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Cosmic Funeral Tabs

(ver. 1)
Cathedral
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Unlike most Cathedral songs, this one is played using a normally tuned
guitar (E A D G B E).


Opening Riff:

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------s-------------------------|
|-6---7-----------6---7---4-------6---7---9-------6---7-----------|
|---------7-----------------------------------------------4-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------s---------------s---------|
|-6---7-----------6---7---4-------6---7---9-------6---7---11------|
|---------7-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


The doomy verse:

Jennings tends to harmonize his riffs, I transcribed mostly the
main guitar.


|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------slide--------------------------------------|
|-(-2-)--4---------------------5----------------------------2---|
|-(-0-)--2--------------------------------------------------0---|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------/-\-------------------|
|--4------------------------------------4-------------------2---|
|--2---------------------------5----------------------------0---|


|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------slide--------------------------------------|
|--4---------------------------5----------------------------2---|
|--2--------------------------------------------------------0---|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4--------------------------------------/--\--------------2---|
|--2---------------------------5--------4-------------------0---|


|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------/-\-----------------|
|--------------------slide----------------/-----\---------------|
|--4---------------------------5--------5-------------------2---|
|--2--------------------------------------------------------0---|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------/--\------------------|
|--4------------------------------------4-------------------2---|
|--2---------------------------5----------------------------0---|


|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------/-\----------------|
|--------------------slide----(4)------(4)-/-----\--------------|
|--4---------------------------5--------5-------------------2---|
|--2--------------------------------------------------------0---|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4--------------------------------------/-\-------------------|
|--2---------------------------5--------4-----------------------|


Bridge part:

first without distortion, then with it (a lot of it).

|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------0---------------0----------------------|
|------5-------5-------5-------5------------------|
|--5---------------5---------------5--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


Chorus:

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6---7-----------6---7---4-------6---7---9-------6---7--------|
|--4---5---7-------4---5---2-------4---5---7-------4---5---4----|
|----------5-----------------------------------------------2----|

The second verse is very much like the first one, with some minor
changes in the order of the riffs, and not the actual notes.


The following riff: (which goes under the little organ lead)

(semi palm mute)
(the stars indicates rhythm)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--*-------*-------*-------*-------*-------*-------*-------*--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0--|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--*-------*-------*-------*-------*-------*-------*-------*--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-0-0--|

later, a second guitar joins with the same riff, only in 8th notes,
instead of 16th.


The solo:

Which is not actually a solo but rather a collection of "bluesy" feels.


|------/----------------------------------\-------------------------|
|----/--------------------------------------\-----------------------|
|--4-----(6)--------(6)------(6)------(6)---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------bend the 4th fret and strike it four time while bending down-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------/\/\/\/-----|
|-----------------2-----------6---4---2---6---4---2-------------|
|---------2---4--------4----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                                  /
|---------------------------------------------------------------/----|
|--10-----10--7---------10----10--7---------10----10--7------10------|
|----------------9-------------------9------------------9------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----slide away---------------slide away-----------------------------|
|--7-------------7-77-7-7---7----------------------------------------|
|----------------|>>>>>>>>>><-------------... etc.-------------------|
|----------------|---------------------------------------------------|
                \|/
               all sorts of weird palm and string mutes


the riff under the solo:


|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--2-----4------>-----------------|
|--2-----4------>-silence guitar--|
|--0-----2------>-----------------|


second set of martian bossa nova feels:


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4---3----------------------3--------------------------------------|
|-------------4-----------4-------6----------------------------------|
|-----------------4---6----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------7--------/-------\------------------------------------|
|------4---6-------6---6---(7)-----4---------------------------------|
|--6-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|


|--7-----7-p-4-------4----4-p-2------------------------------/-------|
|--------------7-----------------4-----7----7-p-4-----4----6---------|
|-------------------------------------------------6------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|


|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-----7-h-9-p-7---------------------------------------------------/\/-|
|-------------------8-p-6-h-8----------------------6--4---6--4p6---4-----|
|------------------------------9-----4----------6------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------6--9---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

The second riff under the solos:


|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--4-----6------>-----------------|
|--4-----6------>-silence guitar--|
|--2-----4------>-----------------|


BTW: The solos are not very precise, but I think jennings improvises them
anyway so why not improvise yourself?

last riff:

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-------------------------------------|
|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----7---9---7---5---7---5---4h5p4h5p-|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----6---------------5----------------|
|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------------------------------------|


The cosmic funeral ends with a double lead guitar jam on E...

Enjoy.

(ques/corr/sugg/shi direct to me [AH])
            
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