UNDER THE NORTHERN STAR
As recorded by Amon Amarth
(From the 2006 Album WITH ODEN ON OUR SIDE)
Words and Music by Amon Amarth
Arranged by Amon Amarth
Transcribed by CommdrOrion
Gtr I (B E A D F# B) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (B E A D F# B) - 'Guitar 2'
Q=140
4/4
Gtr I
W +H H
||--14---------------|-(14)-------15-------|
||o-14---------------|-(14)-------15-------|
||-------------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|---------------------|
||o------------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM-------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|---------------------|
||o------------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|---------------------|
||o------------------|---------------------|
||---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2--2-2-2--3-3-3-3-|
W H H
|-14---------------|-15-------17-------|
|-14---------------|-15-------17-------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|
|------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-|
2/4
W H H +W
|-14---------------|-10-------9-------|-(9)----------------||---------|
|-14---------------|-10-------9-------|-(9)---------------o||---------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------||---------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------||---------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------o||---------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------||---------|
|
| PM-----------------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|--------------------||---------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------o||---------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------||---------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------||---------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------o||-4-4-4-4-|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2-2-2-2-|
$
4/4
H Q E E H Q Q H Q E E Q Q E E E E
||--10----10--10-9-|-10-----10---15---|-14---14---14S=9-|-9--9--9-7-7-9-|
||o----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
||-----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
||-----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
||-----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|
| a H H a E E Q Q Q H Q +E E Q Q. Q E
||-----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
||-----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
||---4S5---5-------|--4S5-5--5-5----4-|-11---11--(11)-4-|-4--4----2---4-|
||o--4S5---5-------|--4S5-5--5-5----4-|--9----9---(9)-4-|-4--4----2---4-|
||---2S3---3-------|--2S3-3--3-3----2-|--9----9---(9)-2-|-2--2----0---2-|
H E E Q Q Q Q Q H E E E E
|--9------9-10-9--|-9--9--14--10---|-10--10S9--9S5-|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|
| +Q Q E E Q Q Q Q E E H Q E E
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-(4)--4--2--4-4--|-4--4---4---2-2-|--2---2----4-4-|
|-(4)--4--2--4-4--|-4--4---4---2-2-|--2---2----4-4-|
|-(2)--2--0--2-2--|-2--2---2---0-0-|--0---0----2-2-|
Fine
3/4
E E H 4x
|-5S7-7--||
|-------o||
|--------||
|--------||
|-------o||
|--------||
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| Q H 4x
|--------||
|-------o||
|--------||
|-2---2--||
|-2---2-o||
|-0---0--||
W +H H
||--14---------------|-(14)-------15-------|
||o------------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|---------------------|
||o------------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|---------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|---------------------|
||o------------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|---------------------|
||o------------------|---------------------|
||---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2--2-2-2--3-3-3-3-|
W H H
|-14---------------|-15-------17--------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|
|---------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|-----------7-7-7-7--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--|
2/4
W H H +W
|-14---------------|-10-------9-------|-(9)----------------||---------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------o||---------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------||---------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------||---------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------o||---------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------||---------|
|
| PM---------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|--------------------||---------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------o||---------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------||---------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------||---------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------o||-4-4-4-4-|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2-2-2-2-|
4/4 5/4
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
H +Q Q H +Q Q H +H Q H Q Q
||---------------|-------------|------------|--------------|
||o--------------|-----------7-|-5----(5)---|--------------|
||--7----(7)--6--|-7----(7)----|------------|-7--6---4--6--|
||---------------|-------------|------------|--------------|
||o--------------|-------------|------------|--------------|
||---------------|-------------|------------|--------------|
|
| TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
| H +Q Q H +Q Q H +H Q H Q Q
||---------------|-------------|------------|--------------|
||o--------------|-------------|------------|--------------|
||---------------|-----------4-|-2----(2)---|--------------|
||--5----(5)--4--|-5----(5)----|------------|-5--4---2--4--|
||o--------------|-------------|------------|--------------|
||---------------|-------------|------------|--------------|
4/4 2/4
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
+Q +Q Q Q +H Q Q +H Q Q +Q Q 4x
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-(6)--(6)--4--6--|-(6)----9--7-|-(7)----6--4-|-(4)----2-----||
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|
| TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
| +Q +Q Q Q +H Q Q +H Q Q +Q Q 4x
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-(4)--(4)--2--4--|-(4)----7--5-|-(5)----4--2-|-(2)----------||
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|--------5----o||
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
4/4
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W W E E E E H E E E E E E E E
|---------|-14------|-10-9-7-5-7-------|-10---10-9-7---10-9-|
|---------|---------|------------------|--------------------|
|---------|---------|------------------|--------------------|
|---------|---------|------------------|--------------------|
|---------|---------|------------------|--------------------|
|---------|---------|------------------|--------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------|
| W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------|---------|------------------|--------------------|
|---------|---------|------------------|--------------------|
|---------|---------|------------------|--------------------|
|---------|---------|------------------|--4-4--4-4----------|
|---------|---------|------------------|--------------------|
|---------|---------|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-|
E E H E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-7-5-7-------10---|-10-9-7---9-7-5-7-|-9-------7-9-10---|-12---9-7-5-7-9---|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
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|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
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| PM-------------| PM------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-4-4-4-4----------|--4-4-4-4---------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--4-4-4-4---------|------------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-(9)---7-9-10---12---|-17-15-14-12-14-12-10-9-|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|--2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-2-|
E E E E E E E E Q. E Q E E
|-17-15-14-12-14-12-10-9-|-10------12-10---9-10-|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-2-|--2--2-2--2--2-2-2--2-|
Q Q Q Q W
|-12---10---7---9---|-9---------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|
| PM-----| PM---------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------4-4-4-4-|-----------------|
|-----------4-4-4-4-|-----------------|
|--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-10---9---10---7---|-10-9-10-9-10-9-10-9-|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
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|---------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|--4----4----4----4---|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-|
D.S. al Fine
E E E E E E E E
|-10-9-10-9-10-9-10-9--*|
|----------------------*|
|----------------------*|
|----------------------*|
|----------------------*|
|----------------------*|
|
| PM---------------|
| E E E E E E E E
|----------------------*|
|----------------------*|
|----------------------*|
|--4----4----4----4----*|
|----------------------*|
|--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
