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band - Candlemass
song - A Sorcerer's Pledge
album - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
composer - Leif Edling
Tuning is somewhere between Eb and D (if you have an electric guitar tuner, tune at the
point before D turns to Eb). If you want to play it like they do live, tune to C# (aka.
Sabbath tuning). Right now, it will be tabbed for D.
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
# - pick slide
~ - bend string
. - palm mute
(intro)
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-----------0-------|
C|-------4-------4---|
G|---2---------------|16x
D|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-------------------|
C|-----------0-------|
G|-------4-------4---|4x
D|---2---------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-----------0-------|
C|-------4-------4---|
G|---2---------------|8x
D|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-------------------|
C|-----------0-------|
G|-------4-------4---|4x
D|---2---------------|
D|-------------------|
A|---------------0---|
F|-----------5-------|
C|-------2-----------|
G|---0---------------|3x
D|-------------------|
(or, if you prefer, this...)
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-----------5---4---|
C|-------2-----------|
G|---0---------------|
D|-------------------|
(then...)
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-------------------|
C|-------4-----------|
G|---2-----------4---|
D|-----------2-------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-------------------|
C|-----------0-------|
G|-------4-------4---|4x
D|---2---------------|
D|-------------------|
A|---------------0---|
F|-----------5-------|
C|-------2-----------|
G|---0---------------|3x
D|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-------------------|
C|-------4-----------|
G|---2-----------4---|
D|-----------2-------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-------------------|
C|-----------0-------|
G|-------4-------4---|4x
D|---2---------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-----------0-------|
C|-------4-------4---|
G|---2---------------|8x
D|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-------------------|
C|-----------0-------|
G|-------4-------4---|4x
D|---2---------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-----------0-------|
C|-------4-------4---|
G|---2---------------|8x
D|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-------------------|
C|-----------0-------|
G|-------4-------4---|4x
D|---2---------------|
D|-------------------|
A|---------------0---|
F|-----------5-------|
C|-------2-----------|
G|---0---------------|3x
D|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-------------------|
C|-------4-----------|
G|---2-----------4---|
D|-----------2-------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-------------------|
C|-----------0-------|
G|-------4-------4---|4x
D|---2---------------|
D|-------------------|
A|---------------0---|
F|-----------5-------|
C|-------2-----------|
G|---0---------------|3x
D|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-------------------|
C|-------4-----------|
G|---2-----------4---|
D|-----------2-------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-------------------|
C|-----------0-------|
G|-------4-------4---|4x
D|---2---------------|
(distortion kicks in)
D|---0-----|----------------|
A|---0-----|----------------|
F|---0-----|----------------|
C|---2-----|---##########---|
G|---2-----|---##########---|
D|---0-----|---##########---|
D|-------------------|---------------------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|
F|-------------------|---------------------|
C|-------------------|---------------------|
G|-------3---2-------|-------3---2---------|
D|---000---0---0-5~~-|---000---0---0-3-2---|
>4x
D|-------------------|---------------------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|
F|-------------------|---------------------|
C|-------------------|---------------------|
G|-------3---2-------|-------3---2---3-5---|
D|---000---0---0-5~~-|---000---0---0-------|
D|-------------------|------------------|
A|-------------------|------------------|
F|-------------------|------------------|
C|-------------------|------------------|4x
G|---0-22-2-2-3---0--|---0-22-2-2---0---|
D|--------------0----|------------3-----|
(verse A)
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------|
C|---4------------------------5--7--5---|2x
G|---4------------------------5--7--5---|
D|---2--222-222-222-222-222---3--5--3---|
... ... ... ... ...
(verse B)
"He wants to live..."
