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Sanctuary 2 Tab by The Cult

Sanctuary 2 tab by The Cult

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From TUCKERJA@ibm3090.computer-centre.birmingham.ac.uk  Wed Jan 19 12:22:43 1994
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Additions, corrections welcome!
Tabbing this would have been a lot easier if I'd had my friends' video
with a zoom and slow motion!


                          SHE SELLS SANCTUARY
                          ===================
                              The Cult
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

Tune your guitar up a semitone (seems a common feature of goth songs!)
I can't get their tone on my setup, but it helps to use the front two pickups
and turn the treble right down on the amp.

I have a suspicion the song is based on some species of sliding Em scale,
which means there could be better ways of fingering a lot of the notes
or putting in slides in different places. You'll just have to work out what
sounds good/is easy to play yourself! For the time being I'll put brackets
round notes when I'm not sure where they're played, or if they're not always
played every time, or if I can't tell which is played!

14>15 slide up    15>14 slide down    12h14 hammer on  15p12 pull off

INTRO
=====
The least accurate part of the tab first... played with phasing and repeat
pedals so you can't work it out...
e-----12-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-(15)---15-14--15-14--14>12-------(12)---------------------------------------
G----------------------------14-14-(14)--14>12--12>14--14>12--(9)--------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------(14)-------------
A
E

e-----------------------------------------------------(12)---------------------
B--12-14--14-12--15-12--12-12h14p12--12>14--14>15--15>(17)---------------------
G
D
A
E

RIFF A  played twice
======
e-12---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----15-14--15-14--14>12-(8--8)--(12)-------------------(12)------*--*---------
G------------------------(14-14)-(16)-12--12>14--14>12--(16)--14>12-12--(12>14)
D
A
E

                       other ending>     e
                                         B-------12-12-----14--15---
                                         G-------------14--14------

On the beats marked with an asterisk someone strums an F chord on an accoustic
with lovely new strings!
Towards the end of the song the riff is played again with the alternative
ending.

Verse 1 (touch the sun etc)
Sounds like someone's playing a palm-muted F power chord in the verses and
strumming different strings, kind of like

e                     6  6
B                     6  6
G    5   5 5    5     5  5
D  3   3      3     3
A
E

RIFF B played twice
======
e-(10>)-12x7-14-12----12-----------------------------------------------------
B------------------15----15-14--12x4--15-14-12>10--10>12--14-15--------------
G
D
A
E

verse 2 (the succour ..)
The world ...

Riff A played twice

verse 3 (touch the sun...)
Riff B x 2

The fire ..
I'm sure ...
And ..

Intro played again!

'Sanctuary' sung, another riff played in background

e--12-----------three times, then--12--------------------------------------
B-----15-14-12-----------------------15-14-(last note held a bit)----------

and the world....
1st half of intro played
Riff A with the alternative ending
1st half of intro played again at very end!

James

There's a man playing a violin, and the strings are the nerves in his own arm.
                                                       - J O'Barr

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