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Devastation

Savatage

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|----------------------------------------|
|----------------Savatage----------------|
|---------------Devastation--------------|
|----Hall-Of-The-Mountain-King-(1987)----|
|----------------------------------------|

Tempo: Due to the changes, it's shown for every riff
Tuning: Standard (E A D G)


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Riffs:
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Intro A/Re-Intro A (BPM 135)

     Q Q Q Q   Q Q E Q.
G|-|---------|---------|
D|4|---------|---------|
A|4|---------|---------|
E|-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-X-5-|
     . . . .   . .


Intro B/Re-Intro B (BPM 135)

     E E E Q  Q  E E E   E E E Q  E Q.
G|-|-------------------|----------------|
D|4|-------------------|----------------|
A|4|-------7--2----0-2-|-------7--------|
E|-|-0-0-0-------3-----|-0-0-0----X-5---|
     |-3-|       |-3-|   |-3-|


Pre-Verse (BPM 135)

     E E S S E E E S S E   E E S E S S S S S S E
G|-|---------------------|-----------------------|
D|4|---------------------|---------4-4-4-4-5-5-7-|
A|4|-----7-5-7-----7-5-7-|-----7s3---------------|
E|-|-0-0-------0-0-------|-0-0-------------------|

then

     E E S S E E E S S E   E E E E S S S S S S E
G|-|---------------------|-----------------------|
D|4|---------------------|-----------------5-4---|
A|4|-----7-5-7-----7-5-7-|-----7s3-3-3-3-3-----5-|
E|-|-0-0-------0-0-------|-0-0-------------------|


Verse (BPM 135)

     E E E E E E E E    E  E E E Q Q Q    E  E E E E E E E    E  E E E E E E E
G|-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|4|---------------5-|-(5)-5-----5-4---|-------------------|-------------------|
A|4|-7-7---------7---|-------7-7-----5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5---|---------------5-7-|
E|-|-----0-0-0-0-----|-----------------|-----------------7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-----|
                                 |-3-|

then

      E  E E E E E E E    E  E E E Q Q Q    E  E E E E E E E    E  E E E E E E E
G|-|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|4|-----------------5-|-(5)-5-----5-4---|-------------------|-------------------|
A|4|-(7)-7---------7---|-------7-7-----5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5---|---------------5-7-|
E|-|-------0-0-0-0-----|-----------------|-----------------7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-----|
                                   |-3-|


Chorus (BPM 135)

     Q. E E E Q    W    Q. E E E Q    Q.  E Q E E
G|-|------------|-----|------------|--------------|
D|4|------------|-----|------------|--------5-4---|
A|4|-7--5-R-0-0-|-(0)-|-3--5-R-5-7-|-(7)--7-----5-|
E|-|------------|-----|------------|--------------|

then

     Q. E E E Q    W      Q. Q.
G|-|------------|-----|-|------|
D|4|------------|-----|3|------|
A|4|-7--5-R-0-0-|-(0)-|4|-3--5-|
E|-|------------|-----|-|------|


Bridge (BPM 102)

     E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E Q
G|-|---------------------|---------------|
D|3|---------------------|---------------|
A|4|---------------------|-----------2-3-|
E|-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-----|
     .         .           .

then

     E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E Q
G|-|---------------------|---------------|
D|3|---------------------|---------------|
A|4|---------------------|-----------3-2-|
E|-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-----|
     .         .           .

now play the first 2 bars of the Bridge again and then

     E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S
G|-|---------------------|-----------------------|
D|3|---------------------|-----------------------|
A|4|---------------------|-----------------------|
E|-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
     .         .           .


Interlude (BPM 135)

     Q E E E E E E    E  E E E Q E E    E  E E E E E E E    E  E E E Q E E
G|-|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D|4|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|4|-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-5-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-5-3-2-|
E|-|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|

then

      E  E E E E E E    E  E E E Q E E    E  E E E E E E E    E  E E E Q Q
G|-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|
D|4|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|
A|4|-(2)-2-2-2-2-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-5-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-5-3-|
E|-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|

then

     W    W
G|-|---|-----|
D|4|---|-----|
A|4|---|-----|
E|-|-0-|-(0)-|


Outro A (BPM 135)                                                    That's the "harder" way 
                                                                     play it like the guitar

     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 E Q  Q  E E E   E E E Q  Q  E E E
G|-|-------------------------|-------------------------|     |-------------------|-------------------|
D|4|-------------------------|-------------------------|     |-------------------|-------3-----------|
A|4|-------------------------|-------------------------|     |-------7--2----0-2-|----------3----1-3-|
E|-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|     |-0-0-0-------3-----|-1-1-1-------4-----|
     |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|         |-3-|       |-3-|   |-3-|       |-3-|
      

then

     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 E Q  Q  E E E   E E E Q  Q  E E E
G|-|-------------------------|-------------------------|     |-------------------|-------------------|
D|4|-------------------------|-------------------------|     |-------4-----------|-------5-----------|
A|4|-------------------------|-------------------------|     |----------4--0-2-4-|----------5--1-3-5-|
E|-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|     |-2-2-2-------------|-3-3-3-------------|
     |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|         |-3-|       |-3-|   |-3-|       |-3-|
      

then

     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 E Q  Q  E E E   E E E Q  Q  E E E
G|-|-------------------------|-------------------------|     |-------------------|-------------------|
D|4|-------------------------|-------------------------|     |-------6---------1-|-------7--2----0-2-|
A|4|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|     |----------6--2-4---|-0-0-0-------3-----|
E|-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-------------------------|     |-4-4-4-------------|-------------------|
     |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|         |-3-|       |-3-|   |-3-|       |-3-|
      

then

     E E E E E E E E E E E E                                          E E E Q  Q  E E E
G|-|-------------------------|                                      |-------3-----------|
D|4|-------------------------|                                      |----------3----1-3-|
A|4|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|                                      |-1-1-1-------4-----|
E|-|-------------------------|                                      |-------------------|
     |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|                                          |-3-|       |-3-|


Outro B (first bar BPM 98; second bar BPM 135)

      Q Q Q Q 2x Q Q Q  Q
G|-|-----------|-------------|
D|4|o---------o|-------------|
A|4|o---------o|-7-5-7-(7s0)-|
E|-|--0-0-0-0--|-------------|
      . . . .


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Structure:
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Intro A     2x
Intro B     2x
Pre-Verse   2x
Verse       1x
Re-Intro B  2x
Verse       1x
Chorus      1x
Pre-Verse   1x
Verse       1x
Chorus      1x
Bridge      1x
Interlude   1x
Re-Intro A  2x
Re-Intro B  2x
Verse       1x
Chorus      1x
Pre-Verse   2x
Outro A     1x
Outro B     1x


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Description:
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W   - whole notes
H   - half notes
Q   - quarter notes
E   - 8th notess
S   - 16th notes
.   - note dotted (e.g. "E." or "Q.")
(x) - let ring the note
R   - pause
X   - dead note

|4|
|4| -> Time Signature (e.g. stands for 4/4)

|o -> repeat start
o| -> repeat end

s  -> slide to note (up or down)
. (stands under the tabulature) -> staccato note

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Savatage