Mirror Mirror Blind Guardian
MIRROR MIRROR (Bassline)
As recorded by Blind Guardian
(From the 1998 Album NIGHTFALL IN THE MIDDLE-EARTH)
Transcribed by Jones
Words by Kürsch Music by Olbrich / Kürsch
Gtr I (A# D# G# C# F#) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=180
[4/4] Gtr I
W Q Q Q Q W Q Q H 4x
||-----------|-------------|----------|-------------|| ||o----------|-------------|----------|------------o|| ||-----------|----------3--|-4--------|-3--4--------|| ||o-6--------|-4--6--------|----------|------------o|| ||-----------|-------------|----------|-------------||
Interlude
H Q. E Q Q H Q Q H Q Q E E E E
||---------------|------------|------------|-----------------|| ||o--------------|------------|------------|----------------o|| ||---------------|------------|-4--4--4----|-----------------|| ||o-6----6S==(0)-|----4--6----|------------|-4--4--4-4-4-4--o|| ||---------------|------------|------------|-----------------||
Verse I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Intelude II
Q S S S S Q S S S S Q Q Q S S S S
||------------------------|------------------| ||o-----------------------|------------------| ||------------------------|-6--6-------------| ||o-6--6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-|-------6--6-6-6-6-| ||------------------------|------------------|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------o|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--------------------|| |-----------------|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2---o|| |-----------------|--------------------||
Chorus
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------------------------||
Bridge
H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H H
||-------------|------------|------------|------------|| ||o------------|------------|------------|-----------o|| ||-------4-----|------4--6--|------4-----|------------|| ||o-6-------4--|-6----------|-6-------4--|-6---------o|| ||-------------|------------|------------|------6-----||
Interlude III
Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q Q
||------------------------|------------------| ||o-----------------------|------------------| ||------------------------|---------------3--| ||o-6--6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-|-6--6-6-6-6-4-----| ||------------------------|------------------|
Q S S S S Q S S S S Q Q H 4x
|-----------------------|-------------|| |-----------------------|------------o|| |-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-|-3--4--------|| |-----------------------|------------o|| |-----------------------|-------------||
Bridge II
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||o-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1. 2.
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|------------------||--------------------|| |-----------------o||--------------------|| |---------6-6-6-6--||---------6-6-6-6\---|| |-----------------o||--------------------|| |-4-4-4-4----------||-4-4-4-4------------||
Verse II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Bridge III
H H H Q Q H H H Q Q
||------------|------------|-----------|--------------|| ||o-----------|------------|-----------|-------------o|| ||--4---------|------------|-4---------|--------------|| ||o------2----|-4----2--4--|------2----|-4----2--4---o|| ||------------|------------|-----------|--------------||
Chorus
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------------------------||
Interlude IV
Q E E Q Q H E E Q Q E E Q Q H E E Q
||---------------|-------------|--------------|---------------|| ||o--------------|-------------|--------6--6--|-5------------o|| ||---------8--8--|-6----6------|--------------|------8-6------|| ||o-6--6-6-------|--------9-8--|-6--6-6-------|----------9---o|| ||---------------|-------------|--------------|---------------||
E E E E Q E E W E E E E Q E E H. Q
|----------------|----------|----------------|--------------| |----------------|----------|----------------|--------------| |----------------|----------|----------------|--------------| |-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-|----------|-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-|---------16\--| |----------------|----------|----------------|--------------|
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/blind_guardian/mirror_mirror_btab_ver_2.html )
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------| |----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------| |----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------| |-4--4-4-4--4-4\-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-|-4--4-4-4--4-4\-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-| |----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
Guitar solo
Q S S S S Q Q Q S S S S Q Q Q S S S S Q Q Q S S S S Q Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| |-6--6-6-6-6-6--4--|-6--6-6-6-6-6--6--|-6--6-6-6-6-6--4--|-6--6-6-6-6-6--6---| |------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o|| ||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9---|| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o|| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
[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]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-----------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------| |---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------| |---------------|---------------|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-----------------| |-4--4-4-4--4-4-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| |---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Verse III
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-------------1--|-2-2-2-2-2-2----|-----------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-2--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-------------4--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2----|-----------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-2\--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------4--|-2-2-7-4-6-2-4-0-| |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o|| ||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|-----------------------------------|| ||o-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2--o|| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Pre Chorus
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o|| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|| ||o-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--o|| ||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|-----------------------------------||
Chorus
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------------------------||
Poslude
Q S S S S Q E E Q S S S S Q E E
||--------------------|-------------------| ||o-------------------|-------------------| ||--------------------|-------------------| ||o-6--6-6-6-6-6--6-6-|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-| ||--------------------|-------------------|
Q S S S S Q E E Q S S S S H
|-------------------|------------------|| |-------------------|-----------------o|| |-------------------|------------------|| |-6--6-6-6-6-6--6-6-|-4--4-4-4-4-4----o|| |-------------------|------------------||
W W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|----------|------| |-6--------|-2--------|-6--------|-4--------|-6----| |----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
W +W +W Q E E Q Q Q Q H
|----------|------------|------------|--------------|------------*| |----------|------------|------------|--------------|------------*| |----------|------------|------------|--------------|------------*| |-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-6--6-6-6--4--|-2--4--6----*| |----------|------------|------------|--------------|------------*| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Duration Legend
--------------- 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
----------------
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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