Valhalla Blind Guardian
As recorded by Blind Guardian
(From the 1989 Album FOLLOW THE BLIND)
Words and Music by Blind Guardian
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Rythm1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rythm2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Lead1'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Lead2'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Outro Guitar'
Pre-Verse
Q=174
[E5] [D5] [C5]
[4/4] Gtr I
PM| PM| PM--| PM--|
e e E E e e E E S S S S S S S S Q E E
||------------------|------------------------| ||o-----------------|------------------------| ||------------------|-----------------5------| ||------3p2-----3p2-|-7-------7-------5--2h3-| ||o-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3------| ||--0-0-----0-0-----|------------------------|
[E5]PM| PM| [D5] PM--| PM--|[C5]
e e E E e e E E S S S S S S S S Q E E 4x
|-----------------|---------------------------|| |-----------------|--------------------------o|| |-----------------|-----------------5---------|| |-----3p2-----3p2-|-7-------7-------5--2h3----|| |-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--------o|| |-0-0-----0-0-----|---------------------------||
Verse
[E5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S [C5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------| ||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------| ||--------------------------------|-5-----------------------------| ||--2-----------------------------|-5-----------------------------| ||o-2-----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------------|
[D5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S [B5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------o|| |-7-----------------------------|-4-------------------------------|| |-7-----------------------------|-4-------------------------------|| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--o|| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
[E5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S [C5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-9-----------------------------|-5-----------------------------| |-9-----------------------------|-5-----------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
[D5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S [G5] E S S S S S S [F#5] Q [E5D5]E E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------| |-7-----------------------------|-12-------------------11--9-7-| |-7-----------------------------|-12-------------------11--9-7-| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--9--7-5-| |-------------------------------|------------------------------|
[E5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S [C5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-9-----------------------------|-5-----------------------------| |-9-----------------------------|-5-----------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
[D5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S [B5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-7-----------------------------|-4-------------------------------| |-7-----------------------------|-4-------------------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
[E5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S [C5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-9-----------------------------|-5-----------------------------| |-9-----------------------------|-5-----------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
[D5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S [G5] E S S S S S S [F#5] Q [E5D5]E E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------| |-7-----------------------------|-12-------------------11--9-7-| |-7-----------------------------|-12-------------------11--9-7-| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--9--7-5-| |-------------------------------|------------------------------|
[C5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-5-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |-5-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
[B5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-4-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |-4-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Pre-Bridge
[E5]PM| PM| [D5] PM--| PM--|[C5]
e e E E e e E E S S S S S S S S Q E E
||------------------|-------------------------| ||o-----------------|-------------------------| ||------------------|-----------------5-------| ||------3p2-----3p2-|-7-------7-------5---2h3-| ||o-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-------| ||--0-0-----0-0-----|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM| PM| PM--| PM|
| e e E E e e E E e e E E e e E E
||------------------|-------------------------| ||o-----------------|-------------------------| ||------------------|-------------------------| ||------3p2-----3p2-|---------3p==2-------2h3-| ||o-----------------|-5---5-----------3-3-----| ||--0-0-----0-0-----|-------------------------|
[E5]PM| PM| [D5] PM--| PM--|[C5]
e e E E e e E E S S S S S S S S Q E E
|-----------------|--------------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------------o|| |-----------------|-----------------5--------|| |-----3p2-----3p2-|-7-------7-------5---2h3--|| |-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-------o|| |-0-0-----0-0-----|--------------------------||
