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

Lyrics (from cs.uwp.edu) with a couple of corrections
------

You'd smile and salute me

If I told a different story

All the sinful wheels are turning

Turning in and turn towards this time


All she asks is when to hold me

Then again the same old story

We traveled oh, so quickly

Travel first to me, towards this time


Oh, I'll break them down, no mercy shown

Heaven knows it's got to be this time

What she'd heard, these things she said

The time she cried and failed to wait this time


Oh, I'll break them down, no mercy shown

Heaven knows it's got to be this time

Avenues, all lined with trees

Picture me and then you start watching


Watching forever

Forever - watching love grow

Forever - letting me know

Forever

Have fun!

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

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