Final Fantasy VII - The Nightmare's Beginning

Composer: Nobuo Uematsu

Tabbed by Goosey (thegooseking@hotmail.com) for Final Fantasy Music Online (www.ffmusiconline.com)

Time Signature: 6/4

This is the music played underneath Shinra Mansion where you meet Vincent.  It should preferably be played on a classical guitar.

This is quite a tricky piece to play.  For a start, it's in an awkward 6/4 time.  Not only that, but each quarter note is a triplet.  Secondly, there are some quite far stretches along the fretboard.  I have fairly long fingers and I find it difficult.  Thirdly, it's in the key of (I think) D minor, but it's played with a capo on 3 rather than 5.  And fourth, there's a bit at the end where you're actually playing a harmony and a melody at the same time.  Watch the last two bars - VERY tricky.

CAPO 3 - although I have a capo on 3 I am still referring to the strings as EADGBe.  Fret numbers are relative to the capo.

|| indicates a repeat.


                                                            (first time)
e||---------0--------|---------0--------|---------0--------|---0-----------0--||
B||---3--3-----3--3--|---3--3-----3--3--|---3--3-----3--3--|------3--2--3-----||
G||-3---3--3--3--3--3|-2---2--2--2--2--2|-1---1--1--1--1--1|-0---0--0--0--0--0||
D||--4-4--4--4--4--4-|--4-4--4--4--4--4-|--4-4--4--4--4--4-|--4-4--4--4--4--4-||
A||2-----------------|2-----------------|2-----------------|2-----------------||
E||------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||

  (second time)
e|------------------|
B|3-----------------|
G|0-----------------|
D|4-----------------|
A|2-----------------|
E|------------------|

Here comes the REALLY stretchy part...

e||------------------|------------------||
B||------------------|------------------||
G||---3--3-----3--3--|---3--3-----3--3--||
D||--7-7--7---6-6--6-|--5-5--5---6-6--6-||
A||-6---6--6-6---6--6|-6---6--6-6---6--6||
E||7--------7--------|7--------7--------||

Now the melodic part.  I would fret the first D (the 7 on the E) with my thumb...

e|---------5--------|0--0--0--0--0--0--|0--0--0--3--2--0--|------------------|
B|7--7--7-----8--7--|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|------------------|3--3--3--3--3--3--|
G|------------------|--0--0--0--0--0--0|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|-2--2--2--2--2--2-|
D|-7--7--7--7--7--7-|2-----------------|--2--2--2--2--2--2|--4--4--4--4--4--4|
A|--6--6--6--6--6--6|------------------|1--------4--------|5-----------------|
E|7-----------------|---------0--------|------------------|------------------|

e|---------5--------|0--0--0--3--2--0--|------------0--1--|2--2--2--2--------|
B|7--7--7-----8--7--|-0--0--0--2--2--2-|3--3--3--3------0-|-2--2--2----------|
G|------------------|--0--0--0--4--4--4|--0--0--0-2--3---1|--3--3--3---------|
D|-7--7--7--7--7--7-|2-----------------|-4--4--4---6--5---|------------------|
A|--6--6--6--6--6--6|---------4--------|2-----------------|------------------|
E|7-----------------|------------------|------------------|2-----------------|