|----------------------------------------|
|----------------Savatage----------------|
|-------Hall-Of-The-Mountain-King--------|
|----Hall-Of-The-Mountain-King-(1987)----|
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Tempo: 128 BPM (approx.)
Tuning: Drop C (C G C F)
[-----]Info:
[-----]Please note that the bass doesn't only copy the guitar.
Specially in the "Bridge B" part you can hear, that it is not played like the guitar.
And yes, the song is tuned in Drop C. If you don't believe this, check out "www.crissoliva.net".
Look under "about Criss" and then "Gear", scroll down to the bottom and then you will see the truth.
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Riffs:
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Intro/Re-Intro
S S E S S E S S E Q S S E S S E S S E Q
F|-|---------------------|---------------------|
C|4|---------------------|-----6-----5-----3---| enter with
G|4|-0-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|-5-5---5-5---5-5---3-| the drums
C|-|---------------------|---------------------|
Verse
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E S S S S E E
F|-|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|
C|4|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|
G|4|-----6-----5---6s8-|-----6-----5---3-|-----6-----5---6s8-|-----6---6s8-8-8-8s6-|
C|-|-0-0---0-0---0-----|-0-0---0-0---0---|-0-0---0-0---0-----|-0-0---0-------------|
Pre-Chorus
Q. Q 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
F|-|-----------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C|4|-----------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|4|-----------|-------------------|-----3---5-------|-----3---6s5-6s8-|
C|-|-5--5--5-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0---0---0-0-0-|-0-0---0---------|
Chorus
Q E Q E Q W W W
F|-|-------------|-----|-----|-----|
C|4|----R----R---|-----|-----|-----|
G|4|-5----0----1-|-(1)-|-(1)-|-(1)-|
C|-|-------------|-----|-----|-----|
Bridge A
E S S S S E E Q E W E S S S S E E Q E W
F|-|--------------------|-----|--------------------|-----|
C|4|-------------R------|-----|-------------R-3----|-----|
G|4|-5-5-5-5-5-5---1--3-|-(3)-|-5-5-5-5-5-5------3-|-(3)-|
C|-|--------------------|-----|--------------------|-----|
Bridge B
E E E E E E E E 2x E E E E E E E E 2x E E E E E E E E 2x E E E E E E E E 2x
F|-|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| enter when you
C|4|o-----------------o|o-----------------o|o-----------------o|o-----------------o| hear the hi-hat
G|4|o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o|o-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-o|o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o|o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o| of the drums
C|-|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----( ! )----|
(!) In the third (and last) repetition of this riff
the last bar have to be played in this way:
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
F|-|-----------------|-----------------|
C|4|-----------------|-----------------|
G|4|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-1-0-----------|
C|-|-----------------|-------3-5-2-3-0-|
Bridge C
W W
F|-|---|-----|
C|4|---|-----|
G|4|-5-|-(5)-|
C|-|---|-----|
Interlude
E E E E E E E E E E E Q E S Q. 4x H. E E W
F|-|------------------|-----------------|-----------|-----|
C|4|o-----------------|----------------o|-----------|-----|
G|4|o-5-----1-------5-|-------1-1-1-3--o|-0---(0)-3-|-(3)-|
C|-|----0-0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0-----------|-----------|-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E Q E S Q. H. E E W
F|-|-----------------|---------------|-----------|-----|
C|4|-----------------|---------------|-----------|-----|
G|4|-5-----1-------5-|-------1-1-1-3-|-0---(0)-3-|-(3)-|
C|-|---0-0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0---------|-----------|-----|
Outro
S S E S S E S S E Q S S E S S E S S E Q W W
F|-|---------------------|---------------------|-----|-----| you will notice
C|4|-----6-----5-----3---|-----6-----5-----3---|-----|-----| that this riff
G|4|-5-5---5-5---5-5---3-|-5-5---5-5---5-5---3-|-(3)-|-(3)-| becomes slower
C|-|---------------------|---------------------|-----|-----| and slower
H H 4x W W
F|-|--------|---|-----|
C|4|o------o|---|-----|
G|4|o-5--0-o|---|-----|
C|-|--------|-0-|-(0)-|
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Structure:
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Intro 4x
Verse 2x
Pre-Chorus 2x
Chorus 1x
Re-Intro 2x
Verse 2x
Pre-Chorus 2x
Chorus 1x
Re-Intro 4x
Bridge A 2x
Break
Bridge B 3x
Bridge C 1x
Interlude 1x
Re-Intro 2x
Verse 2x
Pre-Chorus 2x
Chorus 1x
Break
Re-Intro 4x
Outro 1x
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Description:
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W - whole notes
H - half notes
Q - quarter notes
E - 8th notes
S - 16th notes
. - note dotted (e.g. "E." or "Q.")
(x) - let ring the note ("x" stand for for fret)
R - pause
|4|
|4| - Time Signature (e.g. stands for 4/4)
|o - repeat start
o| - repeat end
s - slide to note (up or down)
