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Somewhere Far Beyond

Blind Guardian
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Song

Title: Somewhere Far Beyond

Album: Somewhere far Beyond

Trascribed by Stefan Gabriel

* Words and music by Blind Guardian (1992)

Transcribed by Stefan Gabriel

e-mail: g9404781@student.anu.edu.au

Legend

fb - full bend

fbr - full bend then release

hb - half bend

~ - vibrato

A.H - Artificial Harmonic

4/4 Time Signature

Fast Tempo

Intro

Normal Tempo

A5 A5 A5

|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-10-10-10-13-13-13-13-12-|-12-12-12-15-15-15-15-~|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|--7--7--7-10-10-10-10--9-|--9--9--9-12-12-12-12~-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|

A5 A5 A5 C5 C5 C5 C5 B5 B5 B5 B5 D5 D5 D5 D5

|-12-12-12-15-15-15-15-14-|-14-14-14-17-17-17-17~-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|--9--9--9-12-12-12-12-11-|-11-11-11-14-14-14-14~-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|

*also played 8ve lower C5 B5 C5

|*-15-15-15/14-14-14-14/12-|-12-12-12~-10~-12~---|

|--17-17-17/15-15-15-15/13-|-13-13-13~-12~-13~---|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|

C5 D5 B5 G5

|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-13-13-13-15-15-15-15-12-|-12-12-12~-----------|
|-------------------------|-----------12~-------|
|-10-10-10-12-12-12-12--9-|--9--9--9------------|
|-------------------------|-----------10~-------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|

Riff A

Normal Tempo

|-*copied 8ve above----------------|--------------------------------|

|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------9------|------------------------9-------|
|--7--7-7-7-7--10--7-7-7-7-----7-7-|-7-7--7--7-7--7--10--7-----7----|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| P.M....] P.M...] P.M.|....] P.M.... . .] |

|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-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-|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

P.M............................................................]

|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-8-----------9-----------10------|------9-----------------9~-|
|----7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7------7-7-|-7-7-----7-7--7--10--7-----|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|

| P.M...] P.M...] P.M.|...] P.M... .] |

|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------5---------|
|-3------------------------6------|-6---------------3---------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--4------|-4-------------------------|

P.M..................]

|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------9------|------------------------9-------|
|--7--7-7-7-7--10--7-7-7-7-----7-7-|-7-7--7--7-7--7--10--7-----7----|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| P.M....] P.M...] P.M.|....] P.M.... . .] |

|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-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-|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

P.M............................................................]

|-----------------------------|--------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------||
|-8-----------9-----------10~-|-(10)---------||
|----7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7------|--------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------||

| P.M...] P.M...] | ||

|-----------------------------|--------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------||
|-----------------------------|----5---------||
|-3------------------------6--|-6--3---------||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--4--|-4------------||

P.M..................]

Riff B

Double Tempo

|---|-----|----|------|---|-----|---|-----||
|---|-----|----|------|---|-----|---|-----||
|-7-|-(7)-|-10-|-(10)-|-8-|-(8)-|-5-|-(5)-||
|-7-|-(7)-|-10-|-(10)-|-8-|-(8)-|-5-|-(5)-||
|-5-|-(5)-|-8--|-(8-)-|-6-|-(6)-|-3-|-(3)-||
|---|-----|----|------|---|-----|---|-----||

Riff C

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-7-----------7-----------7------|-10----------10---------10------|
|-5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-|-8--8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-8--8--8-8-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

P.M.... ........ .... ....... ........ .....]

*with Fill 1 on 2nd time only

|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-8-----------8-----------8------|-5-----------5------------5------||
|-6--6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-6--6--6-6-|-3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--*3--3-3-||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||

P.M.... ........ .... ....... ........ .....]

