• Song:

    The Dragon Lies Bleeding

  • Artist:

    Hammerfall

  • Album:

    Headbangers & Beerdrink...

HAMMERFALL - THE DRAGON LIES BLEEDING
                        From the Album GLORY TO THE BRAVE
                          Copyright 1997 NuclearBlast

                                Version 1.0

Transcribed by: Richard Broadhead II
Email: rich@dsrmusic.com

. - palm mute                   #tr(#) - trill between the two #'s
/ - slide up                        ph - pinch harmonic
\ - slide down                       ~ - vibrato
p - pull off                        bh - bend half step
h - hammer on                       bf - bend full step


Tuning Eb

Riff A.1
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|-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-10-10-----10-10-9-9-7-7-9-9-|
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|-9-------------------------------------------------------------7---------|
|-9-----------------------------------------10----------7-7-7-7-7---------|
|-7---------------------------------1010101010----------5-5-5-5-5---------|
|-----------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-----------------------------|
                                    . . . .             . . . .

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|---------------------------------------------------7-7-------------------|
|-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-10-10-----10-10-9-9-7-7-9-9-|
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|-9-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9---------------------------------------------------------------7-------|
|-7---------------------------------10------------------7---------5-------|
|-----------------------------------8-------------------5-----------------|

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|---------------------------------------------------7-7-------------------|
|-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-10-10-----10-10-9-9-7-7-9-9-|
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|-9-------------------------------------------------------------7---------|
|-9-----------------------------------------10----------7-7-7-7-7---------|
|-7---------------------------------1010101010----------5-5-5-5-5---------|
|-----------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-----------------------------|
                                    . . . .             . . . .

                                                            (end of Riff A.1)
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|---------------------------------------------------7-7-----------------7-7-|
|-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-10-10-----10-10-9-9-10-10-----|
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|---------10----------10------10------------12------------------------------|
|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--12---12---12---12-----10--------12--------|
|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---10---10---10---10-----8---------10--------|
  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .    .    .    .

 Riff A.2
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|-9-9---------------------------------------------7-7-------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-10-10-----10-10-9-9-7-7-9-9-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------------9-------------------7-------------7---|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-10-------------10-5----5--5--5--5---|
|-----------------------------------8-----8--8--8--8--------------------|
      .   .   .   .   .   .   .           .  .  .          .  .  .

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|---------------------------------------------------7-7-------------------|
|-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-10-10-----10-10-9-9-7-7-9-9-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9---------------------------------9----------------------------7--------|
|-7-----7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-10-------------10-7--------5--------|
|-------------------------------------8-----8--8--8--8--5----5------------|
        .   .   .   .   .   .   .           .  .  .          .      


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|---------------------------------------------------7-7-------------------|
|-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-10-10-----10-10-9-9-7-7-9-9-|
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|-9---------------------------------9-------------------7-------------7---|
|-7-----7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-10-------------10-5----5--5--5--5---|
|-------------------------------------8-----8--8--8--8--------------------|
        .   .   .   .   .   .   .           .  .  .          .  .  .

                                                           (end of Riff A.2)
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|---------------------------------------------------7-7-----------------7-7-|
|-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-10-10-----10-10-9-9-10-10-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------7-------------7---------------7---------|
|-10-----------------------------10-5----5--5--5--5----10---------5---------|
|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--8---------------------8--------------------|
      .   .   .   .   .   .   .          .  .  .

 Riff B
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-9------10--10--7-------9---9---------9---9---7-------9--|
|-7--777-7---7---5--777--7---7--10-----7---7---5--555--7--|
|-------------------------------8--888--------------------|
     ...            ...            ...            ...

                                           (end of Riff B)
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|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-9------10--10--7-------9---9---------9---9---7-------9--|
|-7--777-7---7---5--777--7---7--10-----7---7---5--555--7--|
|-------------------------------8--888--------------------|
     ...            ...            ...            ...

 Riff C.1
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------9-----7-----5-------------------------------9-----7-----5-----|
|-2--4--5-----9-----7-----5-------5---000222444------5----9-----7-----5-----|
|-2--4--5-----7-----5-----3-------5------------555---5----7-----5-----3-----|
|-0--2--3-------------------------3------------------3----------------------|
| .  .                                                                      |   
|                                                                           |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------9-----7-----5-----------7-------------------9-----7-----5-----|
|-2--4--5-----9-----7-----5-------5---7--------------5----9-----7-----5-----|
|-2--4--5-----7-----5-----3-------5---5--------------5----7-----5-----3-----|
|-0--2--3-------------------------3------------------3----------------------|
  .  .

