(Guitar Tab for “Warrior of the Rising sun”)

(From “Night of the Blade” 1984)

(Recorded By Tokyo Blade)

Revised Version: I changed up some of the riffs so that they were right

I noticed quickly that some riffs were not right or whatever so here’s a

Revised version of the song sorry for the mistakes on the first version

However take not I hardly adjusted the solo so there are some mistakes

Still there. Other than that enjoy the REAL version of it… or close enough



Notes: I decided to tab this amazing song by a great band from the NWOHBM

which is quite underrated in my mind. It seems very accurate to me and it

took a few hours to make but finally it is done. I noticed there was only 1

tabs for this band (Midnight Rendezvous) so I decided to make one and I plan on doing

“Night of the Blade” as well.

I’m not sure that the solo is quite right or

even has enough notes so if anyone has a tab for it that is correct then

please place it in the comment section as I do not have a working email address right now.

If you find any other mistakes please take note to them but I believe

that it’s very accurate. Please take not that most palm muted notes are only partially

palm muted throughout the song.





Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Lead guitar/ Solos'

Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm guitar/ Clean Guitar'



Difficulty: Advanced-Hard (Beginner, Easy, Advanced, Hard, Crazy Hard)



Q=medium fast

Intro Gtr I   (Repeat this intro twice then part 2 of intro)

E------------------------------|--------------------------------|

B------------------------------|--------------------------------|

G--------------------------(h)-|--------------------------(h)---|

D-------5-5-4-4-------------2--|-------5-5-4-4-------------2----|

A---------------5-5-2-2-5-5----|---------------5-5-2-2-5-5------|

e------------------------------|--------------------------------|

       Pm------------------|            Pm----------------------|

Gtr II

E------------------------------|------------------------------|

B------------------------------|------------------------------|

G-7--9-------------------------|-9--7-------------------------|

D-7--9-------------------------|-9--7-------------------------|

A-5--7-------------------------|-7--5-------------------------|

e------------------------------|------------------------------|



Gtr I

E------------------------------|---------------------------------|

B------------------------------|---------------------------------|

G-------------------------(h)--|---------------------------------|

D------5-5-4-4-------------2---|------5-5-4-4----------5-5-4-4---|

A--------------5-5-2-2-5-5-----|--------------2----------------5-|

e------------------------------|---------------------------------|

      Pm------------------|          Pm--------------------------|

Gtr II

E------------------------------|--------------------------------|

B------------------------------|--------------------------------|

G-7--5-------------------------|-5--4--------------5--7---------|

D-7--5-------------------------|-5--4--------------5--7---------|

A-5--3-------------------------|-3--2--------------3--5---------|

e------------------------------|--------------------------------|





Intro part 2 Gtr I (Repeat this part twice as well)

E------------------------------|--------------------------------|

B------------------------------|--------------------------------|

G--------------------------(h)-|--------------------------(h)---|

D-------5-5-4-4-------------2--|-------5-5-4-4-------------2----|

A---------------5-5-2-2-5-5----|---------------5-5-2-2-5-5------|

e------------------------------|--------------------------------|

       Pm------------------|            Pm----------------------|



Gtr II

E--------------------------|----------------------------|

B--------------------------|----------------------------|

G--------------------------|----------------------------|

D-9------9------9------9-9-|-7------7------7------7-7---|

A-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5---|

e--------------------------|----------------------------|

   Pm---|  Pm--|  Pm--|        Pm--|  Pm--|  Pm---------|

Gtr I

E------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

B------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

G-------------------------(h)--|-------------------------------------|

D------5-5-4-4-------------2---|------5-5-4-4----------5-5-4-4-------|

A--------------5-5-2-2-5-5-----|--------------5-4--------------5-4---|

e------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

      Pm------------------|          Pm------------------------------|



Gtr II

E--------------------------|-------------------------------------|

B--------------------------|-------------------------------------|

G--------------------------|-------------------------------------|

D-5------5------5------5-5-|-4------4------4---4------4------4---|

A-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2--2-2-2---|

e--------------------------|-------------------------------------|

    Pm--|  Pm--|  Pm--|        Pm--|  Pm--|      Pm--|   Pm------|



Gtr II Last time only

E------------------------------------|

B------------------------------------|

G------------------------------------|

D-4------4------4--5------5------5---|

A-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--3--3-3-3--3-3-3---|

e------------------------------------|



Interlude to verse

E------------|

B------------|

G---9--9--9--|

D---9--9--9--|

A---7--7--7--|

e------------|

   Samurai!



