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THERION - CULTS OF THE SHADOW

From the Album THELI

Version 2.0 - October 1997

Transcribed by: RICHARD BROADHEAD II()

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~ - vibrato / - slide up to note

h - hammer on - slide down to note

p - pull off bhr- bend string half step and release

. - palm mute bf - bend string full step

ph - pinched harmonic " - tremolo note

Tuning: C#(every string down 1.5 steps)

Keyboard Intro(transpose for guitar of course)

|--------------------------------------------------|

|-5-4---------5-4---------5-4-----5-4-----5-4------|

|-----5-4---------5-4---------5-4-----5-4-----5-4--| play twice

|--------------------------------------------------|

Riff A(play with keyboard intro)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-4---4-4-4---4--444---4-4-4---4--444---4-4-4---4--444---4---444---4--444-|

|-2---2-2-2---2--222---2-2-2---2--222---2-2-2---2--222---2---222---2--222-|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play Riff A a total of two times

Riff B(listen to song for the way Chris Johnsson accents the notes)

|----------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------| Keyboard follows

|----------------------------------------------------| this riff too.

|-2--2--4-------2--2--4--------------------2--2--4---|

|-0--0--2-------0--0--2-------5--5--7------0--0--2---|

|-----------------------------3--3--5----------------|

Riff C.1(let ring out this time)(guitar one)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-2--2--4-------2--2--4--------------------2--2--4----4-----4-------------|

|-0--0--2-------0--0--2-------5--5--7------0--0--2----2-2-2-2-2-2---------|

|-----------------------------3--3--5-------------------------------------|

| . . . .

| guitar 2(let ring out)

||----------7----------------7--------||----------5--------||------7-----||

||------7-----7---7-----7------7---7--||------5-----5---5--||----7--7-7--||

||*---7---7-----7-----7---7------7---*||*---6---6-----6---*||*--7-7--7--*||

||*-9---------------9----------------*||*-7---------------*||*-9--------*||

||----repeat twice--------------------||--repeat twice-----||--play twice||

||------------------------------------||-------------------||------------||

Riff D

|-------------------------------------------------------------|

|-421-------------421------------421--------------------------|

|-----3-2--222222-----3-2-222222-----3------------2--3-222222-|

|--------------------------------------5-555555-45------------|

...... ...... ...... ......

Play Riff D a total of two times

Riff E

|----------------------------------------|

|-1---------1---------1------------------|

|---3-2~------3-2~------3--------3-2~----|

|-------------------------5~---5---------|

|----------------------------------------|

Play Riff E a total of two times

Play Riff B

Riff C.2(let ring out this time)(guitar one)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-2--2--4-------2--2--4--------------------2--2--4------------------------|

|-0--0--2-------0--0--2-------5--5--7------0--0--2------------------------|

|-----------------------------3--3--5-------------------------------------|

| guitar 2(let ring out)

||----------7----------------7--------||----------5--------||------7-----||

||------7-----7---7-----7------7---7--||------5-----5---5--||----7--7-7--||

||*---7---7-----7-----7---7------7---*||*---6---6-----6---*||*--7-7--7--*||

||*-9---------------9----------------*||*-7---------------*||*-9--------*||

||----repeat twice--------------------||--repeat twice-----||--play twice||

||------------------------------------||-------------------||------------||

Play Riff C.1 with Fill 1

Kyeboard transposed for guitar

Fill 1

|----------------------10-12-14-12-10-------------------------10-12-14-12-10-

|-12--10-12--10-12-1214---------------10-12--10-12--10-12-1214---------------

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

continuation of Fill 1 (end of Fill 1)

----12~---10~----------14-12-10-------14-------|

-10-------------14~-------------14-12----12~---|

-----------------------------------------------|

Play Riff D 2 times

Play Riff E twice

Riff F

|-----------------------------|

|--------4-------------4------|

|-2------4------5------4------|

|-2------2------5------2------|

|-0-------------3-------------|

Play Riff F a total of four times with Fill 2

Second two times has the following vintage keyboard part that sounds like

a female singer.

|-------------------------------------------|

|-5~---7-5-3------7-5-7-8~---7-5-3-5-3------|

|------------4~------------------------4~---|

|-------------------------------------------|

Fill 2

Keyboard transposed for guitar

|----7---7---7---7-------------------10----10---10----10------------------|

|--5---8---5---8-----7---7---7---7-8----12----8----12------7---7---7---7--|

|------------------4---7---4---7-------------------------4---7---4---7----|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff G

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---5-5-5-5-5-5-5---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|

Play Riff G, also a keyboard is following Riff G, and a Fill 2 is still

being played with with a different keyboard sound.

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------6--4--3------------------6--4--3-hold chord---------------|

|---------------4--2--1------------------4--2--1--------------------------|

|-5--4--2--------------------5--4--2--------------------------------------|

|-3--2--0--------------------3--2--0--------------------------------------|

________________ _________________

Riff H | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. | 8.

||-------------------------------------||---------------------|

||*-----------------------------------*||---------------------|

||*------------------4-2-1--421-2-4-1-*||-4-2-1--421-2-1------|

||-------------------------------------||----------------3-2--|

||--3-2-0--320-2-3-0-------------------||---------------------|

Play Fill 3(guitar 2 plays the higher notes, while guitar 1 plays the lower)

Also a keyboard plays the higher notes too

Fill 3

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-5--4------------5--4------------5--4--------5--4--------5--4------------|

|-------5--4------------5--4------------5--4--------5--4--------5--4------|

|-2--1------------2--1------------2--1--------2--1--------2--1------------|

|-------3--2------------3--2------------3--2--------3--2--------3--2------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

From && to && play Fill 3.2

Play Riff A with the keyboard intro, then end it and play

GTR 1 of Fill 3 but now its holding out the notes, and only the keyboard

plays the high notes instead of guitar II.

Fill 3.2

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-2---2-2-2---2--322---2-2-2---2--322---2-2-2---2--322---2---322---2--322-|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play Riff C.2

Play Riff C.1 with Fill 1

Play Fill 4

Fill 4

|--------------------------|

|-------------->-----------| GTR I

|--9--7--7--5--5--4--4--2--|

|--------------------------|

|--7--5--5--3--3--2--2--0--|

Riff I

||-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|

||--repeat-twice---||-------------------|-----------------|

||*---------------*||-------------------|-----------------|

||-4-4-4-4-4-421---||-2-2-2-2-2--222-5--|-4-4-4-4-4-421---|

||-2-2-2-2-2----3--||-0-0-0-0-0--000-3--|-2-2-2-2-2-----3-|

. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . .

Play Riff I until end of song and end with ENDING, also play with Fill 5, and

there is another keyboard playing Riff I.

ENDING

|---------------------|

|---------------------| GTR I

|---------------------|

|-2-2-2-2--4--5--4----|

|-0-0-0-0--2--3--2----|

|---7---7-------------|

|-5---5----7--8--7----| Keyboard transposed for guitar

|----------6--7--6----|

|---------------------|

Fill 5

|----9--7--9-12--9-9-7-9-9-----7--5--7---12-10-9-7-9---|

|-7-------------------------5--------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------|

continuation of Fill 5

|----9--7--9-12--9-9-7-9-9-----7--5--9---12-10-9-7-9---|

|-7-------------------------5--------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------|

continuation of Fill 5

|----9--7--9-12--9-9-7-9-9-----7--5--7---12-10-9-7-9---|

|-7-------------------------5--------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------|

|----9--7--9-12--9-9-7-9-9---| this is where the keyboard part for ENDING

|-7--------------------------| comes in

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