The Sword - "Barael's Blade" Guitar Tab

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Band:  The Sword
Album: Age of Winters
Song:  Barael's Blade

Copyright (c)  Kemado Records 2006
Version 1.0 - Nov. 15 2006

Transcribed By: Morgan Adams
Email:          the_bleeding@hotmail.com


.  - 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
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|-12\\\--|


Riff 1a x1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------*----|
|-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
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-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)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-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)
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-3h5-5-3h5-5-------3h5-5-3h5-5-------3h5-5-3h5-5-------|
|-------------0--0--------------0--0--------------0--0--|

(Riff 2) ending A
|-------------------------|
|-------------6h8-8-6h8-8-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-3h5-5-3h5-5-------------|
|-------------------------|

(Riff 2) ending B
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|----------------5-7-|
|-------3h5-5-7------|
|-3h5-5--------------|
|--------------------|

(Riff 2) ending C
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-3h5-5-5-3-0--------|
|-------------5~-3-0-|


Riff 3  x1
|-----|-----|-----|
|-----|-----|-----|
|-----|-----|-----|
|-----|-----|-----|
|-0-0-|-(0)-|-(0)-|
|-0-0-|-(0)-|-(0)-|


Riff 4a  x3
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-(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
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--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
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------3h5-5-5-3---|
|-3h5-5-3h5-5-----------5-|
|-------------------------|

Riff 2 (Ending B)


Riff 5 x1
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-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
|-------------------------|
|-------------------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.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------o|
|------------------------------------------------------------------o|
|-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*
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-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
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------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
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|--0--|
|--0--|

END

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