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DARK AGES (Bassline)
As recorded by Yngwie Malmsteen
Transcribed by The Beholder
Words and Music by Yngwie Malmsteen
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Intro
4/4
Gtr I
E E Q H E E Q H E E Q H E E Q H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-0-0---------|-0-0---------|-0-0---------|-0-0---------|
E5
E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E E E Q
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------7----|-----------7----|---------7----|---------------6--|
|-0-0---0------|--0--0---0------|-0-0---0------|--0--0---0-0-0----|
|
| Gtr II
| W +W W +W
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-9------------|-(9)------------|-9------------|-(9)--------------|
|-9------------|-(9)------------|-9------------|-(9)--------------|
|-7------------|-(7)------------|-7------------|-(7)--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
Verse
Em B/D#
E Q E H E E E E H E Q E H E Q E Q Q
|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|--------7----|-----------7----|-6-6--6-6----|--6--6--6-6--6--|
|-0-0--0------|--0--0-0-0------|-------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W +W W +W
|-7-----------|-(7)------------|-------------|----------------|
|-8-----------|-(8)------------|-4-----------|-(4)------------|
|-9-----------|-(9)------------|-4-----------|-(4)------------|
|-9-----------|-(9)------------|-4-----------|-(4)------------|
|-7-----------|-(7)------------|-6-----------|-(6)------------|
|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
Em B/D#
E Q E H E E E E H E Q E H E Q E E E E E
|-------------|----------------|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|----------------|-------------|------------------|
|--------7----|-----------7----|-6-6--6-6----|--6--6--6-3-2-0---|
|-0-0--0------|--0--0-0-0------|-------------|----------------3-|
|
| Gtr II
| W +W W +W
|-7-----------|-(7)------------|-------------|------------------|
|-8-----------|-(8)------------|-4-----------|-(4)--------------|
|-9-----------|-(9)------------|-4-----------|-(4)--------------|
|-9-----------|-(9)------------|-4-----------|-(4)--------------|
|-7-----------|-(7)------------|-6-----------|-(6)--------------|
|-------------|----------------|-------------|------------------|
Em B/D#
E Q E H E E E E H E Q E H E Q E Q Q
||--------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
||o-------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
||o--------7----|-----------7----|-6-6--6-6----|--6--6--6-6--6---|
||--0-0--0------|--0--0-0-0------|-------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W +W W +W
||--7-----------|-(7)------------|-------------|-----------------|
||o-8-----------|-(8)------------|-4-----------|-(4)-------------|
||--9-----------|-(9)------------|-4-----------|-(4)-------------|
||--9-----------|-(9)------------|-4-----------|-(4)-------------|
||o-7-----------|-(7)------------|-6-----------|-(6)-------------|
||--------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
Em B/D#
E Q E H E E E E H E Q E H E E E E E E E E
|-------------|----------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-------------|----------------|-------------|-----7-5-4---------|
|--------7----|-----------7----|-6-6--6-6----|--6--------7-6-----|
|-0-0--0------|--0--0-0-0------|-------------|---------------8-7-|
|
| Gtr II
| W +W W +W
|-7-----------|-(7)------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-8-----------|-(8)------------|-4-----------|-(4)---------------|
|-9-----------|-(9)------------|-4-----------|-(4)---------------|
|-9-----------|-(9)------------|-4-----------|-(4)---------------|
|-7-----------|-(7)------------|-6-----------|-(6)---------------|
|-------------|----------------|-------------|-------------------|
Pre-Chorus
Am Bm C D#°
E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E E E Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-7-10---7--------|
|-0-0-0-0-0----|-2-2-2-2-2----|-3-3-3-3-3----|------9---6-9----|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------8--|
|
| W W W W
|-5------------|-7------------|-8------------|-----------------|
|-5------------|-7------------|-5------------|-4---------------|
|-5------------|-7------------|-5------------|-2---------------|
|-7------------|-9------------|--------------|-1---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|
Chorus
E5
E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E E E Q
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------7----|-----------7----|---------7----|---------------6--|
|-0-0---0------|--0--0---0------|-0-0---0------|--0--0---0-0-0----|
|
| Gtr II
| W +W W +W
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-9------------|-(9)------------|-9------------|-(9)--------------|
|-9------------|-(9)------------|-9------------|-(9)--------------|
|-7------------|-(7)------------|-7------------|-(7)--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
E5
E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H
|--------------|----------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|
|---------7----|-----------7----|---------7----|
|-0-0---0------|--0--0---0------|-0-0---0------|
|
| Gtr II
| W +W W
|--------------|----------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|
|-9------------|-(9)------------|-9------------|
|-9------------|-(9)------------|-9------------|
|-7------------|-(7)------------|-7------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|
1. 2.
