Blind Guardian - The Last Candle

The Last Candle
by Blind Guardian
off Tales from the Twilight World (1991)




*/Disclaimer/* Some rhythm values and a couple of solo sections are a bit iffy.
                 so if you see any mistakes, please tell me.

Legend
fb   - full bend (2 frets)
fbr  - full bend then release
hb   - half bend (1 fret)
hbr  - half bend then release
~    - vibrato
T    - Tap
A.H  - artificial harmonic
*..* - repeat everything in between
^^   - depress bar before hitting note then release after note is hit


Fast Tempo


Intro
                                      A5 A#5
|----|------|----------|------------|-------|------------------|
|----|------|----------|------------|-------|------------------|
|*---|-----*|*---------|-----------*|*-9-10-|-9h10--9h10--9h10-|
|*-2-|-(2)-*|*-2-2-2-2-|-2-3-2---2-*|*-7-8--|-7h8---7h8---7h8--|
|--0-|-(0)--|--0-0-0-0-|-0-1-0-5-0--|-------|------------------|
|----|------|----------|-------3----|-------|------------------|

 A5 A#5
|------|-----------|---|---||
|------|-----------|---|---||
|-9-10-|-10p9-5-7-*|---|---||
|-7-8--|-8-p7-3-5-*|-5-|-3-||
|------|-----------|-3-|-1-||
|------|-----------|---|---||


Lead 1
with Riff A (rhythm)
|--------|--------|----|----|-5~-3-5-|-3~-----|----|--T---||
|-6~-5-6-|-5~-6-5-|-3~-|----|-6~-5-6-|-5~-6-5-|-3~-|--15~-||
|-7~-5-7-|-5~-7-5-|-4~-|-4~-|--------|----7-5-|-4~-|-(4)~-||
|--------|--------|----|-5~-|--------|--------|----|------||
|--------|--------|----|----|--------|--------|----|------||
|--------|--------|----|----|--------|--------|----|------||


Riff A
double time -for guitars but drums normal time (1st verse + part of 2nd verse)
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-----------7---|---------7-------|-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-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    P.M......   ...........   .....     .........   ...........   .....]

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----*--2-||
|-5-----------5---|---------5-------|-5---------------|-5-(5)-0-||
|-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)---||
    P.M......   ...........   .....     .............]*2nd time for verse 1 only


Riff B
|------|---------|--------|----|------|--------|-------|-----||
|------|---------|--------|----|------|--------|-------|-----||
|----5-|-(5)--7~-|----5---|----|----5-|-(5)-7~-|----5~-|-(5)-||
|-2--5-|-(5)--7~-|-2--5-5-|-5~-|-2--5-|-(5)-7~-|-2--5~-|-(5)-||
|-0----|---------|-0----5-|-5~-|-0----|--------|-0-----|-----||
|------|---------|------3-|-3~-|------|--------|-------|-----||


Bridge1
 chords copied 1 octave below by 2nd guitar
|------|-----------|------|-----------||
|------|-----------|------|-----------||
|-9-10-|-9h10--5-7-|-9-10-|-10p9--5-7-||
|-7-8--|-7h8---3-5-|-7-8--|--8p7--3-5-||
|------|-----------|------|-----------||
|------|-----------|------|-----------||


Lead2
                      A.H
|------------------|----------------|------------------|--------------------||
|----8------9------|-8------10--9-7-|----8------9------|-8------12hb~-13fb~-||
|------8------8----|---8----11-10-8-|------8------8----|---8----10fb~-12fb~-||
|-10-----10-----10-|-----10---------|-10-----10-----10-|-----10-------------||
|------------------|----------------|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|----------------|------------------|--------------------||


Riff C
double time
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-----------3---|---------3-------|-3-----------3---|---------3-------|
|-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-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   P.M.......   ...........   .....     .........   ...........   .....]

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-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-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
    P.M......   ...........  ......     .........   ...........   .....]


Chorus
double time
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7---------------|-----------------|-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-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    P.M.............................    ...............................]

