Zelda Theme Chords & Tabs
Zelda Theme as performed by Yngwie Malmsteen
and transcribed by David Wooten
Standard EADGBe Tuning
h - hammer
p - pull
/ - slide up
s - slide
~ - vibrato
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-Guitar 1 is pretty easy to hear on Yngwie's version, but there's a spot
where it was iffy, so you may want to improve there (I put a not by it)
-Guitar 2 is alot harder to hear, but most should be relatively accurate.
-When playing rhythm guitar remember to start out a little soft and slowly
crescendo until you are playing pretty powerfully.
-Note that I made this for my own use so I wouldn't forget what little
progress I had made while figuring it out, and it's my first tab to ever
post online. If you have any problems with reading it (perhaps I left an
entire part out), you can email me at solidus408@aol.com
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Guitar 1:
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-11-------11-9-7-9~~~----11-------11-10-9-10~~~-
----10-10-------------------11-11---------------
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----------------10-11-13-
-11----11-11-13----------
----10------------------- x3
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-13-13-14-16-18~~-18-18-16----16---------------------------------------------
---------------------------19----19-18~~-18-16-16-18-19~~-18-16-14-14-16-18--
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--------------------15-13-
-16-14-13-13-15-17--------
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----------------10-11-13~~~-13-13-14-16-18~-21-20-17~~~
-11----11-11-13----------------------------------------
----10-------------------------------------------------
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-------18-17------------18-17------------14-13------
-18-19-------18~~-18-19-------18~~-15-16-------14~~-
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-------10-11-12-15-13- < This is the only really iffy part for guitar 1,
-11-13----------------
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/malmsteen_yngwie/zelda_theme_tab.html ]
Rhythm Guitar:
Bb Ab F# F
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-----8-------6-------4-------3------------------------------------------
---8-------6-------4-------3------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-
-6-------4-------2-------1--------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-
(Not exact number of times, but you get the idea)
Bb Ab F# F - This time around, just hit the bottom 3 strings (EAD)
Bb Ab F# C# B Bb C F - Now hit every string with full power
Bb Ab F# F F# F F# F B Bb C F
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Guitar 2:
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-------3-4-6-
-3-3-5-------
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----------------------------------10-11-13-----
----------------------11-11-11h13--------------
-7-7-7----7-7h8-10s12--------------------------
-------10--------------------------------------
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----4-6-----9-9-9p8----8-----------------------
-/7-----7~~---------11---11-9-9-8-9~~----------
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-7-6-7-7h9s11~~-9-7-6-5-6-6h7s9~~-7-6-5-5-5h6-8~~~~~~-------
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------------------------------------------------------4-3-1- < This closing riff (4-3-1) might be wrong
----------------------------------10-11-13-----
----------------------11-11-11h13--------------
-7-7-7----7-7h8-10s12--------------------------
-------10--------------------------------------
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----4-6-6~~-12-11-8----------------------------
-/7--------------------------------------------
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---------------3-5~- < I'm still a little iffy on this riff too
---------2-3-4------
-----2-4------------
-2-4----------------
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---------------3-5~-6~~~--7~~-6~~-5-5-5-6-8-6---------
---------2-3-4----------------------------------------
-----2-4----------------------------------------------
-2-4--------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------4-3-1-
There you go - everything sounds pretty good all together - I have recorded it and it sounds alot like Yngwie,
so have fun with it!
