Blind Guardian – Trial By The Archon (Guitar Tab)
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As recorded by Blind Guardian
(From the 1988 Album BATTALIONS OF FEAR)
Transcribed by Drimascus_God_Of_Thunder
Words by - Music by Andre Olbrich
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Magnus'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'André'
Intro
Q=151
E5 G5 F#5 B5 A5 B5
4/4
Gtr I
W +H Q Q W +H Q Q
|---------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |---------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |---------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |--9------------|--(9)-----12--11--|--4----------------|-(4)----2---4----| |--7------------|--(7)-----10---9--|--2----------------|-(2)----0---2----| |---------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
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| Gtr II | ~~~~~~ | W +H Q Q E E H. H. E E |---------------|----------15--14--|-------------------|-----------------| |-15b17=========|=(15)r------------|-12-13-12tr13------|-12--------10-12-| |---------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |---------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |---------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |---------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------| C5 C5 B5 A5 G5 F#5 E5 E5 D5 H E Q. H Q Q W +H E Q. |----------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------| |----------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------| |----------------|--2------------|-------------------|----------9--7----| |--5-----5--4----|--2-----5---4--|--2----------------|--(2)-----9--7----| |--3-----3--2----|--0-----5---4--|--2----------------|--(2)-----7--5----| |----------------|--------3---2--|--0----------------|--(0)-------------|
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| H E Q. H Q Q E E H. +H E Q. |----------------|-------15--14--|-12-14-12tr14------|-(12)----12-10----| |-13----13-12----|-10------------|-------------------|------------------| |----------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------| |----------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------| |----------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------| |----------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------|
E5 G5 F#5
|--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q |------------------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------------------|-----------------------| |--9----------9--9--9--9-------9-9-9-|---9-----9-9-9-12--11--| |--7----------7--7--7--7-------7-7-7-|---7-----7-7-7-10---9--| |------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| |--3--|
| E. S E E E H +H Q Q |------------------------------------|---------------15--14--| |-15b17------12-12-15-15b17==========|=(15)r-----------------| |---------14-------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------------------|-----------------------|
B5 A5 B5
|---3---| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q |----------------------------|------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------| |--4-----4-----4-4-4---4-4-4-|--4----4-4-4-2---4------| |--2-----2-----2-2-2---2-2-2-|--2----2-2-2-0---2------| |----------------------------|------------------------|
|
| E E H. H. E E |----------------------------|------------------------| |-12-13-12tr13---------------|-12-------------10-12---| |----------------------------|------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------|
C5 B5 A5 G5 F#5
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E Q Q E E E E E Q Q |----------------------|--------------------| |----------------------|--------------------| |----------------------|--------------------| |--5---5-5-5--5-----4--|--2---2-2-2---------| |--3---3-3-3--3-----2--|--0---0-0-0--5---4--| |----------------------|-------------3---2--|
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| H E Q. H Q Q
|----------------------|------------15--14--|
|-13---------13-12-----|-10-----------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|E5 D5
|---3---| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |--9-----9-----9-9-9---9-9-9-|--9----9-9-9-9-7----------| |--7-----7-----7-7-7---7-7-7-|--7----7-7-7-7-5----------| |----------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| E E H. H. +Q |-12-14-12tr14---------------|-12---------------(12)\---| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| E5 D5 E5 C5 E H. E E H. E |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |-9------------------------7-|-9------------------------5-| |-9------------------------7-|-9------------------------5-| |-7------------------------5-|-7------------------------3-| |----------------------------|----------------------------|
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| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E E E S S S Q. E E E E S S S Q. |----------------------------|----------------------------| |---12--10-------------------|---12--10-------------------| |----------12-11-12-11-9-----|----------12-11-12-11-9-----| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| D5 D5 E5 D5 E H. E H.. E |----------------------------|--------------------------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------------------------| |-7------------------------7-|--9---------------------------------------7-| |-7------------------------7-|--9---------------------------------------7-| |-5------------------------5-|--7---------------------------------------5-| |----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|
| |--3--|
| E E E E S S S Q. S S S S S S S S S S S S Q |----------------------------|-14---15-14-15------------------------------| |---12--10-------------------|---------------15-17-15-17------------------| |----------12-11-12-11-9-----|---------------------------16-17-16-17------| |----------------------------|---------------------------------------14---| |----------------------------|--------------------------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------------------------| E5 D5 E5 C5 H.. E H.. E |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-9-------------------------7-|-9-------------------------5-| |-9-------------------------7-|-9-------------------------5-| |-7-------------------------5-|-7-------------------------3-| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E E E S S S Q. E E E E S S S Q. |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----12-10-------------------|-----12-10-------------------| |-----------12-11-12-11-9-----|-----------12-11-12-11-9-----| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| D5 D5 E5 H.. E W |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-7-------------------------7-|--9--------------| |-7-------------------------7-|--9--------------| |-5-------------------------5-|--7--------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------|
