Al Svartr The Oath
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"Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk", 1997.
Transcription: Serkan Gunturk ( gunturkk@boun.edu.tr )
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Hark, O'Nightspirit
Father of my dark self
From within this realm, wherein Thou dwelleth
By this lake of blood, from which we feed to breed
I call silently for Thy presence, as I lay this oath
May this night carry my will
And may these old mountains forever remember this night
May the forest whisper my name
And may the storm bring these words to the end of all worlds
May the wise moon be my witness
As I swear on my honour
In respect of my pride and darkness itself
That I shall rule by the blackest wisdom
O'Nightspirit
I am one with thee
I am the eternal power
I am the Emperor
Winds and storms, embrace us now
Lay waste the light of day
Open gates to darker lands
We spread our wings and fly away
Riff 1 (4 times)
Clean tone
7 th position (fret)
E-|-------------------------------------------7-------------------------------|
B-|---7-----------------------7-------------7---7-----------------------------|
G-|---------9-----8-----9-----------9---8h9-------9---------------------------|
D-|---9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----------------------------------------|
A-|-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7---------------------------------------|
E-|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------------------------------------|
6 th position
E-|---------6-----------7-----------6-----------9-----------------------------|
B-|-------6---6-------6---6-------6---6-------6---6---------------------------|
G-|-----8-----------8-----------8-----------8---------------------------------|
D-|---8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------------------------------|
A-|-6-----------6-----------6-----------6-------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 2 (2 times)
E-|---------5-----------6-----------5-----------8-----------------------------|
B-|-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5---------------------------|
G-|-----7-----------7-----------7-----------7---------------------------------|
D-|---7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------------------------------|
A-|-5-----------5-----------5-----------5-------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------6-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------6---6---------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-----8---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|---8-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-6----------------4 times -------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 3
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-----7---7-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|---7-------7---------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-5-----------...-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
lyrics 1
Riff 4
Distortion
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-4-3-2-1-0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----------4-3-2-1-0---------------------5-4---------------------4-3-------|
A-|---------------------2-----2-4-5-2-----2-----1-----1-3-4-1-----1-----------|
E-|-----------------------3-2---------3-2---------2-1---------2-1-------------|
Play riff 3
lyrics 2
riff 5
E-|-------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------------------|
D-|---------------------5-4---------------------4-3-------|
A-|-2-----2-4-5-2-----2-----1-----1-3-4-1-----1-----------|
E-|---3-2---------3-2---------2-1---------2-1-------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------1-3-4-------------------------------|
D-|---------------------3-2---------1-3-4-------------------------------------|
A-|---------2-3---------------1-2-4-------------------------------------------|
E-|-5-1-0-5-----5-1-0-5-----4-------------------------------------------------|
riff 6
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-4---3---5---2-----------2-----------2---3-------2---5-------2-------------|
A-|-2-2-1-2-3-2---3-2---------3-2---------3-1---------2-3---------3-2---------|
E-|---0---0---0-------0-2-3-------0-2-3-------0-2-3-------0-2-3---------------|
riff 7 clean tone
E-|---------0-----------1-----------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------0---0-------1---1---------------------------------------------------|
G-|-----2-----------3---------------------------------------------------------|
D-|---2-----------3-----------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-0-----------1-----------...-----------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
riff 8
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|---1---1-------2----------2-----------2-----------2------------------------|
A-|-0---0-----------3-2--------3-1---------2-3---------3-2--------------------|
E-|---------0-2-3-------0-2-3------0-2-3-------0-2-3--------------------------|
riff 9
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---5-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----7---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-0-----8-7-5-6-5-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
play last two alternatively
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-2-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-2-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
lyrics 3
Riff 10
keyboard
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------2-2-------------|
B-|-----2---------3-2-------2---------5-3-2-3-2---5-3-2-3-2-------------------|
G-|-2-4---4-2-2-4-----4-2-4---4-2-2-4-----------4-----------4-----------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------4---------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------------4---------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------2---------------------------------|
Riff 11
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-7/9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------9/11-11-11-11-11-11-11---------------------------|
A-|-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------7/9--9--9--9--9--9--9----------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
lyrics 4
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