In The Desert Of Set

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IN THE DESERT OF SET

As recorded by Therion

(From the 1996 Album THELI)

Transcribed by [email protected]

Words and Music by C. Johnsson

Gtr I (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Guitar 1'

Gtr II (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Sitar'

Gtr III (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Guitar 2'

Gtr IV (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Strings'

Gtr V (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Trombone'

Gtr VI (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Piano'

Intro

Q=104

N.C.

4/4

Gtrs I, III

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

||------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

||o-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

||------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

||----------2-1-----|---------2-1-----|--------2-1-----|--------2-1------|

||o--2--3-2-----2-3-|--2--3-2-----2-3-|-2--3-2-----2-3-|-2--3-2-----2-3--|

||------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

| Gtr II

| TP TP TP TP

| W W W W

||------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

||o-12--------------|-10--------------|-8--------------|-7---------------|

||------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

||o-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

||------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

|-------------------------|----------------------|

|--------------2--1-------|--------------2-1-----|

|--2-----3--2--------2--3-|--2-----3--2------2-3-|

|-------------------------|----------------------|

| E E E E E E E E E E E E H

|-11----------------------|-11-------------------|

|----13-12-10-12-13-12-10-|----13-12-10-12-------|

|-------------------------|----------------------|

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

|-------------------------|-----------------------||

|-------------------------|----------------------o||

|-------------------------|-----------------------||

|--------------2--1-------|--------------2-1------||

|--2-----3--2--------2--3-|--2-----3--2------2-3-o||

|-------------------------|-----------------------||

| E E E E E E E E E E E E H

|-11----------------------|-11--------------------||

|----13-12-10-12-13-12-10-|----13-12-10-12-------o||

|-------------------------|-----------------------||

|-------------------------|----------------------o||

|-------------------------|-----------------------||

Gtr III

PM----------------------------------------------

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------|

|-16-16-13-13-12-12-------12-12-13-13-12-12-------|

|-------------------14-14-------------------14-14-|

|-------------------------------------------------|

| Gtr I

| Q E E E E E E

|-------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------2-----1----------------|

|--2-----------3-----2-----------------2-----3----|

|-------------------------------------------------|

----------------------|

S S S S S S S S H

|----------------------------------|

|-16-16-13-13-12-12-------12-------|

|-------------------14-14----------|

|----------------------------------|

| Q E E E E E E

|----------------------------------|

|--------------------------2-1-----|

|--2-----------3-----2---------2-3-|

|----------------------------------|

PM----------------------------------------------

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------|

|-16-16-13-13-12-12-------12-12-13-13-12-12-------|

|-------------------14-14-------------------14-14-|

|-------------------------------------------------|

| Q E E E E E E

|-------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------2-----1----------------|

|--2-----------3-----2-----------------2-----3----|

|-------------------------------------------------|

----------------------|

|------6-------| |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|-16-16-13-13-12-12-------16p13p12-16p13p12-16p13p12-16p13p12---|

|-------------------14-14---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|

| Q E E E E E E

|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------2--------1---------------------------|

|--2-----------3-----2-----------------------2--------3---------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Lead: C. Johnsson

B5 A5

E E E E +E E E E E E E E +Q +E E

|---------------------------|---------------------------|

|----12-12-15-(15)-12-12-12-|----12-15-14-(14)--(14)-15-|

|-14--9--9-12-(12)--9--9--9-|-14--9-12-11-(11)--(11)-12-|

|-12------------------------|-12------------------------|

|---------------------------|---------------------------|

| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +Q +E E

| W W

|---------------------------|---------------------------|

|--4------------------------|--2------------------------|

|--2------------------------|--0------------------------|

|---------------------------|---------------------------|

G5 F#5 G5 A5

|--3--| |------6-------| |------6-------|

Q. E E E E E E E S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------|-------------------17-15-14----------17-15-14----------|

|-17----19-19S17-17S15-|-15S14-17-15-14----15-13-12-17-15-14-15-13-12-17-15-14-|

|-14----16-16S14-14S12-|-12S11-14-12-11-16----------14-12-11----------14-12-11-|

|----------------------|----------------14-------------------------------------|

|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|

| Q. E E E E E E E S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S

| |--3--| |------6-------| |------6-------|

| W H Q Q

|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------|--------------------------------------2----------------|

|--5-------------------|--4-----------------5-----------------0----------------|

|--3-------------------|--2-----------------3----------------------------------|

B5 A5

E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S

|---/22-22-22-21-21-21-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-22-22-22-22-21-21-21-19-19-19-19-19-|

|----20-20-20-19-19-19-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-20-20-20-20-19-19-19-17-17-17-17-17-|

