May It Be chords by Enya

Chords with lyrics

MAY IT BE

>From the 2001 film, _The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring_. and
the soundtrack album (Warner Bros, ASIN B00005QZWI). Composed and performed
by Enya (http://www.enya.com). Lyrics by Roma Ryan. Guitar chord
interpretation by Richard J Kinch , December 2001. Key of
F# minorF#m modulating to A. Use capo 2 on guitar to play from E minorEm and G. The low,
modest melody should be within the range of most any female or male voice. The
key is also suitable for a D MajorD pennywhistle. This transcription is my own
scholarly work and represents my interpretation of the song.

[This simple Celtic-style tune is a touching expression of the farewell at the
breaking of the company at the end of the _Fellowship of the Ring_, and sets
forth the concerns and manifest hopes of all for the ring bearer, ending on an
unresolved major third to evoke the unfinished yet promising remnant of the
story. I find it also a fitting lullaby.--RK]

GUITAR CAPO 2
VERSE 1:

E minorEm          C majorC      G+G     D MajorD
May it be ...

E minorEm           C majorC     G+G       D MajorD
May it be ...

  C majorC       G+G       A minorAm        G+G D MajorD
You walk ...

CHORUS:

G+G  E minorEm C majorC  D MajorD
Morniee utuliee (Darkness has come *).

 G+G     D MajorD    A minorAm    D MajorD
Believe ...

G+G  E minorEm C majorC  D MajorD
Morniee alantiee (Darkness has fallen down *).

 E minorEm   C majorC     D MajorD   G+G
A augmentedA promise ...


VERSE 2:


E minorEm           C majorC     G+G  D MajorD
May it be ...

    E minorEm       C majorC   G+G     D MajorD
May it be ...

     C majorC      G+G      A minorAm        G+G D MajorD
When the night ...


REPEAT CHORUS


B minorBm E minorEm   C majorC     D MajorD   G+G
A augmentedA promise lives ...

(*) Translation from Quenya, the high language of the elves.

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