Skip to content
Slaying the Dreamer cover art

Slaying the Dreamer

Nightwish
Tab
★4.5(8)

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

Song

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #

#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

Visit MetalTabs.com for more metal tablature

Band: Nightwish

Album: Century Child

Song: Slaying The Dreamer

Transcribed by: Hebert Bravo

E-mail: wizardhp_7@hotmail.com

Tune: D

Ok, for corrections, suggestions, mistakes,... please mail me

INTRO (00:00)

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-4--4?-4/5-4--4?-4/5-4--4?-4/5-55-77-5/7-|
|-4--4--4/5-4--4?-4/5-4--4?-4/5-55-77-5/7-| x2

|-2222222/3-2222222/3-2222222/3-33-55-3/5?|

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

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

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-4--4?-4/5-4--4?-4/5-4--4?-4/5-55-77-5/7-|
|-4--4?-4/5-4--4?-4/5-4--4?-4/5-55-77-5/7-|

|-2222222/3-2222222/3-2222222/3-33-55-3/5?|

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

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------4--4?-4/5-|
|-4--4?-4/5-4--4--------4-4-4/5-4--4?-4/5-55-77-5/7-4--4?-4/5-|
|-4--4?-4/5-4--4--------4-4-4/5-4--4?-4/5-55-77-5/7-2222222/3-|
|-2222222/3-2222222-5*~-2-2-2/3-2222222/3-33-55-3/5-----------|

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

Verse 1 (00:29)

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-44-----7-66-----6-44-----7-66----4-2------2-4---------7-|
|-4-22-222-5-44-222-4-22-222-5-44-00-2-000000-0-22222-5---7-| x2
|-----------------------------------------------------5---5-|
|-----------------------------------------------------3-----|

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

(00:56)

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--------7-9----------------7-------------------7--7--7-|
|-9-7-9--7-9--4--4?-4-5-5-4-7-7--9-7-9----------7--7--7-|
|-9-7-9--5-7--4--4?-4-5-5-4-5-7--9-7-9--\-------5555555-|
|-7-5-7-------2222222-3-3-2---5--7-5-7--\-2-3-----------|

.. .. .. ..

(01:08)

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-5-4?4--4/5-4--4------------------------55-77-5/7-|
|-5-4?4--4/5-4--4------------------------55-77-5/7-|

|-3-2-2222/3-2222222-5*~p0-2*p0-2*p0-3*~-33-55-3/5-|

.. .. ...

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-4--4-------------------------------------------55-77-5/7-|
|-4--4-----------------------5*~p0---------------55-77-5/7-|

|-2222222-5*~p0-2*p0-2*p0-3*-------3*p0-2*p0-3*~-33-55-3/5-|

.. ...

Verse 2 (01:22)

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-44-----7-66-----6-44-----7-7-6----4-2------2-4---------7-|
|-4-22-222-5-44-222-4-22-222-5-5-4-00-2-000000-0-22222-5---7-|
|------------------------------------------------------5---5-|
|------------------------------------------------------3-----|

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

(01:36)

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--------7-9----------------7-------------------7--7--7-|
|-9-7-9--7-9--4--4?-4-5-5-4-7-7--9-7-9----------7--7--7-|
|-9-7-9--5-7--4--4?-4-5-5-4-5-7--9-7-9--\-------5555555-|
|-7-5-7-------2222222-3-3-2---5--7-5-7--\-2-3-----------|

.. .. .. ..

Guitar Solo (01:48)

|-----------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------------4--------------------------|--------|
|----------------------------2-3---3---3*~----22------------|-3*~----|
|-2*~2~-2~2*~\-----2-5p2-3-5---------5-----55----2----2-5-2-|------\-|
|--------------3-5----------------------------------5-------|------\-|

. . .

|-----------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-15*br--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|------------------13-12----12-16-15-13-15-16/23-22-|
|------------------------15-------------------------|
|-----------5-4*~-----------------------------------|
|-33-0-2~-2-----------------------------------------|

.. . .

