The Dragon Lies Bleeding

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Song

HAMMERFALL - THE DRAGON LIES BLEEDING

From the Album GLORY TO THE BRAVE

Version 1.0

Transcribed by: Richard Broadhead II

Email: rich@dsrmusic.com

. - palm mute #tr(#) - trill between the two #'s

/ - slide up ph - pinch harmonic

\ - slide down ~ - vibrato

p - pull off bh - bend half step

h - hammer on bf - bend full step

Tuning Eb

Riff A.1

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|---------------------------------------------------7-7-------------------|
|-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-10-10-----10-10-9-9-7-7-9-9-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------------------------------------------7---------|
|-9-----------------------------------------10----------7-7-7-7-7---------|
|-7---------------------------------1010101010----------5-5-5-5-5---------|
|-----------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-----------------------------|

. . . . . . . .

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------7-7-------------------|
|-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-10-10-----10-10-9-9-7-7-9-9-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

| |

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------------------------------------------7---------|
|-9-----------------------------------------10----------7-7-7-7-7---------|
|-7---------------------------------1010101010----------5-5-5-5-5---------|
|-----------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-----------------------------|

. . . . . . . .

(end of Riff A.1)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------7-7-----------------7-7-|
|-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-10-10-----10-10-9-9-10-10-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------10----------10------10------------12------------------------------|
|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--12---12---12---12-----10--------12--------|
|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---10---10---10---10-----8---------10--------|

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

Riff A.2

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9---------------------------------------------7-7-------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-10-10-----10-10-9-9-7-7-9-9-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

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

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

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------7-7-------------------|
|-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-10-10-----10-10-9-9-7-7-9-9-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

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

. . . . . . . . . . .

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------7-7-------------------|
|-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-10-10-----10-10-9-9-7-7-9-9-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

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

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

(end of Riff A.2)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------7-7-----------------7-7-|
|-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-10-10-----10-10-9-9-10-10-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------7-------------7---------------7---------|
|-10-----------------------------10-5----5--5--5--5----10---------5---------|
|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--8---------------------8--------------------|

. . . . . . . . . .

Riff B

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-9------10--10--7-------9---9---------9---9---7-------9--|
|-7--777-7---7---5--777--7---7--10-----7---7---5--555--7--|
|-------------------------------8--888--------------------|

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

(end of Riff B)

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-9------10--10--7-------9---9---------9---9---7-------9--|
|-7--777-7---7---5--777--7---7--10-----7---7---5--555--7--|
|-------------------------------8--888--------------------|

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

Riff C.1

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------9-----7-----5-------------------------------9-----7-----5-----|
|-2--4--5-----9-----7-----5-------5---000222444------5----9-----7-----5-----|
|-2--4--5-----7-----5-----3-------5------------555---5----7-----5-----3-----|
|-0--2--3-------------------------3------------------3----------------------|

| . . |

| |

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

. .

(end of Riff C.1)

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

| |

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

Repeat Riff A.1

Repeat Riff B

Riff C.2

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------9-----7-----5-------------------------------9-----7-----5-----|
|-2--4--5-----9-----7-----5-------5---000222444------5----9-----7-----5-----|
|-2--4--5-----7-----5-----3-------5------------555---5----7-----5-----3-----|
|-0--2--3-------------------------3------------------3----------------------|

| . . |

| |

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

. .

(end of Riff C.2)

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--7-----9---------------------|
|--7-----9----10-10-10-10-12---|
|--5-----7----8--8--8--8--10---|

| . . . . |

| |

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--7-----9---------------------|
|--7-----9----10-10-10-10-12---|
|--5-----7----8--8--8--8--10---|

. . . .

Riff D (end of Riff D)

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9---5---7---4---9---5-------7---9---5---7---4---------------|
|-9---5---7---4---9---5---5---7---9---5---7---4---7---10--12--|
|-7---3---5---2---7---3---5---5---7---3---5---2---7---10--12--|
|-------------------------3-----------------------5---8---10--|

Riff E.1

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

|-777777773333333355555555222222227777777733333333--------55555555-|

|-------------------------------------------------33333333---------|

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

(end of Riff E.1)

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------7--------------10--------7-------|
|-777777773333333355555555222222227--------------10--------9-------|
|---------------------------------5--------------8--------10-------|

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

Riff F (End of Riff F)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2---------------------------0---2------------------------------0---2----|
|-2---------------------------0---2------------------------------0---2----|
|-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------0---2------------------------------0---2----|
|-222-222-222-222-222-222-222-0---2--222-222-222-222-222-222-222-0---2----|
|-000-000-000-000-000-000-000--------000-000-000-000-000-000-000----------|

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

| |

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------15--15bf------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff G (end of RIff G)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------0---2------------------------------0---2----|
|-2-222-222-222-222-222-222-222-0---2--222-222-222-222-222-222-222-0---2----|
|-0-000-000-000-000-000-000-000--------000-000-000-000-000-000-000----------|

