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Zeromus - The Black Mages
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Tabbed by: JenoUnion
E-mail: CryofthePlanet@hotmail.com
This is without a doubt my favorite Black Mages song, but I couldn't find any tabs of it. I
tried my hand at learning it by ear and this is what I got. It might not be 100% accurate, but
it's a pretty good start. If some parts are confusing, consult the key.
Tuning: EADGBe (Standard)
Intro
Rhythm Guitare|------------------------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------------------------|D|---7----4----5----8-----------------------------------|A|---5----2----3----6-----------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------------------------|D|---7----4----5----8-----------------------------------|A|---5----2----3----6-----------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------------------------|D|---7----4----5----8-----------------------------------|A|---5----2----3----6-----------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------|
Lead Guitar (All natural harmonics, listen to song for timing)e|--R------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--E------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|--S--------------------------------5~----v---v---v---v---v---v---v---------|D|--T--------------------------5---5-----------------------------------------|A|--x----------------------------5-------------------------------------------|E|--x------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------3~--------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Both Guitarse|------------------------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------------------------|D|-----------------------3---5-3------------------------|A|-------1---3-1-5-6-3-5---6----------------------------|E|-5-2-3---5--------------------------------------------|
Main Riff
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------4*--|E|-3--331--3--30-1-2--3--331--3--30-1-2--3--331--3--30-1-2--3--331--3--0----------| ppp pp p p ppp pp p p ppp pp p p ppp p
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------4*--|E|-3--331--3--30-1-2--3--331--3--30-1-2--3--331--3--30-1-2--3--331--3--0----------| ppp pp p p ppp pp p p ppp pp p p ppp p
Melody Riff
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|B|-------13b15--13--11--------------------16b18--16--15------------|G|-14-------------------14--12--15--17-----------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------15---17b18---17-------------------------------|B|-16----13-15-16-----------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
First Solo
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|B|-----13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15--11-13--13b15--------------------|G|-/11----------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|B|-11-14-13----13-11--------------------------------------------|G|----------14-------12b14r12-----------------------------------|D|-----------------------------11~------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-------------------14-17b18---r17-15-18b20---r18-15-17b18---r17-15-18b20---|G|----------12-14-15---------------------------------------------------------|D|-12-13-15------------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------16b18-------------------------------------|B|-18b20-----15-------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|---R------------------------------------------------------------|B|---E--------------------------16~-------------------------------|G|---S--------------------/15-------------------------------------|D|---T------------------------------------------------------------|A|---x------------------------------------------------------------|E|---x------------------------------------------------------------|
*For this next section, dip the whammy bar a bit and hit the note, then raise it back upto normal pitch; for the E and F# at the end of each part, apply vibrato with the whammy*e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-------------7----10----9~----------------------9----12-----11~------------|D|--5----8-----------------------------7----10-------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Keyboard Melody (All of the notes on the D string played here are semi-harmonics)e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-----4-----4---------4-----4---------5-----5---------5-----5---------------|A|-2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3---3-3-----------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-----4-----4---------4-----4---------5-----5---------5-----5---------------|A|-2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3---3-3-----------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-----2-----2---------2-----2---------5-----5---------5-----5---------------|A|-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3---3-3-----------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p
e|----------------------------------------|B|----------------------------------------|G|----------------------------------------|D|-----2-----2----------------------------|A|-0-0---0-0---0-0------7--5--3-----------|E|-----------------/x\--5--3--1------/x\--| p p p p p p
Rockin' Break (Hard to express the timing in tab...listen to the song)e|-----R----------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-----E----------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-----S----------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-----T----------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-----x----------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-----x----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------------------|G|------4---3---4--3--5---4---5--4------------------------------|D|------4---3---4--3--5---4---5--4------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|--4---------4-5-2-3-8-----------6------------------------------------------|A|--4---------2-3-0-1-6---6-6-6-8-4------------------------------------------|E|--2---2-2-2-------------------6--------------------------------------------| p p p p p p
