'Blood Tears' by Blind Guardian - Guitar Tutorial

            			     Blood Tears
				 from
		      Nightfall In Middle Earth
				  by
			    Blind Guardian

When I first played this song, I played it one octave lower, it felt 
better that way, but as I started to tab it seriously, I discovered that
it was played one octave higher. Actually, I was a little dissapointed, 
it had been such a great aucoustic song! But no, you HAD to play up in 
the high pitched areas, hmm... Well, I'll just stop coplaining;

Here's Blood Tears!

Riff 1 2x

E|-9------9---11-12------9------9---11-12------------------14-16----
B|---9-12-----------12-----9-12-----------12------14-16-17-------17-
G|---------------------------------------------14-------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------
e|------------------------------------------------------------------

E -----------------------|
B ----14-16-17-12----9---|
G -14-------------11---9-|
D -----------------------|
A -----------------------|
e -----------------------|

Riff 2 4x             Riff 3 4x               Riff 4 4x

E|-9---11-12-11-9---| E|--------12-14-12----| E|--------------------|
B|---9------------9-| B|-----13----------13-| B|--------13-16-13----|
G|------------------| G|-14-----------------| G|-----14----------14-|
D|------------------| D|--------------------| D|-15-----------------|
A|------------------| A|--------------------| A|--------------------|
e|------------------| e|--------------------| e|--------------------|

Riff 5 2x                 Riff 6 4x

E|-12------------------------| E|-2---0-2----9-14-|
B|----12---------------------| B|---1-----10------|
G|-------13------15h16-15----| G|-----------------|
D|----------14------------16-| D|-----------------|
A|---------------------------| A|-----------------|
e|---------------------------| e|-----------------|

Chorus (this is just the first chorus lyrics)

  Alive
  Though the end appears my friend
  And blood Tears I cry
  You've searched and you've found
  Cut off your old friends hand

There's actually aocoustic in the chorus to, if you havn't noticed
that. And I Believe I've got that right to.

E|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| Play this 2x
G|-------------------------------|
D|-----4---2---6---2---6---4---6-|
A|-6---2---0---4---0---4---2---4-|
e|-4-----------------------------|

E|---9-12-9---9-11-12-|
B|-9--------9---------| with this 8x
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
e|--------------------|

Play: Riff 1 1x

Riff 8 4x

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------5-53-|
G|-----------------------4-----6-----------------4-----------|
D|-6-----6---------6-----------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4---4-4---5-----5---------------------|
e|-------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-------|
P.M  [_]   [_____]   [_]   [_]     [_]   [_____]   [_]

The third time you play Riff 8, Guitar 2 starts playing to. There's a
slight differance how it plays on the third and fourth.

 Third time                      Fourth time
E|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
B|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
G|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
D|-6---6---6---6-----------4---7-|-6---6---6---6---------|
A|-4---4---4---4---5---5---2---5-|-4---4---4---4---5---5-|
e|-----------------3---3---------|-----------------3---3-|

Now play Riff 6 4x with this high pitched stuff.

E|---------------|
B|-10b(12)pb---9-|
G|-11b(13)pb---9-|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
e|---------------|

Play: Riff 7 (chorus)

Now there's this interlude played twice...

E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------11b12-|
D|----11-13-14-13-11-13--14---------9----9----9----9--12b14-|
A|-11------------------------11--10---10---10---10----------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
 |                                                          |
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4--------------------------6---5-------------------------|
e|----------------------------4---3-------------------------|

Riff 9 2x

E|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|-6-----------6-|
A|-4-----4-6-7---|
e|---------------|
P.M      [___]

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Transcribed by Axel Наllingвдск

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