Valhalla Lyrics

by Blind Guardian
This song is played in the key of A minor but remember to tune your
guitar one half step down.
Gtr1 is the lead guitar (Andre Olbrich) and Gtr2 is the rhythm guitar
(Armin Siepen).
H = Hammer on, P = Pull off. ~ = vibrato, /\/ = Heavy vibrato (bend)
' = b() = bend, r = release bend, / or \ = slide, Ah = artificial harmonic
Fig.1 End Fig.1
Pm--- Pm--- Pm----------------------------- Repeat 8 times
||*--------P----|---------P----|-------------------------|---------9---10-*||
Pm------------------------ Pm------------------------
1-> ->|
Pm------------------------ Pm------------------------
2-> ->|
|-----------------|-----------------| Play this figure twice
Gtr1 P H P
|Gtr 2: (Pm thourghly)
Gtr 1 plays here the first two measures of Fig.1 4 times while Gtr 2
plays the whole figure twice.
Fig 2:
Pm--- Pm---
||-----------------|-Ah--------------|-----------------|-Ah--------------|
End Fig 2
Pm--- Pm--- Pm---
|-----------------|-Ah--------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-5---------------|-Ah--------------|-Ah--------------||
|---------5---7---|---------7---5---|-7-------5---4---|-5-------4---Ah-*||
||-----------------|-----------------|-12~~~~----------|------H--P-----------|
||---------12--13--|-----12--13--15--|-Ah------15--13--|----12-13-12---------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-Ah--------------|---------------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-8~~~~~----------|------H--P-----------|
CHORUS: (Figures 3a & 3b)
Fig.3a End Fig.3a
Fig.3b
End Fig.3b
SOLO:
(I think these are triols...)
|--P-P-----P-P----|---P-P------P--P--|--------HP-------|--------------HP-|
| (Pm on single notes)
Gtr2 plays Fig.3a twice
(The E, G anf F parts are played one octave higher)
||-----------------|------H-P------------|------------H-P--|-----------------|
||---------5-------|-----5-6-5------H-P--|-----------5-6-5-|-----------------|
||*----------------|-------------7---7-5-|-----------------|-7b(9)------r(7)-|
|-----------------|------H-P------------|--------P-H------|----------------||
|---------5-------|-----5-6-5----P------|-------6-5-6-----|(6)-\-----------||
|-----------------|-------------7-5--P--|-----------------|---------------*||
|-5---------------|-----------------7-5-|-3---------------|---Slide-up----*||
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|---on-2nd-time--||
Gtr 2 plays Fig 3b twice (Play the E, G, and F parts an octave higher)
|-----------------|---------H--P--H--P---|-------------------|-----------------|
|/20~~~~~~~~~-----|-(20)--17-20-17-20-17-|-20b(22)---20--17--|-20--17----------|
Pm------
|----------------16--|-17--19----b(20)-|b(20)r19-19~~~---|-----------------|
P P
|-20b(23)---(23)-|-20----19-----20-19-17----17--|----P---------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------20-----|-20--17---P-----P---------|
|-----------------------|---------------H--P-----|--------P-----P---------|
|-19\/\/\/----p17-------|b21--r(19)---17-19-17---|-16---17-16-17-16-------|
Repeat Chorus (Gtr 2 begins and Gtr1 follows)
|-----------------|----H---H----18--|-17~~~~~---------|(17)-------------|
|------------H----|-16--17--19------|-----------------|-----------------|
1, 2, 3-------------------------------------------> 4 ----------------->
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Rep 4 times
Rep 4 times
Fig.2 (both)
the 2nd solo:
|-----------------|-----------H--P-----H--P--|-------------------|------------|
|-20'-20'-20'-20'-|(22)r----18-20-18-17-18-17|-------P-----------|---------17-|
| Pm----- Pm----------- Pm------- Pm-----
Gtr2 plays Fig.3a
|------------------|---------H--P------|---------------------------|--------|
|-20b(22)r--20b(25)|-------17-20-17----|-----------------H--P--P---|--------|
|------------------|----------------19-|-19b(21)-r(19)-17-19-17-16-|--------|
|------------------P--P-----------|---P--P------------P--P----------|
|---P--P---------12-10-8----------|-13-12-10--------15-13-12--------|
|---P--P-----------P--P-----------|---------------------------------|
Gtr2 plays Chorus
1 2 3 4 3 times
||-20b(22)-b20-b20r(20)-20b(22)-b20-b20r(20)-||-------------------------|
P P
|-20--19--20-19-17----17-|---P-------------------|-----------------|
|------------------20----|-20-17---P-----P-------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-------19-17-19-17-----|-19b(21)r---17---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-13--13P12---------|
|-----------------|-------------15b-|(17)--------(17)-|-----------15--13--|
|----------|-------H-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
Half time feel
|-----------------|-15b(17)-r-------|-15b(17)---------|-----------------|
|---------15b(17)-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|Gtr2 (clean)
H
| Fig.4
|---H--P-----------------|--------------------------------|--------------------|
|-12-13-12----------12-14|-------H--P---------------------|--------------------|
|----------12----14------|-14--12-14-12-------------------|------------S---H---|
| End Fig.4
w/Fig.4 (4 times)
|---------|-------------------------|-----------------|---F------------H--P---|
|---------|---------------------H---|-----12--13--15--|-15'--15--13--12-13-12-|
|---------|---H-----H-----H---10-12-|-14--------------|-----------------------|
|-----------F-----|--------Ah--H--P--------|-------------------F|
|---F----------H-------|---------F---|------Ah--H--P-------|------------------|
123412341234H12341
|---F-------------|----------|---------12-15-|-12----15-|-15'-----|
|-----------------|----------|---------------|----------|-let-ring|
Gtr 2 plays Fig.4 twice
|-1-sweep
|-2--pick