Guitar Under Solo (01:48)

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-4--4?-4/5-4--4?-4/5-4--4?-4/5-55-77-5/7-|
|-4--4?-4/5-4--4?-4/5-4--4?-4/5-55-77-5/7-|

|-2222222/3-2222222/3-2222222/3-33-55-3/5-|

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

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

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-4--4?-4/5-4?-4-?4/5-4--4?-4/5-55-77-5/7-|
|-4--4?-4/5-4?-4-?4/5-4--4?-4/5-55-77-5/7-|

|-2222222/3-2222222/3-2222222/3-33-55-3/5-|

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

(02:02)

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-3-3333-3-4-4444-4-5-555------5--7-6------4-6------6-7--------7-4-|
|---------------------------7--5-3--5-4-4444-2-4-4444-4-5-555-5--5-2-|
|---------------------------5--3------------------------------3------|

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

(02:15)

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-4-2-4--5-7--44-2-4----2--4-2-4--5-7--44-2-4----2-4-|
|-4-2-4--5-7--44-2-4--2-2--4-2-4--5-7--44-2-4--2-2-4-|
|-2-0-2--3-5--22-0-2--2-0--2-0-2--3-5--22-0-2--2-0-2-|
|---------------------0------------------------0-----|

(02:34)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-----2------------3-------------------------3------7---------------|
|-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-2-2222-1-2-2-222222-3-2-2-2-2222-1-2222-5-2222-3-2222-5-|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0000---0-0-000000-1-0-0-0-0000---0000---0000-1-0000-3-|

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

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------3-------------------------3------7-------------3-|
|-2-2-2-2222-1-2-2-222222-3-2-2-2-2222-1-2222-5-2222-5-2222-1-|
|-0-0-0-0000---0-0-000000-1-0-0-0-0000---0000---0000-3-0000---|

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

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4444-----4-4-444444-3-4-4-4-4444-5~-4-4-44-5-7-8--|
|-2-2-2-2222-4*~-2-2-222222-1-2-2-2-2222-3~-2-2-22-3-5-6--|

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

(03:02)

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------3-------------------------3------7---------------|
|-2-2-2-2222-1-2-2-222222-3-2-2-2-2222-1-2222-5-2222-3-2222-5-|
|-0-0-0-0000---0-0-000000-1-0-0-0-0000---0000---0000-1-0000-3-|

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

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------11-12-14-15-|

|-2222...3333...4444...5555...6666...7777...8888...-9-10-12-13-|

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

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

(03:20)

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------3-------------------------3------7---------------|
|-2-2-2-2222-1-2-2-222222-3-2-2-2-2222-1-2222-5-2222-3-2222-5-|
|-0-0-0-0000---0-0-000000-1-0-0-0-0000---0000---0000-1-0000-3-|

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

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------3-------------------------3------7-------------3-|
|-2-2-2-2222-1-2-2-222222-3-2-2-2-2222-1-2222-5-2222-5-2222-1-|
|-0-0-0-0000---0-0-000000-1-0-0-0-0000---0000---0000-3-0000---|

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

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------11-12-14-15-|

|-2222...3333...4444...5555...6666...7777...8888...-9-10-12-13-|

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

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

(03:46)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------3---------------------------------3------7---------------|

|-22222-222-2-22-3-22222-222-2-22-3-22222-222-2-22-3-2222-7-2222-3-2222-5-|

|-22222-222-2-22-1-22222-222-2-22-3-22222-222-2-22-1-2222-5-2222-3-2222-5-|

|-00000-000-0-00---00000-000-0-00-1-00000-000-0-00---0000---0000-1-0000-3-|

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

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------3---------------------------------3------7-------------3-|

|-22222-222-2-22-3-22222-222-2-22-3-22222-222-2-22-3-2222-7-2222-5-2222-3-|

|-22222-222-2-22-1-22222-222-2-22-3-22222-222-2-22-1-2222-5-2222-5-2222-1-|

|-00000-000-0-00---00000-000-0-00-1-00000-000-0-00---0000---0000-3-0000---|

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

I don?t know how Emmpu play this part.

I don?t know what he diong whit the tremolo.

This part are very distortioned, Emmpu meaby uses the tremolo in this chord

[] tremolo

distortioned part

|-------------||---------[?]-----------||----------------------------------|
|-------------||---19*\--[?]-----------||----------------------------------|
|-------------||---------[?]?-[5]------||----------------3-----------------|
|-22222-22222-||-/-------[?]--[5]---/9-||-22222-222-2-22-3-22222-22222-222-|
|-22222-22222-||-/-------[?]--[5]---/9-||-22222-222-2-22-1-22222-22222-222-|
|-00000-00000-||-/-------[?]--[3]---/9-||-00000-000-0-00---00000-00000-000-|

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

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.