Skellig tab by Loreena Mckennitt
Guitar Tab
Title : Skellig Album : Book of secrets Author : Loreena McKennitt Information ----------- Title : Skellig Artist : Loreena McKennitt Album : Book of secrets Notation : Ce is the Cello line. It is a sustained single note, but you can play it as a chord (this is the reason why the C is minor in the Ce notation, instead of a regular C note)
~ : slide
p : pull-off
h : hammer
(10) : transition note
Chords
E A D G B E
Cm 8 10 10 8 8 8
Bb 6 8 8 7 6 6
G# 4 6 6 5 4 4
G 3 5 5 4 3 3
D 10 12 12 11 10 10
Intro (Violin)- With vibrato.
Ce : Cm Bb Cm D Cm Db Cm Bb
E ---8-8--8h10p8-6------8--10--6--8-----11--11--11---10p8--6------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------
Ch : Cm Cm Bb G Cm Bb Cm Bb G
E ---8---8h10p8--6---8-------8--10--(10)h11-(11)p10--8---6--------
B -----------------------8------------------------------------8---
Ch : Cm Cm Bb Cm Cm Bb Cm
E ---8-8-6-8-8---10--11---13--15------8-8---8h10p8-6---10---8-----
B ----------------------------------------------------------------
Intro 2 (Guitar arpeggios over the pan flute) Disk time : 00:44 mn
Those arpeggios are play through the whole song. You can either
play them as indicated, with minor variations in the sequences,
or just slam the chords down
Cm Bb G# Bb Cm
E ---------------------------------|------------------------------
B ---------------------------------|------------------------------
G -----------8------------------7--|-------5-------7--------7-----
D -------10-----------------8------|------6-------8-------10------
A ----10----------------8----------|-----6-------8------10--------
E -8----------------6--------------|----4-------6------8----------
(Violin part - Overlapping the arpeggios)Disk Time : 01:00
Listen to the song to figure out measure's length.
E ----------------------------------------3-----------------------
B -------6------------3--------------3-4----6-4-3-4-6---3-4-------
G -5-7-8---8-7--5-3-5----3-5---5-3-5------------------------5-3-5-
D ----------------------------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------- THE SONG ------------------------------
Chords and Lyrics. Disk time : 01:20 mn
Cm Bb G# Bb Cm
E -------------------------------|---------------------------------
B --------------------8----6-----|----3--4---6----4--3-------------
G ------5-------7--8-------------|----------------------3---5------
D -5-----------------------------|---------------------------------
A -------------------------------|---------------------------------
E -------------------------------|---------------------------------
O ..
Cm Bb G# Bb Cm
E -------------------------------|-----------3-------------------
B ----------------------8-----6--|--3---4---------6--3-----------
G -------5----7----8-------------|------------------------5------
D --5----------------------------|-------------------------------
A -------------------------------|-------------------------------
E -------------------------------|-------------------------------
The ...
G# Bb Am G# Bb Am
E -----------------------------|---------------------6---4---3---
B --------13----11--10---------|---------------8--6--------------
G --12-------------------12----|--5--7---8-----------------------
D -----------------------------|---------------------------------
A -----------------------------|---------------------------------
E -----------------------------|---------------------------------
Sit ...
G# Bb Am G# Bb Am
E --------------------------------|------------------------------
B --------------------------------|----------8----6--------------
G ---------------13--11--10-------|--7---8-------------7----5----
D ---12-----12----------------12--|------------------------------
A --------------------------------|------------------------------
E --------------------------------|------------------------------
There's ...
(Repeat the same chords over the rest of the song)
verses
Long bridge (Violin part)Disk Time 03:47 mn
It's very easy to pick the cello and pan flute notes played
over that bridge, so I didn't bother writing them.
E -------------------------------------------------------------
B ---6-8--8-9-8-6-----------------------------6-8--9-8-6-------
G -8----------------8-7-8-7-5---8-5---7-8-7-8------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------6-5---
B --------------------6--8~~~(13)-13-11-10-------6-8-8-6-----8-
G --8-7-8-5---3-5---8----------------------12--8---------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------
B ----6-8~~(13)-13--11-10-------6-8--6-------------------------
G --8---------------------12--8--------7-5---------------------
(Disk Time : 04:24 mn)
Beneath ..
I ...
Now ..
For ..
O ..
the ...
Sorry, no outro ;-) Last updated:
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