Blind Guardian - The Martyr Tab

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                    /------------------Blind Guardian
           ----------Batallions of Fear--------------
           The Martyr------------------/
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Intro:

Part 1
E
B
G 5 4
D 3 2 5 2 2 2 3 2
A 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
e 3 3
P.M[_________________________________] Part 2
E
B
G
D 2 2 2 3 2
A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
e
P.M[_________________________________] Play Part 1 and Part 2 another time in the same order and then put this piece just after Part 2
E
B
G
D 3 2 3 2 3 2
A 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
e 3

Riff 1

E
B
G 2 3 2 3 2 2p0 0 2 3 2 3 2 0
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A
e
P.M[_____] [_____] [_____]
E
B
G
D 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
A
e
P.M[_____________________________]

Repeat this Riff four times, the two latter during verse.

The Riff above is arragned for one guitar play only. To

get a more correct sound, let guitar 1 play high notes, and guitar 2 constantly on P.M.ed loose D string.

Riff 2

[Fill-1-------] [Fill-2-------]
E
B
G
D
A 7 8
e 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
P.M[_________________________________________________]

First time playing Riff 2, do not use the fill, use the

fill during the second time. Fill 1 Fill 2
E
B
G
D 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5
A 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8
e

Riff 3

This part 4x -- with -- This part 2x
E
B
G 15 14 15 14
D 12 14 15 14 12 14 15 7 5 7 5
A 12 13 12 13 5 3 5 8 3
e 6

Riff 4 2x

[Fill-1-&-2------] Fill 1
E
B
G (19) 14 (19) 14 (19) 14
D 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
A
e
Fill 2
E
B
G 14 12 14 12 14 12 First time use Fill 1, second time Fill 2
D
A
e

Riff 5

Part 1 2x Part 2 2x
E
B
G
D 5p2 4p2 5p2 4p2
A 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5p2 4p2 5p2 4p2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
e
P.M[____________] [____________]

Riff 6 2x

E
B
G 16 14 17 16
D 16 17 17 16
A
e

Before playing Riff 6 two times, play this short fill:

A|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-| P.M[____________]

Do also use this once after Riff 6

Play: Riff 6 1x (w/o any fills 'n stuff like that)

During the coming verse, there's just a dull loose A string humming,

Exept the caracteristic "The Martyr" riff coming up

Riff 7 1x

E
B
G
D 4 2 4 2
A 2 5 4 5
e
Some more A-S humming

Play: Riff 7 3x

Now break into Chorus

Riff 8

March off... End 1
E
B
G
D 4 4 5 4
A 2 2 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
e 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
P.M[_________] [_________] [_________] [_________] End 2
E
B
G
D 2 4 5
A 0 2 3 5
e 3
First two times use End 1, during the third use End 2.

Riff 9

[Fill-1-&-2----------------] End 1 End 2
E
B
G
D 4 4 4 4 4 2
A 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 5 4
e 5 7
P.M[_____________________________] First time use End 1 and Fill 1, second time use End 2 and Fill 2 Maybe to obvious??? Fill 1
E
B 7 7
G 4 2 0 7p4 6h7
D 5 4 2 4 2~~
A 5 2/4 4 5
e
Fill 2
E
B
G
D 4 2 0 0 2 4~~~ 2
A 5 4 2 4 5 4
e

Repeat the Huge Riff 9 procedure

Play: Riff 7 2x

Riff 10

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

Play: Riff 7 2x

Play: Riff 10 1x

Riff 11 2x

E
B
G
D 4 4 4 4
A 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
e
P.M[_____________________________________________________]
E
B
G
D 5 5 5 5
A 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
e
P.M[____________________________________]
E
B
G
D 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
A 2 2 2 2 2
e

Riff 12 2x Riff 13 4x

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

Riff 14 4x (2x solo)

End 1
E
B
G
D
A 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
e 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
P.M[_____________________________________________] [_____________] End 2
E First 3 times use End 1, on the last one use End 2.
B
G
D
A 5 7
e 3 5

SOLO (not transcribed)

Riff 15

E
B
G
D 4 4 4 4
A 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
e
P.M[_____________________________________________________]
E
B
G
D
A 5 5 5 5
e 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
P.M[_____________________________________________________]

Play Riff 15 with the combination thing below

Combi thing:::

Play: Riff 7 2x

Riff 16 2x

E
B
G 4 2 4 2
D 5 4 5
A 2
e

Play: Riff 7 2x

Play: Riff 16 2x

In the last riff, skip the last tone


Now there is a kind of bridge back to Riff 1

E
B
G
D
A 4 4
e 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5p2 4p2 5p2 4p2
P.M[_________________________]
E
B
G
D
A 5 5
e 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 6p3 5p3 6p3 5p3
P.M[________________]
E
B
G
D 4 5 4 5 4 4p2 0 2 4 5 4 5 4 2
A 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
e
P.M[___________] [_________] [_________]
E
B
G
D
A 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4
e
P.M[_____________________________]

Play: Riff 1 3x

Play: Riff 2 2x

SOLO (not transcribed)

Play: Riff 8 5x

The third and the fith time has second ending

Outro

Part 1 2x Part 2 2x
E
B 5 3 5 3
G 4 2 4 2 5 4 5
D 2 5 4 5 2
A
e
Play Part 1 3x and end on first tone There's actually some backrground humm here, but that should not be escpecially hard to figure out I use to do the easy things in a song

First, therefore the solos ain't transcribed yet, It'll do without

them right now, they usually take some time to transcribe and i feel like a sick mushroom right now... BYE and go on tabbing out your brains

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