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Moonchild by Fields Of The Nephilim
Moonchild
Riff 1- Guitar 1, distortion.
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e|-------------------------------0----0----0--------
B|---------------------------------1----1----1------
G|-5-4--2----5-4-2--2----5-4-2--2----2----2---------
D|------0-----------2-----------3-------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------
Riff 2- Guitar 1, distoriton.
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e|---------------------------------0----0----0-------
B|-----------------------------------1----1----1-----
G|-5-4-2--2---5-4-2--2----5-4-2--2-----2----2--------
D|-----0--0----------2-----------3-------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------
Riff 3- Guitar 2, clean.
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e|-7----8----7----8-----7---8--------
B|---8----8----8----8-----8---8------
G|-----7----7----7----7--------------
D|-----------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------
Riff 4- Guitar 2, clean.
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4a
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e|---1---3---5---3--1--3-----5-3--1----1---0---1-3-------------
B|-3---3---3---3---------------------3---3---3-----------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------
4b
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0|-5-3--1----1---0--1-3-----5--3-3----3h5-5--3h5-5--3h5-5-5--------------
B|---------3---3---3----------------3------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 5- Guitar 1, distortion.
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e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------5h7-7-5-7-5------------------5h7-7-5-7-5--------------
D|-/5~--5\3-3-2------5h7-7-5-7-5--7--5------------5h7-7-5-7-5--7-5---------
A|---------------3---5---5-5-5-5-------8-7-8--5---5---5-5-5-5------8-7-8--5
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 6- Guitar 1, distortion.
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e|------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------5h7-7-5-7-5------------------------
D|-/7-5~--5\3-3-2----5h7-7-5-7-5--7--5------------------
A|----------------3--5---5-5-5-5-------8-7-8-5----------
E|------------------------------------------------------
Riff 7- Guitar 2, clean.
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e|-5-3-----5-5-3-|-1--0--------3-1-3-1----3----3-1-3-1----3-- (let feedback
B|-----3--3-3----|-------1----3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-3-3---- 2nd time round)
G|---------------|-------------------------------------------
D|---------------|-------------------------------------------
A|---------------|-------------------------------------------
E|---------------|-------------------------------------------
Riff 8- Guitar 2, clean (later guitar 1 with mild distortion).
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e|-1---3---1---3---5-3--1h3p1-1---0---0---1--3---------------------------
B|---3---3---3---3--------------3---3---3--------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
0|-5-3--1----1---0--1-3-----5--3-3----3h5-5--3h5-5--3h5-5-5--------------
B|---------3---3---3----------------3------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
How to play it
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Guitar 1|1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 | - |2 2 2 2 2 2 |
--------+----------------+---+------------+
Guitar 2| - - 3 3 3 3 3 3|4 4| 3 3 3 3 3 3|
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| from here Guitar 1 clean when
-------------------------------------------------------- playing 4 & 8
Guitar 1| - |1 1 5 6 | - - 8-- 1 |8-- 1 1 1 4a 4a 1 |
--------+----+--------+-------------+------------------+
Guitar 2| 4 8| - - 7 7|4 8 8 3 3 3 |3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3|
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Notes
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When I've put "4", it means play all of 4a and 4b consecutively. Later on,
guitar 1 seems to pop in and out of distortion, so the first time that guitar
one plays riff 8, it's with dist. and all the times after that it's clean. All
the other riffs stay the same as before.
At the end of the chorus riff (the bit with the hammer- ons), I actually think
that that bit may be played by the other guitar while guitar 2 repeats what it
just played. This song is *incredibly* confusing.
Towards the last quarter it seems that there's another guitar in the
background playing a muted power chord (5th string, 5th fret- whatever it's
called) unless that's just guitar 1 doing something weird. I hope not.
In riff 7, I've marked off the last section as I made it up myself. The first
few notes which are before the line I could hear O.K. but the ones after it I
made myself, as it's just far too difficult to hear because of everything else
going on around them. If you can get my timing, it should sound fine.
The lyrics I've sort of amended from John McDonagh's file, so they're just
what I think I can hear. If you look on the inlay to "the Nephilim" album (on
cassette anyway) there are a few bits from Moonchild around the picture ("I
knelt down where I burned before"; "a revisit to an empty hall"; and something
else which I can't read).
Lyrics
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(Moonchild... moonchild... moonchild...)
Well it's a righteous dream, but out of mind yeah
Righteous dream, but out of mind yeah.
Take their horses
Let them crawl
Put them in their cages
(That's righteous for the soul)
Open your eyes
Despite what's deemed
Longevity
Well that's a righteous part of me
Moonchild
Lower me down, lower me down
Moonchild, lower me down, down, down, down, down, down
Well it's a righteous day, but out of my year
(I'll give your life smile)
Well it's a righteous day
Never return, I won't wait no more
They take no prisoners in the promised war
You'll die for this
Die for this
Take them
Moonchild
Lower me down, lower me down
Moonchild... lower me down
Moonchild
Lower me down, lower me down
Moonchild... lower me down, down, down, down, down, down
(Moonchild)
Take off for safer places
Can't you see
You're losing me
Moonchild
Lower me down, lower me down
Moonchild... lower me down
Moonchild... lower me down
Moonchild... lower me down, down, down, down, down, down
Moonchild... lower me down
Moonchild... lower me down, down, down, down, down, down
A revisit to an empty hall
You can't see I've been burned before
They tear you down and prepare your shame
Longevity hear my fame
Moonchild...
And I'm waiting, and I'm waiting, and I'm waiting, and I'm waiting,
And I wipe through the force, a blinding cause
Waiting till they find the war
Longevity, longevity, I knelt down where I burned before
Longevity, longevity, I knelt down where I burned before
Lower me down
I knelt down where I burned before...
Down, down, down
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Moonchild...
Well it's a righteous dream
Out of mind
A righteous dream
Out of mind
Is it right just dreaming
Out of my day
Take your horses
Let them crawl
Put them in their cages
That's righteous for your soul
Open your eyes
Despite what seems
Longevity
That's a righteous part of me
Moonchild
Lower me down, lower me down
Moonchild
Lower me down down down down down down
Well it's a righteous day
Out of mind
A righteous day
Never return, I'm waiting no more
They take no prisoners in the promised war
I'll die for this
I'll die for this
Take it away
Moonchild
Take off for safer places
Can't you see
You're losing me
Well I'm listening to an empty hall
You can't see for they've burned before
They take me down to the window shame
Longevity hear my fame
Moonchild
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