Chord/Tab song: Erotic Literature

Title: Erotic Literature
Artist: My Dying Bride
Album: As the Flowers Wither

Instrument: Guitar

Tabbed by: Andy Briones ([email protected])

Tuning: 1 1/2 Steps Down (Db Gb Cb Fb Ab Db)

. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
ph - pinch harmonic
f - full bend h - half bend
- see comment r - release t - tap bend
X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend
@ - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
(tr) - trill to fret indicated " - trem pick

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Riff 1

Db|---------------------------------||
Ab|---------------------------------||
Fb|---------------------------------||
Cb|---------------------------------||
Gb|----------6"-5"--------6"-5"-3"--||
Db|--0"--3"--------1"--4"-----------||

Riff 2

Db|-----------------------------------------------------||
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------||
Fb|-----------------------------------------------------||
Cb|-----------------------------------------------------||
Gb|--------------6-6-6-5-5-5-------------6-6-6-5-5-3----||
Db|--0-0-0-3-3-3-------------1-1-1-4-4-4----------------||

Fill

Db|----------------||
Ab|----------------||
Fb|----------------||
Cb|-gtr2-7~---8~---||
Gb|-gtr1-5~---6~---||
Db|----------------||

Riff 3

Db|------------------------------------------------||
Ab|------------------------------------------------||
Fb|------------------------------------------------||
Cb|----------5-4-3---------------------------------||
Gb|--2-2-2-2-5-4-3---------2(tr3)-1(tr2)-3(tr4)----||
Db|--0-0-0-0-3-2-1----0-0--------------------------||

. . . . . .

Riff 4

Db|------------------------------------------------||
Ab|------------------------------------------------||
Fb|------------------------------------------------||
Cb|----------5-4-3---------------------------------||
Gb|--2-2-2-2-5-4-3---------2(tr3)-3(tr4)-1(tr2)----||
Db|--0-0-0-0-3-2-1----0-0--------------------------||

. . . . . .

Riff 5

Db|----------------||
Ab|----------------||
Fb|----------------||
Cb|----------------||
Gb|--2-2-----(2)---||
Db|--0-0-----(0)---||

.

Riff 6

Db|--------------------------------------------------||
Ab|--------------------------------------------------||
Fb|--------------------------------------------------||
Cb|--------------------------------------------------||
Gb|--2-2----7-8-7-5-7-5---5--2-2----7-8-7-5-7-5------||
Db|--0-0----------------8----0-0----------------7----||

. . . .

Riff 7 (Accompanied w/Riff 6)

Db|---------------------------------------------------||
Ab|---------------------------------------------------||
Fb|---------------------------------------------------||
Cb|---------------------------------------------------||
Gb|--2-2----9-10-9-7-9-7----7--2-2----9-10-9-7-9-7----||
Db|--0-0-----------------10----0-0-----------------9--||

. . . .

Riff 8

Db|-------------------------------------------||
Ab|-------------------------------------------||
Fb|-------------------------------------------||
Cb|--7----6--8--7----6----5---4--6--5----4----||
Gb|--5----4--6--5----4----3---2--4--3----2----||
Db|--5----4--6--5----4----3---2--4--3----2----||

. . . .

Riff 9

Db|----------------------------------------------------||
Ab|----------------------------------------------------||
Fb|--------------([])-(gtr2)--------------------------||
Cb|----------------------------------------------------||
Gb|--2--[5"-4"]--3--[4"-3"]--2--[3"-2"]--3--[2"-1"]----||
Db|--0-----------1-----------0-----------1-------------||

That's about all you need to know. Just figure the timing out for yourself and the structure. I hope it makes sense and sounds good to you. Enjoy! Questions, comments, or suggestions please email me.