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Artist: Therion
Song: Morbid Reality
Album: Of Darkness 
Tab by: Ky MacPherson (pokey@uiuc.edu)

To play this song you need to tune down 4 half-steps.  Also it sounds
to me like the guitar is tuned slightly flat, so maybe use A=430 Hz as
a reference.  There are a lot of tempo changes ... you will have to 
listen to the album to get them right.

I am only showing the bottom 4 strings, since that's all you need to
play this song.  (But note that this IS a GUITAR tab, NOT bass) 
I put beat markers on top of the staff to (hopefully) make it a
little easier to show the timing.  Also watch for the accents at the
top of the staff, in place of the beat markers.


         :   :   :   :    :   :   :   :    :   :   :   :    :   :   :   :   
      D#|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
      A#|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
      F |------------5\3-|------------4\3-|------------4\3-|----5\4-----4\3-|
      C |0000000000003\1-|0000000000002\1-|0000000000002\1-|00003\2-00002\1-|
         pm- - - - -|     pm- - - - -|     pm- - - - -|     pm-|    pm-|

         :  .  :  .  :  .  :  .
faster  |------------------------|
4x      |------------------------|
        |------------------6-----|
        |3333333333333333334-2-1-|
         pm- - - - - - - -|

         :  .  :  .  :  .  :  .
        |------------------------|
4x      |------------------------|
        |------------------8-----|
        |5555555555555555556-4-3-|
         pm- - - - - - - -|

         :   .   :   .   :   .   :   .     :   .   :   .   :   .   :   .
slower  |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
3x      |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
        |2-----------------------8-8-8----|2-----------------------8-5-4b5r4|
        |0-000-000-000-000-000---6-6-6h7p6|0-000-000-000-000-000---6-3-2b3r2|
           pm - - - - - - - -|               pm - - - - - - - -|

         :   .   >   .   >   .   >   .
faster  |-------------------------------|
2x      |-------------------------------|
        |2------------------------------|
        |0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0------|
           pm - - - - - - - - - -|

         :       :       :       :        :       :       :       :
slower  |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
4x      |--------9---------------9--10---|--------9-----------------------|
        |--------7---------------7---8---|--------7---------------8---4---|
        |0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------|0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-6---2---|
         pm - -|         pm - -|          pm - -|         pm - -|

         :   .   :   .   :   .   :   .    :  .  :  .  :  .  :  .
        |--------------------------------|------------------------|
        |--------9---------------9---7---|------------------------|
        |--------7---------------7---5---|8-----8-----------------|
        |0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------|6-----6-----666666666666|
         pm - -|         pm - -|                      pm- - - - -|

         :   .   :   .   :   .   :   .    :   .   :   .   :   .   :   .
        |--------------------------------|----------------3h4-------------|
        |--------9---------------9---7---|--------------------4h5---------|
        |--------7---------------7---5---|8-------8---------------5h6-----|
        |0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------|6-------6-------------------6h7-|
         pm - -|         pm - -|

         :   .   :   .   :   .   :   .    :   .   :   .   :   .   :   .
        |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
        |--------9---------------9---7---|------------------------11p8----|
        |--------7---------------7---5---|8-------8-----------7h10----10p7|
        |0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------|6-------6-------6h9-------------|
         pm - -|         pm - -|

         :   .   :   .   :   .   :   .    :  .  :  .  :  .  :  .
        |--------------------------------|------------------------|
        |--------9---------------9---7---|------------------------|
        |--------7---------------7---5---|8-----8-----------------|
        |0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------|6-----6-----666666666666|
         pm - -|         pm - -|                      pm- - - - -|

         :       :       :       :        :       :       :       :
        |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
        |------------------------2---2---|--------------------------------|
        |------------------------0---0h1-|----------------(9)\x-----------|
        |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(7)\x-----------|
         pm - - - - - - - - - -|          pm - - - - - -|  slow slide

         :       :       :       :        :       :       :       :
        |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
        |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
        |------------------------0h1h2---|--------0-----------------------|
        |0-0-0-0-3-------0-0-0-0---------|0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-3-------|
         pm - -|         pm - -|          pm - -|         pm - -|

         :       :       :       :        :       :       :       :
        |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
3x      |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
        |------------------------0h1h2---|--------0-----------------------|
        |0-0-0-0-4-------0-0-0-0---------|0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-3-------|
         pm - -|         pm - -|          pm - -|         pm - -|

         :       ^  
        |----------------|
        |----------------|
        |----------------|
        |0-0-0-0-1-------|
         pm - -|     


Enjoy! 
Ky    (pokey@uiuc.edu)