|
| PM| PM| PM--| PM|
| e e E E e e E E e e E E e e E E
|-----------------|--------------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------------o|| |-----------------|--------------------------|| |-----3p2-----3p2-|---------3p==2-------2h3--|| |-----------------|-5---5-----------3-3-----o|| |-0-0-----0-0-----|--------------------------||
Bridge
[A5]W [D5]W [C5]W [E5]W 4x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------|| ||o----------|----------|----------|------o|| ||--2--------|-7--------|-5--------|-9-----|| ||--2--------|-7--------|-5--------|-9-----|| ||o-0--------|-5--------|-3--------|-7----o|| ||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
Guitar Break
[A5] W +W
||----------------------|--------------------| ||o---------------------|--------------------| ||---2------------------|-(2)----------------| ||---2------------------|-(2)----------------| ||o--0------------------|-(0)----------------| ||----------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q E Q E E E Q E Q E Q
||-------------------10-|-12---10------------| ||o-10--12-13--12-13----|---------13--12-10--| ||----------------------|--------------------| ||----------------------|--------------------| ||o---------------------|--------------------| ||----------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| Q E Q E E E Q E Q E Q
||---------12-----12-13-|-15---13-12---------| ||o-13--15-----15-------|-------------15-13--| ||----------------------|--------------------| ||----------------------|--------------------| ||o---------------------|--------------------| ||----------------------|--------------------|
[G#5] W [E5] W
|-------------------|--------------------|| |-------------------|-------------------o|| |-------------------|--------------------|| |--6----------------|--2-----------------|| |--6----------------|--2----------------o|| |--4----------------|--0-----------------||
|
| Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|-------------------|--------------------|| |--9--10-12--10--9--|-------------------o|| |-------------------|--9--10-12--10--9---|| |-------------------|--------------------|| |-------------------|-------------------o|| |-------------------|--------------------||
|
| Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|-------------------|--------------------|| |-12--13-15--13-12--|-------------------o|| |-------------------|-13--14-16--14-13---|| |-------------------|--------------------|| |-------------------|-------------------o|| |-------------------|--------------------||
Chorus
[A5]W [E5]W [G5]W [F5]W 4x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------|| ||o----------|----------|----------|------o|| ||--2--------|----------|----------|-------|| ||--2--------|-2--------|-5--------|-3-----|| ||o-0--------|-2--------|-5--------|-3----o|| ||-----------|-0--------|-3--------|-1-----||
[F5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S [E5]S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-3-----------------------------|-2-----------2-----------2--------| |-3-----------------------------|-2-----------2-----------2--------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
Solo
[A5]W [E5]W [G5]W [F5]W
||-----------|----------|----------|-------|| ||o----------|----------|----------|------o|| ||--2--------|----------|----------|-------|| ||--2--------|-2--------|-5--------|-3-----|| ||o-0--------|-2--------|-5--------|-3----o|| ||-----------|-0--------|-3--------|-1-----||
[A5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S [E5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------| ||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------| ||--2-----------------------------|-------------------------------| ||--2-----------------------------|-2-----------------------------| ||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-----------------------------| ||--------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
[G5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S [F5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------o|| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |-5-----------------------------|-3------------------------------|| |-5-----------------------------|-3-----------------------------o|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||
Chorus
[A5]W [E5]W [G5]W [F5]W 4x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------|| ||o----------|----------|----------|------o|| ||--2--------|----------|----------|-------|| ||--2--------|-2--------|-5--------|-3-----|| ||o-0--------|-2--------|-5--------|-3----o|| ||-----------|-0--------|-3--------|-1-----||
Interlude
[F5] S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||--10---------------10---------------|-10---------------10---------------| ||o--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| ||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
1.,2.,3.
[A5]
PM--------| PM--------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
H e e e e e e H e e e e e e 4x
|------------------|----------------------|| |------------------|---------------------o|| |-2----------------|-2--------------------|| |-2----------------|-2--------------------|| |-0----0-2-3-5-3-2-|-0----0-2-3-5-3-2----o|| |------------------|----------------------||
4.
