The Fate Of The Norns Chords & Tabs
The Fate Of The Norns Tab
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THE FATE OF THE NORNS
As recorded by Amon Amarth
(From the 2004 Album FATE OF THE NORNS)
Transcribed by Gerhard Fischl
Music by Amon Amarth
Gtr I (B E A D F# B) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (B E A D F# B) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=130
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM
|-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||o-------11---11-------9---9-|-------11---11-------9---9-o||
||--9-9-9----9----9-9-9---9---|-9-9-9----9----9-9-9---9----||
Verse
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM
|-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------11---11-------9---9-|-------7---7-------6---6-|
||--9-9-9----9----9-9-9---9---|-9-9-9---9---9-9-9---9---|
N.C.
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 6x
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------9---9-------6---6-|-------9---9-------6---6-o||
|-7-7-7---7---7-7-7---7---|-7-7-7---7---7-7-7---7----||
Chorus
C#5
Gtr I
TP TP TP TP TP TP
H. Q Q Q Q Q
||-------------------------------|-----------------------2-----|
||o-2----------------------4-----|-5-------2-----5-------------|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| |--3---| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-|
| E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||--6--(6)-6-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-|-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-|
||o-4--(4)-4-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B5
TP TP
W W
|-4---------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-4----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-|
| E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-(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--|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
A5
TP TP TP TP TP TP
H. Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5----------------------4-----|-5-------2-----4-------5-----|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| |--3---| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-|
| E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-2--(2)-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-|-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-|
|-0--(0)-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-|-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B5
TP TP
W W
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-4---------------------------|-0-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-|
| E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-(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---o||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
Verse
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM
|-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------11---11-------9---9-|-------7---7-------6---6-|
||--9-9-9----9----9-9-9---9---|-9-9-9---9---9-9-9---9---|
N.C.
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------9---9-------6---6-|-------9---9-------6---6-o||
|-7-7-7---7---7-7-7---7---|-7-7-7---7---7-7-7---7----||
Interlude
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------------------|
||--------------------------|-----------------------------|
||--------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-------7---7-------9---9-|-------10---10-------12---12-|
||--0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0----0----0-0-0----0----|
N.C.
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------5---5-------7---7-|
|-------7---7-------9---9-|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---|-5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
N.C.
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------4---4-------5---5-|
|-------5---5-------7---7-|-------------------------|
|-3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---|-3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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N.C.
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------4---4-------------|-------4---4-------7---7--||
|-------------------4---4-|--------------------------||
|-2-2-2---2---2-2-2---2---|-2-2-2---2---5-5-5---5---o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
C5 A5
Gtr I
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
H H H H +H H H H
||------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||o-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||------------|--------2----|-(2)----4----|--5-----0----|
||--2----4----|--5----------|-------------|-------------|
||o-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|
| Gtr II
| TP TP TP TP
| W +W W +W
||------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||o-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||--5---------|-(5)---------|--2----------|-(2)---------|
||o-3---------|-(3)---------|--0----------|-(0)---------|
||------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
1.,2.,3.
F5 B5
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
H H H H +H H W
|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------||
|-----------|-------------|-------------|--------o||
|-0----2----|--4-----5----|-(5)----4----|--7------||
|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------||
|-----------|-------------|-------------|--------o||
|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------||
|
| TP TP TP TP
| W +W W +W
|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------||
|-----------|-------------|-------------|--------o||
|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------||
|-----------|-------------|--4----------|-(4)-----||
|-3---------|-(3)---------|--2----------|-(2)----o||
|-1---------|-(1)---------|-------------|---------||
4.
F5 B5
------------------------TP TP TP TP
|-3-| |-3-|
H H q q q q q q H H W
|-----------|-------------|-----------|--------|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|--------|
|-0----2----|-------------|-5----4----|--7-----|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|--------|
|-----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------|--------|
|-----------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------|--------|
|
|-----------------------TP TP TP
| |-3-| |-3-|
| W q q q q q q W +W
|-----------|-------------|-----------|--------|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|--------|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|--------|
|-----------|-------------|-4---------|-(4)----|
|-3---------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2---------|-(2)----|
|-1---------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------|--------|
Bridge
(E5)
PM----------------------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Interlude
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------2---2-------0---0-|-------------------------|
||--0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0-3-0-3-0-0-0-2-0-2-|
C#5/Ab
|--3--| |--3--|
Q E +E E Q E E Q E +E E Q E E 4x
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-6--6-----6-6--6-6-|-6--6-----6-6--6-6--||
|-4--4-(4)-4-4--4-4-|-4--4-(4)-4-4--4-4-o||
|-4--4-(4)-4-4--4-4-|-4--4-(4)-4-4--4-4--||
Out-Chorus
C#5
Gtr I
TP TP TP TP TP TP
H. Q Q Q Q Q
||-------------------------------|-----------------------2-----|
||o-2----------------------4-----|-5-------2-----5-------------|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| |--3---| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-|
| E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||--6--(6)-6-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-|-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-|
||o-4--(4)-4-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B5
TP TP
W W
|-4---------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-4----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-|
| E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-(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--|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
A5
TP TP TP TP TP TP
H. Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5----------------------4-----|-5-------2-----4-------5-----|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| |--3---| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-|
| E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-2--(2)-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-|-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-|
|-0--(0)-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-|-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B5
TP TP
W W 6x
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-4---------------------------|-0-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-|
| E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E 6x
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-(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---o||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
