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Wisdom of the Kings

Rhapsody of Fire
Tab

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

Song

Wisdom of the Kings

By Rhapsody

>From Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998)

Hopefully it is pretty accurate, although some sections were pretty hard to get all of the instruments.

Top song though. Have fun. Any comments etc, e-mail me.

Transcribed by Stefan Gabriel

e-mail: kahnn@tpgi.com.au

Legend

~ - vibrato

h - hammer on

p - pull off

- repeat last bar

// - tremolo

P.M. - palm mute

E tuning (standard)

4 / 4 Time Signature

Intro A

Acoustic Guitar - Let ring throughout (as much as possible)

|---------3--------------|-----3-----4-3-1h3p1------|--------------5----3----|
|-------4----3h4---------|---3-----------------4-3--|-------3-4--------------|
|-----5------------------|-0------------------------|-----5------5-----------|
|---5--------------------|-------0---3-1-0-----3-2--|---5--------------------|
|-3----------------------|--------------------------|-3----------------(3)---|
|------------------------|-------3------------------|------------------------|

| Flute (transcribed for guitar) | |

|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|-13-12-13-15-16~--15-13-|-12-----------------------|-13-12-13-15-16~--15-13-|
|------------------------|----14-12~----------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------1-------|------3-------3---4---6-3-|-4-1--3---|-------1-----|
|-------1-3-----3---3-|---4----------4-----------|--------4-|-----1-------|
|-3-2-3-----3-----3---|--------------3---1---0---|----------|---2---------|
|---------------------|-1------------------------|-3----1---|-0-----------|
|-1----------------(1)|-----------1--------------|----------|-------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|----------|-------------|

| | | | |

|---------------------|-------------15~--16-18~--|16-15~-15-|-------------|
|-15~-----------------|-16-15-16-18--------------|----------|-18-16-15----|
|-------15~-----------|--------------------------|----------|----------17-|
|---------------------|--------------------------|----------|-------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|----------|-------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|----------|-------------|
|------------3---||
|----------3---0-||
|--------0-------||
|-----0----------||
|----------------||
|--3-------------||

| ||

|----------------||
|----------------||
|-16~------------||
|----------------||
|----------------||
|----------------||

Intro B

|--------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
|-5------------------------------|--5----------------3------|-8-------------------|
|-5---------------------5--------|--5----------------3------|-8-------------------|
|-3---------------------5--------|--3----------------1------|-6-------------------|
|-----------------------3--------|--------------------------|---------------------|

| Synth Part | | |

|-11-10-11-13-15~-13-11-10--8-6~-|-11--13-15~-13-11-13~-10~-|-11-10-11-13-15--16--|
|-13-11-13-15-16~-15-13-11-10-8~-|-13--15-16~-15-13-15~-11~-|-13-11-13-15-16--18--|
|-------------//-----------------|--------//----------------|-------------//------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|----------5------------------|
|----------5--------------5/\-|
|----------3--------------5/\-|
|-------------------------3/\-|

| |

|-18--16--15-13-11-10--8-10~-|
|-20--18--16-15-13-11-10-11~--|
|-//---------//-//-//---------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

Section 2 Play twice (muted guitar is played tremolo)

|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
|3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------|3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-1-1-1-1|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
|-----------------------3-3-3-3|------------------------------|-------------------|

|P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|. . . . . . . . .] |

|11-10-11-13-15~-13-11-10--8-6~|-11-10-11-13-15~-13-11-13~-10~|11-10-11-13-15--16-|
|13-11-13-15-16~-15-13-11-10-8~|-13-11-13-15-16~-15-13-15~-11~|13-11-13-15-16--18-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------//-----|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------||

|---------------*2nd time only-||

|-----------------------------||
|-------------------*5~-------||
|-6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3------------||
|-------------------3-3-3-3---||

|P.M. . . . . . . . . . . .] ||

|-18--16--15-13-11-10--8-10~-||
|-20--18--16-15-13-11-10-11~--||
|-//---------//-//-//---------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||

Riff A

Guitars

|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-----------------------|-------------------------|-8------------------3----|
|-5-----------------------|-------------------------|-8-----------3-5-6--5----|
|-3-----------------------|-------------------------|-6-----------5-6-8-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| Synth Part | | |

|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-12----------10----------|-15-13-12----13-12-------|
|-10----12----13----12----|----10----10-------13-12-|----------15-------15-13-|
|----10----10----10----10-|-------10-------10-------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-10~---------------------|-5-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-5-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|--------------------------|
|--6~---------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|

| | | |

|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-12----------10-----------|
|-15-13-12------12-13-15--|-10----12----13----12----|----10----10-------13-12--|
|----------15-13----------|----10----10----10----10-|-------10-------10--------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------||
|-------------------------|----------------||
|-8---------------3-------|-10~------------||
|-8---------3-5-6-5-------|----------------||
|-6---------5-6-8---------|----------------||
|-------------------------|--6~------------||

| | ||

|-------------------------|----------------||
|-------------------------|----------------||
|-15-13-12----13-12-------|----------------||
|----------15-------15-13-|-15~------------||
|-------------------------|----------------||
|-------------------------|----------------||

Riff B

|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|-----5---------|-----------------|-----5------8-|-------------|
|-----5-------5-|-3-3-3-5-6-6-5-3-|-----5--5-5---|-3~--5-6-3~--|
|-3-3---3-5-6---|-----------------|-3-3----------|-------------|

| P.M P.M. . .|. . . . . . ] | P.M P.M | |

|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|-----5---------|-----------------|-----5------8-|-------------|
|-----5-------5-|-3-3-3-5-6-6-5-3-|-----5--5-5---|-3~--5-6-3~--|
|-3-3---3-5-6---|-----------------|-3-3----------|-------------|

P.M P.M. . . . . . . . .] P.M P.M

|----------|-----------------|---------|--------------||
|----------|-----------------|---------|--------------||
|----------|-----------------|---------|--------------||
|----------|-----------------|-----6-3-|-5~--/5p3-----||
|-1~-3~-5~-|-6-6-6-6-5-5-3-3-|-2~------|----------6p5-||
|----------|-----------------|---------|--------------||

| | P.M. . . . . . ]| | ||

|----------|-----------------|---------|--------------||
|----------|-----------------|---------|--------------||
|----------|-----------------|-----5-2-|-4~-----------||
|-------3~-|-5-5-5-5-3-3-----|---------|-----/5p3-----||
|-5~-6~----|-------------6-6-|-5~------|----------6p5-||
|----------|-----------------|---------|--------------||

P.M. . . . . . ]

Riff C

|-----------------|---|---|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---|---|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---|-8-|-\3----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-|-8-|-\3----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---|-6-|-\1--1-3-5-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-1-1---------|
|-----------------|---|---|-------------|-----------------|---------3-3-1-1-|

| P.M. . . . . . ]| | | P.M. . .|. . . . . . . . .|. . . . . . . .] |

|-----------------|---|---|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---|---|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---|-8-|-\3----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-|-8-|-\3----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---|-6-|-\1--1-3-5-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-1-1---------|
|-----------------|---|---|-------------|-----------------|---------3-3-1-1-|

P.M. . . . . . ] P.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

|--*picked fast-----|-------------|

|-------------------|-------------|
|-----------------8-|-3-----------|
|-----------------8-|-3-----------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1--1-3-5-1--|
|---------[--*--]---|-------------|

| P.M. . . . . ..] | |

|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------------|-------------|
|-----------------8-|-3-----------|
|-----------------8-|-3-----------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1--1-3-5-1--|
|---------[--*--]---|-------------|

P.M. . . . . ..]

|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|-----5---------|-----------------|-----5------8-|-------------|
|-----5-------5-|-3-3-3-5-6-6-5-3-|-----5--5-5---|-3~--5-6-3~--|
|-3-3---3-5-6---|-----------------|-3-3----------|-------------|

| P.M P.M. . .|. . . . . . ] | P.M P.M | |

|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|-----5---------|-----------------|-----5------8-|-------------|
|-----5-------5-|-3-3-3-5-6-6-5-3-|-----5--5-5---|-3~--5-6-3~--|
|-3-3---3-5-6---|-----------------|-3-3----------|-------------|

