Nightwish - Walking In The Air Chords & Tabs

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			     Walking in the Air - Nightwish
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Tabbed by: RainbowBassist
Email: Just message

Tuning: Standard
Time Signature: 4/4

By the way, the harmonies in the end and in the solo might be a little off from the 
recording, but they sound fine on their own, so it should work okay.

Chord Progression for Piano Intro:
Dm|Dm|Dm|Dm

Dm
We're walking in the air
Dm						C
We're floating in the moonlit sky
    Gm  				Bb			    Dm
The people far below are sleeping as we fly

Dm
I'm holding very tight
Dm					  C
I'm riding in the midnight blue
Gm					Bb				Dm
I'm finding I can fly so high above with you

Strings Solo:
F|Dm|Bb|Gm

Electric Guitar (w/dist)
e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|--7--------|
D|--7--------| Hold for 2 bars then tacet
A|--5--------|
E|-----------|

Dm
Far across the world
Dm				    C
The villages go by like trees
Gm
the rivers and the hills
Bb			            Dm
The forest and the streams

A		    Dm
Children gaze open mouth
G	    C
Taken by surprise
Cm	  F          Bb	        A
Nobody down below believes their eyes

Dm
We're surfing in the air
Dm					    C
We're swimming in the frozen sky
      Gm
We're drifting over icy
Bb				  Dm
Mountains floating by

Flute/Strings Solo
F|Dm|F|Dm|Bb|Gm|Dm|Dm

A	    Dm		  G		    C
Suddenly swooping low on an ocean deep
Cm  		    F   		    Bb	   A
Arousing of a mighty monster from its sleep

2 bars drums beginning on ‘sleep’
Pick up note on beat 4 of the second bar, leads into solo.

Guitar Solo:

Guitar 1: Sounds like there’s a very faint delay setting on it, as every note is 
2 beats after it’s played, very quietly.
    4 +| 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-----|------------------------|------------------|
B|-----|-15-15-13-13------------|------------------|
G|-/14~|-------------14~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~14-|
D|-----|------------------------|------------------|
A|-----|------------------------|------------------|
E|-----|------------------------|------------------|

  1  +  2  +  3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1+2+3+4  +
e|---------------------|-------------------|------------|
B|15-15-13-13----------|-------------------|------------|
G|------------14----10/|12------------12h14|12----12h14-|
D|---------------------|-------------------|------------|
A|---------------------|-------------------|------------|
E|---------------------|-------------------|------------|


     1 + 2 + 3 + 4   +   1 + 2 +  3 + 4 +
e|---------------------|-------------------|
B|---------------------|-------------------|
G|--/15--\14-12--------|-------------------|
D|---------------12h14-|15----14-12--------|
A|---------------------|---------------15--|
E|---------------------|-------------------|

  1 + 2 + 3+4+ 1+2+3+4+
e|------------|--------|
B|------------|--------|
G|------------|--------|
D|12----------|--------|
A|-----15-12--|--------|
E|------------|--------|

Harmonized Guitar Solo:
  Gtr 1
   1 + 2 +  3  +  4  +     1  +     2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----15---17-18-17-15--|-13-15p13--------------|
G|---14—-14--------------|----------14-----------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |Gtr 2								    |
 | 1 + 2 + 3  +  4  +     1  +      2 + 3 + 4 +  |
e|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|---------13-15-13------|-----------------------|
G|-----14-----------14---|-14-15p14--------------|
D|---15--15--------------|----------15-----------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|




   1 + 2 + 3  +  4  +      1  + 2 + 3 + 4  +
e|-----------------------|-15----------/17-------|
B|-----15--17-18-17-18---|-----------------------|
G|---14—-14--------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |Gtr 2								    |
 | 1 + 2 + 3  +  4  +	  1  + 2 + 3 + 4  +     |
e|-----------------------|-20----------/22-------|
B|---------13-15-17-18---|-----------------------|
G|-----14----------------|-----------------------|
D|---15--15--------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nightwish/walking_in_the_air_tab_ver_5.html ]
   1 + 2 + 3 +  4  +       1  + 2 +  3  + 4  +
e|-15-----------15-17----|-18-----17-15----------|
B|-----------------------|----------------15-17--|
G|-----—-----------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |Gtr 2								    |
 | 1 + 2 + 3 +  4  +    	  1  + 2 +  3  + 4  +   |
e|-20-----------18-20----|-22-----20-18----------|
B|-----------------------|----------------18-20--|
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|

