Cthulu Dawn Chords & Tabs
CTHULU DAWN
As recorded by Cradle Of Filth
(From the 2000 Album MIDIAN)
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=140
A E F E G# E F E D A G A
4/4
Gtrs I, II
TP TPTP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
Q. E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q. E Q Q
||---------------|-------------|-----------------|
||o--------------|-------------|-----------------|
||---------------|-------------|-----------------|
||---------------|-------------|-----------------|
||o------7-8--7--|----7--8--7--|-5----12-10--12--|
||--5------------|-4-----------|-----------------|
F5 G#5 A
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------||-||------------------------------------------|
|-----------------o||-||o-----------------------------------------|
|------------------||-||------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6--||-||--7-10-9-10-7-10-9-10-7-10-9-10-7-10-9-10-|
|-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-o||-||o-----------------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4--||-||------------------------------------------|
G#
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-6-10-9-10-6-10-9-10-6-10-9-10-6-10-9-10-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
D
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12-15-14-15-12-15-14-15-12-15-14-15-12-15-14-15-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
F
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------16-----------||
|-15-18-17-18-15-18-17-18-15-18-17-18----18-17-18--||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
A E F E G# E F E
Gtrs I, II
TP TPTP TP TP TP TP TP
Q. E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-||---------------|-------------|
|-||o--------------|-------------|
|-||---------------|-------------|
|-||---------------|-------------|
|-||o------7-8--7--|----7--8--7--|
|-||--5------------|-4-----------|
D A G A F5 G#5
TP TP TP TP
Q. E Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6--||
|-5----12-10--12--|-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-o||
|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4--||
Verse
Q=190
F#5 G5F#5 G5F#5 B5 D5
TP TP
E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E W W 4x
||--------------------|-------------------|----------|-------||
||o-------------------|-------------------|----------|------o||
||--------------------|-------------------|----------|-------||
||--------------------|-------------------|-4--------|-7-----||
||o-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-5-4-|-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-5-4-|-2--------|-5----o||
||--2-2-(2)-2-2-2-3-2-|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-3-2-|----------|-------||
Chorus
E5 F5 Bb5 A5 E5
Gtr I
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
W W H. E E W W
||-----------|----------|----------------|-----------|------|
||o----------|----------|----------------|-----------|------|
||-----------|----------|----------------|-----------|------|
||-----------|----------|----------------|-----------|------|
||o-7--------|-8--------|-13-------15-13-|-12--------|-7----|
||-----------|----------|----------------|-----------|------|
|
| Gtr II
| TP TP TP TP TP
| W W W W W
||-----------|----------|----------------|-----------|------|
||o----------|----------|----------------|-----------|------|
||-----------|----------|--3-------------|--2--------|------|
||--2--------|-3--------|--3-------------|--2--------|-2----|
||o-2--------|-3--------|--1-------------|--0--------|-2----|
||--0--------|-1--------|----------------|-----------|-0----|
F C#5 C#5D5
TP PM------| PM------|
W S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|----------|---------------------------------|
|----------|---------------------------------|
|----------|---------------------------------|
|----------|-11-----------11-----------11-12-|
|-8--------|-11-----------11-----------11-12-|
|----------|--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-10-|
|
| TP PM------| PM------|
| W S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|----------|---------------------------------|
|----------|---------------------------------|
|----------|---------------------------------|
|-3--------|-11-----------11-----------11-12-|
|-3--------|-11-----------11-----------11-12-|
|-1--------|--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-10-|
C#5 D5
PM------| PM------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------||
|-11-----------11-----------11-12---||
|-11-----------11-----------11-12--o||
|--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-10---||
|
| PM------| PM------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------||
|-11-----------11-----------11-12---||
|-11-----------11-----------11-12--o||
|--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-10---||
Verse
Q=140
A
Gtrs I, II
Wx8 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------||------------------------------------------|
|------------||o-----------------------------------------|
|------------||------------------------------------------|
|------------||--7-10-9-10-7-10-9-10-7-10-9-10-7-10-9-10-|
|------------||o-----------------------------------------|
|------------||------------------------------------------|
G#
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-6-10-9-10-6-10-9-10-6-10-9-10-6-10-9-10---|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
D
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12-15-14-15-12-15-14-15-12-15-14-15-12-15-14-15-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
F
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------16-----------||
|-15-18-17-18-15-18-17-18-15-18-17-18----18-17-18--||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
A E F E G# E F E D A G A F5 G#5
Q. E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q. E Q Q E E E E E E E E
||---------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o--------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||---------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||---------------|-------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6---||
||o------7-8--7--|----7--8--7--|-5----12-10--12--|-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6--o||
||--5------------|-4-----------|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4---||
Verse
Q=190
F#5 G5F#5 F#5 G5F#5 B5 D5
TP TP
E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E W W 4x
||--------------------|-------------------|----------|-------||
||o-------------------|-------------------|----------|------o||
||--------------------|-------------------|----------|-------||
||--------------------|-------------------|-4--------|-7-----||
||o-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-5-4-|-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-5-4-|-2--------|-5----o||
||--2-2-(2)-2-2-2-3-2-|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-3-2-|----------|-------||
C#5 D5
Gtr I
PM------| PM------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-11-----------11-----------11-12-|
