Thousand Years of Oppression Lyrics

As recorded by Amon Amarth
(From the 2003 Album VERSUS THE WORLD)
Music by Amon Amarth
Gtr I (B E A D F# B) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (B E A D F# B) - 'Untitled'
Gtr I
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-|
| Gtr II
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-7--7-7-7-|
| TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TPTP
| Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------12-------|---------------12-----|
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-|-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-o||
| TP TPTP TP TP TP TPTP TP TP
| Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q 4x
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM---------------------------------------------------------------|
e e q q e e q q e e q e e q q e e q q e e q
||o-------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||o-10---10--10--10---|-10--10--7---7--|-9----9--9--9----|-9--9--9----9--o||
Gtr I
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
e e q q e e q q e e q e e q q e e q q e e q 4x
||o-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-10---10--10--10---|-10---10--7---7--|-9----9--9--9----|--9---9--9----9--o||
| Gtr II
| W +H H W +H H 4x
||o-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o--5----------------|-(5)------2------|-2---------------|-(2)-----5-------o||
Gtr I
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-|
| Gtr II
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-7--7-7-7-|
| TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TPTP
| Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------12-------|---------------12-----|
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-|-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-o||
| TP TPTP TP TP TP TPTP TP TP
| Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
N.C.
TP TP TP TPTP TP TP TP TPTP
Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------12-----|-------------12-----|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o-2-2--2--2-2--2-2-2-|-4-4--4--4-4--4-4-4-|
TP TP TP TPTP TP TP TP TPTP
Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------12-----|-------------12-----o||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|-5-5--5--5-5--5-5-5-|-7-7--7--7-7--7-7-7-o||
N.C.
TP TP TP TPTP TP TP TP TPTP
Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------12-----|-------------12-----|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o-2-2--2--2-2--2-2-2-|-4-4--4--4-4--4-4-4-|
TP TP TP TPTP TP TP TP TPTP
Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------12-----|-------------12-----o||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|-5-5--5--5-5--5-5-5-|-7-7--7--7-7--7-7-7-o||
G5 E5 B5 N.C.
Gtrs I, II
||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------3---|-2---------------o||
||o-5-5-5-5-5-------|-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-------|-----------------o||
Gtr I
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-|
| Gtr II
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM---------------------------------------------------------------|
e e q q e e q q e e q e e q q e e q q e e q
||o-------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||o-10---10--10--10---|-10--10--7---7--|-9----9--9--9----|-9--9--9----9--o||
Gtr I
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
e e q q e e q q e e q e e q q e e q q e e q 6x
||o-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-10---10--10--10---|-10---10--7---7--|-9----9--9--9----|--9---9--9----9--o||
| Gtr II
| W +H H W +H H 6x
||o-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o--5----------------|-(5)------2------|-2---------------|-(2)-----5-------o||
Out-Chorus
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-7--7-7-7-|
| TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TPTP
| Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------12-------|---------------12-----|
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-|-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-o||
| TP TPTP TP TP TP TPTP TP TP
| Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths