In the Beginning Lyrics

As recorded by Amorphis
(From the 1994 Album TALES FROM THE THOUSAND LAKES)
Words and Music by Holopainen & Laine
A5V
B5VII
Bb5VI
Eb5VI
D5V
Gtr I (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Lead 1'
Gtr II (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Lead 2'
Gtr III (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Rhythm 1'
Gtr IV (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Rhythm 2'
Gtr V (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Organ'
Intro & 1st Verse
Moderately Q=115
Gtrs III, IV
W W
Gtr I
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||o----------------|----------------|
||o----5-3-2-3-2---|----5-3-2-3-2---|
W W Q Q Q Q Q Q
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E 4x Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------|----------------o||--------------||
|--------------5-|-3--2-3-5-3-2---o||--------------||
Gtr IV
W +H. Q
/ / o
Gtr II
Q E +E +S +S E Q Q E E H
|----10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r===========|
| Gtr I
| >
| W W
| Gtr III
| W +H. Q
G5 A5V
W +H. Q
+Q E +E +S +S E Q Q E E H
|------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r============|
| W W
| W +H. Q
B5VII
Gtr IV
W +W
Gtr II
+Q E +E +S +S E Q Q E E H
|------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r===========|
| Gtr III
| W +H H
W +W
+Q E +E +S +S E Q Q E E H
|------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r==========|
| W +W
W +H. Q
/ / o
+Q E +E +S +S E Q Q E E H
|------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r===========|
| W +H. Q
G5 A5V
W +H. Q
+Q E +E +S +S E Q Q E E H
|------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r===========|
| W +H. Q
B5VII
W +H. Q
/ / o
+Q E +E +S +S E Q Q E E H
|------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r===========|
| W +H. Q
H=H
E5 N.C.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
+Q E +E +S +S E Q Q E E H
|-------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7---|-7b8r=============||
| PM-----------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E W
2nd Verse
Slightly Faster Q=125
Gtr IV
Gtr I
||o-8-7-7---8-7-7---|-10-8-8-7-----7-8-|-8-7-7---8-7-7---|
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
| Gtr III
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
B5 B5 N.C.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E H
|-----------7-7-8-o||-------------------------||
|-----------------o||-------------------------||
| PM
|-----------------o||-------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2-2-2-2-0-b2.5p0-----||
3rd Verse
E5 N.C. E5 N.C. E5 N.C. E5 G5
PM| ~ PM| ~ PM| ~ PM
Q Q S S E E E Q Q S S E Q Q Q S S E E E Q Q S E S Q 4x
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-2--2------2-----|-2--2------2----|-2--2------2-----|-2--2--x-5---5---o||
Gtr I
|---/9-9-8--8s=6-6-4-|-(4)-/9-9-8--8s=6-6-4-|
| Gtrs III, IV
| H +Q E E +H +Q E E
|-(4)-/9-9-8--8s=6-6-4-|-(4)-/9-9-8-8-6-6-4--|
| PM--|
| +H +Q E E +H E E E E
|-(4)-/9-9-8--8s=6--6--4-|-(4)-/9-9-8--8s=6-6-4-|
| +H +Q E E +H +Q E E
|-(4)-/9-9-8-8s6-6-4-|-(4)-/9-9-8-8s6-6-4--||
| PM--------------|
| +W E E E E E E E E
Gtr IV
Gtr I
||o-8-7-7---8-7-7---|-10-8-8-7-----7-8-|-8-7-7---8-7-7---|
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
| Gtr III
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E H.
|-----------7-7-8-o||------------7-7-8-8-8---|
|-----------------o||------------------------|
|-----------------o||------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2---|
G5 Bb5VI
Gtrs III, IV
Gtr I
||o-11-10-10----11-10-10----|-13-11-11-10-------10-11-|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
Eb5VI D5V
|-11-10-10----11-10-10----|----------------10-10-11--o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
F5 G5 E5 N.C.
Gtr IV
Q Q Q Q Q Q H H
Gtr II
Q Q Q Q Q Q H H
| Gtr III
| PM| ~
| Q Q Q Q Q Q H S S E E E
Organ Solo
E5 N.C. E5 N.C.
Gtr V
Q Q S S E S S E Q Q S S E S S E
||o-----17--------15----14-17-|-----17--------15----14-17-|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Gtrs III, IV
| PM| ~~ PM| ~~
| Q Q S S E E E Q Q S S E Q
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||o--2---2---------2----------|--2---2---------2----------|
E5 N.C. E5 G5
Q Q S S E S S E Q Q S S S S S E.
| PM| ~~ PM
| Q Q S S E E E Q Q S E S Q
E5 N.C. E5 N.C.
Q Q S S E S S E Q Q S S E S S E
| PM| ~~ PM| ~~
| Q Q S S E E E Q Q S S E Q
E5 N.C. E5 N.CG5
Q Q S S E S S E Q Q S E S Q
|-----17--------15----14-17-|-----17-----15---15----o||
|---------------------------|-----------------------o||
| PM| ~~ PM
| Q Q S S E E E Q Q S E S Q
|---------------------------|-----------------------o||
|--2---2---------2----------|--2---2---x--5----5----o||
N.CG5 N.CG5 E5 N.C.
S E S Q S E S Q E Q.
| PM PM
| S E S Q S E S Q E Q.
Finale
Freely Q=125
H S S T S T T S T T S T
| W
| TP
| H H
| Gtr I
| TP
| H H
T S T T S T T S T T S T Q +Q +W
|-12p=10p9h10p9p7h9p7p5h7p5h7p5--(5)--|-(5)----|
| +W +W
| TP
| H. Q +W
| TP TP
| W W
N.C.
+W +W +H. Q
| +W +W +H. Q
| +W +W S S S S E S S S Q E.
| TP TP TP ~
| W Q Q H S S S S E S S S Q E.
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