Cheerful Dirge Lyrics

Tab to Cheerful Dirge
by Theatre of Tragedy
taken from the album Theatre of Tragedy
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Normal Tuning
Vocals refer to the riffs above...
power chords on some parts (instead of just the root)...
RiffA
e Play 9x, vocals come
B in 8th time
G (if I can count)
* 2nd guitar comes in playing the same line
RiffB
e [-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B [-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G [-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D [-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A [-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E [-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-6-6-5-5-|
e -----------------]
B -----------------] (I might be off a little somewhere in this
G -----------------] riff, because of the heavy distortion)
D -----------------]
A -----------------]
E -6-6-6-6-8-8-6-6-]
"Ire of yore- bard of e'eryears- I deem the brood hath wan'd- for
e'ermore?!"
Play riffA 4x
RiffC
B Play 4x
"Feathers of Swans in my pillow- I cede my heart. Make haste!
- I pray- respond my plea!"
-"Lo! - a sire of great awe- a knight of many battles!"
"And of kinsmen weeping for the slain!
* On the next part just play A on the given moments(=*)...
(* refers to text below)
E --5-- = A (or powerchord A on guitar)
"Please! - heed my words; In thy sorrow I will kiss thy tears-
In thy bliss I will take thee by thy hand (riffE)- The sapor of
grapes thou shalt savor- And harken the nightingale sing oh so
blithely!"
RiffE
- On his knees... A plea to harvest roses; No need for the thorns
yon count! Wherefore vow me? Wherefore this guilded proffer?
Wherefore not pay court to a maid more fair? - Morn of joyous day!
Hower 'twixt weed! Fertile desert! Cheerful dirge! Misery me not!
- man nor beast; envy me; Lest 'tis an act of wont! (RiffG)
RiffG
e This riff serves as a bridge to
B riffA. The timing sounds strange
G on this riff, so a marked it in
D the text below...
+ + + + + + + + #
Many are the drapes that my past bury -
(+ notes of riffG; # first note of riffA)
play riffA 3x
play riffC 4x
end with fill: