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Song: The Dying Illusion
Band: Candlemass
Album: Chapter VI
Tabbed by: TrollFaceJesus


Hey everyone, this is my tab for this song, and I think it sounds pretty awesome.
All of the rhythm sections in the song are here, but I didn't tab out the solos.
Hopefully everything in here is accurate, and you guys find this tab to be helpful!
If you have any comments, questions or corrections to point out, please feel free
to leave a message here, or to send me an email! :D



Tuning: Eb



The song begins with some light keyboards, before going into the intro riff (this
riff is very similar to the main riff used in the verses, but is just a little bit
different.) 



Intro Riff (0:23)
================

Intro [Part I] (Guitar 1)

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| x1
D|----------------10----7-----7/10|----------------10----7-----7/10|
A|----------------8-8-8-5-5-5-5/8| |----------------8-----5-----5/8|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----|
 . . . . . . . .   . .   . .      . . . . . . . .   . .   . .


Intro [Part I] (Guitar 2)

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| x1
D|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
A|----------------8-----5-----5h8| |7---------------8-----5-----5h8|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------| |----0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----|
 . . . . . . . .                      . . . . . .   . .   . .




Intro [Part II] (Guitar 1)

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| x1
D|----------------10----7-----7/10|----------------10----7-----7/10|
A|----------------8-----5-----5-8| |----------------8-----5-----5/8|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0| 0---0 0----||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0----------|
 . . . . . . . .   . .   . .      . . . . . . . .   . .


Intro [Part II] (Guitar 2)

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| x1
D|-------------------------------| |----------------10----7-----7/10
A|7-7-------------8-----5-----5h8| |----------------8-----5-----5/8|
E|----0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0 0----------|
     . . . . . .   . .   . .      . . . . . . . .   . .




Verse I (0:33)
==============

Riff 1a (Guitar 1)

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| x8
D|----------------10----7-----7/10|
A|----------------8-----5-----5/8|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----|
 . . . . . . . .   . .   . .


Riff 1a (Guitar 2)

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| x8
D|9---------------10----7-----7/10|
A|7---------------8-----5-----5/8|
E|----0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----|
     . . . . . .   . .   . .




Pre-Chorus I (0:54)
===================

Riff 2a

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|    On the 4th note in the second
G|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| x1 measure, only one guitar plays
D|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|    the note as a pinch harmonic
A|------5-----4---2-----------2--| |------5-----4--{3]-------------|
E|2---------------------3-------3| |2---------------------3-----3p0|




Riff 2b

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| x1
D|-------------------------------| |----------------5-----7-----5--|
A|------5-----4---2-----------2--| |------5-----4---3-----5-----3--|
E|2---------------------3-------3| |2------------------------------|




Main Riff (1:05)
================

Riff 1b (Guitar 1)

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| x1
D|----------------10----7-----7/10|----------------10----7-----7/10|
A|----------------8-----5-----5/8| |----------------8-----5-----5/8|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----|
 . . . . . . . .   . .   . .      . . . . . . . .   . .   . . 


Riff 1b (Guitar 2)

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| x1
D|----------------10----5-----7/10| 9-9-------------10----7-----7/10
A|----------------8-----5-----5/8| |7-7-------------8-----5-----5/8|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----| |----0-0-0-0-0-0----------------|
 . . . . . . . .   . .   . .          . . . . . .




Verse II (1:10)
===============

Riff 1a x 8




Pre-Chorus II (1:30)
====================

Riff 2a x 1

Riff 2b x 1

Riff 2a x 1

Riff 2b x 1




Chorus I (1:51)
===============


Riff 3

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|    During this section, only one guitar
G|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| x4 plays the notes in brackets as pinch
D|-------------------------------| |----------------5-----5-----4--|    harmonics.
A|--------2--[1]-------------[1]-| |--------2---1---3-----3-----2--|
E|0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-3------| |0-0-0-0------------------------|
 . . . .         . . . .          . . . .




Solo I (2:13)
=============

Riff 4 (Rhythm)

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| x4
D|-------------------------------| |2-------2---5---4-------4------|
A|2-------2---5---4-------4------| |0-------0---3---2-------2------|
E|0-------0---3---2-------2------| |-------------------------------|




Solo II (2:38)
==============

Riff 5 (Rhythm)

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| x4
D|4-------4-------5-------5------| |8-------5-------9-------5------|
A|2---222-2---222-3---333-3---333| |6---666-3---333-7---777-3---333|
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
     ...     ...     ...     ...      ...     ...     ...     ...




