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I Am the Black Wizards

Emperor
Tab
3.6(4)

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Song

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Title : I Am The Black Wizards

Artist : Emperor

Album : In The Nightside Eclipse

Transcribed by : n8 scabies

Track 8 from the complete "In The Nightside Eclipse" tablature

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Legend

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h = hammer-on

p = pull-off

b = bend

r = bend release

/ = slide up/down

<5> = natural harmonic

[5] = artifical harmonic

~ = vibrato

tr = trill

g1 = guitar #1 Ishan(?), notes on top of staff

g2 = guitar #2 Samoth(?), notes on bottom of staff

trem. = tremelo picking

r# = riff #

b# = break #

Em

intro, trem. g1

E|-------------||--
B|-------------||--
G|-------------||--
D|--2--3-----3-||--
A|--2--3--3----||--
E|--0--1-------||--

g2 begins w/ 2nd rep.

E F

r1, trem., 7th position, g1

E|----------------------------|----------------------------||--
B|----------------------------|----------------------------||--
G|----------------------------|-----10--9--7--9------------||--
D|-----9----------------7--9--|------------------10--9--10-||--
A|--7-----9--10--9--10--------|--8-------------------------||--
E|----------------------------|----------------------------||--

g2 follows w/ Em & F power chords

Cm C7th

b1, arpeg., g1

E|--3^4^5^-----||--
B|--4^3^3^-----||--
G|--5^5^3^-----||--
D|--5^5^5^-----||--
A|--3^3^3^-----||--
E|---^-^-^4--3-||--

g2 silent

r2, trem., g1 end #1 (3 times) end#2, last time

E|-----------|--------------|-------------||--
B|-----------|--------------|-------------||--
G|-----------|--------------|-------------||--
D|-----------|--3-----------|--6--------7-||--
A|--2--1--2--|-----2-----4--|-----5-------||--
E|-----------|--------2-----|--------5----||--

g2 follows g1

D

r3, g1, song slows down here

E|---------------------------||--
B|---------------------------||--
G|--7------------------------||--
D|--7--8-------------8--7--6-||--
A|--5--8--4-----5------------||--
E|-----6-----5---------------||--

g2 follows g1

D A# C# C D

r4, g1, plays all trem. notes on B&e

E|--------3-----3--------1--------------5-----5----------||--
B|-----3-----3--------1--------------5-----5-------------||--
G|--5--------------3--------6--5--7----------------------||--
D|--5--------------3--------6--5--7--------------8--7--6-||--
A|--3--------------1--------4--3--5----------------------||--
E|-------------------------------------------------------||--

g2, power chords, follow rhythm, skip high notes except for last 3

D

r5, g1 end#1 end #2

E|--------|--------------|-------------||--
B|--------|--------------|-------------||--
G|--7--7--|--------------|-------------||--
D|--7-----|--5-----5--6--|--5--8--3--6-||--
A|--5-----|--5-----5--6--|--5--8--3--6-||--
E|--------|--3--0--3--4--|--3--6--1--4-||--

g2 follows g1

A

r6, trem.

E|---------------------------||--
B|---------------------------||--
G|---------------------------||--
D|--7--9--8--7--9--12--7--10-||--
A|--7--9--8--7--9--12--7--10-||--
E|--5--7--6--5--7--10--5---8-||--

Em

r7, g2

E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-----3--2-----------------------|
D|--2--3--2--3--6--3--2--3--2--3--|
A|--2--1--0--3--6--3--2--3--2--3--|
E|--0--------1--4--1--0--1--0--1--|

r7, g1 lead

E|------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--[10]--9--10--9--7-----7--10--9--10--9--10-----7--6-----5--------
D|---------------------6-----------------------5--------7-----6--5--
A|------------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------
E|----------------||
B|----------------||
G|-----------[5]--||
D|--6--5--6-------||
A|----------------||
E|----------------||

song: intro 2X, r1 4X, b1, r2 4X, r1 4X, r2 4X, r3 (slows down), r4 5X,

r5 4X (alternate endings), r6 2X, r3, r4 3X, r7 5X, r1 (slow) 8X.

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