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Black Winter Day Guitar Tablature
AMORPHIS - BLACK WINTER DAY
                         From the Album TALES FROM THE THOUSAND LAKES
                     

Tuning: Db(every string down 1.5 steps)

Opening
|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------| GTR I
|---------------|---------------|
|-4--4-4-4-4----|-7--7-7-7------|
|-2--2-2-2-2-22-|-5--5-5-5--555-|
|    . . . . ..      . .
|
|------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------| 
|------------|---------------| GTR II
|------------|---------------|
|-4--4-4-4-4-|-7--7-7-7--7-7-|
|-2--2-2-2-2-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-|
     . . . .      . .

 Riff A
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------10-|
|-----------9-11---------------9-|---12-11----------------9-9h11---| GTR I
|-9-11-12-9------------9---------|-9-------9-12-11---9-11----------|
|----------------10-12---10/12---|----------------12---------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------| GTR II
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-9------9----9--5-------(5)-7---|-9------9-----9---7-----(7)-12---|
|-7------7----7--3-------(3)-5---|-7------7-----7---5-----(5)-10---|

|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------9-11---------------9-|-------------------------------| GTR I
|-9-11-12-9------------9---------|---------9-9h-11-9-------------|
|----------------10-12---10-12---|-9-11-12-----------11/1211----|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------12-|
|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------| GTR II
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-9------9----9--5-------(5)-7---|-4--4-4-4-4-7--7-7-7-----------|
|-7------7----7--3-------(3)-5---|-2--2-2-2-2-5--5-5-5-----------|
                                      . .   .    . .     

|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------10-|
|-----------9-11---------------9-|---12-11----------------9-9h11---| GTR I
|-9-11-12-9------------9---------|-9-------9-12-11---9-11----------|
|----------------10-12---10/12---|----------------12---------------|  
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------| GTR II
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-9------9----9--5-------(5)-7---|-9------9-----9---7-----(7)-12---|
|-7------7----7--3-------(3)-5---|-7------7-----7---5-----(5)-10---|

                                                (end of Riff A)
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------9-11---------------9-|---------------------9-11-9-| GTR I
|-9-11-12-9------------9---------|-----------------9-11-------|
|----------------10-12---10-12---|-9-11-12-9-11-12------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|       
|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------| GTR II
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-9------9----9--5-------(5)-7---|-4--4-4-4-4-7--7-7-7-7------|
|-7------7----7--3-------(3)-5---|-2--2-2-2-2-5--5-5-5-5------|
                                      . .   .      . .    

 Riff B
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------4-------------|-----------4-------------| GTR I
|-------4-5---5-4---------|-------4-5---5-4---------|
|-7-5-7-----------7-5-7---|-7-5-7-----------7-5-----|
|-------------------------|---------------------7---|
|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------| 
|-------------------------|-------------7-----------| GTR II
|-------------------------|-------------7-----------|
|-2-----------5-----------|-2-----------5-----------|
|-0-----------3-----------|-0-----------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|  
|-----------4-------------|-------------------------| GTR I
|-------4-5---5-4---------|------5----4----5--------|
|-7-5-7-----------7-5-7---|-7-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------7-------------| GTR II
|-------------------------|-----------7----5--------|
|-2-----------5-----------|-2----2----5----3--------|
|-0-----------3-----------|-0----0------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------4-------------|-----------4-------------| GTR I
|-------4-5---5-4---------|-------4-5---5-4---------|
|-7-5-7-----------7-5-7---|-7-5-7-----------7-5-----|
|-------------------------|---------------------7---|
|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------| 
|-------------------------|-------------7-----------| GTR II
|-------------------------|-------------7-----------|
|-2-----------5-----------|-2-----------5-----------|
|-0-----------3-----------|-0-----------------------|

                                         (end of Riff B)
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------4-------------|-------------------------| GTR I
|-------4-5---5-4---------|-5----4------------------|
|-7-5-7-----------7-5-7---|-----------5----7--------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|-------------------------|-------------------------| 
|-------------------------|-------------------------| 
|-------------------------|-----------7-------------| GTR II
|-------------------------|-----------7----5--------| 
|-2---------5-------------|-2----2----5----3--------| 
|-0---------3-------------|-0----0------------------| 

 Riff C
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| GTR I
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  &
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| GTR II
|---------7--7-7-|---------9--9-9-|----------------|----------------| 
|-9--9-9--5--5-5-|-9--9-9--7--7-7-|-9--9-9--9--9-9-|-4--4-4-2/4-4-4-| 
|-7--7-7---------|-7--7-7--0--0-0-|-7--7-7--7--7-7-|-2--2-2-0/2-2-2-|