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

| E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S

| W W

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

|-4-----------------------------------|--2-------------------------------------|

|-2-----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

S S S S E S S E S S E S S

|-19-22-22-22-22-21-21-21-19-19-19-19-19-|

|-17-20-20-20-20-19-19-19-17-17-17-17-17-|

|----------------------------------------|

| S S S S E S S E S S E S S

| W

|----------------------------------------|

|--5-------------------------------------|

|--3-------------------------------------|

F#5 G5 A5

|------6-------| |------6-------|

Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-18--18-18-21-19-18-21-19-18-21-19-18-21-19-18-|

|-16--16-16-19-17-16-19-17-16-19-17-16-19-17-16-|

|-----------------------------------------------|

| Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S

| |------6-------| |------6-------|

| H Q Q

|-----------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------2----------------|

|--4---------5-----------------0----------------|

|--2---------3----------------------------------|

Verse

N.C.

Gtrs I, III

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||

||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||

||----------2-1-----|---------2-1-----|---------2-1-----|---------2-1-------||

||o-2-2-3-2-----2-3-|-2-2-3-2-----2-3-|-2-2-3-2-----2-3-|-2-2-3-2-----2-3--o||

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||

B5 A5 G5 F#5 G5 A5

PM PM PM

E. S H. E. S H. E. S H. E. S Q E E E E

||---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------||

||o--------------|--------------|--------------|------------------o||

||---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------||

||--4--4-4-------|-2--2-2-------|--------------|-------------2-----||

||o-2--2-2-------|-0--0-0-------|-5--5-5-------|-4--4-4--5---0----o||

||---------------|--------------|-3--3-3-------|-2--2-2--3---------||

B5 A5 G5 F#5 G5 A5

Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E E E E

||----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------||

||o---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------o||

||----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------||

||--4--4-4--4-4-4-|-2--2-2--2-2-2-|---------------|------------2-2---||

||o-2--2-2--2-2-2-|-0--0-0--0-0-0-|-5--5-5--5-5-5-|-4--4-4-5-5-0-0--o||

||----------------|---------------|-3--3-3--3-3-3-|-2--2-2-3-3-------||

Chorus

Bm A G F#

Gtrs I, III

PM------------------------------------------------------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

H.=H Q=80

Bm A G F#5

PM------------------------------------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------|

|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4----|

|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2----|

Bridge

Q=144

N.C.

