Birth of Venus Illegitima Lyrics

As recorded by Therion
(From the 1998 Album VOVIN)
Music by Christofer Johnsson
Arranged by Christofer Johnsson & Jan Kazda
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'lead'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'rhythm'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'clean'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'acoustic'
Q=110
Gtr III
Q Q E Q E +H.. E Q Q E Q E +Q. Q E Q
||o------------^5-|-(5)----------|------------^5-|-(5)---8--6----o||
||-----5--4-5--^5-|-(5)----------|----5--4-5--^5-|-(5)--------9---||
||-----7--5-7--^7-|-(7)----------|----7--5-7--^7-|-(7)------------||
||o-0-------------|--------------|-0-------------|---------------o||
Gtr II
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-0-0---0-----0-0-|-0-0---0-----0-0-|-0-0---0-----0-0-|
Gtr II
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------o||
|-3--------|-3--------|-2--------|-2----o||
Gtr II
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Gtr II
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||
Gtr II
||o------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||o-0-0---0-----0--0-|--0--0---0-----0-0-|--0--0---0------0-0-|
| Gtr I
| H E Q E +H E Q E +H E Q.
||o------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
Gtr II
W W
|--------------|--------------o||
|-3------------|-2------------o||
| Gtr I
| Q Q E Q. Q Q E Q.
|--------------|--------------o||
|--------------|--------------o||
Gtr II
| Gtr I
| H E E E E +W
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
| Gtr I
| H Q E E +W
Gtr II
| Gtr I
| H E E E E +W
Gtr II
| Gtr I
| H Q E E +Q. H E
| +Q. H E +Q. H +E
Gtr III
Q Q E Q E +H.. E Q Q E Q E +Q. Q E Q
||o------------^5-|-(5)----------|------------^5-|-(5)---8--6-----o||
||-----5--4-5--^5-|-(5)----------|----5--4-5--^5-|-(5)--------9----||
||-----7--5-7--^7-|-(7)----------|----7--5-7--^7-|-(7)-------------||
||o-0-------------|--------------|-0-------------|----------------o||
Gtr II
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-0-0---0-----0-0-|-0-0---0-----0-0-|-0-0---0-----0-0-|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------o||
|-3--------|-3--------|-2--------|-2----o||
Gtr II
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||
Gtr II
||o-----------------------|----------------------|
||o---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-/7-|
| Gtr I
| H E E E E +W
||o-/10-------12-13-15-13-|-(13)-----------------|
||o-----------------------|----------------------|
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 3x
|----------------------|-------------------------o||
|---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---7--/9-9-/10-10-\9-9\--o||
| Gtr I
| H Q E E +W 3x
|-/12-------10------10-|-(10)--------------------o||
|----------------------|-------------------------o||
Gtr II
| Gtr I
| H E E E E +W H Q E E
Gtr II
| Gtr I
| Q. H E +Q. H E +Q. H +E
String intro
Gtr II
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||
Gtr II
| Gtr I
| H q E E +H E S S S S S S
Gtr II
| Gtr I
| H Q E E +W
Gtr II
| Gtr I
| H q E E +H E S S S S S S
Gtr II
| Gtr I
| H Q E E +Q. H E +Q. H E
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W +W +W
| Gtr I
| +Q. H E +Q. H +E W W W
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths