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OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY (Bassline)
As recorded by Nightwish (original by Gary Moore)
(From the 2001 EP OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY)
Words and Music by Gary Moore
Arranged by Gary Moore
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Symphonic 2'
Drum Intro
Q.=136
12/8
Gtr II
Wx6 W. +W. W. W.
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-15-------------|-14-----|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-17-------------|-15-----|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-16-------------|-14-----|
|----------------|-14-------------|-(14)------------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|--------|
W. W. W.
|-12-------------|-14-------------|-12-------------|
|-12-------------|-15-------------|-12-------------|
|----------------|-14-------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
W. H. H. W.
|-14-------------|-12-------14-------|-12-----|
|-15-------------|-13-------15-------|-12-----|
|-14-------------|----------14-------|--------|
|----------------|-------------------|--------|
|----------------|-------------------|--------|
|----------------|-------------------|--------|
Symphonic Intro
Em7
Gtr I
E. W S E E E. H Q. S E. E. E. H Q. S E. E.
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-7---------------7-|-7--------------7-----|-7--------------7-----|
|-0---------------0-|-0--------------0-----|-0--------------0-----|
W E. H Q. S E. E.
|--------------|----------------------|
|--------------|----------------------|
|--------------|-7--------------7-----|
|--------------|-0--------------0-----|
E. H Q. S E. E. E. H Q. S E. E.
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|-7--------------7-----|-7--------------7-------|
|-0--------------0-----|-0--------------0-------|
A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|
|-------------------0---------|
|--0--0-0-0-0-0--0----3-2-----|
|-------------------------3-2-|
|
| Gtr II
| H. H.
|-15------------14------------|
|-17------------15------------|
|-17------------14------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
1st Verse
E5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|
| W. W.
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|--0-------------------------|
|-12------------------------|-12-------------------------|
|-14------------------------|-12-------------------------|
|-14------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| W.
|--0------------------------|
|--0------------------------|
|-12------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
D5 E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|
| W. W.
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-7------------------------|-8-------------------------|
|-7------------------------|-9-------------------------|
|-7------------------------|-9-------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| W.
|--------------------------|
|-8------------------------|
|-7------------------------|
|-9------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
D5 E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| W. W.
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-7------------------------|-8-------------------------|
|-7------------------------|-9-------------------------|
|-7------------------------|-9-------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
Interlude
C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||o--3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|
||------------------------------|
|
| H. H.
||--15------------14------------|
||o-17------------15------------|
||--17--------------------------|
||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|
D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|
|--3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| H. H. H. H.
|-15------------17------------|-19------------17------------|
|-17------------19------------|-20------------19------------|
|-----------------------------|-19--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
1.
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------||
|--0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-o||
|-----------------------------o||
|------------------------------||
|
| H. H.
|---------------17-------------||
|-20------------19------------o||
|-21---------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------o||
|------------------------------||
Chorus
2.
B5 E5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|--2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--0----0--0--3----3--3--|
|
| H. H. H. H.
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-20------------19------------|------------------------|
|-19--------------------------|-21---------19----------|
|-21--------------------------|-22---------------------|
|-----------------------------|-22---------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
D5 E5 D5 C5
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--0----0--0------------|--0----0---------------|
|-----------------------|----------2--3----3--3-|
|-------------0----0--0-|-----------------------|
|
| H. H. H. H.
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|------------15---------|
|-19---------21---------|-19---------16---------|
|-19---------21---------|-19---------17---------|
|-21---------22---------|-21--------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D5 E5 G5
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------0----0--0-|--------------------------|
|--3----3--3------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--0----0--0--3----3--3----|
|
| H. H. H. H.
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-17---------15---------|-17---------15------------|
|-17---------14---------|-16-----------------------|
|-17---------16---------|-17-----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
D5 E5 D5 C5
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--0----0--0------------|--0----0---------------|
|-----------------------|----------2--3----3--3-|
|-------------0----0--0-|-----------------------|
|
| H. H. H. H.
|------------12---------|-10---------10---------|
|-15---------12---------|-10---------12---------|
|-14---------12---------|-11---------12---------|
|-16--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
2d Verse
D5 E5
Q. Q E Q. Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------0----0--0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|--3----3--3------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|
| H. H. W
|-12---------10---------|----------------------------|
|-13---------10---------|----------------------------|
|-12---------11---------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
B/G E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-2-2-2-0-2-0---0---------|---------------------------|
|-------------2---2-0-----|---------------------------|
|---------------------3-2-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| W W.
|-------------------------|-15------------------------|
|-------------------------|-16------------------------|
|-------------------------|-17------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|
| W.
|-15-------------------------|
|-15-------------------------|
|-16-------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
E5 D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------------|
|
| W. W.
|-15------------------------|-14------------------------|
|-17------------------------|-15------------------------|
|-16------------------------|-14------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|
| W.
|-15-------------------------|
|-17-------------------------|
|-16-------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
G5 D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------------------|
|
| W. W.
|-15------------------------|-14------------------------|
|-15------------------------|-15------------------------|
|-16------------------------|-14------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|
| W.
|-15-------------------------|
|-17-------------------------|
|-16-------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
3d Verse
C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||o--3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|
||------------------------------|
|
| H. H.
||--15------------14------------|
||o-17------------15------------|
||--17--------------------------|
||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|
D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|
|--3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| H. H. H. H.
|-15------------17------------|-19------------17------------|
|-17------------19------------|-20------------19------------|
|-----------------------------|-19--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
1.
