Guitar tab for The Battle Of Evermore (var.13) by Led Zeppelin free download and read or play online: file .txt, 11.53 kb has 320 views and 0 downloads.
THE BATTLE OF EVERMORE
By: Led Zeppelin
Album: Led Zeppelin IV "untitled"
Copyright 1971
Tab written by: William Schulte
This is one of my personal favorite Zeppelin songs.
What is amazing about the song is that the lyrics are referring to
the Battle of Helms Deep from the second Lord of the Rings book (Written by JRR Tolkien).
I would tell you what all the words are talking about, but there is a whole website
that tells what the lyrics mean(the website is listed below).
This first part of the song is usually played on a mandola or mandolin,
(an eight string guitar played by John Paul Jones in the original version).But I transcribed
it to guitar. You will need 2 guitars to play this song. One guitar will be playing the tabs
listed below. The other will be playing the chords shown above the tabs. HAVE FUN!!!
Am
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Am
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Am
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---------1-1-------1-1-------1-1-------1-1--(3-3)--|
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D
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Am
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Am (no stress)
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Am open Am open Am open Am open
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Am Am G Am Am C Am Am G Am Am C
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The Queen of light, took her bow, and then she turned to go...
Am Am G Am Am C Am Am G Am Am C
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The Prince of peace, embraced the gloom, and walked the night alone...
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Oh, Dance in the dark of night, sing to the morning sunlight...
Am Am G Am Am C Am Am G Am Am C
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The dark lord rides in force tonight, the time will tell us all...
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Oh, Throw down your plow and hoe, rest not to lock your homes...
Am Am G Am Am C Am Am G Am Am C
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Side by side, we wait the might of the darkest of them all...
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ohhh............
Am Am G Am Am C Am Am G Am Am C
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Am D Am D
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I hear horses thunder, down in the valley below,
G C G7 C
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Im waiting for the angels of Avalon, waiting for the eastern glow...
verse 2:
The apples of the valley hold , the seeds of happiness, 1
The ground is rich from tender care, repay, but dont forget,no,no 2
Dance in the dark of night sing to the morning light 3
The apples turn to brown and black, the Tyrants face is red. 4
Oh, war is the common cry, pick up your sword and fly 5
The sky is filled with good and bad that mortals never know, 6
ohhh.....
Oh, well, the night is long ,the beads of time pass slow, 7
Tired eyes on the sunrise, waiting for the eastern glow. 8
verse 3:
The pain of war, can not exceed, the woe of aftermath, 1
The drums will shake, the castle walls, the ringwraiths ride in black 2
Sing as you raise your bow, shoot straighter than before 3
No comfort has the fire at night, that lights the face so cold, 4
Ohh, dance in the dark of night, sing to the morning light 5
The magic runes are writ in gold to bring the balance back, bring it back 6
ohhhh....
Alas , the sun is shining, the clouds of blue roll by,7
With flames from the Dragon of Darkness, the sunlight blinds his eyes............ 8
Bring it back, bring it back, bring it back..... (and so on).
On the intro to the song, the numbers in brackets mean stress that note.
the numbers next to each bar indicates which line goes where.