Fill 1

|-------|------------|-----------||
|-------|------------|-----------||
|-13-12-|-13~--15-13-|-15~-15fb~-||
|-15-13-|-15~--17-15-|-17~-17hb~-||
|-------|------------|-----------||
|-------|------------|-----------||

| | | ||

|-------|------------|-----------||
|-------|------------|-----------||
|-------|------------|-----------||
|-6--6--|-6----------|-(6)-------||
|-4--4--|-4----------|-(4)-------||
|-------|------------|-----------||

Lead 1

F5 (Type 2) E5 (Type 2) D#5 C#5 A#5

|---------------|--------------|------------------|-11fb~--11h13p11--9~--9~---|
|---------------|--------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|-15fb~---------|-(15)r--------|-13-12-10~--------|---------------------------|
|---------------|--------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|--------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|--------------|------------------|---------------------------|

| | | | |

|-----16--------|-----16-------|------------------|---------------------------|
|---------13----|--------------|------------11-13-|-13hb~--13h14p13-11~-13hb~-|
|-13~--------13-|-12~----13-12-|-13-12-10~--------|---------------------------|
|---------------|--------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|--------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|--------------|------------------|---------------------------|

F5 (Type 2) E5 (Type 2) D#5 C#5 A#5

|---------------|--------------|------------------|-11fb~---9~-||
|---------------|--------------|------------------|------------||
|-15fb~---------|-(15)---------|-13-12-10~--------|------------||
|---------------|--------------|------------------|------------||
|---------------|--------------|------------------|------------||
|---------------|--------------|------------------|------------||

| | | | ||

|-----16--------|-----16-------|------------------|------------||
|---------13----|--------------|------------11-13-|-13hb~--11~-||
|-13~--------13-|-12~----13-12-|-13-12-10~--------|------------||
|---------------|--------------|------------------|------------||
|---------------|--------------|------------------|------------||
|---------------|--------------|------------------|------------||

Fill 2

|--------||

|-14fb~--||

|-15fb~--||

|--------||
|--------||
|--------||

Riff D

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6---------------8---------------|
|---------------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|

P.M..........................] P.M..........] P.M..........]

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-------------------------------|-8-------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8---------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|

P.M..........................] P.M..........] P.M..........]

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6---------------8---------------|
|---------------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|

P.M..........................] P.M..........] P.M..........]

|---------------------------------|------||
|---------------------------------|------||
|---------------------------------|------||
|-5-------------------------------|-8----||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6--8-||
|---------------------------------|----6-||

P.M..........................]

Riff E

Double Tempo

|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-10---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

P.M............................] P.M............................]

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-6---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-5---------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||

P.M............................] P.M..........] P.M..........]

Lead 2 (copied 8ve above)

Half Tempo

D F G F E

|-------------|-8~--7-8-|-8fb~-----------|------------|
|-----10-8-10-|---------|------10-8~-----|-8fb~-------|
|-7~----------|---------|------------10~-|-------10-9-|
|-------------|---------|----------------|------------|
|-------------|---------|----------------|------------|
|-------------|---------|----------------|------------|

D F G F

|-------------|-8~--7-8-|-8fb~-----------|------------|
|-----10-8-10-|---------|------10-8~-----|-8fb~-------|
|-7~----------|---------|------------10~-|-------10~--|
|-------------|---------|----------------|------------|
|-------------|---------|----------------|------------|
|-------------|---------|----------------|------------|

A#5 G5

|--------------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------||
|--------------------|----------------|-10-10-10----------------------------------||
|-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-5-|-5-5-5-7-7-7-7~-|----------10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10~-||
|--------------------|----------------|--7--7--7----------------------------------||
|--8--8--8-5-5-5-5-3-|-3-3-3-5-5-5-5~-|-----------8--8--8--8-7-7-7-7--8--8--8--8~-||
|--------------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------||

Riff F

Half Tempo

|---------------|-----|----------------|------||
|---------------|-----|----------------|------||
|-10~-9~-12-12~-|--|-12~-11~-14-14~-|---||
|---------------|-----|----------------|------||
|---------------|-----|----------------|------||
|---------------|-----|----------------|------||

| | | | ||

|---------------|-----|----------------|------||
|---------------|-----|----------------|------||
|-2-2--2--------|--|----------------|--||
|-0-0--0--------|-----|--2-2--2--------|------||
|-0-0--0--------|-----|--2-2--2--------|------||
|---------------|-----|--0-0--0--------|------||

Riff G

Normal Tempo

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-------------------------------|-4-------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

P.M.........................] P.M..........................]

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

P.M.........................] P.M..........................]

