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A Cruel Taste Of Winter by My Dying Bride

A Cruel Taste Of Winter tab by My Dying Bride

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              M Y  D Y I N G  B R I D E

                    -

          A  C R U E L  T A S T E  O F  W I N T E R
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                THE DREADFUL HOURS
             (c) Peaceville Records (2001)
              http://www.mydyingbride.org/


               Tune Down 1 & 1/2 Steps
                 C#
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
                 Tempo = 64 BPM
                Time Signature = 4/4

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                 Transcribed by

                 PADDY MCMULLAN
              pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com

                  Version 1.0
                7th November 2010
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               Tablature Symbols Used:

 ...     - Palm Mute
 p      - Pull-Off
 h      - Hammer-On
 \      - Slide Down to/Down From
 /      - Slide Up To/Up From
 ()     - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
 REST     - Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space
 |____[1,2,3] - Alternative Endings
 *      - Staccato Note (Bring the indicated note to an abrupt stop)
 7b8r7    - Bend and Release
 |_3_|    - Triplet Notes

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Part 1: Guitars 1 & 2 with Distortion (Play 4 times)   [ Time 00:00 - 00:30 ]
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||---------------------------|---------------------------| |
||---------------------------|---------------------------| |
||---------------------------|---------------------------|*|
||---------*-----------*-----|---------------------------|*|
||--2 /7---7-------7---7-----|----10---10-----9----9-----| |
||--0------0-----8-----8-----|--7------7---0--7----7-----| |
                     ...

Allow the notes on the low-E string to bleed into the notes in the A-string

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Part 2: Guitars 1 & 2 (Play twice)            [ Time 00:30 - 00:45 ]
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---------
Guitar 1:
---------

                |___________________________[1]
||------------------------------|---------------------------| |
||------------------------------|---------------------------| |
||------------------------------|---------------------------|*|
||------------------------------|---------------------------|*|
||--7---------------------------|------------------------5--| |
||--5-----(5/7)-8h10-8----8h10--|--7h8-7----7h8-5h7-5----3--| |


|____________________________[2]
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|----------------------10\ --||
|--7h8-7----7h8-5h7-5--10\ --||

---------
Guitar 2:
---------


               |____________________________[1]
||----------------------------|----------------------------| |
||----------------------------|----------------------------| |
||----------------------------|----------------------------|*|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|*|
||--7-----(3/5)-7h8-7----7h8\ |--5h7-5----5h7\ 3h5-3----5--| |
||--5-------------------------|-------------------------3--| |


|_____________________________[2]
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|--5h7-5----5h7-(8\7)-7--8\ --||
|------------------------8\ --||

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Repeat Part 1 four times with the following variations  [ Time 00:45 - 01:16 ]
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On the last repeat guitar 2 replaces the last two bars with the following:


---------
Guitar 2:
---------


|----------------------------|---------------------------||
|----------*-----------------|---------------------------||
|--(4/9)---9-----------------|---------------------------||
|---x------x-----------*-----|---------------------------||
|--(2/7)---7-------7---7-----|----10---10-----9----9--9--||
|----------------8-----8-----|--7------7---0--7----7--7--||
                     ...

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Repeat Part 2 four times with the following variations  [ Time 01:16 - 01:45 ]
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---------
Guitar 2:
---------


Bar 4 variation:


|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--5h7-5----5h7-(8\7)-7-- \--5--|
|----------------------------3--|


Bar 8 variation:


|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|--5h7-5----5h7-(8\7)-(7 b8r7)-7--||
|----------------------------------||

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Part 3: Guitars 1 & 2 (Play once)             [ Time 01:45 - 02:00 ]
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---------
Guitar 1:
---------


||---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||-----R--      --|--        --|--        --|
||-----E--      --|--        --|--        --|
||-----S--      --|--        --|--        --|
||--2--T--      --|--        --|--        --|
||--0------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
  ...

|---------------------||
|--    ------------||
|--    ------------||
|--    ------------||
|--    --5----4----||
|-----------3----2----||

----------
Guitar 2 :
----------


||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||---------------9---------------|--7--------------------------------|
||--10p7---7--7----(9 b10r9)-9--|----5---5--(5/7)-7h9h10p7h10p9p7h9-|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|------------------12----11-11----||
|---------------9---------------|--7---------------x-----x--x-----||
|--10p7---7--7----(9 b10r9)-9--|----5---5--(5/10)-10----9--9-----||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||

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Part 4: Guitars 1, 2 & 3 (Repeats outlined below)     [ Time 02:00 - 02:46 ]
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---------
Guitar 1:
---------


           |_______________[1 - 11]
||--------------------|--------------------| |
||--------------------|--------------------| |
||--------------------|--------------------|*|
||--5--------4--------|--------------------|*| x 12
||--3--------2--------|--5--------4--------| |
||--3--------2--------|--3--------2--------| |


  |__3__| |__3__| |__3__| |__3__|
|____________________________________[12]
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------4-----||
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--5--2--5--||
|--3--3--3--3--5--3--2--2--2--3-----3--||
   ...............................

