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Traveler in Time

Blind Guardian
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Song

Traveler In Time

By Blind Guardian

From album "Tales From The Twilight World" (1991)

Gtr.1 is lead guitar (Andre Olbrich)

Gtr.2 is rhythm guitar (Marcus Siepen)

Transcribed by Teemu Haapanen

Email: thaapanen@pp.nic.fi

Tune down 1/2 step

Intro Riff

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------3---5----------------|
|-2-(2)--2--2-2-2-2-(2)--1---3--5--5-5-5-5--3-|
|-0-(0)--0--0-0-0-0-(0)---------3--3-3-3-3--1-|

Riff 1 (Gtr.1) (2x)

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|*----------8--10---------------------8--10--11---12~--*|
|--9-8-9-11--------11---8~---9-8-9-11-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|*-----------------------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

|

|

| Riff 1 (Gtr.2) (2x)

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|*-----------------------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------2-------------------------2--------4----|
|*-2-(2)--------0---4---6----2-(2)--------0---4----2---*|
|--0-(0)------------2---6----0-(0)------------2---------|

Verse Riff 1

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-4-(4)------------------------|
|-2-(2)--3-------5-(5)---------|
|--------1--3----3-(3)---2-(2)-|
|-----------1--1-------0-0-(0)-|

. .

Riff 2

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9----8----9----11----12--------------14--------------11--------11--------8--------8\-|

|-7-77-6-66-7-77--9-99-10-101010101010-12-121212121212--9-999999--9-999999-6-666666-6\-|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

.. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... ...... ......

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------11--------11\-|
|-9----8----9----11----12--------------14--------------8--------8---------9-999999--9\-|
|-7-77-6-66-7-77--9-99-10-101010101010-12-121212121212-9-999999-9-999999---------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

.. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... ...... ......

Verse Riff 2

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------5--------7--------7----7----7--------4----4----4----4--|
|-2----------------3-333333-5-555555-5-55-5-55-5-555555-2-22-2-22-2-22-2--|
|-0-00000000000000--------------------------------------------------------|

.............. ...... ...... .. .. ...... .. .. ..

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------5--------7--------7----------------4----------------|
|-2----------------3-333333-5-555555-5-55555555555555-2-22222222222222-|
|-0-00000000000000-----------------------------------------------------|

.............. ...... ...... .............. ..............

|---------------------------------------------12----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------12-------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------12~---------------|
|------------------2----------------4----------------4----------------|
|-2----------------0-00000000000000-2-22222222222222-2-22222222222222-|
|-0-00000000000000----------------------------------------------------|

.............. .............. .............. ...............

Verse Riff 3

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------5----------------2----------------4-----------------7-(7)-5--2--|
|-2----------------3-33333333333333-0-00000000000000-2-22222222222222--5-(5)-3--0--|
|-0-00000000000000-----------------------------------------------------------------|

.............. .............. .............. ..............

Lead 1 (Gtr.1) (2x)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|*-------------12--15--14---13~--15fb-15-13-12-13-15-15--13h15p13p12-----------*|
|--12-11-12-14-------------------------------------------------------14--12-11--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|

| Lead 1 (Gtr.2) (2x)

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|*----------------------------------------------------------------*|
|----------------------4-5~----------------------------------------|
|---------4-5~---7-6-7--------5--------4--------7--------5---------|
|*--7-6-7---------------------3-333333-2-222222-5-555555-3-333333-*|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

...... ...... ...... ......

Verse Riff 4

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------2----------------3---------------------------------7-----------------|
|-7---3--5--0-00000000000000-1-11111111111111-3----------------5-555555-5--------|
|-5---1--3------------------------------------1-11111111111111----------3-333333-|

.............. .............. .............. ...... ......

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-5---------------------------------3--|
|-3-33333333333333-3----------------1--|
|------------------1-11111111111111----|

.............. ..............

Chorus (2x)

|---------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------|
|----------2-(2)-------5----------|
|*-3---5---0-(0)---3---3---2-(2)-*|
|--1---3-----------1-------0-(0)--|

Lead 2 (Gtr.1)

|-------------12-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------15-13-12-13-12h13p12----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------12-------------------------14-12---------------12-14-12-----------------------------|
|-15-14-15----------------------------------14~--15-14-15----------15-14-15-14h15p14-12----12~-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|

|----------------12-13-15-13-12h13p12-------12~-|
|-------12-13-15----------------------15-13-----|
|-12-14-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

|

|

| Lead 2 (Gtr.2)

|-------------12----------15-13h15p13-12-13-12~-----------15-17-15-----------------------------|
|----------------15-13-12------------------------18-17-18----------18-17-18-17h18p17-15----15~-|
|----------12---------------------------------------------------------------------------17-----|
|-15-14-15-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|

|----------------15-17-19-17-15h17p15-------15~-|
|-------15-17-18----------------------18-17-----|
|-16-17-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

Verse Riff 5

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------7----------------7---------------------------------|
|-7----------------7----------------5-55555555555555-5-55555555555555-3----------------|
|-5-55555555555555-5-55555555555555-----------------------------------1-11111111111111-|

.............. .............. .............. .............. ..............

