Dreadful Hours Tab

Band: My Dying Bride
Album: The Dreadful Hours
Song: The Dreadful Hours
Copyright 2001 Peaceville Records

Transcribed by: Ben Geddes
E-mail: bengeddes@yahoo.com

Notation:

(7) =  ghost note
*   =  palm mute
/   =  slide up
\   =  slide down

7 String Guitar

Intro Section - Slowly
0:06
Guitar 1 (Clean)
e|-999999999\77777777\2222222222222222/44444444\222222220222222222222222|
b|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|/99999999/1414141414141414\9999999999999999\77777777\44444444\22222222|
b|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|2222222202222222/44444444\2222222222222222/99999999/1414141414141414\|
b|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|9999999999999999-|
b|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|

0:06 and again at 1:38
Guitar 2 (Clean)
e|---------------------|
b|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|----7-----4-----4--4-|   X6
A|-4-----5-----2-------|
E|---------------------|
B|---------------------|

1:01
Guitar 2 (Clean)
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7--7--7\6--6--6/4--4--2/4--4--7--7--7/9--9--9\4--4--4-|   X2
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|

1:38
Guitar 1 (Clean)
e|-999999999\77777777\2222222222222222022222222/44444444\2222222222222222|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|


e|022222222/44444444/99999999\77777777/1414141414141414\99999999\77777777|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

2:15
Guitar 1 (Distorted)
e|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|---------------5-4-------|
A|-0-2--5--5--5--5-4--5-5--|
E|---------------3-2--5-5--|
B|--------------------3-3--|

2:25
Guitar 1 (Distorted)
e|-----------------------|
b|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-------------5-4-------| X4
A|-2--5--5--5--5-4--5-5--|
E|-------------3-2--5-5--|
B|------------------3-3--|

2:25
Guitar 2 (Distorted)       2nd time     4th time
e|-----------------------|------------|------------|
b|-----------------------|------------|------------|
G|-----------------------|--7-6-------|--4-6-------|
D|-0--4--4--4------------|------------|------------|  X4
A|-------------5-4--5-5--|-------5-5--|-------5-5--|
E|------------------5-5--|-------5-5--|-------5-5--|
B|------------------3-3--|-------3-3--|-------3-3--|

3:01
Guitars one and two play the same clean parts as at 1:38 and fade out.

Fade in with this heavy riff:
Faster tempo
e|-------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-55555-55555-55555-55555-5555(5)-----|
E|-55555-55555-55555-55555-5555(5)-----|
B|-33333-33333-33333-33333-3333(3)--/8\|
   ***** ***** ***** ***** ****

4:14
Guitar 1 (Distorted)
e|--------------------------|
b|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|  X12
A|-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5--------|
E|-4-4-4-5-5-5-------5-5-5--|
B|-2-2-2-3-3-3--------------|
 The rhythm changes slighty throughout this.

4:29
Fast 6/8 feel
Add Guitar 2 (Distorted)
e|---------------------------|
b|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-666666777777444444222222--|  X4
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|

4:57
Distorted Guitar
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------9\8-8-8/10-10----------------------------|  X6
A|-222222222222-9\8-8-8/10-10-222222222222---------------|
E|-222222222222-7\6-6-6/8--8--222222222222-----6/777/88--|
B|-000000000000---------------000000000000-5-4-4/555/66--|
    ***** *****                ***** *****

5:35
Distorted Guitar                                 last time
e|-----------------------------------------------|------|
b|-----------------------------------------------|------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|-(4)--| X7
A|--------------------4----------------------4---|-(4)--|
E|-222222222222-5-4-5--54-111111111111-5-4-5--54-|-(2)--|
B|-----------------------------------------------|------|

6:33 Slowly
Play the clean guitar parts used at 1:38 and fade out.