Chord/Tab song: A Gothic Romance

have patience with this... it's not so easy... at least for me

Tune Gtr to D (D,G,C,F,A,D)

--A GOTHIC ROMANCE--

(Synthesizer Intro)

[Fill 1] (End Fill 1)

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|[Gtr.1]
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|__X__X__X__X---X__________________________________________________\-|
|__X__X__X__X---X__________________________________________________\-|
(Pick scrpes) (Pick slides slow & steadily, then hand slide.) sl

[Figure A] (End Figure A)

||---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------||
||-->------|->-------|---------|->-------|-->------|---------||
||-9------|-8-------|->-------|-9-------|-10------|->------||[Gtr.1]
||-9------|-8-------|-8-------|-9-------|-10------|-8------||
||--7------|-6-------|-8-------|-7-------|-8-------|-8-------||
||--0------|---------|-6-------|-0-------|---------|-6-------||

|| (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a 1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) ||
|| ||
|| ||

||---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------||
||---------|->-------|->-------|---------|---------|->-------||
||->------|-8-------|-3-------|->-------|->-------|-3------||[Gtr.2]
||-2------|-8-------|-3-------|-2-------|-3-------|-3------||
||--2------|-6-------|-1-------|-2-------|-3-------|-1-------||
||--0------|-6-------|-1-------|-0-------|-1-------|-1-------||

(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a 1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.)

[Figure A.1]

||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-->------->------->------->-------|->-------->----------------------|
||-9---99--9---99--9---99--9---99--|-8---88---8---88->-------->------[Gtr.1]
||-9---99--9---99--9---99--9---99--|-8---88---8---88-8---88---8---88-|
||--7---77--7---77--7---77--7---77--|-6---66---6---66-8---88---8---88-|
||--0---00--0---00--0---00--0---00--|-----------------6---66---6---66-|

|| (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) |
|| |
|| |

||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|->-------->------>-------->------|
||->------->------->------->-------|-8---88---8---88-3---33---3---33-[Gtr.2]
||-2---22--2---22--2---22--2---22--|-8---88---8---88-3---33---3---33-|
||--2---22--2---22--2---22--2---22--|-6---66---6---66-1---11---1---11-|
||--0---00--0---00--0---00--0---00--|-6---66---6---66-1---11---1---11-|

(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.)


(End Figure A.1)

|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|->------->------->------->---------|-->------->----------------------||
|-9---99--9---99--9---99--9---99----|-10-1010-10-1010->-------->-----[Gtr.1]
|-9---99--9---99--9---99--9---99----|-10-1010-10-1010-8---88---8--88-||
|-7---77--7---77--7---77--7---77----|-8--8-8--8--8-8--8---88---8--88--||
|-0---00--0---00--0---00--0---00----|-----------------6---66---6--66--||

|(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) ||
| ||
| ||

|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-->------->------>-------->------||
|->------->------->------->---------|-10-1010-10-1010-3---33---3--33-[Gtr.2]
|-2---22--2---22--2---22--2---22----|-10-1010-10-1010-3---33---3--33-||
|-2---22--2---22--2---22--2---22----|-8--8-8--8--8-8--1---11---1--11--||
|-0---00--0---00--0---00--0---00----|-8--8-8--8--8-8--1---11---1--11--||

(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.)

[Figure B]

||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||-->-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
||-7-(7)------------------>------|--------------------------------|[Gtr.1]
||-7-(7)-----------------10------|-10"----------------------------|
||--5-(5)-----------------10------|-10"----------------------------|
||------------------------8-------|--8"----------------------------|

|| (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) |
|| |
|| |

||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|-----------------6/10-----------|
||-------------------------------|---------7/10----sl-------------|[Gtr.2]
||--------------5--7-------------|-7/12----sl---------------------|
||-/5-(5)--------------8--5-------|-sl-----------------------------|
||sl------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------->----------|----------------------|
|-->------------>-----|----------7----------|-(7)------------------|[Gtr.1]
|--8------8--7--5-----|-(5)------7----------|-(7)------------------|
|--8------8--7--5-----|-(5)------5----------|-(5)------------------|
|--6------6--5--3-----|-(3)-----------------|----------------------|

| @ @ |
| |
| |

|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-10-9--7--9----------|-10-9-----------------|[Gtr.2]
|---------------------|---------------------|-------7---------(7)\-|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------sl|
|---6-----6--5--3-----|---------------------|----------------------|

