The Kingdom Lyrics

As recorded by Edguy
(From the 1997 Album THE KINGDOM)
Words by Tobias Sammet Music by Edguy
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Ac. Gtr. I'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Ac. Gtr. II'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Dist. Gtr. I'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Dist. Gtr. II'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Keyboard'
Q=106
Gtr I
||o---3-----3---3---|-------4-----4-----|-------1-----1-----|-----3-----3------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|--3------3-------3-|------------------|
| Gtr II
| E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E
||o-----------------|-------------------|---------4---------|-----3------------|
||o---5-------------|-----6-------------|--3----------------|------------------|
| Gtr V
| W W W W
||o-8---------------|--4----------------|-(4)---------------|-7----------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
| E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E
| W W W
|-------1-----1-----o||-----3-----3-------|
|-------------------o||-------------------|
| E E E H E E E E H E
|-------------------o||-----3-------------|
|-----0-3-----------o||-------------------|
| W W
|-(6)---------------o||-7-----------------|
|-------------------o||-------------------|
Verse I
||o---3-----3---3---|-------4-----4-----|-------1-----1-----|-----3-----3-----|
||o-----------------|-------------------|--3------3-------3-|-----------------|
| E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E
||o-----------------|-------------------|---------4---------|-----3-----------|
||o---5-------------|-----6-------------|--3----------------|-----------------|
| W W W W
||o-8---------------|--4----------------|-(4)---------------|-7---------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
| E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E
| W W W
|-------1-----1-----o||-----3-----3-------|
|-------------------o||-------------------|
| E E E H E E E E H E
|-------------------o||-----3-------------|
|-----0-3-----------o||-------------------|
| W W
|-(6)---------------o||-7-----------------|
|-------------------o||-------------------|
||o-----4-----4-----|----1-------1---1---|---3-----3---3---|
||o-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
| E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E
||o-------8---------|---------10---------|-----------------|
||o-6---------------|-8------------------|---5-------------|
| W W W
||o-4---------------|-6------------------|-8---------------|
||o-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
Gtr III
PM|
|-----3-----3-----3-o||-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------o||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
| Gtr IV
| PM|
| E E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------o||-----------------|-------------------|
|-----5-------------o||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
| +W W +W
|-(8)---------------o||-7---------------|-(7)---------------|
|-------------------o||-----------------|-------------------|
Main Riff
Gtrs III, IV
PM| PM|
E S S e Q e Q +W E S S e Q e Q +W
||o--------------------|------------|------------------|--------o||
||o-5-----5-5-----6-6--|-(6)--------|-5-----5-1---3-3--|-(3)----o||
| Gtr V
| H Q Q +W H Q Q +W
||o-8----------6----4--|-(4)--------|-8---------3---6--|-(6)----o||
||o--------------------|------------|------------------|--------o||
Gtr III
PM| PM|
E S S e E. +S e Q +W E S S e Q E Q +W
||o---------------------------|------------|-------------------|--------o||
||----------3------(3)s5--5---|-(5)--------|-------------------|---------||
||o-5-----5-------------------|------------|-5-----5-----------|--------o||
| Gtr IV
| PM| PM|
| E S S e Q e Q +W E S S e Q e Q +W
||o---------------------------|------------|-------------------|--------o||
||o-5-----5-5----------6--6---|-(6)--------|-5-----5--1---3-3--|-(3)----o||
| Gtr V
| H Q Q +W H Q Q +W
||o-8-----------6---------4---|-(4)--------|-8----------3---6--|-(6)----o||
||o---------------------------|------------|-------------------|--------o||
PM|
E S S e E. +S e Q +W
|---------3------(3)s5--5---|-(5)--------|
| PM--|
| E S S E Q E Q +W
| H Q Q +W
PM|
E S S e Q E E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| PM|
| E S S E Q E Q +W
| H Q Q +W
PM|
Q. E. S e Q +W E S S e Q E Q H. Q
|-5--------3------(3)s5-5--|-(5)--------|-------------------|-------------|
| PM--| PM|
| E S S E Q E Q +W E S S E Q E Q +W
| H Q Q +W H Q Q +W
Guitar Solo I
Gtr IV
E S S E Q E Q +W E S S E Q E Q
/ o / / / / / / / o / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TP~
W W Q +E E. +S E Q
|----------------------|------------|-13b15-----(13)-13b15r==(13)----13b15===|
| Gtr V
| H Q Q +W H Q Q
+W
+Q. +S a S S S S S S S S S
|-(13)---(13)r(13)------------------------------|
| +W
Gtr IV
E S S E Q E Q +W
/ o / / / / / /
Q. E E E Q S S S E. S S S E. S S S +S
|-------------------------13b15r=|=====13-------------13-------------13----------|
|-/15--------13b15r13------------|-15-----15-13b15r15----15-13b15r15----15-(15)\-|
| H Q Q +W
E S S E Q E Q +W
/ o / / / / / /
H E E Q +E E E E T T S E E E a
|-18b20r========18-15-/15--|-(15)-15-17-18-17h18p17-15------------|
| H Q Q +W
H=H
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E e E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
/ o / / / / / / / / / / /
+E +E +H. +H H
Verses II & III
Slightly Faster Q=112 1. 2.
