WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Blind Guardian - Mr Sandman Bass | Ver. 3
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MR. SANDMAN (Bassline)
As recorded by Blind Guardian
(From the 1996 Album THE FORGOTTEN TALES)
Words by Pat Ballrad Music by Pat Ballard
Arranged by Blind Guardian
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Hansi Kürsh (Bass)'
Intro (Keys)
Q=125
4/4
Gtr I
W H Q E E W H H
|----------|-------------|----------|-----------|
|----------|-------------|----------|-----------|
|----------|-------------|-1--------|-3---------|
|----------|---------1---|----------|------1----|
Soft Theme
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|----------2-1-|-0-----0-----|---------------|
|-1-----1-----|-0-----0------|----0-----0--|----5-----5-4--|
|----1-----1--|----0---------|-------------|-3-----3-------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|--------------|----3-----3--|------------|
|-3-----3-----|----3-----3-2-|-1-----1-----|----4-----3-|
|----3-----3--|-1-----1------|-------------|-2-----1----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|-------------|-------------|----2-----2-1-|-0-----0-------|
|----3-----3--|----2-----2--|-0-----0------|----0-----0----|
|-1-----1-----|-0-----0-----|--------------|------------4--|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
|----5-----5--|--------------|-------------|----3-------|
|-3-----3-----|-6-----6------|-------3-----|-1-----1----|
|-------------|----6-----6-8-|-6--1-----1--|------------|
Bridge (Keys)
W H H W H H
|----------|-----------|----------|----------|
|-1--------|-3---------|-1--------|-3--------|
|----------|------1----|----------|------1---|
|----------|-----------|----------|----------|
Hard Theme
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|-------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-1-----1-----|-0-----0--3-4-|-5-----5------|----5-----5-4--|
|----1-----1--|----0---------|----5-----6-5-|-3-----3-------|
|-------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------------|
|-3-----3-----|----3---------|-------------|----------------|
|----3-----3--|-1-----1--3-5-|-6-----6-----|----8-----------|
|-------------|--------------|----6-----6--|-7-----6--8-10--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------1-----|-0-----0--3-4-|-5-----5------|----5-----5-4--|
|-----1-----1--|----0---------|----5-----6-5-|-3-----3-------|
|-11-----------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E
|--------------|--------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-3-----3--3-5-|-6-----6------|-------------|-----------------|
|----3---------|----6-----6---|-6-----8-----|-6-----6---------|
|--------------|------------6-|----6-----6--|----6----6-8-10--|
Bridge (Keys)
H +Q. E H H W H H
|-----------------|-----------|----------|----------|
|-----------------|-----------|----------|----------|
|-----------------|-----------|-3--------|-1--------|
|-11----(11)---11-|-8----1----|----------|------1---|
Heavy Theme
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-------------5-4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------5-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H H E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------0-|-1-----------|------------0--|
|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3---|-------------|--------1-3----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-------------5-4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------5-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|----8-----10--|----8-----10-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-6-----8------|-6-----8-----|
2/4 4/4
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q H
|-------------|---------------|-----------------|----------|------------*|
|-------------|---------------|-----------------|----------|-8----------*|
|----8-----8--|----10--8------|-----------------|--------8-|------------*|
|-6-----6-----|-8---------10--|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-8-10---|------------*|
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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