Band: Cradle of Filth
Song: Sleepless (Cover, originally performed by Anathema)
Album: From the Cradle to Enslave
Author: Gothic Freak!
Amazing song with great riffs, enjoy!
*=Pinch Harmonics
/=Slide up
\=Slide down
~=Vibrato
b=Bend
h=Hammer-on
.=Mute
Intro played on bass and keyboard;
e |------------------------------------------------|
a |------------------------------------------------|
d |-------------4---4-----5---5-----4---4----------|
g |---5-4-0-2---------2---------2-----2---2--------|
b |-----------3---3-----3---3-----0----------------|
e |-0---------------------------------------3-2-(0)|
e |-------------7---7-----8---8-----7---7----------|
b |---8-7---5---------5---------5-----5---5--------|
g |-------7---5---5-----5---5----------------------|
d |-------------------------------7----------------|
a |------------------------------------------------|
e |------------------------------------------------|
In backround (Guitar 2)
d|--------|-------|
a|-*19~~--|-*15~~-|
e|--------|-------|
Chorus;
The same notes are meant to be played as pinch
harmonics by guitar 2 but it doesn't sound right.
This is easier.
Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------||
D|-----2---2----------------------------------------||
A|-------------3---3---3-----3---3---2---2----------||
E|-0-0---0---0---0---0----00---0---0---0---0-3-2----||
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------------------||
b|-------------------------------------------------------||
g|-------------------------------------------------------||
d|-------------------------------------------------------||
a|-----*19--*19--*15--*15--*15---*15--*15--*14--*14------||
e|-0-0-----0----0----0----0----00----0----0----0----0-3-2||
The chorus riff (Guitar 1) is played in the backround on it's own
with some sort of fuzz effect.Fill:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cradle_of_filth/sleepless_tab.html ]
e|---------------------|
b|---------------------|
g|---------------------|
d|---------------------|
a|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-|
e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-|
. . . . . . . .e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-------4/5-----------4/5-----------4/5\4-2-------7-5h7p5\4h5p4---|
a|-------2/3-3-3-3-3-3-2/3-3-3-3-3-3-2/3\2-0-0-0-0---------------7-|
e|-0-0-0-----------------------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-------4/5-----------4/5-----------4/5\4-2-------10-9h10p9\7h9p7---|
a|-------2/3-3-3-3-3-3-2/3-3-3-3-3-3-2/3\2-0-0-0-0----------------10-|
e|-0-0-0-------------------------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Solo;
e|-----------------------------------------------------------
b|-12-10-12-8-12-7-12-8-12-7-12-8-12-5~--7-5-7/10-8/12-10/13-
g|-----------------------------------------------------------
d|-----------------------------------------------------------
a|-----------------------------------------------------------
e|-----------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-12h13p12--12-13---------------------------------------------------
---------14-----14-12------------12-11-12--12-----------------12---
---------------------14--------14------------------------12h14--14-
-----------------------------14----------15--14/15-12--14----------
------------------------12-15--------------------------------------
. . .
---------------------------------------12~---Now start---------------------
-----12-12-12---12------12-12-12---12-------left handed------|15-13-12|----
-----12-12-12-14--------12-12-12-14--12---tap improvising----|14-12---|----
-(12)-------------14-12------------------using this notes:---|14-12---|-14-
-------------------------------------Sorry for that but it`s---------------
----------------------------------too hard for me to figure it out---------
-------------------------------- First 14* as well as second 14* are
----*-------------*------------- different harmonics. Try to find it:
-12-14b16b14p12---14b16b14p12--- 1st)above your single, 2nd)neck-edge of
---------------14------------14- bridge humbucker (h/s/h guitar of course)
-------------------------------- You just have to find it by yourself
-------------------------------- doing experiments (just love it :-)
---------------------------17-15-14-14h15p14------17b19b17p15---|
-------------15-17-15-----------------------17--15-----------17-|
--------12/16--------16-14--------------------------------------|
---14-----------------------------------------------------------|
-14-------------------------------------------------------------|
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