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

___________ _______________

RIff H | 1. | 2. (end of Riff H)

||------------------------------------------------||----------------------|
||------------------------------------------------||----------------------|
||*-----------------4--------------------5--2--7-*||-------5---7---9------|
||*-2-------5-------4-444-442---------5--5--2--7-*||---5---5---7---9------|
||--2-222-225-555-552-222-222-222-22--5--3--0--5--||---5---3---5---7------|
||--0-000-003-333-33--------0-000-00--3-----------||---3------------------|

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

Riff I.1 (gtr 1 and 2)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------9------7------5---------------------------|
|---------------------------------9------7------5---------------------------|
|-333333333333333322222222222222227------5------3---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| guitar 3 |

|--(these are 12's and 10's)------------------------------------------------|

|12121212121212121010101010101010-12p10-8-10-12-12bh-12-13-13bf-13-12-10-8-7|

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

| guitar 4 |

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

|-(these are 12's and 11's)-------------------------------------------------|

|12121212121212121111111111111111-12p11-9-11-12-12bf-12-14-14bf-14-12-11-9-7|

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

Riff I.2(guitar 1 & 2)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------9------7----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------9------7------7-------9-------------------|
|-333333333333333322222222222222227------5------7-------9-------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------5-------7-------------------|

| guitar 3 |

|--(these are 12's and 10's)------------------------------------------------|

|12121212121212121010101010101010-12p10-8-12-10----8-12-12bh-10-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------11--------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| guitar 4 |

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

|-(these are 12's and 11's)-------------------------------------------------|

|12121212121212121111111111111111-12p11-9--12-11----9-12-12bf-11------------|
|------------------------------------------------12-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat riffs I.1 and I.2 but the beginnings have a triplet feel

Play the solo atop this riff

Riff C.3

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------9-----7-----5--000222444----------------------9-----7-----5-----|
|-5-----9-----7-----5-----------555000222444-----5----9-----7-----5-----|
|-5-----7-----5-----3-----------------------555--5----7-----5-----3-----|
|-3----------------------------------------------3----------------------|

| |

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------9-----7-----5-----------7---------------------9-----7-----5-----|
|-5-----9-----7-----5-------5---7----------------5----9-----7-----5-----|
|-5-----7-----5-----3-------5---5----------------5----7-----5-----3-----|
|-3-------------------------3--------------------3----------------------|

(end of Riff C.3)

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

| |

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

Solo guitar 3

|--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------12-13p12-10~-\|----------------------|
|--------------------------|-9-9-11-12---------------|----------------------|
|-9-9-10-12-12~--10p9------|-------------------------|-9-9-10-12-12~-10p9---|
|---------------------12~--|-------------------------|--------------------12|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|

| guitar 4 |

|--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|-9-9-11-12-12-12bf-11----|----------------------|
|-9-9-10-12-12~--10p9------|----------------------12-|-9-9-10-12-12~-10p9---|
|---------------------12~--|-------------------------|--------------------12|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|

(end of Solo)

|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------13bf-12-12bh-10-12~---10~-----12p10-8~--|
|-9-9-11-12-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

| |

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-11-12-14bf-12-12bf-11-12~---11~-----12p11-9~--|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Riff B

Repeat Riff C.2

Repeat Riff D

Riff E.2

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

|-777777773333333355555555222222227777777733333333--------55555555-|

|-------------------------------------------------33333333---------|

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

(end of Riff E.2)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------7---------------------------------|
|-777777773333333355555555222222227--------------10-10-10-10-12-----|
|---------------------------------5--------------8--8--8--8--10-----|

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

Riff J (end of Riff J)

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10--6---8---5---10--6-------8---10--6---8---5---------------|
|-10--6---8---5---10--6---6---8---10--6---8---5---8---11--13--|
|-8---4---6---3---8---4---6---6---8---4---6---3---8---11--13--|
|-------------------------4-----------------------6---9---11--|

Riff K

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------8--8----8--8---|
|---------------------------------------------------6--6----8--8---|

|-888888884444444466666666333333338888888844444444--6--6--66666666-|

|-------------------------------------------------44-44-44---------|

| |

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

|-888888884444444466666666333333338888888844444444--------66666666-|

|-------------------------------------------------44444444---------|

(end of Riff K)

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------8---------|

|-888888884444444466666666333333338---------|

|---------------------------------6---------|

| |

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------8---------|

|-888888884444444466666666333333338---------|

|---------------------------------6---------|

Riff L

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------8-8----------------------------------|
|---11-11-10-10-11-11-----11-11-10-10-8-8-10-10-11-11-11\--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|---11-11-----------------13--13----------------10-10-10\--|
|---11-11-----------------13--13----------------8--8--8-\--|
|---9--9------------------11--11---------------------------|

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