Haunter of the Dark (Guitar)
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# COUGH - Still they Prey (2016) [Tab transcription]
# Created by: DoomsterFire
# Copyright (c) Relapse Records Inc. 2016

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HAUNTER IN THE DARK - by Cough (v1 - edit 7/2025)
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Tuning: B standard (BEADF#B)


#Intro [Main riff variation]

B |----------------------------|
F.|----------------------------|
D |---------(Feedback)---------|
A |----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|
B |----------------------------|

B ||----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
F.||----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
D ||----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
A ||----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
E ||---5h7~----5h7~----5h7~----5h7~---7--9--|-\10~----9s10~----9s10~----9s10--9--7--||
B ||-0-------0-------0-------0--------5--7--|-\-8~----7s-8~----7s-8~----7s-8--7--5--||


D ||----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
A ||----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
E ||----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
B ||-0-------0-------0-------0--------5--7--|-\-8~----7s-8~----7s-8~----7s-8--7--5--||


#Riff 1 (Verse)[Main riff variation]

B ||----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| [Visions they come in the night…]
F.||----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
D ||----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
A ||----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
E ||---5h7~---7-5h7~--7-5h7~--7-5h7~--7--9--|-10~------10~------10~------10--9--7---||
B ||---0------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----5--7--|--8~----0--8~----0--8~----0--8--7--5---||

	[Or]

B ||----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
F.||----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
D ||----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
A ||----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
E ||---5h7~---7-5h7~--7-5h7~--7-5h7~--7--9--|-10~-10---10~-10---10~-10---10--9--7---||
B ||---0------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----5--7--|--8~----0--8~----0--8~----0--8--7--5---||


#Riff 2 (Chorus)

B ||------------------------------|| [Yeah ! As you scream through the night…]
F.||------------------------------||
D ||------------------------------||
A ||------------------------------||
E ||--7~-----7--5-----3~---/10~---||
B ||--5~-----5--3--0--1~---/-8~---|| [x4]


#Solos (harmonization over riff 1 with wah pedal)

B |-----------------------------------------------|
F.|-----------------------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------|
A |---------------5^~-------------------5----5-h7-|
E |-5h7~--(7)-5h7-----7-x-5h7~--(7)-5h7---7-------|
B |-----------------------------------------------|

B |-----------------------------------------------|
F.|-----------------------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------|
A |-\9~~------9~~-------10~---9~---7~---5~--------|
E |------------------------------------------7~---|
B |-----------------------------------------------|

#Bridge [5:44 – 6:04]

B |---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
F.|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E |--9~-----9--7--9--\12~--12~---12-|-\9~-----9--7--9-\15~~~--------|
B |--7~-----7--5--7--\10~--10~---10-|-\7~-----7--5--7-\13~~~--------|

B |---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
F.|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E |--9~-----9--7--9--\12~--12~---12-|-\15~----14~----12~--15-14-12--|
B |--7~-----7--5--7--\10~--10~---10-|-\13~----12~----10~--13-12-10--|


#Riff 3 (End Verse) [Main riff variation]

B ||-----------------------------------------------|
F.||-----------------------------------------------|
D ||-----------------------------------------------|
A ||-----------------------------------------------|
E ||--12s14~-----12s14~-----12s14~-----12s14--7--9-|
B ||--10s12~-----10s12~-----10s12~-----10s12--5--7-|

B |-----------------------------------------------||
F.|-----------------------------------------------||
D |-----------------------------------------------||
A |-----------------------------------------------||
E |--10~------9s10~------9s10~------9s10--9--7~-/-||
B |---8~------7s-8~------7s-8~------7s-8--7--5~-/-||


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note


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LYRICS
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[Verse 1]

Visions they come in the night, they tear at your mind
Places of horror obscene, they're haunting your dreams
People that you never know, are calling you home
Faces obscured by disease, but you do what they please, yeah

[Chorus]

As you scream through the night
As you scream through the night sky
As you scream through the night
You can't take back what's already died

[Verse 2]

Awaken their cries never end, they torment you then
When will they leave me alone? Their presence has grown, yeah

[Chorus]

As you scream through the night
As you scream through the night sky
As you scream through the night
You can't take back what's already died

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

As you scream through the night
As you scream through the night sky
As you scream through the night
You can't take back what's already died

[Verse 3]

Awaken their cries never end, they torment you then
When will they leave me alone? They're calling me home, yeah

[Outro]

As you scream through the night
As you scream through the night sky
As you scream through the night
Can't take back what's already died

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