Title: Lord of the Rings
Album: Tales from the Twilight World
Transcribed by Alexey Markov 


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Hi from Russia, BG fans! I've worked out the LOTR notes and
compared to the lotr1.htm. I think my variant is better,
'coz I've tuned the guitar to the recording and matched almost
every note. I've taken a lot from lotr1.txt, thanks to the creator.

My address: Alexey Markov
            bard@astro.ru

Lord of the Rings (Tales version)
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Blind Guardian


INTRO (let ring all)

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                                                  There are

Verse 1 :
  Am            G
  signs on the ring    which

  C                Em
  make me feel so  down  (hammer 1nd fret 2nd string)  there's

  Am              C
  one to enslave all rings  to

  G                Em
  find them all in time  and

  Am                C
  drive them into darkness  for-

  G          G/F        Am
  ev - er   they'll be bound
  

  G/F   - that's it.
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  Am             Em
  Three for the kings of the

  G              B7
  elfes high in light

  C                  F          Am
       Nine to the mortal which cry

  Guitar solo (When playing one guitar I prefer to sing or to whistle it)
    Em   D   Bm  C 
    Em   D   Bm  C 
    Em   D   Bm  C 
    Em   D   Bm  C 

Refrain :
(You may add "I'll keep the ring" for another voice here)
  
    Em   D          Bm           C 
   Slow down and I sail on the river

    Em   D          Bm           C 
   Slow down and I walk to the hill

    Em   D          Bm           C 
   Slow down and I sail on the river

    Em   D          Bm           C 
   Slow down and I walk to the hill

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  and there's    no way        out                     
                                                      Here solo begins 
                                             (I've not managed to get it
                                              but surely in lotr1.htm it's
                                              completely wrong. It's better
                                              in lotr2.htm, however. Usually
                                              I'd like to sing it either)

  Here are the chords for that solo (that's the only part I'm not sure, 
  but I use this chords) :

 Am | Em Am | (Am) G | (G) Em | (Em) G | Am 


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   Mordor     Mordor        Mordo - o - or                   dark

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  land under     sa-u-ron's        spell

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º   !--5---8---7---3--!--5--------------!          º
    threatened a long time          


            
   (same picking as in "no way out")    
           F                            G             F      
   Seven rings to the gnomes for their halls made of stone - into the
     Em                        D      Em
   valley (into the valley) I feel   down.


Verse II :
  Em                G
  One ring for the dark lord's hand

  D                Em    Em  D
  sitting on his throne  in the

  C         D
  land so dark  where

  Bm        C
  I have to go


Refrain (match it yourself to the rhythm of the CD):
(You may add "I'll keep the ring" for another voice here)

    Em   D          Bm           C 
   Slow down and I sail on the river

    Em   D          Bm           C 
   Slow down and I walk to the hill

    Em   D          Bm           C 
   Slow down and I sail on the river

    Em   D          Bm           C 
   Slow down and I walk to the hill

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  Lo-ord of the  rings


 the End. 
What a pity ! So great song has ended... (:-(