The Grave Dancer Chords & Tabs
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THE GRAVE DANCER
As recorded by Grave Digger
(From the 1995 Album HEART OF DARKNESS)
Transcribed by DoomMaker (DoomMaker@Chello.hu)
Words by Chris Boltendahl, Tomi Göttlich, Uwe Lulis Music by Chris Boltendahl, Uwe Lulis
Arranged by Grave Digger
Gtr I (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Solo'
Gtr II (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Rhythm'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=120
G5 E5 D5 E5 D5E5 F5E5
4/4
Gtr I
PM PM PM PM
E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-5---2--------|-0---2--------|-0-2---2------|-3-2---2------|
|-5---2--------|-0---2--------|-0-2---2------|-3-2---2------|
|---0----------|---0----------|-----0--------|-----0--------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W W W
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G5 E5 D5 E5 D5E5 F5E5
PM PM PM PM
E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-5---2--------|-0---2--------|-0-2---2------|-3-2---2------|
|-5---2--------|-0---2--------|-0-2---2------|-3-2---2------|
|---0----------|---0----------|-----0--------|-----0--------|
|
| E E Q H E E Q H E E Q H E E Q H
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-2------------|-2------------|-2------------|-2------------|
|-2------------|-2------------|-2------------|-2------------|
|-0------------|-0------------|-0------------|-0------------|
G5 E5 D5 E5
Gtrs I, II
PM PM----| PM PM----|
E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--5---2-(2)---------|-0---2-(2)---------|
||o-5---2-(2)---------|-0---2-(2)---------|
||----0-------0-0-0-0-|---0-------0-0-0-0-|
D5E5 F5E5
PM PM----| PM PM----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-0-2---2---------|-3-2---2-----------||
|-0-2---2---------|-3-2---2----------o||
|-----0---0-0-0-0-|-----0---0-0-0-0---||
F5E5D5E5 F5E5D5E5
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-2-0-2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|-3-2-0-2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|
|-3-2-0-2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|-3-2-0-2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|
|-------0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|-------0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
F5E5D5 C5 F5E5D5E5
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------7---5-|---5---5---5---5-|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3-2-0-2---7---5-|---5---5---5---5-|-3-2-0-2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-||
|-3-2-0-2---5---3-|---3---3---3---3-|-3-2-0-2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-||
Verse
$
F5E5D5E5 C D E
PM----------------------| PM----------------------|
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||--3-2-0-2---------|-----------------|-2-2-4-5---------|-------------------||
||o-3-2-0-2---------|-----------------|-3-3-5-7---------|------------------o||
||----------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 D C C D C
PM----------------------| PM----------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-4-2---------|-----------------|-2-2-4-2---------|-----------------|
|-7-7-5-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-5-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F5E5D5E5 D5E5
PM----------------------| PM
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3-2-0-2---------|-----------------|-5-2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-||
|-3-2-0-2---------|-----------------|-5-2---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-||
Pre-Chorus
$$
F#5 D5F#5 B5 A5
PM----| PM|
E S S S S S H +S S S S S E Q S S Q
||-----------------------|---------------------|
||o----------------------|---------------------|
||-----------------------|-----------4------2--|
||-----------------------|-----------4------2--|
||o-4---------4-4----(4)-|-7-4-4-4-4-----------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2----(2)-|-5-2-2-2-2----0-0----|
F#5 A5 E5
PM----|
E S S S S S H +S Q. Q. Q
|----------------------|----------------||
|----------------------|---------------o||
|----------------------|-2--------------||
|----------------------|-2----2----2----||
|-4---------4-4----(4)-|-0----2----2---o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----(2)-|------0----0----||
Chorus
D.S.
D.S.
F5E5D5E5 F5E5D5E5 D5 C5
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------7---5-|---5---5---5---5--||
||--3-2-0-2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|-3-2-0-2---7---5-|---5---5---5---5--||
||o-3-2-0-2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|-3-2-0-2---5---3-|---3---3---3---3-o||
||--------0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|-----------------|------------------||
Interlude
E5 Bb5 E5 Bb5
E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------o||
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
||o-2-2---8-8--8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-2-2---8-8--8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--o||
||--0-0---6-6--6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-0-0---6-6--6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---||
Guitar Solo
E5 D5 C5
Gtr I
Q. Q E Q +H. E E
|---------------|--------------|
|----------8-5--|-(5)------5-8-|
|------4--------|--------------|
|---------------|--------------|
|-7-------------|--------------|
|---------------|--------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q. Q. Q +W
|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|--------------|
|------7-----5--|-(5)----------|
|-2----5-----3--|-(3)----------|
|-0-------------|--------------|
E5
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q +E Q +E Q +E H. +E
|-10b12--(10)-10b12r=(10)-----|------------------|
|-------------------------10--|-(10)-8-------(8)-|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|
| Q. Q. Q +W
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|--5-----------5-----------2--|--(2)-------------|
|--5-----------5-----------2--|--(2)-------------|
|--3-----------3-----------0--|--(0)-------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/grave_digger/the_grave_dancer_tab.html ]
E5 D5 C5
|--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
|-12h15p12----------12h15p12----------12h15p12----------12h15p12----------|
|----------12h15p12----------12h15p12----------12h15p12----------12h15p12-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Q. Q. Q
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------7--------------------------5----------------|
|--2--------------------------5--------------------------3----------------|
|--0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3---| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S Q.
