Ossians Return tab by Cruachan

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TITLE: Ossian's Return
BAND: Cruachan
ALBUM: Folk-lore
MUSICIANS: John O'Fathaigh,Joe Farrell,John
Clohessy,Keith Fay,Karen Gilligan
TRANSCRIBED BY: Guillermo Gerling ([email protected])

 ^ - hammer on, pull off
 b - bend string up
 r - release bend
 / - slide up
 \ - slide down
 ~ - vibrato
 T - tap
 x - struck string
 . - play the note and then mute it
 < - raising volume
PM - palm mute
AH - Artificial Harmonic
NH - Natural Harmonic
\ / - Tremolo Bar
 \/

Down-D tunning: (DADGBe)

INTRO:

e|------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------|
G+G|--7.--------7.--------7.--------7.--------|
D MajorD|--7.--------7.--------7.--------7.--------|
A augmentedA|--5.--------5.--------5.--------5.--------|
D MajorD|--0.--------0.--------0.--------0.--------|

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|Here there are two guitars
|--------------------------3----|playing different things
|--0--------2--3--------3--1----|
|--0--------3--3--------3-------|

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0--|--|
|---0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0--|
|

|FIG1
|---------------------------------------------------| |X2
|---------------------------------------------------|--|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------3----3-3-3--3----3-3-3--|
|-2^3----3-3-3--3----3-3-3--1----1-1-1--1----1-1-1--|
|-3-3----3-3-3--3----3-3-3--------------------------|

VERSE1:
-An acoustic guitars plays these chords:
  D MajorD        FF         Bb majorBb
|-------------------------------------1----------------|
|--3----------------6-----------------3----------------|
|--2----------------5-----------------3----------------|FIG2
|--0----------------3-----------------3----------------|X4
|--0----------------3-----------------1----------------|
|--0----------------3----------------------------------|




CHORUS:
-FIG1 X2
-Then:
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--5----5-5-5--5----5-5-5--5----5-5-5--5----5-5-5--|-|
|--5----5-5-5--5----5-5-5--5----5-5-5--5----5-5-5--| |

|FIG3
|--------------------------------------------------| |X2
|--------------------------------------------------|-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------8----8-8-8--8----8-8-8--|
|--8----8-8-8--8----8-8-8--6----6-6-6--6----6-6-6--|
|--8----8-8-8--8----8-8-8--------------------------|



POST-CHORUS:
-Play FIG1 X2 with SOLO1:
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------3-3-3-7---3-3-3-----3-3-3-7---5---3----|
|--/5-------------------5----------------------|-|
|----------------------------------------------| |

|SOLO1
|----------------------------------------------| |X2
|-----------------------------------6----------|-|
|-------------5---------------7-7-7-----7-7-7--|
|-------7-7-7-----7-7-7--/8--------------------|
|--/8------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|


-Then play FIG3 X2 with SOLO2:
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------3-3-3-7---3-3-3-----3-3-3-7---5---3----|
|--/5-------------------5----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-|
|----------------------------------------------| |

|SOLO2
|-----------------------------------6----------| |X2
|-------------6---------------8-8-8-----8-8-8--|-|
|-------7-7-7-----7-7-7--/8--------------------|
|--/8------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|



BRIDGE:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------4-----------------4-----------------7-----------------7--------|X2
|-2--------2--------2--------2--------5--------5--------5--------5--------|
|-2-----------------2-----------------5-----------------5--------0--------|


|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------4-----4-----4-------------------4-----4-----4---|
|-2-----2-----2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----2-----2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|
|FIG4
  PM.  ...  .  ...  ...  .  ...  ...  . ...  ...  .  |X2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------7-----7-----7-------------------7-----7-----7---|
|-5-----5-----5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---0-0---0-0---0-|
  PM.  ...  .  ...  ...  .  ...  ...  . ...  ...  .


While FIG4 is played, SOLO3 is played:
|-----------3-----------7------7--5--5--3^5^7--5--5--7--|
|--5----5^7----7--5--3----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------3-----------7------5^3----------------------|
|--5----5^7----7--5--3--------------5--7--3--5----5-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------14^15-12---------------------------------------------|
|-8---8^10^12-----------15--12------12--10--10--8^10^12--10--10--12-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------14^15-12-----------5^3------------------|
|-8---8^10^12-----------15--12---------5--7--3--5--5---|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

-FIG1 X2



VERSE2:
-FIG2 X4



CHORUS:
-FIG1 X2
-FIG3 X2



POST-CHORUS:
-Play FIG1 X2 with SOLO1 X2
-Play FIG3 X2 with SOLO2 X2


END:
-Only flute
-Then play FIG4 X2 with SOLO3 X2