Chord/Tab song: I Cannot Be Loved

M Y D Y I N G B R I D E

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I C A N N O T B E L O V E D


A LINE OF DEATHLESS KINGS
(c) Peaceville Records - 2006
http://www.mydyingbride.org/

Tune Down 1 & 1/2 Steps
[C#] [F#][B][E][G#][C#]
Tempo 64 BPM
Time Signature 3/4

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Transcribed by

PADDY MCMULLAN
pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com

Version 1.0
31st July 2010

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Tablature Symbols Used:

p - Pull-Off
h - Hammer-On
P.M... - Palm Mute
\ - Slide Down to/Down From
/ - Slide Up To/Up From
( / ) - Legato Slide
( ) - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
REST - Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space
|_3_| - Triplet Notes
|__[1,2] - Alternative Endings
4b5r4 - Bend up to Note, then Release
% - Whammy-bar (articulation indicated above tab)



Section 1: Guitars 1 & 2 with Heavy Distortion (Play once through)

| |------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
| |------------| |------------R- -|-- ------------|------------R- -|
|3|------------|3|------------E- -|-- ------------|------------E- -|
|/|------------|/|--4------4--S- -|-- ------------|--3------3--S- -|
|8|--8-5--4--5-|4|--2------2--T- -|-- --8-5--4--5-|--1------1--T- -|
| |--6-3--2--3-| |--2------2-------|---------6-3--2--3-|--1------1-------|

... ...

|-------------------| |
|-- ------------| |
|-- ------------||
|-- ------------| | x 2
|-- --8-5--4--5-||
|---------6-3--2--3-| |
||-------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
||-- ------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
||-- ------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
||-- ------------|--4------------|--(4)-----------------|--3------------|
||-- --8-5--4--5-|--2------------|--(2)-----------------|--1------------|
||---------6-3--2--3-|--2------------|--(2)---(2/6)-3--2--3-|--1------------|
|-------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|--(3)--------------|--4------------|--(4)-----------------|---------------|
|--(1)----8-5--4--5-|--2------------|--(2)-----------------|--2------------|
|--(1)----6-3--2--3-|--2------------|--(2)---(2/6)-3--2--3-|--0------------|
| |---------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| |---------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|3|---------|4|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|/|---------|/|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|8|--(2)----|4|--(2)--------------|--(2)--------------|--(2)--------------|
| |--(0)----| |--(0)--------------|--(0)--------------|--(0)--------------|
|-----------------------||
|-----------------------||
|-----------------------||
|-----------------------||
|--(2)-------------10\ -||
|--(0)-------------10\ -||

During the last 4 bars Guitar 2 plays the following:

| |-----------------------------|--------------------------|
| |-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|4|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|/|-----------------------------|---------------5--(4b5r4)-|
|4|----------3----5---(2b3r2)---|-------5--3---------------|
| |--0----3-------------------3-|--0-----------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------||
|----------------------------|------------------------------||
|----------------------------|------------------------------||
|----------------------------|---------------5--(4b5r4)- /--||
|----------3----5--(2b3r2)---|-------5--3-------------------||
|--0----3------------------3-|--0---------------------------||

During this section a harpsichord plays the following (arranged for guitar):


Let notes ring wherever possible

| |---------| |--2----------0--------|------------------|--2----------0--------|
| |--R-- --| |-----(4)-----------3--|-----2------------|-----(4)-----------3--|
|3|--E-- --|3|----------4-----4-----|--4-----4---------|----------3-----3-----|
|/|--S-- --|/|----------------------|------------------|----------------------|
|8|--T-- --|4|----------------------|------------------|----------------------|
| |---------| |----------------------|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|--2----------0--------|------------------|
|-----2------------|-----(4)-----------3--|-----2------------|
|--3-----3---------|----------4-----4-----|--4-----4---------|
|------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|--2----------0--------|------------------|--2----------0--------|
|-----(4)-----------3--|-----2------------|-----(4)-----------3--|
|----------3-----3-----|--3-----3---------|----------4-----4-----|
|----------------------|------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|--2----------0--------|--------------------|
|-----2-----2--3--0--|-----(4)-----------3--|-----2-----2--3--0--|
|--4-----4-----------|----------3-----3-----|--3-----3-----------|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--2----------0--------|--------------------|-------0--------| |-(0)--------|
|-----(4)-----------3--|-----2-----2--3--0--|--7-------------| |-------8----|
|----------4-----4-----|--4-----4-----------|----------------|3|---------11-|
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------|/|------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------|8|------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------| |------------|
| |--0----------------||
| |-------------------||
|4|-------------------||
|/|-------------------||
|4|-------------------||
| |-------------------||

