Lament for the Aurochs
The Sword
Age of Winters
Tuning: C Standard (C F A# D# G C)
first solo is missing; intro is inaccurate at best.
yell "the sword" a lot. lyrics don't make any sense.
(0:00)Intro
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with Gtr2 solo (0:17)
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7-5-4-----7-5-4------| x2
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with Gtr2 solo (0:24)
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(0:26)Riff A
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rest repeat Riff A
(0:55) Riff B
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3-3-0h3-5-0-0-3h5-|3-3-0h3-5-12-12-12-|10-10-0h10-12-0-0-0-3h5|
1st 2nd w/ feedback
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3-3-0h3-5-0-0-3h5-|3-3-0h3-5-12-12-12-|10-10-0h10-11-12-12|3h5-|12~~-| repeat Riff B
(1:39) Verse 1 1st, 2nd 3rd
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2----------------------------------------------|5--3---5-7---5-4-|9--12--7---14--
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Laboring in the the liquid light of Leviathan...
Spectres swarm around the sunken cities of the Saurians
Rising from the void through the blackness of eternal night
Colossus of the deep comes crashing down with cosmic might
(2:07) Riff C
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2---5---5---------7------12s-|2---5---5---------7------////|2---5---5---------|
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(2:25) Bridge - no distortion
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(2:41) heavy distortion
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(2:59) Verse 2
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And none may see again the shimmering of Avalon
(3:06) Or know the fates of all the races Man has cursed
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Long gone are the ages of the alchemists
Now there are none who know the secrets of the Earth
(3:13) Riff D
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0---000----------------0--5--3-| x4 with solo
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/the-sword/222789.html ]
(3:46) Verse 3 1st, 2nd 3rd
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Harken to the howl of the huntsman's hound
or the clarion of kingdoms doomed and drowned
Lost to these lands in lore of the high ones
sunless skies await the return of the Archons...
(4:15) Riff B
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(4:34) Bridge - no distortion
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(4:49) heavy distortion
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(5:19) Verse 4
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Lament the passing of the Auroch
(5:27) And the slaying of the ancient Wyrm
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Would you dare meet the gaze of the basilisk?
Or face the flame as the phoenix burns?
(5:35) Riff E
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(6:05) Riff F
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(6:12) Riff G
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... ... .. x4......... x4
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