W W W W H E E E E
||o-----------|------------|----------|------------o||--------------------|
||o-----------|------------|----------|------------o||--------------------|
||------------|------------|----------|-------------||----------xsx\-15\--|
| Gtr V
| W W W W W
||o--8--------|--9---------|-6--------|--8---------o||--8-----------------|
||o-----------|------------|----------|------------o||--------------------|
Gtrs III, IV
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM------| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------6-----6-----6-----6-----6---|
| W W
||o--8-------------------------------|--9--------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM------| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8---|-------5-----5-----------6---6-5-3---o||
| W W
|-6-------------------------------|--8----------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
Gtr IV
W W
Gtr III
PM---------------------------------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
| H Q Q H H
||o-11---------------------------------|-11--------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
W W
W
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| W
W
W
PM-----------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| +H Q Q
W
W W
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| W +Q. Q. Q
W
W
PM-------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| W
H.=H
W W
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E a E E E E
|-----------------------------------o||--------6-6s=8-6------|
|-----------------------------------o||----------------------|
| Gtr IV
| W E E E E a E E E E
|-15--------------------------------o||------8-9-9s11-9-8----|
|-----------------------------------o||----------------------|
Slower Q=106
Gtrs III, IV
PM|
H. +E S S H Q Q
||o------------------|---------------|
||o--6-------(6)-6-6-|---6-----6--8--|
| Gtr V
| W +W
||o-16---------------|-(16)----------|
||o------------------|---------------|
PM| PM|
H. +E S S W H. +E S S
| W +W W
PM|
W H. +E S S
| +W W
2. H.=H
To Coda
H Q Q W H E Q.
|-----------------o||-----------|-----------------|
|---8------6---8--o||--8--------|--6-----8--------|
| +H Q Q W H q Q
|-(15)------------o||-15--------|-16----18--------|
|-----------------o||-----------|-----------------|
+W
Main Riff
Gtrs III, IV
E S S e Q e Q +W E S S e Q e Q +W
||o--------------------|------------|------------------|--------o||
||o-5-----5-5-----6-6--|-(6)--------|-5-----5-1---3-3--|-(3)----o||
| Gtr V
| H Q Q +W H Q Q +W
||o-8----------6----4--|-(4)--------|-8---------3---6--|-(6)----o||
||o--------------------|------------|------------------|--------o||
Gtr III
PM| PM|
E S S e E. +S e Q +W E S S e Q E E.. T
|---------3------(3)s5--5---|-(5)--------|----------------------|
| Gtr IV
| PM--| PM|
| E S S E Q E Q +W E S S E Q E Q
| Gtr V
| H Q Q +W H Q Q
a S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-(3)h=5--3-2-3-2---2-------2-3-5-3-2------|
| +W
| +W
D.S. al Coda
>
PM|
Q. E. S e Q +W E S S e Q E Q +H. Q
|-5--------3------(3)s5-(5)--|-(5)--------|-------------------|-------------|
| PM--| PM|
| E S S E Q E Q +W E S S E Q E Q +W
| H Q Q +W H Q Q +W
Guitar Solo II
Q=110
&
Gtr IV
q H. W
Gtr III
q H E.. T +Q +E +E T T S S S S S S S T
|---------------10b12==|=(10)--(10)r(10)-------10---10-8-7h8p7-|
| Gtr V
| q H. W
W W W
Q S S S S Q S S S S Q. S S E +T E. T +E Q S S S S H
|-----7h8p7------------7-8-|-7----7-8-10-(10)-8----------|-7--7-8-7-5-7----|
| W W W
W W
Q Q a S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a S S S S S S S S Q. S.. X
W W
H Q +E E S +Q.. +Q H
|-10b11----10b11===(10)r8-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-11-(11)b13===(11)r11----|
W W W
H a E. E. E H a E. E. E Q.. +S E. E. E
|---------------------|--------------------|-11b13====(11)r11b13-11------|
|-/12----9s12--13--12-|-----------------12-|-------------------------13--|
|---------------------|-13----9s12--13-----|-----------------------------|
W W
Q S S S S Q.. S H.. S S
W W
|-5:2-|
Q +E S S Q. S. E S. Q.. S Q +E E
|-15b16===(15)r15-13-15----13h15p13--|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-16-------16b18r=(16)-15-|
H.=H
W W W W
>
Q. E Q +E E W W +W
|-13-------13b15r=(13)----|-13--------|-(13)--------|-(13)----|
Wx25
Q=135
N.C.
||o-------6---------o||-||o-----------------o||
||o-----------------o||-||o-----------------o||
| Gtr IV
||o-8-6-8-9-8-6-----o||-||o---------6-------o||
||o-----------------o||-||o-----------------o||
PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 6x
|-||o-------------6-6------------------o||
|-||o----------------------------------o||
| PM----------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 6x
|-||o-8-8-6-6-8-8-9-9-8-8-6-6----------o||
|-||o----------------------------------o||
N.C. C5
>
PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W +W
||o-----------------------------------o||-||o------------|---------o||
||o-----------------------------------o||-||o------------|---------o||
| >
| PM----------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a W +W
||o-----------------6-6-------------8-o||-||o-(8)--------|--(8)----o||
||o-----------------------------------o||-||o-10---------|-(10)----o||
Drum Fill
Gtr IV