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-------------------------------|-4-------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

P.M.........................] P.M..........................]

|-----|-------|
|-----|-------|
|-----|-------|
|--2--|--(2)--|
|--2--|--(2)--|
|--0--|--(0)--|

Double Tempo

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---------------|-----------------|-4---------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

P.M............................] P.M..........................]

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

P.M............................] P.M............................]

|-----|-----||
|-----|-----||
|-----|-----||
|--7--|--9--||
|--7--|--9--||
|--5--|--7--||

Riff H

Double Tempo

|-----|------|---|-----|---|-----|---|---||
|-----|------|---|-----|---|-----|---|---||
|-10--|-(10)-|-5-|-(5)-|-6-|-(6)-|-3-|-5-||
|-10--|-(10)-|-5-|-(5)-|-6-|-(6)-|-3-|-5-||
|--8--|-(-8)-|-3-|-(3)-|-4-|-(4)-|-1-|-3-||
|-----|------|---|-----|---|-----|---|---||

Lead 3

Double Tempo

F5 (Type 2)

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10/13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13\12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

P.M..............] P.M..............]

E5 (Type 2)

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-12/15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15\13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

P.M..............] P.M..............]

D#5

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-18-18-15-15-17-17-13-13-|-15-15-12-12-13-13-10-10-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

P.M..............................................]

C#5 A#5

|---------------------|-----|
|---------------------|-A.H-|
|-12-12-10-10-8-8-6-6-|-5~--|
|---------------------|-----|
|---------------------|-----|
|---------------------|-----|

P.M................]

F5 Type 2)

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--9/13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13\11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-10/13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13\12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

E5 (Type 2)

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-11/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-14\13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-12/15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15\13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

D#5

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-18-18-14-14-16-16-13-13-|-14-14-11-11-13-13--9--9-|
|-18-18-15-15-17-17-13-13-|-15-15-12-12-13-13-10-10-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

C#5 A#5

|---------------------|-----||
|-11-11--9--9-8-8-6-6-|-4~--||
|-12-12-10-10-8-8-6-6-|-5~--||
|---------------------|-----||
|---------------------|-----||
|---------------------|-----||

Riff I

Double Tempo

|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-10---------------|-----------------|-9---------------|-----------------|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

P.M............................] P.M............................]

|-----------------|-----------------|-------|----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------|----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------|----------|
|-8---------------|-----------------|-------|----------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8--8--|--10--10--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-6--6--|---8---8--|

P.M............................]

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---------------|-----------------|-6---------------|-----------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

P.M............................] P.M............................]

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---------------|-----------------|-8---------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|

P.M............................] P.M............................]

|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-10---------------|-----------------|-9---------------|-----------------|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

P.M............................] P.M............................]

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-8---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8---------------|-10---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|

P.M............................] P.M..........] P.M..........]

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---------------|-----------------|-6---------------|-----------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

P.M............................] P.M............................]

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5---------------|-----------------|-8---------------|-----------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||

P.M............................] P.M............................]

Lead 4

Double Tempo

F5 (Type 2) E5 (Type 2)

|--------------|-------------------|---------------|--------|
|--------------|-------------------|---------------|--------|
|-----------12-|-13-12h13p12h13----|-15-13~-12h13p-|-12-----|
|-15-----15----|----------------15-|---------------|----15~-|
|-----15-------|-------------------|---------------|--------|
|--------------|-------------------|---------------|--------|

D#5 C#5 A#5

|----------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------------|----------------|-18-14-16-13-|-14-11-13-8~-|
|-------------12-|-13-12h13p12----|-18-15-17-13-|-15-12-13-9~-|
|-(15)-----15----|-------------15-|-------------|-------------|
|-------15-------|----------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|

F5 (Type 2) E5 (Type 2)

|--------------|-------------------|---------------|--------|
|--------------|-------------------|---------------|--------|
|-----------12-|-13-12h13p12h13----|-15-13~-12h13p-|-12-----|
|-15-----15----|----------------15-|---------------|----15~-|
|-----15-------|-------------------|---------------|--------|
|--------------|-------------------|---------------|--------|

