Mercenary Man Firewind
As recorded by Firewind
(From the 2008 Album THE PREMONITION)
Transcribed by Jason Keyes
Words by Apollo Papathanasio Music by Gus G.
Arranged by Gus G
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 3'
Intro
Q=168
[4/4] Gtr I
~~~
H Q Q H. Q
|---------------|--------------| |------------8--|-10-------12--| |-------/9------|--------------| |---------------|--------------| |---------------|--------------| |---------------|--------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~
| H Q Q H. Q
|---------------|--------------| |-----------12--|-13-------15--| |------/12------|--------------| |---------------|--------------| |---------------|--------------| |---------------|--------------|
|
| Gtr III
| H Q Q W
|---------------|--------------| |---------------|--------------| |---------------|--------------| |--------2---5--|--7-----------| |--------2---5--|--7-----------| |--------0---3--|--5-----------|
~~~~~~~~~~~
E S S Q Q Q H H +H Q Q
|----------------------|------------|-----------------| |-10--8-10--8-------8--|------------|--------------8--| |---------------9------|--7----5----|-(5)-----/9------| |----------------------|------------|-----------------| |----------------------|------------|-----------------| |----------------------|------------|-----------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~
| E S S Q Q Q H H +H Q Q
|----------------------|------------|-----------------| |-13-12-13-12------12--|------------|-------------12--| |--------------12------|-10----9----|-(9)----/12------| |----------------------|------------|-----------------| |----------------------|------------|-----------------| |----------------------|------------|-----------------|
|
| W W W
|----------------------|------------|-----------------| |----------------------|------------|-----------------| |--5-------------------|------------|--7--------------| |--5-------------------|--3---------|--7--------------| |--3-------------------|--3---------|--5--------------| |----------------------|--1---------|-----------------|
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H. Q E S S Q Q Q W +H Q Q
|--------------|----------------------|-----------|----------------------| |-10-------12--|-10--8-10--8-------8--|--8--------|--(8)-------------8---| |--------------|---------------9------|-----------|------------/9--------| |--------------|----------------------|-----------|----------------------| |--------------|----------------------|-----------|----------------------| |--------------|----------------------|-----------|----------------------|
|
| ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H. Q E S S Q Q Q W +H Q Q
|--------------|----------------------|-----------|----------------------| |-13-------15--|-13-12-13-12------12--|-12--------|-(12)------------12---| |--------------|--------------12------|-----------|-----------/12--------| |--------------|----------------------|-----------|----------------------| |--------------|----------------------|-----------|----------------------| |--------------|----------------------|-----------|----------------------|
|
| PM PM
| W W W E Q E E Q E
|--------------|----------------------|-----------|----------------------| |--------------|----------------------|-----------|----------------------| |--------------|--5-------------------|-----------|----------------------| |--7-----------|--5-------------------|--5--------|------5--5-----5----5-| |--7-----------|--3-------------------|--5--------|------5--5-----5----5-| |--5-----------|----------------------|--3--------|---3--3--3---3-3----3-|
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
H. Q E S S Q Q Q H H +H Q Q
|--------------|----------------------|------------|----------------| |-10-------12--|-10--8-10--8-------8--|------------|----------------| |--------------|---------------9------|--7----5----|-(5)---------5--| |--------------|----------------------|------------|---------7------| |--------------|----------------------|------------|----------------| |--------------|----------------------|------------|----------------|
|
| ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
| H. Q E S S Q Q Q H H +H Q Q
|--------------|----------------------|------------|----------------| |-13-------15--|-13-12-13-12------12--|------------|------------13--| |--------------|--------------12------|-10----9----|-(9)----14------| |--------------|----------------------|------------|----------------| |--------------|----------------------|------------|----------------| |--------------|----------------------|------------|----------------|
|
| W W W W
