The Sword - Baraels Blade Chords & Tabs

.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        <> - Trill

Tuning C G C F A D


Open with
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|-12\\\--|


Riff 1a x1
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|------------------------------------------------------------------*----|
|-5-3---3---------5-3---3-------------5-3---3---------5-3---3-----(6)---|
|-----5---5-3-0-------5---5-3-3~--0-------5---5-3-0-------5---5-3-(1)-0-|
*guitar 1 plays low C# (1), guitar 2 plays high C# (6)

Riff 1b (guitar 1) x1
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|-5-3---3---------5-3---3-------------5-3---3---------5-3---3-----6--|
|-----5---5-3-0-------5---5-3-3~--0-------5---5-3-0-------5---5-3----|

Riff 1b (guitar 2)
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|-7-5---5---------7-5---5-------------7-5---5---------7-5---5--------|
|-----5---5-3---------5---5-3-------------5---5-3---------5---5-3-6--|
|-------------0---------------3~--0---------------0------------------|


Riff 2  x3 (one before each ending)
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|-3h5-5-3h5-5-------3h5-5-3h5-5-------3h5-5-3h5-5-------|
|-------------0--0--------------0--0--------------0--0--|

(Riff 2) ending A
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|-------------6h8-8-6h8-8-|
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|-3h5-5-3h5-5-------------|
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(Riff 2) ending B
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|----------------5-7-|
|-------3h5-5-7------|
|-3h5-5--------------|
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(Riff 2) ending C
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|-3h5-5-5-3-0--------|
|-------------5~-3-0-|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_sword/baraels_blade_tab_ver_2.html ]
Riff 3  x1
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|-0-0-|-(0)-|-(0)-|
|-0-0-|-(0)-|-(0)-|


Riff 4a  x3
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|-(7)-8\7-7--8\7-7--8\7-7--8\7-7-----------------|
|-(5)-6\5-5--6\5-7--6\5-5--6\5-5-0--0-0--0--0-0--|
|--------------------------------0--0-0--0--0-0--|
  ^optional off beat ghost

Riff 4b x1
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|--8\7-7--8\7-7--8\7-7--8\7-7--8\7-7-7\6-6-6\5-5-5\4-4----|
|--6\5-5--6\5-7--6\5-5--6\5-5--6\5-5-5\4-4-4\3-3-3\3-3-0--|
|------------------------------------------------------0--|


Riff 1a
Riff 1b

Riff 2 (Ending A)


(Riff 2) Ending D
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|-------------3h5-5-5-3---|
|-3h5-5-3h5-5-----------5-|
|-------------------------|

Riff 2 (Ending B)


Riff 5 x1
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|-5/7-7-5/7-7-------5/7-7-5/7-7-------5/7-7-5/7-7-------|
|-3/5-5-3/5-5-0--0--3/5-5-3/5-5-0--0--3/5-5-3/5-5-0--0--|
|-------------0--0--------------0--0--------------0--0--|

(Riff 5) Ending A
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|-------------------6h8-8-|
|-------------5h7-7-------|
|-5/7-7-5/7-7-------------|
|-3/5-5-3/5-5-------------|
|-------------------------|

Riff 2 (ENDING C ONLY)

riff 3


Riff 6 x4 (both guitars)
~listen for timing, i grouped notes to make it easy to read
*heavy palm mute first time, lighten up more each time, then no pm.
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|-555-555-530-300-----------------------------------------------(3)-|
|-----------------666-666-650-353-000-000-000-353-000-000-000-35----|


Riff 7
*really heavy palm muting, almost entirely muting*
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|-7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----7\5-5-7\5-5-7-7-----5-5-------------------------|
|-5-5-----5-5-----5-5-----5\3-3-5\3-3-5-5-----3-3-----6-6-----6\5-5-5\3-3-|
|-----000-----000-----000-----------------000-----000-6-6-000-6\5-5-5\3-3-|
*PM*  ...     ...     ...                 ...     ...     ...

Riff 8 x2
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|-------------------7\5-5-7\5-5-|
|-------------------5\3-3-5\3-3-|
|-0---1-0---1-0---1-------------|

Riff 4a x3
Riff 4b x1

End on
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