            (end of Riff C.1)
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--------------------7------|
|--7-----9----10-----7------|
|--7-----9----10-----5------|
|--5-----7----8-------------|
|                           |
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--------------------7------|
|--7-----9----10-----7------|
|--7-----9----10-----5------|
|--5-----7----8-------------|

Repeat Riff A.1
Repeat Riff B

 Riff C.2
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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------9-----7-----5-------------------------------9-----7-----5-----|
|-2--4--5-----9-----7-----5-------5---000222444------5----9-----7-----5-----|
|-2--4--5-----7-----5-----3-------5------------555---5----7-----5-----3-----|
|-0--2--3-------------------------3------------------3----------------------|
| .  .                                                                      |   
|                                                                           |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------9-----7-----5-----------7-------------------9-----7-----5-----|
|-2--4--5-----9-----7-----5-------5---7--------------5----9-----7-----5-----|
|-2--4--5-----7-----5-----3-------5---5--------------5----7-----5-----3-----|
|-0--2--3-------------------------3------------------3----------------------|
  .  .  

            (end of Riff C.2)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--7-----9---------------------|
|--7-----9----10-10-10-10-12---|
|--5-----7----8--8--8--8--10---|
|             .  .  .  .       |
|                              |
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--7-----9---------------------|
|--7-----9----10-10-10-10-12---|
|--5-----7----8--8--8--8--10---|
              .  .  .  .

 Riff D                                         (end of Riff D)
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9---5---7---4---9---5-------7---9---5---7---4---------------|
|-9---5---7---4---9---5---5---7---9---5---7---4---7---10--12--|
|-7---3---5---2---7---3---5---5---7---3---5---2---7---10--12--|
|-------------------------3-----------------------5---8---10--|

 Riff E.1
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|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-777777773333333355555555222222227777777733333333--------55555555-|
|-------------------------------------------------33333333---------|
  ...............................................................

                                                    (end of Riff E.1)
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|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------7--------------10--------7-------|
|-777777773333333355555555222222227--------------10--------9-------|
|---------------------------------5--------------8--------10-------|
  ................................

 Riff F                                                      (End of Riff F)
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|-2---------------------------0---2------------------------------0---2----|
|-2---------------------------0---2------------------------------0---2----|
|-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                         |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------0---2------------------------------0---2----|
|-222-222-222-222-222-222-222-0---2--222-222-222-222-222-222-222-0---2----|
|-000-000-000-000-000-000-000--------000-000-000-000-000-000-000----------|
| ... ... ... ... ... ... ...        ... ... ... ... ... ... ...          |
|                                                                         |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------15--15bf------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Riff G                                                      (end of RIff G)
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|-------------------------------0---2------------------------------0---2----|
|-2-222-222-222-222-222-222-222-0---2--222-222-222-222-222-222-222-0---2----|
|-0-000-000-000-000-000-000-000--------000-000-000-000-000-000-000----------|
  . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...        ... ... ... ... ... ... ...           

                                     ___________     _______________
 RIff H                             | 1.            | 2.   (end of Riff H)
||------------------------------------------------||----------------------|
||------------------------------------------------||----------------------|
||*-----------------4--------------------5--2--7-*||-------5---7---9------|
||*-2-------5-------4-444-442---------5--5--2--7-*||---5---5---7---9------|
||--2-222-225-555-552-222-222-222-22--5--3--0--5--||---5---3---5---7------|
||--0-000-003-333-33--------0-000-00--3-----------||---3------------------|
      ... ..  ... ..  ... ..  ... ..

