Marble Halls tab by Enya

MARBLE HALLS/I DREAMT I DEWLT IN

Recorded by Enya on Shepard Moon
Originally written by Michael Balfe (1883)
for the opera "Bohemian Girl; Balfe was a musical prodigy
 born in Dublin, Ireland.

TAB VERSION:
3/4 (key of A)

E|--0--0---5--4---|--0---4----2----|--0--2--0-------------|
B|----------------|----------------|-----------2----------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------2-----|
D|----------------|----------------|--------------2-------|
A|-----0----------|----------------|--0--------0----------|
E|----------------|--0-------------|----------------------|

E|----0-----------|--0-------------|----------------|
B|-2-----3-----0--|-----3-----2-0--|---------0------|
G|---------3------|----------------|-2-----------1--|
D|----------------|----------------|------------0---|
A|----0--2--------|----------------|-0---------2----|
E|----------------|--0-------------|---------0------|


E|--0--0--2--7-5-5|--2--7---5---2--|--7---5--0------|
B|----------------|----------------|---------2------|
G|----------------|----------------|---------2------|
D|--------0-------|-------------0--|----------------|
A|--0-------------|-----7----------|---------0------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|


E|-0--0----0---2--|--2-4------5----|--4-----2---|-0--0--5--4--0--|
B|------4---------|----------------|------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|------------|----------------|
D|----------------|--0-------------|--2---------|----------------|
A|------2---------|----------------|------------|----0-----------|
E|----------------|----------------|--0---------|-------------0--|
                                            but   I also...
E|--4--2--0---2-0-|------------|-0--------------|-0--------------|
B|----------------|--2-----2---|----3-----------|----3-2-0-------|
G|----------------|------------|-------3--4--0--|-----------2----|
D|----------------|------------|----------------|-----------2----|
A|--------0-------|--0---------|----2-----------|-0---------0----|
E|----------------|------------|----------------|----------------|

***REPEAT ONCE:

E|--0-0--2--7--5--|--0-0--2--7--5--|--4----2--------|-4----5-----|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|------5-----|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|------6-----|
D|--2----0--------|-------1--------|--2-------------|-2----------|
A|----------------|--0-------------|----------------|------7-----|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|
****************

E|-0--0--2--4--5--|--9--7----2-----|--4---------|--5-------------|
B|----------------|----------------|------------|------5-----5---|
G|----------------|-------------2--|------------|--6------6------|
D|-------0--------|--7-------0-----|--2---------|----------------|
A|-0--------------|----------------|------------|--7-------------|
E|----------------|----------------|--------0---|----------------|

FINAL ENDING:

E|----------------|----------------|------------|---------|
B|----------------|--2--0----------|------------|--2------|
G|----------1--2--|----------------|----1-------|--2------|
D|--2-2--4--------|--------4-------|------------|--2------|
A|----------------|--------5-------|------------|--0------|
E|----------0-----|----------------|----0-------|---------|


"The original appears to be in key of Bf; if you love bar chords
try this with bflat, F7, cminor instead. I have written it in the
key of A for sanity.

Enya does this with a simple pick: T234 T3 (or some variation thereof)

VOCAL VERSION:
(it's simple, but it works) -just pick the chords; this song is meant to
show off vocal improvisation, and the very nice slides up to the higher
notes.  And don't spare the sentimentality; Remember valentine's day
isn;t that far away!
Time sig: feels like a 3/4 to me:

 A           E7       A
 I dreamt I dwelt in ...
      E7      (bm)     (E7)   A
 with vassals ...
     A                  E7      A
 And-of all those ....
      E7       (Bm)      (E7) A
 that I was the hope and the pride.
--------------------------------------------------------
**if picking ignore the optional chords; nice for strumming)

A     E7     Bm           A
I had riches too ...
      E7     Bm      E           E7
and a high ancestral ...
A      E7           A
I also dreamt which ...
E7       (Bm)          A
you loved me still ...
A        Bm          (A)  E7    Bm        A
That you loved me.... you ....
A        Bm           (A) E7      Bm        A
that you loved me ...you loved me ....
A         E7       (Bm) D       E7   A
that you loved me ....
-----------------------------------------------------------
vocal note: keep up the momentum, building on the last
4 lines; don't insert a rest between lines.
____________________________________________________________

ENDING TAB:

-----------------------------------------------
-------------------2---0-----------2-----------
-----------1--2----------------1---2------------
--2--2--4------------------4-------2------------
-------------------0-------0-------0-----------
-----------0-----------------------------------


Second verse:
-------------
  A           E7      A
I dreamt that ...
     E7     (bm)   E7    A
that knights upon ...
      A          Eu       A
and with vows no ...
     E7      (bm)   E7      A
they pledged their ...
---------------------------------
A     E7          Bm               A
And I dreamt that ...
     E7       Bm      E         E7
came forth my hand ...
   A      E7           A
.. I also dreamt which ...
     Bm        (A)  Em      Bm        A
you loved me , you ...
A        Bm           (A) E7      Bm        A
that you loved me ...
A         E7       (Bm) D       E7   A
that you loved me ....








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