NEW ORDER - "ceremony" Tablature

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>From: fernand@das28.dt.wdc.com (Anthony Fernandez)
>Subject: TAB: "Ceremony" New Order/Joy Division

This is my first attempt at tabbing something out.
A friend and I figured most of this out watching New Order playing
live. Any corrections are welcomed. I tabbed out the bass part for
a regular guitar. I will tab out Dream Attack
and Regret in the up coming months.

Ceremony
New Order/Joy Division

Song begins with the following bassline
Bass1
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
b--------------------------------------------------------------------
g--------------------------------------------------------------------
d--------------------------------------------------------------------
a----10---10---10---10---10---10-----10---10---10---10---10---10-----
e--8----8----8----8----8----8----8-8----8----8----8----8----8----8-8-

Continue with Bass 1(2x) with the following

---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------7-5---------------------------------
---5h7--------------------------------5h7----------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---5-7-5-7-5-7-------------------3-----------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Continue with Bass 1(1x) with the following riff1

riff1
---8-------------0--------------8-------------0---------------------
---8-------------8--------------8-------------0---------------------
---9-------------9--------------9-------------9---------------------
---10------------10-------------10------------10--------------------
---10------------10-------------10------------10--------------------
---8-------------0--------------8-------------0---------------------

Continue with Bass 1(2x) with the following main riff (4x)
The main riff is simply a C barre chord at the 8th fret alternating
with the same chord with no barre (ie low E,B,high E open)

Main Riff
---8---8--8--8--8--0--0--8--8--8--8--0--0--------------
---8---8--8--8--8--0--0--8--8--8--8--0--0--------------
---9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--------------
---10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------------
---10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------------
---8---8--8--8--8--0--0--8--8--8--8--0--0--------------

Continue with Bass 1(1x) with the riff1

Chorus
------
Now play bass 2 with Riff 2 (6x)
Lyrics start after two times through
Bass 2
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8s3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------

Riff 2
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-----10--8----------10--8----------10--8---------10--8---------------
-----------10-------------10-------------10------------10------------
---8--------------8--------------8--------------8--------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Now play Bass 3 (4x) with Main Riff (8x)
Chorus starts after one time through

Bass 3
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10------------------------------
------------------------------------------8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-

Now play this variation of Bass 3 with the corresponding riff
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----10--10--10--10--10--10----
-----------------------------------------8---8---8---8---8---8---8---

---8-------------------------------------0---------------------------
---8-------------------------------------0---------------------------
---9-------------------------------------9---------------------------
---10------------------------------------10--------------------------
---10------------------------------------10--------------------------
---8-------------------------------------0---------------------------

Now play Bass 2 with the following riff 2 (2x)
Riff 2
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---5--3--5--3--5s8--8--7--5--3---------5--3--5--3--5--5--3--5--3-----
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Continue with Bass 2 with the following (2x)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---9--7--9--7--9s12--12--11--9--7-----9--7--9--7--9--9--7--9--7------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Repeat Chorus


Now play the following bass line (4x) with riff 4 (4x)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-8-10---------------7---7--7---10-------------
-----------------------------8--8-8-8-8-8---8---8---8----------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-8-10-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--------------

Riff 4
---------------------------------------------------------------------
--------8-------8-------8-------8-------8-------8-------8-------8----
------9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9------
---10------10------10------10------10------10------10------10--------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Now play Bass 3 with main riff (2x) and then with riff2 (2x)

Song ends on a C


Have fun!

-Tony Fernandez
(fernand@dt.wdc.com)

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