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THE SERPENTINE OFFERING - Dimmu Borgir
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Tuning:There is a bit of discrepancy of whether or not this is in C standard or D
standard. For this tab, however, I am in D STANDARD.
All of those 3's and 2's and 10's are randomly represented below. Those are the correct
notes, but not the correct value of each note. Just listen to the song.
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|------------------22222222222222222222--------------------------22222222222|D|-33333333333333333--------------------33333333333333333333333333-----------| ..........................................................................
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|22222222222------------------22101010101010101010101010--------------------|D|-----------333333333333333333----------------------------------------------| .......................................................
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|F|-----------------------------------4---------------------------------------|E|-5-------------------------5-------4---------------------------5-----------|G|-5-------------------------5-------2---------------------------5-----------|D|-3-------------------------3-----------------------------------3-----------|
My Descent is the story of every man;I am hatred, darkness and despair
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|F|-----------------------------------4---------------------------------------|E|-5-------------------------5-------4---------------------------5-----------|G|-5-------------------------5-------2---------------------------5-----------|D|-3-------------------------3-----------------------------------3-----------|
My Descent is the story of every man;I am hatred, darkness and despair
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-------------------3--------------------3--------------------3-------------|G|-------------------3--------------------3--------------------3-------------|E|0000-0000-00000000-1-0000-0000-00000000-1-0000-0000-00000000-1-0000-0000---| .... .... ........ .... .... ........ .... .... ........ .... .... Ooh!
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-------------*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-------------------------------------------|E|00000000--555-999-888-555-999-888------------------------------------------| ........ ... ... ... ... ... ...
*Not triplets, expanded for clarity.
Repeat that twice.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------2---------------------2--------------------------------------|A|-3/6\3/6\3/6--2--------3/6\3/6\3/6--2--------------------------------------|E|-1/4\1/4\1/4--0--------1/4\1/4\1/4--0--------------------------------------|
Repeat that until told otherwise.
Enters guitar 2, octave above.e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-------------4-----0-1-----------------------------------------------------|D|-3/6\3/6\3/6-2-2-3---------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Stop once Shagrath starts singing again.
This is the part that makes me wonder if Dimmu Borgir changed tunings between cds.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-7--------7----------------------------------------------------------------|D|-7------5-7-10-9-7-------------------------------------------------------------|A|-5----7-3-5-8--7-5------------------------------------------------------------|E|------5--------------------------------------------------------------------|heavy pm. . . . . .
Play that twice.
After that, Play those top couple bars as you hear them being played.
Clear singing part:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-7-----------------2-------------------------------------------------------|A|-7-----------------2-------------------------------------------------------|E|-5-----------------0-------------------------------------------------------|
Play that until you hear chord changes, which are:e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-3---------7--------3----------------------------------------2-------------|A|-3---------7--------3----------------------------------------2-------------|E|-1---------5--------1----------------------------------------0-------------| these aren't in proper order, but it finishes on the D5 chord ^
Then it's this little doohickey then that slide riff some more.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-----9-9-10--------------------------------------------------------------------|D|----9-9----------------------------------------------------------------------|A|--7-------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Something like that.Now end the song withe|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|11111-1h4p1-11111-1h4h1-00000-0h3p0----------------------------------------| ..... ..... .....Hit the string hard on that first 1. Repeat until you feel good about yourself, then thelast to notes are palm mute D5.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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