@ @

|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|->------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-(7)------------------->------|---------------------------------|[Gtr.1]
|-7-(7)------------------10------|-10"-----------------------------|
|-5-(5)------------------10------|-10"-----------------------------|
|------------------------8-------|--8"-----------------------------|

| (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) |
| |
| |

|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------6/10------------|
|--------------------------------|---------7/10----sl--------------|[Gtr.2]
|---------------5--7-------------|-7/12----sl----------------------|
|/5-(5)---------------8--5-------|-sl------------------------------|
|sl------------------------------|---------------------------------|

(End Figure B)

|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|->------------>-------|---------->----------|--------------------||[Gtr.1]
|-8------8--7--5-------|-(5)------7----------|-(7)----------------||
|-8------8--7--5-------|-(5)------7----------|-(7)-----------------||
|-6------6--5--3-------|-(3)------5----------|-(5)-----------------||

| @ @ ||
| ||
| ||

|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|-10-9--7--9----------|-10------9-----(9)\-||[Gtr.2]
|----------------------|---------------------|-----------------sl-||
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|-6------6--5--3-------|---------------------|---------------------||

@ @

[Figure C]

||-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------
||-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------
||------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------
||-10--10--10--10--10--10-|-9---9---9---10---10-9---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
||--10--10--10--10--10--10-|-9---9---9---10---10-9---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-77
||--8---8---8---8---8---8--|-7---7---7---8----8--7---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-55

Gtr.2]

||-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------------|->----------->----->--|
||-->---------------------|->----------------->--->-|-6-----------7-----6--|
||-10---------------------|-9----------------10---9-|----------------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------------|-4-----------5-----4--|
||--8----------------------|-7----------------8----7-|----------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||[Gtr.1]
|-10--10--10--10--10--10---|-9---9---9---10---10-9---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-10--10--10--10--10--10---|-9---9---9---10---10-9---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-8---8---8---8---8---8----|-7---7---7---8----8--7---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||

| |_________|_________| |_________|_________| |__________|__________| ||
| 6 6 12 ||
| ||

|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------->--------|->--------------->->->---||
|-->-----------------------|->------->->----6--------|-7---------------6-7-6---||[Gtr.2]
|-10-----------------------|-9------10-9-------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------4--------|-5---------------4-5-4---||
|-8------------------------|-7------8--7-------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|-10--10--10--10--10--10---|-9---9---9---10---10-9---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-10--10--10--10--10--10---|-9---9---9---10---10-9---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-8---8---8---8---8---8----|-7---7---7---8----8--7---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

|_________|_________| |_________|_________| |__________|__________|
[6] [6][12]

(End Figure C)

|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|-->------------>---->---||[Gtrs.1&2]
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9---|-10-----------12----9---||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9---|-10-----------12----9----||
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--7---|-8------------10----7----||

|_________|__________|
8

Repeat Figure B: [1x]
Repeat Figure C: [1x]

[Figure D]

||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||-------------------------|--------------------------|[Gtr.1]
||-------------------------|-10-----------------------|
||--------------8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10----------5-----5------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-|____|____|-|-8-------------8-7---8-7--|

|____|____| 6 ^
[6]
[(1] [+] [a] [2] [+] [a] [3] [+] [a] [4] [+] [a)] [(1] [+] [a] [2][+][a][3][+][a][4][+][a)]

||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||-------------------------|-------------7-----7------|[Gtr.2]
||-7-----------------------|-10-----------10-9--10-9--|
||--7-----------------------|-10-----------------------|
||--5-----------------------|-8------------------------|

^ ^
[(1] [+] [a] [2] [+] [a] [3] [+] [a] [4] [+] [a)] [(1] [+] [a] [2][+][a][3][+][a][4][+][a)]

|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|[Gtr.1]
|---------------------------|-------------------5------|
|--------------8-8-8-8-8-8--|-------------5-------8-7--|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-|____|____|--|-8-8-8-8-8-8---8-7--------|

|____|____| 6 |____|____|
[6] [6]
[(1] [+] [a] [2] [+] [a] [3] [+] [a] [4] [+] [a)] [(1] [+] [a] [2][+][a][3][+][a][4][+][a)]

|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|[Gtr.2]
|--------------8-8-8-8-8-8--|--------------5-----5-----|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-|____|____|--|--8-8-8-8-8-8---8-7---8-7-|
|--|____|____|------6-------|--|____|____|-------------|

[6] [6]
[(1] [+] [a] [2] [+] [a] [3] [+] [a] [4] [+] [a)] [(1] [+] [a] [2][+][a][3][+][a][4][+][a)]

|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------5------|[Gtr.1]
|---------------8-8-8-8-8-8-|-------------5-------8-7--|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5--|____|____|-|-8-8-8-8-8-8---8-7--------|
|--|____|____|-------6------|-|____|____|--------------|