Gtr II Clean Guitar (Repeat though first verse riff) BPM=medium slow with emotion

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

B-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|

G---9-------9---9---9-------9---9---7-------7---0---9-------9---0-|

D-7-------7-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------|

A-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e-----------------------------------------------------------------|



End of Verse 1 Gtr I & Gtr II

E----------------------------------------|

B----------------------------------------|

G------------------------------------9---|

D--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9---|

A--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7---|

e----------------------------------------|

  Pm-------------------------------------|



Gtr I Interlude Riff section before verse 2 BPM=Faster

E---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|

B---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|

G---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|

D------5-4------|------5-4-----|------5-4-----|------5-4------|

A----------7-5--|----------7-5-|----------7-5-|----------7-5--|

e---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|



Gtr II

E---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|

B---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|

G-9--9----------|-5--5---------|-7--7---------|-9--9----------|

D-9--9----------|-5--5---------|-7--7---------|-9--9----------|

A-7--7----------|-3--3---------|-5--5---------|-7--7----------|

e---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|



Gtr I (Second time)

E---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|

B---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|

G---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|

D------5-4------|------5-4-----|------5-4-----|------5-4------|

A----------7-5--|----------7-5-|----------7-5-|----------7-5--|

e---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|



Gtr II

E---------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|

B---------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|

G-9--9----------|-5--5---------|-7--7---------|-5--5------7--7--|

D-9--9----------|-5--5---------|-7--7---------|-5--5------7--7--|

A-7--7----------|-3--3---------|-5--5---------|-3--3------5--5--|

e---------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|



Gtr I Interlude part 2

E---------------|--------------|

B---------------|--------------|

G---------------|--------------|

D------5-4------|------5-4-----|

A----------7-5--|----------7-5-|

e---------------|--------------|



Gtr II (Galloping riff)

E--------------------------|--------------------------|

B--------------------------|--------------------------|

G--------------------------|--------------------------|

D-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9---|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5---|

A-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7---|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3---|

e--------------------------|--------------------------|



Gtr I

E---------------|--------------|

B---------------|--------------|

G---------------|--------------|

D------5-4------|------5-4-----|

A----------7-5--|----------7-5-|

e---------------|--------------|



Gtr II (Galloping riff)

E--------------------------|-------------------------------|

B--------------------------|-------------------------------|

G--------------------------|-------------------------------|

D-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7---|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--5-5-5--5-5-5-|

A-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5---|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--3-3-3--3-3-3-|

e--------------------------|-------------------------------|



Gtr I & Gtr II (Verse Riff 2)         Gtr I only (slide is Gtr II)

E-------|---------|---------|----------|------------------------|

B-------|---------|---------|----------|------------------------|

G-(9)---|--9—(7)--|--7—(5)--|--5--(4)--|------------------------|

D-(9)---|--9—(7)--|--7—(5)--|--5--(4)--|--/s/s------------------|

A-(7)---|--7—(5)--|--5—(3)--|--3--(2)--|--/s/s-3p2p0-3p2p0-(2)b-|

e-------|---------|---------|----------|------------------------|



Gtr I & Gtr II                          Gtr I only (Measure 5)

E-------|---------|---------|----------|--------------------|

B-------|---------|---------|----------|--------------------|

G-(9)---|--9—(7)--|--7—(5)--|--5--(4)--|--------------------|

D-(9)---|--9—(7)--|--7—(5)--|--5--(4)--|--------------------|

A-(7)---|--7—(5)--|--5—(3)--|--3--(2)--|---3p2p0-3p2p0-(2)b-|

e-------|---------|---------|----------|--------------------|



Gtr II on (Measure 5)(This is not in the song

E-------------------------| but can be added

B-------------------------| for extra affect)

G-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

D-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

A-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

e-------------------------|



Gtr I & Gtr II Verse riff 3 (Galloping riff)

E------------------------|------------------------|

B------------------------|------------------------|

G------------------------|------------------------|

D-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-|-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-|

A-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|

e------------------------|------------------------|

(! Repeat each measure once!)



Gtr I & Gtr II (Galloping riff)

E------------------------|----------------------------------------|

B------------------------|----------------------------------------|

G------------------------|----------------------------------------|

D-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-----------------|

A-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-3p2p0-3p2p0-(2)b|

e------------------------|----------------------------------------|



Note: This part can be played two ways as shown here or as shown at the

end of the tab either way it sounds right but this is more likely the right

setup. It has some sort of affect i believe but i can't place what it is.



