THE BARD'S SONG - IN THE FOREST

by Blind Guardian
Tabbed by Szolnoki Laszlo <lacos@para.chem.elte.hu>
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| 1st |2nd
0-------------------------- |---- 10 means 1 and 0
--310-0-10---0-----1-3101-- |---- all the numbers are
----------0----2-0--------- |2--- displayed in hex (..8,9,A,B..)
--------------------------- |---- due to er...space saving
0------------------0------- |0--- (in fact i didn't expect that
------3------0------------- |---- even 2 digit numbers would
be needed 8-} )
repeat, +here comes the acoustic lead:
|1st |2nd
8-A87-7---------78-7-8-A--- |C---
--------A-8--8-A----------- |----
--------------------------- |----
--------------------------- |----
--------------------------- |----
--------------------------- |----
______________________________________________________________________
the vocal starts
0--------------------------------------------- i changed the scale, listen
----3---1---0------------0---1---0---1-------- to the song for the rythm
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----------------------------------------------
0------------------------------------0--------
------------3------------0--------------------
[Now you all know|the bards and their songs]

0!-0-------3-----------------------------------
-1--0!--1!--0!--1!--3!--0!----------1!--0!--1!-
--2---2--2----0----------0--2!--0!---2----2----
--------------------------2-----------2----2--- it's easier to play only
0!----------------------------------0!--------- the notes marked with '!'
------------3!----------0!--------------------- the BG themselves play it
[when hours have gone by|I close my eyes] with two guitars

0!---------3------------------------------------ here comes in a spanish

-1--3!--1!--0!--1!--3!--0!--1!--0!--1!--0!--1!-- guitar also but i don't
--2-----------0-----------0---0------2----2----- want to complicate it
---------------------------2---2------2----2----
0!----------------------------------0!----------
------------3!----------0!----------------------
[in a world far away|we may meet again]

0!---------3------------------------1!----------
-1--3!--1!--0!--1!--3!--0!--1!--3!--------------
--2-----------0-----------0---0-----------------
---------------------------2---2----0!----------
0!----------------------------------------------
------------3!----------0!----------------------
[but now hear my song|about the dawn of the night]

--------0---------------------------------------
-------------3---1---0----1--1-0--0------0------
----------------------------0----0---2----------
---------------------------2----0---------------
----------3----2---0---2---------------0----2---
------------------------------------------------
[let's sing the bard song]

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---------0--------1---0----0-------1---0----0------
2-----2-----0-----------2----0-----------2----0----
---2-----------2---------------2----------------2--
0-----------------0----------------0---------------
---------0-----------------0----------------0------
[tomorrow will take us away | far from home]
--------------------------------------------------- the following
--------------------------------------------------- part is quite
--------------------------------------------------- obscure for me
--------------------0----0------------------------- i don't feel
---0-------3----3-----------0---------------------- like puzzle it
--------------------------------------------------- out
[noone will ever know our names
but the bard's song will remain*
*tomorrow will take it away|the fear of today
it will be gone|due to our magic songs]

_________________________________________________________________________
Solo

/
|------------------------------------
(10----------------------------------
|--2)--0-2---------------------------
|------------2---3(320)2--------0----
|----------------------------323-0---
|------------------------------------
| repeat 2x
|----------------------------0---2---
|----0(1010)------0(1010)------------
|2-2-------2--2-2--------2-----------
|--------------------------------0---
|----------------------------3-------
|------------------------------------
\
/ ~ ~
|--------0------------------0------------0----3-10----1--5-3--
|---0--1----0-----------------3-10-1--3----3--------3---------
|2-------------0----0--2-0------------------------------------
|----------------3--------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|-------------------0--1-3------------------------------------
|1--0--1-0--1--0-3---3---0------------------------------------
|-----------------2---2--0-------------?------?-----?---------
|------------------3------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
\ so, that was
my little part
it's time to
change the guard ;)
anyone who has
better pls mail me
lacos@para.chem.elte.hu