Section 2.1: Guitar 1 (Play twice)

||-----------------------------|--------------------------| |
||-----------------------------|--------------------------| |
||-----------------------------|--------------------------||
||-----------------------------|---------------5--(4b5r4)-|| x 2
||----------3----5---(2b3r2)---|-------5--3---------------| |
||--0----3-------------------3-|--0-----------------------| |

Section 2.2: Guitar 2 (Play 4 times)

||-------------------------------------| |
||-------------------------------------| |
||--------11-7-9 \ 5~~---7 \ (4b5r4)---||
||-----9-----------------------------5-|| x 4
||--7----------------------------------| |
||-------------------------------------| |

....



Section 3: Guitars 1 & 2 (Play once)

||----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||----------5------4----|----------5------4----|----------5------4----|
||--2----5--3------2----|--2----5--3------2----|--2----5--3------2----|
||--0----3--3------2----|--0----3--3------2----|--0----3--3------2----|

... ... ...

|--------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------5------4-(4)-4--|----------5------4----|----------5------4----|
|--2----5--3------2-(2)-2--|--2----5--3------2----|--2----5--3------2----|
|--0----3--3------2h 3--2--|--0----3--3------2----|--0----3--3------2----|

... ... ...

|----------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|----------5------4----|----------5------------4--||
|--2----5--3------2----|--2----5--3------2--2--2--||
|--0----3--3------2----|--0----3--3------2--3--2--||

... ... ....



Section 4.1: Guitars 1 & 2 (Play twice)

||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
||--2---------------------|--7---------------------|--5---------------------|
||--2------------10-9-- \-|--5------------10-9-- \-|--3------------10-9-- \-|
||--0---------------------|--5---------------------|--3---------------------|
|------------------------| |
|------------------------| |
|------------------------||
|--7---------------------|| x 2
|--5------------10-9-- \-| |
|--5---------------------| |

Section 4.2: Guitar 3 with Heavy Distortion (Play once)

||---------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
||---------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
||---------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
||--9------------7-9---|--9------------7-9---|--10-----------(10/12)-10---|
||---------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
||---------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|--9------7--7------5--|--4------------7-9---|--9------------7-9---|
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------||-------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------||-------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------||-------------------|
|--10------------(10/12)-10---|--9------7--7------5--||--4----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------||-------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------||
|-------------------||
|-------------------||
|--2----------------||
|-------------------||
|-------------------||

Section 5: Guitars 1 & 2 (Play twice) [ Tempo 73 BPM ]

||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||--2/ 9-9--9--(9\8)-8--8-(8\7)-7\ 5--5--6--5--4--|
||--0/ 7-7--7--(7\6)-6--6-(6\5)-5\ 3--3--4--3--2--|

.... .... .............

|--------------------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------| |
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-----------9--9--9--8--8--8-----------------------|| x 2
|--2--2--2--7--7--7--6--6--6--9--9--9--8--9--8--7--| |
|--0--0--0--------------------7--7--7--6--7--6--5--| |

..............................................



Repeat Section 3 [ Tempo 67 BPM ]



Repeat Section 4



Repeat Section 5 [ Tempo 74 to 78 BPM ]



Section 6.1: Guitars 1 & 2 (Play 4 times)

||---------------------------------------------------| |
||---------------------------------------------------| |
||---------------------------------------------------||
||--9--9-9-9--9--(9\8)-(8\4)-4--4--4--4--3--4--3--2--|| x 3
||--7--7-7-7--7--(7\6)-(6\2)-2--2--2--2--1--2--1--0--| |
||---------------------------------------------------| |

........... ......................

