Guardians of Asgaard Amon Amarth
"Guardians of Asgaard" by Amon Amarth (from "Twilight of the Thundergod")
Drop A tuning
[A] [E] [A] [G] [D] [B]
post any comments in the comments section. I feel this is not 110% accurate and the solo
out of my reach for now but it's the main riffs hands down.
. = Palm Mute
TP = tremolo pick
Riff A
Intro: x3 (both guitars) End
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------| |---------------------------------||---------------------------------| |---------------------------------||---------------------------------| |-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0--------||-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0---0----| |-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0--------||-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0---0----| |-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0--------||-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0---0----|
. .
Riff B (Verse) (both guitars)
(this is a bit of a stretch, you could change the string but this 9 sounds good)
standing firm against all odds... Guarding the most sacred home...
|---------------------------------||--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------||--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------||--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------||--------------------------------------| |-9-----7-4---4---5-----7-4---4---||-5-----5-4---4---2-----2-4---4--------| |---4-4-----4---4---4-4-----4---4-||---0-0-----0---0---0-0-----0---0------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff C Verse 2 (this section x3)
Guitar I
The evil giants of the south... Are constantly on the attack...
|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------| |----------------------------------||--------------------------------------| |-6-----4-6---------4-6-------4----||-7-----6-7---4-----6-7---6---4--------| |-------------7-----------7--------||--------------------------------------| |----------------------------------||--------------------------------------| |---4-4-----4---4-4-----4---4---4--||---0-0-----0---0-0-----0---0---0------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guitar II (this could just be doing what guitar I is doing but I don't think it is)
|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------| |----------------------------------||--------------------------------------| |----------------------------------||--------------------------------------| |----------------------------------||--------------------------------------| |----------------------------------||--------------------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff C Verse 2 end (this section x1)
Guitar I
Marching down the (x) path... We are...
|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------| |----------------------------------||--------------------------------------| |-6-----4-6---------4-6-------4----||-6-----4-6---------4-6----------------| |-------------7-----------7--------||-------------6-----------6---7--------| |---0-0-----0---0-0-----0---0---0--||---4-4-----4---4-4-----4---4---4------| |----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guitar II (this could just be doing what guitar I is doing but I don't think it is)
|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------| |----------------------------------||--------------------------------------| |----------------------------------||--------------------------------------| |----------------------------------||--------------------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------| |----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff D (pre chorus - modified shorter Riff A)
(both guitars)
"Cuz we are We're the Guardians....
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------| |---------------------------------||---------------------------------| |---------------------------------||---------------------------------| |-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0--------||-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0---0----| |-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0--------||-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0---0----| |-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0--------||-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0---0----|
. .
Riff E (Chorus)
(both guitars)
"Guardians of Asgaard" 1, 3 2, 4
|-----------------||--------------------||--------------------| |-----------------||--------------------||--------------------| |-----------------||--------------------||--------------------| |-4-4-7-4-5-/-9---||---4-4-7-4-0--------||---4-4-7-4-0-0-0-0--| |-4-4-7-4-5-/-9---||---4-4-7-4-0--------||---4-4-7-4-0-0-0-0--| |-4-4-7-4-5-/-9---||---4-4-7-4-0--------||---4-4-7-4-0-0-0-0--|
. . . .
Riff B x 4
Riff C x 1
Riff C End x 1
Riff D x 1
Riff E x 4
Solo Lead section
(These are all tremolo picked to save time. So play them along for timing)
Guitar I x3
|----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-6----4-6-------6-4-6-----7---6-7--4---7-6-4--| |-----------7----------7-----------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------|
Guitar I
|----------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------|| |-6----4-6-----6-4----4---------4-------4------|| |-----------7-------7----7-6------7-6----------|| |----------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------||
Guitar II
(this changes quite a bit, its easier to listen. These are tremolo picked behind the
it spans the entirety of the lead so listen and you'll get it)
|-------------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------4---5--------------|| |--------------4---5----------4---5----------4----7-----|| |--4---0---7----------4---7-----------------------------||
Solo: Sorry ladies and germs I don't have that yet. I have some notes but it's ehhhhhhh.
do have the rhythm however.
Solo Rhythm
Guitar II
1, 3, 5, 7 2, 4, 6, 8 End
|-----------||-----------||-----------------------| |-----------||-----------||-----------------------| |-----------||-----------||-----------------------| |-----0-----||-----4-----||--0-----4-----5-----7--| |-----0-----||-----4-----||--0-----4-----5-----7--| |-----0-----||-----4-----||--0-----4-----5-----7--|
Riff D x 1
Riff E x 4
the end. at the end there is a whiny note playing in the background but I didn't bother
for it :)
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