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BIRTH OF VENUS ILLEGITIMA
As recorded by Therion
(From the 1998 Album VOVIN)
Transcribed by Jerry
Music by Christofer Johnsson
Arranged by Christofer Johnsson & Jan Kazda
F5
1 3 3 x x x
Am
x x 7 5 x x
G
x x 5 4 x x
A5
5 7 7 x x x
B5
7 9 9 x x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
C5
8 10 10 x x x
E5
0 2 x x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'lead'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'rhythm'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'clean'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'acoustic'
Intro
Q=110
Am G Am Am G Am
4/4
Gtr III
Q Q E Q E +H.. E Q Q E Q E +Q. Q E Q
||----------------|--------------|---------------|----------------||||o------------^5-|-(5)----------|------------^5-|-(5)---8--6----o||||-----5--4-5--^5-|-(5)----------|----5--4-5--^5-|-(5)--------9---||||-----7--5-7--^7-|-(7)----------|----7--5-7--^7-|-(7)------------||||o-0-------------|--------------|-0-------------|---------------o||||----------------|------------0-|---------------|----------------||
Am G Am Am G Am Am G Am 4/4 Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||------5---4-5-----|-----5---4-5-----|-----5---4-5-----|||------7---5-7-----|-----7---5-7-----|-----7---5-7-----|||o-0-0---0-----0-0-|-0-0---0-----0-0-|-0-0---0-----0-0-|||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F5 E5 Gtr II W W W W|----------|----------|----------|-------|||----------|----------|----------|------o|||----------|----------|----------|-------|||-3--------|-3--------|-2--------|-2-----|||-3--------|-3--------|-2--------|-2----o|||-1--------|-1--------|-0--------|-0-----||
F5 Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||------------------|-----------------|||o-----------------|-----------------|||------------------|-----------------|||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
A5 B5 A5 Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x|-----------------|------------------|||-----------------|-----------------o|||-----------------|------------------|||-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|||-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o|||-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
Am G Am Am G Am Am G Am Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|||o------------------|-------------------|--------------------|||------5---4-5------|-------5---4-5-----|-------5---4-5------|||------7---5-7------|-------7---5-7-----|-------7---5-7------|||o-0-0---0-----0--0-|--0--0---0-----0-0-|--0--0---0------0-0-|||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
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| Gtr I| H E Q E +H E Q E +H E Q.||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|||o------------------|-------------------|--------------------|||--5-------4-5---/7-|-(7)-------5-4---2-|-(2)-------4-5------|||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|||o------------------|-------------------|--------------------|||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
F5 E5 Gtr II W W|--------------|---------------|||--------------|--------------o|||--------------|---------------|||-3------------|-2-------------|||-3------------|-2------------o|||-1------------|-0-------------||
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| Gtr I| Q Q E Q. Q Q E Q.|--------------|---------------|||--------------|--------------o|||-7--5--4-2----|-5--4--2-1-----|||--------------|---------------|||--------------|--------------o|||--------------|---------------||
F5 G5 A5 Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|----------------------||---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-/7-||---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-/7-||---1-1-1-1--1--1--1--1-|---1--1-1-1-1-/3-3-/5-|
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| Gtr I| H E E E E +W|-----------------------|----------------------||-\10-------12-13-15-13-|-(13)-----------------||-----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|----------------------|
A5 B5 C5 B5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q|----------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------||---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---7--/9-9-/10-10-\9-9\--||---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---7--/9-9-/10-10-\9-9\--||---5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-|---5--/7-7--/8--8-\7-7\--|
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| Gtr I| H Q E E +W|----------------------|-------------------------||-/12-------10------10-|-(10)--------------------||----------------13----|-------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|
F5 G5 A5 Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------------|---------------------||-----------------------|---------------------||-----------------------|---------------------||---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-7-||---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-7-||---1-1-1-1--1--1--1--1-|---1--1-1-1-1-/3-3-5-|
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| Gtr I| H E E E E +W|-----------------------|---------------------||-/10-------12-13-15-13-|-(13)----------------||-----------------------|---------------------||-----------------------|---------------------||-----------------------|---------------------||-----------------------|---------------------|
A5 E5 Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------||---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|--------------------||---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||---5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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| Gtr I| H Q E E +Q. H E|----------------------|--------------------||-/12-------10------10-|-(10)-----9-------6-||----------------13----|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2--2--||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|
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| +Q. H E +Q. H +E|-------------------|---------------------||-(6)-----5---------|---------------------||-----------------5-|-(5)-----4-------(4)-||-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------|
Interlude Am G Am Am G Am Gtr III Q Q E Q E +H.. E Q Q E Q E +Q. Q E Q||----------------|--------------|---------------|-----------------||||o------------^5-|-(5)----------|------------^5-|-(5)---8--6-----o||||-----5--4-5--^5-|-(5)----------|----5--4-5--^5-|-(5)--------9----||||-----7--5-7--^7-|-(7)----------|----7--5-7--^7-|-(7)-------------||||o-0-------------|--------------|-0-------------|----------------o||||----------------|------------0-|---------------|-----------------||
Am G Am Am G Am Am G Am Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||------5---4-5-----|-----5---4-5-----|-----5---4-5-----|||------7---5-7-----|-----7---5-7-----|-----7---5-7-----|||o-0-0---0-----0-0-|-0-0---0-----0-0-|-0-0---0-----0-0-|||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F5 E5 W W W W|----------|----------|----------|-------|||----------|----------|----------|------o|||----------|----------|----------|-------|||-3--------|-3--------|-2--------|-2-----|||-3--------|-3--------|-2--------|-2----o|||-1--------|-1--------|-0--------|-0-----||
F5 Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||------------------|-----------------|||o-----------------|-----------------|||------------------|-----------------|||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
A5 B5 A5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x|-----------------|------------------|||-----------------|-----------------o|||-----------------|------------------|||-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|||-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o|||-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