|
| ~~
| |--3--|
| E E E E S S S Q. H H |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----12-10-------------------|-12tr13----12----| |-----------12-11-12-11-9-----|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------| Rhythm Part E5F5 E5F5 E5C5C5D5 E5F5 E5F5 E5D5D5D5 E E E E E s E E. E E E E E s E E. |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |-9-10-9-10-9-5-5-7--|-9-10-9-10-9-7-7-7--| |-9-10-9-10-9-5-5-7--|-9-10-9-10-9-7-7-7--| |-7--8-7--8-7-3-3-5--|-7--8-7--8-7-5-5-5--| |--------------------|--------------------| E5F5 E5F5 E5C5C5D5 E5F5 E5F5 E5D5D5D5 E E E E E s E E. E E E E E s E E. |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |-9-10-9-10-9-5-5-7--|-9-10-9-10-9-7-7-7--| |-9-10-9-10-9-5-5-7--|-9-10-9-10-9-7-7-7--| |-7--8-7--8-7-3-3-5--|-7--8-7--8-7-5-5-5--| |--------------------|--------------------| E5 E5 E5C5C5D5 D5 D5 D5D5D5D5 D5EbD5EbD5BbBbC5 E5F5 E5F5 E5D5D5D5 E E E E E S E E. E E E E E S E E. E E E E E S E E. E E E E E s E E. |------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------| |-9---9---9-5-5-7--|-7---7---7-7-7-7--|-7-8-7-8-7-3-3-5--|-9-10-9-10-9-7-7-7--| |-9---9---9-5-5-7--|-7---7---7-7-7-7--|-7-8-7-8-7-3-3-5--|-9-10-9-10-9-7-7-7--| |-7---7---7-3-3-5--|-5---5---5-5-5-5--|-5-6-5-6-5-1-1-3--|-7--8-7--8-7-5-5-5--| |------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------| E5 E5 E5C5C5D5 D5 D5 D5D5D5D5 D5EbD5EbD5BbBbC5 E5F5 E5F5 E5 E E E E E S E E. E E E E E S E E. E E E E E S E E. E E E E H |------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------| |-9---9---9-5-5-7--|-7---7---7-7-7-7--|-7-8-7-8-7-3-3-5--|-9-10-9-10-9----| |-9---9---9-5-5-7--|-7---7---7-7-7-7--|-7-8-7-8-7-3-3-5--|-9-10-9-10-9----| |-7---7---7-3-3-5--|-5---5---5-5-5-5--|-5-6-5-6-5-1-1-3--|-7--8-7--8-7----| |------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------| Solo André E5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--9----------------------------------------------| |--9----------------------------------------------| |--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-| |-------------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-15p14p12h14h15p14p12h14h15p14p12h14h15p14p12h14h|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
D5
S S S S S S S S H
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------7--------|
|--------------------------7--------|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5--------|
|-----------------------------------||
| ~~~~
| S S S S S S S S Q.. S
|-15p14p12h14h15p14p12h14p12-----12-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--9----------------------------------------------|
|--9----------------------------------------------|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|-------------------------------------------------||
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-14p12h15p12h17p12h15p12h14p12h15p12h17p12h15p12h|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
D5
S S S S S S S S H
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------7----|
|--------------------------7----|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5----|
|-------------------------------||
| S S S S S S S S H
|-14p12h15p12h17p12h15p12-12----|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
D5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--7--------------------------------------------|
|--7--------------------------------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-5-|
|-----------------------------------------------||
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-13-12-10----10---------13-12-10----10---------|
|----------12----12-11-9----------12----12-11-9-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
D5
S S S S S S S S H
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------7-------------------|
|-------------------------7-------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-5--5-------------------|
|---------------------------------------------||
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------------------|
|-13-12-10----10------------------------------|
|----------12----12-11-9-12-11-11-12-11-9-7\--|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-9------------------------------------|
|-9------------------------------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7--7-7-7-7-|
|--------------------------------------||
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------10-12-------|
|----------7---7-9-12-9-12-------------|
|------7-9---9-------------------------|
|-7-10---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
D5
S S S S S S S S H
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------7-------------------|
|--------------------------7-------------------|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------||
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E +E
|----------------------------------------------|
|-15-12----12-15-12----12-15-12----12-15-(15)\-|
|-------14----------14----------14-------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7----7-----7----7-----7----7-----7----7-----7----7----7---7---7---7---7---7---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
| |--------6---------| |--------6---------| |-------6-------| |------6------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-19-17---15-17-15---14-15-14---12-14-12---10-12-10---8-10-8---7-8-7---5-7-5---3-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D5
S S S S S S S S H
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|----------------------7-------------|
|----------------------7-------------|
|--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--5-------------|
|------------------------------------||