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------17-15-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------10-8--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|                 |                 |                 |                 |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7---------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    P.M............................     ...............................]

|-13~-------------|-(13)------12-13-|-12~-------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-10~-------------|-(10)-------9-10-|--9~-------------|-12~-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--5~-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|                 |                 |                 |                 |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    P.M............................     ...............................]


|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------14-15-|-14~-------------|-(14)------------|
|-14~-------------|-(14)------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--7~-------------|-(-7)------14-15-|-14~-------------|-(14)------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|                 |                 |                 |                 |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-----------------|
|-3---------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-----------------|
    P.M............................     ...........................]

Fill 1
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
    P.M............................     ...............................]


Bridge2
double time
|---|---|-------|------|---|---|-----|-----||
|---|---|-------|------|---|---|-----|-----||
|---|---|-------|------|---|---|-----|-----||
|-7-|-8-|-7h8-7h|8-7h8-|-7-|-8-|-8p7-|-3-5-||
|-5-|-6-|-5h6-5h|6-5h6-|-5-|-6-|-6p5-|-1-3-||
|---|---|-------|------|---|---|-----|-----||


Lead3
double time
with bridge2 riff
|-20fb-20fb-20fb-|-20fb~-|-20-18-17h18p17----|-17----------------|
|----------------|-------|----------------20-|----20-18-17-18-17-|
|----------------|-------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------|-------------------|-------------------|

   A.H                              Tr.
|---------------------|-----------|-------------------|-----||
|-20fb-20p18p17-------|-18-20-18~-|-17h18p17-17-------|-----||
|---------------19p17-|-----------|-------------19-17/|-14~-||
|---------------------|-----------|-------------------|-----||
|---------------------|-----------|-------------------|-----||
|---------------------|-----------|-------------------|-----||


Riff D
|---|----|------|------|-----|-----|--------|-----|
|---|----|------|------|-----|-----|--------|-----|
|---|----|------|------|-----|-----|--------|-----|
|-5-|-2--|-7--5-|-3--3-|-----|-2-2-|-5h7--5h|7--5-|
|-3-|-0--|-5--3-|-1--1-|-5-5-|-0-0-|-3h5--3h|5--3-|
|---|----|------|------|-3-3-|-----|--------|-----|

|---|---|------|-----|---|---|-----|-----|
|---|---|------|-----|---|---|-----|-----|
|---|---|------|-----|---|---|-----|-----|
|-3-|-2-|-10-5-|-7-5-|-3-|-2-|-5h7-|-5h7-|
|-1-|-0-|-8--3-|-5-3-|-1-|-0-|-3h5-|-3h5-|
|---|---|------|-----|---|---|-----|-----|

 E5
|-----------------|-------------|---Tr.------Tr.--|-------------|
|---Tr.------Tr.--|-------------|-9h10p9-9-9h10p9-|-9-10-9-7-9~-|
|-9h10p9-9-9h10p9-|-9-10-9-7-9~-|-9h10p9-9-9h10p9-|-9-10-9-7-9~-|
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|

    Tr.         Tr.                        Tr.         Tr.
|---------------------|----------------|12h13p12-12-12h13p12-|12-13-12-10-12~-||
|12h13p12-12-12h13p12-|12-13-12-10-12~-|12h13p12-12-12h13p12-|12-13-12-10-12~-||
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------||


Solo
  ?????????                      A.H
|-----------|--------------|-----------------|-------18fb~-|
|-13fb~~~*r-|--------------|-----------------|-17-15-------|
|-12fb~~~-r-|-12-----------|-/12-/14-/16-/17-|-^^-^^-------|
|-----------|----12-12-12~-|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
  *vibrato with w.bar

                slight mute..............................
|------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-15---|-15-14-12----14-12-------12----------------------|
|-{{---|----------14-------14-12----14-12-11-14-12-11----|
|------|----------------------------------------------14-|
|------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------|-------------------------------------------------|

 ................................................
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-12-11----12-11---------------------------------|
|-------14-------14-12-11-14-12-11---12-11-------|
|---------------------------------14-------14-12-|
|------------------------------------------------|

