Band: Xasthur
Album: The Funeral of Being
Song: Tyrant of Nightmares

Copyright (c) Blood, Fire, Death Productions, 2003
Version 1.0, 6/6/2006 – 8/6/2006

Transcribed by: Andrew Collyer
Contact: immortalshadow666@gmail.com
 
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Code: 
Suffixes for bend: 
fb - full bend       hb - half bend 
qb - quarter bend    t - tap bend 
^ - Hold bend        r - release bend 
~ - vibrato bend 

Suffixes for harmonic: 
ph - pinched harmonic      nh – natural harmonic 
ah – artificial harmonic   hh – harp harmonic 

Suffixes for mute: 
. – palm mute            x – staccato mute 
, - light palm mute      ; - heavy palm mute 

Other: 
/ - slide up to            \ - slide down to        
h - hammer on              p - pull off 
‘ - sustained note         * - see comment 
" - tremolo note           <> - Trill 
L – left channel only      R – right channel only 
= - 12 string guitar part

Tuning E A D G B E

Note: Do not expect this tab to be 100%, it’s merely my
interpretation of this song. Xasthur is extremely hard to hear, as
it should be. Make of it what you will.

Riff 1a (0:02)
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|-5"------6"--5"----5"--8"--5"------6"--5"---6"-5"---3"---| 
|-5"------6"--5"----3"--6"--5"------6"--5"---6"-5"---3"---|

Riff 1b (0:16)
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|---------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-5"------6"--5"----5"--8"--5"------6"--5"----3"----| 
|-5"------6"--5"----3"--6"--5"------6"--5"----3"----|

Riff 2 (0:30) play 8 times
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|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------| 
|-------9"--9"-------------------|
|-7"----7"--8"--8"--8"--8"--3"---| 
|-5"------------6"--7"--6"--2"---|

Riff 1a x 1 (1:02)
Riff 1b x 1 (1:16)
Riff 2 x 1 (1:30)

Riff 3 (2:08) play 12 times
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|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-6"------------------------------------------| gtr 1
|-4"----8"--9"---8"--8"---8"-8"-8"--8"---5"---| 
|-------6"--7"---7"--6"---7"/6\-7"--7"---7"---|

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-6"------------------------------------------| gtr 2
|-4"----8"--8"-------6"-----------------------| 
|-------6"--7"-------6"-----------------------|

Riff 4 (3:43) play 4 times
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|-----------------------------------------------| 
|-4"----4"----------------4"----6"--------------|
|-6"----2"--5"----8"------6"----6"--9"----6"----| 
|-----------5"----5"----------------7"----7"----|

Riff 3 x 1/2 (4:18)
Riff 4 x 1 1/2 (4:53)

Riff 5 (5:19) play 6 times
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------1"------5"---3"--------------------------------1"-|
|-5"------1"------3"------6"---4"---5"------1"------7"------0"---3"-| 
|-3"------3"------------------------3"------3"------5"------1"------|

End (6:30)
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|-5-------------------------------------------| 
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