| E E E E E Q. |----------------12---14b15-14b15----| |-12---14---15-----------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--9-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--9-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--7----7-----7----7-----7----7-----7----7-----7----7----7---7---7---7---7---7---| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |--------6---------| |--------6---------| |-------6-------| |------6------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-19-17---15-17-15---14-15-14---12-14-12---10-12-10---8-10-8---7-8-7---5-7-5---3-| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| S S S S S S S S H |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |----------------------7-------| |----------------------7-------| |--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--5-------| |------------------------------|
|
| E E E E H |----------------12---14b15----| |-12---14---15-----------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| D5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |--7--------------------------------------------| |--7--------------------------------------------| |--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-5-| |-----------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-13-12-10----10---------13-12-10----10---------|
|----------12----12-11-9----------12----12-11-9-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
D5
S S S S S S S S H
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------7-------------------|
|-------------------------7-------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-5--5-------------------|
|---------------------------------------------||
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------------------|
|-13-12-10----10------------------------------|
|----------12----12-11-9-12-11-11-12-11-9-7\--|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-9------------------------------------|
|-9------------------------------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7--7-7-7-7-|
|--------------------------------------||
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------10-12-------|
|----------7---7-9-12-9-12-------------|
|------7-9---9-------------------------|
|-7-10---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
D5
S S S S S S S S H
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------7--------------------------|
|--------------------------7--------------------------|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------||
| |-----6------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------------------------------------------| |-15-12----12-15-12----12-15-12----12-15-12-8-15-12-8-| |-------14----------14----------14--------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------|
Outro
E5 G5 F#5
~~~~~~
|--3--|
Q. +E H +Q. S S S Q Q
|-------------------------|---------15-14-12-15--14--|
|-15b17====(15)r15b17=====|=(15)r--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| W +H Q Q |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |--9----------------------|--(9)-------------12--11--| |--7----------------------|--(7)-------------10---9--| |-------------------------|--------------------------| B5 A5 B5 E E H. H. E E |-------------------|-------------------| |-12-13-12tr13------|-12--------10-12---| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|
|
| W +H Q Q |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |--4----------------|-(4)----2---4------| |--2----------------|-(2)----0---2------| |-------------------|-------------------| C5 C5 B5 A5 G5 F#5 H E Q. H Q Q |----------------------------|---------------| |----------------------------|---------------| |----------------------------|--2------------| |--5-----------------5--4----|--2-----5---4--| |--3-----------------3--2----|--0-----5---4--| |----------------------------|--------3---2--|
|
| |--3--|
| Q S S S +E E Q. H Q Q |----------------------------|-------15--14--| |-13--12-13-12-(12)-13-12----|---------------| |----------------------------|-14------------| |----------------------------|---------------| |----------------------------|---------------| |----------------------------|---------------| E5 E5 D5 W +H E Q. |-------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------| |-------------------|---------9--7-----| |--2----------------|-(2)-----9--7-----| |--2----------------|-(2)-----7--5-----| |--0----------------|-(0)--------------|
|
| E E H. H E Q. |-12-14-12tr14------|-12-----12-10-----| |-------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------| E5 G5 F#5 W +H Q Q |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--9-----------------------|--(9)-------------12--11--| |--7-----------------------|--(7)-------------10---9--| |--------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| TP TP TP
| |--3--|
| E E E E H +Q. S S S Q Q |--------------------------|---------15-14-12-15--14--| |-15b17----12-15-15b17=====|=(15)r--------------------| |-------14-----------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| B5 A5 B5 W +H Q Q |---------------------------|-----------------| |---------------------------|-----------------| |---------------------------|-----------------| |--4------------------------|-(4)----2---4----| |--2------------------------|-(2)----0---2----| |---------------------------|-----------------|
|
| E Q S S E Q S S H. E E |---------------------------|-----------------| |-12-13--12-13-15-13--12-13-|-12--------10-12-| |---------------------------|-----------------| |---------------------------|-----------------| |---------------------------|-----------------| |---------------------------|-----------------| C5 C5 B5 A5 G5 F#5 H E Q. H Q Q |----------------------------|---------------*| |----------------------------|---------------*| |----------------------------|--2------------*| |--5-----------------5--4----|--2-----5---4--*| |--3-----------------3--2----|--0-----5---4--*| |----------------------------|--------3---2--*|
|
| |--3--|
| Q S S S +E E Q. H Q Q |----------------------------|-------15--14--*| |-13--12-13-12-(12)-13-12----|---------------*| |----------------------------|-14------------*| |----------------------------|---------------*| |----------------------------|---------------*| |----------------------------|---------------*|
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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
----------------
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