Thousand Years of Oppression Tabs & Lyrics by Amon Amarth
Thousand Years of Oppression
guitar tabs lyrics
THOUSAND YEARS OF OPPRESSION
As recorded by Amon Amarth
(From the 2003 Album VERSUS THE WORLD)
Transcribed by trentin64
Music by Amon Amarth
Gtr I (B E A D F# B) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (B E A D F# B) - 'Untitled'
Intro
G E5
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-|
||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-|
||--------------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------------|---------------------|
D/F# F#5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11---||
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
G E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||--------------------------|----------------------|
||---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9-9--9-9-9-|
||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-7--7-7-7-|
||--------------------------|----------------------|
|
| TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TPTP
| Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
||--------------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------9---|
||---9----12-11--------9----|--9----12-11----------|
||o----------------12-------|---------------12-----|
||--------------------------|----------------------|
B5/F#
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-|-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9--||
|-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-|-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|
| TP TPTP TP TP TP TPTP TP TP
| Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q 4x
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|--------9-----11---|--------9-----11----||
|-9---12-----9------|-9---12-----9-------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
Verse
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM---------------------------------------------------------------|
e e q q e e q q e e q e e q q e e q q e e q
||--------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
||o-------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||--------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
||-----9------------9-|-----------9----|---12---------12-|---------11-----||
||o-10---10--10--10---|-10--10--7---7--|-9----9--9--9----|-9--9--9----9--o||
||--------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
G5 E5 B5 D5
Gtr I
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
e e q q e e q q e e q e e q q e e q q e e q 4x
||--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||-----9------------9-|------------9----|---12---------12-|-----------11-----||
||o-10---10--10--10---|-10---10--7---7--|-9----9--9--9----|--9---9--9----9--o||
||--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W +H H W +H H 4x
||--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||--------------------|-----------------|-4---------------|-(4)-----7--------||
||o--5----------------|-(5)------2------|-2---------------|-(2)-----5-------o||
||---3----------------|-(3)------0------|-----------------|------------------||
Chorus
G E5
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-|
||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-|
||--------------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------------|---------------------|
D/F# F#5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11--||
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
G E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||--------------------------|----------------------|
||---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9-9--9-9-9-|
||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-7--7-7-7-|
||--------------------------|----------------------|
|
| TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TPTP
| Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
||--------------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------9---|
||---9----12-11--------9----|--9----12-11----------|
||o----------------12-------|---------------12-----|
||--------------------------|----------------------|
B5/F#
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-|-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9--||
|-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-|-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|
| TP TPTP TP TP TP TPTP TP TP
| Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|--------9-----11---|--------9-----11----||
|-9---12-----9------|-9---12-----9-------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
Interlude
N.C.
TP TP TP TPTP TP TP TP TPTP
Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||--9---12-11------9---|-9---12-11------9---|
||o-------------12-----|-------------12-----|
||---------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o-2-2--2--2-2--2-2-2-|-4-4--4--4-4--4-4-4-|
||---------------------|--------------------|
TP TP TP TPTP TP TP TP TPTP
Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------9----||
|-9---12-11------9---|-9---12-11-----------||
|-------------12-----|-------------12-----o||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|-5-5--5--5-5--5-5-5-|-7-7--7--7-7--7-7-7-o||
|--------------------|---------------------||
N.C.
TP TP TP TPTP TP TP TP TPTP
Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||--9---12-11------9---|-9---12-11------9---|
||o-------------12-----|-------------12-----|
||---------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||--4-4--4--4-4--4-4-4-|-6-6--6--6-6--6-6-6-|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o-2-2--2--2-2--2-2-2-|-4-4--4--4-4--4-4-4-|
||---------------------|--------------------|
TP TP TP TPTP TP TP TP TPTP
Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------9----||
|-9---12-11------9---|-9---12-11-----------||
|-------------12-----|-------------12-----o||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|-7-7--7--7-7--7-7-7-|-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9--||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|-5-5--5--5-5--5-5-5-|-7-7--7--7-7--7-7-7-o||
|--------------------|---------------------||
Breakdown
G5 E5 B5 N.C.
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 8x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------3---|-2---------------o||
||--------------4---|-----------------|-----------------|-----4---2-4------||
||------------5---5-|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-|---4---4-----2-0--||
||o-5-5-5-5-5-------|-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-------|-----------------o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-------|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|------------------||
G E5
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-|
||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-|
||--------------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------------|---------------------|
D/F# F#5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11--||
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
Verse
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM---------------------------------------------------------------|
e e q q e e q q e e q e e q q e e q q e e q
||--------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
||o-------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||--------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
||-----9------------9-|-----------9----|---12---------12-|---------11-----||
||o-10---10--10--10---|-10--10--7---7--|-9----9--9--9----|-9--9--9----9--o||
||--------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
G5 E5 B5 D5
Gtr I
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
e e q q e e q q e e q e e q q e e q q e e q 6x
||--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||-----9------------9-|------------9----|---12---------12-|-----------11-----||
||o-10---10--10--10---|-10---10--7---7--|-9----9--9--9----|--9---9--9----9--o||
||--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W +H H W +H H 6x
||--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||--------------------|-----------------|-4---------------|-(4)-----7--------||
||o--5----------------|-(5)------2------|-2---------------|-(2)-----5-------o||
||---3----------------|-(3)------0------|-----------------|------------------||
Out-Chorus
G E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||--------------------------|----------------------|
||---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9-9--9-9-9-|
||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-7--7-7-7-|
||--------------------------|----------------------|
|
| TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TPTP
| Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
||--------------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------9---|
||---9----12-11--------9----|--9----12-11----------|
||o----------------12-------|---------------12-----|
||--------------------------|----------------------|
B5/F#
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-|-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9--||
|-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-|-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|
| TP TPTP TP TP TP TPTP TP TP
| Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|--------9-----11---|--------9-----11----||
|-9---12-----9------|-9---12-----9-------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
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
----------------
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
