Return To The Eve Chords & Tabs
This is off of their first album. It was also one of the first songs in extreme
metal to feature female vocals.
Riff 1a:
e|---------------|----------------|
B|---------------|----------------|
G|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|--------5-4-5---| Gtr.1
A|-4-4-4--a------|-4-4-4--3-2-3---|
E|-2-2-2--1------|-2-2-2----------|
e|---------------|----------------|
B|---------------|----------------|
G|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|--------5-4-5---| Gtr.2
A|--------3------|--------3-2-3---|
E|--------1------|----------------|
Play twice.
Riff 1b:
e|-------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-------------------------|---------------------------|
G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------5-4-5---|
A|-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-a-----|-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-3-2-3---|
E|-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-1-----|-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2---------|
Play this riff 4 times.
Riff 2:
e|-----------------|---------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|
G|-----------------|---------------|
D|-----------------|-------3-------|
A|-3-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-4---1-------|
E|-1-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-2-0---------|
* * * * * * *
Play this riff 4 times.
Riff 3:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/celtic_frost/return_to_the_eve_tab.html ]
e|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|----------|
B|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|----------|
G|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|----------|
D|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|-3--------|
A|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|-1--------|
E|-2h44444444444-|-444444444444-|-2h44444444444-|-444444444444-|----------|
Play this once.
Then play;
Riff 1b 4X
Riff 2 4X
Riff 3 1X
Riff 1a 2X
Riff 2 4X-with solo
Riff 3 1X
Then play;
Riff 4:
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------3-----------|-5-----------3-----------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Gtr.1 play this riff 6 times, with gtr.2 doubling the last 4 times.
Then play;
Riff 1b 4X
Riff 2 4X
Riff 3 1X
Riff 3 4X
And done!
As with Morbid Tales, I will transcribe the solo eventually.
Notation Key:
h =hammer on
p =pull off
/ = ascending slide
\ = descending slide
b =note bend
* =palm mute
a =artificial(pinch) harmonic