Walking in the Air Nightwish
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Walking in the Air - Nightwish
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Tuning: Standard
Time Signature: 4/4
By the way, the harmonies in the end and in the solo might be a little off from the
recording, but they sound fine on their own, so it should work okay.
Chord Progression for Piano Intro:
Dm|Dm|Dm|Dm
[Dm]We're walking in the air
[Dm]We're floating in the moonlit sky[C]
The [Gm]people far below are sleeping as we [Bb]fly[Dm]
[Dm]I'm holding very tight
[Dm]I'm riding in the midnight blue[C]
[Gm]I'm finding I can fly so high above with[Bb] you[Dm]
Strings Solo:
F|Dm|Bb|Gm
Electric Guitar (w/dist)
e|-----------| B|-----------| G|--7--------| D|--7--------| Hold for 2 bars then tacet A|--5--------| E|-----------|
[Dm]Far across the world
[Dm]The villages go by like trees[C]
[Gm]the rivers and the hills
[Bb]The forest and the streams[Dm]
[A]Children gaze open m[Dm]outh
[G]Taken by sur[C]prise
[Cm]Nobody dow[F]n below bel[Bb]ieves their[A] eyes
[Dm]We're surfing in the air
[Dm]We're swimming in the frozen sky[C]
We're [Gm]drifting over icy
[Bb]Mountains floating by[Dm]
Flute/Strings Solo
F|Dm|F|Dm|Bb|Gm|Dm|Dm
[A]Suddenly swo[Dm]oping low on a[G]n ocean deep[C]
[Cm]Arousing of a mighty[F] monster from its sleep[Bb] [A]
2 bars drums beginning on â??sleepâ??
Pick up note on beat 4 of the second bar, leads into solo.
Guitar Solo:
Guitar 1: Sounds like thereâ??s a very faint delay setting on it, as every note is
2 beats after itâ??s played, very quietly.
4 +| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-----|------------------------|------------------| B|-----|-15-15-13-13------------|------------------| G|-/14~|-------------14~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~14-| D|-----|------------------------|------------------| A|-----|------------------------|------------------| E|-----|------------------------|------------------|
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e|---------------------|-------------------|------------| B|15-15-13-13----------|-------------------|------------| G|------------14----10/|12------------12h14|12----12h14-| D|---------------------|-------------------|------------| A|---------------------|-------------------|------------| E|---------------------|-------------------|------------|
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e|---------------------|-------------------| B|---------------------|-------------------| G|--/15--\14-12--------|-------------------| D|---------------12h14-|15----14-12--------| A|---------------------|---------------15--| E|---------------------|-------------------|
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e|------------|--------| B|------------|--------| G|------------|--------| D|12----------|--------| A|-----15-12--|--------| E|------------|--------|
Harmonized Guitar Solo:
Gtr 1
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e|-----------------------|-----------------------| B|-----15---17-18-17-15--|-13-15p13--------------| G|---14â??-14--------------|----------14-----------| D|-----------------------|-----------------------| A|-----------------------|-----------------------| E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|Gtr 2 |
| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
e|-----------------------|-----------------------| B|---------13-15-13------|-----------------------| G|-----14-----------14---|-14-15p14--------------| D|---15--15--------------|----------15-----------| A|-----------------------|-----------------------| E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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e|-----------------------|-15----------/17-------| B|-----15--17-18-17-18---|-----------------------| G|---14â??-14--------------|-----------------------| D|-----------------------|-----------------------| A|-----------------------|-----------------------| E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|Gtr 2 |
| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
e|-----------------------|-20----------/22-------| B|---------13-15-17-18---|-----------------------| G|-----14----------------|-----------------------| D|---15--15--------------|-----------------------| A|-----------------------|-----------------------| E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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e|-15-----------15-17----|-18-----17-15----------| B|-----------------------|----------------15-17--| G|-----â??-----------------|-----------------------| D|-----------------------|-----------------------| A|-----------------------|-----------------------| E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|Gtr 2 |
| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
e|-20-----------18-20----|-22-----20-18----------| B|-----------------------|----------------18-20--| G|-----------------------|-----------------------| D|-----------------------|-----------------------| A|-----------------------|-----------------------| E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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e|-----------------------|-----------------------| B|-18-----17-15----------|-15--------------------| G|-----â??-------------17--|--------17-14----------| D|-----------------------|-----------------------| A|-----------------------|-----------------------| E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|Gtr 2 |
| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
e|-17--------------------|-----------------------| B|-------20--18------17--|-18-----17-------------| G|-----------------------|-----------19----------| D|-----------------------|-----------------------| A|-----------------------|-----------------------| E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Bars of synth, then string solo
(Here is the chord structure for the last verse)
[Dm](We're walking in the air
We're floating in the midnight sky[C]
And [Gm]everyone who sees us greets [Bb]us as we f[C]ly
[Dm]I'm holding very tight
[Dm]I'm riding in the midnight blue[C]
[Gm]I'm finding I can fly so high above with[Bb] you)[C] [Dm]
Electric Guitar (w/dist) during last verse
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e|-------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------| B|-------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------| G|-7-----|-let----|--------|--------|\5----5/7|-5~~----| D|-7-----|-chord--|--------|--------|\5-------|--------| A|-5-----|-ring---|--------|--------|\3-------|--------| E|-------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|
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e|-------|---------|--------|--------| B|-------|---------|--------|--------| G|-------|-----5---|-7------|--------| D|-5-----|-8---5---|-7------|--------| Repeat x2 A|-5-----|-8---3---|-5------|--------| E|-3-----|-6-------|--------|--------|
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e|---------------------|----------------------| B|---------------------|----------------------| G|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77--| D|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77--| A|-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55-|-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55--| E|---mm---mm---mm---mm-|---mm---mm---mm---mm--|
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e|-------------------|----------------------| B|-------------------|----------------------| G|-7-77-7-\\-7-77-7\\|-5-------------5/7----| D|-7-77-7-\\-7-77-7\\|-5--------------------| A|-5-55-5-\\-5-55-5\\|-3--------------------| E|---mm--------mm----|----------------------|
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e|-------------------|----------------------| B|-------------------|----------------------| G|-5~~~~~~-----------|---mm---mm---mm---mm--| D|-------------------|-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55--| A|-------------------|-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55--| E|-------------------|-3-33-3-33-3-33-3-33--|
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e|------------------|----------------------| B|------------------|----------------------| G|----------5-------|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77--| D|--8-------5-------|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77--| A|--8-------3-------|-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55--| E|--6---------------|---mm---mm---mm---mm--|
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e|---------------------| B|---------------------| G|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-| D|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-| A|-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55-| E|---mm---mm---mm---mm-|
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e|---------------------|----------------------| B|---------------------|----------------------| G|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77--| D|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77-|-7-77-7-77-7-77-7-77--| A|-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55-|-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55--| E|---mm---mm---mm---mm-|---mm---mm---mm---mm--|
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e|-------------------|----------------------| B|-------------------|----------------------| G|-7-77-7-\\-7-77-7\\|-5-------------5/7----| D|-7-77-7-\\-7-77-7\\|-5--------------------| A|-5-55-5-\\-5-55-5\\|-3--------------------| E|---mm--------mm----|----------------------|
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e|-------------------|----------------------| B|-------------------|----------------------| G|-5~~~~~~-----------|---mm---mm---mm---mm--| D|-------------------|-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55--| A|-------------------|-5-55-5-55-5-55-5-55--| E|-------------------|-3-33-3-33-3-33-3-33--|
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e|------------------| B|------------------| G|---------------5--| D|------8-----------| A|-----------3-3----| E|--6-6-------------|
(One gtr plays top, one plays bottom)
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e|------------------|------------------| B|------------------|------------------| G|-7------------5---|------------------| D|-7------------5---|-7----------------| A|------------------|-5----------------| E|------------------|------------------|
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e|------------------|------------------| B|------------------|--7---------------| G|/5-------/7-------|---7--------------| D|-3--------2-------|-0--7-------------| A|------------------|-----5-~~~~-------| E|------------------|------------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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