Gtr I

Wx2 Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

|------------||--------------------|--------------------||

|------------||o-------------------|-------------------o||

|------------||--------------------|--------------------||

|------------||----------8---------|---------8----------||

|------------||o-9--10-9---10-7-10-|-9--10-9---10-7-10-o||

|------------||--------------------|--------------------||

| Gtr III

| Wx2 Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

|------------||--------------------|--------------------||

|------------||o-------------------|-------------------o||

|------------||----------8---------|---------8----------||

|------------||--9--10-9---10-7-10-|-9--10-9---10-7-10--||

|------------||o-------------------|-------------------o||

|------------||--------------------|--------------------||

Verse

B5 A5C5 B5 A5C5

Gtrs I, III

PM--------------| PM--------------|

E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E E 4x

||------------------------|------------------------||

||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||

||------------------------|------------------------||

||--------------------2-5-|-------------------2-5--||

||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-o||

||------------------------|------------------------||

Bridge

B5 G5 F#5 E5

Gtr II

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

||-----------------------|----------------------|

||o----------------------|----------------------|

||-----------8-----------|----------8-----------|

||--9---10-9---10--7--10-|-9---10-9---10--7--10-|

||o----------------------|----------------------|

||-----------------------|----------------------|

| Gtr III

| H. +E E H. +E E

||-----------------------|----------------------|

||o----------------------|----------------------|

||-----------------------|----------------------|

||--4-------------(4)----|----------------------|

||o-2-------------(2)--5-|-4-------------(4)--2-|

||---------------------3-|-2-------------(2)--0-|

G5 F#5 E5

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

|----------------------|---------------------||

|----------------------|--------------------o||

|----------8-----------|---------8-----------||

|-9---10-9---10--7--10-|-9--10-9---10-7-10---||

|----------------------|--------------------o||

|----------------------|---------------------||

| H. +E E W

|----------------------|---------------------||

|----------------------|--------------------o||

|----------------------|---------------------||

|-5-------------(5)--4-|-2------------------o||

|-3-------------(3)--2-|-0-------------------||

Q=144

N.C.

Gtr I

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

||--------------------|--------------------||

||o-------------------|-------------------o||

||--------------------|--------------------||

||----------8---------|---------8----------||

||o-9--10-9---10-7-10-|-9--10-9---10-7-10-o||

||--------------------|--------------------||

| Gtr III

| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

||--------------------|--------------------||

||o-------------------|-------------------o||

||----------8---------|---------8----------||

||--9--10-9---10-7-10-|-9--10-9---10-7-10--||

||o-------------------|-------------------o||

||--------------------|--------------------||

Verse

B5 A5C5 B5 A5C5

Gtrs I, III

PM--------------| PM--------------|

E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E E 4x

||------------------------|------------------------||

||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||

||------------------------|------------------------||

||--------------------2-5-|-------------------2-5--||

||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-o||

||------------------------|------------------------||

Interlude

B5 F#5

PM-------------------------------------

E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S

||--------------------|-------------------|

||o-------------------|-------------------|

||--------------------|-------------------|

||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|-------------------|

||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|

||----------------3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|

G5 E5

-----------------------------------|

E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E

|-------------------|------------------||

|-------------------|-----------------o||

|-------------------|------------------||

|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||

|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||

N.C.

Gtr IV

TP TP

W +W

||-------------------|--------------------|

||o------------------|--------------------|

||--11---------------|-(11)---------------|

||-------------------|--------------------|

||o------------------|--------------------|

||-------------------|--------------------|

| Gtrs I, III

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

||-------------------|--------------------|

||o------------------|--------------------|

||-------------------|--------------------|

||o------1-2-4-2-1---|--------1-2-4-2-1---|

||---2-3-----------3-|---2--3-----------3-|

TP TP

W +W

|-----------------|---------------------||

|-----------------|--------------------o||

|-9---------------|-(9)-----------------||

|-----------------|---------------------||

|-----------------|--------------------o||

|-----------------|---------------------||

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|---------------------||

|-----------------|--------------------o||

|-----------------|---------------------||

|-----1-2-4-2-1---|-------1-2-4-2-1----o||

|-2-3-----------3-|--2--3-----------3---||

F# G E G

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

||--------------------------|-----------------------||

||o-------------------------|----------------------o||

||--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-12-12-12-9-9-9-12-12--||

||--------------------------|-----------------------||

||o-------------------------|----------------------o||

||--------------------------|-----------------------||

| Gtr V

| E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E

||--------------------------|-----------------------||

||o-------------------------|----------------------o||

||--------------------------|-----------------------||

||---4--------4--------4----|--5-------2------5-----||

||o-------------------------|----------------------o||

||---2--------2--------2----|--3-------0------3-----||

F# G E G

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

||--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-15-15-15-12-12-12-15-15--||

||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||

||--------------------------|--------------------------||

||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||

||--------------------------|--------------------------||

| Gtr V

| E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E

||--------------------------|--------------------------||

||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||

||--11-------11-------11----|-12--------9-------12-----||

||--------------------------|--------------------------||

||o--9--------9--------9----|-10--------7-------10----o||

||--------------------------|--------------------------||

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E

|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-11-------11-------11----|-11-------11-------11----|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|--9--------9--------9----|--9--------9--------9----|

Bridge

N.C.

