🎸 The Abyssal Lights — “The Ninth Gate Chord” (1966)
Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)
Tempo: 58 BPM
Time Signature: 9/4
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Intro (0:00–1:40)
(Soft reverb, one mic recording)
Chords:
Dm(add9) | Dm7/F | Am6 | Gm7 | Dm(add9)
(Low hum builds, bass pulses like a heart)
Vocal whisper (The Seer):
> “Nine doors, nine hearts, one breath...”
“Follow the sound, not the light.”
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Verse I (1:41–3:10)
Chords:
Am | Am/G | Fmaj7 | E7(#9)
Am | Fmaj7 | Dm(add9) | G
Lyrics:
> Beneath the sky of rust and bone,
We sing where angels turn to stone.
The echo walks — unseen, untied,
Counting pulses, nine by nine.
(Guitar slides faintly — dissonant reverb on 4th beat)
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Bridge (3:11–4:30)
Chords:
Em | D/F# | Gmaj7 | Cmaj7
Am7 | Gm6 | Dsus4 | Dm
Lyrics:
> Don't seek the flame, it's already burning.
Inside the chord, the world keeps turning.
One hand unseen keeps time so slow,
In silence deeper than we know.
(Echo drum enters — slow 9-beat pattern)
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Verse II (4:31–6:00)
Chords:
Dm | Bbmaj7 | Cadd9 | Am
Gm6 | Fmaj7 | E7(#9) | Am
Lyrics:
> We fall through strings of sound and grief,
The night won't end, nor bring relief.
Eyes wide shut, we cross the line,
Hear the gate — the chord divine.
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Solo Section (6:01–7:00)
Chords (loop):
Dm7 | Cmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | A7(#11)
(Lior Kane solo – guitar bends screaming through tape distortion)
(Reverend Dusk bass doubles with bowed tone)
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Outro (7:01–9:09)
Chords:
Dm(add9) | Gm7 | A7sus4 | A7(#9)
Dm(add9) | — (silence)
Final Chant (The Seer, fading):
> “Don’t look for light… it’s already inside.”
“Listen till the door closes behind you…”
(Tape fades out, faint breath sound remains for 6 seconds.)
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🕯️ Performance Note:
> Echo’s drum part has no written score — it’s based on nine heartbeats per cycle.
The “Ninth Chord” at the end is played as:
x00211 (Dm add9 with muted 6th string)
No known tuning reproduces its harmonic decay exactly.
The Seer said this chord “opens the ninth gate only once.
