• Song:

    Varyags Of Miklagaard

  • Artist:

    Amon Amarth

Here's the main idea of the riffs, they change slightly
but it shouldn't be too difficult to figure out what
changes.  Here's just the main bits.  Amon Amarth uses a
B Standard tuning, but my band plays in Drop B, so we use
that tuning when we play any AA stuff.  So this is in Drop B.
Intro
Gtr I
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---8-7-5---8-7-5--7-5-3---8-7-5---10-8-7--8-7-5--|
-0-------0--------------0-------0----------------|
 .       .              .       .


Guitar II
(played while Gtr I is playing above)
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---7-5-7---7-5-7--7-5-----7-5-7---8-7-5--7-5-3--|
-5-------5------------7-5-------5---------------|
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 .       .              .       .


Gtr III
(not quite sure how this works.  It sounds like there's three guitars.
Here's the third part anyways, play the part you like.)

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---10-9-7---10-9-7--9-7-5---10-9-7---12-10-9--10-9-7--|
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-0--------0---------------0--------0------------------|
 .        .               .        .

Verse
Gtrs I and II
(Gtr I is the A-string, Gtr II is the D-string)

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-------------------------------------------8-7-5--7-5-3--|
-------------------------------------------8-7-5--7-5-3--|
-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0---------------|
 .  . . .  . . .  . . .  . . .  . . .  . .

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-------------------------------------------7-5-3--7-5-7--|
-------------------------------------------8-7-5--7-5-7--|
-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3---------------|
 .  . . .  . . .  . . .  . . .  . . .  . .

Chorus
Gtr I
(this is the super epic riff)

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---------8----------6------6----------------------------------------------|
---7-------7----5-7---7-----7----5---7------7------7----------------------|
-5---------------------------------8---7------7------7-8-10---8-10---8-7--|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Gtr II (let these ring)
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-5------------------8----------------0-----------------3------------------|
-5------------------8----------------0-----------------3------------------|

During the vocals the power chords are palm muted and tremolo picked
to the beat of the bass drum.

Interlude/Chorus End

(Both guitars do this, though there's a second harmony riff later on
that I haven't figured out yet.)

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---8-7-8-5---8-7-5-7-----5-7-------5-7-5---8-7-8-----8-7-5-7-----1-3-----3-5-3-5--|
-0---------0---------7-7-----7-7-7-------8-------7-7---------3-3-----3-3----------|
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