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------------------------5-----------------------5-7-8-----|D|--------------------------5-----7--8---4---------4--8---7-8-5-7---5-----5-7-8-----------|A|-5--6--5--8---6--5--8--5-----5-------8-----5--6-----------------8---6-8-----------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*Drum Fill*
Guitar Solo
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-17---------------14--------------------------------20---------20---------------------|G|-16b18--16p14h16------16--14--------------19b21-b21----b21-b21----b21-b21-19b21-------|D|-----------------------------16-14--16/-----------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-x/16b18--r16-----------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------17p15p14-----17b18--r17-17p15p14-------------------------------------|G|------------------------17----------------------17-15-17/19--15-17-18-14-17-15~-----|D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-14------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|----13----13--------------------------------------/15-13-16-15-18-16-------|G|-------11----14-11-8-11-8v-^7-8-10-v^12-14-15-11v--------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--13b15--11-------------------------------------------------------------------|B|------------12----------------------------------------------------------------|G|---------------12---------------10-8----------7-------------------------------|D|------------------12-13-10-12-9------10-8-5-7---4~--v-------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*Natural Harmonics*e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-0v-----5^--v-7^--v----3~--------------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Keyboard Solo
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------4*--|E|-3--331--3--30-1-2--3--331--3--30-1-2--3--331--3--30-1-2--3--331--3--0----------| ppp pp p p ppp pp p p ppp pp p p ppp p
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------4*--|E|-3--331--3--30-1-2--3--331--3--30-1-2--3--331--3--30-1-2--3--331--3--0----------| ppp pp p p ppp pp p p ppp pp p p ppp p
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------5/7-\5--|E|-6--664--6--60-4-5--6--664--6--60-4-5--6--664--6--60-4-5--6--664--6--4--------------| ppp pp p p ppp pp p p ppp pp p p ppp p
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------5/7*----|E|-6--664--6--60-4-5--6--664--6--60-4-5--6--664--6--60-4-5--6--664--6--4--------------| ppp pp p p ppp pp p p ppp pp p p ppp p
Melody Riffe|-----------------------------------------------------------------|B|-------13b15--13--11--------------------16b18--16--15------------|G|-14-------------------14--12--15--17-----------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
*Two guitars here, one ends the riff normally and the other starts it again with an A*
e|----------------15---17b18---17-----------------------------------------------------|B|-16----13-15-16-------------------13b15--13-11--------------------16b18--16--15-----|G|------------------------------------------------14--12--15--17----------------------|D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------12-----------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------15---17b18---17-------------------------------|B|-16----13-15-16-----------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Outroe|-------10--13-12-10----12-10-------10--------------------------------------------------------|B|-13b15--------------13-------13-12----13-12-10-13-12-10----12-10-------10--------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------------12-------12-10----12-10-9-12-10-9-7--|D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---10----12-----13-----14-----15-----15-----17~----------------------------|G|-7----/9----/10----/11----/12----/13----/14--------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----15----------------15-----------------15--------------------------|B|--15----18p15-------15----18p15-------15-----18p15--------------------|G|--------------17b19-------------17b19--------------17b19--------------|D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------15----------------15-----------------15--------------------------|B|-------15----18p15-------15----18p15-------15-----18p15--------------------|G|-17b19-------------17b19-------------17b19--------------17b19--------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----17----------------17-----------------17--------------------------|B|--17----20p17-------17----20p17-------17-----20p17--------------------|G|--------------19b21-------------19b21--------------19b21--------------|D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------20----------------20-----------------20----------------20---------|B|-------17----20p17-------17----20p17-------17-----20p17-------17----20p17---|G|-19b21-------------19b21-------------19b21--------------19b21---------------|D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*Natural harmonics*e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-0v------^9v---^7v---^5v---^3~---------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------|B|---------------------------|G|---------------------------|D|---------------------------|A|-5-6-3-5-------------------|E|---------6-5-2-3*----------|
There you have it. Sorry if some things aren't perfect, but I tried my best. Let me know what
you think in the comments!
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| v whammy dip
| ^ whammy rise
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off (inside tab)/palm mute (under tab format)
| ~ vibrato
| * pinch harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| r Bend release
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