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The Bards Song - the Hobbit

Blind Guardian
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★4.2(4)

2 versions

Tab2

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Verse 1

with fill 1

e|-----------|-----------------|-----------|---------|
B|-----------|-----------------|-----------|---------|
G|-----------|------4----------|------2----|----4----|
D|------2----|-2-------5-------|-0-------3-|-2----5--|
A|-0-------3-|-----------------|-----------|---------|
E|-----------|-----------------|-----------|---------|

Out in the distance There's so much gold, The

e|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------|
B|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------|
G|--------------|--------4----|--------2----|----4---|
D|--------2-----|---2-------5-|---0-------3-|-2----5-|
A|---0-------3--|-------------|-------------|--------|
E|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------|

treasure that I've found is more than enough

1/2 time

e|----------|--------------|---|-----||
B|----------|--------------|---|-----||
G|----------|--------------|---|-----||
D|----------|--------------|---|-----||
A|-5--------|-(5)----------|-2-|-(2)-||
E|-3--------|-(3)----------|-0-|-(0)-||

Far to the hill we've to go

Chorus 1

e|--------|--------|------------|--------|
B|--------|--------|------------|--------|
G|--------|----4---|----2-------|----4---|
D|----2---|-2----5-|-0----3-----|-2----5-|
A|-0----3-|--------|------------|--------|
E|--------|--------|------------|--------|

O - ver mountain and seas

e|-----------|--------------|----------|--------|
B|-----------|--------------|----------|--------|
G|-----------|-------4------|-----2----|----4---|
D|------2----|--2-------5---|-0------3-|-2----5-|
A|-0-------3-|--------------|----------|--------|
E|-----------|--------------|----------|--------|

To the old hill Where the old dragon sleeps

e|--------|------------|-------------|------------|
B|--------|------------|-------------|------------|
G|--------|------------|-------------|------------|
D|--------|------------|-------------|------------|
A|-3--5-7-|-5--------5-|-5--7-9------|-7--------7-|
E|-1--3-5-|-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--5-7------|-5--5-5-5-5-|

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

Bl - i - nd in the dark dungeon's night. So

e|----------|---------|--------|-----------|
B|----------|---------|--------|-----------|
G|----------|---------|--------|-----------|
D|----------|---------|--------|-2---------|
A|-3--------|-5-------|-2------|-0---------|
E|-1--------|-3-------|-0------|-----------|

God please take me a-way from here. And

e|------|---------|---------|-----------||
B|------|---------|---------|-----------||
G|------|---------|---------|-----------||
D|------|---------|---------|-2---------||
A|-3----|-5-------|-2-------|-0---------||
E|-1----|-3-------|-0-------|-----------||

Gollum shows the way right out

[Solo 1] - Top part is copied one octave above (octave harmonizing) throughout

and any single tab sections in solo 1.

A5 E5 D5 E5

e|-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|
B|-15fb~-----|-15fb~--|-15--17-18-|-17--15-12-|
G|-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|
A|-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|
E|-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|

| | | | I'm |

e|-----12----|----7---|-----------|-----------|
B|-10-----13-|-5----8-|-6---8--10-|-8---10-12-|
G|-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|
A|-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|
E|-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|

A5 E5 D5 E5

e|-----------|--------|-----------|--------------|
B|-15fb~-----|-15fb~--|-15--17-15-|--------------|
G|-----------|--------|-----------|-16-----------|
D|-----------|--------|-----------|--------11-12-|
A|-----------|--------|-----------|--------------|
E|-----------|--------|-----------|--------------|

| Alive | | | |

e|-----12----|----7---|-----------|--------------|
B|-10-----13-|-5----8-|-6---8--10-|-8---10-12----|
G|-----------|--------|-----------|--------------|
D|-----------|--------|-----------|--------------|
A|-----------|--------|-----------|--------------|
E|-----------|--------|-----------|--------------|

F#5 C5 B5 B5

e|-----------|----------|---------------------|----------|
B|-----------|-------12-|---------------------|----------|
G|--------14-|-12-14----|-11-11h12p11-9-11-12-|-11-------|
D|-11--12----|----------|---------------------|----11-12-|
A|-----------|----------|---------------------|----------|
E|-----------|----------|---------------------|----------|

F#5 C5 B5(with fill 2) D5 A5

e|--------------|------|----------------|----------|-----------|
B|--------------|------|----------------|-------12-|-14--15-14-|
G|-----------14-|-12---|-14fb-----------|-(14)r----|-----------|
D|-11--12-14----|----9-|----------------|----------|-----------|
A|--------------|------|----------------|----------|-----------|
E|--------------|------|----------------|----------|-----------|

G5 B5(with fill 2) D5 A5 G5

e|----------------|-----------------|----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-------------14-|-----------------|-------12-|-14--15-14-|-----------|
G|-14fbr-14-11----|--14fb-----------|-(14)r----|-----------|-14fb------|
D|----------------|-----------------|----------|-----------|-------8-7-|
A|----------------|-----------------|----------|-----------|-----------|
E|----------------|-----------------|----------|-----------|-----------|

Bflat5 Bflat5 D5 D5 Bflat5 Bflat5

e|------|------------|------|--------|--------|--------tr~-|
B|------|--------tr~-|------|--------|--------|-10--8-6h8--|
G|----7-|-9-10-9h10--|-9--7-|--------|----7---|------------|
D|-8----|------------|------|-7--8-7-|-8------|------------|
A|------|------------|------|--------|--------|------------|
E|------|------------|------|--------|--------|------------|

D5 D5 C5 Bflat5 G5

e|------|-----|----------|---------------|-------------------------|
B|------|-8fb-|-13-------|--------tr~----|-------------------------|
G|-9--7-|-----|----12-14-|-15--14h15-----|----------14-15-14h15p14-|
D|------|-----|----------|------------17-|-14-15-17----------------|
A|------|-----|----------|---------------|-------------------------|
E|------|-----|----------|---------------|-------------------------|

G5 Fill 2 Fill 3

e|----------------||   |------------------|----------||    |----||
B|----------------||   |------------------|----------||    |----||
G|----14----------||   |------------------|-11-12-11-||    |----||
D|-17----17-15-14-||   |-11-12-11h12p11-9-|----------||    |-15-||
A|----------------||   |------------------|----------||    |----||
E|----------------||   |------------------|----------||    |----||

The

Verse 2

with fill 3

e|-------------|----------------|-------------|------------|
B|-------------|----------------|-------------|------------|
G|-------------|----------------|-------------|------------|
D|-7---------7-|----------------|-7-------7---|-5--------5-|
A|-5--5-5-5--5-|-7--------7-----|-5-5-5-5-5---|-3--3-3-3-3-|
E|-------------|-5--5-5-5-5-----|-------------|------------|

P.M.. P.M.. P.M.. P.M..

Dying Dragon brought trouble and pain And

e|--------------|------------|-------|-----|---------|
B|--------------|------------|-------|-----|---------|
G|--------------|------------|-------|-----|---------|
D|--------------|-5--------5-|-7-----|-----|---------|
A|-5--------5---|-3--3-3-3-3-|-5-----|-3---|-5-------|
E|-3--3-3-3-3---|------------|-------|-1---|-3-------|

P.M.. P.M..

horror to the halls of stone, I'll take the

guitar1 is copied octave above

e|--------|------------|----------|---------------||
B|--------|------------|----------|---------------||
G|-7-9-10-|-9h10p9-5---|-7-9-10---|-12-10h12p10-9-||
D|--------|----------5-|----------|---------------||
A|--------|------------|----------|---------------||
E|--------|------------|----------|---------------||

| | | | ||

e|--------|------------|----------|---------------||
B|--------|------------|----------|---------------||
G|--------|------------|----------|---------------||
D|-7------|-(7)--------|----------|---------------||
A|-5------|-(5)--------|-7--------|-8-------------||
E|--------|------------|-5--------|-6-------------||

mighty stone, And leave the dwarves behind

Chorus 2

e|-------------|----------------|-------------|---------------|
B|-------------|----------------|-------------|---------------|
G|-7--9--10----|-9h10p9-5-------|-7--9--10----|-12-10h12p10-9-|
D|-------------|----------5-----|-------------|---------------|
A|-------------|----------------|-------------|---------------|
E|-------------|----------------|-------------|---------------|

| | | | |

e|-------------|----------------|-------------|---------------|
B|-------------|----------------|-------------|---------------|
G|-------------|----------------|-------------|---------------|
D|-7---------7-|----------------|-7-------7---|-5--------5----|
A|-5--5-5-5--5-|-7--------7-----|-5-5-5-5-5---|-3--3-3-3-3----|
E|-------------|-5--5-5-5-5-----|-------------|---------------|

