Moonshield by In Flames
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-transcribed by Markus Marjomaa, mmarjoma@mail.student.oulu.fi

The main riff:
                              1.         2.
|---------------------------|-----------|--------------|
|---------------------------|-----------|--------------|
|---------------------------|-----------|--------------|
|-33-------33-------55------|-6-5-3-----|-5-6-8-13-8-6-|
|----3-1-3----3-1-3----3-1-3|------6-3-6|--------------|
|---------------------------|-----------|--------------|
                                                 T
 
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------4-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------3-----------------|
|-6-5-3----------6-6s8-6--3-5-6-5-3------------6-5-3-1-3-3-3-5-|
|-------6-3--3-4--------------------6-3--3---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

The acoustic part, for playing with only one guitar:

Fm (133111@1)             Eb (x43121@3)          Ab (xx1114@1)|-------------------------------------|
 |-1--1-1-1---1-2-1--------------------|
 |----------3--------3-3-3-1-3-5-------|
 |-------------------1-----------6-6-8-|
 |-------------------------------------|
 |-1---------------------------4-4-----|

Fm (133111@1)                 ?              Fm (133111@1)|----------------1------------------------|
 |-1--1-1-1---1-2---1----------------------|
 |----------3----------1-0---0-1-3-0-1-1-3-|
 |-------------------------3-------1-------|
 |---------------------4-------------------|
 |-1---------------------------------1-----|

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Moonshield by In Flames

Okay, this is roughly what I have for Moonshield so far. Some notes to help

you along: I'm sure they play this with a capo (or else they just decided

to be difficult and write something in Ab). Anys, this transcription is in

standard tuning. I'm just gonna give a quick rundown of the rhythm strums

and some lead bits, but won't bother about structure, timing or lyrics yet.

Oh, the time sig is 6/8.

The cool riff based on the Ab Major scale...

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

|------------------------------------------4---------|

|--------------------------------------------3-------|

|-6-5-3----------6-6s8-6--3-5-6-5-3------------6s8-6-|

|-------6-3--3-4--------------------6-3--3-----------|

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

Next is that quiet bit that sounds like a minor version of "for he's a jolly

good fellow" :) In Flames use two guitars, but this is faking it by myself.

If you've got two guitarists, then just seperate the lead from the chords.

Fm (133111@1)             Eb (x43121@3)          Ab (xx1114@1)|--------------------------------------|

|-1--1-1-1---1-2-1---------------------|

|----------3-----------------------5---|

|-------------------8--8-8-8-6-8-----6-|

|-------------------6------------------|

|-1--------------------------------4-4-|

Fm (133111@1)                 ?              Fm (133111@1)|----------------1-----------------------|

|-1--1-1-1---1-2---1---------------------|

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

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

|----------------------4-----------6-----|

|-1-----------------------------------1--|

The run up the neck is basically just a pattern of picking strings 6 5 and

4 on these chords: Bb Cm Db Eb

Wait, I'm confused... (my notes are a mess) there's a picking run also

using strings 6, 5 and 4 which goes something like this:

Ab (xx1114@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)   B (x2444x@1)4:-----6------8-----9----

5:---6------8-----9------   then the same chords       vv   vv   v hold

6:-4------6-----7---------  played as a rhythm like: | Ab   Bb | B      |