Skip to content
Ancient Dreams cover art

Ancient Dreams

Candlemass
Tab
4.3(11)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

CANDLEMASS - ANCIENT DREAMS

From the Album ANCIENT DREAMS

Copyright 1988 Active Records

Version 1.0 - March 1997

Transcribed by: RICHARD BROADHEAD II()

Intro, Riff A, Riff B by Thomas(phl@gemini.ektf.hu)

For Questions, Comments, Corrections, or Newest Version;

please contact Rich Broadhead at

Check Out My Web Page, With More Transcriptions On It:

Join the death/black tab mailing list by emailing

. - palm mute / - slide up to

\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato

h - hammer on b - bend

p - pull off Suffixes for bend

X - percussion note f - full bend h - half bend

* - see comment r - release t - tap bend

ph - pinched harmonic ~ - vibrato bend

sp - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note

Tuning: Eb(every string down half a step)

Intro 1:(play twice)

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------| GTR I and GTR II
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------/5--4--2--0--2--4--5-|
|--2--1--2--4--5--4--2--1--2----------------------|

Intro 2:(both guitars)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4--4--5--4--2--2--0--2--4--4--5--4--2-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------5--4--2--1--2--4--5--4--2--1--2-|

Riff A(both guitars)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2----(2)--------------------------2----(2)--------------------------|
|-0---4-5-7---5-7-8-7-5-8-7-8-7---5-0---4-5-7---5-7-8-7-5-8-7-8-7---5-|

Play Riff A a total of 2 times

Riff B(both guitars)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2----(2)--------------------------2----(2)--------------------------|
|-0---4-5-7---5-7-8-7-5-8-7-8-7---5-0---4-5-7---5-7-8-7-5-8-7-8-7-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff C(both guitars)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----4-5-7---5-7-8-7-5-8-7-8-7---------4-5-7---5-7-8-7-5-8-7-8-7-----|
|-/5-------------------------------\5---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

_________ ______

Riff D(both guitars) | 1. | 2.

|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------------------4------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------5--7--9---4-2--------2-1-------------|-----------|
|--/7---8-7-5-7-7---3--5--7---2-----0--3------3--2-3p0-2-|----2------|

.

Play Riff A twice

Play Riff B

Play Riff C

Play Riff D

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------| GTR I
|----------------------------------|
|-9--8--9--11--12--11--9--8--9~----|
|----------------------------------|

|

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------ph---| GTR II
|-7--6--7--9---11--9----7--6--7~---|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

Riff E

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------7-6----|
|-4-4-4-4-4-3-4-6-7-6-4-3-4-5-4-5--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-1-2-4-5-4-2-1-2-----3--|

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

Play Riff E a total of four times

Riff F

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-2---2-4-5---4-2-1---2-2/4-2-~--|
|--------------------------------|

Play Riff F a total of four times

Riff G(play twice)

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------5--|
|-2---4-5-4---2-4-5-7-9-10-9---7-9-5-4-2-4-3--|
|-0---2-3-2---0-2-3-5-7-8--7---5-7-3-2-0-2----|

Play Riff A twice

Play Riff B

Play Riff C

Play Riff E 4 times

start to fade out and play Riff E 4 more times

Check Out 's Web Page, With More Transcriptions On It:

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

Sign in to join the conversation.

No comments yet. If you play this one, say what works.