The Wreckage Of My Flesh tab by My Dying Bride
Guitar tabs
Tune Down 1 & 1/2 Steps
C# F# B E G# C#
Tempo = 115 BPM
Time Signature = 4/4
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Transcribed by
PADDY MCMULLAN
stinkypoohpants@yahoo.co.uk
Version 1.1
(Corrections Outlined at Bottom of Tab)
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
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Tablature Symbols Used:
p - Pull-Off
h - Hammer-On
- Slide Down to/Down From
/ - Slide Up To/Up From
(/) - Legato Slide
() - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
5/4 - Time signature of 5 beats per bar (Indicated in bar line)
4/4 - Time signature of 4 beats per bar (Indicated in bar line)
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Intro: Guitars 1 and 2 with heavy distortion (Play once)
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||--------------------|---------------------||
||--------------------|---------------------||
||--2----2------------|--(2)----------------||
||--2----2------------|--(2)----------------||
||--0----0------------|--(0)----------------||
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Riff 1: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play twice)
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||-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
||--7----------------|--(7)-------------|--(7)-------------|--(7)-------------|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--7----------------|--(7)-------------|--(7)-------------|--(7)-------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|------------------|---------------| |
|-------------------|---------------------|------------------|---------------| |
|-------------------|---------------------|------------------|---------------|*|
|-------------------|---------------------|------------------|---------------|*|
|-------------------|---------------------|------------------|---------------| |
|--8----------------|--5--------7----0----|--0---------------|--(0)----------| |
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Riff 2a: Guitar 1 (Play 8 times)
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||-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------| |
||-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------| |
||-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------|*|
||-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------|*|
||-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------| |
||--8----------------|--5--------7----0----|--0--------------|--(0)----------| |
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Riff 2b: Guitar 2 (Play twice) Note that the last 4 bars are the same as Riff 2a
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||-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
||-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
||-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
||-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
||--7--------------|-----------5---------|-------------------|-----------------|
||-----------------|--8-------------3----|--3----------------|--(3)------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|--7--------------|-----------5---------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|--8-------------3----|--3----------------|--(3)-------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|--7--------------|-----------5---------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|--8-------------3----|--3----------------|--(3)-------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|------------------|---------------| |
|-------------------|---------------------|------------------|---------------| |
|-------------------|---------------------|------------------|---------------|*|
|-------------------|---------------------|------------------|---------------|*|
|-------------------|---------------------|------------------|---------------| |
|--8----------------|--5--------7----0----|--0---------------|--(0)----------| |
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Riff 3a: Guitar 1 (Play 6 times) After 1st time replace Bar 1 with Supplement
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// Bar 1 \
||--------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
||-/7--------7--------|--(7)----7---(7/10)--10----|-(10 9)-9------------|
||--------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|--(9)----(9/10)-10----10----|--10 3--------------|--(3)---3/ 10----10----|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------| |
|-----------------------|--------------------------------| |
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|*|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|*|
|--10--12p10-9----------|--(9)----9h-10--(10/12)--10p-9--| |
|-----------------------|--------------------------------| |
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| Supplement |
==============
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--10p-9--7------------------|
|----------------------------|
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Riff 3b: Guitar 2 (Play 6 times) After 1st time replace Bar 1 with Supplement
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// Bar 1 \
||--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|----------------5----|--(52)--2-----------|
||--0--------0--------|------0---/3---------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|--(2)----(2/3)-3----3----|-(3/7)--7------------|--(7)---(7/ 3)---3---|
|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------| |
|---------------------|------------------------| |
|---------------------|------------------------|*|
|---------------------|------------------------|*|
|--3p-0--0------------|--(0)----0----2----2----| |
|---------------------|------------------------| |
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| Supplement |
==============
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--2-------------------|
|-----0--0----0--------|
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Riff 4a: Guitar 1 (Play 4 times with lead Riff 1)
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*On the fourth repeat allow the last note of the riff to ring out*
||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
||--0----3----3----3----|--0----0----2----2----|--2h-3--2--------2h-3--|
// Last note \
| |----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------| |
| |----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------| |
|5|----------------------------|4|--------------------------|----------------|*|
|/|----------------------------|/|--------------------------|----------------|*|
|4|-----------------------2----|4|--------------------------|----------------| |
| |--2----2----2h-3--2---------| |--0----0----0----0--------|--(0)-----------| |
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Riff 4b: Guitar 2 (Play 4 times with lead Riff 1)
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*On the fourth repeat allow the last note of the riff to ring out*
||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
||-------2----2----2----|----------------------|-----------------------|
||--0-------------------|--0----0----5----5----|--5h-7--5--------5h-7--|
// Last note \
| |----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------| |
| |----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------| |
|5|----------------------------|4|--------------------------|----------------|*|
|/|----------------------------|/|--------------------------|----------------|*|
|4|----------------------------|4|--------------------------|----------------| |
| |--5----5----5h-7--5----7----| |--0----0----0----0--------|--(0)-----------| |
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Lead Riff 1: Guitar 3 (Play once, enter on first repeat of Riffs 4a/4b)
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||-------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
||--9----------------|--(9)----(12 7)--------|--(7)----------------|
||-------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|--(7)--9--9-----------(12 | 9)---------------|--(9)----------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--/16----------------|--(16)--------14--------|--(14)------------16----|
|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|--17----------------14----|--16----------------|--(16)----------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--/21----/21------------|--(21)--------19--------|--(19)-----------14----|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--16----------------17----|--14----16------------|--(16)----------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|--(16)----------------||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
Allow notes to fade out.