 ...................]    A.H *w.bar dive at end
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|11----------------------12*|
|---14-12-11-14-12-11-------|
|---------------------14----|

double time - with chorus riff
|-------|--------|-------|-----|----------|--------|-------|-----|
|-------|--------|-------|-----|----------|--------|-------|-----|
|-7---7-|-9hbr-7-|-------|-----|-10-10-12-|12fb-12-|-10-9~-|-(9)-|
|---7---|--------|-10-7~-|-(7)-|----------|--------|-------|-----|
|-------|--------|-------|-----|----------|--------|-------|-----|
|-------|--------|-------|-----|----------|--------|-------|-----|

             A.H
|-------|------------|-------|------------|-15fb-|-15fb-|-15fb-16fb-|-15fb~-|
|-11-13-|-13fb-13-11-|13~-15-|-15fb-15-13-|------|------|-----------|-------|
|-{{----|------------|-------|------------|------|------|-----------|-------|
|-------|------------|-------|------------|------|------|-----------|-------|
|-------|------------|-------|------------|------|------|-----------|-------|
|-------|------------|-------|------------|------|------|-----------|-------|

|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-13-----17-13----|
|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-|-18-18-15-15--18-15-15-|
|-------------------------|----------16--------16-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|

|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-12-----15-12----|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-13-13--17-13-13-|
|-------------------------|----------14--------14-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|

|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-13-----17-13----|
|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-|-18-18-15-15--18-15-15-|
|-------------------------|----------16--------16-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|

|-18-18-18-17-15----------|------------------|
|-20-20-20-18-17-18-17-15-|-14-15-17-14-15~~-|
|----------------19-17-16-|-14-16-17-14-16~~-|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|

      rake......]                      rake.......]
|----|-------10h13-13p10--------|-----|-------12h15-15p12--------|
|----|----11-------------11-----|-----|----13-------------14-----|
|----|-10-------------------10~-|-----|-12-------------------12~-|
|-8~-|--------------------------|-10~-|--------------------------|
|----|--------------------------|-----|--------------------------|
|----|--------------------------|-----|--------------------------|

|-16fb~-|-(16)r-p13-|------21hbr-|-(21)-||
|-------|-----------|-13~--10hbr-|-(10)-||
|-------|-----------|------------|------||
|-------|-----------|------------|------||
|-------|-----------|------------|------||
|-------|-----------|------------|------||


Lead 4
|-13~-12-13-|-12~-------|-17~-15-13-|-13/15~-|
|-----------|-----15-13-|-10~-------|--------|
|-10~-9--10-|--9~-------|-----12-10-|-10/12~-|
|-----------|-----12-10-|-----------|--------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|

|-18~-17-18-|-17~-15-13-|-15~-13-12---|-----||
|-----------|-----------|----------15-|-13~-||
|-15~-14-15-|-14~-12-10-|-12~-10-9----|-----||
|-----------|-----------|----------12-|-10~-||
|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----||
|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----||


Riff E
same rhythm structure as Riff A
chord structure:
| D5 | C5 | F5i | D#5 | G5i | F5i | C5 |%|

| D5 | C5 | F5i | E5i | A5i | G5i | D5 |%|

| A#5 |%| C5 |%| A#5 |%| C5 |%||


Riff F
same rhythm structure as Riff A
chord structure:
| A#5 |%| C5 |%| A#5 |%| C5 |%||


Coda
|-----||
|-----||
|-7---||
|-7---||
|-5---||
|-5---||
 fades out gradually


Song Structure

Intro          intro, Lead1
Verse 1        Riff A x2
Verse 2        Riff B
Bridge1        Bridge1 x2
Lead 2         Lead2
Verse 3        Riff A x4
Verse 4        Riff C
Chorus         Chorus x2, Fill 1
Bridge2        Bridge2
Lead 3         Lead3
Verse 5        Riff D
Solo           Solo
Chorus         Chorus x2, Fill 1
Lead 4         Lead4
Verse 6        Riff E
Lead 1         Lead1
Verse 7        Riff F
Chorus x2      Chorus x4, Fill 1
Coda

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