If I Ever Die tab by Candlemass

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              -=[If I Ever Die - Candlemass]=-
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tuning: C#

Riff 1
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------| x2
|--2----------------------------------12--10--7---5--|
|--2----------------------------------12--10--7---5--|
|--0--0h7-0h7-0h7-5--0h7h8-0h8-0h8-7--10--8---5---3--|

Riff 2
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|--4---7---5--4---2--5--| x2
|--4---7---5--4---2--5--|
|--2---5---3--2---0--3--|
|-----------------------|

Riff 1 x 2

Riff 2 x 2

Riff 1 x 2

Riff 3a
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------| x2
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--0h7-0h7-0h8-0h8-0h7-0h7-0h5-0h5--|

Riff 3b
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------| x2
|-----------------------------------|
|--0h7-0h7-0h8-0h8-0h7-0h7-0h5-0h5--|
|-----------------------------------|

Riff 3a x 2

Riff 3b x 2

Riff 3a x 2

Riff 3b x 2

Riff 4
|------------------|
|------------------| x5 [Note: On the second
|------------------|  time, one guitar plays
|------------------|  the last note as a
|------------3-2v~-|  harmonic.]
|--2-0-2-3-2-------|

Riff 5
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------| x1
|--------------3-------------2--|
|--0-2-3--2-3----3-----------2--|
|------------------3--2-3-2--0--|

Riff 6
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------| x1
|--------------5-4-3-2-2-3----|
|--------3-2-3----------------|
|--2-3-2-------------------1--|

Riff 7
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------| x1
|--------------3---------------2--|
|--0-2-3--2-3----3----------------|
|------------------3--2-3-2--0----|

[Note: One guitar plays the last note as a harmonic.]

Riff 8a
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|------------5/7/5---10--9--| x1
|--2---5-4---5/7/5---10--9--|
|--2---5-4---3/5/3---8---7--|
|--0---3-2------------------|

Riff 8b
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|----------------10--9--| x2
|----------------10--9--|
|--------3/5/3---8---7--|
|--3-2------------------|

Riff 8c
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|----------------2---| x1
|----------------2---|
|--------3/5/3---0---|
|--3-2---------------|

Riff 9a
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------| x3
|--5---10-----------7--|
|--5---10---8-7-----7--|
|--3---8--------8---5--|

Riff 9b
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------| x1
|--5---10----------|
|--5---10---8-7----|
|--3---8--------8--|

Riff 1 x 2

Riff 2 x 2

Riff 1 x 2

Riff 3a x 2

Riff 3b x 2

Riff 3a x 2

Riff 3b x 2

Riff 3a x 2

Riff 3b x 2

Riff 4 x 5

And that's it!

************************************

| /  slide up
|  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| v  vibrato
| .  Mute note
| *  harmonic
| b  Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

************************************