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Walking In The Air by Nightwish

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WALKING IN THE AIR (THEME FROM "THE SNOWMAN" MOVIE) (Bassline)
As recorded by Nightwish
(From the 1998 Album OCEANBORN)

Transcribed by Alexander Sobolev


Words by Howard Blake Music by Tuomas Holopainen

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Tuomas Holopainen'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Tuomas Holopainen'
Gtr III (E A D G) - 'Sami Vanska'

 Intro
 Moderate Rock Ballad Q=110
 4/4
 Gtr I
 Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
 Gtr I
 Q  E E Q  Q   Q  E E Q  Q   Q  E E Q  Q   Q  E E Q  Q
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------10-10---8---|-------6-6--------|-------10-10---8---|-------6-6--------|
|-------10-10---9---|-------7-7----9---|-------10-10---9---|-------7-7----9---|
|-------------------|-------------10---|-------------------|-------------10---|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----7-------7---7-|-----7-----7----7-|-----7-------7---7-|-----7-----7----7-|
|---7----7------7---|---7---7------7---|---7----7------7---|---7---7------7---|
|-5---------5-------|-5-------5--------|-5---------5-------|-5-------5--------|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|


 Verse 1
 Q  E E H     Q  E E H     Q  E E H     Q  E E H
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------10-10-------|-------10-10-------|-------10-10-------|-------8-8-------|
|-------10-10-------|-------10-10-------|-------10-10-------|-------9-9-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----7-------7---7-|-----7-------7---7-|-----7-------7---7-|-----------5-0-5-|
|---7----7------7---|---7----7------7---|---7----7------7---|-----5-----------|
|-5---------5-------|-5---------5-------|-5---------5-------|---7---7---------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-8-------8-------|
 Q  E E H     Q  E E H
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------8-8-------|-----------------|
|-------9-9-------|-------7-7-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------5-0-5-|-----------------|
|-----5-----------|-----5---------3-|
|---7---7---------|---5---5---5-----|
|-8-------8-------|-3-------5---5---|


 E E E E E E E E  Q  E E H
|------------24----------|-------------------|
|---------22----22-------|-------10-10-------|
|------22----------22----|-------10-10-------|
|---24----------------24-|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|
| W            E E E E E E E E
|-3----------------------|-----7-------7---7-|
|------------------------|---7----7------7---|
|------------------------|-5---------5-------|
|------------------------|-------------------|


 Q  E E H     Q  E E H
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------10-10-------|-------10-10-------|
|-------10-10-------|-------10-10-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----7-------7---7-|-----7-------7---7-|
|---7----7------7---|---7----7------7---|
|-5---------5-------|-5---------5-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|


 Q  E E H     Q  E E H
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------10-10-------|-------10-10-------|
|-------10-10-------|-------10-10-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----7-------7---7-|-----7-------7---7-|
|---7----7------7---|---7----7------7---|
|-5---------5-------|-5---------5-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|


 Q  E E H     Q  E E H     Q  E E H     E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------24----------|
|-------8-8-------|-------8-8-------|-----------------|---------22----22-------|
|-------9-9-------|-------9-9-------|-------7-7-------|------22----------22----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---24----------------24-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  W
|-----------5-0-5-|-----------5-0-5-|-----------------|-3----------------------|
|-----5-----------|-----5-----------|-----5---------3-|------------------------|
|---7---7---------|---7---7---------|---5---5---5-----|------------------------|
|-8-------8-------|-8-------8-------|-3-------5---5---|------------------------|


                     Bridge
 Q  E E H     Q  E E H     W     W
|-------------------|-------------------|----------|------|
|-------10-10-------|-------10-10-------|----------|------|
|-------10-10-------|-------10-10-------|----------|------|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------|------|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------|------|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------|------|
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  W     W
|-----7-------7---7-|-----7-------7---7-|----------|------|
|---7----7------7---|---7----7------7---|----------|------|
|-5---------5-------|-5---------5-------|-8--------|-5----|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------|------|


 Gtr III
 W     W     W     +W
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|-0--------|-(0)----|
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|
| Gtr II
| W     W     W      W
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|-8--------|-5--------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------|


 Verse 2
 W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|-0--------|-0--------|-0--------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-3-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|
| W     W     W     H.   E E
|-7--------|----------|----------|-5-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------3-|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|


 W     W     W     W       W
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-0-----------|-0---------|
|-3--------|----------|-1--------|-------------|-----------|
|----------|-3--------|----------|-------------|-----------|
|
| W     W     W     H.   E E  H  H
|----------|----------|-3--------|-7-----------|-----------|
|----------|-5--------|----------|-------------|-----------|
|-3--------|----------|----------|-----------5-|-5---------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|-----------|


 Chorus
 Gtr III
 W         W         W         W
|-2---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------5-----5-|---5-7---7---5-7-|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----6-------6---|-----------8-----|----------8------8-|
|-----6---9---6-9-|---9---7---7-----|-------7---------|---7-9---------9---|
|---9---7---7-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------10---10-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W         W         W         W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-----------------|
|-7---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|


  W          W
|--------------------|-5--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--3-----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-----------8------8-|------8----10----8-10-|
|----7-8---------8---|---10---10----10------|
|-10-----10---10-----|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
| W          W
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-3--------------------|
|--3-----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|