[6] [6]
[(1] [+] [a] [2] [+] [a] [3] [+] [a] [4] [+] [a)] [(1] [+] [a] [2][+][a][3][+][a][4][+][a)]

|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|[Gtr.2]
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------8-8-8-8-8-8--|-------------5-----5------|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-|____|____|--|-8-8-8-8-8-8---8-7---8-7--|

|____|____| 6 |____|____|
[6] [6]
[(1] [+] [a] [2] [+] [a] [3] [+] [a] [4] [+] [a)] [(1] [+] [a] [2][+][a][3][+][a][4][+][a)]

(End Figure D)

|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------8------||
|---------------------------|-------------7-------109-||[Gtrs.1&2]
|---------------------------|---------------109-5-----||
|--------------8-8-8-8-8-8--|-------------5-------8-7--||
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-|____|____|--|-8-8-8-8-8-8---8-7--------||

|____|____| 6 |____|____|(Gtr.1&2 Split)
[6] [6]
[(1] [+] [a] [2] [+] [a] [3] [+] [a] [4] [+] [a)] [(1] [+] [a] [2][+][a][3][+][a][4][+][a)]

Repeat Figure D: [Last bar only]

[Figure E]() (End Figure E)

||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||[Gtr.1]
||-7"--8"7"5"--7"5"3"5"3"---------|-7"--------------5"------8"-----||
||--5"--6"5"3"--5"3"1"3"1"5"7"8"7"-|-5"--------------3"------6"------||
||------------------------3"5"6"5"-|---------------------------------||

|| ||
|| ||
|| ||

||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||[Gtr.2]
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||--5"--6"5"3"--5"3"1"3"1"---------|-5"--------------3"------6"------||
||------------------------3"5"6"5"-|---------------------------------||

() The actual amount of notes picked is approximate. This will
give you an idea of how the riff is played but listen to the
song for actual timing and repetition.

Repeat Figure E: [4x]

[Figure E.1] (sim.) (End Figure E.1)

||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||[Gtr.1]
||-7-----8-7-5---7-5-3-5-3---------|-7"--------------5"------8"-----||
||-5-----6-5-3---5-3-1-3-1-5-7-8-7-|-5"--------------3"------6"-----||
||-^---------^-------------3-5-6-5-|--------------------------------||

|| ||
|| ||
|| (sim.) ||

||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||[Gtr.2]
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||-5-----6-5-3---5-3-1-3-1---------|-5"--------------3"------6"-----||
||-^---------^-------------3-5-6-5-|--------------------------------||

[Fill 2] (End Fill 2)

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-7------------(Tacet)-------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|-7--------------------------------|
|-5--------------------------------|
|-^--------------------------------|

Fill 1: [1x] (Pick slides only)

[Figure F]() (End Figure F)

||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||-7------9-------10--------------|-9-10-9---10---9----------------||[Gtrs.1&2]
||-7------9-------10--------------|-9-10-9---10---9----------------||
||--5------7-------8---------------|-7-8--7---8----7-----------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||

[D5] [E5] [F5II]. . etc.

() The chord notation I've put here so that the timing of both guitars
is in synchrony with the tab.

[Guitar 3](Play w/Riff F)()

||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||------7---5---7-------7---5------|-------7---5---7-------8---7-----||[Gtr.3]
||--5---------------5-----------8--|---5---------------5-----------8-||
||----X---X---X---X---X---X---X----|-X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---||

|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ||
|| [D5] [E5] ||
|| [8x]||

||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||[Gtr.3]
||------7---5---7-------7---5------|-------7---5---7-------8---7-----||
||--5---------------5-----------8--|---5---------------5-----------8-||
||----X---X---X---X---X---X---X----|-X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---||

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F5II] [E5][F5II][E5] [F5II][E5]

() You can possibly substitute open E-string palm muting instead of
the percussive notes. It sounds like they play the later on the
album but if you want to beef up the riff go for the open E palm
mutes.

Repeat Figure F: [1x] + Guitar 3's riff over rhythm

[Figure F.1](w/Gtr.3 Riff) (End Figure F.1)

||-------------------------|-------------------------||
||-------------------------|-------------------------||
||-7"-----9"------10"-----|-9"-10"-9"-10"-9"-------||[Gtrs.1&2]
||-7"-----9"------10"-----|-9"-10"-9"-10"-9"-------||
||--5"-----7"-------8"-----|-7"--8"-7"--8"-7"--------||
||-------------------------|-------------------------||

Repeat Figure F.1: [1x]