D#5 C#5 A#5

|----------------|----------------|------|------||
|----------------|----------------|------|------||
|-------------12-|-13-12h13p12----|-18~--|-15~--||
|-(15)-----15----|-------------15-|------|------||
|-------15-------|----------------|------|------||
|----------------|----------------|------|------||

Fill3

|--------||

|-14fb~--||

|-15fb~--||

|--------||
|--------||
|--------||

Bagpipes Solo (Lead 5)

D (drone throughout Lead)

|----------------------|--------------|----------------|----------|
|----------------------|--------15-17-|-19~-19hb-19-17-|-15~--15--|
|----------------------|--------------|----------------|----------|
|-16-17-19~-19fb-19-17-|-16-19~-------|----------------|----------|
|----------------------|--------------|----------------|----------|
|----------------------|--------------|----------------|----------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------------|----------------|
|-------15----|-------15----|--------------------|----------------|
|-16-14----16-|-14----------|--------------------|----------------|
|-------------|----16----16-|-16~--14-14~--16-17-|-19~-19fb-19-17-|
|-------------|-------------|--------------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|---------|-------------|-------------|
|--------15-17-|-19~-19fb-19-17-|-15~--15-|-------15----|-------------|
|--------------|----------------|---------|-16-14----16-|-14----------|
|-16-19~-------|----------------|---------|-------------|----16-14-17-|
|--------------|----------------|---------|-------------|-------------|
|--------------|----------------|---------|-------------|-------------|
|---------|------||
|---------|------||
|---------|------||
|-16~--12-|-12~--||
|---------|------||
|---------|------||

Riff J

|-----------|-----------|------------|------||
|-----------|-----------|------------|------||
|-----------|-----------|-3-----5----|--7~--||
|---------2-|-3-------2-|-3--2--5--2-|--7~--||
|-5-------0-|-1--1-1--0-|-1--0--3--0-|--5~--||
|-3--3-3----|-----------|------------|------||

P.M P.M

Riff K

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------2-------|-3-----------------------2-------|
|-5-----------------------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|---------------------------------|

P.M.................] P.M..] P.M.................] P.M..]

|------------------------------------|-----||
|------------------------------------|-----||
|------------------------------------|-7~--||
|-3--------2--------5--------2-------|-7~--||
|-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0-|-5~--||
|------------------------------------|-----||

P.M.] P.M.] P.M.] P.M..]

Riff L

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

P.M............................................................]

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-2-------------------------------|-5-------------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||

P.M..........................] P.M..........................]

Fill 4

|-------|-------------------------------------------||

|--9--9-|--9/11-11-11-11/13-13-13-|13/16/16/16/16~--||

|-10-10-|-10/12-12-12-12/13-13-13-|13/17/17/17/17~--||

|-------|-------------------------|-----------------||
|-------|-------------------------|-----------------||
|-------|-------------------------|-----------------||

| | | ||

|-------|-------------------------|-----------------||
|-------|-------------------------|-----------------||
|-------|-------------------------|-----------------||
|-6--6--|-6-----------------------|-(6)-------------||
|-4--4--|-4-----------------------|-(4)-------------||
|-------|-------------------------|-----------------||

Solo

Double Tempo

F5 (Type 2)

|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

P.M..........] P.M............] P.M...........] P.M..........]

D#5 C#5 C5 D#5

|------------------|-15hb~--|-15~--13~-|-(13)--11~-|-----------|
|-13-13-13-13-16~--|-16fb~--|-16~--14~-|-(14)--13~-|-14~-16fb~-|
|-13-13-13-13-17~--|--------|----------|-----------|-15~-17hb~-|
|------------------|--------|----------|-----------|-----------|
|------------------|--------|----------|-----------|-----------|
|------------------|--------|----------|-----------|-----------|

P.M....]

F5 (Type 2)

|-*-w/Fill-5--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

P.M..........] P.M............] P.M...........] P.M..........]

D#5 E5 (Type 2)

|------------------|-16hb~--|-15-16-16fb~-|-16fb~--------|
|-13-13-13-13-16~--|-18fb~--|-17-18-18fb~-|-18fb~--------|
|-13-13-13-13-17~--|--------|-------------|-----------12-|
|------------------|--------|-------------|--------15----|
|------------------|--------|-------------|--------------|
|------------------|--------|-------------|--------------|

P.M....]