P.M.. P.M.. P.M.. P.M..

Ice and fire and forest we passed, and

e|--------------|---------------|--------|-----|---------||
B|--------------|---------------|--------|-----|---------||
G|-10--12--14---|-12-10h12p10-9-|-7-9----|-----|---------||
D|--------------|---------------|-----10-|-8-7-|--5-7-8--||
A|--------------|---------------|--------|-----|---------||
E|--------------|---------------|--------|-----|---------||

| | | | | ||

e|--------------|---------------|--------|-----|---------||
B|--------------|---------------|--------|-----|---------||
G|--------------|---------------|--------|-----|---------||
D|--------------|-5--------5----|-7------|-----|---------||
A|-5--------5---|-3--3-3-3-3----|-5------|-8---|-5-------||
E|-3--3-3-3-3---|---------------|--------|-6---|-3-------||

P.M.. P.M..

horror in the halls of stone

Interlude

tempo: double time *guitar1 is copied octave above

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|*------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-9-9-9---7-7-7---5-5-5---|-4--5-4h5p4--------------|
D|-------------------------|------------5------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| | |

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-2-----------------------|-------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

P.M.................. P.M..................

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-4------4----4-----------|-5--7--5h7p5--4--5-------|
D|-----7-----7-------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| | |

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-2-----------------------|
A|-2-----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------|

P.M.................. P.M..................

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-9-9-9---7-7-7---5-5-5---|-4--5-4h5p4--------------|
D|-------------------------|------------5------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| | |

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-2-----------------------|-------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

P.M.................. P.M..................

e|-------------------------|-------------------------||
B|-------------------------|-------------------------||
G|-4------4--5--7p5p4------|-------------------------||
D|-----7-------------------|-7-----------------------||
A|-------------------------|-------------------------||
E|-------------------------|-------------------------||

| | ||

e|-------------------------|-------------------------||
B|-------------------------|-------------------------||
G|-------------------------|-------------------------||
D|-------------------------|-2-----------------------||
A|-2-----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------||

P.M.................. P.M..................

Verse 3

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-2-----------------------|-------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

P.M.................. P.M..................

Trolls in the dark, The

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-2-----------------------|
A|-2-----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------|

P.M.................. P.M..................

dark took them all

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-2-----------------------|-------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

P.M.................. P.M..................

Caught in the wood, By the

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-2-----------------------|
A|-5-----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------------|

P.M.................. P.M..................

wooden king's men, But

normal time * start of 2nd solo

e|------------|------------------|-----------|-------||
B|------------|------------------|-----------|-------||
G|------------|------------------|-----------|-*-----||
D|-2----------|------------------|-----------|-2-----||
A|-0----------|-5----------------|-2---------|-0-----||
E|------------|-3----------------|-0---------|-------||

now I'm a - lone, 'Cause I've made up my mind

Solo 2

normal time

A5 E5 D5 E5

e|------|------|----12-13-12h13p12----12-|-----------------|
B|-15fb-|-15fb-|-15----------------15----|-15-13-12-13-----|
G|------|------|-------------------------|-----------------|
D|------|------|-------------------------|--------------14-|
A|------|------|-------------------------|-----------------|
E|------|------|-------------------------|-----------------|

A5 E5 D5 E5

e|-----------|-10-----10-|-12-13-12h13p12-10-12-|----|
B|-13-----13-|-12-----12-|-13-15-13h15p13-12-13-|-12-|
G|-14-----14-|-----------|----------------------|----|
D|-----14----|-----14----|----------------------|----|
A|-----------|-----------|----------------------|----|
E|-----------|-----------|----------------------|----|

