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Tutankhamen

Nightwish
Tab
★4.5(4)

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

Song

Standard Tuning

Intro

|----------| 2x
|----------|
|--6---2---|
|--6---2---|
|--4---0---|
|----------|

Can't be 100% sure here it's too F A S T

Riff: 1 |-----------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------| 2x
|--------------------------------------------------------4-------|
|----4-2-4-0--2-0---0---------4-2-4-0--2-0---0-----2-4-5---5-4---|
|--2--------------4---4-0---2--------------4---4-----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff:2

|------------------------------------------------------| 2x
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------5---------------------------------|
|----6-6-6-0-6-7-6-4---7-6-4-7-6-----6-4---------------|
|--4-----------------------------4-4-----7-----4-7-6---|
|------------------------------------------5-5---------|

|----|

|----|

Riff:1 again.. ending (maybe) with |----|

A.H |(11)|

|----|

|----|

Riff:3 (You have to listen the song to get the rhythm right here)

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

.. ..

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----5---5--9--------10---10----6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6----6-66----5---5--|
|----5---5--9--------10---10----6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6----6--6--6--6----6-66----5---5--|
|--333-333--7------888--888-----4--4--4--444--4--4--4--444--4--4--4--444--4-44--333-333--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| .. .. .. .. ..

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9----9-99----10---10---|
|--9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9----9-99----10---10---|
|--7--7--7--777--7--7--7--777--7--7--7--777--7-77--888--888----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff:4

|----------------------------| 2x
|----------------------------|
|--7-----8---7----7---5--7---|
|--7-----8---7----7---5--7---|
|--5-----6---5----5---3--5---|
|--5-----6---5----5---3--5---|

Chorus: .. ..

|--------------------------------------------------------------|---| 2x
|--------------------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------------3------|-6-|this C#5

only when

|--5-5-5--5-5-5---3-5-----6----6---5-5-5--5-5-5---3-5---3--3---|-6-|Riff:3

coming after

|--5-5-5--5-5-5---3-5-----6----6---5-5-5--5-5-5---3-5---1--3---|-4-|chorus
|--3-3-3--3-3-3---1-3---444--444---3-3-3--3-3-3---1-3------1---|---|

Riff:3 again

Riff:4 again (just once)

Chorus: again

Keyboard Solo:... this is guitar part of it :)

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

|---------------------------------------------| 2x
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--2----2----2----3--6--2----2----2----3--2---|
|--2----2----2----3--6--2----2----2----3--2---|
|--000--000--000--1--4--000--000--000--1--0---|

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

|-----------------------------------------------| 2x
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--6----6----6----7--10--6----6----6--------4---|
|--6----6----6----7--10--6----6----6--------4---|
|--444--444--444--5--8---444--444--444--5-4-2---|

|-----------------------------------------------| Whole thing twice

Riff:4 again (twice this time)

Chorus: again

Solo (use A.H closely all the time)

1st guitar **-->

<--**

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------5-4-----4-5-4-------4-5-7-5-4-------4------------------------|
|--9---8--4--(5)(5)-5-4-5-4=--4-5-----4-5-------5-4-5-----------5-4-5---4---5------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------7---7-5-4-5-4--------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7-5-4~-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| **-->

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------13-13-------14-------16-------17----16----14----13-14-13----------13-14-13-|
|--13-14-13-11-13~\-------13-13----13-13----13-13----13----13----13----------14-13-14----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| <--**

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------13-14-16-14-13----------------------------13-14-16-17-17---|
|-14-13-14----------------14-13----------------13-14------------------|
|-------------------------------16-14-13-14-16------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

** Best way to survive these parts is to.. improvise (drum fill:)

cause It's impossible to be sure of those fast notes

2nd guitar (Rhythm)

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--9----9----9----9----9----9----9-----|
|--9----9----9----9----9----9----9-----|
|--777--777--777--777--777--777--777---|
|--------------------------------------|

|** .. .. .. .. .. ..

|---------------------------------------------| 2x

|---------------------------------------------|(Like during KB-solo)

|---------------------------------------------|
|--2----2----2----3--6--2----2----2----3--2---|
|--2----2----2----3--6--2----2----2----3--2---|
|--000--000--000--1--4--000--000--000--1--0---|

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

|-----------------------------------------------| 2x
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--6----6----6----7--10--6----6----6--------4---|
|--6----6----6----7--10--6----6----6--------4---|
|--444--444--444--5--8---444--444--444--5-4-2---|

|-----------------------------------------------| Whole thing twice

**When the drum hits and the solo starts you switch to E5 (hopefully)

Tab explonation:

. = Palm-mute/compalm-mute (I don't know the difference)

(5) = Artificial harmonic

** = Try to find another ** with text and win an advice!

Something wrong in the tab? Go ask from Emppu he surely has the right

answer, but I suggest first

to ask from me cause I'm probably easier to catch.

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