 W           W
|-3--------------------|-2-----------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-------------------|
|------8----11-11-8-11-|-----8---10---8-10-|
|---10---10------------|---9---9----9------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|
| W           W
|-3--------------------|-2-----------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|


 Verse 3
 Gtr III
 W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|-0--------|-0--------|-0--------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-3-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W     W     W     H.   E E
|-7--------|----------|----------|-5-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------3-|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|


 Gtr III
 W     W     W     W       W
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|-0-----------|-0----|
|-3--------|----------|-1--------|-------------|------|
|----------|-3--------|----------|-------------|------|
|
| Gtr II
| W     W     W     H.   E E  W
|----------|----------|-3--------|-7-----------|------|
|----------|-5--------|----------|-------------|------|
|-3--------|----------|----------|-----------5-|-5----|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|------|


 Bridge
 W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-3--------|-0--------|-3--------|-0----|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|
| W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-3--------|----------|-3--------|------|
|----------|-5--------|----------|-5----|
|----------|----------|----------|------|


 W     W     W       +W
|----------|----------|-------------|-------------|
|----------|----------|-0-----------|-(0)---------|
|-1--------|----------|-------------|-------------|
|----------|-3--------|-------------|-------------|
|
| W     W     H.   E E  H   H
|-3--------|----------|-7-----------|-------------|
|----------|-5--------|-------------|-------------|
|----------|----------|-----------5-|--5----------|
|----------|----------|-------------|-------------|


 Chorus
 Gtr III
 W         W         W         W
|-2---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------5-----5-|---5-7---7---5-7-|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----6-------6---|-----------8-----|----------8------8-|
|-----6---9---6-9-|---9---7---7-----|-------7---------|---7-9---------9---|
|---9---7---7-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------10---10-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W         W         W         W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-----------------|
|-7---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|


  W          W
|--------------------|-5--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--3-----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-----------8------8-|------8----10----8-10-|
|----7-8---------8---|---10---10----10------|
|-10-----10---10-----|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
| W          W
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-3--------------------|
|--3-----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|


 W           W          +W
|-3--------------------|-2-----------------|-(2)-----------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|------8----11-11-8-11-|-----8---10---8-10-|-------8---10---8-10-|
|---10---10------------|---9---9----9------|-----9---9----9------|
|----------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| W           W          W
|-3--------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|-7-----------------|--7------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|---------------------|


 Guitar Solo
 4/4
 Gtr III
 H.   +E E  W     H.   +E E  H.   +E E
|---------------|----------|---------------|---------------|
|-0-------(0)-0-|-0--------|-0-------(0)-0-|---------------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|-3-------(3)-3-|
|---------------|----------|---------------|---------------|


 W     H.   +E E  H  H   H.   +E E
|----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|
|----------|---------------|-----------|-0-------(0)-0-|
|-3--------|---------------|-1----3----|---------------|
|----------|-3-------(3)-3-|-----------|---------------|


 W     H.   +E E  W     H.   +E E
|----------|---------------|----------|---------------|
|-0--------|-0-------(0)-0-|-0--------|-0-------(0)-0-|
|----------|---------------|----------|---------------|
|----------|---------------|----------|---------------|


 H.   +E E  W     H.   +E E  W
|---------------|----------|---------------|------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------|
|-3-------(3)-3-|-3--------|---------------|-1----|
|---------------|----------|-3-------(3)-3-|------|


 W     +W      +W      +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|


 Interlude
 Wx8
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


 Verse 4
 H.   +E E  W     H.   +E E  H.   +E E
|---------------|----------|---------------|---------------|
|-0-------(0)-0-|-0--------|-0-------(0)-0-|---------------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|-3-------(3)-3-|
|---------------|----------|---------------|---------------|


 W     H.   +E E  H  H   H.   +E E  W
|----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|------|
|----------|---------------|-----------|-0-------(0)-0-|-0----|
|-3--------|---------------|-1----3----|---------------|------|
|----------|-3-------(3)-3-|-----------|---------------|------|


 H.   +E E  W     H.   +E E  H.   +E E
|---------------|----------|---------------|---------------|
|-0-------(0)-0-|-0--------|-0-------(0)-0-|---------------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|-3-------(3)-3-|
|---------------|----------|---------------|---------------|


 W     H.   +E E  H  H   H.   +E E  H  H
|----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|------7/----|
|----------|---------------|-----------|-0-------(0)-0-|-0----------|
|-3--------|---------------|-1----3----|---------------|------------|
|----------|-3-------(3)-3-|-----------|---------------|------------|


 Guitar Break
 E S S E S S E S S E S S  E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


 E S S E S S E S S E S S  E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|


 E S S E S S E S S E S S  E S S E S S E S S E S S  H  H
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------------|-1----3----|
|-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------|


 E S S E S S E S S E S S  E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|


 E S S E S S E S S E S S  E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


 E S S E S S E S S E S S  E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|


 E S S E S S E S S E S S  E S S E S S E S S E S S  H  H   W
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|-0----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------------|-1----3----|------|
|-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------|------|


 Outro
 H.=H     Slowly Q=70
 Wx2     Wx3
|------------|--------*|
|------------|--------*|
|------------|--------*|
|------------|--------*|


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
 - 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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