• Song:

    Guardians Of Asgaard

  • Artist:

    Amon Amarth

"Guardians of Asgaard" by Amon Amarth (from "Twilight of the Thundergod")

Drop A tuning

A (x02220@1)name="chord_022100@1">E A (x02220@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B

post any comments in the comments section. I feel this is not 110% accurate and the solo 
out of my reach for now but it's the main riffs hands down.

. = Palm Mute
TP = tremolo pick

Riff A

Intro: x3 (both guitars)            End
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0--------||-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0---0----|
|-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0--------||-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0---0----|
|-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0--------||-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0---0----|
                                                            .   .

Riff B (Verse) (both guitars)
(this is a bit of a stretch, you could change the string but this 9 sounds good)
standing firm against all odds...   Guarding the most sacred home...
|---------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|-9-----7-4---4---5-----7-4---4---||-5-----5-4---4---2-----2-4---4--------|
|---4-4-----4---4---4-4-----4---4-||---0-0-----0---0---0-0-----0---0------|
    . .     .   .   . .     .   .      . .     .   .   . .     .   .

Riff C Verse 2 (this section x3)
Guitar I
The evil giants of the south...       Are constantly on the attack...
|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|-6-----4-6---------4-6-------4----||-7-----6-7---4-----6-7---6---4--------|
|-------------7-----------7--------||--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|---4-4-----4---4-4-----4---4---4--||---0-0-----0---0-0-----0---0---0------|
    . .     .   . .     .   .   .           . .     .   . .     .   .   .

Guitar II (this could just be doing what guitar I is doing but I don't think it is)
|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Riff C Verse 2 end (this section x1)

Guitar I
Marching down the (x) path...        We are...
|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|-6-----4-6---------4-6-------4----||-6-----4-6---------4-6----------------|
|-------------7-----------7--------||-------------6-----------6---7--------|
|---0-0-----0---0-0-----0---0---0--||---4-4-----4---4-4-----4---4---4------|
|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
    . .     .   . .     .   .   .       . .     .   . .     .   .   .

Guitar II (this could just be doing what guitar I is doing but I don't think it is)
|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------|
|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Riff D (pre chorus - modified shorter Riff A)
(both guitars)
"Cuz we are        We're the Guardians....
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0--------||-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0---0----|
|-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0--------||-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0---0----|
|-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0--------||-4-4-7-4-5------4-4-7-4-0---0----|
                                                            .   .

Riff E (Chorus)
(both guitars)
"Guardians of Asgaard"     1, 3              2, 4
|-----------------||--------------------||--------------------|
|-----------------||--------------------||--------------------|
|-----------------||--------------------||--------------------|
|-4-4-7-4-5-/-9---||---4-4-7-4-0--------||---4-4-7-4-0-0-0-0--|
|-4-4-7-4-5-/-9---||---4-4-7-4-0--------||---4-4-7-4-0-0-0-0--|
|-4-4-7-4-5-/-9---||---4-4-7-4-0--------||---4-4-7-4-0-0-0-0--|
                                                     . . . .

Riff B x 4
Riff C x 1
Riff C End x 1
Riff D x 1
Riff E x 4

Solo Lead section
(These are all tremolo picked to save time. So play them along for timing)
Guitar I x3
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-6----4-6-------6-4-6-----7---6-7--4---7-6-4--|
|-----------7----------7-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

Guitar I
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|-6----4-6-----6-4----4---------4-------4------||
|-----------7-------7----7-6------7-6----------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||

Guitar II
(this changes quite a bit, its easier to listen. These are tremolo picked behind the 
it spans the entirety of the lead so listen and you'll get it)
|-------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------4---5--------------||
|--------------4---5----------4---5----------4----7-----||
|--4---0---7----------4---7-----------------------------||

Solo: Sorry ladies and germs I don't have that yet. I have some notes but it's ehhhhhhh. 
do have the rhythm however.

Solo Rhythm
Guitar II
1, 3, 5, 7    2, 4, 6, 8   End
|-----------||-----------||-----------------------|
|-----------||-----------||-----------------------|
|-----------||-----------||-----------------------|
|-----0-----||-----4-----||--0-----4-----5-----7--|
|-----0-----||-----4-----||--0-----4-----5-----7--|
|-----0-----||-----4-----||--0-----4-----5-----7--|

Riff D x 1
Riff E x 4

the end. at the end there is a whiny note playing in the background but I didn't bother 
for it :)

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