Nightwish – Hows The Heart (Guitar Intro)

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Transcribed for standard tuning which probably gives more playable chords for the parts where the guitar is absent or not the main instrument. Tune down a whole step and transpose +2 to play as Nightwish's guitarist does though you'll have to adjust the intro melody as well of course. Basically just play power chords according to position - B5, A5, D5, low E5 on Bridge 2, etc. For Bridge 2 either play the strumming pattern with palm muted power/reduced chords
D5   x577xx , Bb/D   x587xx , C5   x355xx
or play voicings to mimic the orchestration

Dm   xx0765 , Bb/D   xx0766 , Bb   xx8766 , C   xx10-988
F E at the end can be played with low single notes.
Verse Chords Fadd#11 x02201 or x07567 (Fadd#11/A but name not fully recognised by system at the moment) Fmaj7/A x02211 [Intro]
   Am                                     Am                       G
e|-g------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|12h14--14--14--12---------------------|-----9-------10--9------9----9------|
D|------------------14-12--10---------9-|-10------12----------12---10---9----|
A|-----------------------------12--12---|---------------------------------10-|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

   Am                                 C                G
e|----------------------------------|-7h8---0-7h8---0-------------------|
B|---------------------8-------8-10-|-----8-------8---/13---p12-10------|
G|-----9---9---7-9-10------9--------|-------------------------------12--|
D|-7--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

   Am                                   Am                       G
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|/14--14--14--12---------------------|-----9-------10--9------9----9------|
D|----------------14-10--9----------9-|-10------12----------12---10---9----|
A|---------------------------12--12---|---------------------------------10-|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

   Am                       C         C
e|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------8------------|---------------------8---8-------|
G|-----9---9---7-9-10------/9-------|(9)----------9-9-9---------------|
D|-7--------------------------------|-----------------------------10--|
A|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|

   G                Am
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|/9-------10-----------------------|
A|-------------/12------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
Am                 Fadd#11
   We see a mother with no child

Am                    Gsus4       G
   We meet a stranger poor, exiled

Dm                       Am         Fmaj7/A
   How's the heart while it still beats?

       Em
Asks a no one

        G
Another John Doe

Am                   Fadd#11
   Sorrow hides well in your shell

Am                   Gsus4        G
   A fellow man with hurt to spare

     Dm
Dear one

             Am        F
Here I am to share the fear

          G
An act of kindness

           Em
Without an amen
[Chorus]
N.C.      Am
How's the heart

               Em
Underneath the silence?

          F
How's the one

                Am
Drowning in the mire?

       F             C/G
Let us sound a human paean

     G
Come in, the fire's warm

         C                   G
Burn the rope and dance some more
[Interlude] (repeat melody) | Am | Am G | Am | C G | | Am | Am G | Am C | C | | G Am | [Verse 2]
Am                        Fadd#11
   We met where the cliff greets the sea

Am                 Gsus4       G
   Shared a story, took the leap

Dm                 Am      Fmaj7/A
   Rose up rooted, hid a note

         Em
You know where

            G
You've been there

Am                     Fadd#11
   Now there's one who came from me

Am                    Gsus4      G
   A child of light, another tale

     Dm
Dear one

                    Am     F
Night will come but not to stay

    G
Oh, why?

             Em
The answer's in the
[Chorus]
N.C.      Am
How's the heart

               Em
Underneath the silence?

          F
How's the one

                Am
Drowning in the mire?

       F             C/G
Let us sound a human paean

     G
Come in, the fire's warm

         C                   G
Burn the rope and dance some more
[Bridge 1]
Eb            Bb/D
Fair winds my love

Cm              Gm
Fly towards the calm

Fm          Cm
Fly utterly lost

  F               Ab
Towards a beating heart

     Bb   Cm          Ab5 Bb5
A beating heart
[Bridge 2]
Dm
How is that heart
Underneath the silence?
           Bb/D
How is the one
Drowning in the mire?
             Bb/D
Let us sound a human paean

    C                  Dm
Come on in, the fire's warm

Dm
How is that heart
Underneath the silence?
           Bb/D
How is the one
Drowning in the mire?
             Bb
Let us sound a human paean

    C                  Dm    F E Dm
Come on in, the fire's warm
[Chorus]
           Dm
How's that heart

               C/E
Underneath the silence?

          G
How's the one

                Dm
Drowning in the mire?

       Gm      Gm/F  Am/E
Let us sound a human paean

       Dm   Am/D Dm
Come on in

F     C/E Dm
How's the heart

               Am
Underneath the silence?

          Bb
How's the one

                Dm
Drowning in the mire?

       Bb            F
Let us sound a human paean

        C
Come on in, the fire's warm

         F
Dull the blade and dance some ...

C         Dm           Am
How's the hear - ear - eart
(more)
          Bb
How's the one

                Dm
Drowning in the mire?

       Bb            F
Let us sound a human paean

        C
Come on in, the fire's warm

         F
Dull the blade and dance some ...
(A cappella, implied chords)
C         (Dm)
How's the heart
(more)
               (Am)
Underneath the silence?

          (Bb)
How's the one

                (Dm)
Drowning in the mire?

       (Bb)          (F)
Let us sound a human paean

     (C)
Come in, the fire's warm

         (F)                 (C)
Burn the rope and dance some more
******************************** | h Hammer on | p Pull off | / Slide up | g Grace note | (n) Hold note over bar line ********************************