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Ceremony Tabs

(ver. 2)
Joy Division
The structure of the song goes:
Intro
Main Riff
Verse
Main Riff
Riff 2
Riff 3
Main Riff
Riff 4
Ending


Intro:

E|---------------------------------------8-8-8-0--8--|
B|---------------------------------------8-8-8-0--8--|
G|---------------------------------------------9--9--|
D|------7-5--------------7-5-------------------10-10-|
A|--5-7-----5-7---575757-----5-7---57577-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

Main Riff (Repeat several times; listen to the song for exact timing and strumming):

E|--0--0--0--8--8--8---|
B|--0--0--0--8--8--8---|
G|--9--9--9--9--9--9---|
D|--10-10-10-10-10-10--|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

Verse (Starts at about 1:20, repeat the arpeggio while switching between each mini-riff):

E|--8~~0~~----------------------------------|
B|--8~~0~~----------------------------------|
G|--9~~9~~----------------------------------|
D|--10~10~----9-8------9-8------------------|
A|----------------9~-------9~----99-9--99-9-|
E|----------7---------7--------7------7-----|

Riff 2 (Starts at 2:51):

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-|
A|--7-5-7-5-5/10-10-8-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-7-5-7-5--7-5-7-5-5/10-10-8-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-7-5-7-5-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 3 (Starts at 3:04):

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7/9-7-9-7-12-12-10-9-7-9-7-9-7-9-9-7-9-7--7/9-7-9-7-12-12-10-9-7-9-7-9-7-9-9-7-9-7-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 4 (Starts at 3:59, repeat the D, G, and B note sequence until 4:49 where you slowly stop):

E|-----------------------------------|
B|---------8~------8~-----8~------8~-|
G|-------9~------9~-----9~------9~---|
D|----10~-----10~----10~-----10~-----|
A|--8--------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

Ending (Start at 5:35):

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------8~--|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------8~--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------9~--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------10~-|
A|--7-5-7-5-5/10-10-8-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-7-5-7-5--7-5-7-5-5/10-10-8-7-5-----|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|            
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