   1 + 2 +   3 +  4  +     1  + 2 +  3  + 4  +
e|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-18-----17-15----------|-15--------------------|
G|-----—-------------17--|--------17-14----------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |Gtr 2								    |
 | 1 + 2 +   3 +  4  +     1  + 2 +  3  + 4  +   |
e|-17--------------------|-----------------------|
B|-------20--18------17--|-18-----17-------------|
G|-----------------------|-----------19----------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|

Bars of synth, then string solo

(Here is the chord structure for the last verse)
Dm
(We're walking in the air
					      C
We're floating in the midnight sky
    Gm				Bb        C
And everyone who sees us greets us as we fly

Dm
I'm holding very tight
Dm					  C
I'm riding in the midnight blue
Gm					Bb	C		 Dm
I'm finding I can fly so high above with you)


Electric Guitar (w/dist) during last verse
  1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4
e|-------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|
B|-------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|
G|-7-----|-let----|--------|--------|\5----5/7|-5~~----|
D|-7-----|-chord--|--------|--------|\5-------|--------|
A|-5-----|-ring---|--------|--------|\3-------|--------|
E|-------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|

  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|-------|---------|--------|--------|
B|-------|---------|--------|--------|
G|-------|-----5---|-7------|--------|
D|-5-----|-8---5---|-7------|--------|  Repeat x2
A|-5-----|-8---3---|-5------|--------|
E|-3-----|-6-------|--------|--------|

   1 +  2 +  3 +  4 +    1 +  2 +  3 +  4 +
e|---------------------|----------------------|
B|---------------------|----------------------|
G|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77--|
D|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77--|
A|-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55-|-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55--|
E|---mm---mm---mm---mm-|---mm---mm---mm---mm--|


   1 +  2 +  3 +  4 +  1 +  2 +  3 +  4 +
e|-------------------|----------------------|
B|-------------------|----------------------|
G|-7-77-7-\\-7-77-7\\|-5-------------5/7----|
D|-7-77-7-\\-7-77-7\\|-5--------------------|
A|-5-55-5-\\-5-55-5\\|-3--------------------|
E|---mm--------mm----|----------------------|

   1 +  2 +  3 +  4 +  1 +  2 +  3 +  4 +
e|-------------------|----------------------|
B|-------------------|----------------------|
G|-5~~~~~~-----------|---mm---mm---mm---mm--|
D|-------------------|-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55--|
A|-------------------|-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55--|
E|-------------------|-3-33-3-33-3-33-3-33--|

    1   2   3   4     1 +  2 +  3 +  4 +
e|------------------|----------------------|
B|------------------|----------------------|
G|----------5-------|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77--|
D|--8-------5-------|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77--|
A|--8-------3-------|-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55--|
E|--6---------------|---mm---mm---mm---mm--|

   1 +  2 +  3 +  4 +
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-|
D|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-|
A|-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55-|
E|---mm---mm---mm---mm-|

1 +  2 +  3 +  4 +    1 +  2 +  3 +  4 +
e|---------------------|----------------------|
B|---------------------|----------------------|
G|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77--|
D|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77--|
A|-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55-|-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55--|
E|---mm---mm---mm---mm-|---mm---mm---mm---mm--|

   1 +  2 +  3 +  4 +  1 +  2 +  3 +  4 +
e|-------------------|----------------------|
B|-------------------|----------------------|
G|-7-77-7-\\-7-77-7\\|-5-------------5/7----|
D|-7-77-7-\\-7-77-7\\|-5--------------------|
A|-5-55-5-\\-5-55-5\\|-3--------------------|
E|---mm--------mm----|----------------------|

   1 +  2 +  3 +  4 +  1 +  2 +  3 +  4 +
e|-------------------|----------------------|
B|-------------------|----------------------|
G|-5~~~~~~-----------|---mm---mm---mm---mm--|
D|-------------------|-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55--|
A|-------------------|-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55--|
E|-------------------|-3-33-3-33-3-33-3-33--|

    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|---------------5--|
D|------8-----------|
A|-----------3-3----|
E|--6-6-------------|

(One gtr plays top, one plays bottom)
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|
G|-7------------5---|------------------|
D|-7------------5---|-7----------------|
A|------------------|-5----------------|
E|------------------|------------------|

   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|--7---------------|
G|/5-------/7-------|---7--------------|
D|-3--------2-------|-0--7-------------|
A|------------------|-----5-~~~~-------|
E|------------------|------------------|


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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