|--------------|----------------------|------------|----------------| |--------------|----------------------|------------|----------------| |--------------|--5-------------------|------------|--7-------------| |--7-----------|--5-------------------|--3---------|--7-------------| |--7-----------|--3-------------------|--3---------|--5-------------| |--5-----------|----------------------|--1---------|----------------|
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H. Q E S S Q Q Q W +H. +Q
|--------------|----------------------|-----------|---------------------------| |--------------|----------------------|-----------|---------------------------| |--7--------9--|--7--5--7--5----------|-----------|---------------------------| |--------------|---------------7---5--|--7--------|--(7)-------------(7)\-----| |--------------|----------------------|-----------|---------------------------| |--------------|----------------------|-----------|---------------------------|
|
| ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H. Q E S S Q Q Q W +H. +Q
|--------------|----------------------|-----------|---------------------------| |-15-------17--|-15-13-15-13----------|-----------|---------------------------| |--------------|--------------14--12--|-14--------|-(14)------------(14)\-----| |--------------|----------------------|-----------|---------------------------| |--------------|----------------------|-----------|---------------------------| |--------------|----------------------|-----------|---------------------------|
|
| PM PM| PM--|
| W W W E Q E S S E S S E
|--------------|----------------------|-----------|---------------------------| |--------------|----------------------|-----------|---------------------------| |--------------|--7-------------------|-----------|---------------------------| |--3-----------|--7-------------------|--7--------|------5--5-----------------| |--3-----------|--5-------------------|--7--------|------5--5-5-5-5---5---5-5-| |--1-----------|----------------------|--5--------|---3--3--3-3-3-3---3---3-3-|
Verse 1
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM--| PM----| PM PM| PM| PM--| PM----| PM
[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]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-5-----9-----7---|---7---------7---|-5-----9-----7---|---7---------7----| |-3-3-3-7-7-7-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-7-7-7-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| PM| PM| PM--| PM----| PM PM| PM| PM--|
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 Q E Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |-5-----9-----7---|---7---------7---|-5-----9-----7---|---7----7----7--| |-3-3-3-7-7-7-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-7-7-7-5-5-|-5-5--5-5--5-5--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
PM PM PM PM
Q E Q E Q +W Q E Q E Q +W
||---------------|------------|--------------|---------|| ||o--------------|------------|--------------|--------o|| ||---------------|------------|--------------|---------|| ||--3----7----5--|-(5)--------|-3----7----5--|-(5)-----|| ||o-3----7----5--|-(5)--------|-3----7----5--|-(5)----o|| ||--1--1-5--5-3--|-(3)--------|-1--1-5--5-3--|-(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 Q E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|---------------7-|-(7)-------7-------|-----7-----------| |-3---------------|---------------7-|-(7)-------7-------|-----7---7-5--3--| |-3---------------|---------3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-3--3--| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|-------------------|--------------1--|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +W W
|-------------------|-----------------|------------|------| |-------------------|-----------------|------------|------| |-------------------|-----------------|------------|------| |-(3)---------------|---------------5-|-(5)--------|-6----| |-(3)-------3-------|---------------5-|-(5)--------|-7----| |-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|-(3)--------|-4----|
Chorus 1
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|-5--------|----------|-7----| |-7--------|-5--------|-3--------|-7----| |-7--------|-3--------|-3--------|-5----| |-5--------|----------|-1--------|------|
PM PM
W W W E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|----------|------------------| |----------|----------|----------|------------------| |----------|-5--------|----------|------------------| |-7--------|-5--------|-5--------|---5-5-----5-5----| |-7--------|-3--------|-5--------|---5-5-----5-5----| |-5--------|----------|-3--------|-3-----3-3-----3--|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|-5--------|----------|-7----| |-7--------|-5--------|-3--------|-7----| |-7--------|-3--------|-3--------|-5----| |-5--------|----------|-1--------|------|
W W W W W Q H.
