Yngwie Malmsteen – Dark Ages (Bass Tab)
Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb)
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DARK AGES (Bassline)
As recorded by Yngwie Malmsteen
Transcribed by The Beholder
Words and Music by Yngwie Malmsteen
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Intro 4/4 Gtr I E E Q H E E Q H E E Q H E E Q H |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-0-0---------|-0-0---------|-0-0---------|-0-0---------| E5 E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E E E Q |--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| |---------7----|-----------7----|---------7----|---------------6--| |-0-0---0------|--0--0---0------|-0-0---0------|--0--0---0-0-0----|
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| Gtr II | W +W W +W |--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| |-9------------|-(9)------------|-9------------|-(9)--------------| |-9------------|-(9)------------|-9------------|-(9)--------------| |-7------------|-(7)------------|-7------------|-(7)--------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| Verse Em B/D# E Q E H E E E E H E Q E H E Q E Q Q |-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------| |-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------| |--------7----|-----------7----|-6-6--6-6----|--6--6--6-6--6--| |-0-0--0------|--0--0-0-0------|-------------|----------------|
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| Gtr II | W +W W +W |-7-----------|-(7)------------|-------------|----------------| |-8-----------|-(8)------------|-4-----------|-(4)------------| |-9-----------|-(9)------------|-4-----------|-(4)------------| |-9-----------|-(9)------------|-4-----------|-(4)------------| |-7-----------|-(7)------------|-6-----------|-(6)------------| |-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------| Em B/D# E Q E H E E E E H E Q E H E Q E E E E E |-------------|----------------|-------------|------------------| |-------------|----------------|-------------|------------------| |--------7----|-----------7----|-6-6--6-6----|--6--6--6-3-2-0---| |-0-0--0------|--0--0-0-0------|-------------|----------------3-|
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| Gtr II
| W +W W +W
|-7-----------|-(7)------------|-------------|------------------|
|-8-----------|-(8)------------|-4-----------|-(4)--------------|
|-9-----------|-(9)------------|-4-----------|-(4)--------------|
|-9-----------|-(9)------------|-4-----------|-(4)--------------|
|-7-----------|-(7)------------|-6-----------|-(6)--------------|
|-------------|----------------|-------------|------------------|
Em B/D#
E Q E H E E E E H E Q E H E Q E Q Q
||--------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
||o-------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
||o--------7----|-----------7----|-6-6--6-6----|--6--6--6-6--6---|
||--0-0--0------|--0--0-0-0------|-------------|-----------------||
| Gtr II | W +W W +W ||--7-----------|-(7)------------|-------------|-----------------| ||o-8-----------|-(8)------------|-4-----------|-(4)-------------| ||--9-----------|-(9)------------|-4-----------|-(4)-------------| ||--9-----------|-(9)------------|-4-----------|-(4)-------------| ||o-7-----------|-(7)------------|-6-----------|-(6)-------------| ||--------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------| Em B/D# E Q E H E E E E H E Q E H E E E E E E E E |-------------|----------------|-------------|-------------------| |-------------|----------------|-------------|-----7-5-4---------| |--------7----|-----------7----|-6-6--6-6----|--6--------7-6-----| |-0-0--0------|--0--0-0-0------|-------------|---------------8-7-|
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| Gtr II | W +W W +W |-7-----------|-(7)------------|-------------|-------------------| |-8-----------|-(8)------------|-4-----------|-(4)---------------| |-9-----------|-(9)------------|-4-----------|-(4)---------------| |-9-----------|-(9)------------|-4-----------|-(4)---------------| |-7-----------|-(7)------------|-6-----------|-(6)---------------| |-------------|----------------|-------------|-------------------| Pre-Chorus Am Bm C D#° E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E E E Q |--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------| |--------------|--------------|--------------|-7-10---7--------| |-0-0-0-0-0----|-2-2-2-2-2----|-3-3-3-3-3----|------9---6-9----| |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------8--|
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| W W W W |-5------------|-7------------|-8------------|-----------------| |-5------------|-7------------|-5------------|-4---------------| |-5------------|-7------------|-5------------|-2---------------| |-7------------|-9------------|--------------|-1---------------| |--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------| |--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------| Chorus E5 E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E E E Q |--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| |---------7----|-----------7----|---------7----|---------------6--| |-0-0---0------|--0--0---0------|-0-0---0------|--0--0---0-0-0----|
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| Gtr II | W +W W +W |--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| |-9------------|-(9)------------|-9------------|-(9)--------------| |-9------------|-(9)------------|-9------------|-(9)--------------| |-7------------|-(7)------------|-7------------|-(7)--------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| E5 E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H |--------------|----------------|--------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------| |---------7----|-----------7----|---------7----| |-0-0---0------|--0--0---0------|-0-0---0------|
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| Gtr II | W +W W |--------------|----------------|--------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------| |-9------------|-(9)------------|-9------------| |-9------------|-(9)------------|-9------------| |-7------------|-(7)------------|-7------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------| 1. 2. E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q |-------------------||------------------| |------------------o||------------------| |---------------6--o||---------------6--| |--0--0---0-0-0-----||--0--0---0-0-0----|