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5--5--5----------------------------------------|
|-3----------------2-(2)--3--3--3--5---3----------------3----------------|

|-1-11111111111111-0-(0)-----------3---1-11111111111111-1-11111111111111-|

.............. .............. ..............

Verse Riff 6

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------9------2--3-----------9------2--3-----------9------2--3-----------9------2--3--|
|----------7---5--0--1-----------7---5--0--1-----------7---5--0--1-----------7---5--0--1--|
|-00000000-----3--------00000000-----3--------00000000-----3--------00000000-----3--------|

........ ........ ........ ........

Verse Riff 7

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------7---------------------------------5----------------|
|-3----------------3----------------5-55555555555555-5----------------3-33333333333333-|
|-1-11111111111111-1-11111111111111------------------3-33333333333333------------------|

.............. .............. .............. .............. ..............

|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|------------------3--|
|-3----------------1--|

|-1-11111111111111----|

..............

Chorus (2x)

Solo

A5 Bb5 A5 G5

|-12---------13-12------15-13-12---13-12h13p12-------12---------13-12------15-13-12---|
|----13----0-------13-0----------0-------------15-13----13----0-------13-0----------0-|
|-------12-------------------------------------------------12-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C5 C#5 C5

|-13-12h13p12-------12---------12-13-12----13-12-------------------------12-----------|
|-------------15-13----13----0----------13-------15-13-15~--13h15p13h15------13-------|
|-------------------------12----------------------------------------------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bb5 A5 G#5 C5 Bb5 A5

|-12--------------------------------------------------------151515-15--13-12--13--12--13-12-|
|-----15--13-------------13-15fb-15--13-15--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------15~---14~---------------------13--12--14-12~----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G#5 C5 F5 A5

|----------------------------------------------17----19----20----19-----15-13-12--12--------|
|-15fb-15fb--15----------20-20fb--20--17-20fb-----17----17----17----17---------------15-13--|
|----------------13-12~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

F5 G5 A5 C5 G5

|-12----------------------------------------------15p12-15p12-15----------------|
|----15-13--13-12------15fb--15-13--12----12-13~-----------------15p12-15p12-15-|
|-----------------14~------------------14---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bb5 F5 C5 G5 Bb5 F5

|-13p10-13p10-13----------------15p12-15p12-15----------------13p10-13p10-13----------------|
|----------------13p10-13p10-13----------------15p12-15p12-15----------------13p10-13p10-13-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E C E C A5 D5 E5

|-17fb--20-19--15--17-15--17fb--17-17-15--------------------17fb--17-15--14----14-15-|
|----------------------------------------15~--18-17-15----------------------17-------|
|------------------------------------------------------15~---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C5 D5 A5 D5 E5 A5 B5

|----15-14----------14--17fb--17-15--14----14-15-----15-14-----------14--------------|
|-15-------17-15-17---------------------17--------15--------17-16-17----17-(17)~-----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse Riff 2

Verse Riff 8

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------5----------------2----------------4----------------7-(7)-2--4--|
|-2----------------3-33333333333333-0-00000000000000-2-22222222222222-5-(5)-0--2--|
|-0-00000000000000----------------------------------------------------------------|

.............. .............. .............. ..............

Lead 1 (Gtr.1&2)

Lead 3 (Gtr.1)

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------12-13-12h13p12----12------15fb-15fb-15fb-15fbr--15p13-15~--|
|---------12-14----------------14----14~-----------------------------------|
|-15~--15------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|

| Lead 3 (Gtr.2)

|-----------------------------------------15fb-15fb-15fb-15fbr--13p12-13~--|
|------------------17-15h17p15-13-15-13~-----------------------------------|
|------------14-16---------------------------------------------------------|
|-15~--15-17---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse Riff 9

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5----------------7---------------------------------3----------------|
|-3-33333333333333-5-55555555555555-6----------------1-11111111111111-|
|-----------------------------------4-44444444444444------------------|

.............. .............. .............. ..............

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5---------------7----------------3----------------------------------9--7--5--4----4-|
|-3-3333333333333-5-55555555555555-1-11111111111111-5-----------------7--5--3--2--5-2-|
|---------------------------------------------------3-33333333333333--------------3---|

............. .............. .............. ..............