|-11-----------11-----------11-12-|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-10-|
|
| Gtr II
| PM------| PM------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-11-----------11-----------11-12-|
|-11-----------11-----------11-12-|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-10-|
Chorus
C#5 D5 E5 F5
PM------| PM------| TP TP
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E W W
|---------------------------------||-----------|------|
|---------------------------------||o----------|------|
|---------------------------------||-----------|------|
|-11-----------11-----------11-12-||-----------|------|
|-11-----------11-----------11-12-||o-7--------|-8----|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-10-||-----------|------|
|
| PM------| PM------| TP TP
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E W W
|---------------------------------||-----------|------|
|---------------------------------||o----------|------|
|---------------------------------||-----------|------|
|-11-----------11-----------11-12-||--2--------|-3----|
|-11-----------11-----------11-12-||o-2--------|-3----|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-10-||--0--------|-1----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cradle_of_filth/cthulu_dawn_tab.html ]
Bb5 A5 E5 F5
TP TP TP TP TP TP
H. E E W W W
|----------------|-----------|----------|------|
|----------------|-----------|----------|------|
|----------------|-----------|----------|------|
|----------------|-----------|----------|------|
|-13-------15-13-|-12--------|-7--------|-8----|
|----------------|-----------|----------|------|
|
| TP TP TP TP
| W W W W
|----------------|-----------|----------|------|
|----------------|-----------|----------|------|
|--3-------------|--2--------|----------|------|
|--3-------------|--2--------|-2--------|-3----|
|--1-------------|--0--------|-2--------|-3----|
|----------------|-----------|-0--------|-1----|
C#5 D5 C#5 D5
PM------| PM------| PM------| PM------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-11-----------11-----------11-12-|-11-----------11-----------11-12--||
|-11-----------11-----------11-12-|-11-----------11-----------11-12-o||
|--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-10-|--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-10--||
|
| PM------| PM------| PM------| PM------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-11-----------11-----------11-12-|-11-----------11-----------11-12--||
|-11-----------11-----------11-12-|-11-----------11-----------11-12-o||
|--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-10-|--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-10--||
Interlude
Q=200
E
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S E E E S S S S E E E S S S S E E E S S S S E E E
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o---------7-8-7---------7-8-7-|---------7-8-7---------7-8-7-|
||--0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-------|
C Eb D Eb C Eb D Eb B D C#D B D C#D
|--3--| |--3--| |-3--| |-3--|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-8--11-10-11-8--11-10-11-|-7--10-9-10-7--10-9-10--||
BbA BbA BbA BbA BbA BbA BbA BbA F5
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
||--8p7h8-----8p7h8-----|-8p7h8-----8p7h8-----|-11p10h11-----11p10h11-----|
||o-------0-0-------0-0-|-------0-0-------0-0-|----------0-0----------0-0-|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
||--8p7h8-----8p7h8-----|-8p7h8-----8p7h8-----|--8p=7h=8------8p=7h=8-----|
||o-------0-0-------0-0-|-------0-0-------0-0-|----------0-0----------0-0-|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F5 F G# G G# F G# G G#
PM| PM|
|--3--| |--3--|
S S E E E S S E E E S S S S E E E S S S S E E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-11p10h11-----11p10h11-----|-----------------------------------|
|----------0-0----------0-0-|-8-8-8-8-11-10-11-8-8-8-8-11-10-11-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| PM| PM|
| |--3--| |--3--|
| S S E E E S S E E E S S S S E E E S S S S E E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--8p=7h=8------8p=7h=8-----|-----------------------------------|
|----------0-0----------0-0-|-8-8-8-8-11-10-11-8-8-8-8-11-10-11-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
F G# G G# F G# G G# E C B C E C B C
|--3--| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S E E E S S S S E E E S S S S E E E S S S S E E E
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-11-10-11-8-8-8-8-11-10-11-|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-8p7h8-0-0-0-0-8p7h8-|
|
| PM--| PM--|
| |--3--| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
| S S S S E E E S S S S E E E Q E E E Q E E E
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-2-------------2-------------|
|-8-8-8-8-11-10-11-8-8-8-8-11-10-11-|-2-------------2-------------|
|-----------------------------------|-0-------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-|
E C B C E C B C
|-3-| |-3-|
S S S S E E E S S S S E E E
|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------o||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-8p7h8-0-0-0-0-8p7h8--||
|
| PM--| PM--|
| |-3-| |-3-|
| Q E E E Q E E E
|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------o||
|------------------------------||
|-2-------------2--------------||
|-2-------------2-------------o||
|-0-------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0--||
Out-Chorus
Q=140
A E F E G# E F E D A G A
Gtrs I, II
TP TPTP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
Wx8 Q. E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q. E Q Q
|------------||---------------|-------------|-----------------|
|------------||o--------------|-------------|-----------------|
|------------||---------------|-------------|-----------------|
|------------||---------------|-------------|-----------------|
|------------||o------7-8--7--|----7--8--7--|-5----12-10--12--|
|------------||--5------------|-4-----------|-----------------|
Outro
H.=H
F5 G#5 C G G# G B G G# G F C Bb C
E E E E E E E E Q. E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q. E Q Q
|------------------||-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------o||-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------------------||-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6--||-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-o||------10-11--10--|----10--11--10--|-8----15-13--15--|
|-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4--||-8---------------|-7--------------|-----------------|
G#5 B5 C5
E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|-------*|
|-----------------|-------*|
|-----------------|-------*|
|-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-|-10----*|
|-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-|-10----*|
|-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|--8----*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
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
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths