Nightwish – The Kinslayer (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by Nightwish
(From the 2000 Album WISHMASTER)
Transcribed by Ivan - ([email protected])
Words and Music by Nightwish
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Keyboard'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=90
4/4
Gtr I
S S E Q E S S Q E S S E S S Q S S S S H S S E Q
|-------------------|------------------------|---------------||
|-------------------|------------------------|---------------||
|--------------0----|---2-----5--------------|--------0------||
|-0-0---------------|------------------0-0-0-|---------------||
3/4 4/4
S S E S E S +S E S S S E Q E S S Q E S S E S S Q S S S S
|---------------------||-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------0-------------||-------------------|---------0---------------|
|-2-------------------||--------------0----|---2---------------------|
|-----------3-(3)-2-0-||-0-0---------------|------------------0-0-0--|
1st Verse
3/4 4/4
H S S E Q S S E S E S +S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------||---------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------||-------0-------------||---------------------------------|
|--------0------||-2-------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------||-----------3-(3)-2-0-||---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|--------------------3-2-|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S Q E E
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-------|
|--------------------3-2--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
| Gtr II | W |-4-------------------------------| |-5-------------------------------| |-6-------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| S S S S S S S S Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------4--2-1-|---------------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
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| H H W |-4---------------2------|-4-------------------------------| |-5---------------2------|-5-------------------------------| |-6---------------2------|-6-------------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------------| S S S S S S S S Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------4--2-1-|---------------------------------| |------------------------|-4-------4-------4-------7-6-4-3-| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------|---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---------|
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| H H W |-4---------------2------|---------------------------------| |-5---------------2------|---------------------------------| |-6---------------2------|---------------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-4-------4-------4-------------3-| |---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5-3-4-5---|
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| W |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-4-------4-------4-------7-6-4-3-|-4-------4-------4-------4-5-6-7-| |---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---------|---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |------------------------------------| |-4-------4-------4-------7-6-4-3----| |---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5------------| |------------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-4-------4-------4-------------3-|-4-------4-------4-------7-6-4-3-| |---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5-3-4-5---|---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |------------------------------------|| |-4-------4-------4-------8-7-6-5----|| |---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5------------|| |------------------------------------|| Bridge S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E Q S S E S S E S S E S S E |-------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| |-------------------------|-------------------4--|--------------------------|
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| Gtr II | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E |-----4-----4-----4-----4-|-----4-----4-----4-4--|-----4-----4-----4-----4--| |-----2-----2-----2-----2-|-----2-----2-----2-4--|-----2-----2-----2-----2--| |-------------------------|-------------------5--|--------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------4--|--------------------------| S S E S S E S S E Q S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E Q Q |----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|-------------------------|----------------2---| |-------------------3--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0------|
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| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q |-----4-----4-----4-3--|-----2-----2-----2-----2-|-----2-----2-0--2---| |-----2-----2-----2-3--|-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------4--|-----3-----3-----3-----3-|-----3-----3-1--4---| |----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S |-------------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------3-2-1-0-|| |-------------------------|---------------------------|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------||
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S |-----2-----2-----2-----2-|-----2-----2-----2---------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------|| |-----3-----3-----3-----3-|-----3-----3-----3---------|| |-------------------------|-------------------3-2-1-0-|| |-------------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------|| 2nd Verse S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |---------------------------------|
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| W
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|--------------------3-2-|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S Q E E
|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-------||
|--------------------3-2--||
Pre-Chorus
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-|-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-4-4-4-5-|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-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 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5---5-5---5-5---7-7---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
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-5-5---5-5---5-5---3---3---3---3----|
|------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-5-5---5-5---5-5---7-7---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
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7----|
|------------------------------------|
Chorus
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H. E E H. E E
|---------------------------------||-------------|-------------|
|---------------------------------||-------------|-------------|
|-5-5---5-5---5-5-----------------||-7-------5-5-|-7---------5-|
|-------------------7---7---7---7-||-------------|---------5---|
H. E E H E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-------------|--------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------|--------------|-----------------------------|
|-7-------5-5-|-7--------6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-|
|-------------|------5-5-----|-----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-|
