Birth of Venus Illegitima Therion
As recorded by Therion
(From the 1998 Album VOVIN)
Transcribed by Jerry
Music by Christofer Johnsson
Arranged by Christofer Johnsson & Jan Kazda
[F5]1 3 3 x x x
[Am]x x 7 5 x x
[G]x x 5 4 x x
[A5]5 7 7 x x x
[B5]7 9 9 x x x
[G5]3 5 5 x x x
[C5]8 10 10 x x x
[E5]0 2 x x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'lead'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'rhythm'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'clean'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'acoustic'
Intro
Q=110
[Am] [G] [Am] [Am] [G] [Am]
[4/4] Gtr III
Q Q E Q E +H.. E Q Q E Q E +Q. Q E Q
||----------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|| ||o------------^5-|-(5)----------|------------^5-|-(5)---8--6----o|| ||-----5--4-5--^5-|-(5)----------|----5--4-5--^5-|-(5)--------9---|| ||-----7--5-7--^7-|-(7)----------|----7--5-7--^7-|-(7)------------|| ||o-0-------------|--------------|-0-------------|---------------o|| ||----------------|------------0-|---------------|----------------||
[Am] [G] [Am] [Am] [G] [Am] [Am] [G] [Am]
[4/4] Gtr II
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||------5---4-5-----|-----5---4-5-----|-----5---4-5-----| ||------7---5-7-----|-----7---5-7-----|-----7---5-7-----| ||o-0-0---0-----0-0-|-0-0---0-----0-0-|-0-0---0-----0-0-| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[F5]Gtr II[E5]
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|-------|| |----------|----------|----------|------o|| |----------|----------|----------|-------|| |-3--------|-3--------|-2--------|-2-----|| |-3--------|-3--------|-2--------|-2----o|| |-1--------|-1--------|-0--------|-0-----||
[F5]Gtr II
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||------------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------| ||------------------|-----------------| ||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| ||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| ||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
[A5]Gtr II[B5] [A5]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------o|| |-----------------|------------------|| |-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|| |-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o|| |-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
Gtr [Am]II[G] [Am] [Am] [G] [Am] [Am] [G] [Am]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------| ||o------------------|-------------------|--------------------| ||------5---4-5------|-------5---4-5-----|-------5---4-5------| ||------7---5-7------|-------7---5-7-----|-------7---5-7------| ||o-0-0---0-----0--0-|--0--0---0-----0-0-|--0--0---0------0-0-| ||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| H E Q E +H E Q E +H E Q.
||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------| ||o------------------|-------------------|--------------------| ||--5-------4-5---/7-|-(7)-------5-4---2-|-(2)-------4-5------| ||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------| ||o------------------|-------------------|--------------------| ||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
[F5]Gtr II[E5]
W W
|--------------|---------------|| |--------------|--------------o|| |--------------|---------------|| |-3------------|-2-------------|| |-3------------|-2------------o|| |-1------------|-0-------------||
|
| Gtr I
| Q Q E Q. Q Q E Q.
|--------------|---------------|| |--------------|--------------o|| |-7--5--4-2----|-5--4--2-1-----|| |--------------|---------------|| |--------------|--------------o|| |--------------|---------------||
[F5]Gtr II[G5] [A5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-/7-| |---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-/7-| |---1-1-1-1--1--1--1--1-|---1--1-1-1-1-/3-3-/5-|
|
| Gtr I
| H E E E E +W
|-----------------------|----------------------| |-\10-------12-13-15-13-|-(13)-----------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------|
[A5] E E E E E E E E E [B5] E E [C5] E E [B5] E Q
|----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| |---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---7--/9-9-/10-10-\9-9\--| |---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---7--/9-9-/10-10-\9-9\--| |---5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-|---5--/7-7--/8--8-\7-7\--|
|
| Gtr I
| H Q E E +W
|----------------------|-------------------------| |-/12-------10------10-|-(10)--------------------| |----------------13----|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------|
[F5]Gtr II[G5] [A5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------| |---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-7-| |---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-7-| |---1-1-1-1--1--1--1--1-|---1--1-1-1-1-/3-3-5-|
|
| Gtr I
| H E E E E +W
|-----------------------|---------------------| |-/10-------12-13-15-13-|-(13)----------------| |-----------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------|
[A5]Gtr II[E5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|----------------------|--------------------| |----------------------|--------------------| |----------------------|--------------------| |---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|--------------------| |---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |---5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| Gtr I
| H Q E E +Q. H E
|----------------------|--------------------| |-/12-------10------10-|-(10)-----9-------6-| |----------------13----|--------------------| |----------------------|--------------------| |----------------------|--------------------| |----------------------|--------------------|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2--2--| |--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|
|
| +Q. H E +Q. H +E
|-------------------|---------------------| |-(6)-----5---------|---------------------| |-----------------5-|-(5)-----4-------(4)-| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------|
Interlude
Gtr[Am] II[G]I[Am] [Am] [G] [Am]
Q Q E Q E +H.. E Q Q E Q E +Q. Q E Q
||----------------|--------------|---------------|-----------------|| ||o------------^5-|-(5)----------|------------^5-|-(5)---8--6-----o|| ||-----5--4-5--^5-|-(5)----------|----5--4-5--^5-|-(5)--------9----|| ||-----7--5-7--^7-|-(7)----------|----7--5-7--^7-|-(7)-------------|| ||o-0-------------|--------------|-0-------------|----------------o|| ||----------------|------------0-|---------------|-----------------||
Gtr [Am]II[G] [Am] [Am] [G] [Am] [Am] [G] [Am]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||------5---4-5-----|-----5---4-5-----|-----5---4-5-----| ||------7---5-7-----|-----7---5-7-----|-----7---5-7-----| ||o-0-0---0-----0-0-|-0-0---0-----0-0-|-0-0---0-----0-0-| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[F5]W W [E5]W W
|----------|----------|----------|-------|| |----------|----------|----------|------o|| |----------|----------|----------|-------|| |-3--------|-3--------|-2--------|-2-----|| |-3--------|-3--------|-2--------|-2----o|| |-1--------|-1--------|-0--------|-0-----||
[F5]Gtr II
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||------------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------| ||------------------|-----------------| ||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| ||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| ||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
