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Name: Black Sun
Description: BLACK SUN by Astbury/Duffy perf. by THE CULT from the release: THE CULT (1994) transcribed by: Scott Coates A cool track

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BLACK SUN

by Astbury/Duffy

perf. by THE CULT

from the release: THE CULT (1994)

transcribed by: Scott Coates

A cool track. Very dark and serious. Billy uses a distorted electric guitar and there’s an

acoustic toward the end. Standard tuning (I believe), also sounds nice on acoustic. About

the abuse Ian suffered as a child and his outcast in school and growing up. Here’s what I’ve

got so far

Chords used: C5 D5 A5 B5 C#5

x355xx x577xx 466xxx 799xxx 91111xxx (that’s 2 elevens!)

Intro:

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---5------5------5------5------5---5--5h6---6------6------6-------8--6----6-p5-----------------------------------

---0--0------0------0------0---------------0------0-------0------0-----------------------------------------------

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---5------5------5------5------3sl.5--5h6---6------6------6-------8--6----6-p5-----------------------------------

---0--0------0------0------0---------------0------0-------0------0----------------------------Over and over again

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Keep playing that cool little groove. Guitar 2 comes in and plays:

-------------------7-------9-------------------------------------------------7------9----------------------------

-----------7h9-------------------9(bend a little)-----------------7h9------------------7(bend a little vibrato)--

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Verse 1:

Don’t you hit that defenseless child,

what gives you that empty right?

Carry that for (the) rest of your life.

Carry that for the rest of time.

For the bridge, switch to the power chords (C5/D5). Do a combination of strumming and

picking in the same manner as the intro riff.

Bridge:

C5 D5 (some cool slide thing?!?)

Did they hold you down? oh yeah

C5 D5

Did they push you around? oh yeah

Chorus:

A5 B5 C#5

Burning in the black sun,

Like a jackal (dog) on the run, well

A5 B5 C#5 hold.....

Burning in the black sun...Ohh.. (that buzzing organ sound. Guitar back to opening riff)

When the organ fades, there’s a little variation on the guitar 2 riff from the opening.

I think it goes:

-----------7----9------------------------------------pb1/2--9p7--------------------------------------------------

----7h9---------------9(vibrato)-------------------------------------7-(vibrato)---------------------------------

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"pb1/2" means Pre Bend ½ step higher.

Verse 2: (over opening riff)

Burning up in the black sun, woha, yeah.

Rotting apples, everyone.

Look at them, look at them run.

Belting out for what they have done.

Bridge: again

Chorus: (this time substitute "jackal" for "dog")

Solo: 3:16 mark: (I’ve only got what I think the beginning is...maybe some help?)

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------5b(6)r5----0-----------7p5sl4--5---0-------now what????----------------------------------------------------

--0--------------------0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Gonna cut you down,

Gonna put you down,

Gonna stick you in the ground,

Gonna make it hell,

gonna make you...

Chorus (This time the chorus is done with a cool little riff that sounds simple, but

nothing I’ve come up with sounds close enough!)

Back to the opening riff with a wah now. (Acoustic? Just keep bending where you would

step on the wah)

Black, black sun

Black, black, black,

Black sun.

Acoustic: (Guitar 2 over opening riff, listen closely for this one!)

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9-----------9------------9-------------9---------------9----------(Strum these 2 notes when it starts to---------

---12----------12-----------12-----------12---------------12-------get a little heavier)-------------------------

--------11----------11------------11----------11-----------------------------------------------------------------

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(Over wah)

Universal bullies,

Ha ha ha, who’s laughing at you now?

Who’s laughing at you now?

You ain’t got no hold on me

You ain’t got no piece of me.

You’re lost in your own mind,

Yes you are in your declining years.

Chorus One last time with the cool riff I can’t figure out!

End (hold last chord, fade.)

FIN

I’m really looking for STAR, UNIVERSAL YOU, BE FREE or REAL GRRRL!!

Comments, suggestions, corrections, or ANYTHING regarding THE CULT, to

Scott at

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