Nromal Tempo

G#5 C#5 D#5 G#5 C#5

|-----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-13-13-13~-12-13-|-15~-13h15p13-12------------12-|-13~-12-13-15-13h15p13-12----|
|-----------------|-----------------15-13~--15----|--------------------------15-|
|-----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|

D#5 G#5 C#5 D#5

|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-13~--13~-----12-|-13-13-13~-12-13-|-15~-13h15p13-12------------12-|
|-----------15----|-----------------|-----------------15-13~--15----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|

G#5 C#5 D#5 F5

|-----------------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|-16----16-16fbr~-|
|-13~-12-13-15-13h15p13-12----|----------13-15-|-15fb------------|
|--------------------------15-|-13~-13~--------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|-----------------|

D#5 G#5 C#5 D#5

|--------|-------------------------------------------------|-A.H-------------|
|--------|-13-13-13-13-11-11-11-11--9--9--9--9-11-11-13-13-|-14fb~-14----14~-|
|-15fbr~-|-13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-12-12-13-13-|-15fb~-15-13-15~-|
|--------|-------------------------------------------------|----------15-----|
|--------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------|

P.M............................................]

F5 D#5

|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-16---16-14h16p14-13-------|-14~-14fb~-14~---9--9-11-11-|
|-15fb----------------15-13-|-15~-15fb~-15~--10-10-12-12-|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|

P.M........]

G#5 C#5 D#5

|-------------------------------------A.H-A.H---|-A.H--------------|
|-13-13-13-13-11-11-11-11--9--9--9--9-14~-14fb~-|-14~--------------|
|-13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-15~-15fb~-|-15~--17-17-15-15-|
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|------15-15-13-13-|
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------|

P.M...............................] P.M........]

G#5 C#5 D#5 F5

|-----------------------------------|---------15-16~--15-16-|
|-----------------------16-16-18-18-|-16~--18---------------|
|-13~--15-15-17-17-18~--------------|---------12-13~--12-13-|
|-----------------------13-13-15-15-|-13~--15---------------|
|-11~--13-13-15-15-16~--------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------|

P.M.......] P.M........]

G#5 D#5 F5

|-18fb-18~-16~-15~-|--------------------------|
|------------------|-16~-18fb-18~-------------|
|-15fb-15~-13~-12~-|--------------17-17-15-15-|
|------------------|-13~-15fb-15~-------------|
|------------------|--------------15-15-13-13-|
|------------------|--------------------------|

P.M........]

G#5 C#5 D#5 F5

|-----------------------------------|---------15-16~--15-16-|
|-----------------------16-16-18-18-|-16~--18---------------|
|-13~--15-15-17-17-18~--------------|---------12-13~--12-13-|
|-----------------------13-13-15-15-|-13~--15---------------|
|-11~--13-13-15-15-16~--------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------|

P.M.......] P.M........]

G#5 A#5

|-----------|-----------||

|-13hb-13~--|-11~-14fb~-||

|-13fb-13~--|-12~-15fb~-||

|-----------|-----------||
|-----------|-----------||
|-----------|-----------||

Riff M

Double Tempo

|----|------|---|-----|---|-----|---|----||
|----|------|---|-----|---|-----|---|----||
|-11-|-(11)-|-6-|-(6)-|-7-|-(7)-|-4-|-6--||
|-11-|-(11)-|-6-|-(6)-|-7-|-(7)-|-4-|-6--||
|--9-|-(-9)-|-4-|-(4)-|-5-|-(5)-|-2-|-4--||
|----|------|---|-----|---|-----|---|----||

Lead 6

|-------|---------14-16-|-17~-----|---------||
|-17fb~-|-(17)-14-------|-----15~-|-14~-18~-||
|-------|---------11-13-|-14~-----|---------||
|-14fb~-|-(14)-11-------|-----12~-|-11~-15~-||
|-------|---------------|---------|---------||
|-------|---------------|---------|---------||

| | | | ||

|-------|---------------|---------|---------||
|-------|---------------|---------|---------||
|-------|---------------|-7-------|-6-------||
|-4-----|-(4)-----------|-7-------|-6-------||
|-4-----|-(4)-----------|-5-------|-4-------||
|-2-----|-(2)-----------|-5-------|-4-------||