[A5]E E E E [B5]E E E E [A5]E E E E E E E E 4x
|-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------o|| |-----------------|------------------|| |-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|| |-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o|| |-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
[F5]Gtr II[G5] [A5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||------------------------|----------------------| ||o-----------------------|----------------------| ||------------------------|----------------------| ||----3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-/7-| ||o---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-/7-| ||----1-1-1-1--1--1--1--1-|---1--1-1-1-1-/3-3-/5-|
|
| Gtr I
| H E E E E +W
||------------------------|----------------------| ||o-/10-------12-13-15-13-|-(13)-----------------| ||------------------------|----------------------| ||------------------------|----------------------| ||o-----------------------|----------------------| ||------------------------|----------------------|
[A5]Gtr II[B5] [C5] [B5]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 3x
|----------------------|--------------------------|| |----------------------|-------------------------o|| |----------------------|--------------------------|| |---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---7--/9-9-/10-10-\9-9\---|| |---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---7--/9-9-/10-10-\9-9\--o|| |---5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-|---5--/7-7--/8--8-\7-7\---||
|
| Gtr I
| H Q E E +W 3x
|----------------------|--------------------------|| |-/12-------10------10-|-(10)--------------------o|| |----------------13----|--------------------------|| |----------------------|--------------------------|| |----------------------|-------------------------o|| |----------------------|--------------------------||
[F5]Gtr II[G5] [A5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-/7-|---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-| |---3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-/5-5-/7-|---7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-| |---1-1-1-1--1--1--1--1-|---1--1-1-1-1-/3-3-/5-|---5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-|
|
| Gtr I
| H E E E E +W H Q E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |-/10-------12-13-15-13-|-(13)-----------------|-/12-------10------10-| |-----------------------|----------------------|----------------13----| |-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
[E5]Gtr II
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|---------------------| |--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2--2--| |--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|
|
| Gtr I
| Q. H E +Q. H E +Q. H +E
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------| |-10------9-------6-|-(6)-----5---------|---------------------| |-------------------|-----------------5-|-(5)-----4-------(4)-| |-------------------|-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
String intro
[F5]Gtr II
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||------------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------| ||------------------|-----------------| ||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| ||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| ||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
[A5] [B5] [A5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------o|| |-----------------|------------------|| |-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|| |-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o|| |-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
Outro
[F5]Gtr II
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------|--------------------------| |--3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-3---3---3---| |--3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-3---3---3---| |--1-1-1-1--1-1--1--1-|---1--1-1-1-1-1---1---1---|
|
| Gtr I
| H q E E +H E S S S S S S
|---------------------|--------------------------| |-13-------12------10-|-(10)---------------------| |---------------12----|--------------5-7-9-7-5---| |---------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------|--------------------------|
[A5]Gtr II
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------| |--7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |--7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |--5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|
| Gtr I
| H Q E E +W
|---------------------|--------------------| |-12-------10------10-|-(10)---------------| |---------------13----|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------|
[F5]Gtr II
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------|--------------------------| |--3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-3---3---3---| |--3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3-|---3--3-3-3-3-3---3---3---| |--1-1-1-1--1-1--1--1-|---1--1-1-1-1-1---1---1---|
|
| Gtr I
| H q E E +H E S S S S S S
|---------------------|--------------------------| |-13-------12------10-|-(10)---------------------| |---------------12----|--------------5-7-9-7-5---| |---------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------|--------------------------|
[A5]Gtr II[E5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|--------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|--------------------|-------------------| |--7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|--------------------|-------------------| |--7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-|---2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |--5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| Gtr I
| H Q E E +Q. H E +Q. H E
|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------| |-12-------10------10-|-(10)-----9-------6-|-(6)-----5---------| |---------------13----|--------------------|-----------------5-| |---------------------|--------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|--------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
Gtr II[Am]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W +W +W
|-------------------|---------------------|----------|------------|--------*| |-------------------|---------------------|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----*| |-------------------|---------------------|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----*| |-------------------|---------------------|-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----*| |--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2--2--|----------|------------|--------*| |--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|----------|------------|--------*|
|
| Gtr I
| +Q. H E +Q. H +E W W W
|-------------------|---------------------|----------|------------|--------*| |-------------------|---------------------|----------|------------|--------*| |-(5)-----4-------2-|-(2)-----1-------(1)-|----------|------------|--------*| |-------------------|---------------------|----------|------------|--------*| |-------------------|---------------------|----------|------------|--------*| |-------------------|---------------------|----------|------------|--------*|
Duration Legend
--------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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