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-----------| |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-----------| |----------|-7--------|----------|----------|----------|-----------| |-3--------|-7--------|-7--------|-5--------|-3--------|-5\--------| |-3--------|-5--------|-7--------|-5--------|-3--------|-5\--------| |-1--------|----------|-5--------|-3--------|-1--------|-3\--------|
Verse 2
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM--| PM----| PM PM| PM| PM--| PM----| PM
[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]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-5-----9-----7---|---7---------7---|-5-----9-----7---|---7---------7----| |-3-3-3-7-7-7-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-7-7-7-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| PM| PM| PM--| PM----| PM PM| PM| PM--|
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 Q E Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |-5-----9-----7---|---7---------7---|-5-----9-----7---|---7----7----7--| |-3-3-3-7-7-7-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-7-7-7-5-5-|-5-5--5-5--5-5--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/firewind/mercenary_man_tab_ver_2.html )
PM PM PM PM
Q E Q E Q +W Q E Q E Q +W
||---------------|------------|--------------|---------|| ||o--------------|------------|--------------|--------o|| ||---------------|------------|--------------|---------|| ||--3----7----5--|-(5)--------|-3----7----5--|-(5)-----|| ||o-3----7----5--|-(5)--------|-3----7----5--|-(5)----o|| ||--1--1-5--5-3--|-(3)--------|-1--1-5--5-3--|-(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 Q E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|---------------7-|-(7)-------7-------|-----7-----------| |-3---------------|---------------7-|-(7)-------7-------|-----7---7-5--3--| |-3---------------|---------3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-3--3--| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|-------------------|--------------1--|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +W W
|-------------------|-----------------|------------|------| |-------------------|-----------------|------------|------| |-------------------|-----------------|------------|------| |-(3)---------------|---------------5-|-(5)--------|-6----| |-(3)-------3-------|---------------5-|-(5)--------|-7----| |-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|-(3)--------|-4----|
Chorus 2
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|-5--------|----------|-7----| |-7--------|-5--------|-3--------|-7----| |-7--------|-3--------|-3--------|-5----| |-5--------|----------|-1--------|------|
PM PM
W W W E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|----------|------------------| |----------|----------|----------|------------------| |----------|-5--------|----------|------------------| |-7--------|-5--------|-5--------|---5-5-----5-5----| |-7--------|-3--------|-5--------|---5-5-----5-5----| |-5--------|----------|-3--------|-3-----3-3-----3--|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|-5--------|----------|-7----| |-7--------|-5--------|-3--------|-7----| |-7--------|-3--------|-3--------|-5----| |-5--------|----------|-1--------|------|
PM PM
W W W E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|----------|------------------| |----------|----------|----------|------------------| |----------|-7--------|----------|------------------| |-3--------|-7--------|-7--------|---5-5-----5-5----| |-3--------|-5--------|-7--------|---5-5-----5-5----| |-1--------|----------|-5--------|-3-----3-3-----3--|
PM| PM| PM--| PM|
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|----------|----------|-----------------|----------------| |----------|----------|-----------------|----------------| |----------|-7--------|-----------------|----------------| |-3--------|-7--------|-7-----7-----7---|---7-----7--8---| |-3--------|-5--------|-7-----7-----7---|---7-----7--8---| |-1--------|----------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5--6---|
Guitar Solo
Gtr I
~
Q. Q. Q +E Q. Q Q W
|-/10----9--------|------10----9------|----------| |-------------10--|-(10)----------10--|-8--------| |-----------------|-------------------|----------| |-----------------|-------------------|----------| |-----------------|-------------------|----------| |-----------------|-------------------|----------|
|
| Gtr III
| W +W W
|-----------------|-------------------|----------| |-----------------|-------------------|----------| |-----------------|-------------------|----------| |---9-------------|--(9)--------------|-5--------| |---9-------------|--(9)--------------|-5--------| |---7-------------|--(7)--------------|-3--------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------7-9-10-12-10-9----| |-10--8-7-------7-8-10----------------12-| |---------9-7-9--------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|
|
| +W
|----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |-(5)------------------------------------| |-(5)------------------------------------| |-(3)------------------------------------|
~~
Q. Q. Q +E Q. Q Q H +E S +S +E E
