Nightwish: Sacrament Of Wilderness From Oceanborn
Tab by Abel... Of Darkness (midgar31@hotmail.com)


Standard tuning (EADGBE)


Riff A1:                                         dive w/bar
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--------------7-----------------2-4----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4----7----4-4-4-4-4----2-4--4-4-4-4-4-----|
|-4-4-4-4-4----5----4-4-4-4-4----0-2--4-4-4-4-4-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2-2--0--|


Riff A2:
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------7-------------------------2-4-|
|-4--------------4------7--2--------------4-------2-4-|
|-4--------------4------5--2--------------4-------0-2-|
|-2-2-2-22-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-2-2-22-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|


|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------7-----------------------------|
|-4--------------4------7--4--------------4-----------|
|-4--------------4------5--4--------------4-----xx-xx-|
|-2-2-2-22-2-2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-22-2-2-2-2-2-2-xx-xx-|


Riff B1:
  2x:                               2x:
|-4-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-7-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-|-7-5-5-5-8-5-5-5-10-5-5-5-8-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|


|-9-7-7-7-10-7-7-7-12-7-7-7-10-7-7-7-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|


|-9-10-9-7--------------------------------------------|
|----------10-9-7-6-7-6-------------------------------|
|-----------------------7-6-4-------------------------|
|-----------------------------7-6-4-3-4-3-------------|
|-----------------------------------------5-4-2-------|
|-----------------------------------------------5-4-2-|


Riff B2:
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---------------4-----------------4-----------------------2--|
|-4---------------4-----------------------4-----------------2--|
|-2-2-2-22-2-2-22-2-2-2-22-2-2-22-2---2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--|


Riff C 2x:
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------6-7---------------7----------|
|-4---------------4------------6-7---------------7----------|
|-4---------------4------------4-5-5-5-55-5-5-55-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-2-2-2-22-2-2-22-2-2-2-22-2-2------------------------------|


|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-4---------------4---------------------------------------|
|-6-4---------------4---------------4------------2----------|
|-4-2-2-2-22-2-2-22-2-2-2-22-2-2-22-4------------2----------|
|-----------------------------------2------------0----------|


Riff B1
Riff C 2x


Chorus:
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------7--------------------------------------------|
|-4----------------------------7--------------------------------------------|
|-4------------------2-4---2-4-5-5-5-5-5...--5h7-7-7-7-7-7--5h7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-2-2-2-2-2...-2-4-5-----5--------------------------------------------------|


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


|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------7--------------------------------------------|
|-4----------------------------7------------------(5)~~---------------------|
|-4------------------2-4---2-4-5-5-5-5-5...--5h7----------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2...-2-4-5-----5--------------------------------------------------|


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


Riff D:
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------7-------------------------2-4-|
|-4--------------4------7--4--------------4-------2-4-|
|-4--------------4------5--4--------------4-------0-2-|
|-2-2-2-22-2-2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-22-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|


|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------7-------------------------2-2-4---|
|-4--------------4------7--2--------------4-----4-2-2-4-2-|
|-4--------------4------5--2--------------4-----4-0-0-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-22-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-2-2-22-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------0-|


it ends with this:

|-9-10-9-7--------------------------------------------|
|----------10-9-7-6-7-6-------------------------------|
|-----------------------7-6-4-------------------------|
|-----------------------------7-6-4-3-4-3-------------|
|-----------------------------------------5-4-2-------|
|-----------------------------------------------5-4-2-|


Riff E 2x:        (* there is some harmonic here)
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-7---------6-7-----7--9-7-11-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9-9-11-9-12-|
|---------------------------*-|


|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------9-11-14-|
|-7---------6-7---------9-11-12---------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-11-12-----------------|
|---------------------------------------|


Riff F1 2x:
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------2----7---------2----4---|
|-4----2----7----4----2----4---|
|-4----0----5----4----0----2---|
|-2--------------2-------------|


Riff F2:
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|----------------2--2--2--|
|-4-4-4---4-4-4--0--0--0--|
|-2-2-2---2-2-2-----------|


Then comes the keyboard solo
during that guitar plays Riff E 2 times.

Play only the first two patterns of the chorus
and then:
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-2---------7---|
|-2----3----7---|
|-0----3----5---|
|------1--------|


then the end is just some fast lick from the Riff B scale.


h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
~ - vibrato
t - right hand tap
x - play 'note' with heavy damping
(5)- harmonics