This is my first tab. And to add to that its on a song with shitty production quality.
try the best I can...
I haven't been playing guitar for long, but it should be close...
If you have any questions or whatever, email me at xfunereal@yahoo.com. I'll try my best
answer you.
Track: Darkly Erotic
Album: Orgiastic Pleasures Foul
Band: Cradle of Filth
Year: 1992
NOTES:
Unsure about the tuning, although I'm pretty sure it's one full step down.
When I show the times that the riffs occur, I am using the track from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c__iW2UYHmY&feature=related
Legend
. = Palm Mute
/ = Slide Up
\ = Slide Down
~ = Vibrato
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
Intro Riff, 0:00
[-------------------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------------------]
[-2---4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-4--2---4-4-4-5-555-4-4-4----]
[-2---4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-4--2---4-4-4-3-555-4-4-4----]
[-0---2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2--0---2-2-2-3-333-2-2-2----]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . .
Riff 1a, 0:15
[-------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------]
[-2--------2--------2--------2--------]
[-2---4~---2---4~3--2---2~---2---4~3--]
[-0--------0--------0--------0--------]
Riff 1b, 0:20
[----------------------------------]
[----------------------------------]
[----------------------------------]
[-2--------2-------2-------2-------]
[-2---4~3--2--2~1--2-------2-------]
[-0--------0-------0--4~3--0--2~1--]
Riff 2a, 0:44
[---------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------]
[------------3--33-33---2--22-22--6--66-66----]
[-2--22-22---1--11-11---0--00-00--4--44-44----]
[-0--00-00------------------------------------]
Riff 2b, 0:48
[---------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------]
[-4--44-44--5--55-55--4-44-44--3-33-33--]
[-2--22-22--3--33-33--2-22-22--1-11-11--]
Riff 3a, 1:08
[----------------------------]
[----------------------------]
[----------------------------]
[----------------------------]
[-4-5-5-5--2-3---------------]
[-2-3-3-3--0-1--1-1-1-111-1--]
. . . ... .
Riff 3b, 1:11
[-----------------------------]
[-----------------------------]
[-----------------------------]
[-----------------------------]
[-4-5-5-5--3-2----------------]
[-2-3-3-3--1-0--0-0-0-000-0---]
. . . ... .
Riff 4, 1:28
[----------------------------------]
[----------------------------------]
[----------------------------------]
[-----------------------------3-4--]
[-2-------3-------2-------3---1-2--]
[-0-------1-------0-------1--------]
Riff 5a, 1:37
[------------------------------]
[------------------------------]
[------------------------------]
[-9--9-9-7--7-7-4--4-4---------]
[-7--7-7-5--5-5-2--2-2-3--3-3--]
[----------------------1--1-1--]
Riff 5b, 1:42
[------------------------------]
[------------------------------]
[------------------------------]
[-9--9-9-7--7-7-4--4-4-7--7-7--]
[-7--7-7-5--5-5-2--2-2-5--5-5--]
[------------------------------]
Here comes the solo! Most parts I'm sure about, a few aren't correct, but it's damn
The solo on the
Invoking the Unclean version is slightly different.
Solo 1a, 2:07
[---------------------------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------------------------]
[----------------------------13-11~--------11~11~11~11~---------]
[--11-11-11-13~--11-11-11-11---------11-11-------------13-13~13-]
[---------------------------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------------------------]
Solo 1b, 2:16
[-----------------------------------------------]
[-16--19-19--16--18-18--16--19-19--14-----------]
[-------------------------------------15-15~15--]
[-----------------------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------]
Solo 1c, 2:22
[-----------------------------------------------]
[-16--18-18--16--19-19--16--18-18--14-15--15----]
[-----------------------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------]
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cradle_of_filth/darkly_erotic_tab.html ]
Solo 1d, 2:27
[--------------------------------------------------]
[-11~--11-12--11-11-12-11--------------------------]
[-------------------------11~----11------------11~-]
[------------------------------------13--11-13-----]
[--------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------]
Solo 1e, 2:34
[------------------------------------]
[------------------------------------]
[-11--11h12p11-----------------------]
[--------------13-11-----------------]
[--------------------12-11-----------]
[--------------------------11~-------]
Solo 1f, 2:37
[---------------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------------]
[-----------------------10~------10--11--10--8--8~--]
[--------------10-11-12-----------------------------]
[------9-11-12--------------------------------------]
[-9-11----------------------------------------------]
Solo 1g: Really fast + Horrible production quality = Can't be comprehended.
Although, I can tell you the last note in it is on the 18th fret of your little E string.
Post Solo 1, 2:52
[---------------------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------------------]
[-------2--1---------0-----------------3-----3-----3-4----]
[-2------------2--------4--2-----3--2--1-4-3-1-4-3-1-2----]
[-0-000--------0-000-------0-000---------2-1---2-1--------]
... ... ... . . . .
Post Solo 1, 3:02
[---------------------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------------------]
[-------9--8---------7-6---------5-4--3-----3-----3-4-----]
[-2------------2-----------2------------4-3---4-3---------]
[-0-000--------0-000-------0-000--------------------------]
... ... ... . . . .
Riff 6a, 4:04
[---------------------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------------------]
[-8-8-8-8-8-8---------------8-8-8-8-8-8-------------------]
[-6-6-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2-2-2-3----]
[--------------0-0-0-0-0-0---------------0-0-0-0-0-0-1----]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 6b, 4:15
[---------------------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------------------]
[----------3------------3-------------3-------------3-4---]
[-2--------1-3--2-------1-3--2--------1-3--2--------1-2---]
[-0-000-0----1--0-000-0---1--0-000-0----1--0-000-0--------]
... . ... . ... . ... .
Riff 7a, 4:25 Riff 7b, 4:31
[-----------------] [-----------------]
[-----------------] [-----------------]
[-----------------] [---------4-3-2-1-]
[-----------------] [-1-4-3-1---------]
[---------2-1-0---] [-----------------]
[-0-3-2-0-------1-] [-----------------]
Outro, 5:17
[-----------------------------------------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------------------------]
[-------6-6-6-5-5-------4-4-4-3-3---------------------------------]
[-2-2-2-4-4-4-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-2-2-2-6-6-6-5-5-2-2-2-4-4-4-3-3-]
[-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-----------0-0-0-4-4-4-3-3-0-0-0-2-2-2-1-1-]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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SONG STRUCTURE:
Intro x2 Riff 3a RIff 5a Solo 1a x2
Riff 1a x2 Riff 3b Riff 5b Solo 1b
Riff 1b x4 Riff 3a Riff 5a Solo 1c
Riff 2a Riff 3b Riff 5b Solo 1d
Riff 2b Riff 3a Riff 5a Solo 1e
Riff 2a Riff 3b Riff 5b Solo 1f
Riff 2b Riff 3a Solo 1g
Riff 2a Riff 3b
Riff 2b Riff 4 x2
Riff 2a
Riff 2b
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Post Solo 1 x2 Riff 3a Riff 7a x4 Riff 1b x2
Post Solo 2 x2 Riff 3b Riff 7b x4 Outro x2
RIff 2a Riff 3a Riff 7a x4 (Open D chord
Riff 2b Riff 3b Riff 7b x4 after playing
Riff 2a Riff 3a Riff 3a the outro
Riff 2b Riff 3b Riff 3b for the
Riff 2a Riff 3a Riff 3a second time.)
Riff 2b Riff 3b Riff 3b
Riff 2a Riff 4 x2 Riff 3a
Riff 2b Riff 6a x2 Riff 3b
Riff 6b x2 Riff 3a
Riff 3b
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