All Swept Away Tab by My Dying Bride

All Swept Away tab by My Dying Bride

Guitar Tab

Tune Down 1 & 1/2 Steps
                                  C# F# B E G# C#

                                 Tempo = 84 BPM
                          Time Signature = 4/4 Throughout



                           -----------------------------
                                  Transcribed by

                                  PADDY MCMULLAN
                            stinkypoohpants@yahoo.co.uk


                                    Version 1.1
                      (Corrections Outlined at Bottom of Tab)

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

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                              Tablature Symbols Used:


 P.M.. ... -  Palm Mute
 p         -  Pull-Off
 h         -  Hammer-On
          -  Slide Down to/Down From (Blank spaces indicate length of slide)
 (/)     -  Legato Slide (Blank spaces indicate length of slide)
 P.H       -  Pinch Harmonic/Artificial Harmonic (Affected notes shown as < >)
 ~~~       -  Vibrato
 ()       -  Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
 x/x/x     -  Pick Scrapes
 REST      -  Rest and sustain rest for the duration of blank space



================================================================================
Riff 1: Guitars 1 and 2 with heavy distortion (Play 4 times)
================================================================================


||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||-7---------8---8-8---8---8  |-5---------7---7-7---7---7---|
||-7---------8---8-8---8---8  |-5---------7---7-7---7---7---|
||-5---5-5-5-6---6-6-6-6-6-6  |-3---3-3-3-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||-5---5-5-5-6---6-6-6-6-6-6  |-3---3-3-3-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
       P.M..        ... ...          .....        ... ... ...

|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |
|-7---------8---8-8---8---8  |-3-------3-------3-------3-------|*|
|-7---------8---8-8---8---8  |-3-------3-------3-------3-------|*|
|-5---5-5-5-6---6-6-6-6-6-6  |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |
|-5---5-5-5-6---6-6-6-6-6-6  |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |
      .....        ... ...        .....   .....   .....   .....


================================================================================
Violin Riff 1 arranged for guitar - tuned as guitar 1 and 2 (Play 4 times)
================================================================================


||--17----15-17-18----------|----15----17------------|
||--------------------------|-R  ------------15------|
||--------------------------|-E  --------------------|
||--------------------------|-S  --------------------|
||--------------------------|-T  --------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|


|--17----15-17-18----------|--------------------| |
|--------------------------|--18----------------| |
|--------------------------|--------------------|*|
|--------------------------|--------------------|*|
|--------------------------|--------------------| |
|--------------------------|--------------------| |



================================================================================
Riff 2.1: Guitar 1 only for 1 & 3/4 bars, guitar 2 enters on last three chords
================================================================================

                           P.H                (Gtr. 2 Enters)
||------------------------------|-------------------------||
||------------------------------|-------------------------||
||------------------------------|----------------10-9--7--||
||-2---------2------------------|-2---------2----10-9--7--||
||-2---------2------------------|-2---------2----8--7--5--||
||-0---0-1-4-0---0-1-4-0-0--|-0---0-1-4-0----8--7--5--||
       .....     .........          .....


================================================================================
Riff 2.2: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 3 times)
================================================================================

                           P.H
||------------------------------|-------------------------| |
||------------------------------|-------------------------| |
||-9---------------------------|----------------10-9--7--|*|
||-9--------2------------------|-2---------2----10-9--7--|*|
||-7--------2------------------|-2---------2----8--7--5--| |
||-7--0-1-4-0---0-1-4-0-0--|-0---0-1-4-0----8--7--5--| |
       .....     .........          .....


================================================================================
Riff 2.3: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play once: note the different chord at the end)
================================================================================

                           P.H
||------------------------------|-------------------------||
||------------------------------|-------------------------||
||-9---------------------------|----------------10-9--5--||
||-9--------2------------------|-2---------2----10-9--5--||
||-7--------2------------------|-2---------2----8--7--3--||
||-7--0-1-4-0---0-1-4-0-0--|-0---0-1-4-0----8--7--3--||
       .....     .........          .....


================================================================================
Guitars 1 and 2 play Riff 1 twice
================================================================================


================================================================================
Riff 3: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 4 times, then play tail)
================================================================================


||----------------------|-----------------------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------------|
||-------------5--4-----|-----------------------------|
||-6------5----5--4--3--|-----------------------------|
||-6------5----3--2--3--|-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--|
||-4------3----------1--|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--|
                          .....  .....  .....  .....

|-----------------------------| |
|-----------------------------| |
|-----------------------------|*|
|-----------------------------|*|
|-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--| |
|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--| |
  .....  .....  .....  .....

	===============
	| Riff 3 Tail |
	===============

	||----------------------|
	||----------------------|
	||-------------10-9--7--|
	||-6------5----10-9--7--|
	||-6------5----8--7--5--|
	||-4------3----8--7--5--|


================================================================================
Guitars 1 and 2 play Riff 2.2 3 times, then add tail
================================================================================

	==============================================
	| Riff 2.2 Tail [ Tempo changes to 104 BPM ] |
	==============================================

	*Gradually slide down and out*

	||--------------------||
