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Heroes of This Time

Grave Digger
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HEROES OF THIS TIME

As recorded by Grave Digger

(From the 1998 Album KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS)

Transcribed by UA571C

Words and Music by Grave Digger

Arranged by UA571C

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 1'

Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 2'

Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 3'

Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 4'

Intro

Q=120

Em Em7

4/4

Gtr I

E E E E H +W E E E E H +W

|--------------|------------|--------------|---------------------|
|---------0----|-(0)--------|---------3----|--(3)----------------|
|-------0------|------------|-------0------|---------------------|
|-----2--------|------------|-----2--------|---------------------|
|---2----------|------------|---2----------|---------------------|
|-0------------|------------|-0------------|---------------------|

|

| Gtr II

| W W W Q. Q. Q

|--------------|------------|--------------|---------------------|
|--------------|------------|--------------|---------------------|
|--------------|------------|--------------|-<12>----------------|
|--------------|------------|--------------|--------<12>---------|
|--------------|------------|--------------|---------------<12>--|
|--------------|------------|--------------|---------------------|

Em Em7 N.C.

Gtr I

E E E E H +W E E E E H +W

|------------------|------------|--------------|----------------------|
|-------------0----|-(0)--------|---------3----|--(3)-----------------|
|-----------0------|------------|-------0------|----------------------|
|---------2--------|------------|-----2--------|----------------------|
|-------2----------|------------|---2----------|----------------------|
|----0-------------|------------|-0------------|----------------------|

|

| Gtr II

| W W W Q. Q. Q

|-^<12>------------|------------|--------------|----------------------|
|-^<12>------------|------------|--------------|----------------------|
|-^<12>------------|------------|--------------|----------------------|
|------------------|------------|--------------|-<12>-----------------|
|------------------|------------|--------------|--------<12>----------|
|------------------|------------|--------------|---------------<12>---|

|

| Gtr III

| PM-|

| W W W H. E E

|------------------|------------|--------------|----------------------|
|------------------|------------|--------------|----------------------|
|------------------|------------|--------------|----------------------|
|------------------|------------|--------------|----------------------|
|------------------|------------|--------------|----------------------|
|------------------|------------|--------------|-----------------0--0-|

G5 A5 Bb5 A5 G5 A5 Bb5

Gtr III

PM PM| PM PM| PM PM

Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q E Q

|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|-7----9--------|-10----9--------|-7----9----10--|
|-5----7--------|--8----7--------|-5----7-----8--|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----0------0-0-|-----0------0-0-|----0----0-----|

(E5)

   PM-------------------------|

E E E E E E E E

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

|-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-|

|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|

G5 A5 Bb5 A5 G5 A5 Bb5

Gtr III

PM PM| PM PM| PM PM

Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q E Q

|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|-7----9--------|-10----9--------|-7----9----10--|
|-5----7--------|--8----7--------|-5----7-----8--|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----0------0-0-|-----0------0-0-|----0----0-----|

(E5)

   PM-------------------------|

E E E E E E E S S

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

|-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-|

|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|

(F#5)

PM----------------------------------------------------------------

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

|-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-|-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-|

|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|

Gtr III

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

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

|-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-|-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-|

|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|

(F5)

Gtr III

PM----------------------------------------------------------------

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

|-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-|-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-|

|--1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--|--1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--|

F#5

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

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

|-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-|-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-|

|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|

Verse 1

Em Em7

Gtr I

E E E E H +W E E E E H +W

|--------------|------------|--------------|--------|
|---------0----|-(0)--------|---------3----|-(3)----|
|-------0------|------------|-------0------|--------|
|-----2--------|------------|-----2--------|--------|
|---2----------|------------|---2----------|--------|
|-0------------|------------|-0------------|--------|

Em Em7 N.C.

Gtr I Gtr III

PM|

E E E E H +W E E E E H +H. E E

|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------0----|-(0)--------|---------3----|-(3)----------|
|-------0------|------------|-------0------|--------------|
|-----2--------|------------|-----2--------|--------------|
|---2----------|------------|---2----------|--------------|
|-0------------|------------|-0------------|----------0-0-|

Pre-Chorus 1

G5 A5 Bb5 A5 G5 A5 Bb5

Gtr III

PM PM| PM PM| PM PM

Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q E Q

||----------------|----------------|---------------|
||o---------------|----------------|---------------|
||--7----9--------|-10----9--------|-7----9----10--|
||--5----7--------|--8----7--------|-5----7-----8--|
||o---------------|----------------|---------------|
||-----0------0-0-|-----0------0-0-|----0----0-----|

(E5)