|-----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S E E E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----6-6--|
|-----------------------------|-----------------5-5------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E E W
|---------------------------------|------------------------|------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------4--2-1-|------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------|-4----||
| Gtr II
| W H H W
|-4-------------------------------|-4---------------2------|-4----|
|-5-------------------------------|-5---------------2------|-4----|
|-6-------------------------------|-6---------------2------|-5----|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|------|
Bridge II
+W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E E
|------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------||---------------------------------|-------------------4--2-1-|
|------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-(4)--------||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------||
| +W W +H H |-(4)--------||-4-------------------------------|-(4)---------------2------| |-(4)--------||-5-------------------------------|-(5)---------------2------| |-(5)--------||-6-------------------------------|-(6)---------------2------| |------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------| |------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------| |------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------| W +W S S S S S S S S S S S S E E |----------|------------|-----------------------------| |----------|------------|-----------------------------| |----------|------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-| |-4--------|-(4)--------|-----------------------------|
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| W +W W |-4--------|-(4)--------|-----------------------------| |-4--------|-(4)--------|-----------------------------| |-5--------|-(5)--------|-----------------------------| |----------|------------|-----------------------------| |----------|------------|-----------------------------| |----------|------------|-----------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5---| |-------------------------5-----|
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| W |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---6-|| |-----------------------------|-------------------------5---||
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| W W |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| Pre-Chorus S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
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| Gtr II | W |----------------------------------| |--9-------------------------------| |--9-------------------------------| |-11-------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| S S S S S S S S Q E E W +W |-------------------------|-----------|---------|| |------------------4--2-1-|-----------|---------|| |-------------------------|-----------|---------|| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------|--4--------|--(4)----||
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| H H W +W |-------------------------|-----------|---------|| |--9---------------7------|--9--------|--(9)----|| |--9---------------6------|--8--------|--(8)----|| |-11---------------7------|-10--------|-(10)----|| |-------------------------|-----------|---------|| |-------------------------|-----------|---------|| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |----------------------------------|-2-2---2-2---2-2----4-4---4-4-4-4-| |--4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-4-4-|----------------------------------| |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| W H H |----------------------------------|-7----------------9---------------| |--9-------------------------------|-8---------------10---------------| |--9-------------------------------|-9---------------11---------------| |-11-------------------------------|----------------------------------| |----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |----------------------------------|----------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |--4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-4-4----| |-------------------------------------|
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| W |-------------------------------------| |--9----------------------------------| |--9----------------------------------| |-11----------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-2-2---2-2---2-2----4----4----4----4-|--4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-4-4-| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| H S S S S S S S S W |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-7------------------9----9----9----9-|--9-------------------------------| |-8------------------9----9----9----9-|--9-------------------------------| |-9-----------------11---11---11---11-|-11-------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |----------------------------------------| |-2-2---2-2---2-2----4----4----4----4----| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|
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| H S S S S S S S S |-7------------------9----9----9----9----| |-8-----------------10---10---10---10----| |-9-----------------11---11---11---11----| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| |--4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-4-4-|-2-2---2-2---2-2---------------------|| |----------------------------------|--------------------4----4----4----4-||
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| W H S S S S S S S S |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| |--9-------------------------------|-7------------------9----9----9----9-|| |--9-------------------------------|-8------------------8----8----8----8-|| |-11-------------------------------|-9-----------------10---10---10---10-|| |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| Outro T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----| |--------------------------------------------|
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| W |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E Q T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E |----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| |-------------------------------4--|-----------------------------------------| T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E Q |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------| |-------------------------------3----| T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E E E |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------3-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---| T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----| T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E S S S S W |---------------------------------------||------*| |-------------------------------3-2-1-0-||------*| |---------------------------------------||------*| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------||------*|
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
<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
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| - 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