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Cheerful Dirge by Theatre Of Tragedy
Cheerful Dirge
Normal Tuning
Vocals refer to the riffs above...
NOTE: I did this on my bass; on a guitar you might want to play
power chords on some parts (instead of just the root)...
RiffA
e [--------------------------------------] Play 9x, vocals come
B [--------------------------------------] in 8th time
G [--------------------------------------] (if I can count)
D [--------------------------------------]
A [------------------6~--5--6--8~--6--5--]
E [--5~~---6~--5--6----------------*-----]
* 2nd guitar comes in playing the same line
RiffB
e [-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B [-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G [-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D [-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A [-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E [-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-6-6-5-5-|
e -----------------]
B -----------------] (I might be off a little somewhere in this
G -----------------] riff, because of the heavy distortion)
D -----------------]
A -----------------]
E -6-6-6-6-8-8-6-6-]
"Ire of yore- bard of e'eryears- I deem the brood hath wan'd- for
e'ermore?!"
Play riffA 4x
RiffC
e [------------------|------------------]
B [------------------|------------------] Play 4x
G [------------------|------------------]
D [------------------|------------------]
A [----------5~------|----------5~------]
E [--6-6--5-------5~-|--6-6--5-------5~-]
"Feathers of Swans in my pillow- I cede my heart. Make haste!
- I pray- respond my plea!"
-"Lo! - a sire of great awe- a knight of many battles!"
"And of kinsmen weeping for the slain!
* On the next part just play A on the given moments(=*)...
(* refers to text below)
E --5-- = A (or powerchord A on guitar)
* * * * *
"Please! - heed my words; In thy sorrow I will kiss thy tears-
* * * * *
In thy bliss I will take thee by thy hand (riffE)- The sapor of
* * * * * *
grapes thou shalt savor- And harken the nightingale sing oh so
*
blithely!"
RiffE
e [--------------------------------------]
B [--------------------------------------]
G [--------------------------------------]
D [--------------------------------------]
A [--------------6----------------6-5----]
E [--5--6-5--6--------5--6-5--6-------6--]
* * *
- On his knees... A plea to harvest roses; No need for the thorns
* *
yon count! Wherefore vow me? Wherefore this guilded proffer?
* * *
Wherefore not pay court to a maid more fair? - Morn of joyous day!
* * * *
Hower 'twixt weed! Fertile desert! Cheerful dirge! Misery me not!
* * *
- man nor beast; envy me; Lest 'tis an act of wont! (RiffG)
RiffG
e [--------------------------] This riff serves as a bridge to
B [--------------------------] riffA. The timing sounds strange
G [--------------------------] on this riff, so a marked it in
D [--------------------------] the text below...
A [--------------6--8--6--5--]
E [--5--6--5--6--------------]
+ + + + + + + + #
Many are the drapes that my past bury -
(+ notes of riffG; # first note of riffA)
play riffA 3x
play riffC 4x
end with fill:
e [---------------]
B [---------------]
G [---------------]
D [---------------]
A [----------5~~--]
E [--6-6--5-------]
Hap mirthfulness! - Oh! joy of grand riddance;
Undress me my hauberk! - the wyern hath errant'd.
Ire of yore - bard of e'eryears -
I deem the brood hath wan'd -
fore'ermore?!
Fro the chasm of the bosom, bale a hand back.
Hark! my dove - henceforth I bulwark thee! -
Teathers of swans in my pillow - I cede my heart.
Make haste! - I pray - respond my plea!
Lo! - a sire of great awe - a knight of
many battles!
...And of kinsmen weeping for the slain!
Please! - heed my words;
In thy sorrow I will kiss thy tears -
In thy bliss I will take thee by thy hand -
The sapor of grapes thou shalt savor -
And harken the nighttingale sing oh so blithely!
On his knees... A plea to harvest
roses;
No heed for the thorns you count!
Wherefore vow me?
Wherefor this gilded proffer?
Wherefore not pay court to a maid more
fair? -
Morn of a joyous day! Hower 'twixt
weed!
Fertile desert! Cheerful dirge!
Misery me not! - man nor beast; envy
me;
Lest'tis an act of wont!
Many are the drapes that my past bury -
Ineffable feeling indulgeth in battles!
Tisn't what thou vambrace'st thy words with!!;
I bethink dotingly only thy weal -
Forgive me for deeming thee direfully -
Therein abdiding with thee
Yet I was a trifle daunt'd.
Is for me the grandest boon!
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