Verse Riff 10

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------2-(2)-----5---------------2-(2)-----5---------|
|-3--5--0-(0)--3--3--2-(2)--3--5--0-(0)--3--3--2-(2)--|
|-1--3---------1-----0-(0)--1--3---------1-----0-(0)--|

Verse Riff 11

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3---------------------------------5---------------------------------3--|
|-1-11111111111111-5----------------3-33333333333333-3----------------1--|
|------------------3-33333333333333------------------1-11111111111111----|

.............. .............. .............. ..............

Chorus (2x)

Verse Riff 12

|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-3-(3)--5-(5)--|
|-1-(1)--3-(3)--|

Riff 3 (Gtr.1)

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-7-77-6-66-7-77-9-99-10-101010101010-12-121212121212-9-999999-9-999999-6-666666-6-666666-|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... ...... ...... ......

|

|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-7-77-6-66-7-77-9-99-10-101010101010-12-121212121212-13-131313131313-13-131313131313-|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|

|

|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|

|-14-141414141414-14~-|

|---------------------|
|---------------------|

| . . . . . .

|

|

| Riff 3 (Gtr.2)

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7----6----7----9----10--------12--------------9--------9--------6--------6--------|

|-5-55-4-44-5-55-7-77--8-888888-10-101010101010-7-777777-7-777777-4-444444-4-444444-|

| .. .. .. .. ...... . . . . . . ...... ...... ...... ......

|

|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------7--------8--------8--------9--------9--|
|-7----6----7----9----10--------5-555555-6-666666-6-666666-7-777777-7--|
|-5-55-4-44-5-55-7-77--8-888888----------------------------------------|

.. .. .. .. ...... ...... ...... ...... ......

Riff 4 (Gtr.1)

|----------------------------------------------------11---12~--|
|----------12-13--15--12------------------12-13--15------------|
|-14-13-14-----------------13~---14-13-14----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|

| Riff 4 (Gtr.2)

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7----6----7----9----10--------12--------------9--------9--------6--------6--------|

|-5-55-4-44-5-55-7-77--8-888888-10-101010101010-7-777777-7-777777-4-444444-4-444444-|

| .. .. .. .. ...... . . . . . . ...... ...... ...... ......

|

|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------7--------8--------8--------9--------9--|
|-7----6----7----9----10--------5-555555-6-666666-6-666666-7-777777-7--|
|-5-55-4-44-5-55-7-77--8-888888----------------------------------------|

| .. .. .. .. ...... ...... ...... ...... ......

|

|

| Riff 4 (Gtr.3)

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-7-77-6-66-7-77-9-99-10-101010101010-12-121212121212-9-999999-9-999999-6-666666-6-666666-|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... ...... ...... ......

|

|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-7-77-6-66-7-77-9-99-10-101010101010-12-121212121212-13-131313131313-13-131313131313-|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|

|

|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|

|-14-141414141414-14~-|

|---------------------|
|---------------------|

. . . . . .

Outro (Gtr.1) tr

|-12~-12-13--15--13--12~--12~-12-13--15--13--12~-----------12~-12-13--15--13-12h13p12-12~-|
|------------------------------------------------15-13-12~--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|

|--------------------------------------12-----------------------|
|-15-13h15p13p12-----12-13--15--13-12~-----15--13-15-13-12------|
|----------------14~---------------------------------------14~--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|

|

| Outro (Gtr.2)

|-------0------------------------------------------------------0---------------------|
|----------1----------1-------------0------1-----0----------------1----------1-------|
|-----2------2------2----2--------0----0-----0------0--------2------2------2----2----|
|---2-------------3--------3----2--------2-----2------2----2-------------3--------3--|
|-0------------------------------------------------------0---------------------------|
|---------------1-------------0----------------------------------------1-------------|

|

|

|-----------------------------------0------------------------------------------------|
|-------0-------------0----------------1----------1-------------0------1-----0-------|
|-----0----0--------0----0--------2------2------2----2--------0----0-----0------0----|
|---2--------2----2--------2----2-------------3--------3----2--------2-----2------2--|
|-----------------------------0------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-------------0---------------------------1-------------0--------------------------|

|

|

|-------0-----------------------------------0---------------0--|
|----------1----------1-------------0----------3--1-3-1-0---1--|
|-----2------2------2----2--------0----0--------------------2--|
|---2-------------3--------3----2--------2------------------2--|
|-0---------------------------------------------------------0--|
|---------------1-------------0--------------------------------|

. = palm mute

~ = vibrato

\ = slide down

p = pull off

h = hammer on

tr = trill

fb = full bend

hb = half bend

fbr = full bend then release

(12) = ghost note

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