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All guitars fade out for keyboard solo
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Riff 5: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 4 times)
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*On the last repeat replace the last bar with the supplement*
||--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
||--2--------2--------|--(2)----2/ 5----5----|--4--------4--------|
||--2--------2--------|--(2)----2/ 5----5----|--4--------4--------|
||--0--------0--------|--(0)----0/ 3----3----|--2--------2--------|
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|--(4)----4----5----5----|--5--------5--------|--(5)----5----5----5----|
|--(4)----4----5----5----|--3--------3--------|--(3)----3----5----5----|
|--(2)----2----3----3----|--3--------3--------|--(3)----3----3----3----|
// Last Bar \
|--------------------|------------------------| |
|--------------------|------------------------| |
|--------------------|------------------------|*|
|--4--------4--------|--(4)----4/ 5----5----|*|
|--4--------4--------|--(4)----4/ 5----5----| |
|--2--------2--------|--(2)----2/ 3----3----| |
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| Supplement |
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|------------------------||
|------------------------||
|------------------------||
|--(4)----4/ 5--5------||
|--(4)----4/ 5--5------||
|--(2)----2/ 3--3------||
The variation here is very slight: you must play the last two chords
as 8th notes instead of quarter notes, resting for a full quarter to end
the bar.
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Guitars 1 and 2 play Riffs 4a/4b 4 times
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Lead Riff 2: Guitar 3 (Play once, enter on first repeat of Riffs 4a/4b)
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||---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
||--(9/10)-------------|--9--------7--------|--(7)----------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
| |---------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------|
| |---------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------|
|5|---------------------------|4|---------------------|----------------------|
|/|--(9/10)----------9--------|/|--/14----------------|--(14)----------------|
|4|---------------------------|4|---------------------|----------------------|
| |---------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|--(16/17)---------16----|--(16)--------14--------|--(14)----------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
| |----------------------------| |----------------------|------------------|
| |----------------------------| |----------------------|------------------|
|5|----------------------------|4|----------------------|------------------|
|/|--(16/17)---------16--------|/|--(16)----------14----|--(14)------------|
|4|----------------------------|4|----------------------|------------------|
| |----------------------------| |----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|--(9/10)----------9---|--(9)------7-------|--(7)---------(9/10)--|
|----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
| |-----------------------------| |------------------|------------------||
| |-----------------------------| |------------------|------------------||
|5|-----------------------------|4|------------------|------------------||
|/|--(10)--------9--------14----|/|--(14)------------|--(14)------------||
|4|-----------------------------|4|------------------|------------------||
| |-----------------------------| |------------------|------------------||
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Guitars 1 and 2 play Riff 1 twice, allowing the final notes to ring out
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End
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Tab summary: Intro X 1
Riff 1 X 1
Riff 2a X 8 + Riff 2b X 2
Riff 3a + 3b X 6
Riff 4a + 4b X 4
Lead Riff 1 X 1
Riff 5 X 4
Riff 4a + 4b X 4
Lead Riff 2 X 1
Riff 1 X 2
END
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Corrections (09/01/05):
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* Fixed incorrect slide directions
* Relocated wrongly placed notes
* Improved slides
* Minor adjustments to layout
The Wreckage Of My Flesh tab