#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# THE BEHEADING OF A KING As recorded by Amon Amarth (From the 2004 Album FATE OF NORNS) Transcribed by Gerhard Fischl Music by Amon Amarth Gtr I (B E A D F# B) - 'Untitled' Gtr II (B E A D F# B) - 'Untitled' Verse Q=135 (Bm) 4/4 Gtrs I, II S S S S EE EE EE S S S S EE EE EE ||----------------------|---------------------| ||o---------------------|---------------------| ||--------------6-7-----|-------------6-7-----| ||----------------------|---------------------| ||o---------9---------9-|---------9---------9-| ||--7-7-7-7---7-----7---|-7-7-7-7---7-----7---| (Em) EE EE E (022100@1)EE E (022100@1) S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x |--------------------|----------------------------------|| |--------------------|---------------------------------o|| |--------------------|----------------------------------|| |--------------------|----------------------------------|| |-10---10---9-10---7-|---------------------------------o|| |----0----0------0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|| Chorus B5 (x244xx@1) Gtr I S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-9---------| ||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|---------------------------------9-9-9-9-| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| | | Gtr II | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| ||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| G5 (355xxx@1) S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---| | | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---| |--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---| E5 (022xxx@1) S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| | | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |--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-| |--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| F#5 (244xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----o|| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|| | | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----o|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----|| Bridge E5 (022xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) B5 (x244xx@1) C5 (x355xx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) B5 (x244xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) E5 (022xxx@1) Gtrs I, II Q. Q. Q H. E (022100@1)E (022100@1) Q. Q. Q W ||---------------|---------------|--------------|-------|| ||o--------------|---------------|--------------|------o|| ||---------------|---------------|--------------|-------|| ||---------------|---------------|--------------|-------|| ||o-2----7----9--|-10-------9-10-|-7----9----5--|-2----o|| ||--0----5----7--|--8------------|-5----7----3--|-0-----|| Verse (Bm) S S S S EE EE EE S S S S EE EE EE ||----------------------|---------------------| ||o---------------------|---------------------| ||--------------6-7-----|-------------6-7-----| ||----------------------|---------------------| ||o---------9---------9-|---------9---------9-| ||--7-7-7-7---7-----7---|-7-7-7-7---7-----7---| (Em) EE EE E (022100@1)EE E (022100@1) S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x |--------------------|------------------------------------|| |--------------------|-----------------------------------o|| |--------------------|------------------------------------|| |--------------------|------------------------------------|| |-10---10---9-10---7-|-----------------------------------o|| |----0----0------0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|| Chorus B5 (x244xx@1) Gtr I S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-9---------| ||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|---------------------------------9-9-9-9-| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| | | Gtr II | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| ||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| G5 (355xxx@1) S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---| | | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---| |--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---| E5 (022xxx@1) S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| | | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |--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-| |--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| F#5 (244xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----o|| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|| | | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----o|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----|| Bridge E5 (022xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) B5 (x244xx@1) C5 (x355xx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) B5 (x244xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) E5 (022xxx@1) Gtrs I, II Q. Q. Q H. E (022100@1)E (022100@1) Q. Q. Q W ||---------------|---------------|--------------|-------|| ||o--------------|---------------|--------------|------o|| ||---------------|---------------|--------------|-------|| ||---------------|---------------|--------------|-------|| ||o-2----7----9--|-10-------9-10-|-7----9----5--|-2----o|| ||--0----5----7--|--8------------|-5----7----3--|-0-----|| Outro N.C. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S EE ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|-------------------------7-8-| ||--------------2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----| ||--2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------|-----------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------| 1.,2.,3. 4. A5 (x022xx@1) B5 (x244xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) E5 (022xxx@1) S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q. Q. Q W |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-----------------|---*| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||-----------------|---*| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-|-----------------------------------||-----------------|---*| |---------------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||-----------------|---*| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||-14----16----12--|-9-*| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-12----14----10--|-7-*| 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 (x24432@1) - 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