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Riff Alpha: The left-speaker riff played really loudly over the cello bit at
the start of the song. Personally, I liked it better without this one...
No timing as usual.
|---------------|-----------|-------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------|-------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------|---5---|---------------|
|-5-8-7-5-8-7-5-|-5-8-7-5-7-|-8---8-|-7-8-7-5-8-7-5-|
|---------------|-----------|-------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------|-------|---------------|
Riff 1a: The intro riff. Never played again.
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---------------|-----------------|-8---------------|-7---------------|
|-5---------------|-----------------|-8---------------|-7---------------|
|-3---------------|-----------------|-6---------------|-5---------------|
hold hold hold
Riff 1b: Also part of the intro. Use really fast up and down strokes.
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Riff 2a: The first part of the verse riff. Get the rhythm right or the
song goes all to hell. Up and down, quickly, etc.
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|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-6-8-9p8-6-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---6-|
Riff 2b: Second bit of the verse. Still up and down strokes played fast.
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Riff 3a: "These are the shores whereto my soul..."
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-5-8-7-----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-6-5-----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-6-5-----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
hold
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-3h4p3-2h3p2-1h2p1-0h1p0-|
|-------------------------|
Riff 4a: The fill before we launch into the verse again.
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7-----------|-------------|-7-6-7-8-7-6-|-8-7-6-7-----|
|-5-----------|-------------|-5-4-5-6-5-4-|-6-5-4-5-----|
|-5-----------|-------------|-5-4-5-6-5-4-|-6-5-4-5-----|
hold hold
Riff 5a: This is the keyboard dominated part of the song. If you're lucky
enough to have a keyboardist handy, no problem. Otherwise try playing Dm,
F, C, Gm twice on a clean guitar, then kick the distortion and play the
power chords.
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7-----------|-3-----------|-5-----------|-5-----------|
|-5-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|-5-----------|
|-5-----------|-1-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|
hold hold hold hold
Riff 6a: Guitar two is playing sixteenth notes. Timing for these riffs in
the tab is non-existant so listen to the song. Good Luck!
(Guitar one)
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-7-----------------|-3-----------------|-8-----------------|-5--------------|
|-5-----------------|-3-----------------|-8-----------------|-5--------------|
|-5-----------------|-1-----------------|-6-----------------|-3--------------|
hold hold hold hold
(Guitar two)
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-----2-------2-----|-----0-------0-----|----------------|
|-5-7-8-7-5-7-8-7-5-|-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-|-1-3---3-1-3---3-1-|-0-0h1-0-1-3-1-0|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|
(Guitar one)
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|--------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|--------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|--------|
|-8-----------------|-3-----------------|-5-------------------------|-7------|
|-8-----------------|-3-----------------|-3-------------------------|-5------|
|-6-----------------|-1-----------------|-3-------------------------|-5------|
(Guitar two)
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|--------|
|-----3-------3-----|-------------------|-4-3---3-----4-3-----3-----|--------|
|-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-|-2-3-5-3-2-3-5-3-2-|-----5---5-3-----5-3---5-3-|-2------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|--------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|--------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|--------|
Riff 7a: Still sixteenths with Riff 7b: Same story here...
no timing...
(Guitar one) (Guitar one)
|-----------|---------------| |-----------|---------------|
|-----------|---------------| |-----------|---------------|
|-----------|---------------| |-----------|---------------|
|-7---------|-7-------5-----| |-7---------|-7-------5-----|
|-5---------|-5-------3-----| |-5---------|-5-------3-----|
|-5---------|-5-------3-----| |-5---------|-5-------3-----|
(Guitar two) (Guitar two)
|-----------|---------------| |-----------|---------------|
|-----------|---------------| |-----------|---------------|
|-----------|---------------| |---4---4-5-|---4---4-5-4---|
|-----------|---------------| |-7---7-----|-7---7-------5-|
|-5-7-5-7-8-|-5-7-5-7-8-7---| |-----------|---------------|
|-----------|-------------8-| |-----------|---------------|
Riff 8a: This riff is now ... right!
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------5-6-5-|
|-5-4---4-----------|-5-4---4-----------|
|-----7---7-5-7-8-7-|-----7---7-5-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Riff 9a: Guitar two holds every fourth note for a short time.
(Guitar one)
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---------------|-5---------------|
|-3---------------|-5---------------|
|-3---------------|-3---------------|
(Guitar two)
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-3-2-3-5-3-2-3-|-3-2---2-3-2---2-|
|-----------------|-----5-------5---|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
Riff 10a: The chords played behind the "rallying war speech". The rhythm
changes, but it's easy to pick up. There's something
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Dm. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.