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Blacken the Cursed Sun - Lamb of God
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Tabbed by: Tabreez Azad
Email: the_real_kalashnikov@hotmail.com
Tuning: DADGBe (sounds better in BF#BEG#C# =P)
This is just the intro, I'll upload the full tab when I'm done (almost done, just one
week I'd say since I don't get much time to work on the tab), it's 100% correct.
Artist: Lamb of God
Album: Sacrament
Track Number: #7
Song Name: Blacken the Cursed Sun
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Mark Morton: \
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Riff 1a: \
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B|-----------------------------------| |
G|-----------------------------------| |
D|-----------------------------------| |
A|-----------------------------------| |
D|-11/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--| |
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Riff 2a: |
e|-----------------------------------| |
B|-----------------------------------| |
G|-----------------------------------| |
D|-----------------------------------| |
A|-----------------------------------| |
D|-12/15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--| |
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Riff 3a: |
e|-----------------------------------| |
B|-----------------------------------| |
G|-----------------------------------| |
D|-----------------------------------| |
A|-----------------------------------| |
D|-15\14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--| |
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Riff 4a: |
e|--------------------------------------| |
B|--------------------------------------| |
G|--------------------------------------| |
D|--------------------------------------| |
A|--------------------------------------| |
D|-14\10-10-10-10-10-10/11-11-11-11-11--| | \ / ------
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Riff 1a: | --- / \ |
e|-----------------------------------| | / \ -------- |
B|-----------------------------------| | / \ ------- |
G|-----------------------------------| --------------------------- |
D|-----------------------------------| --------------------------- |
A|-----------------------------------| --------------------------- |
D|-11/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--| --------------------------- |
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Riff 2a: |
e|-----------------------------------| |
B|-----------------------------------| |
G|-----------------------------------| |
D|-----------------------------------| |
A|-----------------------------------| |
D|-12/15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--| |
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Riff 3a: |
e|-----------------------------------| |
B|-----------------------------------| |
G|-----------------------------------| |
D|-----------------------------------| |
A|-----------------------------------| |
D|-15\14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--| |
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Riff 4b: |
e|--------------------------------------| |
B|--------------------------------------| |
G|--------------------------------------| |
D|--------------------------------------| |
A|--------------------------------------| |
D|-14\10-10-10-10-10-10/13-13-13-13-13--| |
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Willie kicks in just when Mark slides from 10/13:
Riff 5a:
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|-4\3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| ===> the second time around you'll have to slide
A|------------------------| from the 5th fret to 3rd (not 4th to 3rd)
D|------------------------|
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Riff 6a:
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|-3/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
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Riff 7a:
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|-7\6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
A|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
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Riff 8a:
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-6\1-1-1-1-1-1/5-5-5-5-5--|
A|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
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Repeat Mark's part twice, and repeat Willie's twice HOWEVER when you get to Riff 7a,
start easing off the palm mute about half way through and start tremelo picking the 6's
the 4th string),listen to the song you'll get the idea.
I'll post the entire tab when I'm done, hopefully soon, have fun! Comments/suggestions always welcome.