Gtr I Bridge to Chorus

E---------------|------------------|

B---------------|------10--10--10--|

G------9--9--9--|-9-12-------------|

D-9-12----------|------------------|

A---------------|------------------|

e---------------|------------------|



Gtr II

E------------------------|------------------------|

B------------------------|------------------------|

G------------------------|------------------------|

D-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-|-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-|

A-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|

e------------------------|------------------------|



Gtr I

E-------10--10--10--|-10-12--15--15-15--|

B-10-12-------------|-------------------|

G-------------------|-------------------|

D-------------------|-------------------|

A-------------------|-------------------|

e-------------------|-------------------|



Gtr II

E------------------------|------------------------|

B------------------------|------------------------|

G------------------------|------------------------|

D-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-|

A-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|

e------------------------|------------------------|



E-12--12--12--10----------------|-----------------------------|

B----------------12-10--10--10--|-10--------------------------|

G-------------------------------|----12-9--9--9--9------------|

D-------------------------------|------------------12-9--9--9-|

A-------------------------------|-----------------------------|

e-------------------------------|-----------------------------|



Chorus riff Gtr I & Gtr II

E--------|---------|---------|---------|--------|

B--------|---------|---------|---------|--------|

G-9-9-9--|--7-7-7--|--5-5-5--|--7-7-7--|--5-5-5-|

D-9-9-9--|--7-7-7--|--5-5-5--|--7-7-7--|--5-5-5-|

A-7-7-7--|--5-5-5--|--3-3-3--|--5-5-5--|--3-3-3-|

e--------|---------|---------|---------|--------|



This is the solo (obsessively) however its note quite right and there

are some mistakes as i said before.



Gtr I Solo

E---------------------------------------|-12h15h19--12h15h19--12h15h19|

B---------------------------------------|-----------------------------|

G-----------------------(16)-16p15p(14)-|-----------------------------|

D-14~/-14-17-(16)-16-19-----------------|-----------------------------|

A---------------------------------------|-----------------------------|

e---------------------------------------|-----------------------------|



Gtr I Solo

E-12h15h19-12h15h19-12h15h19-19-19--|-19-19-20-20-20-19-19-19/s-|

B-----------------------------------|------------------------/s-|

G-----------------------------------|---------------------------|

D-----------------------------------|---------------------------|

A-----------------------------------|---------------------------|

e-----------------------------------|---------------------------|



Gtr I Solo

E------------------------------|

B-17b---15-15p0-15p0-14p0-14p0-|

G------------------------------|

D------------------------------|

A------------------------------|

e------------------------------|



Gtr I Solo

E-------------------------------------------------|

B-13p0-13p0-12p0-12p0-11p0-11p0-10p0-10p0---------|

G-----------------------------------------9p0-9p0-|

D-------------------------------------------------|

A-------------------------------------------------|

e-------------------------------------------------|



E----------------------------------------------|

B----------------------------------------------|

G-8p0-8p0-7p0-7p0------------------------------|

D-----------------7p0-7p0-6p0-6p0-5p0-5p0-/s/s-|

A-----------------------------------------/s/s-|

e----------------------------------------------|



E-19--19--19--20--20-20p19p17h19--24--24-24—(24)/s-|

B-----------------------------------------------/s-|

G--------------------------------------------------|

D--------------------------------------------------|

A--------------------------------------------------|

e--------------------------------------------------|



Gtr II Solo Rhythm throughout solo

E------------------------|------------------------|

B------------------------|------------------------|

G------------------------|------------------------|

D-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-|-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-|

A-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|

e------------------------|------------------------|



E------------------------|------------------------|

B------------------------|------------------------|

G------------------------|------------------------|

D-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-|

A-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|

e------------------------|------------------------|



Second time

E------------------------|------------------------|

B------------------------|------------------------|

G------------------------|------------------------|

D-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-|-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-|

A-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|

e------------------------|------------------------|



E------------------------|------------------------|

B------------------------|------------------------|

G------------------------|------------------------|

D-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-|

A-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|

e------------------------|------------------------|



Gtr I Interlude to finale verse BPM=Pick up the pace no real change

E--------------------------|-------------------------| in tempo though

B--------------------------|-------------------------|

G-9--9---------------------|-5--5---------7--7-------|

D-9--9---------------------|-5--5--5-4----7--7--5-4--|

A-7--7---------------------|-3--3------5--5--5------5|

e------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-------------------------|

Note: The x notes are played as sliding up and down the guitar

And are harmonics. This affect is easier said then done really.



