Lord Of The Rings tab by Blind Guardian

Tabs

Artist: Blind Guardian
Album: Tales from the twilight world
Song: Lord of the rings
Tab author: Mauro - Coimbra, Portugal

As always, tuning dropped half a step down

My second tab, gentlemen. I'm getting the hang of it... I wanted to start
from the beginning of the BG albums with Majesty after doing my first tab(And the story ends),
But I decided to transcribe Lord of the rings after hearing it for the hundreth time.
All the other tabs were too damned incomplete and some were significantly wrong.
Here is out I play it... It's not a 100%, like no tab can be, but I did my best.
Hope you enjoy.

Intro
|--0---------------------------|--0---------------------------------|
|--0--0-----------0-------0----|--0--0-----------0-------0-------0--|
|--0----0-------0-------0---3--|--0----0-------0-------0---4---4----|
|--2------2---0-------3--------|--2------2---0-------4-------2------|
|-------------------1----------|-------------------2----------------|
|-----------3------------------|-----------3------------------------|

|--0---------------------------|--------0-----------------0-------|--------|
|--0--0-----------0-------0----|------1---3--1--0-------1---1--0--|--------|
|--0----0-------0-------0---3--|----0-------------0---2-----------|--------|
|--2------2---0-------3--------|----------------------------------|--------|
|-------------------1----------|--3-----------------0-------------|--3--2--|
|-----------3------------------|----------------------------------|--------|
								  There are

Verse 1
|---------0-------------3-------------0---------------------------|
|-----------1-------------3-------------1-------------0--0h1p0----|
|-------2-----2-------0-----0-------0-----0---0----------------0--|
|-----2---------2---0---------0---2---------2-------2-------------|
|--0----------------------------3-----------------2---------------|
|-----------------3-----------------------------0-----------------|
 signs...

|------------------------0-------------3--------------------------|
|--------1-----------------1-------------3-----------0--0h1p0-----|
|------2---2-----------0-----0-------0-----0-------------------0--|
|----2-------2---2---2---------2---0---------0-----2--------------|
|--0-----------0---3-----------------------------2----------------|
|--------------------------------3-------------0------------------|
There's one...

|------------------------0-------------3------------------------------------------0--|
|--------1-----------------1-------------3-----------1--0h1p0-----------1-----1------|
|------2---2-----------0-----0-------0-----0-------2----------2-------2---2-----2----|
|----2-------2---2---2---------2---0---------0---2--------------2---2-------2--------|
|--0-----------0---3----------------------------------------------0------------------|
|--------------------------------3-------------0-------------------------------------|
And drive them...

Verse 2
|---------------------------------3----------------------|
|--------1---------------0----------3-------------4------|
|------2---2--------------------0-----0---0-----4---4----|
|----2-------2---2-----2------0---------0-----4-------4--|
|--0-----------0-----2----------------------2------------|
|------------------0--------3----------------------------|
Three for the...

|-------------------------------------------------------0--|
|-----------1---------------1--0h1p0----------1-----1------|
|---------0---0-----------2----------2------2---2-----2----|
|-------2-------2---2---2-------------2---2-------2--------|
|--2--3-----------3---------------------0------------------|
|---------------------0------------------------------------|
Nine to the mortal...

Rhythm guitar(Acoustic)
|----0-------0-------0-------0------|
|------0-------0-------0-------0----|
|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
|-----------------------------------|
|--7-------5-------2-------3--------| x4
|-----------------------------------|

Lead guitar(Distortion)
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------13--12--13fbr--10--8----8--7------|
|--9----7--9--11----12--11--9------------------------------9----|
|------------------------------------------------------------9--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5--4--2--4br2----------2----------|
|--9--7--5--4--5--7--5--4---------------5--4--2----5--4--2--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
|----0-------0-------0-------0------|
|------0-------0-------0-------0----|
|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
|-----------------------------------|
|--7-------9-------2-------3--------| x4
|-----------------------------------|
Slow down...

|--2--3/5\3--2-----------------------------0--|
|--3-----------3-----------1-----1-----1------|
|--2-------------2-------2---2-----2-----2----|
|--0---------------2---2-------2-----2--------|
|--------------------0------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
		   And there's no way out

Keyboard/Orchestral section
|--8--10--12-----------7--8--7-------7--8--7-----7--8--7-------7--8--7------|
|------------10--8--10---------8--10---------8-----------8--10---------8----|
|----------------------------------------------7-------------------------7--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 3
|---------------|
|---------------|
|--2----5----3--|
|--2----5----3--|
|--0----3----1--|
|---------------|
Mordor, Mordor...

