Type O Negative - Light My Fire (Doors Cover) guitar tab
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** "Light My Fire" - Type O Negative **
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** Tabbed by Gerard van de Lagemaat **
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Type-O tuning from low to high (B,E,A,D,F#,B)
{ Ok, saw this one on tv; MTV-HBB Type-O special from
The Blues House in New Orleans. It wasn't exactly
CD-sound, but I think I got it pretty accurate. }
Intro-riff
{ Top bar is keyb/organ (live played an octave higher);
Low bar is dist. guitar }
|---------------------------|------------15-12----------------|
|-14------14-17-15-14-------|-12------12-------15-13-12-------|
|----14h16------------16-14-|----12h14------------------15-12-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
| | |
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------9-------------|----------------------5----------|
|--7----------7-------------|--5-------------------3----------|
|--5------------------------|--3------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------7-----------5-----------7--|
|-10-------10-13-11-10------|------------7-----------7--------|
|----10h12-------------12-10|9-10-----8-----8-----8-----8-----|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
| | |
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-10------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--8--------------8---------|--9------------------------------|
|-----------------6---------|--7------------------------------|
Verse-riff
{ I suggest to strum/play it clean,
to let the chorus come out heavy
I don't know if Kenny playes the upper strings,
but I can hear Josh ramble these up-chords on keys
an octave higher than written here. }
|----------7-----7-7-------------4------4-4--------|
|----------7-----7-7-------------4------4-4--------|
|----------7-----7-7-------------4------4-4--------|
|--/7--------------------4----------------------4/-|
|--/9------------9-------6--------------6----6--6/-|
|--/7------------7-------4--------------4----4--4/-|
. . .
"Time to hesitate is through..."
Chorus-riff
{ Dist.gtr. }
| | 1.|
|------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------|
|--7-------7-------6-------6---|--9---9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|--7-------7-------6-------6---|--7---6-7-6-7-6-7-|
|--5-------5-------4-------4---|--7---------------|
"COme on bAby lIght my fIre"
| 2.| 3.|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-11---------11------11--|
|--9---9/11--6---|-11------11------11-----|
|--7---7/ 9--4---|--9---------------------|
|--7--------------|--9----9-------9--------|
"fIre" fIruh
Interlude-riff (dist.gtr.)
{ What is this riff..., Deep purple
or Iron Butterfly or something? }
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------5-4-------9~--8~--7~--5-|
|-7---7-------5-7-----------------|
Verse-riff (later on in the song)
{ Pete sings higher this part }
{ If you play this part clean, listen how it's whining,
after each hammer on, you stop the strings from
ringing loud, 'xept the middle (A-string) }
{ this is dist.gtr. }
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-0h7-0h7-0h7-0h7---0h4-0h4-0h4-0h4-|
|-9---9---9---9-----6---6---6---6---|
|-0h7-0h7-0h7-0h7---0h4-0h4-0h4-0h4-|
Chorus-riff (later on in the song)
{ Pete still sings higher }
{ of course, dist.gtr }
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--7---7---11--11---9---9---9---9-|
|--7---7---11--11---9---9---9---9-|
|--5---5----9---9---7---7---7---7-|
|---------------------------------|
"cOm bAby lIte fIre"
Ending-riff (same as first half of interlude riff)
{ again, dist.gtr }
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-9---9---12-11-7--9--|
|-7---7---10--9-5--7--|
Have fun.
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