   PM-------------------------|

E E E E E E E E

|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||

|-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)--o||

|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----||

Chorus

G5 A5 Bb A5 G5 A5 Bb5

Gtr III

PM PM| PM PM| PM PM

Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q E Q

||----------------|----------------|---------------|
||o---------------|----------------|---------------|
||--7----9--------|-10----9--------|-7----9----10--|
||--5----7--------|--8----7--------|-5----7-----8--|
||o---------------|----------------|---------------|
||-----0------0-0-|-----0------0-0-|----0----0-----|

(E5)

   PM-------------------------|

E E E E E E E E

|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||

|-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)--o||

|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----||

Verse 2

Em Em7

Gtr I

E E E E H +W E E E E H +W

|--------------|------------|--------------|--------|
|---------0----|-(0)--------|---------3----|-(3)----|
|-------0------|------------|-------0------|--------|
|-----2--------|------------|-----2--------|--------|
|---2----------|------------|---2----------|--------|
|-0------------|------------|-0------------|--------|

Em Em7 N.C.

Gtr III

PM|

E E E E H +W E E E E H +H. E E

|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------0----|-(0)--------|---------3----|-(3)----------|
|-------0------|------------|-------0------|--------------|
|-----2--------|------------|-----2--------|--------------|
|---2----------|------------|---2----------|--------------|
|-0------------|------------|-0------------|----------0-0-|

Pre-Chorus 2

G5 A5 Bb5 A5 G5 A5 Bb5

Gtr III

PM PM| PM PM| PM PM

Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q E Q

||----------------|----------------|---------------|
||o---------------|----------------|---------------|
||--7----9--------|-10----9--------|-7----9----10--|
||--5----7--------|--8----7--------|-5----7-----8--|
||o---------------|----------------|---------------|
||-----0------0-0-|-----0------0-0-|----0----0-----|

(E5)

   PM-------------------------|

E E E E E E E E

|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||

|-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)--o||

|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----||

Chorus

G5 A5 Bb5 A5 G5 A5 Bb5

PM PM| PM PM| PM PM

Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q E Q

||----------------|----------------|---------------|
||o---------------|----------------|---------------|
||--7----9--------|-10----9--------|-7----9----10--|
||--5----7--------|--8----7--------|-5----7-----8--|
||o---------------|----------------|---------------|
||-----0------0-0-|-----0------0-0-|----0----0-----|

(E5)

   PM-------------------------|

E E E E E E E E

|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||

|-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)--o||

|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----||

Bridge

N.C. G5 N.C. A5

Gtr III

PM--| PM----|

E E E E +H E E E E +H

|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------5-(5)----------|-----------7-(7)----------|
|-------5-(5)----------|-----------7-(7)----------|
|-0-0-0-3-(3)----------|---0---0-0-5-(5)----------|

|

| Gtr IV

| H Q Q +E E Q Q Q

|--------------12------|-(12)-------------14------|
|--------------15b17===|=(15)r------------17b19===|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|

N.C. G5 N.C.

    PM----|                    PM-------------------------------|

E E E E +H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------5-(5)----------|---7---7-5-5---------------------------|
|-----------5-(5)----------|-------------7--7-5-5------------------|
|---0---0-0-3-(3)----------|----------------------8-8-7-7-5-5-3-3--|

|

| +E E Q Q Q +E E H.

|-(14)-------------12------|-(12)----------------------------------|
|-(17)r------------15b17===|=(15)r---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|

Guitar Solo

Em Em7

Gtr I

E E E E H +W E E E E H +W

|----------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------|
|----------0-----|-(0)-------------------|------------3-----|-(3)----------|
|-------0--------|-----------------------|---------0--------|--------------|
|-----2----------|-----------------------|-------2----------|--------------|
|---2------------|-----------------------|-----2------------|--------------|
|-0--------------|-----------------------|--0---------------|--------------|

|

| Gtr IV

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~

| H +H +H E E E E +H +H +H. Q

|----------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------|
|----------------|-----------------/10-9-|-(9)-------(9)----|-(9)------9\--|
|-7-------(7)----|-(7)----[7]-[10]-------|------------------|--------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------|

|

| Gtr III

| W W W W

|----------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------|
|-0--------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------|

Em

Gtr I

E E E E H +W

|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------0-----|-(0)-------------------|
|--------0--------|-----------------------|
|------2----------|-----------------------|
|----2------------|-----------------------|
|--0--------------|-----------------------|

|

| Gtr IV

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~

| H +H +H S S E E E

|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------/13-12-|
|-/9-------(9)----|-(9)----9h11h12--------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|

