Moonshield Tab

Moonshield by In Flames
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-transcribed by Markus Marjomaa, mmarjoma@mail.student.oulu.fi
 
The main riff:
                              1.         2.
|---------------------------|-----------|--------------|
|---------------------------|-----------|--------------|
|---------------------------|-----------|--------------|
|-33-------33-------55------|-6-5-3-----|-5-6-8-13-8-6-|
|----3-1-3----3-1-3----3-1-3|------6-3-6|--------------|
|---------------------------|-----------|--------------|
                                                 T
 
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------4-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------3-----------------|
|-6-5-3----------6-6s8-6--3-5-6-5-3------------6-5-3-1-3-3-3-5-|
|-------6-3--3-4--------------------6-3--3---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
 
The acoustic part, for playing with only one guitar:
 
   Fm               Eb            Ab
 |-------------------------------------|
 |-1--1-1-1---1-2-1--------------------|
 |----------3--------3-3-3-1-3-5-------|
 |-------------------1-----------6-6-8-|
 |-------------------------------------|
 |-1---------------------------4-4-----|
 
   Fm                   ?              Fm
 
 |----------------1------------------------|
 |-1--1-1-1---1-2---1----------------------|
 |----------3----------1-0---0-1-3-0-1-1-3-|
 |-------------------------3-------1-------|
 |---------------------4-------------------|
 |-1---------------------------------1-----|
 
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Moonshield by In Flames
 
 Okay, this is roughly what I have for Moonshield so far. Some notes to help
 
 you along: I'm sure they play this with a capo (or else they just decided
 
 to be difficult and write something in Ab). Anys, this transcription is in
 
 standard tuning. I'm just gonna give a quick rundown of the rhythm strums
 
 and some lead bits, but won't bother about structure, timing or lyrics yet.
 
 Oh, the time sig is 6/8.
 
 The cool riff based on the Ab Major scale...
 
 |----------------------------------------------------|
 
 |------------------------------------------4---------|
 
 |--------------------------------------------3-------|
 
 |-6-5-3----------6-6s8-6--3-5-6-5-3------------6s8-6-|
 
 |-------6-3--3-4--------------------6-3--3-----------|
 
 |----------------------------------------------------|
 
 Next is that quiet bit that sounds like a minor version of "for he's a jolly
 
 good fellow" :) In Flames use two guitars, but this is faking it by myself.
 
 If you've got two guitarists, then just seperate the lead from the chords.
 
   Fm               Eb            Ab
 
 |--------------------------------------|
 
 |-1--1-1-1---1-2-1---------------------|
 
 |----------3-----------------------5---|
 
 |-------------------8--8-8-8-6-8-----6-|
 
 |-------------------6------------------|
 
 |-1--------------------------------4-4-|
 
   Fm                   ?              Fm
 
 |----------------1-----------------------|
 
 |-1--1-1-1---1-2---1---------------------|
 
 |----------3--------------------------1--|
 
 |----------------------6-5-3-5-6-8-5-----|
 
 |----------------------4-----------6-----|
 
 |-1-----------------------------------1--|
 
 The run up the neck is basically just a pattern of picking strings 6 5 and
 
 4 on these chords: Bb Cm Db Eb
 
 Wait, I'm confused... (my notes are a mess) there's a picking run also
 
 using strings 6, 5 and 4 which goes something like this:
 
    Ab    Bb     B
 
 4:-----6------8-----9----
 
 5:---6------8-----9------   then the same chords       vv   vv   v hold
 
 6:-4------6-----7---------  played as a rhythm like: | Ab   Bb | B      |
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