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NIGHTFALL (Bassline)
As recorded by Blind Guardian
(From the 1998 Album NIGHTFALL IN MIDDLE-EARTH)
Transcribed by James C
Words and Music by Blind Guardian
Arranged by Blind Guardian
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=96
6/8
Gtr I
H. H E E H. H.
|---------|----------|---------|-------|
|---------|----------|---------|-------|
|-0-------|------3-2-|-0-------|-2-----|
|---------|-1--------|---------|-------|
H E E H. a Q E Q E H E E
|----------|---------|-------------|----------||
|-3----2-0-|-2-------|-5h7--5-3S=5-|-2--------||
|----------|---------|-------------|------3-2-||
|----------|---------|-------------|----------||
1st Verse
H +E E H E E Q. Q. H.
|------------|----------|-----------|-------|
|------------|----------|-----------|-------|
|-0----(0)---|------3-2-|-0----0----|-2-----|
|----------0-|-1--------|-----------|-------|
H E E H. a Q E Q E E E E E E E
|----------|---------|-------------|-------------|
|-3----2-0-|-2-------|-5h7--5-3S=5-|-2-2-2-2-----|
|----------|---------|-------------|---------2-3-|
|----------|---------|-------------|-------------|
E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E
||------------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|---------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------|
||------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
1. 2.
E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------|----------------||----------------|
|-----------------|---------------o||----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------o||-------2--------|
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3---3-0-3--|
H. E Q. E E E Q. E E E E E E E E
|---------|--------------|-2----------|-------------|
|---------|-3-------2--0-|--------2-3-|-------------|
|-0-------|--------------|---0--------|-------------|
|---------|---1----(1)---|------------|-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---2-5-4-2-|-2---2-7-5-4-|-2-0-2-5-4-2-|-------------|
|---2---------|---3---------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E S S E E E E E S S E E E E E S S E E E E E S S E E E E
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------o||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-----|-2-2-2-2-2-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------o||
||------------5-5-|-----------5-5-|---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-2-2---||
Chorus
$
Q E S E E S Q E S E E S Q E S E E S Q E E E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-|--------------|-5--5-5-5-5-5-|------------|
|--------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-|--------------|-0--0-2-2-2-|
To Coda
Q E S E E S Q E S E E S Q E S E E S Q. Q.
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-|--------------|-5--5-5-5-5-5-|-----------|
|--------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-|--------------|-0----2----|
Q E S E E S Q E S E E S Q. Q. Q. Q.
|--------------|--------------|-----------|------------||
|--------------|--------------|-----------|------------||
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-|--------------|-5---------|-5----------||
|--------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-|------3----|------5-----||
Bridge
S S S S S S E E E E E E Q. E S S E Q. E S S E E E E
|-------4-7-6-4---4-|------------|--------------|----------------|
|-----4---------4---|------------|-2-2-2-2------|----------------|
|---5---------------|-3-3-3-2----|---------2----|-3-3-3-3--------|
|-7-----------------|------------|--------------|---------2-0-2--|
S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S E E E S S E E S S E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|-------------------|-------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------||
2nd Verse
Q. Q. Q. E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E
|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|
|-2----5----|-0----0---0-|-2----5----|-0----0---0-|
|-----------|--------2---|-----------|--------2---|
Q. Q. Q. +Q E Q. Q. H.
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------|
|-2----5----|-0----(0)----|-2----5----|-0-----|
|-----------|-----------2-|-----------|-------|
H. +Q. a Q. a Q. a Q. a Q. a Q.
|---------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|-4-------|-(4)---2h4----|-2h4----2h4----|-2h4----2h4-----|
|---------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-0----0----|-0----0----|-0----0----|-0----0----|-0----0----|-0----0----|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D.S. al Coda
E +Q. Q Q. Q. E +Q. Q Q. Q.
||--------------|-----------|-------------|------------||
||o-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------o||
||o-------------|-0----7----|-------------|-0----7----o||
||--7-(7)\------|-----------|-7-(7)\------|------------||
&
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-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/blind_guardian/nightfall_btab_ver_2.html ]
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------||
|-------------3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5----||
Bridge
S S E E E E E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E S S E E S S E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|
|---------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
|-5---------|-5---------|-5---------|-5---------||
|------3----|------5----|------3----|------5----||
Interlude
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-2---------|-0---------|-2---------|-----------|
|------2----|------0----|------2----|-0----3----|
E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5--|
|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|------------------|
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-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---------2-2-2-2-|-----------------|---------2-2-2-2-|------------------||
|-2-2-2-2---------|---------5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2---------|---------5-5-5-5--||
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5---------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5----------||
3rd Verse
E S S E E E E E S S E E E E E S S E E E E E S S E E E E
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------o||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-----|-2-2-2-2-2-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------o||
||------------5-5-|-----------5-5-|---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-2-2---||
Q. Q. Q. E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E Q. Q.
|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|-2----5----|-2----2-2-4-|-5---------|------2-2-4-|-5---------|
|-----------|------------|------5----|-2----------|------5----|
3/8 6/8
Q. H. H. H. Q. Q.
|------||----------|---------|---------|------------||
|------||o---------|---------|---------|-----------o||
|------||o-2-------|-5-------|-0-------|------0----o||
|-2----||----------|---------|---------|-3----------||
Chorus
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-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
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||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2----||
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-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------||
|-------------3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5----||
Outro
Q. +Q E H E E Q. Q. H E E
|-------------|----------|-----------|----------|
|-------------|----------|-----------|----------|
|-2----(2)----|------5-4-|-2----2----|----------|
|-----------2-|-3--------|-----------|-2----0-2-|
H. H. H. H E E
|---------|---------|---------|----------|
|---------|---------|---------|----------|
|---------|---------|---------|----------|
|-3-------|-2-------|-3-------|-2----0-2-|
Q. +Q E H E E Q. Q. H E E
|-------------|----------|-----------|----------|
|-------------|----------|-----------|----------|
|-2----(2)----|------5-4-|-2----2----|----------|
|-----------2-|-3--------|-----------|-2----0-2-|
H.=H
H. H. H. H.
|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|-3-------|-2-------|-3-------|-2-----|
H. +H. +H.
|---------|----------|--------*|
|---------|----------|--------*|
|-2-------|-(2)------|-(2)----*|
|---------|----------|--------*|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