Gtr I

Wx2 Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

|------------||--------------------|--------------------||

|------------||o-------------------|-------------------o||

|------------||--------------------|--------------------||

|------------||----------8---------|---------8----------||

|------------||o-9--10-9---10-7-10-|-9--10-9---10-7-10-o||

|------------||--------------------|--------------------||

| Gtr III

| Wx2 Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

|------------||--------------------|--------------------||

|------------||o-------------------|-------------------o||

|------------||----------8---------|---------8----------||

|------------||--9--10-9---10-7-10-|-9--10-9---10-7-10--||

|------------||o-------------------|-------------------o||

|------------||--------------------|--------------------||

Verse

B5 A5C5 B5 A5C5

Gtrs I, III

PM--------------| PM--------------|

E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E E 4x

||------------------------|------------------------||

||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||

||------------------------|------------------------||

||--------------------2-5-|-------------------2-5--||

||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-o||

||------------------------|------------------------||

Outro

B5 G5

Gtr VI

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

||--14----12----------------------------------|

||o-----0----0-15-0-14-0-12-0-14-0-15--0-12-0-|

||--------------------------------------------|

||o-------------------------------------------|

||--------------------------------------------|

| Gtrs I, III

| H. +E E

||--------------------------------------------|

||o-------------------------------------------|

||--------------------------------------------|

||---4-----------------------------(4)--------|

||o--2-----------------------------(2)----5---|

||----------------------------------------3---|

F#5 E5

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-12-----------------------------------------|

|-----0-15-0-14-0-12-0-11-0-12-0-14--0-11-0--|

|--------------------------------------------|

| H. +E E

|--------------------------------------------|

|--4-----------------------------(4)----2----|

|--2-----------------------------(2)----0----|

G5 F#5

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-15----14---12-------------------12---------|

|-----0----0----0-15-15-14-0-15-0-----0-14-0-|

|--------------------------------------------|

| H. +E E

|--------------------------------------------|

|--5------------------------------(5)----4---|

|--3------------------------------(3)----2---|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------15-14-12----12-----------||

|-15-0-14-0-12-0-11-0----------15----15-14-12-o||

|----------------------------------------------||

|---------------------------------------------o||

|----------------------------------------------||

| W

|----------------------------------------------||

|---------------------------------------------o||

|----------------------------------------------||

|--2------------------------------------------o||

|--0-------------------------------------------||

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------15-14-12----12----------|

|-15-0-14-0-12-0-11-0----------15----15-14-12-|

|---------------------------------------------|

| PM------------------------------------------

| E E E E E E E E

|---------------------------------------------|

|--2----2----2----2----2-----2-----2-----2----|

|--0----0----0----0----0-----0-----0-----0----|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------27-26-24----24----------|

|-------------------------------27----27-26-24-|

|-12-11-9----9---------------------------------|

|---------12---12-11-9-------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------|

|-----------------|

| E E E E E E E E

|----------------------------------------------|

|--2----2----2-----2----2-----2-----2-----2----|

|--0----0----0-----0----0-----0-----0-----0----|

B5 F#5

Gtr IV

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

||o----14---15---14------14---15-14---|---------14----------------14-------|

||--16--------------16----------------|----15--------15------15------15----|

||------------------------------------|-16--------------16-----------------|

||o-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

| PM-----| PM-----| PM| PM-----| PM-----| PM|

| E S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S

||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

||o-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

||---4------------4------------4------|------------------------------------|

||o--2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2-|--4------------4------------4-------|

||------------------------------------|--2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--|

E E E E E E E E

|-----------------------------------|

|---------15----------------15------|

|----16--------16------16------16---|

|-17--------------17----------------|

|-----------------------------------|

| PM-----| PM-----| PM|

| E S S S S E S S S S E S S

|-----------------------------------|

|--5------------5------------5------|

|--3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3-|

A5 Bb5 B5

E E E E E E E E 4x H H

|----------------------------------||----------------*|

|----14---17-14------14---17-14---o||----------------*|

|-14--------------15---------------||-16-------------*|

|----------------------------------||----------------*|

|---------------------------------o||----------------*|

|----------------------------------||----------------*|

| PM| PM| PM| PM|

| E S S E S S E S S E S S 4x Q +Q H

|----------------------------------||----------------*|

|---------------------------------o||----------------*|

|----------------------------------||----------------*|

|--7-------7-------8-------8------o||--9--(9)-------*|

|--5--5-5--5--5-5--6--6-6--6--6-6--||--7--(7)-------*|

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

/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

- 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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