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------||
|--0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-o||
|-----------------------------o||
|------------------------------||
|
| H. H.
|---------------17-------------||
|-20------------19------------o||
|-21---------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------o||
|------------------------------||
Chorus
2.
B5 E5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|--2--2-2-2-2-2--2--3-2-0-----|------------------------|
|-------------------------3-2-|--0----0--0--3----3--3--|
|
| H. H. H. H.
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-20------------19------------|------------------------|
|-19--------------------------|-21---------19----------|
|-21--------------------------|-22---------------------|
|-----------------------------|-22---------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
D5 E5 D5 C5
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--0----0--0------------|--0----0---------------|
|-----------------------|----------2--3----3--3-|
|-------------0----0--0-|-----------------------|
|
| H. H. H. H.
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|------------15---------|
|-19---------21---------|-19---------16---------|
|-19---------21---------|-19---------17---------|
|-21---------22---------|-21--------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D5 E5 G5
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------0----0--0-|--------------------------|
|--3----3--3------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--0----0--0--3----3--3----|
|
| H. H. H. H.
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-17---------15---------|-17---------15------------|
|-17---------14---------|-16-----------------------|
|-17---------16---------|-17-----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
D5 E5 D5 C5
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--0----0--0------------|--0----0---------------|
|-----------------------|----------2--3----3--3-|
|-------------0----0--0-|-----------------------|
|
| H. H. H. H.
|------------12---------|-10---------10---------|
|-15---------12---------|-10---------12---------|
|-14---------12---------|-11---------12---------|
|-16--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
4th Verse
D5 E5 G5
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-------------0----0--0-|------------------------|
|--3----3--3------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-0----0--0-3----3--3----|
|
| H. H. W
|-12---------10---------|------------------------|
|-13---------10---------|------------------------|
|-12---------11---------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
D5 C5
6/8 12/8
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
|-------------||----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-||o---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------||o--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-------------||----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| W W. +W.
|-------------||--15------------------------|-(15)-----------------------|
|-------------||o-17------------------------|-(17)-----------------------|
|-------------||--17------------------------|-(17)-----------------------|
|-------------||----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------||o---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------||----------------------------|----------------------------|
D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Wx16
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||---------|
|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||---------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------o||---------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||---------|
|
| W. +W. Wx16
|-15------------------------|-(15)------------------------||---------|
|-15------------------------|-(15)-----------------------o||---------|
|-14------------------------|-(14)------------------------||---------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||---------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------o||---------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||---------|
Solo Emppu Vuorinen
E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| W.
|-3------------------------|
|-5------------------------|
|-4------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
G5 E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|
| W. W.
|-3------------------------|-3-------------------------|
|-3------------------------|-5-------------------------|
|-4------------------------|-4-------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|
| W.
|-2------------------------|
|-3------------------------|
|-2------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
E5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|
| W. W.
|-3------------------------|-3-------------------------|
|-5------------------------|-3-------------------------|
|-4------------------------|-4-------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
D5 E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| W. W.
|-2------------------------|-3------------------------|
|-3------------------------|-5------------------------|
|-2------------------------|-4------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
5th Verse
C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------------------|
||o------------------------------|
||o--3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3--|
||-------------------------------|
|
| H. H.
||--15------------14-------------|
||o-17------------15-------------|
||--17---------------------------|
||-------------------------------|
||o------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|
W.
D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|
|--3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| H. H. H. H.
|-15------------17------------|-19------------17------------|
|-17------------19------------|-20------------19------------|
|-----------------------------|-19--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
W.
1.
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------||
|--0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--o||
|------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------||
|
| H. H.
|---------------17--------------||
|-20------------19-------------o||
|-21----------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------||
W.
2.
B5 N.C.
E E E E E E E E E E E E W W
|-----------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|--2--2-2-2-2-2--2--3-2-0-----|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------3-2-|-------------------|-----------------|
|
| H. H. H. H. H. H.
|-----------------------------|--0----------------|-----------0-----|
|-20------------19------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-19--------------------------|-16-------16-------|-14-------16-----|
|-21--------------------------|-17-------17-------|-16-------17-----|
|-----------------------------|----------17-------|-17--------------|
|-----------------------------|--0--------3-------|-----------0-----|
Gtr II
H. H. H. H. Wx4
|-------------------|--0-------5-------|--------|
|-------------------|----------7-------|--------|
|-14-------16-------|-17-------7-------|--------|
|-16-------17-------|-17-------0-------|--------|
|-17-------17-------|--3---------------|--------|
|-----------3-------|------------------|--------|
Chorus & Outro
F#5 A5 E5 F#5
Gtr I
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|--2----2--2------------|
||o-------------0----0--0-|-----------------------|
||---2----2--2------------|-------------2----2--2-|
|
| Gtr II
| H. H. H. H.
||--14---------12---------|-12---------14---------|
||o-14--------------------|-12---------14---------|
||--14--------------------|-13---------14---------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
W.
E5 A5 D5 E5
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E 10x
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|--2----2---------------|--0----0--0--2----2--2--o||
|-------------0----0--0-|------------------------o||
|----------4------------|-------------------------||
|
| H. H. H. H. 10x
|-12---------12---------|-14---------12-----------||
|-12---------14---------|-15---------12----------o||
|-13---------14---------|-14---------13-----------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
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