---------
Guitar 2:
---------


||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||---------------9---------------|--7--------------------------------|
||--10p7---7--7----(9 b10r9)-9--|----5---5--(5/7)-7h9h10p7h10p9p7h9-|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------(12 / 14)-14----|
|---------------9---------------|--7----------------x---------x-----|
|--10p7---7--7----(9 b10r9)-9--|----5---5--(5/10)-(10 / 12)-12----|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--10p7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(5/9)-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-------------------------------------|


|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--(2/5)-5-5-5-5-(5/7)-7h9h10p7h10p9p7h9-|
|----------------------------------------|


|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------(12 / 14)-14----|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------x---------x-----|
|--10p7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(5/9)-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--(2/5)-5-5-5-5-(5/10)-(10 / 12)-12----|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|


|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5--------4--------|--------------------|--5--------4--------|
|--3--------2--------|--5--------4--------|--3--------2--------|
|--3--------2--------|--3--------2--------|--3--------2--------|


  |__3__| |__3__| |__3__| |__3__|
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------4-----||
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--5--2--5--||
|--3--3--3--3--5--3--2--2--2--3-----3--||
   ...............................

---------
Guitar 3: with Distortion
---------


Rest for 4 bars before joining in


||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||--(9\5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-(9p7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--(5/7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------|
|--------------------7h9h10p7h10p9p7h9-|
|--------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|--------------------12----11----||
|--(9\5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-(9p7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--(5/7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-x-----x-----||
|--------------------------------------|--------------------10----9-----||
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------||

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Repeat Part 1 four times with variations         [ Time 02:46 - 03:15 ]
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Repeat Part 2 four times with variations         [ Time 03:15 - 03:45 ]
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Part 5: Guitars 1 & 2 (Repeats outlined below)      [ Time 03:45 - 04:45 ]
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-------
Riff 1:
-------


||-----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|
||--5-2-2-----2-0-2--5-2-2-----2-0-2-|
||--3-0-0---3--------3-0-0---3-------|
  ................................


|----------------------------| |
|----------------------------| |
|----------------------------|*|
|----------------------------|*| x 4
|--3-2-2-----2-0-2-5----3----| |
|----0-0---3-------3----1----| |
  ...............


-------
Riff 2:
-------


||----------------------------------|----------------------------| |
||----------------------------------|----------------------------| |
||----------------------------------|----------------------------|*|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------|*| x 2
||------------2-0-2-----------2-0-2-|--3---------2-0-2-5----3----| |
||--3-0-0---3-------3-0-0---3-------|----0-0---3-------3----1----| |

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Repeat Riff 1 two times, replacing the last bar with the following:
-------------------------------------------------------------------


Note the slight variation in the last chord


|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|--3-2-2-----2-0-2--5----3----||
|----0-0---3--------3----5----||
  ...............

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Repeat Part 1 four times with the following Variations [ Time 04:45 - 05:16 ]
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---------
Guitar 1: Replace the last two bars with the following:
---------


|----------------------------|---------------------------||
|----------*-----------------|---------------------------||
|--(4/9)---9-----------------|---------------------------||
|---x------x-----------*-----|---------------------------||
|--(2/7)---7-------7---7-----|----10---10------9----9----||
|----------------8-----8-----|--7------7---0---7----7----||
                      ...

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Repeat Part 2 four times with the following variations  [ Time 05:16 - 05:46 ]
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---------
Guitar 2:
---------


Bar 5 variation:


|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--3------(3/5)-7h8-7----7h8\ |
|-----------------------------|

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Repeat Part 4, replacing the last bar with the following [ Time 05:46 - 06:31 ]
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  |__3__| |__3__| |__3__| |__3__|
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--4--5--7--5--4--5--||
|--3--3--3--3--5--3--2--3--5--3--2--3--||

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Part 6: Repeat Riffs 1 & 2 of Part 5 then play the following [Time 06:32 - End]
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              |________________________[1]
||--------------------------|------------------------| |
||---------R- ---------R- --|---------R- ------------| |
||---------E- ---------E- --|---------E- ------------|*|
||---------S- ---------S- --|---------S- ------------|*| x 2
||--5-2-2--T- --5-2-2--T- --|--5-2-2--T- --5----3----| |
||--3-0-0-------3-0-0-------|--3-0-0-------3----1----| |
  .....    .....     .....

Note the slight variation in the last chord of the second ending:

|_______________________[2]
|------------------------||
|---------R- ------------||
|---------E- ------------||
|---------S- ------------||
|--5-2-2--T- --5----3----||
|--3-0-0-------3----5----||
  .....


|-----------------------||
|---------R--     --||
|---------E--     --||
|---------S--     --||
|--5-2-2--T--     --||
|--3-0-0----------------||

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End
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Tab summary:    Part 1 x 4
          Part 2 x 2
          Part 1 x 4
          Part 2 x 4
          Part 3 x 1
          Part 4 x 12
          Part 1 x 4
          Part 2 x 4
          Part 5 x 1
          Part 1 x 4
          Part 2 x 4
          Part 4 x 12
          Part 6 x 1

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