[E5]W +W
|----------|--------| |----------|--------| |-9--------|-(9)----| |-9--------|-(9)----| |-7--------|-(7)----| |-0--------|-(0)----|
Pre-Verse
[E5]PM| PM| [D5] PM--| PM--|[C5]
e e E E e e E E S S S S S S S S Q E E
||------------------|------------------------| ||o-----------------|------------------------| ||------------------|-----------------5------| ||------3p2-----3p2-|-7-------7-------5--2h3-| ||o-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3------| ||--0-0-----0-0-----|------------------------|
[E5]PM| PM| [D5] PM--| PM--|[C5]
e e E E e e E E S S S S S S S S Q E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|| |-----------------|------------------------o|| |-----------------|-----------------5-------|| |-----3p2-----3p2-|-7-------7-------5--2h3--|| |-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3------o|| |-0-0-----0-0-----|-------------------------||
Bridge
[A5]W [D5]W [C5]W [E5]W 4x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------|| ||o----------|----------|----------|------o|| ||--2--------|-7--------|-5--------|-------|| ||--2--------|-7--------|-5--------|-2-----|| ||o-0--------|-5--------|-3--------|-2----o|| ||-----------|----------|----------|-0-----||
Chorus
[A5]W [E5]W [G5]W [F5]W
||-----------|----------|----------|-------|| ||o----------|----------|----------|------o|| ||--2--------|----------|----------|-------|| ||--2--------|-2--------|-5--------|-3-----|| ||o-0--------|-2--------|-5--------|-3----o|| ||-----------|-0--------|-3--------|-1-----||
[A5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S [E5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------| ||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------| ||--2-----------------------------|-------------------------------| ||--2-----------------------------|-2-----------------------------| ||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-----------------------------| ||--------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
[G5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S [F5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------o|| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |-5-----------------------------|-3------------------------------|| |-5-----------------------------|-3-----------------------------o|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||
[F5]E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S [E5]S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-3-----------------------------|-2-----------2-----------2--------| |-3-----------------------------|-2-----------2-----------2--------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
[A5]W [E5]W [G5]W [F5]W 3x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------|| ||o----------|----------|----------|------o|| ||--2--------|----------|----------|-------|| ||--2--------|-2--------|-5--------|-3-----|| ||o-0--------|-2--------|-5--------|-3----o|| ||-----------|-0--------|-3--------|-1-----||
[A5] >[Am]
W +W +W
|----------|-------------||----------------| |----------|-------------||----------------| |-2--------|-(2)---------||-(2)------------| |-2--------|-(2)---------||-(2)------------| |-0--------|-(0)---------||-(0)------------| |----------|-------------||----------------|
|
| Gtr V
| W H. Q Q. E +H
|----------|-------------||-------0-(0)----| |----------|-------------||----------------| |----------|----------0--||--2-------------| |----------|-------------||----------------| |----------|-------------||--0-------------| |----------|-------------||----------------|
W
[Em]+W [G]W [F]W
|----------------|---------------|---------------| |----------------|---------------|---------------| |-(2)------------|---------------|---------------| |-(2)------------|---------------|---------------| |-(0)------------|---------------|---------------| |----------------|---------------|---------------|
|
| Q E Q E Q Q E E E Q E Q E Q E Q
|----------------|-------------0-|-0-------------| |------0-0--1----|------0-1-3----|----3-3--1-0---| |-------------0--|----2----------|---------------| |----------------|---------------|---------------| |----------------|---------------|---------------| |--0-------------|-3-------------|-1-------------|
W W W
[Am]Gtr V[Em] [G]
Q. E +H Q E Q E Q Q E E E Q E
|------0-(0)----|--------------|-------------0-| |---------------|----0-0--1----|------0-1-3----| |-2-------------|-----------0--|----2----------| |---------------|--------------|---------------| |-0-------------|--------------|---------------| |---------------|-0------------|-3-------------|
W W W
[G]Q E Q E Q [Am] W +W
|-0------------|-^0--------|-(0)----*| |----3-3--1-0--|-^1--------|-(1)----*| |--------------|-^2--------|-(2)----*| |--------------|-^2--------|-(2)----*| |--------------|-^0--------|-(0)----*| |-1------------|-----------|--------*|
W
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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