Blood Tears by Blind Guardian Blood Tears from Nightfall In Middle Earth by Blind Guardian When I first played this song, I played it one octave lower, it felt better that way, but as I started to tab it seriously, I discovered that it was played one octave higher. Actually, I was a little dissapointed, it had been such a great aucoustic song! But no, you HAD to play up in the high pitched areas, hmm... Well, I'll just stop coplaining; Here's Blood Tears! Riff 1 2x E|-9------9---11-12------9------9---11-12------------------14-16---- B|---9-12-----------12-----9-12-----------12------14-16-17-------17- G|---------------------------------------------14------------------- D|------------------------------------------------------------------ A|------------------------------------------------------------------ e|------------------------------------------------------------------ E -----------------------| B ----14-16-17-12----9---| G -14-------------11---9-| D -----------------------| A -----------------------| e -----------------------| Riff 2 4x Riff 3 4x Riff 4 4x E|-9---11-12-11-9---| E|--------12-14-12----| E|--------------------| B|---9------------9-| B|-----13----------13-| B|--------13-16-13----| G|------------------| G|-14-----------------| G|-----14----------14-| D|------------------| D|--------------------| D|-15-----------------| A|------------------| A|--------------------| A|--------------------| e|------------------| e|--------------------| e|--------------------| Riff 5 2x Riff 6 4x E|-12------------------------| E|-2---0-2----9-14-| B|----12---------------------| B|---1-----10------| G|-------13------15h16-15----| G|-----------------| D|----------14------------16-| D|-----------------| A|---------------------------| A|-----------------| e|---------------------------| e|-----------------| Chorus (this is just the first chorus lyrics) Alive Though the end appears my friend And blood Tears I cry You've searched and you've found Cut off your old friends hand There's actually aocoustic in the chorus to, if you havn't noticed that. And I Believe I've got that right to. E|-------------------------------| B|-------------------------------| Play this 2x G|-------------------------------| D|-----4---2---6---2---6---4---6-| A|-6---2---0---4---0---4---2---4-| e|-4-----------------------------| E|---9-12-9---9-11-12-| B|-9--------9---------| with this 8x G|--------------------| D|--------------------| A|--------------------| e|--------------------| Play: Riff 1 1x Riff 8 4x E|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------5-5\3-| G|-----------------------4-----6-----------------4-----------| D|-6-----6---------6-----------------------------------------| A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4---4-4---5-----5---------------------| e|-------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-------| P.M [_] [_____] [_] [_] [_] [_____] [_] The third time you play Riff 8, Guitar 2 starts playing to. There's a slight differance how it plays on the third and fourth. Third time Fourth time E|-------------------------------|-----------------------| B|-------------------------------|-----------------------| G|-------------------------------|-----------------------| D|-6---6---6---6-----------4---7-|-6---6---6---6---------| A|-4---4---4---4---5---5---2---5-|-4---4---4---4---5---5-| e|-----------------3---3---------|-----------------3---3-| Now play Riff 6 4x with this high pitched stuff. E|---------------| B|-10b(12)pb---9-| G|-11b(13)pb---9-| D|---------------| A|---------------| e|---------------| Play: Riff 7 (chorus) Now there's this interlude played twice... E|----------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------11b12-| D|----11-13-14-13-11-13--14---------9----9----9----9--12b14-| A|-11------------------------11--10---10---10---10----------| e|----------------------------------------------------------| | | E|----------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------| D|-6--------------------------------------------------------| A|-4--------------------------6---5-------------------------| e|----------------------------4---3-------------------------| Riff 9 2x E|---------------| B|---------------| G|---------------| D|-6-----------6-| A|-4-----4-6-7---| e|---------------| P.M [___] Coming up with update as soon as possible Transcribed by Axel Hallingbäck mailto:oedward@hotmail.com www.TAB6.com