Amon Amarth – Cry Of The Black Birds (Guitar Tab)
B Tuning (B-E-A-D-F#-B)
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CRY OF THE BLACKBIRDS
As recorded by Amon Amarth
(From the 2004 Album WITH ODEN ON OUR SIDE)
Words and Music by Amon Amarth
Transcribed by GuitarHero_JP
Gtr I (B E A D F# B) - 'Guitar I'
Gtr II (B E A D F# B) - 'Guitar II'
Intro
Q=173
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q E Q E Q E Q E Q Q Q E Q E Q E Q E Q
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|--7--------------|
||-----10----9----|--7-----9----10--|----10----9----|--------10----9--|
||o-0------0----0-|------0----0-----|-0------0----0-|------0-----0----|
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||
| Gtr II
| W +W W +W
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
||--2-------------|-(2)-------------|-2-------------|-(2)-------------|
||--2-------------|-(2)-------------|-2-------------|-(2)-------------|
||o-0-------------|-(0)-------------|-0-------------|-(0)-------------|
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
1.
Q Q E Q E Q E Q E Q Q Q E Q E Q E Q E Q
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
|----12----10----|--9-----10----7--|----12----10----|--9-----7---------||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------10---||
|-8------8-----8-|------8-----8----|-8------8-----8-|------8----8-----o||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|||
| W +W W +W
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|-3--------------|-(3)-------------|-3--------------|-(3)--------------||
|-3--------------|-(3)-------------|-3--------------|-(3)-------------o||
|-1--------------|-(1)-------------|-1--------------|-(1)--------------||
2.
E E E Q E E E
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|--9-10--9-7---9--9-10-||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|----------------------|||
| E E E Q E E E |----------------------|| |----------------------|| |----------------------|| |-10-12-10-9--10-10-12-|| |----------------------|| |----------------------|| Chorus E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||----------------------------|---------------------------| ||o---------------------------|---------------------------| ||--------17--------16--------|-14--------16--------17-16-| ||-----14--------14--------14-|--------14--------14-------| ||o-12--------12--------12----|-----12--------12----------| ||----------------------------|---------------------------|
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| PM-----------------------------|
| Q Q. Q. Q. Q. E E ||----------------------------|---------------------------| ||o---------------------------|---------------------------| ||---------2---------2--------|--2---------2---------7--9-| ||---------2---------2--------|--2---------2---------7--9-| ||o--------0---------0--------|--0---------0---------5--7-| ||----------------------------|---------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------------|----------------------------| |-------17--------16--------|-14--------16--------17-16--| |----14--------14--------14-|--------14--------14--------| |-12--------12--------12----|-----12--------12-----------| |---------------------------|----------------------------|
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| PM-----------------------------|
| Q Q. Q. Q. Q. E E |---------------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------------|----------------------------| |--------2---------2--------|--2---------2---------5--9--| |--------2---------2--------|--2---------2---------5--9--| |--------0---------0--------|--0---------0---------3--7--| |---------------------------|----------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------------|-------------------------| |------------------------|-------------------------| |------12-------12-------|-10-------12-------10----| |---10-------10-------10-|-------10-------10----10-| |-8--------8--------8----|-----8--------8----------| |------------------------|-------------------------|
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| PM--------------------------|
| Q Q. Q. Q. Q. E E |------------------------|-------------------------| |------------------------|-------------------------| |------------------------|-------------------------| |-------3--------3-------|--3--------3--------3--3-| |-------3--------3-------|--3--------3--------3--3-| |-------1--------1-------|--1--------1--------1--1-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------------|------------------------|| |------------------------|-----------------------o|| |------12-------12-------|-10------12------10-----|| |---10-------10-------10-|------10------10----10--|| |-8--------8--------8----|----8-------8----------o|| |------------------------|------------------------||
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| PM------|
| Q Q. Q. W
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------o||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|-------3--------3-------|--3---------------------||
|-------3--------3-------|--3--------------------o||
|-------1--------1-------|--1---------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------17-------16-------|-14-------16-------17-16-|
||-----14-------14-------14-|-------14-------14-------|
||o-12-------12-------12----|----12-------12----------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------||
| TP TP | W W ||--------------------------|-------------------------| ||o-------------------------|-------------------------| ||--------------------------|-------------------------| ||--------------------------|-------------------------| ||o--0----------------------|--0----------------------| ||--------------------------|-------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------17-------16-------|-14-------16-------17-16--| |----14-------14-------14-|-------14-------14--------| |-12-------12-------12----|----12-------12-----------| |-------------------------|--------------------------|
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| TP TP | W W |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |--0----------------------|--0-----------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| |------12------12------|-10------12------10----| |---10------10------10-|------10------10----10-| |-8-------8-------8----|----8-------8----------| |----------------------|-----------------------|
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| TP TP | W W |----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| |-3--------------------|--3--------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------------------|------------------------|| |----------------------|-----------------------o|| |------12------12------|-10------12------10-----|| |---10------10------10-|------10------10----10--|| |-8-------8-------8----|----8-------8----------o|| |----------------------|------------------------||
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| TP TP
| W W
|----------------------|------------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------o||
|----------------------|------------------------||
|-3--------------------|--3---------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------o||
|----------------------|------------------------||
Verse
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
Q Q. Q. Q. Q. Q Q Q. Q. Q. Q. Q
||---------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
||-----5----4----|-2----4----5--|----5----4----|-7----5----4----|
||---------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
||---------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
| TP TP TP TP
| W W W W
||---------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
||---------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
||---------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
||o-0------------|-0------------|--------------|----------------|
||---------------|--------------|-3------------|-3--------------|
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
Q Q. Q. Q. Q. Q Q Q. Q. Q. Q. Q 4x
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------||
|----8----6----|-5----6-------|----8----6----|-5--------------o||
|--------------|-----------7--|--------------|------7----5-----||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------o||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|||
| TP TP TP TP | W W W W 4x |--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|| |--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------o|| |--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|| |--------------|--------------|-3------------|-3---------------|| |-5------------|-5------------|--------------|----------------o|| |--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|| TP TP TP TPTP TP TP Q. Q. Q E Q. Q Q |--------------|--------------|| |--------------|--------------|| |--------------|--------------|| |--------------|--------------|| |-2----0----2--|-2-0----2--0--|| |--------------|--------------||
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| TP TP TP TPTP TP TP | Q. Q. Q E Q. Q Q |--------------|--------------|| |--------------|--------------|| |--------------|--------------|| |-4----2----4--|-4-5----7--5--|| |--------------|--------------|| |--------------|--------------||
Outro
Gtrs I, II
PM-------------|
Q Q. Q. W |--------------|------| |--------------|------| |----2----2----|-2----| |----2----2----|-2----| |----0----0----|-0----| |--------------|------|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
- 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
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths