An Enemy Led The Tempest Chords & Tabs
An Enemy Led The Tempest Tab
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Staccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
! - Strike note extremely hard
r_ - let note ring
Tuning: (low to high) 6-C 5-F 4-A# 3-D# 2-G 1-C
I tried to space it out as close to the tempo of the song as I could,
but with so many tempo changes, and the spacing of these letters it
wasn't happening. If you've heard the song you should be able to
learn it from this though.
Riff 1 (4 times) *(T= 10th fret)
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7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-T-T-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-T-T-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-T-T-7-7-
0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
end with this 1st &3rd time, then with this 2nd and 4th.
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-------------| -*----*--*--*|
-------------| -T----T--T--T|
-5/6--6-5/6\5| -8----8--8--8|
-3/4--4-3/4\3| -------------|
Riff 2 (2 times, note seperate endings...again) *(T= 10th fret)
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5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-8-8-5-5-
1st ending 2nd ending
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------------| *----*--*--*-|
------------| T----T--T--T-|
5/6--6-5/6\5| 8----8--8--8-|
3/4--4-3/4\3| -------------|
Riff 3 (variation of Riff 1,and yes, two different endings)
(2 times) *(T= 10th fret)
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0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-3-3-0-0-
1st ending 2nd ending
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-------------| *----*--*--*-|
-------------| T----T--T--T-|
5/6--6-5/6\5-| 8----8--8--8-|
3/4--4-3/4\5-| -------------|
Riff 4 (1 time)[(*)= hold chord out until 3rd beat of measure,
then staccato or silence note]
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2----------------2----------------2------------------------------4--4--4--
2----------------2----------------2----------------5----5--5--5--2--2--2--
0----------------0----------------0----------------3----3--3--3-----------
(*)__________x (*)__________x (*)__________x . . . x x x
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2----------------2----------------2---------------------------------------|
2----------------2----------------2----------------5----5--5--5--3--3--3--|
0----------------0----------------0----------------3----3--3--3--1--1--1--|
(*)__________x (*)__________x (*)__________x . . . . . .
Riff 5 (2 times) (note two endings) *(T=10th fret)
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2-----------9-----------2-----------T-----------2-----------8-----------
2-----2-2-2-7-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-8-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-6-----2-2-2-
0-----0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-------0-0-0-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ending, 1st time ending, 2nd time
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5---------4-4-4-| ---------------|
5---5-5-5-2-2-2-| 5--5-5-5-3-3-3-|
3---3-3-3-------| 3--3-3-3-1-1-1-|
. . . x x x . . . . . .
Riff 6 (play this 3 times... then end with this)
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7-----7-----7---7-----7-----8---| 7-----7-----7---5--7--5--4-|
--8-8---8-8---8---8-8---8-8---8-| --8-8---8-8---8-3--5--3--2-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 7 (2 times) *(T=10th fret V=12th fret)
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------------*-*-*-------*-*-*-7-7-7-*-*-*-------
7-7-7-9-9-9-T-T-T-9-9-9-T-T-T-------T-T-T-9-9-9-
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------------*-*-*-7-7-7-8-8-8-------------*-*-*-
7-7-7-9-9-9-T-T-T-------------7-7-7-9-9-9-T-T-T-
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*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-
T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-
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8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cradle_of_filth/an_enemy_led_the_tempest_tab.html ]
Riff 8 (1 time)
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2-2-2-3-5-5-2-2-2-3-5-5-2-2-2-3-5-5-3-3-3-6-6-6-
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2-2-2-3-5-5-2-2-2-3-5-5-2-2-2-3-5-5-3-3-6-6-3-3-
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2-2-2-3-5-5-2-2-2-3-5-5-2-2-2-3-5-5-3-3-3-6-6-6-
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2-2-2-3-5-5-2-2-2-3-5-5-3-3-3-6-6-6-0-0-0-3-3-3-|
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Riff 9 (2 times) *(T=10th fret E=11th fret
V=12th fret F=14th fret S=16th fret)
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9--9-9-9-V--9--S--F--V--8--9--9-9-9-V--9--S--F--V--E-
7--7-7-7-T--7--F--V--T--6--7--7-7-7-T--7--F--V--T--9-
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---------*-----*--*--*--------------*----------------|
9--9-9-9-V--9--S--F--V--8--9--9-9-9-V--9-------------|
7--7-7-7-T--7--F--V--T--6--7--7-7-7-T--7--5--7--5--2-|
------------------------------------------3--5--3--2-|
. . . . . . . . . .
Play Riff 7 (3 times)
Play Riff 8 (2 times)
Play Riff 9 (2 times)
Riff 10 (3 times)
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0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-1111----1111----|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . !!!x !!!x
Riff 11 (2 times)
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2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--222
0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--000
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6--6--6--6--6--6--6-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--333-|
4--4--4--4--4--4--4--0003--3--3--3--3--3--3--111-|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 13 (2 times) *(T= yep, 10th fret)
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----*-*-9-9-T-T-9-9-*-*-----*-*-----*-*-9-9-T-T-9-9-*-*-----*-*-
7-7-T-T-------------T-T-9-9-T-T-7-7-T-T-------------T-T-9-9-T-T-
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--------6-6-7-7-6-6---------------------6-6-7-7-6-6-------------|
4-4-7-7-------------7-7-6-6-7-7-4-4-7-7-------------7-7-6-6-7-7-|
Riff 14 (1 time)
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4---------------3-------4---6---7-----------------------6-------
2---------------1-------2---4---5-----------------------4-------
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r______________ r______ r__ r__ r______________________ r______
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4---------------6-------7---6-----------------------------------|
2---------------4-------5---4---4-------------------------------|
--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
r______________ r______ r__ r__ r______________________________
Riff 15 (2 times)
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--------444455554444--------------------444455554444-------------
22225555------------55554444555522225555------------555544445555-
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--------555566665555--------------------555566665555-------------|
33336666------------66665555666633336666------------666655556666-|
Play Riff 4 (1 time)
Play Riff 5 (2 times, with both endings just like the first time)
Play Riff 6 (3 times, then end IT the same as the first time played)
Play Riff 7 (2 times)
Play Riff 8 (2 times)
and then this... and fin!
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3-3-3-6-6-6-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-0-0-0-3-3-3-2-|
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