Black Heart Romance tab by My Dying Bride

M Y   D Y I N G   B R I D E   -   B L A C K   H E A R T   R O M A N C E



                               THE DREADFUL HOURS
                          (c) Peaceville Records - 2001



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

                                  Tempo = 65 BPM
                               Time Signature = 6/4

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

                                 PADDY MCMULLAN
                           stinkypoohpants@yahoo.co.uk

                                   Version 1.1
                     (Corrections Outlined at Bottom of Tab)

                             -----------------------

                             Tablature Symbols Used:


 P.M...    -  Palm Mute
 p         -  Pull-Off
 h         -  Hammer-On
          -  Slide Down to/Down From
 /         -  Slide Up To/Up From
 H         -  Harmonic/Natural Harmonic (Affected notes are enclosed in < >)
 ()       -  Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
 1/2/3/4   -  Suggested Fingering (1 = first finger, 4 = little finger, etc.)
 %         -  Whammy Bar (Articulation is indicated above tab, blank spaces
              indicate length of articulation)
 REST      -  Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space



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Riff 1a: Guitar 1 with distortion (Play 5 times: 1st time doubles as intro)
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||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|*|
||-----------------------7-5-7--9 |---------------------------------|*|
||--2----2/ 5----------------------|--2----2/ 5----------------2--5 | |
||---------------------------------|---------------------0--3--------| |



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Riff 1b: Guitar 2 with heavy distortion enters on bar 3 (Play 4 times)
================================================================================


*Hold notes where fingerings are suggested*

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



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Riff 2a: Guitar 3 with clean tone and mild delay (Play 4 times)
================================================================================


*Let ring throughout - hold the implied chord whenever possible*

	=================
	| Implied chord |
	=================

	||--12----|
	||--12----|
	||--12----|
	||--14----|
	||--------|
	||--------|


||--12------------------------------------------------------|
||-----12-15p12---------------------------------------------|
||--------------12h14p(12)----------12----------------------|
||---------------------12h14-14--------12h14----16p12-14----|
||----------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------|
    1  1  4  1  1   3  1  3  3      1  1  3     4   1  3


|--12-------------------------------------------------------| |
|-----12-15p12----------------------------------------------| |
|--------------12h14p(12)----------12--------11b12r11-------|*|
|---------------------12-14-14--------12h14-----------------|*|
|-----------------------------------------------------------| |
|-----------------------------------------------------------| |
   1  1  4  1  1   3  1  3  3      1  1  3   1



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Riff 2b: Guitar 4 with clean tone (Play 4 times)
================================================================================


*Let ring throughout*

||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |
||--0-------------------------------|--0-------------------------------| |
||-----5------------0---------------|-----5------------0---------------|*|
||--------------------------4-------|----------------------------------|*|
||--7-------------------------------|--7-----------------------7-------| |
||----------8----8--7----7--5----5--|----------8----8--7----7-------7--| |


This riff is a translation of the ambient sounds which are present during
Riff 2a.  There are multiple sounds and instruments playing various notes,
so this riff's tab is only a generalisation to help you recreate the sound.



================================================================================
Guitars 1 and 2 play Riff 1a/1b twice
================================================================================


================================================================================
Guitars 3 and 4 play Riff 2a/2b twice
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Riff 3: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play once through) Note the variation in the third bar
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||----------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||--6--6--6--5----------------------------|
||--6--6--6--5----------------------------|
||--4--4--4--3------0h2p0---0h3-----2--2--|
||--4--4--4--3------------3-----1p0-0--0--|
                                    P.M.

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--6--6--6--5----------------------------|
|--6--6--6--5----------------------------|
|--4--4--4--3------0h2p0---0h3-----2--2--|
|--4--4--4--3------------3-----1p0-0--0--|
                                   ....

|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------R  |
|--6--6--6--5-------------------------E  |
|--6--6--6--5-------------------------S  |
|--4--4--4--3------0h2p0---0h3-----2--T  |
|--4--4--4--3------------3-----1p0-0-----|
                                   .

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--6--6--6--5----------------------------|
|--6--6--6--5----------------------------|
|--4--4--4--3------0h2p0---0h3-----2--2--|
|--4--4--4--3------------3-----1p0-0--0--|
                                   ....



================================================================================
Guitars 1 & 2 rest while the bass plays the following 2 times: [Tempo = 70 BPM]
================================================================================


||--7------6------------------|--9-------8------------------| |
||--8------7------------------|--10------9------------------|*|
||----------------------------|-----------------------------|*|
||----------------------------|-----------------------------| |



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Riff 4: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 4 times) [Time Sig = 4/4]
================================================================================


||------------------------------|-------------------------------| |
||------------------------------|-------------------------------| |
||------------------------------|-------------------------------|*|
||------------------------------|-------------------------------|*|
||------------------------5-----|---------------------5---------| |
||--6--6--6-7-5--5--5-6-7---7-6-|--7--7--7-5-5--5-6-7---7-5-5-5-| |



================================================================================
Riff 5a: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play 4 times) [Time sig = 8/4]
================================================================================


             % (Gradually depress whammy bar 2 full steps on the 4th chord)
||------------------------------| |
||------------------------------| |
||--6--6--6--5                  |*|
||--6--6--6--5                  |*|
||--4--4--4--3                  | |
||--4--4--4--3                  | |



================================================================================
Riff 5b: Guitar 5 with heavy distortion (Play 4 times)
================================================================================


*Lets harmonic notes ring out*

     H    H    H    % (Gradually depress whammy bar 2 full steps on 4th note)
||-------------------------------| |
||-------------------------------| |
||--------------9                |*|
||-----------------------------------|*|
||-----------------------------------| |
||-----------------------------------| |



================================================================================
Guitars 1 and 2 play Riff 4 4 times
================================================================================


================================================================================
Guitars 1, 2 and 5 play Riff 5a/5b 4 times, then guitars 1 and 2 play Fill 1
================================================================================

        =======================================
        [ Fill 1: Guitars 1 and 2 (Play once) ]
        =======================================


        ||-----------||
        ||-----------||
        ||--6--6--6--||
        ||--6--6--6--||
        ||--4--4--4--||
        ||--4--4--4--||



================================================================================
Guitars 1 and 2 play Riff 1a/1b 4 times
================================================================================


================================================================================
Guitars 3 and 4 play Riff 2a/2b 4 times, allowing the final notes to ring out
================================================================================


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End
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Tab summary:        Riff 1a X 1
                    Riff 1a/1b X 4
                    Riff 2a/2b X 4
                    Riff 1a/1b X 4
                    Riff 2a/2b X 4
                    Riff 3 X 1
                    Bass Riff X 2
                    Riff 4 X 4
                    Riff 5a/5b X 4
                    Riff 4 X 4
                    Riff 5a/5b X 4
                    Fill 1 X 1
                    Riff 1a/1b X 4
                    Riff 2a/2b X 4 (Allow last notes of last bar to ring out)

                    END



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Corrections (09/01/05):
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* Added rests
* Improved slides
* Improved whammy bar
* Minor adjustments to layout