Cosmic Keys to My Creations & Times (Guitar)
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Here is another Emperor song. This is from one of the best black metal
albumns ever. That being Nightside Eclipse. This albumn is very hard 
to decipher at times due to the heavy distortion on one of the guitars.
Anyway, this song is Cosmic Keys to my Creation and Times, and it
should be all right.

Band: Emperor
Song: Cosmic Keys to my Creation and Times
Transcribed by: Warrick McPherson
E-mail: sirwarrick@hotmail.com

Notation:

H - Hammer on
P - Pull off
S - Slide
M - Mute
B - Bend

Tuning: Standard "E" tuning for this song

Riff 1

Gtr 1

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------88888888----------77777777-|
|-00000000----------00000000----------|
|-------------------------------------|


|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-10101010-9999----------99999999-8888------11111111-|
|---------------10101010---------------9999----------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

Gtr 2

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-77777777-88888888-77777777-66666666-|
|-55555555-66666666-55555555-55555555-|

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-5555555555555555-4444444444444444-|
|-3333333333333333-2222222222222222-|

Riff 2

Both Guitars

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|------6666-4444-5555---------------------|
|-2222-5555-3333-4444-2222-55-44-33333333-|
|-0000----------------0000-33-22-11111111-|


|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|------6666-4444-5555-----------44444444-|
|-2222-5555-3333-4444-2222-5555-22222222-|
|-0000----------------0000-3333-22222222-|

NOTE: The only reason there is breaks in between the chords
is to make it easier to read.

Riff 3 - Verse type riff

Gtr 1

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5555555555555555-4444444444444444-5555555555555555-5555555555555555-|
|-2222222222222222 0000000000000000-2222222222222222-2222222222222222-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5555555555555555-7777777777777777-9999999999999999-9999999999999999-|
|-2222222222222222-5555555555555555-7777777777777777-7777777777777777-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Gtr 2

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2222222222222222------------------2222222222222222-2222222222222222-|
|-0000000000000000-2222222222222222-0000000000000000-0000000000000000-|
|------------------3333333333333333-----------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2222222222222222------------------2222222222222222-2222222222222222-|
|-0000000000000000-2222222222222222-0000000000000000-0000000000000000-|
|------------------3333333333333333-----------------------------------|

That part sounds really good when both guitars are played at
the same time.

Now go back and play Riff 2, then Riff 3 again.

Riff 4 - This part was quite hard to figure out, but it should
be right.

Gtr 1

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2h3p2s1-22222222-1111-4444-3333-2h3p2s1-22222222-1111-4444-3333-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-2h3p2s1-22222222-1111-4444-3333------------2h3p2s1-2--
|---------------------------------2h3p2s1-2-------------

bar cont....

-----------------------|
-----------------------|
--------------33333333-|
-----------------------|
--5h6p5s4-5------------|
-----------------------|

Gtr 2

|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|----4--3--------------4--3--------------4--3----------|
|-2--------5--4--3--2--------5--4--3--2--------5--4--3-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------22222222-55555555-44444444-|
|-22222222----------------------------|


Riff 5 - In this riff Gtr 1 plays alone the first 2 times.

Gtr 1

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0000000000000000------------------2222222222222222-444444--------5555-|
|-2222222222222222-5555555555555555-4444444444444444--------333333------|
|------------------3333333333333333-------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0000000000000000------------------2222222222222222-1111111111111111-|
|-2222222222222222-5555555555555555-4444444444444444-3333333333333333-|
|------------------3333333333333333-----------------------------------|

Gtr 2

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0000000000000000------------------2222222222222222-2222222222222222-|
|-2222222222222222-5555555555555555-4444444444444444-3333333333333333-|
|------------------3333333333333333-----------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0000000000000000------------------2222222222222222-1111111111111111-|
|-2222222222222222-5555555555555555-4444444444444444-3333333333333333-|
|------------------3333333333333333-----------------------------------|

Now go back and play Riff 2, Riff 3 then Riff 2 again. 
Then move onto this next riff.

Riff 6 - this is not really a riff, just a chord

|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-4444444444444444-|
|-2222222222222222-|
|-2222222222222222-|

Play that bar 3 times, then on the fouth time make your way up the
fret board to around the twelvth fret to the value of one bar.

Now go back and play Riff 5 again.

Now play this

Riff 7 - both guitars

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-4----4-4---2----2-2----------------|
|-4----4-4---2----2-2---5----5-5---3-|
|-2----2-2---0----0-0---5----5-5---3-|
|-----------------------3----3-3---1-|


Riff 8

Gtr 1

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-4---4----------------4---4-----------------|
|-2---2---2-2h3-3-3-2--2---2---2-2h3-3-3-2h3-|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-4---4----------------3-5-5-4-4-6-6-5-------|
|-2---2---2-2h3-3-3-2--1-3-3-2-2-4-4-3-------|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-2---2----------------2---2-----------------|
|-0---0---0-0h1-1-1-0--0---0---0-0h1-1-1-0h1-|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-2---2----------------3-5-5-4-4-6-6-5-------|
|-0---0---0-0h1-1-1-0--1-3-3-2-2-4-4-3-------|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-4---4----------------4---4-----------------|
|-2---2---2-2h3-3-3-2--2---2---2-2h3-3-3-2h3-|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-4---4----------------3-5-5-4-4-6-6-5-------|
|-2---2---2-2h3-3-3-2--1-3-3-2-2-4-4-3-------|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------2-2h3-3-3------------2-2h3-3-3-----|
|-2---2----------------2---2-----------------|
|-0---0-------------0--0---0-------------0---|

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------2-2h3-3-3------------2-2s3-3s5-5s3-3s2--2-|
|-2---2----------------2---2----------------------2-|
|-0---0-------------0--0---0----------------------0-|

Gtr 2

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------4-4h5-5-5------------4-4h5-5-5-----|
|-4---4----------------4---4-----------------|
|-2---2-------------2--2---2--------------2--|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------4-4h5-5-5--------------------------|
|-4---4----------------3-5-5-4-4-6-6-5-------|
|-2---2-------------2--1-3-3-2-2-4-4-3-------|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------2-2h3-3-3------------2-2h3-3-3-----|
|-2---2----------------2---2-----------------|
|-0---0-------------0--0---0--------------0--|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------2-2h3-3-3--------------------------|
|-2---2----------------3-5-5-4-4-6-6-5-------|
|-0---0-------------0--1-3-3-2-2-4-4-3-------|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------4-4h5-5-5------------4-4h5-5-5-----|
|-4---4----------------4---4-----------------|
|-2---2-------------2--2---2--------------2--|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------4-4h5-5-5--------------------------|
|-4---4----------------3-5-5-4-4-6-6-5-------|
|-2---2-------------2--1-3-3-2-2-4-4-3-------|

|--------------------------------------------|
|---------5-5h6-6-6------------5-5h6-6-6-----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-2---2----------------2---2-----------------|
|-0---0-------------0--0---0-------------0---|

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------5-5h6-6-6------------5-5s6-6s8-8s6-6s5--5-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2----------------2---2------------------------|
|-0---0-------------0--0---0------------------------|

And that's the song. Any questions/suggestions just e-mail me.