Rhythm guitar(Distortion)
|------------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------|
|--7--10--9--5--7--|--7--10--9--5--7--|--7--10--9--5--|
|--7--10--9--5--7--|--7--10--9--5--7--|--7--10--9--5--|
|--5--8---7--3--5--|--5--8---7--3--5--|--5--8---7--3--|
Threatened...

Lead guitar(Acoustic)- Listen for timing,
always at the ending of each distortion segment.
|--------0-------|
|----------1--0--|
|------2---------|
|----2-----------|
|--0-------------|
|----------------|

Rhythm guitar(Distortion)
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|--3--|
|--3--|
|--1--|
Seven rings...

Lead guitar(Acoustic)
|--------0-------0-------------------0-------0-------------------0------|
|------1---1-------1---------------1---1-------1---------------1---1----|
|----2-------2-------2---2-------2-------2-------2---2-------2-------0--|
|--------------2-------2-----2-------------2-------2-----2--------------|
|--0-----------------------0---0-----------------------0---0------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------2h3p2--2-----2h3p2--2-----2h3p2--2-----2h3p2--2------|
|--------3-------------3----------3------------3------------3------------3----|
|------0---0---0-----2--------------2------------2------------2------------2--|
|----0-------0-----0----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Into the valley...

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--0--7--5----0--5--7--5----0--5--7--5----0--5--7--5--|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Down...

Verse 4
|---------0-------------3---------------2h3p2---------------0----------|
|-----------0---0---------3---3-------3-------3---------------0--------|
|-------------0-------0-----0---0---2-----------2---2-----------0---0--|
|------2------------0-------------0---------------0-------2-------2----|
|----2--------------------------------------------------2--------------|
|--0--------------3-----------------------------------0----------------|
One ring...

|------------------------2h3p2-----------------------------0-----0------|
|--------1-------0-----3-------3-------------3---------------1-----1----|
|------0---0---0-----2-----------2---2-----4---4---4-----0-----0-----0--|
|----2-------2-----0---------------0-----4-------4-----2----------------|
|--3-----------------------------------2-------------3------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
In a land...

Rhythm guitar(Acoustic)
|----0-------0-------0-------0------|
|------0-------0-------0-------0----|
|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
|-----------------------------------|
|--7-------9-------2-------3--------| x4
|-----------------------------------|

Lead guitar(Distortion)
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--12-------12--10-------------------------------------------|
|-----12--9--------12--11--9--7--9--9h11p9--7h9p7------7--9--|
|-------------------------------------------------7--9-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------8h10p8--10h12p10--12h13p12--13h15p13--13fbr--10--8--7----|
|--7--9--11--12-------------------------------------------------------7--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------15-------------------------|
|--8h10p8--10h12p10h13p12--12----12----12--13--10--7h8p7-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------7--9--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus- Don't know if it is a 12 string guitar
|--0----0----0----0--|
|--0----0----0----0--|
|--0----0----0----0--|
|--9----7----4----5--|
|--7----5----2----3--| x4
|--0----0----0----0--|

Solo under the chorus(Distortion)- On third measure
|--------12--14--15----15--14--12--14----17--15--14--15----15fbr--12--|
|--13fbr--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Outro
|--2--3/5\3--2h3p2----0---------------0--|
|--3---------------3--1------1-----1--1--|
|--2------------------2--2-----2------2--|
|--0------------------2----2-----2----2--|
|---------------------0---------------0--|
|----------------------------------------|
		  Lord of the rings

As always I transcribe every song with a classic guitar to get the real essence of BG magic.

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