G5 G5 E5 E5 Fill 4

e|-15fb-|-(15)-15-13-|-12-------------|------12-10-||    |-12-||
B|------|------------|----15-13-12-13-|-12---13-12-||    |-13-||
G|------|------------|----------------|------------||    |----||
D|------|------------|----------------|------------||    |----||
A|------|------------|----------------|------------||    |----||
E|------|------------|----------------|------------||    |----||

Chorus 3

with fill 4

e|------------|--------|------------|----------|
B|------------|--------|------------|----------|
G|------------|----4---|----2-------|----4-----|
D|----2-------|-2----5-|-0----3-----|-2----5---|
A|-0----3-----|--------|------------|----------|
E|------------|--------|------------|----------|

By the spell of gold, The

e|---------------|--------------|-------------|--------|
B|---------------|--------------|-------------|--------|
G|---------------|-------4------|-----2-------|----4---|
D|------2--------|--2-------5---|-0------3----|-2----5-|
A|-0-------3-----|--------------|-------------|--------|
E|---------------|--------------|-------------|--------|

king under the mountain will risk a great war,

e|----------|------------|-------------|------------|
B|----------|------------|-------------|------------|
G|----------|------------|-------------|------------|
D|----------|------------|-------------|------------|
A|-3--5-7---|-5--------5-|-5--7-9------|-7--------7-|
E|-1--3-5---|-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--5-7------|-5--5-5-5-5-|

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

Oh what a fool, He's losing control, So

e|----------|-----------|--------|-----------|
B|----------|-----------|--------|-----------|
G|----------|-----------|--------|-----------|
D|----------|-----------|--------|-2---------|
A|-3--------|-5---------|-2------|-0---------|
E|-1--------|-3---------|-0------|-----------|

I am trying to find a way,

with solo 3

e|--------|------------|-------------|------------|
B|--------|------------|-------------|------------|
G|--------|------------|-------------|------------|
D|--------|------------|-------------|------------|
A|-3--5-7-|-5--------5-|-5--7-9------|-7--------7-|
E|-1--3-5-|-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--5-7------|-5--5-5-5-5-|

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

Bl - i - nd in the dark dungeon's night. Then

e|---------|---------------|---------|-----------|
B|---------|---------------|---------|-----------|
G|---------|---------------|---------|-----------|
D|---------|---------------|---------|-2---------|
A|-3-------|-5-------------|-2-------|-0---------|
E|-1-------|-3-------------|-0-------|-----------|

darkness comes from the northern side, And

e|------|-----------|---------|-----------||
B|------|-----------|---------|-----------||
G|------|-----------|---------|-----------||
D|------|-----------|---------|-2---------||
A|-3----|-5---------|-2-------|-0---------||
E|-1----|-3---------|-0-------|-----------||

Thorin clears his m - i - nd.

Solo 3

e|-13fb~-|-13--17 19-|-20fb-20-22-|-22fb~-|
B|-------|-----------|------------|-------|
G|-------|-----------|------------|-------|
D|-------|-----------|------------|-------|
A|-------|-----------|------------|-------|
E|-------|-----------|------------|-------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
B|-17-15h17p15-13-|-15-13h15p13-12-|-13-12h13p12----|-15fbr-13----|
G|----------------|----------------|-------------14-|----------14-|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|-13fb~-------||
B|-17-15h17p15-13-|-15-13h15p13-12-|-13-12h13p12----|-------------||
G|----------------|----------------|-------------14-|-------------||
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------||
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------||
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------||

Outro

acoustic guitars

this riff is played throughout with fills 5+6 coming in

e|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
G|-----------|------4----|------2----|----4----||
D|------2----|-2-------5-|-0-------3-|-2----5--||
A|-0-------3-|-----------|-----------|---------||
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||

Fill 5

e|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
G|-----------|-9---------|--7--5--7--|-9-------||
D|-7---------|-----------|-----------|-10-10-9-||
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||

Fill 6

e|-8---------|-12--------|-12-10--8--|-7--8--7-||
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||

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