THE BEHEADING OF A KING As recorded by Amon Amarth (From the 2004 Album FATE OF NORNS) Transcribed by Gerhard Fischl Music by Amon Amarth Gtr I (B E A D F# B) - 'Untitled' Gtr II (B E A D F# B) - 'Untitled' Verse Q=135 (Bm) 4/4 Gtrs I, II S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E ||----------------------|---------------------| ||o---------------------|---------------------| ||--------------6-7-----|-------------6-7-----| ||----------------------|---------------------| ||o---------9---------9-|---------9---------9-| ||--7-7-7-7---7-----7---|-7-7-7-7---7-----7---| (Em) E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x |--------------------|----------------------------------|| |--------------------|---------------------------------o|| |--------------------|----------------------------------|| |--------------------|----------------------------------|| |-10---10---9-10---7-|---------------------------------o|| |----0----0------0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|| Chorus

^B5Gtr 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---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-9---------| ||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|---------------------------------9-9-9-9-| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|

| | Gtr 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---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| ||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

^G5 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 |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---|

| | 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 |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--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-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---|

^E5 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 |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|

| | 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 |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |--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-| |--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

^F#5S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ^A5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----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-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----o|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----|| Bridge

^E5Gtrs ^A5I, II^B5 ^C5 ^A5 ^B5 ^G5 ^E5 Q. Q. Q H. E E Q. Q. Q W ||---------------|---------------|--------------|-------|| ||o--------------|---------------|--------------|------o|| ||---------------|---------------|--------------|-------|| ||---------------|---------------|--------------|-------|| ||o-2----7----9--|-10-------9-10-|-7----9----5--|-2----o|| ||--0----5----7--|--8------------|-5----7----3--|-0-----||

Verse (Bm) S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E ||----------------------|---------------------| ||o---------------------|---------------------| ||--------------6-7-----|-------------6-7-----| ||----------------------|---------------------| ||o---------9---------9-|---------9---------9-| ||--7-7-7-7---7-----7---|-7-7-7-7---7-----7---| (Em) E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x |--------------------|------------------------------------|| |--------------------|-----------------------------------o|| |--------------------|------------------------------------|| |--------------------|------------------------------------|| |-10---10---9-10---7-|-----------------------------------o|| |----0----0------0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|| Chorus

| | Gtr 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---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| ||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

^F#5S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ^A5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----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 4x |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----o|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----|| Bridge

Outro

N.C.

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 E E ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|-------------------------7-8-| ||--------------2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----| ||--2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------|-----------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------|

1.,2.,3. 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 ^A5 Q. ^B5 Q. ^G5 Q ^E5W |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-----------------|---*| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||-----------------|---*| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-|-----------------------------------||-----------------|---*| |---------------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||-----------------|---*| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||-14----16----12--|-9-*| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-12----14----10--|-7-*|

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 <n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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