	||------------R       ||
	||-9    (4)--E       ||
	||-9    (4)--S       ||
	||-7    (2)--T       ||
	||-7    (2)----------||


================================================================================
Both guitars rest, bass plays for 5 bars with violin
================================================================================


================================================================================
Violin Riff 2 arranged for guitar - tuned as guitar 1 and 2 (Play twice)
================================================================================


||--------------------|-----------------------|
||----------8------7--|-(7)--------10---------|
||-9------------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------|-----------------------|


|--------------------|------------------------| |
|--------------------|------------------------| |
|-9------------------|------------------------|*|
|----------9------7--|-(7)-------7--9---------|*|
|--------------------|------------------------| |
|--------------------|------------------------| |


================================================================================
During last two bars of violin riff, guitar one plays Fill 1
================================================================================

	======================
	| Fill 1 (play once) |
	======================

	*Scrape pick along lower strings from first fret up to higher frets*

	||-----------------|-----------------||
	||-----------------|-----------------||
	||-----------------|-----------------||
	||-x-/-x-/-x-/-x-/-|-x-/-x-/-x-/-x-/-||
	||-x-/-x-/-x-/-x-/-|-x-/-x-/-x-/-x-/-||
	||-x-/-x-/-x-/-x-/-|-x-/-x-/-x-/-x-/-||


================================================================================
Riff 4: Guitars 1 and 2, while guitar 3 plays Lead Riff 1 (Play 4 times)
================================================================================


||-----------------------|------------------------| |
||-----------------------|------------------------| |
||-----------------------|------------------------|*|
||-2----------5-------4--|-(4)----/ 8--7---(7)   |*|
||-2----2--2--5----5--4--|-(4)----/ 8--7---(7)   | |
||-0----0--0--3----3--2--|-(2)----/ 8--5---(5)   | |
        ....      ...


================================================================================
Lead Riff 1: Guitar 3 with heavy distortion (Play once)
================================================================================


||---------------------|--------------------------|
||--R -----------------|-8-p-7-h-8--10----8--7--8-|
||--E -9--7--9~~----9--|--------------------------|
||--S -----------------|--------------------------|
||--T -----------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------------|

|---------------------|-8p7----------8p7-----------------|
|--R -----------------|-----10p7-8p7-----10p7-8p7-10~~---|
|--E -9--7--9~~-------|----------------------------------|
|--S -----------------|----------------------------------|
|--T -----------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------------|

|---------------------|--------------------------|
|--R -----------------|-8-p-7-h-8--10----8--7--8-|
|--E -9--7--9~~----9--|--------------------------|
|--S -----------------|--------------------------|
|--T -----------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|

|---------------------|-10----------12~~~~~~~~~~~||
|--R ------------7--8-|-----(8/10)---------------||
|--E -9--7--9~~-------|--------------------------||
|--S -----------------|--------------------------||
|--T -----------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------------||



================================================================================
Riff 3.1: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 4 times) [ Tempo changes to 84 BPM ]
================================================================================


||-----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|
||-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--|
||-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--|
   .....  .....  .....  .....

|-----------------------------|----------------------| |
|-----------------------------|----------------------| |
|-----------------------------|-------------5--4-----|*|
|-----------------------------|-6------5----5--4--3--|*|
|-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--|-6------5----3--2--3--| |
|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--|-4------3----------1--| |
  .....  .....  .....  .....


================================================================================
Guitars 1 and 2 play Riff 1 3 times, then play tail
================================================================================

     ===========================================================================
     | Riff 1 Tail: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play once, note the variation at the end) |
     ===========================================================================

     ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
     ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
     ||-7---------8---8-8---8---8  |-5---------7---7-7---7---7---|
     ||-7---------8---8-8---8---8  |-5---------7---7-7---7---7---|
     ||-5---5-5-5-6---6-6-6-6-6-6  |-3---3-3-3-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
     ||-5---5-5-5-6---6-6-6-6-6-6  |-3---3-3-3-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
            P.M..        ... ...          .....        ... ... ...

     |-----------------------------|---------------------------------||
     |-----------------------------|-------------------------------R ||
     |-7---------8---8-8---8---8  |-3-------3-------3-------3-3-3-E ||
     |-7---------8---8-8---8---8  |-3-------3-------3-------3-3-3-S ||
     |-5---5-5-5-6---6-6-6-6-6-6  |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-T ||
     |-5---5-5-5-6---6-6-6-6-6-6  |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
           .....        ... ...        .....   .....   .....


================================================================================
End
================================================================================


Tab summary:        Riff 1 X 4 + Violin Riff 1 X 4
                    Riff 2.1 X 1 (Gtr. 1 Only)
                    Riff 2.2 X 3
                    Riff 2.3 X 1
                    Riff 1 X 2
                    Riff 3 X 4
                    Riff 3 Tail X 1
                    Riff 2.2 X 3
                    Riff 2.2 Tail X 1
                    Violin Riff 2 X 2
                    Fill 1 X 1
                    Riff 4 X 4 + Lead Riff X 1
                    Riff 3.1 X 4
                    Riff 1 X 3
                    Riff 1 Tail X 1

                    END



-----------------------
Corrections (09/01/05):
-----------------------

* Added rests
* Improved slides
* Improved Pinch Harmonics
* Minor adjustments to layout

Last updated: April 23, 2021

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