Gothic Romance Guitar Tabs by Cradle Of Filth

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 scrapes) (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-<7>-*||[Gtr.1]
||*-------------------------|-------------------------*||
||--/5--/8---7/8---7\5----5-|-(5)--/8---7/8---7\5-<5>--||
||-sl--sl----sl-----sl------|-----sl----sl-----sl------||
||                                                     ||
||                                                     ||
||                                                 [8x]||
||--/10-/13--12/13-12\10-10-|-(10)-/13--12/13-12\10<10>||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||*-/7--/10---9/10--9\7--7--|-(7)--/10---9/10--9\7-<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-<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]




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