Em7

E E E E H +W

|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------3-----|--(3)-----------------|
|-------------0---------|----------------------|
|----------2------------|----------------------|
|------2----------------|----------------------|
|---0-------------------|----------------------|

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM

| +Q E E +H +H. E S S

|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-(12)---/13-12-(12)----|-(12)------12-12h13---|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|

Em

Gtr I

E E E E H +W

|------------------|---------------------|
|------------0-----|--(0)----------------|
|--------0---------|---------------------|
|------2-----------|---------------------|
|----2-------------|---------------------|
|--0---------------|---------------------|

|

| Gtr IV

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| H +H +H E. E. E

|-15-------(15)----|-(15)----15--14--12--|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|

Em7

E E E E H +W

|-------------------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------3---------|-(3)------------|
|-----------------------0-------------|----------------|
|---------------------2---------------|----------------|
|------------------2------------------|----------------|
|--0----------------------------------|----------------|

|

| ~~~~

| S +S +Q. +Q. +E H +H

|-------------------------------------|----------------|
|-15b17r(15)b17==(15)-----(15)r==(15)-|----------------|
|-------------------------------------|-11-----(11)----|
|-------------------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------|

Em

Gtr I

E E E E H +W

|----------------------|------------------|
|-------------0--------|-(0)--------------|
|----------0-----------|------------------|
|-------2--------------|------------------|
|----2-----------------|------------------|
|-0--------------------|------------------|

|

| Gtr IV

| E Q E Q E E +E E Q Q Q

|----------------------|------------------|
|---[8]-------7------5-|-(5)--------------|
|-7-------[7]----[7]---|-----7-7--[7]--0--|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|

|

| Gtr III

| W W

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

Em7 (E5)

E E E E H +W

|----------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------3----|-(3)------------------------------|
|---------0------|----------------------------------|
|------2---------|----------------------------------|
|---2------------|----------------------------------|
|-0--------------|----------------------------------|

|

| ~~~

| Q +H. H +H

|----------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------------|
|-4---(4)--------|----------------------------------|
|----------------|-[5]-------------(5)\-------------|
|----------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------------|

|

|                   PM--------------------------|

| W E E E E E E E E

|----------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------|-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)--(2)-(2)-(2)-|
|----------------|--0---0---0---0---0----0---0---0--|

Chorus (twice)

G5 A5 Bb5 A5 G5 A5 Bb5

Gtr III

PM PM| PM PM| PM PM

Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q E Q

|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|-7----9--------|-10----9--------|-7----9----10--|
|-5----7--------|--8----7--------|-5----7-----8--|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----0------0-0-|-----0------0-0-|----0----0-----|

(E5)

   PM-------------------------|

E E E E E E E E

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

|-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-|

|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|

G5 A5 Bb5 A5 G5 A5 Bb5

PM PM| PM PM| PM PM

Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q E Q

|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|-7----9--------|-10----9--------|-7----9----10--|
|-5----7--------|--8----7--------|-5----7-----8--|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----0------0-0-|-----0------0-0-|----0----0-----|

N.C.

   PM---------------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|

|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)--|

G5 A5 Bb5 A5

Gtr III

PM PM| PM PM|

Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E

|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|-7-----9----------|-10-----9----------|
|-5-----7----------|--8-----7----------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|-----0------0--0--|------0------0--0--|

|

| Gtr IV

| Q. H +E Q. H +E

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

G5 A5 Bb5 E5 N.C. E5 N.C.

      PM    PM       PM-------------------------|

Q E Q E Q E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-----9-----10--|---------------------------------|
|-5-----7------8--|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-|
|-----0-----0-----|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|

|

| PM-| PM-|

| Q. Q. Q E E E E E E E E

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

G5 A5 Bb5 A5 G5 A5 Bb5

Gtr III

PM PM| PM PM| PM PM

Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q E Q

|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|-7----9--------|-10----9--------|-7----9----10--|
|-5----7--------|--8----7--------|-5----7-----8--|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----0------0-0-|-----0------0-0-|----0----0-----|

|

| Gtr IV

| PM PM| PM PM| PM PM

| Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q E Q

|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|------2--------|--3----2--------|------2-----3--|
|-5----2--------|--3----2--------|-5----2-----3--|
|-5----0--------|--1----0--------|-5----0-----1--|
|-3--0------0-0-|-----0------0-0-|-3--0----0-----|

(E5)

   PM-------------------------|

E E E E E E E E

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

|-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-|

|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|

|

|  PM-------------------------|

| E E E E E E E E

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

|-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-|

|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|

Outro

Em7

Gtr III

>

E E E E H +W W W

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

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

<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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