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Title : Cosmic Keys to My Creations & Times
Artist : Emperor
Album : In The Nightside Eclipse
Transcribed by : n8 scabies
This is track 4 from the complete "In The Nightside Eclipse"
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Legend
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h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
r = bend release
/ = slide up/down
<5> = natural harmonic
[5] = artifical harmonic
~ = vibrato
tr = trill
g1 = guitar #1 Ishan(?), notes on top of staff
(5) = notes played only by g2 Samoth(?)
g2 = guitar #2 Samoth(?), notes on bottom of staff
trem. = tremelo picking
r# = riff #
b# = break #
A A# A A C b G b b A# F# C# A A# A A C b G
r1, g1, trem. r1, g2, trem.
E|------------------------------------------|-------------------------
B|---------------------------------------2--|-------------------------
G|--2--3--2----2--5--4-----4----4--3--------|-------------------------
D|--2-------------------5-------------4-----|-------------------------
A|--0---------------------------------------|--0--1--0----0--3--2-----
E|------------------------------------------|----------------------3--
b b A# F# C#
E-------------------------------------------------------------------||--
B-------------------------------------------------------------------||--
G-------------------------------------------------------------------||--
D-------------------------------------------------------------------||--
A--2----2--1-----4--------------------------------------------------||--
E-------------2-----------------------------------------------------||--
E D C# C C# E G F# F b
r2, g1, trem. end#1 end#2
E|--------------------------|-----|-------------------------------||--
B|--------------------------|-----|-------------------------------||--
G|--------------------------|-----|-------------------------------||--
D|--------------------------|-----|-------------------------------||--
A|-----5--4--3--4-----------|-----|--2----------------------------||--
E|--0--------------0--3--2--|--1--|-------------------------------||--
g2 follows g1
A b C A D E
r3, g1, trem., power chords.
E|------------------------------------------------------------------||--
B|------------------------------------------------------------------||--
G|--2--4--5--2--7--9------------------------------------------------||--
D|--2--4--5--2--7--9------------------------------------------------||--
A|--0--2--3--0--5--7------------------------------------------------||--
E|------------------------------------------------------------------||--
g2 follows g1
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/emperor/cosmic_keys_to_my_creations_and_times_tab.html ]
b F# C# A# C# C F# A#
r4, g1, trem. r4b, g1, trem.
E|--------------------|--------------------------------------------||--
B|--------------------|--------2--3--------------------------------||--
G|--------------------|--------------------------------------------||--
D|-----4--------------|-----2--------------------------------------||--
A|--2-----4--1--5--3--|--2-----------------------------------------||--
E|--------------------|--------------------------------------------||--
g2 follows g1 g2 follows g1
b G D C# F# D G
r5, g1, trem., end#1 end#2
E|--------------|-----------|---------------------------------------||--
B|--------------|-----------|---------------------------------------||--
G|--4-----7--6--|-----------|--5------------------------------------||--
D|--4--5--7--6--|--4-----5--|--4------------------------------------||--
A|--2--5--5--4--|-----5-----|--3------------------------------------||--
E|-----3--------|-----------|---------------------------------------||--
**first time only w/ g2
b A G F
b1, g1, slows down
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------||--
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------||--
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------||--
D|--9--9--7--7--5--5--3--------------------------------------------||--
A|--9--9--7--7--5--5--3--------------------------------------------||--
E|--7-----5-----3-----1--------------------------------------------||--
g2 only main power chords.
F# G F G F# G#
r6a, g1, accentuate higher notes on beats 4-9 r6b, g1, power chords.
E|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------
D|--4--4--4---4-/-5----5----5----5-\4/5\4--|--3--5--5--4--4--6--6--5--
A|--4--4--4--(4)/(5)--(5)--(5)--(5)\4/5\4--|--3--5--5--4--4--6--6--5--
E|--2--2--2--(2)/(3)--(3)--(3)--(3)\2/3\2--|--1--3--3--2--2--4--4--3--
g2 plays straight power chords g2 follows g1
E F E F G F
r6c, g1, accent higher notes on beats 4-9 ending, g1, accentuate higher notes
E--|--------------------------------------------|----------------------
B--|--------------------------------------------|----------------------
G--|--------------------------------------------|----------------------
D--|--2--2--2--2---2-/-3----3----3----3-\2/3\2--|---2----3----5----3---
A--|--2--2--2--2--(2)/(3)--(3)--(3)--(3)\2/3\2--|--(2)--(3)--(5)--(3)--
E--|--0--0--0--0--(0)/(1)--(1)--(1)--(1)\0/1\0--|--(0)--(1)--(3)--(1)--
g2, straight power chords g2 straight power chords.
E E
E|----------||----
B|----------||----
G|----------||----
D|---2---2--||----
A|--(2)--2--||----
E|--(0)--0--||----
song: r1 (g1 only), r1 5X, r2 4X (alternate endings 1&2) first 2 g1 only,
r3 2X, r2 4X (alternate endings), r3 2X, (r4 3X, r4b) 4X, r5 alternate
endings 8X, r2 alternate endings 4X, r3 2X, r2 alternate endings 4X,
B5 slide up, r5 alternate endings 8X, b1, (r6a 3X, r6b, r6c 3X, r6b) 2X,
ending.