Riff N

|-------|---------------|---------|---------|
|-------|---------10-12-|-14~-----|---------|
|-13hb~-|-(13)--9-11-13-|-14~-11~-|-10~-14~-|
|-14fb~-|-(14)-11-------|-----12~-|-11~-15~-|
|-------|---------------|---------|---------|
|-------|---------------|---------|---------|

| | | | |

|-------|---------------|---------|---------|
|-------|---------------|---------|---------|
|-------|---------------|-7-------|-6-------|
|-4-----|-(4)-----------|-7-------|-6-------|
|-4-----|-(4)-----------|-5-------|-4-------|
|-2-----|-(2)-----------|-5-------|-4-------|
|-------|---------------|---------|-----------||
|-------|---------10-12-|-14~-10~-|-12-10-9~--||
|-13hb~-|-(13)--9-11-13-|-14~-11~-|-13-11-9~--||
|-14fb~-|-(14)-11-------|---------|-----------||
|-------|---------------|---------|-----------||
|-------|---------------|---------|-----------||

| | | | ||

|-------|---------------|---------|-----------||
|-------|---------------|---------|-----------||
|-------|---------------|-7-------|-6---------||
|-4-----|-(4)-----------|-7-------|-6---------||
|-4-----|-(4)-----------|-5-------|-4---------||
|-2-----|-(2)-----------|-5-------|-4---------||

Riff O

|------------|------------|------------|-----------------||
|------------|------------|------------|-----------------||
|------------|-6----------|-7----------|-4-------6-------||
|-4----------|-6----------|-7----------|-4-------6-------||
|-4----------|-4--4-4-4-4-|-5--5-5-5-5-|-2--2-2--4--4-4--||
|-2--2-2-2-2-|------------|------------|-----------------||

P.M....] P.M....] P.M....] P.M.] P.M.]

Riff P

|---|---|---|---|---|---|------|----||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|------|----||
|-7-|-4-|---|---|-7-|-4-|------|----||
|-7-|-4-|-2-|-4-|-7-|-4-|-2--2-|-4--||
|-5-|-2-|-2-|-4-|-5-|-2-|-2--2-|-4--||
|---|---|-0-|-2-|---|---|-0--0-|-2--||

Song Structure

Section Music

Intro Intro

Intro Lead Riff A

Verse1 Riff B (x2), Riff C (x2)w/Fill 1 on 2nd time

Lead1 Lead 1

Verse2 Riff D w/Fill 2 at start

Chorus1 Riff E (x4)

Lead2 Lead 2

Verse3 Riff F (x2)

Verse4 Riff G

Chorus2 Riff H (x4)

Lead3 Lead 3

Verse5 Riff I

Lead4 Lead 4

Verse6 Riff D w/Fill 3 at start

Chorus1 Riff E (x4)

Bagpipes Lead5 (x2)

Bridge1 Riff J (x2)

Verse7 Riff K (x2)

Verse8 Riff L

Intro Lead Riff A

Verse9 Riff B (x2), Riff C (x2) w/Fill 4 on 2nd time

Solo Solo

Chorus2 Riff H (x4), Riff M (x4)

Lead6 Lead6

Verse10 Riff N

Coda Riff O (x4), Riff P

Lyrics

Intro

Intro Lead

Verse1

I come from far...

Verse2

I am the mariner...

Lead1

Verse3

Welcome to the wasteland...

Chorus1

Faster...

Lead2

Verse3

The man in black he waits...

Verse4

So I'm not afraid...

Chorus2

Somewhere Far Beyond...

Lead3

Verse5

Look at my soul...

Lead4

Verse6

Welcome to the new world...

Chorus1or3

For.

Lead5 (Bagpipes)

Bridge1

Verse7

The prisoner...

Verse8

And every answer...

Intro Lead

Verse9

What will I find...

Solo

Chorus2 (x2)

Lead6

Verse10

Look around and see...

Coda

Somewhere Far Beyond...

Awesome Song

Have fan

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