Andd I know perfectly well Willie's part can be played higher up on the 6th string like
does on hourglass, so here you go nitpicky bastards =P:
Willie's part (alternate version):
Riff 5b:
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------| ===> second time around you'll have to
A|-----------------------------------| slide from 17th fret to 15th fret
D|-16\15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--| (not 16th to 15th)
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Riff 6b:
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
D|-15/19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19--|
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Riff 7b:
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
D|-19\18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18--|
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Riff 8b:
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
D|-18\13-13-13-13-13-13/17-17-17-17-17--|
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Happy? lol
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| . palm mute (light)
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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simon Average |
#1 by simon cody simon at Sep 27, 2007 at 8:23 AM EST |
| suicidal depression.......The lowest a man will go........The saddest a man can get.................no hope in the world......NOT a single shred of FUCKING HOPE........that's what this song depicts......'cause it's honestly true......there is no FUCKING HOPE WHATSOEVER in this world. Nothing worth living for. If only more people saw life in this manner............FUCK OFF and don't TELL others how you feel......Only the individual knows the pain of suicidal depression. | |
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Michael Average |
#2 by Michael Vanderveen at Sep 27, 2007 at 3:26 PM EST |
| I'm still working on the meaning, but for now, I'll just say that I bloody love that last echo of the word "Knees" at the end of the song before he goes all Revival-style. | |
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Derek Average |
#3 by Derek Mayfield at Sep 27, 2007 at 8:03 PM EST |
| this song....is un-fucking-belieavably awesome. i'm still trying to decide on a meaning | |
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jake Professional |
#4 by jake burns at Sep 30, 2007 at 5:55 AM EST |
| oh, and i was kind of right, apparently its a song about suicidal depression. so FUCK yeah, mystery solved. | |
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Andrew Rhythm Player |
#5 by Andrew Clayton at Sep 30, 2007 at 10:53 AM EST |
| OK WTF, look at the lyrics on this page, then look at the lyrics in the fold out cover, just a few mistakes. NICE, no respect for the fine arts oh and it is sooo nice to actually find some people that really like lamb of god as much as i do, I respect you all. Right on! | |
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Thomas Average |
#6 by Thomas Buckman at Oct 3, 2007 at 1:58 AM EST |
| This song is pretty good but i dont really like the guitar in it seems kinda too catchy if you know what i mean, but dont get me wrong this is still a kick ass song. I still dont think LOG can out do Ashes Of The Wake though i mean its like the best album ever in my opinion. who here fuckin loves the song Descending??? | |
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spencer Wanna Be |
#7 by spencer mccarthy at Oct 3, 2007 at 3:39 PM EST |
| This sone is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Awesome. I love it. It's the best on the album, in my opinion. I love the beat and his screams. Lamb of God is SO good at changing tempos and rhythms. The lyrics are great as well. Sacrament is definitely taking them to their highest level. ROCK ON LOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
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Derek Lead Player |
#8 by Derek O'Kanos at Oct 3, 2007 at 7:36 PM EST |
| nevermind on me saying the song is too catchy ... what i meant to say is that the guitars are a little less heavy and kinda less powerful but still dont get me wrong this song is still fuckin amazing , especially the end where Randy sounds like fuckin Martin Luther King or some kind of preacher of a cause its awsome! | |
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Hey Retard Wanna Be |
#9 by Hey Retard at Oct 5, 2007 at 2:41 AM EST |
| I think I undersatand what you are saying about this song and its guitar, its not that its to catchy, it may be vary close to something alse we have heard in the past, or maybe too infuenced sounding, people have said that sacrament does have a pantara feel too in. | |
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Jon Wanna Be |
#10 by Jon Leff at Oct 5, 2007 at 7:30 PM EST |
| If you corrected them then why do they still say "Better to die quick, Fighting on your fate. Then you'll live forever, Banging on your name." Those lines don't even make sense >.> | |
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Garland Rhythm Player |
#11 by Garland Cross at Oct 6, 2007 at 5:34 PM EST |
| yeah i pretty much LOVE thing song, it gets me so fucking pumped up everytime i hear it. the first time i heard it was on a bus and i was ready to like punch the girl infront of me in the back of the head for no reason other than that this song kicked me in the teeth and told me to fight! | |
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Tony Average |
#12 by Tony Riemer at Oct 6, 2007 at 11:59 PM EST |
| HAIL LOG | |
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Jesus Average |
#13 by Jesus Christ at Oct 8, 2007 at 4:46 PM EST |
| This song confronts suicidal depression | |
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Josh Average |
#14 by Josh at Oct 10, 2007 at 3:26 AM EST |