Bridge I (3:03)
===============

Riff 6 

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
G|4-----------4-----------4------| |7-----------7-----------7------||6-----------6-----------6\-----| x1
D|2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2| |5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5||4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4\-----|
A|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
     . . . .     . . . .     . .      . . . .     . . . .     . .      . . . .     . . . .




Riff 7

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 5 e + a
E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------7------| x1
D|----------------5-------4-------5------|
A|2-------5-------3-------2--------------|
E|0-------3------------------------------|




Riff 6 x 1




Bridge II (3:15)
================

Riff 8a

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| x1
D|----------------6-----5--------| |-------------------------------|
A|2---------------4-----3-----7--| |8------------------------------|
E|0---------------------------5--| |6------------------------------|




Riff 8b

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| x1
D|6---------------10----9--------| |-------------------------------|
A|4---------------8-----7-----11-| |7------------------------------|
E|----------------------------9--| |5------------------------------|




Riff 8c

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| x1
D|5------------------------------| |8------------------------------|
A|3------------------------------| |6------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|




Riff 8d

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|    One guitar plays the last note of
G|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| x1 this measure as a pinch harmonic
D|2---------------3--------------| |8---------------7--------------|    on the 5th fret.
A|0---------------1--------------| |6--------------[5]-------------|
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|




Riff 8a x 1

Riff 8b x 1

Riff 8c x 1

Riff 8d x 1




Verse III (3:41)
================

Riff 1b x 1

Riff 1a x 8




Pre-Chorus III (4:07)
=====================

Riff 2a x 1

Riff 2b x 1

Riff 2a x 1

Riff 2b x 1




Chorus II (4:27)
================

Riff 3 x 4




Outro (4:50)
============

Riff 9a (Guitar 1)

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||---------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||---------------|
G|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||---------------| x1
D|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||---------------|
A|2-----------4---5--------------| |2-----------4---5-----4-----5--||4-------4------|
E|0-----------2---3--------------| |0-----------2---3-----2-----3--||2-------2------|


Riff 9a (Guitar 2)

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||---------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||---------------|
G|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||---------------| x1
D|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||---------------|
A|2------------------------------| |2------------------------------||---------------|
E|0-----------2---3--------------| |0-----------2---3-----2-----3--||2-------2------|




Riff 9b (Guitar 1)

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------| x1
D|2-----------4---5-------5---5--| |9-----------5---4-------4---4--||-------------------------------|
A|0-----------2---3-------3---3--| |7-----------3---2-------2---2--||6tr7---------------------------|
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------|


Riff 9b (Guitar 2)

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||8tr9---------------------------| x1
D|2-----------4---5-------5---5--| |9-----------5---4-------4---4--||-------------------------------|
A|0-----------2---3-------3---3--| |7-----------3---2-------2---2--||-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------------|




Riff 9a x 1

Riff 9b x 1

Riff 9a x 1

Riff 9b x 1




Riff 9c (Guitar 1)

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------||-------||-------||-------||-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------||-------||-------||-------||-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| |-------||-------||-------||-------||-------------------------------| x1
D|-------------------------------| |-------||-------||-------||-------||-------------------------------|
A|2-----------4---5--------------| |-------||-------||-------||-------||5\-----------------------------|
E|0-----------2---3--------------| |-------||-------||-------||-------||3\-----------------------------|



Riff 9c (Guitar 2)

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------------| |-------||-------||-------||-------||-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |-------||-------||-------||-------||-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| |-------||-------||-------||-------||12\----------------------------| x1
D|-------------------------------| |-Solo--||-Solo--||-Solo--||-Solo--||12\----------------------------|
A|2-----------4---5--------------| |-------||-------||-------||-------||10\----------------------------|
E|0-----------2---3--------------| |-------||-------||-------||-------||-------------------------------|



And that's it!



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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| v   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| •   mute note
| b   bend
| pb  pre-bend
| br  bend release
| pbr pre-bend release
| brb bend release bend