[Figure G]

||------------------|-----------------||
||------------------|-----------------||
||-----------------|-----------------||[Gtrs.1&2]
||-----------------|-----------------||
||--2-2-5---4/5-4/5-|-2-2-5---5-8\7-5-||
||--0-0-3-0-2/3-2/3-|-0-0-3-0-3-6\5-3-||

|| sl sl sl ||
|| ||
|| (End Figure G)||

||------------------|-----------------||
||------------------|-----------------||
||------------------|----------------||[Gtrs.1&2]
||------------------|----------------||
||--2-2-5---4/5-4/5-|-2-2-5/8-88-8-8--||
||--0-0-3-0-2/3-2/3-|-0-0-3/6-66-6-6--||

sl sl sl

Repeat Figure G: [3x]

[Figure H] (End Figure H)

||-----------------|-----------------||
||-----------------|-----------------||
||----------------|----------------||[Gtrs.1&2]
||-9"---8"--------|-9"---12"-------||
||--7"---6"---8"---|-7"---10"---8"---||
||------------6"---|------------6"---||

() The actual amount of notes picked
is approximate. This will give you
an idea of how the riff is played
but listen to the song for actual
timing and repetition.

Repeat Figure H: [3x]

[Slower Tempo] (End Riff)

||------------|------------|------------|------------||
||----->------|----->------|----->------|----->------||
||->---7------|->---7------|->---7------|->---7------||[Gtr.1]
||-7---7------|-7---7------|-7---7------|-7---7------||
||-7---5------|-7---5------|-7---5------|-7---5------||
||-5----------|-5----------|-5----------|-5----------||

|| ||
|| ||
||(sim.) ||

||------------|------------|------------|------------||
||------------|------------|------------|------------||
||----/7------|----/7------|----/7------|----/7------||[Gtr.2]
||-7----------|-7----------|-7----------|-7----------||
||----/5------|----/5------|----/5------|----/5------||
||-5-sl-------|-5-sl-------|-5-sl-------|-5-sl-------||

[Slow] [3x]

||------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------||
||---7---10109-9-----7-10109-9-7-7--||[Gtr.1]
||-7---------------7----------------||
||----5---8-8-7-7~----5-8-8-7-7-5-5---||
||--5---------------5-----------------||

|| ||
|| ||
|| [3x]||

||------------------------------------||
||--------10107-7-------10107-7-------||
||---7---------------7---------1010-||[Gtr.2]
||-7-----7-7-5-5---7---7-7-5-5------||
||----5---------------5---------8-8---||
||--5---------------5-----------------||

[Next] (End Riff)

||------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------||
||----7--10-10-9--9--7--7--6--7-----||[Gtr.1]
||-7--------------------------------||
||-----5--8--8--7--7--5--5--4--5------||
||--5---------------------------------||

|| ||
|| ||
|| ||

||------------------------------------||
||--------10-10-8--8------------------||
||----7--------------10-10-9--10----||[Gtr.2]
||-7-----7--7--5--5-----------------||
||-----5--------------8--8--7--8------||
||--5---------------------------------||

Fill 2: [1x] (Guitars Tacet)
Fill 1: [1x]

[Melodic Riff]() [8x]

||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||-/7--/10--9/10--9\7----7-|-(7)--/10--9/10--9\7--||[Gtr.1]
||-------------------------|-------------------------||
||--/5--/8---7/8---7\5----5-|-(5)--/8---7/8---7\5---||
||-sl--sl----sl-----sl------|-----sl----sl-----sl------||

|| ||
|| ||
|| [8x]||

||--/10-/13--12/13-12\10-10-|-(10)-/13--12/13-12\10||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||-/7--/10---9/10--9\7--7--|-(7)--/10---9/10--9\7-||[Gtr.2]
||sl--sl------------sl-----|-----sl-----sl-----sl----||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||

(End Riff)

() This riff has some variations which I didn't tab out
completely. Listen to the song for the guitar harm-
onies to get a better & more accurate idea of how
this riff is played.

[Lead Guitar](w/Melodic Riff) [2x]

||----------------12----13----15-----||-------------15----13----12-------||
||-/15-(15)-15"------15----15----15\-||-/15---15"------15----15----15----||
||sl-----------------------------sl||sl--------------------------------||[Gtr.2]
||---------------------------------||----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||----------------------------------||

|| ||
|| ||
|| (End Riff)||

||-------12----13----15----13----12--||----------------------------------||
||-15"------15----15----15----15-----||-15---------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||---------(For-spacing-purposes)---||[Gtr.2]
||-----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||----------------------------------||

Repeat Lead Guitar Riff: [1x]
Repeat Figure E: [1x]
Repeat Figure E.1: [1x]
Repeat Figure E: [4x]
Repeat Figure G: [4x]


helll. it's not so easy to play