| What a sad song at the end when it sounds like SINNERS are pleading, asking is there hope, time to repent..........ect....and the answer to all that is "HELL NO." Everything is too late for those SINNERS.........What an awesome song......This song is my number 1 song now. I love screaming to it. The drums and guitar are SO BAD ASS...MOTHER FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! kill any cheating CUNT of a BITCH that cheats on YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! Kill those SLUTS. | |
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Kyle Average |
#15 by Kyle Landers at Oct 10, 2007 at 10:29 PM EST |
| Oh, and here's the correct lyrics, as in not the pile of crap that was submitted. Seize a darkened day, there's only hell to pay, and no one left to see this prodigal return. Sweet apathy's my toll. You mourn the draining soul. I'll dig a deeper hole. Sanctity, a breath away. Just a breath away. Blacken the cursed sun. You're not the only one to have sunk so far and low. There is no tomorrow. A tragedy on display, a sickness for all to see. I will kill this part of myself that I hate and that I see in you. It was always mine, anyway. There's something you can't take away. I choose not to feel a thing. Sanctity, a breath away. Just a breath away. Away. Just a breath away. Blacken the cursed sun. You're not the only one to have sunk so far and low. There is no tomorrow. Blacken the cursed sun. Blacken what's left to be done. Blacken, because now you know, there is no tomorrow. Is there still hope for us? Can we still be saved? Does your God hold a place for us? Is there time to repent? Will we rise from the dead? Can these sins even be forgiven? Is there still hope for us? Were we ever even alive? Is any of this even real? You're just a breath away. You're just a breath away. Better to die quick, fighting on your feet, then to live forever, begging on your knees. No. Can we still be saved? Hell no! Does your God hold a place for us? Hell no! Is there time to repent? Hell no! Will we rise from the dead? Hell no! Can these sins even be forgiven? Hell no! Is there still hope for us? Hell no! Were we ever even alive? Hell no! Is any of this even real? Hell no! | |
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Dominic Badass |
#16 by Dominic Smith at Oct 11, 2007 at 1:14 AM EST |
| this song....is un-fucking-belieavably awesome. i'm still trying to decide on a meaning | |
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CJ Wanna Be |
#17 by CJ West at Oct 12, 2007 at 4:44 AM EST |
| The opening is very "Opethesque". Best song on the album in my opinion. Sounds like a very nihilistic take on humanity. He's fed up with it, says it's too late to change and might as well make things worse. | |
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Joonas Wanna Be |
#18 by Joonas Luukkainen at Oct 13, 2007 at 9:09 AM EST |
| well when you have listened to the latest albums by them and you kind of start to get tired of them (which takes a really long time trust me, I fall asleep to then at night, no joke), its kind of nice to go to the roots of them, BTP, which I like just as much | |
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Oliver Average |
#19 by Oliver Taylor at Oct 13, 2007 at 1:42 PM EST |
| yo xNo..could you be any more of a dickhead? i fixed the lyrics. Stop crying about it and why dont you post some fucking lyrics bud. | |
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PJVILL Professional Badass |
#20 by PJVILL at Oct 14, 2007 at 8:17 AM EST |
| not to mention i posted these before the album came out so i had no idea "THE BOOKLET" in the cd would have different lyrics. | |
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DemolitionLover Wanna Be |
#21 by DemolitionLover ^^v^^ at Oct 14, 2007 at 6:13 PM EST |
| This song is truely about suicide, and how according to christianity, suicide is a one way trip to hell. Also, "Sanctity is just a breath away" reminds me of suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. | |
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kev Average |
#22 by kev fitzgerald at Oct 14, 2007 at 7:02 PM EST |
| amen to that , when Lamb Of God was Burn The Priest were they like Death metal?? for some reason i havnt listened to they're old shit. | |
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Ryan Wanna Be |
#23 by Ryan Carter at Oct 15, 2007 at 11:34 AM EST |
| sorry for the double post, but anyway i've came to a half assed conclusion here...i hate to sound so narrow minded as to assume this song is about religion (because every song seems to be perceived as a song about religion, drugs/alcohol, or politics) but it seems to be a song about religion. or maybe something with suicide even, i dont know, just trying to think outside the box | |
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Johan Average |
#24 by Johan Soderberg at Oct 17, 2007 at 8:09 AM EST |
| yo listen loc4485 I LOVE YOU. :) and you did an amazing job posting up the lyrics, people can post themselves if they dont like. anywayssssss. this song, like every song on the new album, rocks the fuck out of me. its amazing, i especially love how at the end the people ask, can we be saved etc and the answer is hell no its too late.. gotta love this song. lamb of god.. just amazes me.. | |
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ian Average |
#25 by ian mckinly at Oct 17, 2007 at 4:39 PM EST |
| whats wrong with a song being catchy? i mean, would you rather songs not get stuck in your head and have a great sound? its a kick ass song, its got very good content, its a great song. i love the HELL NO speech because randy sounds fucking insane during it. i also like the "sanctity a breath a WAAAAAAAAY' part, it fucking rules. sacrament fucking rules, FUCK THE HATERS | |
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