Play Riff C a total of two times, each time with Fill 1

*Fill 1(keyboard transposed down one octave for a guitar in Db tuning)
|---------5-7-5----------|---------5-7-5-----5---|----------|----------|
|-7-5-7-9-------9-7-5-7--|-7-5-7-9-------9-7---9-|-7-5-7~---|--5h7~----|
|------------------------|-----------------------|----------|----------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|----------|----------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|----------|----------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|----------|----------|
*play an octave higher on the guitar, I simply transcribed an octave lower
to fit all the notes on one line out of laziness :) Do this for all Fills

 Play with Fill 2
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| GTR I
|---------7--7-7-|---------9--9-9-|----------------|----------------| 
|-9--9-9--5--5-5-|-9--9-9--7--7-7-|-9--9-9--9--9-9-|-4--4-4--7--7-7-| 
|-7--7-7---------|-7--7-7--0--0-0-|-7--7-7--7--7-7-|-2--2-2--5--5-5-|
|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| GTR 2
|---------7--7-7-|---------9--9-9-|----------------|------------------| 
|-9--9-9--5--5-5-|-9--9-9--7--7-7-|-9--9-9--9--9-9-|-4--4-4----7--7-7-| 
|-7--7-7---------|-7--7-7--0--0-0-|-7--7-7--7--7-7-|-2--2-2-22-5--5-5-|

Fill 2(keyboard transposed down one octave for a guitar in Db tuning)
|---------5-7-5----------|---------5-7-5-----5fb-5-|-------------------|
|-7-5-7-9-------9-7-5-7--|-7-5-7-9-------9-7-------|-10-9h10p9-7--5bf~-|
|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|

continuation of Fill 2 (end of Fill 2)
|------------------------|
|-7--5-7-----------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|

Play Riff D with Fill 3 at this time.
 Riff D
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| GTR I
|---------7--7-7-|---------9--9-9-|----------------|----------------|  &
|-9--9-9--5--5-5-|-9--9-9--7--7-7-|-9--9-9--9--9-9-|-4--4-4--7--7-7-| GTR II
|-7--7-7---------|-7--7-7--0--0-0-|-7--7-7--7--7-7-|-2--2-2--5--5-5-|

Fill 3(keyboard transposed down one octave for a guitar in Db tuning)
|---------5-7-5----------|---------5-7-5-----5fb-5-|--------------|-------|
|-7-5-7-9-------9-7-5-7--|-7-5-7-9-------9-7-------|-10-9h10p9-7--|-7-5-7-|
|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------|-------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------|-------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------|-------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------|-------|

 Riff E
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------7-----|-------------------| GTR I
|-9----9-9-9-9-----|-9-----9-9-9-10----|
|-7----7-7-7-5-----|-7-----7-7-7-8-----|
|------------------|-------------------|
|      . .                 . .
|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|---5-4------4-5/7-|-------4-----------| GTR II
|------5-----------|---4-5-------4-5/7-|
|-7------7-7-------|-7-------7-7-------|
|------------------|-------------------|
 
Play Riff E a total of 3 times

|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------7-----|-------------9-----| GTR I
|-9----9-9-9-9-----|-9-----9-9-9-7-----|
|-7----7-7-7-5-----|-7-----7-7-7-------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|      . .                 . .
|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|---5-4------4-5/7-|-------4-----------| GTR II
|------5-----------|---4-5-------4-5/7-|
|-7------7-7-------|-7-------7-7-------|
|------------------|-------------------|

During the next 2 Riff C's and next 2 Riff D's play the keyboard solo.

Play Riff C twice
Play Riff D twice
Play Riff A
Play Riff B twice

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-4-----7------------|
|-2-----5-----2------|
|-------------0------|

Keyboard solo transposed for guitar
|-------------------------------------------------------/17--/16----------|
|-----------------19-17-15-17-15--------15-/19-15------------------/19----|
|-16--16h18h19-16----------------16--18-----------18-16----16---16-----16-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-/17--15h17p1514h15p14--------------------------------------------------|      
|------------------------16-14----14h16h18-14----16-14-----------14-16-14-|
|------------------------------16-------------16-------16-14--16----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------15-/19----/17----15-14-----|
|----------14------------14----16--14-16--------16-----16-------14--|
|-16-14-16----16-14-16------16--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------14-15-/19--|
|--16-14-----------14----14-13----/16-13----/16~--14-16------------|
|--------16-14--16----16-------14--------14------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15----14-15-/19-17-14----14-17-19-17-14---------/-follow this with----|
|----16-----------------14----------------14--------Fill 4 played-twice-|
|--------------------------------------------16-----Remeber to play-it--|
|---------------------------------------------------an-octave higher----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Fill 4(keyboard transposed down one octave for a guitar in Db tuning)
|---------5-7-5----------|---------5-7-5-4---5-4---|--------------|-------|
|-7-5-7-9-------9-7-5-7--|-7-5-7-9---------7-------|-10-9h10p9-7--|-7-5-7-|
|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------|-------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------|-------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------|-------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------|-------|
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