IMPERIAL
-Hammerfall-
Music: Oscar Dronjak
From the album: Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken (2005)
Tabbed by Linus Olsson (Linuso@hotmail.com)
This is a nice little tune. Many people hate it, but I think it's
underrated, and it's lovely to play for yourself as a warm-up
exercise or just to kill some time.
Playing info:
* This song is played on an acoustic 6-stringed guitar tuned down
½ step (D#-G#-C#-F#-A#-d#, from thick to thin).
* Oscar fingerpicks it all except the final chord, which seems to
be a downstroke strummed with a pick (though I could be wrong, of course).
* Note that the song is in 3/4 (three quarters), so be sure to
count correctly (1, 2, 3...1, 2, 3...etc).
Part I: (0:00 - 0:24)
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d#:-1---0------------------------------------------
A#:---------3--------------------------------------
F#:-------------5-----4-2---1---2---4---2---4---5--
C#:-0----------------------------------------------
G#:-------------0-----------------------0----------
D#:-------------------------0----------------------
d#:-1---0------------------------------------------
A#:---------3--------------------------------------
F#:-------------5-----4-2---4---5---1---2----------
C#:-0----------------------------------------------
G#:-------------0-----------------------0----------
D#:-------------------------0----------------------
d#:-1---0------------------------------------------
A#:---------3--------------------------------------
F#:-------------5-----4-2---1---2---4---2---4---5--
C#:-0----------------------------------------------
G#:-------------0-----------------------0----------
D#:-------------------------0----------------------
d#:-1---0------------------------------------------
A#:---------3--------------------------------------
F#:-------------5-----4-2---4---5---4---2----------
C#:-0----------------------------------------------
G#:-------------0-----------------------0----------
D#:-------------------------0----------------------
Part II: (0:25 - 0:35)
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d#:-5---3-------------------5---3------------------
A#:---------6---5-------------------6---5----------
F#:------------------------------------------------
C#:-0-----------------------0----------------------
G#:-------------0-----------------------0----------
D#:------------------------------------------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/hammerfall/imperial_tab.html ]
d#:---------------------4---5----------------------
A#:-4-----------5---5------------------------------
F#:-----5---4--------------------------------------
C#:------------------------------------------------
G#:-2-----------------------0----------------------
D#:-------------0----------------------------------
Part III: (0:36 - 1:01)
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d#:------------------------------------------------
A#:-0---1---3---3-----1-0---1---3---1---0----------
F#:-----------------------------------------2---0--
C#:------------------------------------------------
G#:-------------0-----------3----------------------
D#:-3-----------------------------------3----------
d#:------------------------------------------------
A#:-------0-1---1---0---1---3---1---0--------------
F#:-----2-------------------------------2----------
C#:------------------------------------------------
G#:-------------------------0-----------0----------
D#:-1-----------3----------------------------------
d#:------------------------------------------------
A#:-0---1---3---3-----1-0---1---3---1---0----------
F#:-----------------------------------------2---0--
C#:------------------------------------------------
G#:-------------0-----------3----------------------
D#:-3-----------------------------------3----------
d#:-----------------------------0------------------
A#:-------0-1---------0-1---0----------------------
F#:-----2-----------2---------------1---2----------
C#:------------------------------------------------
G#:-0-----------------------------------0----------
D#:-------------1-----------3---0---0--------------
Part IV: (1:02 - 1:25)
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Same as part I
Part V: (1:26 - 1:37)
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Same as part II
Part VI: (1:38 - 2:07)
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Same as part III, but play the final bar twice
Final Part: (2:08 - END)
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d#:-5---3-------------------5---3------------------
A#:---------6---5-------------------6---5----------
F#:------------------------------------------------
C#:-0-----------------------0----------------------
G#:-------------0-----------------------0----------
D#:------------------------------------------------
d#:--------------------------4----------5----------
A#:-4-----------5-----5-----------------5----------
F#:-----5---4---------------------------5----------
C#:-------------------------------------7----------
G#:-2-----------------------------------7----------
D#:-------------0-----------------------5----------
Enjoy!
For comments, corrections, questions, requests etc. Mail to: Linuso@hotmail.com
