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VALHALLA
As recorded by Blind Guardian
(From the 1989 Album FOLLOW THE BLIND)
Transcribed by Drimascus_God_Of_Thunder
Words and Music by Blind Guardian
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Rythm1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rythm2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Lead1'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Lead2'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Outro Guitar'
Pre-Verse
Q=174
E5 D5 C5
4/4
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S Q E E
||------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------|------------------------|
||------------------|-----------------5------|
||------3p2-----3p2-|-7-------7-------5--2h3-|
||o-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3------|
||--0-0-----0-0-----|------------------------|
E5 D5 C5
PM| PM| PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S Q E E 4x
|-----------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------5---------||
|-----3p2-----3p2-|-7-------7-------5--2h3----||
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--------o||
|-0-0-----0-0-----|---------------------------||
Verse
E5 C5
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
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|-5-----------------------------|
||--2-----------------------------|-5-----------------------------|
||o-2-----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------------|
D5 B5
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
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|-7-----------------------------|-4-------------------------------||
|-7-----------------------------|-4-------------------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--o||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
E5 C5
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
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-9-----------------------------|-5-----------------------------|
|-9-----------------------------|-5-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D5 G5 F#5 E5D5
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S Q E E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------------|-12-------------------11--9-7-|
|-7-----------------------------|-12-------------------11--9-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--9--7-5-|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
E5 C5
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
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-9-----------------------------|-5-----------------------------|
|-9-----------------------------|-5-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D5 B5
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
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------------|-4-------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------------|-4-------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E5 C5
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
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-9-----------------------------|-5-----------------------------|
|-9-----------------------------|-5-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D5 G5 F#5 E5D5
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S Q E E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------------|-12-------------------11--9-7-|
|-7-----------------------------|-12-------------------11--9-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--9--7-5-|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
C5
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
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B5
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-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-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-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Pre-Bridge
E5 D5 C5
PM| PM| PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S Q E E
||------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------------|
||------------------|-----------------5-------|
||------3p2-----3p2-|-7-------7-------5---2h3-|
||o-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-------|
||--0-0-----0-0-----|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM| PM| PM--| PM|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------------|
||------------------|-------------------------|
||------3p2-----3p2-|---------3p==2-------2h3-|
||o-----------------|-5---5-----------3-3-----|
||--0-0-----0-0-----|-------------------------|
E5 D5 C5
PM| PM| PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S Q E E
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------5--------||
|-----3p2-----3p2-|-7-------7-------5---2h3--||
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-------o||
|-0-0-----0-0-----|--------------------------||
|
| PM| PM| PM--| PM|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-----3p2-----3p2-|---------3p==2-------2h3--||
|-----------------|-5---5-----------3-3-----o||
|-0-0-----0-0-----|--------------------------||
Bridge
A5 D5 C5 E5
W W W W 4x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||--2--------|-7--------|-5--------|-9-----||
||--2--------|-7--------|-5--------|-9-----||
||o-0--------|-5--------|-3--------|-7----o||
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
Guitar Break
A5
W +W
||----------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------|
||---2------------------|-(2)----------------|
||---2------------------|-(2)----------------|
||o--0------------------|-(0)----------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q E Q E E E Q E Q E Q
||-------------------10-|-12---10------------|
||o-10--12-13--12-13----|---------13--12-10--|
||----------------------|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| Q E Q E E E Q E Q E Q
||---------12-----12-13-|-15---13-12---------|
||o-13--15-----15-------|-------------15-13--|
||----------------------|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|
G#5 E5
W W
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|--6----------------|--2-----------------||
|--6----------------|--2----------------o||
|--4----------------|--0-----------------||
|
| Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|-------------------|--------------------||
|--9--10-12--10--9--|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--9--10-12--10--9---||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|
| Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-12--13-15--13-12--|-------------------o||
|-------------------|-13--14-16--14-13---||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/blind_guardian/valhalla_tab_ver_2.html ]
Chorus
A5 E5 G5 F5
W W W W 4x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||--2--------|----------|----------|-------||
||--2--------|-2--------|-5--------|-3-----||
||o-0--------|-2--------|-5--------|-3----o||
||-----------|-0--------|-3--------|-1-----||
F5 E5
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
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-----------------------------|-2-----------2-----------2--------|
|-3-----------------------------|-2-----------2-----------2--------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
Solo
A5 E5 G5 F5
W W W W
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||--2--------|----------|----------|-------||
||--2--------|-2--------|-5--------|-3-----||
||o-0--------|-2--------|-5--------|-3----o||
||-----------|-0--------|-3--------|-1-----||
A5 E5
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
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--2-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--2-----------------------------|-2-----------------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-----------------------------|
||--------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G5 F5
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
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-5-----------------------------|-3------------------------------||
|-5-----------------------------|-3-----------------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||
Chorus
A5 E5 G5 F5
W W W W 4x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||--2--------|----------|----------|-------||
||--2--------|-2--------|-5--------|-3-----||
||o-0--------|-2--------|-5--------|-3----o||
||-----------|-0--------|-3--------|-1-----||
Interlude
F5
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-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||--10---------------10---------------|-10---------------10---------------|
||o--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
1.,2.,3.
