After Forever - Tortuous Threnody

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Band name After Forever
Song name Tortuous Threnody
Tab type Guitar tab
Added 04/30/2008
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TORTUOUS THRENODY
			As recorded by After Forever
		     (From the 2000 Album PRISON OF DESIRE)

Music by M. Jansen, S. Gommans, F. Jansen
Words by F. Jansen

Thanks to: After Forever (Sander), Edward Neve, Alex Yule (bigal133@aol.com)
Version: 3.2 (19-09-2002)

-Listen to the song for the rhythm, and the pikking (downstrokes or alternate pikking).
-Lyrics are most time next to the riff that is played during those lyrics.

    
Tuning: Normal (E A D G B E).

-INTRO
Play 4x

Clean guitar
   Cm			   C#m
e|---------3--------------------------|
B|-------4---4---4--------------------|
G|-5---5-------5---5-----------6------|
D|---5---------------5---5---6---6----|
A|-3-------------------3---4----------|
E|------------------------------------|

-RIFF 1
Play 8x

Gtr I plays INTRO 
Gtr II plays 
             PM|
e|--------------------------|	[Thy gruesome cries so thin]
B|--------------------------|	[On thus you will succeed]
G|--------------------------|	[The amorphous illusions]
D|-6-5----5--5-5--5--5--(6)-|	[Thwart your willingness to believe]
A|-4-3----3--3-3--3--3--(4)-|
E|--------------------------|	Play the chord between brackets only the last time. 


-RIFF 2 
Play 2x

1st time: [The ..........beauty.......] 
2nd time: [......disturbed............]
 
        PM---|         PM------|
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-5----5-5--5-4--5----6-6--6--6-6-|
A|-3----3-3--3-6--3----4-4--4--4-4-|
E|---------------------------------|	


-RIFF 3

 PM---------------------------------------------|    
e|-----------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------triplets--------|-------------------------|
G|--------/-3-\----------|----------/-3-\----------|
D|-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-6-|
A|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-4-|
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|

   PM------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------7-----------8~-|
G|--------/-3-\----------5-7-8---8-7-5-7-8----|
D|-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5----------------------|
A|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3----------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|


 PM---------------------------------------------|    
e|-----------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------triplets--------|-------------------------|
G|--------/-3-\----------|----------/-3-\----------|
D|-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-6-|
A|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-4-|
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|

PM------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------7--------------|
G|--------/-3-\----------5-7-8---8-7-5-7-5-8~-|
D|-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5----------------------|
A|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3----------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|


-RIFF 4 
Play 4x
1st time: [The amulet, opener of forgotten doors]
2nd time: [Leads back to that doomed tiara-night]
3rd time: [See thyself wild in hysteria]
4th time: [Death's irony]

   PM------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------/-3-\------------------/-3-\----------------| 
D|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5---------| 
A|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3---6---5-|
E|------------------------------------------------4---3-|


-RIFF 2
Play 2x. Same as before

-RIFF 3
Same as before

-RIFF 4 (VERSE 2)
Play 4x. Same as VERSE 1, but now with these lyrics:

[Listen to this tortuous threnody]
[Filled with the pain]
[Thou can see where betrayal shall bring thee]
[Death's obligatory]

-RIFF 5
Play 4x

Start lyrics half way the first time

e|--------------------------------|			[Where all elements melt to one]
B|--------------------------------|	[And odious memories perish together with you]
G|---------------5--3-1-3--1-3----|	[Should have seen the omen, the mirror]
D|----5--6--5-3-------------------|	[Death's..................reality] 
A|-3------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|	

 
-RIFF 6 (CHORUS)
Play 4 x
(make a slide on the low E after the PM part)

   PM----------------------|
e|--------------------------|-------------------|  [Cry, your threnody will be heard]
B|--------------------------|-------------------|  [For thy suffocated minds]
G|-----------/-3-\----------|-------------------|  [The tortuous sound as angels' voices]
D|-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-|-------------------|  [The phobia, in search for...] 
A|-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-|---4---4-3-3----5--|
E|--------------------------|---6---6-5-1----3--|	


-RIFF 7
Play 4x
4th time: play the last two chords with distortion and PM.

Clean guitar
   Cm				   G#		  Fm     Gm 
e|---------3---------------3---------------4-----------------------|
B|-------4---4-----------4---4---------------4---------------------|
G|-----5-------5-------5-------5---------5-----5-------------------|
D|---5-----------5---5-----------5-----6---------6-----3-------5---|
A|-3---------------3-----------------6---------------3---3---5---5-|
E|---------------------------------4---------------1-------3-------|

[......ancestral blood]
[An arable force from the past]
[Leads back to the atrocious roots]
[The deep inner soul, never to be exposed]

-RIFF 8
Play 4x
This riff is played by two guitars, they both play something else.
The timing is very difficult here. 
If it's to hard, just play the tab for 1 guitar.

GTR 1
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-5-3-5---5-3-5---6-5-6----5-6-3-5--|
A|------3--------3-------6-----------|
E|-----------------------------------|

GTR 2 (starts at second count)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|--5-3-5---5-6-5--3-5-10--10-11-8---|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|


Tab for one guitar (way more easy):
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------5-6-3----|
D|-5-3-5-3-5----5-3-5-6-5----6-5-3-5-6---5-6-3----------|
A|-----------6------------6------------6----------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|


-RIFF 6 (CHORUS)
Same as before, but the last words end in RIFF 3 this time.

-RIFF 3
Same as before.

-RIFF 4 (VERSE 3)
Same as VERSE 1, but now with these lyrics:

[The axiom you can't deny or better]
[Drags you down into a lost abyss]
[The hymn stops, fear will reign]
[Death's cruelty]

-RIFF 5
Play 4x

 -RIFF 9 (END)

  PM-------------------------|
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--|
A|-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3--|
E|-------------------------------|

END SONG


That's all for this song. If you have suggestions, comments or 
corrections please contact me! (jbilderbeek@hotmail.com, visit my 
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Tablature Legend
----------------
 ~   	- vibrato
 PM  	- palm muting 
 /-3-\ 	- triplet (down, up, down stroke)
 [..]	- lyrics are between these hooks

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