 Forefather - "The Shield-Wall" Guitar Tab
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Band: Forefather
Album: Ours is the Kingdom
Song: The Shield Wall
Copyright (c) (Karmageddon Media) (2004)
Version 1.0 - (10-07-2004)
Transcribed By: Martijn Wietsma
Email: northerland@yahoo.co.uk
. - 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
Tunning E A D G B E
riff A
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|(2x)
|-7~-5------------------------7~-5----------------------------------|
|------8-7-5--7h8-7p5---7----------8-7-5--7h8-7p5-------------------|
|---------------------8---------------------------8-3---------------|
riff B (0:19)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---5--------5h7-5------5-------------------------------------------|
|-5---8--7-8-------8--5---8--1-3-5-0--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---5--------5h7-5------5-------------------------------------------|
|-5---8--7-8-------8--5---8--1-3-5-7--------------------------------|
repeat riff A 2x (0:30)
riff C (0:48)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------5555-----------------------------------|
|-5555-7777-------------5555-3333-----------------------------------|
|-3333-5555-7777-7777---3333------5555-5555-------------------------|
|-----------5555-5555-------------3333-3333-------------------------|
riff D (0:59)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5555-7777-------------5555----------------------------------------|
|-3333-5555-7777-7777---3333-5555-7777-7777-------------------------|
|-----------5555-5555--------3333-5555-5555-------------------------|
repeat riff B 1x (1:09)
repeat riff A 2x (1:19)
riff E (1:38) (fast part)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|(4x)
|------------8p7-5h7h--------------------8p7------------------------|
|-7----7--------------8-7h8p7p5--7----7------5-5--------------------|
|-5-55-5-55----------------------5-55-5------3-3--------------------|
repeat riff C 1x (1:58)
repeat riff D 1x (2:08)
riff F (2:18)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------9----9------------------------9----9-------------------------|
|-9-----------10~-9h10p9p7~-----9-----------7~----------------------|
|-7-7----7----------------------7-7----7-------9h10p9p7-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
. . . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------[not sure about this part]------------|
|------9----9-------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-----------10~-9h10p9p7------7p5---------------------------------|
|-7-7----7--------------------------8p7-5h7h8-7~--------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
. .
repeat riff F 1x
riff G (2:41)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------4--------2-----------4-------------------------------------|
|-----------4h5p4----------------4h5p4-2----------------------------|
|-2h3-2----------------2h3-2----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------4--------2-----------4------2------------------------------|
|-----------4h5p4----------------4h5---5----------------------------|
|-2h3-2----------------2h3-2----------------------------------------|
repeat riff G 1x (2:53)
riff H (3:06)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------7--------5-----------7-------------------------------------|
|-----------7h8p7----------------7h8p7-5----------------------------|
|-5h6-5----------------5h6-5----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------7--------5-----------7------5------------------------------|
|-----------7h8p7----------------7h8---8----------------------------|
|-5h6-5----------------5h6-5----------------5h6-5-------------------|
repeat riff B 1x (3:20)
repeat riff C 1x (3:29)
repeat riff D 1x (3:38)
repeat riff E 4x (3:47)
riff I (4:06)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------5-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-7--8--3--7--------------------------------------------------------|
|-5--6-----5--------------------------------------------------------|
(end of song)
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