Tabulature for "Hall of the Mt. King"
Off the album "Hall of the Mt. King"
Written by Savatage
Transcribed by Matt Venuti
guitarguy@realsavatage.com
TUNING: 6:C 5:G 4: C 3:F 2:A 1:D Tune you guitar down one whole step then the low e string down another step. This is the rhythm for the song.. you will need to listen to the song to get the timing right!
[0:00] Riff 1
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--------------6-5-3---|-------------------------------------------------------
-33-5-5-35-33-------3-|-------------------------------------------------------
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[0:22] Riff 2
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---------------8/10--------------------------------8/10-------10-10-8-|-------
-----8-----7-------------8-----7---5-----8-----7------------8---------|-------
-----6-----5---6/8-------6-----5---3-----6-----5---6/8------6-8--8--6-|-------
-0-0---0-0---0-------0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0------0-0-----------|-------
Riff 2A (play the above once then on the second time substitude this for the second part of Riff 2)
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---------------8/10-----10-10/12-12-12/10---------------------------8/7-8/7|--
-----8-----7-----------------------------------7-----5----7----------------|--
-----6-----5---6/8------8--8--10-10-10/8-------5-----3----5---------6/5-6/5|--
-0-0---0-0---0------0-0--------------------0-0---0-----0-0--0-0-0-0--------|--
[0:53] Madeness reigns… Repeat above riffs
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-7-2-3--|---------------------------------------------------------------------
-5-0-1--|---------------------------------------------------------------------
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[2:07] Riff 3 (bridge Riff)
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---------------9-9/10-10/1212--------------12-12/10-10/9-9|-------------------
--7-77777-3-5----------------7-77777-10-5-----------------|-------------------
--5-55555-1-3--7-7/8--8-/10105-55555-8--3--10-10/8--8-/7-7|-------------------
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[2:22] Riff 4 [3:19] Riff 5 (rhythm for solo)
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---87--0-5-0-----|-7-----2-----7-----3-3-5-----7-----2-----3-3-2-5------------
-------------8-5-|-5-----0-----5-----1-1-3-----5-----0-----1-1-0-3------------
-0---------------|---0-0---0-0---0-0-------0-0---0-0---0-0--------------------
[5:06] Riffs 6 & 7 (ending riffs)
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-----------------|-------5h6h5---------------4--------------------------------
-----------------|-----7-------7-------6-------6------------------------------
-7-2-7-2-7-2-7---|---7-----------7---6----------------------------------------
-5-0-5-0-5-0-5---|-5---------------4-------4----------------------------------
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This interpataion of the song is the sole property of Matt Venuti and www.RealSavatage.com!