% Dive steadily down,
return, and then dive the second
chord.

|-------------------------------------------------|-----------||
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------||
|--------------------------------------------%----|-----------||
|--9--9-9-9--9--(9\8)-(8\4)-4--4--4--4--3 /4-4----|--%--------||
|--7--7-7-7--7--(7\6)-(6\2)-2--2--2--2--1 /2-2----|--2--------||
|-------------------------------------------------|--0--------||

........... ..........



Section 6.2: Guitar 3 (Play once)


% See below for whammy articulations

||------------------------|----------------------|--%------%-------%-----|
||--%---------------------|----------------------|--8~~----10~~----12~~--|
||--12~~------11~~-----%--|--%---------%---------|-----------------------|
||---------------------9--|--9----------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|--%-------%-----------||
|--12~~----0-----------||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||

Whammy articulations:

1: Dip slightly, strike the note, and immediately release the bar
2: Strike the note and quickly dive the bar (hold the bar in this position)
3: Strike the dipped note and release the bar gradually with a slow/wide vibrato
4: Hold for one beat, and spend the next beat wiggling the bar as you depress it
5, 6, & 7: The same as articulation 1
8: Steadily dive down as far as you can go



Section 7.1: Guitar 1 (Play twice) [ Tempo 54 BPM ]

||---------------------------|----------------------|
||---------------------------|----------------------|
||---------------------------|----------------------|
||---------9p 8-9--8----- \-|----------------------|
||--2------------------------|----------------------|
||--0------------------------|--3------- / 6--------|
|--------------------------|----------------------| |
|--------------------------|----------------------| |
|--------------------------|----------------------||
|---------8h 9-9------- \-|----------------------|| x 2
|--2-----------------------|----------------------| |
|--0-----------------------|--3------- / 6--------| |
||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
||--2--------|--(2)------|--(2)------|--(2)------||
||--0--------|--(0)------|--(0)------|--(0)------||

Section 7.2: Guitar 2 (Play twice)

||-----------------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------------|----------------------|
||--2------10p 9-10--9----- \-|----------------------|
||--0--------------------------|--3------- / 6--------|
|----------------------------|----------------------| |
|----------------------------|----------------------| |
|----------------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------|| x 2
|--2------9h 10-10------- \-|----------------------| |
|--0-------------------------|--3------- / 6--------| |
||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
||--2--------|--(2)------|--(2)------|--(2)------||
||--0--------|--(0)------|--(0)------|--(0)------||

Section 8.1: Guitar 4 with Clean Tone (Play twice)

||------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
||---------9p 8-9--8------|--------------------|---------8h 9-9--------|
||------------------------|-----------1--------|-----------------------|
||--0---------------------|--3-----------------|--0--------------------|
|--------------------| |
|--------------------| |
|--------------------||
|--------------------|| x 2
|-----------1--------| |
|--3-----------------| |

Section 8.2: Guitar 5 with Clean Tone (Play twice)

||--------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
||---------10p 9-10--9------|-----------1--------|---------9h 10-10--------|
||--0-----------------------|--3-----------------|--0----------------------|
|--------------------||
|--------------------||
|--------------------||
|--------------------||
|-----------1--------||
|--3-----------------||

Section 9: Guitars 4 & 5 (Play twice)

||--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||--5--------4--------|--7----------------|--5--------4--------|
||--7--------5--------|--4----------------|--7--------5--------|
||--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------| |
|-------------------| |
|-------------------||
|--5----------------|| x 2
|--3----------------| |
|-------------------| |

Allow the last chord to ring out during the last repeat



Repeat Section 4 (Guitars 1 & 2 only)



Outro: Guitars 1 & 2 (Play twice)

||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--9----------------|--7----------------|--5----------------|
||--7----------------|--5----------------|--3----------------|
||--7----------------|--5----------------|--3----------------|
|-------------------| |
|-------------------| |
|-------------------||
|--7----------------|| x2
|--5----------------| |
|--5----------------| |

Allow the final chord to ring out during the last repeat



[End]

Tab summary: Section 1 x 1
Section 2 x 2
Section 3 x 1
Section 4 x 2
Section 5 x 2
Section 3 x 2
Section 4 x 2
Section 5 x 2
Section 6 x 4
Section 7 x 2
Section 8 x 2
Section 9 x 2
Section 4 x 2
Outro x 2

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