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| +W +W |-------------------||------------------| |------------------o||------------------| |-(9)---------------||-(9)--------------| |-(9)---------------||-(9)--------------| |-(7)--------------o||-(7)--------------| |-------------------||------------------| Guitar Solo Am D/A Am E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H Q Q Q Q |--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------| |---------7----|---------7----|---------7----|---------------| |-0-0---0------|-0-0---0------|-0-0---0------|--0---0--0--3--| |--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
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| W W W +W
|-5------------|-2------------|-5------------|-(5)-----------|
|-5------------|-3------------|-5------------|-(5)-----------|
|-5------------|-2------------|-5------------|-(5)-----------|
|-7------------|-0------------|-7------------|-(7)-----------|
|--------------|-0------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
B
~~ ~ ~~
E E E S S H E E E S S H E E E S S H E E E E E E E E 4x
||--------------4----|-----------4----|-------------4----|---5-4------------||
||o------------------|----------------|------------------|-------2-1-5-4---o||
||o--2-2---2-2-------|-2-2---2-2------|--2-2---2-2-------|-2-------------3-o||
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|||
| H H H H H H H H 4x ||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|| ||o-12---------10----|-8---------7----|-12---------10----|-8-------7-------o|| ||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|| ||---9----------7----|-5---------4----|--9----------7----|-5-------4--------|| ||o------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------o|| ||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|| Am G F H H H H |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-0----0----|-----------| |-----------|-3----1----|
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| W H H |-5---------|-3----1----| |-5---------|-3----1----| |-5---------|-4----2----| |-7---------|-5----3----| |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| Repeat Chorus E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E E E Q |--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| |---------7----|-----------7----|---------7----|---------------6--| |-0-0---0------|--0--0---0------|-0-0---0------|--0--0---0-0-0----|
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| W +W W +W |--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| |-9------------|-(9)------------|-9------------|-(9)--------------| |-9------------|-(9)------------|-9------------|-(9)--------------| |-7------------|-(7)------------|-7------------|-(7)--------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E E E Q |--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| |---------7----|-----------7----|---------7----|---------------6--| |-0-0---0------|--0--0---0------|-0-0---0------|--0--0---0-0-0----|
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| W +W W +W
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-9------------|-(9)------------|-9------------|-(9)--------------|
|-9------------|-(9)------------|-9------------|-(9)--------------|
|-7------------|-(7)------------|-7------------|-(7)--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
Outro
B
~~ ~ ~~
E E E S S H E E E S S H E E E S S H E E E E E E E E
||--------------4----|-----------4----|-------------4----|---5-4------------||
||o------------------|----------------|------------------|-------2-1-5-4---o||
||o--2-2---2-2-------|-2-2---2-2------|--2-2---2-2-------|-2-------------3-o||
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|||
| H H H H H H H H
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
||o-12---------10----|-8---------7----|-12---------10----|-8-------7-------o||
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
||---9----------7----|-5---------4----|--9----------7----|-5-------4--------||
||o------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------o||
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
B
~~ ~ ~~
E E E S S H E E E S S H E E E S S H E E E E E E E E 3x
||--------------4----|-----------4----|-------------4----|---5-4------------||
||o------------------|----------------|------------------|-------2-1-5-4---o||
||o--2-2---2-2-------|-2-2---2-2------|--2-2---2-2-------|-2-------------3-o||
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|||
| H H H H H H H H 3x
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
||o-12---------10----|-8---------7----|-12---------10----|-8-------7-------o||
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
||---9----------7----|-5---------4----|--9----------7----|-5-------4--------||
||o------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------o||
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
B
~~ ~ ~~
E E E S S H E E E S S H E E E S S H E E E E E E E E
|-------------4----|-----------4----|-------------4----|---5-4------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|-------2-1-5-4----|
|--2-2---2-2-------|-2-2---2-2------|--2-2---2-2-------|-2-------------3--|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
| H H H H H H H H
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-12---------10----|-8---------7----|-12---------10----|-8-------7--------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|
|--9----------7----|-5---------4----|--9----------7----|-5-------4--------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|
B
~~ ~ ~~
E E E S S H E E E S S H E E E S S H E E E E E E E E
|-------------4----|-----------4----|-------------4----|---5-4------------*|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|-------2-1-5-4----*|
|--2-2---2-2-------|-2-2---2-2------|--2-2---2-2-------|-2-------------3--*|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------*||
| H H H H H H H H |------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------*| |-12---------10----|-8---------7----|-12---------10----|-8-------7--------*| |------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------*| |--9----------7----|-5---------4----|--9----------7----|-5-------4--------*| |------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------*| |------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------*|
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