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MAJESTY (Bassline)
As recorded by Blind Guardian
(From the 1988 Album BATTALIONS OF FEAR)
Words and Music by Andre Olbrich
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro 1
Q=200
3/4
Gtr I
Wx19
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
Intro 2
Q=160
4/4
Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
E E. E. E. E. E E E. E. E. E. E
||----6-------------|---6--------------||
||o-4----6--7-----4-|-4----6--7-----4-o||
||o------------7----|------------7----o||
||------------------|------------------||
1.,2.,3.
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-5-5-0-0-4-4-7-7-5-5-4-4-5-5-o||
||--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
4.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-4-4-5-5-0-0-4-4-7-7-5-5-4-4-7-7-|
|---------------------------------|
Solo 1
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-3-3-0-0-2-2-5-5-3-3-2-2-3-3--||
|-3-| |-3-|
E Q. Q Q Q E Q. Q Q Q
||---------------|---------------||
||o--------------|--------------o||
||o-4------5-4-2-|-4------5-4-7-o||
||---------------|---------------||
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E Q. Q Q Q E Q. Q Q Q E Q. Q Q Q W W
|--------------|--------------||----------------||----------|------|
|-4------5-4-2-|-4------5-4-7-||o-4------5-4-2-o||----------|------|
|--------------|--------------||o--------------o||-4--------|-4----|
|--------------|--------------||----------------||----------|------|
Verse 1
E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S Q E H 4x
|-----------------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------o||
|-----------------------------|-4-4-4--2-4----o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------||
Interlude 1
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1. 2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E H S S S S E E H
|---------------------------------|-------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------o||-------------4\----|
|---------------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-2-4----o||-4-4-4-4-4-2-------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-------------------||-------------------|
Verse 2
E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
1.
E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S Q E H
|-----------------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------o||
|-----------------------------|-4-4-4--2-4----o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------||
2.
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
Interlude 2
S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||o-4-4-4-4-4-----------|-2-2-2-2-2-----------o||
||------------5-5-5-5-5-|-----------4-4-4-4-4--||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-4-4-4-4---------|-2-2-2-2---------|-4-4-4-4---------|-2-2-2-2-------|
|---------5-5-5-5-|---------4-4-4-4-|---------5-5-5-5-|---------4\----|
Pre-Chorus
1. 2.
H.. S S E E E E Q Q W H. Q H H
||----------------|---------------|----------|-------------||-----------|
||o---------------|---------------|----------|------------o||-----------|
||o-4---------4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-----|-0--------|-0-------2--o||------2----|
||----------------|------------4--|----------|-------------||-4---------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E Q Q
||--------------------------|---------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-----|
||--------------------------|------------4--|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------2-2-2-2-2-2----o||
|-------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------||
Interlude 3
W +Q E Q E S S E W +Q E Q E S S E
|----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
|----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
|-4--------|-(4)--7-6--7-9-7-6-|----------|------7-6--7-9-7-6-|
|----------|-------------------|-7--------|-(7)---------------|
W +Q E Q E S S E W E E E Q E q
|----------|-------------------|----------|----------------|
|----------|-------------------|----------|-9-7-6-7--6-9---|
|-0--------|-(0)--7-6--7-9-7-6-|----------|----------------|
|----------|-------------------|-7--------|----------------|
E E E E E E E E 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-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E 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-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Chorus
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-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-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S 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-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|------------------------------||
Solo 3
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-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-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S 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-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S 3x
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|------------------------------||
Chorus
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-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-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S 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-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|------------------------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/blind_guardian/majesty_btab_ver_2.html ]
Solo 4
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-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-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
E E E E E E E E 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---2---2---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4---4---4---4---|-----------------|
Bridge
E E H Q E E H Q E E H Q E E H Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-4--------2--|-4--------0--|-4--------2--|-4--------0--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E Q. Q Q Q E Q. Q Q Q
||---------------|---------------||
||o--------------|--------------o||
||o-4------5-4-2-|-4------5-4-7-o||
||---------------|---------------||
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E Q. Q Q Q E Q. Q Q Q E Q. Q Q Q W +W
|--------------|--------------||----------------||----------|--------|
|-4------5-4-2-|-4------5-4-7-||o-4------5-4-2-o||----------|--------|
|--------------|--------------||o--------------o||-4--------|-(4)----|
|--------------|--------------||----------------||----------|--------|
Verse
E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
1.,2.,3.
E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S Q E H 4x
|-----------------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------o||
|-----------------------------|-4-4-4--2-4----o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------||
4.
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||o-4-4-4-4-4-----------|-2-2-2-2-2-----------o||
||------------5-5-5-5-5-|-----------4-4-4-4-4--||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-4-4-4-4---------|-2-2-2-2---------|-4-4-4-4---------|-2-2-2-2-------|
|---------5-5-5-5-|---------4-4-4-4-|---------5-5-5-5-|---------4\----|
Bridge 2
E S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S E E Q 4x +W
||----------------------------|-----------------------||--------|
||o---------------------------|----------------------o||--------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-0--o||-(0)----|
||----------------------------|-----------------------||--------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,7. 8.
E S S E S S E S S E S S 8x E S S E S S E S S E S S
|--------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------o||-------------------------|
|-------------------------o||-------------2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|
Solo 5
E E E E E E E E 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-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-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-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-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-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chorus
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-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-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S 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-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|------------------------------||
Outro
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-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-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H.
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-0---0---2---2---|-4\--------|
|-4---4---4---4---|-----------------|-----------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