F5 G5 A5 Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||------------------------|----------------------|||o-----------------------|----------------------|||------------------------|----------------------|||----3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-/7-|||o---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-/7-|||----1-1-1-1--1--1--1--1-|---1--1-1-1-1-/3-3-/5-|
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| Gtr I| H E E E E +W||------------------------|----------------------|||o-/10-------12-13-15-13-|-(13)-----------------|||------------------------|----------------------|||------------------------|----------------------|||o-----------------------|----------------------|||------------------------|----------------------|
A5 B5 C5 B5 Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 3x|----------------------|--------------------------|||----------------------|-------------------------o|||----------------------|--------------------------|||---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---7--/9-9-/10-10-\9-9\---|||---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---7--/9-9-/10-10-\9-9\--o|||---5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-|---5--/7-7--/8--8-\7-7\---||
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| Gtr I| H Q E E +W 3x|----------------------|--------------------------|||-/12-------10------10-|-(10)--------------------o|||----------------13----|--------------------------|||----------------------|--------------------------|||----------------------|-------------------------o|||----------------------|--------------------------||
F5 G5 A5 Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------||---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-/7-|---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-||---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-/7-|---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-||---1-1-1-1--1--1--1--1-|---1--1-1-1-1-/3-3-/5-|---5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-|
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| Gtr I| H E E E E +W H Q E E|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------||-/10-------12-13-15-13-|-(13)-----------------|-/12-------10------10-||-----------------------|----------------------|----------------13----||-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E5 Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|-------------------|---------------------||--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2--2--||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|
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| Gtr I| Q. H E +Q. H E +Q. H +E|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------||-10------9-------6-|-(6)-----5---------|---------------------||-------------------|-----------------5-|-(5)-----4-------(4)-||-------------------|-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
String intro F5 Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||------------------|-----------------|||o-----------------|-----------------|||------------------|-----------------|||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
A5 B5 A5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|------------------|||-----------------|-----------------o|||-----------------|------------------|||-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|||-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o|||-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
Outro F5 Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------|--------------------------||---------------------|--------------------------||---------------------|--------------------------||--3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-3---3---3---||--3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-3---3---3---||--1-1-1-1--1-1--1--1-|---1--1-1-1-1-1---1---1---|
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| Gtr I| H q E E +H E S S S S S S|---------------------|--------------------------||-13-------12------10-|-(10)---------------------||---------------12----|--------------5-7-9-7-5---||---------------------|--------------------------||---------------------|--------------------------||---------------------|--------------------------|
A5 Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------|--------------------||---------------------|--------------------||---------------------|--------------------||--7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||--7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||--5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
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| Gtr I| H Q E E +W|---------------------|--------------------||-12-------10------10-|-(10)---------------||---------------13----|--------------------||---------------------|--------------------||---------------------|--------------------||---------------------|--------------------|
F5 Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------|--------------------------||---------------------|--------------------------||---------------------|--------------------------||--3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-3---3---3---||--3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-3---3---3---||--1-1-1-1--1-1--1--1-|---1--1-1-1-1-1---1---1---|
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| Gtr I| H q E E +H E S S S S S S|---------------------|--------------------------||-13-------12------10-|-(10)---------------------||---------------12----|--------------5-7-9-7-5---||---------------------|--------------------------||---------------------|--------------------------||---------------------|--------------------------|
A5 E5 Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------||---------------------|--------------------|-------------------||---------------------|--------------------|-------------------||--7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|--------------------|-------------------||--7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||--5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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| Gtr I| H Q E E +Q. H E +Q. H E|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------||-12-------10------10-|-(10)-----9-------6-|-(6)-----5---------||---------------13----|--------------------|-----------------5-||---------------------|--------------------|-------------------||---------------------|--------------------|-------------------||---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
Am Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W +W +W|-------------------|---------------------|----------|------------|--------*||-------------------|---------------------|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----*||-------------------|---------------------|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----*||-------------------|---------------------|-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----*||--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2--2--|----------|------------|--------*||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|----------|------------|--------*|
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| Gtr I| +Q. H E +Q. H +E W W W|-------------------|---------------------|----------|------------|--------*||-------------------|---------------------|----------|------------|--------*||-(5)-----4-------2-|-(2)-----1-------(1)-|----------|------------|--------*||-------------------|---------------------|----------|------------|--------*||-------------------|---------------------|----------|------------|--------*||-------------------|---------------------|----------|------------|--------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
