The Dying Illusion

Candlemass

different.) Intro Riff (0:23) ================ Intro Part I (Guitar 1) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| x1 |----------------10----7-----7/10|----------------10----7-----7/10 |----------------8-8-8-5-5-5-5/8||----------------8-----5-----5/8| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intro Part I (Guitar 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| x1 |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |----------------8-----5-----5h8||7---------------8-----5-----5h8| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------||----0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intro Part II (Guitar 1) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| x1 |----------------10----7-----7/10|----------------10----7-----7/10 |----------------8-----5-----5-8||----------------8-----5-----5/8| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0 0---0 0----||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0----------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intro Part II (Guitar 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| x1 |-------------------------------||----------------10----7-----7/10 |7-7-------------8-----5-----5h8||----------------8-----5-----5/8| |----0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0 0----------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verse I (0:33) ============== Riff 1a (Guitar 1) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| x8 |----------------10----7-----7/10 |----------------8-----5-----5/8| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----| . . . . . . . . . . . . Riff 1a (Guitar 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| x8 |9---------------10----7-----7/10 |7---------------8-----5-----5/8| |----0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----| . . . . . . . . . . Pre-Chorus I (0:54) =================== Riff 2a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| On the 4th note in the second |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| x1 measure, only one guitar plays |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| the note as a pinch harmonic |------5-----4---2-----------2--||------5-----4--{3-------------| |2---------------------3-------3||2---------------------3-----3p0| Riff 2b 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| x1 |-------------------------------||----------------5-----7-----5--| |------5-----4---2-----------2--||------5-----4---3-----5-----3--| |2---------------------3-------3||2------------------------------| Main Riff (1:05) ================ Riff 1b (Guitar 1) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| x1 |----------------10----7-----7/10|----------------10----7-----7/10 |----------------8-----5-----5/8||----------------8-----5-----5/8| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riff 1b (Guitar 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| x1 |----------------10----5-----7/10|9-9-------------10----7-----7/10 |----------------8-----5-----5/8||7-7-------------8-----5-----5/8| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----||----0-0-0-0-0-0----------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verse II (1:10) =============== Riff 1a x 8 Pre-Chorus II (1:30) ==================== Riff 2a x 1 Riff 2b x 1 Riff 2a x 1 Riff 2b x 1 Chorus I (1:51) =============== Riff 3 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| During this section, only one guitar |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| x4 plays the notes in brackets as pinch |-------------------------------||----------------5-----5-----4--| harmonics. |--------2--1-------------1-||--------2---1---3-----3-----2--| |0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-3------||0-0-0-0------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . Solo I (2:13) ============= Riff 4 (Rhythm) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| x4 |-------------------------------||2-------2---5---4-------4------| |2-------2---5---4-------4------||0-------0---3---2-------2------| |0-------0---3---2-------2------||-------------------------------| Solo II (2:38) ============== Riff 5 (Rhythm) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| x4 |4-------4-------5-------5------||8-------5-------9-------5------| |2---222-2---222-3---333-3---333||6---666-3---333-7---777-3---333| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Bridge I (3:03) =============== Riff 6 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |4-----------4-----------4------||7-----------7-----------7------||6-----------6-----------6\-----| x1 |2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2||5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5||4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4\-----| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riff 7 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 5 e + a |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |--------------------------------7------| x1 |----------------5-------4-------5------| |2-------5-------3-------2--------------| |0-------3------------------------------| Riff 6 x 1 Bridge II (3:15) ================ Riff 8a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| x1 |----------------6-----5--------||-------------------------------| |2---------------4-----3-----7--||8------------------------------| |0---------------------------5--||6------------------------------| Riff 8b 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| x1 |6---------------10----9--------||-------------------------------| |4---------------8-----7-----11-||7------------------------------| |----------------------------9--||5------------------------------| Riff 8c 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| x1 |5------------------------------||8------------------------------| |3------------------------------||6------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| Riff 8d 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| One guitar plays the last note of |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| x1 this measure as a pinch harmonic |2---------------3--------------||8---------------7--------------| on the 5th fret. |0---------------1--------------||6--------------5-------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| Riff 8a x 1 Riff 8b x 1 Riff 8c x 1 Riff 8d x 1 Verse III (3:41) ================ Riff 1b x 1 Riff 1a x 8 Pre-Chorus III (4:07) ===================== Riff 2a x 1 Riff 2b x 1 Riff 2a x 1 Riff 2b x 1 Chorus II (4:27) ================ Riff 3 x 4 Outro (4:50) ============ Riff 9a (Guitar 1) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a |-------------------------------||-------------------------------||---------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------||---------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------||---------------| x1 |-------------------------------||-------------------------------||---------------| |2-----------4---5--------------||2-----------4---5-----4-----5--||4-------4------| |0-----------2---3--------------||0-----------2---3-----2-----3--||2-------2------| Riff 9a (Guitar 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a |-------------------------------||-------------------------------||---------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------||---------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------||---------------| x1 |-------------------------------||-------------------------------||---------------| |2------------------------------||2------------------------------||---------------| |0-----------2---3--------------||0-----------2---3-----2-----3--||2-------2------| Riff 9b (Guitar 1) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------| x1 |2-----------4---5-------5---5--||9-----------5---4-------4---4--||-------------------------------| |0-----------2---3-------3---3--||7-----------3---2-------2---2--||6tr7---------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------| Riff 9b (Guitar 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------||8tr9---------------------------| x1 |2-----------4---5-------5---5--||9-----------5---4-------4---4--||-------------------------------| |0-----------2---3-------3---3--||7-----------3---2-------2---2--||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------| Riff 9a x 1 Riff 9b x 1 Riff 9a x 1 Riff 9b x 1 Riff 9c (Guitar 1) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------||-------||-------||-------||-------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------||-------||-------||-------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------||-------||-------||-------||-------------------------------| x1 |-------------------------------||-------||-------||-------||-------||-------------------------------| |2-----------4---5--------------||-------||-------||-------||-------||5\-----------------------------| |0-----------2---3--------------||-------||-------||-------||-------||3\-----------------------------| Riff 9c (Guitar 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------||-------||-------||-------||-------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------||-------||-------||-------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------||-------||-------||-------||12\----------------------------| x1 |-------------------------------||-Solo--||-Solo--||-Solo--||-Solo--||12\----------------------------| |2-----------4---5--------------||-------||-------||-------||-------||10\----------------------------| |0-----------2---3--------------||-------||-------||-------||-------||-------------------------------| And that's it! ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | v vibrato | + harmonic | â?¢ mute note | b bend | pb pre-bend | br bend release | pbr pre-bend release | brb bend release bend ************************************

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