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In Tears Bereaved Tab

by Dark Tranquillity


In Tears Bereaved
by Dark Tranquillity
from the album Skydancer

I have my guitar tuned to Eb (all down 1/2 step), although DT might play it 
in another tuning.  I know most DT stuff is in this tuning though.

ALMOST ALL OF THE SONG IS TREMOLO PICKED!!!

I know many parts could be played on multiple strings to make it easier 
(such as Riff B), but I like the sound of the wound strings better so I usually
stay on the lower strings.  Simply move the notes if you want. The timing in the 
tab is VERY approximated, listen to the song and figure it out yourself.
I spaced the notes out for a very general idea to help you along.  I hope the position
in seconds will be very helpful as I have always found it to be. Also, the first 
35 seconds is REALLY confusing with timing so be careful.  Riff J has a harmony that I am
too lazy to figure out, and I left out a part that is too hard to hear around the 3:00 mark.
But hey, it's better than nothing, right!?  I only proofread this once, could be errors still.  Oh, and I recommend viewing this in notepad at 1024x768 resolution or higher to make sure the lines don't wrap.

Intro (0:00)
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-7----------------|
|-7--8--7--7-5-----|
|-5--8--7------8-7-|
|----6--5----------|

  Riff A (0:04)        Ending 1 (0:07)    Ending 2 (0:12)
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------7---------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7--8-10----10-5-7--|-0-3-0-3---2---2-|-0-3-0-------2---|  *Either of these can be played
|--------------------|---------0-7-0-7-|-------0-0-3---3-|   but only play ONE.  Pick the one
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|   that fits your playing style (I play the 7)
 All tremolo picked              *   *

 Riff B (0:14)                        
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-7-8-10--8--10-7--5--7-3--8--10-7--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
 All tremolo picked
 
 Riff C (0:18)
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-7--------5--2----3--5-7-53-8--10-7--5--7-3-|
|----8-5--------3----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
 All tremolo picked

 Repeat Riff A at new tempo (0:26) 

 Riff D 2x (0:34)
 Gtr. I
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|---3---6-10-865--8-653-|
|-5---5-----------------|
|-----------------------|
|                       
|Gtr. II                
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|     This part is VERY VERY hard to hear and could quite
|-----------------------|     possibly be wrong.
|-5-8-5-8-8--865-6---63-|     
|-----------------------|
 All tremolo picked

 Riff E 2x (0:44)
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-023023023023-------------|
|-------------3573573571-3-|

 Riff F 2x (0:51)
 Gtr. I
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-777-777-555-2235-|-777-777-555------|      * I can't tell if this is actually played, it might be an A5
|-777-777-555-2235-|-777-777-555-787--|        like the two proceding it.  Sounds good either way, ha!
|-555-555-333-0013-|-555-555-333----8-|
|------------------|------------------|
|               *  
|Gtr. II
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-777-777-555-2235-|-777-777-555------|
|-777-777-555-2235-|-777-777-555-7878-|
|-555-555-333-0013-|-555-555-333------|
|------------------|------------------|
                *              

 Riff G (0:59)
 Gtr. I
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-------5----7----|-7-----573----7-75-|
|-5-------3----7----|-5-----353----7-73-|
|--------------5----|--------------5-5--|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
|Gtr. II
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-78785757----------|-78785757----------|
|---------781087878-|---------781087878-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
 All tremolo picked

 Riff H (1:09)
 Gtr. I
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-9-----7---9-----7------6----9-|
|-9-----5---7-----5------4----9-|
|-7---------------------------7-|
|-------------------------------|
|
|Gtr. II
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---4-5-7---5-4-2-4--5-4-2--420-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
 All tremolo picked

 Riff I (1:16)
 Gtr. I
|---------------------------------|---------------------/-----------|
|---------------------------------|-------------()----/-------------|
|-7-------7-----------------------|-----------------/---------------| Gtr. 1 has a weird rhythm, listen to the song
|-5-------5-------7-------5-------|---------------/-----------------|
|-----------------5-------5-------|-------------/----()-------------| <---That symbol is supposed to mean to       
|---------------------------------|-----------/---------------------|     repeat the measure heh
|
|Gtr. II
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------575------------------|
|-85555-5585555-55----------------|-85555-55858---87----------------|  Weird rhythm, listen to the song
|-----------------85555-558555555-|-----------------85555-558555555-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

 Gtr. I
|---------------------------------|----------------------/------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------()----/--------------|
|-7-------7-----------------------|------------------/----------------| 
|-5-------5-------7-------5-------|----------------/------------------| 
|-----------------5-------5-------|--------------/----()--------------|
|---------------------------------|------------/----------------------|
|
|Gtr. II
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------575---------575--5----|------------------------575--5----|
|-85555-55858---87-----78---87-87--|-55555-5585855-57-----78---87-87--|
|-----------------85555----------8-|--------------8--85555----------8-|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 Riff J 2x (1:43) 

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-7-7-----5787-7-7555------------5------| *These notes feel like they are 2 sets of triplets
|-----578------------88-3-3-35568-8--5--|
|---------------------------------------|
                 ******

 Repeat Intro 1x (2:00)

 Repeat Riff B 1x (2:05)
 
 Repeat Riff C 2x (2:10)

 Repeat Riff A 2x (2:25) but replace Ending 2 with this...

 Riff A Ending 3 (2:32)
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-7-10-71097-----9--97-----|
|-----------1097---7--1097-| Those are 10s, but the whole thing is probably completely wrong
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
 All tremolo picked

 2:35-3:11...Figure this out for yourself!  Three guitars goin at one point but I can't hear them well.

 Repeat Riff J 2x (3:11)

 Repeat Riff D 2x (3:27)

 Repeat Riff A 2x (3:38)...Read below for details...

 At 3:38, play Riff A VERY QUICKLY with endings 1 and 2, except add an open D string to the end, 
 so the final ending look like this...

 Riff A Final Ending (3:43)
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-0-3-0-------2---0-|
|-------0-0-3---3---|
|-------------------|
 All tremolo picked

And there ya go, another Dark Tranquillity tab for your collection!  :)