5 G#5 G5F#5
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-[8]b9---8b9---8b9--8b9---|--8b9--8b9--8b9r==8-10-13-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| PM---------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--2----2-2---2-8--------9-|-(9)--------6---5-4-------|
|--0----0-0---0-6--------7-|-(7)--------4---3-2-------|
E5 Bb5 B5
T T T T T T T T T
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------
|-10h13p10h13p10h13p10---10h13p10h13p10h13p12---|-10h=13p10h13p10h13p10-
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------
|
G#5 G5 F#5
T T T T T T T
-------------------------------------------|
13p10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13p11--|
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| PM------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--2--------2--------2-2--8-------------------9-|-(9)----6-----------5-----------4--|
|--0--------0--------0-0--6-------------------7-|-(7)----4-----------3-----------2--|
E5 Bb5 B5
\0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/
PM---------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|---9-9-9-10-9-8-8---|--------------------------------|
|-7----------------5-|--5h=7-----(7)----(7)----(7)----|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| PM------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2-2---2--2-8-----9-|-(9)----------------------------|
|-0-0---0--0-6-----7-|-(7)----------------------------|
Q=130
G5 G#5 E5 F#5 F#F5F#5
>
4x
||-------------|-----------|----------|-----------||
||o------------|-----------|----------|----------o||
||-------------|-----------|----------|-----------||
||-------------|-----------|----------|-----------||
||o-(7)--------|-----------|----------|----------o||
||-------------|-----------|----------|-----------||
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| 4x
||-------------|-----------|----------|-----------||
||o------------|-----------|----------|----------o||
||-------------|-----------|----------|-----------||
||-------------|-----------|----------|-----------||
||o--5---------|-6----2----|-4--------|-4-3-4----o||
||---3---------|-4----0----|-2--------|-2-1-2-----||
Q=140
E5 G5 F#5F5 E5 A5 G#5G5
Gtr II
PM----| PM------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2----|-(2)-5---4--3--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|-(2)-7---6--5--|
|-0-0-0-0-0----|-(0)-3---2--1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-(0)-5---4--3--|
E5 G5 F#5F5 E5 A5 G#5G5
PM----| PM------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2----|-(2)-5---4--3--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|-(2)-7---6--5--|
|-0-0-0-0-0----|-(0)-3---2--1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-(0)-5---4--3--|
F#5 E5 G#5A5 G#G5F#5 E5 G#5A5 G#G5F#5
|------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
|-4--4---2---|-6--7--6-5-4--|-4--4---2---|-6--7--6-5-4--|
|-2--2---0---|-4--5--4-3-2--|-2--2---0---|-4--5--4-3-2--|
F#5 E5 G#5A5 G#G5F#5 E5 G#5A5 G#G5F#5
|------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
|-4--4---2---|-6--7--6-5-4--|-4--4---2---|-6--7--6-5-4--|
|-2--2---0---|-4--5--4-3-2--|-2--2---0---|-4--5--4-3-2--|
E5 G5 F#5F5 E5 A5 G#5G5
PM----| PM------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2----|-(2)-5---4--3--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|-(2)-7---6--5--|
|-0-0-0-0-0----|-(0)-3---2--1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-(0)-5---4--3--|
D.S. al Coda
E5 G5 F#5F5 E5 A5 G#5G5
PM----| PM------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2----|-(2)-5---4--3--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|-(2)-7---6--5--|
|-0-0-0-0-0----|-(0)-3---2--1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-(0)-5---4--3--|
Q=155
&
A5BbB5C5 C#5C5 A5BbB5C5 C#5C5
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-7-8-9-10-11s10-10-(10)S|=7-8-9-10-11s10-10-(10)S|
|-5-6-7--8--9s=8--8--(8)S|=5-6-7--8--9s=8--8--(8)S|
A5BbB5C5 C#5C5 A5BbB5C5 C#5
|------------------------|----------------*|
|------------------------|----------------*|
|------------------------|----------------*|
|------------------------|----------------*|
|-7-8-9-10-11s10-10-(10)S|=7-8-9-10-11----*|
|-5-6-7--8--9s=8--8--(8)S|=5-6-7--8--9----*|
