Titel: threnody 
Artiest: after forever
Album: 

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TORTUOUS THRENODY
As recorded by After Forever
(From the 2000 Album PRISON OF DESIRE)

Music by M. Jansen, S. Gommans, F. Jansen
Words by F. Jansen

Tabbed by: Jochen Bilderbeek (jbilderbeek@hotmail.com)
Thanks to: Edward Neve.
Version: 2.0 (22-08-2001)

-Listen to the song for the rhythm, and the pikking (downstrokes or alternate pikking).
-Lyrics are most time next to to riff that is played during those lyrics.

Tuning: Normal (E A D G B E).

-INTRO
Play 4x

Clean guitar
   Cm			   C#m
e|---------3--------------------------|
B|-------4---4---4--------------------|
G|-5---5-------5---5-----------6------|
D|---5---------------5---5---6---6----|
A|-3-------------------3---4----------|
E|------------------------------------|

-RIFF 1
Play 8x

Gtr I plays INTRO 
Gtr II plays 
               PM|
e|-------------------------|	[Thy gruesome cries so thin]
B|-------------------------|	[On thus you will succeed]
G|-------------------------|	[The amorphous illusions]
D|-6-5----5--5-5-5--5--(6)-|	[Thwart your willingness to believe]
A|-4-3----3--3-3-3--3--(4)-|
E|-------------------------|	Play the chord between hooks only the last time. 
END RIFF 1

-RIFF 2
Play 2x

1st time: [The ..........beauty.......] 
2nd time: [......disturbed............]
 
       PM---|        PM-------|
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-5----5-5--5-4-5----5-5--5-5-5-6----|
A|-3----3-3--3-6-3----3-3--3-3-3-4----|
E|------------------------------------|	
END RIFF 2


 -RIFF 3

 PM-------------------------------------|    PM----------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------7-----------8~-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------5-7-8---8-7-5-7-8----|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 PM-------------------------------------|    PM----------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------7--------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------5-7-8---8-7-5-7-8-8~-|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
END RIFF 3

-RIFF 4 (VERSE 1)
Play 4x

 PM----------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------| 1st x: [The amulet, opener of forgotten doors]
G|-------------------------------------------| 2nd x: [Leads back to that doomed tiara-night]
B|-------------------------------------------| 3rd x: [See thyself wild in hysteria]
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------| 4th x: [Death's irony]
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6--5--|
E|-------------------------------------4--3--|
END RIFF 4

-RIFF 2
Play 2x. Same as earlier.

-RIFF 3
Same as earlier.

-RIFF 4 (VERSE 2)
Play 4x. Same as VERSE 1, but know with these lyrics:

[Listen to this tortuous threnody]
[Filled with the pain]
[Thou can see where betrayal shall bring thee]
[Death's obligatory]

-RIFF 5
Play 4x


Start lyrics half way the first time

e|--------------------------------|			[Where all elements melt to one]
B|--------------------------------|	[And odious memories perish together with you]
G|---------------5--3-1-3--1-3----|	[Should have seen the omen, the mirror]
D|----5--6--5-3-------------------|	[Death's..................reality] 
A|-3------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|	
END RIFF 5


 
-RIFF 6 (CHORUS)
Play 4 x
(make a slide on the low E after the PM part)

   PM---------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------|  [Cry, your threnody will be heard]
B|-------------------------------------------|  [For thy suffocated minds]
G|-------------------------------------------|  [The tortuous sound as angels' voices]
D|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-------------------|  [The phobia, in search for...] 
A|-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3--4----4-3-3----5--|
E|--------------------------6----6-5-1----3--|	
END RIFF 6

-RIFF 7
Play 4x
4th time: play the last two chords with distortion and PM.

Clean guitar
   Cm				   G#		  Fm     Gm 
e|---------3---------------3---------------4-----------------------|
B|-------4---4-----------4---4---------------4---------------------|
G|-----5-------5-------5-------5---------5-----5-------------------|
D|---5-----------5---5-----------5-----6---------6-----3-------5---|
A|-3---------------3-----------------6---------------3---3---5---5-|
E|---------------------------------4---------------1-------3-------|

[......ancestral blood]
[An arable force from the past]
[Leads back to the atrocious roots]
[The deep inner soul, never to be exposed]

-RIFF 8
Play 4x

This riff is play by two guitars (two voices). Tabbed for one guitar.

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------5-6-3----|
D|-5-3-5-3-5----5-3-5-6-5----6-5-3-5-6---5-6-3----------|
A|-----------6------------6------------6----------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

-RIFF 6 (CHORUS)
Same as before, but the last words end in RIFF 3 this time.

-RIFF 3
Same as before.

-RIFF 4 (VERSE 3)
Same as VERSE 1, but now with these lyrics:

[The axiom you can't deny or better]
[Drags you down into a lost abyss]
[The hymn stops, fear will reign]
[Death's cruelty]

-RIFF 5
Play 4x

 -RIFF 9 (END)

  PM-------------------------|
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--|
A|-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3--|
E|-------------------------------|

END SONG


That's all for this song. If you have suggestions, comments or 
corrections please contact me! (jbilderbeek@hotmail.com, visit my 
website at: HTTP://go.to/jochenb) 


Tablature Legend
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 ~   - vibrato
 PM  - palm muting
 [..]- lyrics are between these hooks

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