Legend of the Headless Rider Lyrics

edited by: Mika Ristiranta : m_ristiranta@hotmail.com
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Riff 1
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Riff 2
Riff 3
Play Riff 2
Play Riff 3
Riff 4
Riff 5
Guitar 1
Guitar 2 (comes in the second time)
Lead into verse:
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Guitar 3
Riff 6
"I'm an undertaker...."
"I'm a coffin shaker...."
Riff 7
"Take a look at the sky...."
Riff 8
"....ice." "Oh yeah........cold as ice....."
Play Riff 6 "There's a black horse waiting....."
Play Riff 7 "Take a look at the sky....."
Riff 9
"....rides!" "Midnight....let the church bell.."
Riff 10
"....ring!"
"All hallow's eve....."
"It's midnight...."
"I see him rising...."
"I see him rising......."
Lead into next part:
Guitar 1
"On All Hallows Eve...."
Guitar 2
Riff 11
"My God...."
"He's so grotesque..."
Riff 12
"He's coming...."
Riff 13
Guitar 1
"Deep inside..."
Guitar 2 (Let chords ring)
Play Riff 12 "He's coming....."
Play Riff 13 "Deep inside....."
Riff 12a
"Help me, I'm falling down......"
Riff 14 (Solo Rhythm)
"I'm falling down......"
"I'm looking up...."
Solo over the above riffs:
go crazy with the whammy bar on this solo
bar vibrato
bar dive
hold bend while playing these
hold bend while playing these
End Solo
Riff 15
Riff 15a x2
"In this hollow grave...."
"Will I ever ever make it......."
Riff 16
Guitar 1
"Oh, it's strange...."
Guitar 2
Play Riff 15a "In this hollow grave...."
Play Riff 16 "Oh it's strange....."
Lead into solo rhythm
Riff 17 (Solo Rhythm)
Riff 18 (Solo Rhythm)
Play Riff 17 Solo Rhythm
End Solo
Riff 15b
Guitar 1 x2
Guitar 2 (harmony on the second time of above)
Play Riff 16 "Oh it's strange....."
Riff 19
Guitar 1 x4
Guitar 2
Riff 20 (the harmony guitars come in after awhile)
Gutiar 1 x7
Guitar 2 x3
Guitar 2 x2
Ending:
Riff 21
Guitar 1 (clean with reverb)
Guitar 2 (clean with reverb)
"The mind in my headless body...."
This fades in, then back out
Riff 22
Guitar 1 (clean)
"And as he rides away......"
Guitar 2
Guitar 3
Play Riff 21 "Does this mean......"
Ending:
notation:
^ = half, ^^ = whole, etc.
^ = bend
^r = bend and release
x = mute with fret-hand
* = mute with palm-hand
X\\ = pick slide
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato
t = tap-on
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h. = harmonics
ah = artificial harmonic
(9) = ghost note
tm = trem picking
tr = trill