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|-------------------||------------------|
|------------------o||------------------|
|---------------6--o||---------------6--|
|--0--0---0-0-0-----||--0--0---0-0-0----|
|
| +W +W
|-------------------||------------------|
|------------------o||------------------|
|-(9)---------------||-(9)--------------|
|-(9)---------------||-(9)--------------|
|-(7)--------------o||-(7)--------------|
|-------------------||------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/y/yngwie_malmsteen/dark_ages_btab.html ]
Guitar Solo
Am D/A Am
E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H Q Q Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|---------7----|---------7----|---------7----|---------------|
|-0-0---0------|-0-0---0------|-0-0---0------|--0---0--0--3--|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|
| W W W +W
|-5------------|-2------------|-5------------|-(5)-----------|
|-5------------|-3------------|-5------------|-(5)-----------|
|-5------------|-2------------|-5------------|-(5)-----------|
|-7------------|-0------------|-7------------|-(7)-----------|
|--------------|-0------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
B
~~ ~ ~~
E E E S S H E E E S S H E E E S S H E E E E E E E E 4x
||--------------4----|-----------4----|-------------4----|---5-4------------||
||o------------------|----------------|------------------|-------2-1-5-4---o||
||o--2-2---2-2-------|-2-2---2-2------|--2-2---2-2-------|-2-------------3-o||
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
|
| H H H H H H H H 4x
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
||o-12---------10----|-8---------7----|-12---------10----|-8-------7-------o||
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
||---9----------7----|-5---------4----|--9----------7----|-5-------4--------||
||o------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------o||
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
Am G F
H H H H
|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|
|-0----0----|-----------|
|-----------|-3----1----|
|
| W H H
|-5---------|-3----1----|
|-5---------|-3----1----|
|-5---------|-4----2----|
|-7---------|-5----3----|
|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|
Repeat Chorus
E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E E E Q
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------7----|-----------7----|---------7----|---------------6--|
|-0-0---0------|--0--0---0------|-0-0---0------|--0--0---0-0-0----|
|
| W +W W +W
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-9------------|-(9)------------|-9------------|-(9)--------------|
|-9------------|-(9)------------|-9------------|-(9)--------------|
|-7------------|-(7)------------|-7------------|-(7)--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E E E Q
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------7----|-----------7----|---------7----|---------------6--|
|-0-0---0------|--0--0---0------|-0-0---0------|--0--0---0-0-0----|
|
| W +W W +W
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-9------------|-(9)------------|-9------------|-(9)--------------|
|-9------------|-(9)------------|-9------------|-(9)--------------|
|-7------------|-(7)------------|-7------------|-(7)--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
Outro
B
~~ ~ ~~
E E E S S H E E E S S H E E E S S H E E E E E E E E
||--------------4----|-----------4----|-------------4----|---5-4------------||
||o------------------|----------------|------------------|-------2-1-5-4---o||
||o--2-2---2-2-------|-2-2---2-2------|--2-2---2-2-------|-2-------------3-o||
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
|
| H H H H H H H H
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
||o-12---------10----|-8---------7----|-12---------10----|-8-------7-------o||
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
||---9----------7----|-5---------4----|--9----------7----|-5-------4--------||
||o------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------o||
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
B
~~ ~ ~~
E E E S S H E E E S S H E E E S S H E E E E E E E E 3x
||--------------4----|-----------4----|-------------4----|---5-4------------||
||o------------------|----------------|------------------|-------2-1-5-4---o||
||o--2-2---2-2-------|-2-2---2-2------|--2-2---2-2-------|-2-------------3-o||
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
|
| H H H H H H H H 3x
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
||o-12---------10----|-8---------7----|-12---------10----|-8-------7-------o||
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
||---9----------7----|-5---------4----|--9----------7----|-5-------4--------||
||o------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------o||
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
B
~~ ~ ~~
E E E S S H E E E S S H E E E S S H E E E E E E E E
|-------------4----|-----------4----|-------------4----|---5-4------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|-------2-1-5-4----|
|--2-2---2-2-------|-2-2---2-2------|--2-2---2-2-------|-2-------------3--|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|
|
| H H H H H H H H
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-12---------10----|-8---------7----|-12---------10----|-8-------7--------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|
|--9----------7----|-5---------4----|--9----------7----|-5-------4--------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|
B
~~ ~ ~~
E E E S S H E E E S S H E E E S S H E E E E E E E E
|-------------4----|-----------4----|-------------4----|---5-4------------*|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|-------2-1-5-4----*|
|--2-2---2-2-------|-2-2---2-2------|--2-2---2-2-------|-2-------------3--*|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------*|
|
| H H H H H H H H
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------*|
|-12---------10----|-8---------7----|-12---------10----|-8-------7--------*|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------*|
|--9----------7----|-5---------4----|--9----------7----|-5-------4--------*|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------*|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------*|
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