|-10----9--------|------10----9------|-14----(14)-14-(14)b15-(14)-12-| |------------10--|-(10)----------10--|-------------------------------| |----------------|-------------------|-------------------------------| |----------------|-------------------|-------------------------------| |----------------|-------------------|-------------------------------| |----------------|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| W +W W
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------------------| |----------------|-------------------|-------------------------------| |----------------|-------------------|-------------------------------| |--9-------------|--(9)--------------|--7----------------------------| |--9-------------|--(9)--------------|--7----------------------------| |--7-------------|--(7)--------------|--5----------------------------|
+H S S S S S S S S
|-(12)----------------10-------10-12--| |------------10-12-14----12-14--------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|
|
| PM PM--------------------|
| E E E E S S E S S E
|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |------7------------------------------| |------7------------------------------| |---5--5-5-5--5--5--5-----5--5--5-----|
Gtr I
Q. Q. Q +E Q. Q Q
|-/10-------9-----------|------10-------9--------| |------------------10---|-(10)--------------10---| |-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q. Q. Q +E Q. Q Q
|-/14------12-----------|------14------12--------| |------------------14---|-(14)--------------14---| |-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------| |---5-------5-------5---|-------5-------5----5---| |---5-------5-------5---|-------5-------5----5---| |---3--3-3--3--3-3--3-3-|---3---3--3-3--3-3--3-3-|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. +E +H +W
|---------------------------|--------------------| |-10b12-----(10)-(10)-------|-(10)---------------| |---------------------------|--------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q. +E +H +W
|---------------------------|--------------------| |-14b15-----(14)-(14)-------|-(14)---------------| |---------------------------|--------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|--------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------| |--7----------7---------7---|------7-----7---7---| |--7----------7---------7---|------7-----7---7---| |--5----5-5---5----5--5-5-5-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
H +H +H. Q
|------------------------|------------------------| |-12----------(12)-------|-(12)-----------12------| |-14b16-------(14)-------|-(14)-----------14b16---| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|
|
| H +H +H. Q
|------------------------|------------------------| |-12----------(12)-------|-(12)-----------12------| |-14b16-------(14)-------|-(14)-----------14b16---| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |--5--------5--------5---|------5-----5----5------| |--5--------5--------5---|------5-----5----5------| |--3----3-3-3---3--3-3-3-|---3--3-3-3-3-3--3----3-|
H +Q +Q H S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-18----17-14-12-14-17-14-12-14-| |-14-------(14)--(14)-----|-------------------------------| |-16b18----(16)--(16)b18--|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| H +Q +Q H S S S S S S S S
|-12-------(12)--(12)-----|-18----21-17-15-17-21-17-15-17-| |-15b17----(15)--(15)b17--|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| W W
|-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |--7----------------------|--8----------------------------| |--7----------------------|--9----------------------------| |--5----------------------|--6----------------------------|
Chorus 3
Gtrs I, II
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|-7--------|----------|-9----| |-9--------|-7--------|-5--------|-9----| |-9--------|-5--------|-5--------|-7----| |-7--------|----------|-3--------|------|
PM PM
W W W E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------| |----------|----------|----------|-----------------| |----------|-7--------|----------|-----------------| |-9--------|-7--------|-7--------|---7-7-----7-7---| |-9--------|-5--------|-7--------|---7-7-----7-7---| |-7--------|----------|-5--------|-5-----5-5-----5-|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|-7--------|----------|-9----| |-9--------|-7--------|-5--------|-9----| |-9--------|-5--------|-5--------|-7----| |-7--------|----------|-3--------|------|
PM PM
W W W E E E E E E E E
||-----------|----------|----------|-------------------|| ||o----------|----------|----------|------------------o|| ||-----------|-9--------|----------|-------------------|| ||--5--------|-9--------|-9--------|---7-7-----7-7-----|| ||o-5--------|-7--------|-9--------|---7-7-----7-7----o|| ||--3--------|----------|-7--------|-5-----5-5-----5---||
E E E E E E E E [2/4] Q Q
|-----------------|-------*| |-----------------|-------*| |-----------------|-------*| |-----------------|-------*| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-----*| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-----*|
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
-----------
| - 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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