 Riff I.1 (gtr 1 and 2)
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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------9------7------5---------------------------|
|---------------------------------9------7------5---------------------------|
|-333333333333333322222222222222227------5------3---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| guitar 3                                                                  |
|--(these are 12's and 10's)------------------------------------------------|
|12121212121212121010101010101010-12p10-8-10-12-12bh-12-13-13bf-13-12-10-8-7|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| guitar 4                                                                  |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(these are 12's and 11's)-------------------------------------------------|
|12121212121212121111111111111111-12p11-9-11-12-12bf-12-14-14bf-14-12-11-9-7|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Riff I.2(guitar 1 & 2)
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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------9------7----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------9------7------7-------9-------------------|
|-333333333333333322222222222222227------5------7-------9-------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------5-------7-------------------|
| guitar 3                                                                  |
|--(these are 12's and 10's)------------------------------------------------|
|12121212121212121010101010101010-12p10-8-12-10----8-12-12bh-10-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------11--------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| guitar 4                                                                  |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(these are 12's and 11's)-------------------------------------------------|
|12121212121212121111111111111111-12p11-9--12-11----9-12-12bf-11------------|
|------------------------------------------------12-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat riffs I.1 and I.2 but the beginnings have a triplet feel

Play the solo atop this riff

 Riff C.3
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------9-----7-----5--000222444----------------------9-----7-----5-----|
|-5-----9-----7-----5-----------555000222444-----5----9-----7-----5-----|
|-5-----7-----5-----3-----------------------555--5----7-----5-----3-----|
|-3----------------------------------------------3----------------------|
|                                                                       |   
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------9-----7-----5-----------7---------------------9-----7-----5-----|
|-5-----9-----7-----5-------5---7----------------5----9-----7-----5-----|
|-5-----7-----5-----3-------5---5----------------5----7-----5-----3-----|
|-3-------------------------3--------------------3----------------------|
        

            (end of Riff C.3)
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--------------------7------|
|--7-----9----10-----7------|
|--7-----9----10-----5------|
|--5-----7----8-------------|
|                           |
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--------------------7------|
|--7-----9----10-----7------|
|--7-----9----10-----5------|
|--5-----7----8-------------|

 Solo guitar 3
|--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------12-13p12-10~-\|----------------------|
|--------------------------|-9-9-11-12---------------|----------------------|
|-9-9-10-12-12~--10p9------|-------------------------|-9-9-10-12-12~-10p9---|
|---------------------12~--|-------------------------|--------------------12|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|  guitar 4                                                                 |
|--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|-9-9-11-12-12-12bf-11----|----------------------|
|-9-9-10-12-12~--10p9------|----------------------12-|-9-9-10-12-12~-10p9---|
|---------------------12~--|-------------------------|--------------------12|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|

                                       (end of Solo)
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------13bf-12-12bh-10-12~---10~-----12p10-8~--|
|-9-9-11-12-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|                                                   |   
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-11-12-14bf-12-12bf-11-12~---11~-----12p11-9~--|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Riff B
Repeat Riff C.2
Repeat Riff D

Riff E.2
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|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-777777773333333355555555222222227777777733333333--------55555555-|
|-------------------------------------------------33333333---------|
  ................................................................

                                                    (end of Riff E.2)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------7---------------------------------|
|-777777773333333355555555222222227--------------10-10-10-10-12-----|
|---------------------------------5--------------8--8--8--8--10-----|
  ...............................                .  .  .  .

 Riff J                                         (end of Riff J)
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10--6---8---5---10--6-------8---10--6---8---5---------------|
|-10--6---8---5---10--6---6---8---10--6---8---5---8---11--13--|
|-8---4---6---3---8---4---6---6---8---4---6---3---8---11--13--|
|-------------------------4-----------------------6---9---11--|

Riff K   
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------8--8----8--8---|
|---------------------------------------------------6--6----8--8---|
|-888888884444444466666666333333338888888844444444--6--6--66666666-|
|-------------------------------------------------44-44-44---------|
|                                                                  |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-888888884444444466666666333333338888888844444444--------66666666-|
|-------------------------------------------------44444444---------|

                               (end of Riff K)
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------8---------|
|-888888884444444466666666333333338---------|
|---------------------------------6---------|
|                                           |
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------8---------|
|-888888884444444466666666333333338---------|
|---------------------------------6---------|

 Riff L
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------8-8----------------------------------|
|---11-11-10-10-11-11-----11-11-10-10-8-8-10-10-11-11-11\--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                          |
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|---11-11-----------------13--13----------------10-10-10\--|
|---11-11-----------------13--13----------------8--8--8-\--|
|---9--9------------------11--11---------------------------|
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