Blind Guardian - Blood Tears Tab

Blood Tears
                                 from
                      Nightfall In Middle Earth
                                  by
                            Blind Guardian

When I first played this song, I played it one octave lower, it felt
better that way, but as I started to tab it seriously, I discovered that
it was played one octave higher. Actually, I was a little dissapointed,
it had been such a great aucoustic song! But no, you HAD to play up in
the high pitched areas, hmm... Well, I'll just stop coplaining;

Here's Blood Tears!

Riff 1 2x

  
E
 9      9   11 12      9      9   11 12                  14 16    
  
B
   9 12           12     9 12           12      14 16 17       17 
  
G
                                             14                   
  
D
                                                                  
  
A
                                                                  
  
e
                                                                  


  
E                        
  
B     14 16 17 12    9   
  
G  14             11   9 
  
D                        
  
A                        
  
e                        

Riff 2 4x             Riff 3 4x               Riff 4 4x

  
E
 9   11 12 11 9   
 E
        12 14 12    
 E
                    
  
B
   9            9 
 B
     13          13 
 B
        13 16 13    
  
G
                  
 G
 14                 
 G
     14          14 
  
D
                  
 D
                    
 D
 15                 
  
A
                  
 A
                    
 A
                    
  
e
                  
 e
                    
 e
                    

Riff 5 2x                 Riff 6 4x

  
E
 12                        
 E
 2   0 2    9 14 
  
B
    12                     
 B
   1     10      
  
G
       13      15h16 15    
 G
                 
  
D
          14            16 
 D
                 
  
A
                           
 A
                 
  
e
                           
 e
                 

Chorus (this is just the first chorus lyrics)
  Alive
  Though the end appears my friend
  And blood Tears I cry
  You've searched and you've found
  Cut off your old friends hand

There's actually aocoustic in the chorus to, if you havn't noticed
that. And I Believe I've got that right to.


  
E
                               
  
B
                               
 Play this 2x
  
G
                               
  
D
     4   2   6   2   6   4   6 
  
A
 6   2   0   4   0   4   2   4 
  
e
 4                             


  
E
   9 12 9   9 11 12 
  
B
 9        9         
 with this 8x
  
G
                    
  
D
                    
  
A
                    
  
e
                    

Play: Riff 1 1x
Riff 8 4x

  
E
                                                           
  
B
                                                     5 5\3 
  
G
                       4     6                 4           
  
D
 6     6         6                                         
  
A
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   4 4   4 4   5     5                     
  
e
                               3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3   3 3       
P.M  [_]   [_____]   [_]   [_]     [_]   [_____]   [_]

The third time you play Riff 8, Guitar 2 starts playing to. There's a
slight differance how it plays on the third and fourth.

 Third time                      Fourth time

  
E
                               
                       
  
B
                               
                       
  
G
                               
                       
  
D
 6   6   6   6           4   7 
 6   6   6   6         
  
A
 4   4   4   4   5   5   2   5 
 4   4   4   4   5   5 
  
e
                 3   3         
                 3   3 

Now play Riff 6 4x with this high pitched stuff.

  
E
               
  
B
 10b(12)pb   9 
  
G
 11b(13)pb   9 
  
D
               
  
A
               
  
e
               

Play: Riff 7 (chorus)
Now there's this interlude played twice...

  
E
                                                          
  
B
                                                          
  
G
                                                    11b12 
  
D
    11 13 14 13 11 13  14         9    9    9    9  12b14 
  
A
 11                        11  10   10   10   10          
  
e
                                                          
 |                                                          |

  
E
                                                          
  
B
                                                          
  
G
                                                          
  
D
 6                                                        
  
A
 4                          6   5                         
  
e
                            4   3                         

Riff 9 2x

  
E
               
  
B
               
  
G
               
  
D
 6           6 
  
A
 4     4 6 7   
  
e
               
P.M      [___]

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Transcribed by Axel Hallingbäck