Black Chamber Tabs & Lyrics by Blind Guardian
Black Chamber
guitar tabs lyrics
BLACK CHAMBER
As recorded by Blind Guardian
(From the 1992 Album SOMEWHERE FAR BEYOND)
Transcribed by Drimascus_God_Of_Thunder
Words and Music by Blind Guardian
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Left Hand'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Right Hand'
Part A
Q=92
Em C D Em C D
4/4
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E E E W
|----3-2------3-2---|--------------------|----3-2------3-2---|----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr I
| Q. E Q. E E E E E +E E E E Q. E Q. E E E E E +H
|-------------------|-------------10-----|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-----3-5-(5)----5-3-|-------------------|-----3-5-(5)----|
|--------4-5------5-|---2----------------|--------4-5------5-|---2------------|
|-2-----------------|-0------------------|-2-----------------|-0--------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|
Am F E Am F E
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E W
|------------------||-----------------|------------------|------|
|----1-0-----1-0---||-0---1---3----1--|----1-0-----1-0---|------|
|------------------||-1---2---4----2--|------------------|-4----|
|------------------||-----------------|------------------|-6----|
|------------------||-----------------|------------------|-7----|
|------------------||-----------------|------------------|------|
|
| Q. E H Q. Q Q. Q. E H W
|------------------||-----------------|------------------|------|
|------------------||-----------------|------------------|------|
|------------------||-----------------|------------------|------|
|--------2-3-------||-2---------2-----|--------2-3-------|-2----|
|-0----------------||-------2---------|-0----------------|------|
|------------------||-----------------|------------------|-0----|
F
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--1----5---3----1-------|--1---5---3-----1--|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|
| H.. +E W
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|-^3-------(3)-3---(3)---|--3----------------|
|-^3---------------(3)-3-|-(3)---------------|
|-^1---------------------|--1------(1)-1-----|
H +E Q +S S H +E Q.
E
2/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +Q. E
|-------------1---|--0---------------|----------|
|-0---1---3---3---|--1----3---1---0--|-(0)---1--|
|-1---2---4-------|-------4---2---1--|-(1)------|
|---2---2---2---2-|-----2---2---2-2--|-(2)------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------|
|
| W +W +H
|-----------------|------------------|----------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------|
|-2---------------|-(2)--------------|-(2)------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------|
Am Em
4/4 2/4 4/4
Q Q. E E E E E E E +E E E +H E
|-----------------|---------|----------------------|
|-1-------1--0--1-|-1-------|----------------------|
|-2--2------------|---2---0-|-(0)-2-0-(0)----------|
|-----------------|-----2---|--------------------2-|
|-----------------|---------|----------------------|
|-----------------|---------|----------------------|
|
| Q H +E E Q E E +H +Q E E
|-----------------|---------|----------------------|
|-----------------|---------|----------------------|
|-2---------------|-2-------|----------------------|
|-2--2------(2)---|-------2-|-(2)---------(2)------|
|-0--0------(0)-0-|-0---0---|------------------2-2-|
|-----------------|-------0-|-(0)---------(0)--0-0-|
Am Em
4/4
Q Q Q Q E E H +E E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-0---0-----(0)----|
|-2---2---2---2---|---------------2--|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|
| E E E E E e E e E E H.
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-2---2---2---2---|------------------|
|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2------------|
|---0---0---0---0-|------------------|
|-----------------|-0---0------------|
A F E B
5/4 4/4
E E Q Q Q Q E H +E Q W
|--------------|--------------------|------*|
|---0-2--2--4--|-2--0---------------|------*|
|-2------3--4--|------1----(1)------|------*|
|--------------|----------------4---|-4----*|
|--------------|--------------------|------*|
|--------------|--------------------|------*|
|
| H H W +Q W
|--------------|--------------------|------*|
|--------------|--------------------|------*|
|-2------3-----|--------------------|-4----*|
|--------4-----|-2-------------(2)--|------*|
|-0------------|--------------------|-2----*|
|--------2-----|-0-------------(0)--|------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
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
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