|-12h=15p12----------12h15p12----------15b17-(15)-15-----|
|-----------12h15p12----------12h15p12-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
| +W
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-(5)----------------------------------------------------|
|-(3)----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
E5
|--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
|-15--15-15-15-14-14-14-12-12-12--12-10-10-10-10---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-8-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Q. Q. Q
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5---------------------------5---------------------------2---------------|
|--5---------------------------5---------------------------2---------------|
|--3---------------------------3---------------------------0---------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~
|-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q.
|---------------------------------------|
|--8--8-8-7-7-7-7-----------------------|
|-----------------9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-------|
|---------------------------------9-----|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| +W
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-(2)-----------------------------------|
|-(2)-----------------------------------|
|-(0)-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
E5 D5 C5
Q. Q +E Q +E a Q. a H
|-12----14b15--(14)-12--|-(12)-------------------|
|-----------------------|------11S12----11S12----|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|
| Q. Q. Q +W
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|--------7-----------5--|--(5)-------------------|
|--2-----5-----------3--|--(3)-------------------|
|--0--------------------|------------------------|
E5
~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. S +S E +E Q +E Q. H
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-9----8b9r(8)-8b9-(8)-7--|-(7)-7----7----|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|
| Q. Q. Q +W
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-5----5---------------2--|-(2)-----------|
|-5----5---------------2--|-(2)-----------|
|-3----3---------------0--|-(0)-----------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
E5 D5 C5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
Q. Q +E S S E +E S S E. T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-7----6b7--(6)---2-3-|-(3)-3h5p3--3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------5-----|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|
| Q. Q. Q +W
|---------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------7--------5-----|-(5)--------------------------------------------|
|-2----5--------3-----|-(3)--------------------------------------------|
|-0-------------------|------------------------------------------------|
E5
~ ~~~~~
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T S S E S S E H
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-0-0-0-0-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0---------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-|--0h=2p0-0h2p0-0/----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q. Q. Q +W
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-5------------------------5------------------------2---------------|-(2)-----------------|
|-5------------------------5------------------------2---------------|-(2)-----------------|
|-3------------------------3------------------------0---------------|-(0)-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
E5 F5E5D5E5
2/4
W E E E E
|-12--------||---------|
|-----------||---------|
|-----------||---------|
|-----------||-3-2-0-2-|
|-----------||-3-2-0-2-|
|-----------||-------0-|
|
| W E E E E
|-----------||---------|
|-----------||---------|
|-----------||---------|
|--2--------||-3-2-0-2-|
|--2--------||-3-2-0-2-|
|--0--------||-------0-|
Verse
D.S.S. al Coda
N.C.
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
&
F5E5D5E5
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-----------------|
||o-------------------|-----------------|
||--------------------|-----------------|
||--3-2-0-2---2----2--|---2---2---2---2-|
||o-3-2-0-2---2----2--|---2---2---2---2-|
||--------0---0----0--|---0---0---0---0-|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E H +E W
||--------------------|-----------------|
||o-------------------|-----------------|
||--------------------|-----------------|
||--3-2-0-------------|-----------------|
||o-3-2-0-7-------(7)-|-----------------|
||--------------------|-----------------|
F5E5D5E5 D5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|------------------o||
|-----------7----5--|---5---5---5---5---||
|-3-2-0-2---7----5--|---5---5---5---5---||
|-3-2-0-2---5----3--|---3---3---3---3--o||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|
| E E E H +E W
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|------------------o||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-3-2-0-------------|-------------------||
|-3-2-0-7-------(7)-|------------------o||
|-------------------|-------------------||
G5 E5 D5 E5
Gtrs I, II
PM PM----| PM PM----|
E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--5---2-(2)---------|-0---2-(2)---------|
||o-5---2-(2)---------|-0---2-(2)---------|
||----0-------0-0-0-0-|---0-------0-0-0-0-|
1. 2.
D5E5 F5E5 F5E5D5E5
2/4
PM PM----| PM PM----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||-----------*|
|-----------------|-----------------o||-----------*|
|-----------------|------------------||-----------*|
|-0-2---2---------|-3-2---2----------||-3-2-0-2---*|
|-0-2---2---------|-3-2---2---------o||-3-2-0-2---*|
|-----0---0-0-0-0-|-----0---0-0-0-0--||-----------*|
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