P.M P.M. . . . . . . . .] P.M P.M

|----------|-----------------|---------|-------------||
|----------|-----------------|---------|-------------||
|----------|-----------------|---------|-------------||
|----------|-----------------|-5-------|-(5)---------||
|-1~-3~-5~-|-6-6-6-6-5-5-3-3-|-5-------|-(5)---------||
|----------|-----------------|-3-------|-(3)---------||

| | P.M. . . . . . ]| | ||

|----------|-----------------|-3-------|-(3)---------||
|----------|-----------------|-3-------|-(3)---------||
|----------|-----------------|-0-------|-(0)---------||
|-------3~-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5h6-|---------|-------------||
|-5~-6~----|-----------------|---------|-------------||
|----------|-----------------|---------|-------------||

P.M. . . . ]

Interlude

Violins

|------14--------|-----------15--------|15----11----13----15--|13----10----11---13---|
|13----------13--|15----12---------12--|16----13----15----16--|15----11----13----15--|
|---13----13---13|--12----12----12---12|---12----12----12---12|---12----12----12---12|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

|Bass | | | |

|----------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------|-6-----5----3-----1--|-3~----------5-----6--|-5~-------------------|
|4~------3-----1-|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------11---------|-------------14-----------|------------------------|------||
|-13----13----------13---|-13----16-----------16----|-18-20-18---------------|------||
|----11----11----11----11|----14----14----14-----17-|-19-21-19-20-19-20-19-17|-19~--||
|------------------------|--------------------------|----------22-21-22-21-19|-21~--||
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|------||
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|------||

|Bass | | | ||

|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|------||
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|------||
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|------||
|--7-----4---------------|--------------------------|------------------------|------||
|--------------6---------|--------------------------|------------------------|-10~--||
|--------------------8---|--5-----7-----8------5----|--7-----8-----10----7---|------||

Chorus

|---|---|---|---|---|---|-----|---------------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|-----|---------------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---||
|---|-5-|---|-5-|-6-|---|-----|---------------|---|-5-|-3-|---|-6-|-8-|---||
|-6-|-5-|-3-|-5-|-6-|-6-|-5-6-|--8-6-5--------|-6-|-5-|-3-|-3-|-6-|-8-|-6-||
|-6-|-3-|-3-|-3-|-4-|-6-|-6-8-|-10-8-6--8-6-5-|-6-|-3-|-1-|-3-|-4-|-6-|-6-||
|-4-|---|-1-|---|---|-4-|-////|-//////-10-8-6-|-4-|---|---|-1-|---|---|-4-||

P.M. . . . . //////.]

Solos

Violin? solo

G#5 G5 G#5 C# B

|--16-14-----------|-----14---------|-------|----------16-14----------|
|--//----16~-14-16-|-17~----17-16~--|-14-16-|-17-16-14-------17-16-17-|
|*-----------------|-----------//-*-|-------|-------------------------|
|*-----------------|--------------*-|-------|-------------------------|
|------------------|----------------|-------|-------------------------|
|------------------|----------------|-------|-------------------------|

A G# C# B G

|-17~-16-15-15~-16~-|-18-16-------------------|-------15-16-18~-|
|-------------------|-------19-17-16-17-16-15-|-16-18-----------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|

Guitar Solo

|-14-14-13-14-16-14h16p14-13-16-|-14-14-13-14-16-14h16p14-13-16-|

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

| | |

|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----11-10-11-13----11----10-13-|-11------------------8----9-11-|
|--9----------------------------|-----9--8--9-11----------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-12-12-11-12-14-12h14p12-11-14-|-12-12--9-9-11-11-12-12---|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|

| | |

|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----9--8--9-11-----9-----8-11-|--9-----------------------|
|--8----------------------------|----8--6--8--9-11--8-11---|
|-------------------------------|----[*11-11-12-12-14-14*]-|

|-------------------------------|-------*2nd time only-----|

|-11-13----13----13----13-|---13----13----13----13-|-11-13-11----11----------|----|
|-------15----13----11----|10----11----13----15----|----------15----15-13-11-|----|
|*------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|-|

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