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THE SERPENTINE OFFERING - Dimmu Borgir
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Tabbed by:
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Tuning:There is a bit of discrepancy of whether or not this is in C standard or D
standard. For this tab, however, I am in D STANDARD.






All of those 3's and 2's and 10's are randomly represented below. Those are the correct
notes, but not the correct value of each note. Just listen to the song.


d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------22222222222222222222--------------------------22222222222|
D|-33333333333333333--------------------33333333333333333333333333-----------|
..........................................................................


d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|22222222222------------------22101010101010101010101010--------------------|
D|-----------333333333333333333----------------------------------------------|
.......................................................





d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------4---------------------------------------|
E|-5-------------------------5-------4---------------------------5-----------|
G|-5-------------------------5-------2---------------------------5-----------|
D|-3-------------------------3-----------------------------------3-----------|

My Descent is the story of every man;I am hatred, darkness and despair



d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------4---------------------------------------|
E|-5-------------------------5-------4---------------------------5-----------|
G|-5-------------------------5-------2---------------------------5-----------|
D|-3-------------------------3-----------------------------------3-----------|

My Descent is the story of every man;I am hatred, darkness and despair





e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------3--------------------3--------------------3-------------|
G|-------------------3--------------------3--------------------3-------------|
E|0000-0000-00000000-1-0000-0000-00000000-1-0000-0000-00000000-1-0000-0000---|
.... .... ........ .... .... ........ .... .... ........ .... ....
Ooh!



e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-------------------------------------------|
E|00000000--555-999-888-555-999-888------------------------------------------|
........ ... ... ... ... ... ...



*Not triplets, expanded for clarity.

Repeat that twice.


e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------2---------------------2--------------------------------------|
A|-3/6\3/6\3/6--2--------3/6\3/6\3/6--2--------------------------------------|
E|-1/4\1/4\1/4--0--------1/4\1/4\1/4--0--------------------------------------|


Repeat that until told otherwise.

Enters guitar 2, octave above.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------4-----0-1-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-3/6\3/6\3/6-2-2-3---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Stop once Shagrath starts singing again.


This is the part that makes me wonder if Dimmu Borgir changed tunings between cds.

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7--------7----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7------5-7-10-9-7-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5----7-3-5-8--7-5------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------5--------------------------------------------------------------------|
heavy pm. . . . . .

Play that twice.

After that, Play those top couple bars as you hear them being played.

Clear singing part:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-----------------2-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-----------------2-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-----------------0-------------------------------------------------------|

Play that until you hear chord changes, which are:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3---------7--------3----------------------------------------2-------------|
A|-3---------7--------3----------------------------------------2-------------|
E|-1---------5--------1----------------------------------------0-------------|
these aren't in proper order, but it finishes on the D5 chord ^


Then it's this little doohickey then that slide riff some more.

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----9-9-10--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----9-9----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Something like that.
Now end the song with
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|11111-1h4p1-11111-1h4h1-00000-0h3p0----------------------------------------|
..... ..... .....
Hit the string hard on that first 1. Repeat until you feel good about yourself, then the
last to notes are palm mute D5.





| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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