A5
PM--------| PM--------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
H E E E E E E H E E E E E E 4x
|------------------|----------------------||
|------------------|---------------------o||
|-2----------------|-2--------------------||
|-2----------------|-2--------------------||
|-0----0-2-3-5-3-2-|-0----0-2-3-5-3-2----o||
|------------------|----------------------||
4.
E5
W +W
|----------|--------|
|----------|--------|
|-9--------|-(9)----|
|-9--------|-(9)----|
|-7--------|-(7)----|
|-0--------|-(0)----|
Pre-Verse
E5 D5 C5
PM| PM| PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S Q E E
||------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------|------------------------|
||------------------|-----------------5------|
||------3p2-----3p2-|-7-------7-------5--2h3-|
||o-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3------|
||--0-0-----0-0-----|------------------------|
E5 D5 C5
PM| PM| PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S Q E E
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------5-------||
|-----3p2-----3p2-|-7-------7-------5--2h3--||
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3------o||
|-0-0-----0-0-----|-------------------------||
Bridge
A5 D5 C5 E5
W W W W 4x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||--2--------|-7--------|-5--------|-------||
||--2--------|-7--------|-5--------|-2-----||
||o-0--------|-5--------|-3--------|-2----o||
||-----------|----------|----------|-0-----||
Chorus
A5 E5 G5 F5
W W W W
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||--2--------|----------|----------|-------||
||--2--------|-2--------|-5--------|-3-----||
||o-0--------|-2--------|-5--------|-3----o||
||-----------|-0--------|-3--------|-1-----||
A5 E5
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
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--2-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--2-----------------------------|-2-----------------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-----------------------------|
||--------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G5 F5
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
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-5-----------------------------|-3------------------------------||
|-5-----------------------------|-3-----------------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||
F5 E5
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
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-----------------------------|-2-----------2-----------2--------|
|-3-----------------------------|-2-----------2-----------2--------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
A5 E5 G5 F5
W W W W 3x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||--2--------|----------|----------|-------||
||--2--------|-2--------|-5--------|-3-----||
||o-0--------|-2--------|-5--------|-3----o||
||-----------|-0--------|-3--------|-1-----||
A5 Am
>
W +W +W
|----------|-------------||----------------|
|----------|-------------||----------------|
|-2--------|-(2)---------||-(2)------------|
|-2--------|-(2)---------||-(2)------------|
|-0--------|-(0)---------||-(0)------------|
|----------|-------------||----------------|
|
| Gtr V
| W H. Q Q. E +H
|----------|-------------||-------0-(0)----|
|----------|-------------||----------------|
|----------|----------0--||--2-------------|
|----------|-------------||----------------|
|----------|-------------||--0-------------|
|----------|-------------||----------------|
W
Em G F
+W W W
|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-(2)------------|---------------|---------------|
|-(2)------------|---------------|---------------|
|-(0)------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|
| Q E Q E Q Q E E E Q E Q E Q E Q
|----------------|-------------0-|-0-------------|
|------0-0--1----|------0-1-3----|----3-3--1-0---|
|-------------0--|----2----------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--0-------------|-3-------------|-1-------------|
W W W
Am Em G
Gtr V
Q. E +H Q E Q E Q Q E E E Q E
|------0-(0)----|--------------|-------------0-|
|---------------|----0-0--1----|------0-1-3----|
|-2-------------|-----------0--|----2----------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|-0-------------|--------------|---------------|
|---------------|-0------------|-3-------------|
W W W
G Am
Q E Q E Q W +W
|-0------------|-^0--------|-(0)----*|
|----3-3--1-0--|-^1--------|-(1)----*|
|--------------|-^2--------|-(2)----*|
|--------------|-^2--------|-(2)----*|
|--------------|-^0--------|-(0)----*|
|-1------------|-----------|--------*|
W
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