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
F|---4----------------------|
C|---4--------------5-------|
G|---2--------------5-------|
D|------------------3-------|
D|-------------------|------------------|
A|-------------------|------------------|
F|-------------------|------------------|
C|-------------------|------------------|2x
G|---0-22-2-2-3---0--|---0-22-2-2---0---|
D|--------------0----|------------3-----|
(verse A)
(verse B)
D|-------------------|------------------|
A|-------------------|------------------|
F|-------------------|------------------|
C|-------------------|------------------|2x
G|---0-22-2-2-3---0--|---0-22-2-2---0---|
D|--------------0----|------------3-----|
(chorus)*
"Back in our time, goes the legend"
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------4----------------|
C|---2---------------------4----------------|
G|---2---------------------2----------------|
D|---0--------------------------------------|
"Of a sorcerer so old"
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
F|---9-----------------4--------------------|
C|---9-----------------4--------------------|
G|---7-----------------2--------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
"Drank the blood of a virgin to be reborn"
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
F|---7------------------------5-----------///\\\--|
C|---7------------------------5-----------///\\\--|
G|---5------------------------3-----------///\\\--|
D|------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------|---------------------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|
F|-------------------|---------------------|
C|-------------------|---------------------|
G|-------3---2-------|-------3---2---------|
D|---000---0---0-5~~-|---000---0---0-3-2---|
D|-------------------|---------------------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|
F|-------------------|---------------------|
C|-------------------|---------------------|
G|-------3---2-------|-------3---2---3-5---|
D|---000---0---0-5~~-|---000---0---0-------|
"Soon a tyrant will conquer"
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
F|-----------------4----------------|
C|---2-------------4----------------|
G|---2-------------2----------------|
D|---0------------------------------|
"So spoke the wise"
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
F|---9---------------4--------------------|
C|---9---------------4--------------------|
G|---7---------------2--------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
"Of the day when the sorcerer will rise"
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
F|---7----------------------5-----------///\\\--|
C|---7----------------------5-----------///\\\--|
G|---5----------------------3-----------///\\\--|
D|----------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------|---------------------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|
F|-------------------|---------------------|
C|-------------------|---------------------|
G|-------3---2-------|-------3---2---------|
D|---000---0---0-5~~-|---000---0---0-3-2---|
>2x
D|-------------------|---------------------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|
F|-------------------|---------------------|
C|-------------------|---------------------|
G|-------3---2-------|-------3---2---3-5---|
D|---000---0---0-5~~-|---000---0---0-------|
(end chorus)
RISE!!!
D|-------------------|------------------|
A|-------------------|------------------|
F|-------------------|------------------|
C|-------------------|------------------|4x
G|---0-22-2-2-3---0--|---0-22-2-2---0---|
D|--------------0----|------------3-----|
(verse A)
(verse B)
D|-------------------|------------------|
A|-------------------|------------------|
F|-------------------|------------------|
C|-------------------|------------------|2x
G|---0-22-2-2-3---0--|---0-22-2-2---0---|
D|--------------0----|------------3-----|
(verse A)
(verse B)
D|-------------------|------------------|
A|-------------------|------------------|
F|-------------------|------------------|
C|-------------------|------------------|2x
G|---0-22-2-2-3---0--|---0-22-2-2---0---|
D|--------------0----|------------3-----|
(chorus)*
RISE!!!
(rest through the first few bars of the organ passage, then...)
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---2--------------------------------------------------------------3---|
G|---2--------------------------------------------------------------3---|
D|---0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--0-0-1---|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
>2x
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------2---------------3-----5-----|
G|-----------------------------------2---------------3-----5-----|
D|-------1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-0---0-0-0---0-0-1-----3-----|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"A thousand years are gone..."
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---2-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---2-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"Only the cry of a child..."
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------3-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------3-------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-0-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-0---0-0-0---0-0---|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
F|---------------------------|
C|---------------------------|
G|---3--0-----3--0-----3--0--|
D|---------1--------1--------|
"Backward goes time..."
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---2-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---2-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"And nothing remains..."
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------3-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------3-------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-0-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-0---0-0-0---0-0---|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
F|---------------------------|
C|---------------------------|
G|---3--0-----3--0-----3--0--|
D|---------1--------1--------|
(outro)
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------2---2-4-5--5-4~---5~--5-7-5-7~---7-9-7---|
G|---4-2-4-5---5--------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
(play through the fade out)
END
That's about the whole song, have fun playing it. comment if there are any adjustments
needed. \m/