Gtr I & Gtr II Finale Verse

E---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

B---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

G---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

D-9-------9-------9-------9-------|-7-------7-------7-------7---------|

A-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|

e---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

 Pm------------------------------| Pm---------------------------------|



Gtr I & Gtr II

E---------------------------------|-------------|

B---------------------------------|-------------|

G---------------------------------|---5---7-----|

D-9-------9-------9-------9-------|---5---7-----|

A-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---3---5-----|

e---------------------------------|-------------|

Pm----------------------------------------------|



Gtr I & Gtr II Outro Riff

E--------------------------|-------------------------|

B--------------------------|-------------------------|

G-9--9---------------------|-5--5---------7--7-------|

D-9--9---------------------|-5--5--5-4----7--7--5-4--|

A-7--7---------------------|-3--3------5--5--5------5|

e------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-------------------------|



Ending

E--------|

B--------|

G-9-9-9--|

D-9-9-9--|

A-7-7-7--|

e--------|



Lyrics (Lyrics from Dark lyrics.com)

Samurai!



In a long time ago, when the sword was your soul

And the sun turned to gold, and the day turned to night

A man stands alone, knowing he has the right

And the power of life, over all he surveys

With his sword in his hand, he rules all the land

Even fools understand, he lives just to fight

A man rich in pride, no one dares to defy

Don't stare in his eyes, 'cos he's the samurai



He bows his head and cries

'By The Sword I Will Live To Die'

His eyes are ablaze when he screams out his name

He lifts his sword to the rising sun

The sun hits the steel as he's shielding his eyes

He rules with the blade, will it drive him insane?



Death in life is his only way

Blood stains the land as they heed his commands

He'll fight to the death, when he makes his last stand

The time will come when they claim his crown

He'll be cut down 'cos he's only a man

But until that day, he will rule all this land



Samurai!

Samurai!

Samurai!

Samurai!

By the sword, You live to die...



[Solo]



You first killed so long ago

The way the warrior learns to fight

Can you feel your life's blood draining away?

Has the power to foresee

Knows the future, what's been before

Can't you see he's getting stronger? Sa-mur-ai!



Samurai!



Legend

() = Held note states a note to hold out

H  = Hammer on

P  = Pull off

b  = Bend

/s = Slide

p/s= Pick slide

(h)= Harmonic natural

(H)= Harmonic Artificial

“” = Tremolo picking

x  = Muted note or used in slides to identify notes being hit

#  = Special note, tells what you must do at this point.

Pm = Palm mute

/  = Slide to note (5/7 slide into next note)

Fp = finger picked (pick with finger)

~  = Tremolo bar/ whammy bar or natural when ~/)

R  = Let note ring out

^  = Abrupt Stop, Stop note quickly.

BPM+ = Increase in speed

{} tremolo picking section (I do not add Hammer on and pulls offs

                            In these sections for ease of guitar tab reading)

-]- = Second time inversion from first time or whatever

{~3~}= Triplets

Lyric notes

!!!= Loud scream or yell



This is the variation upon the riff that I stated earlier

This is the second way that it can be played if you like.

E----------------------|----------------------------|

B----------------------|------10--10-10--10--10--10-|

G------9--9-9--9--9--9-|-9-12-9---9--9---9---9---9--|

D-9-12-9--9-9--9--9--9-|-9-12-----------------------|

A-9-12-----------------|----------------------------|

e----------------------|----------------------------|



E-------10--10-10--10--10--10-|-10-12--15--15-15--15--15--15-|

B-10-12-10--10-10--10--10--10-|-10-12--15--15-15--15--15--15-|

G-9--11-----------------------|------------------------------|

D-----------------------------|------------------------------|

A-----------------------------|------------------------------|

e-----------------------------|------------------------------|



E-12--12--12--10--------------------------|

B-12--12--12--10-12-10--10-10--10--10--10-|

G----------------11-9---9--9---9---9---9--|

D-----------------------------------------|

A-----------------------------------------|

e-----------------------------------------|



E---------------------------------------|

B-10------------------------------------|

G-9--12-9--9-9--9--9--9--9--------------|

D----12-9--9-9--9--9--9--9-12-9--9-9--9-|

A--------------------------12-9--9-9--9-|

e---------------------------------------|



Well Thank you for using this tab I apologizes for any mistakes as it is my first tab I 

have done that

Isn’t my own songs or compositions. Aside from that if you find any mistakes or things I

should add or didn’t

Add please state in the comments as I said before my email’s not working right now so 

sorry about that.