ENYA - "may it be" Tablature
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From: Richard J Kinch <kinch@truetex.com>
Subject: e/enya/may_it_be.crd
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 01:09:09 -0500 (EST)
MAY IT BE
>From the 2001 film, _The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring_. and
the soundtrack album (Warner Bros, ASIN B00005QZWI). Composed and performed
by Enya (http://www.enya.com). Lyrics by Roma Ryan. Guitar chord
interpretation by Richard J Kinch <kinch@truetex.com>, December 2001. Key of
F#m modulating to A. Use capo 2 on guitar to play from Em and G. The low,
modest melody should be within the range of most any female or male voice. The
key is also suitable for a D pennywhistle. This transcription is my own
scholarly work and represents my interpretation of the song.
[This simple Celtic-style tune is a touching expression of the farewell at the
breaking of the company at the end of the _Fellowship of the Ring_, and sets
forth the concerns and manifest hopes of all for the ring bearer, ending on an
unresolved major third to evoke the unfinished yet promising remnant of the
story. I find it also a fitting lullaby.--RK]
GUITAR CAPO 2
VERSE 1:
Em C G D
May it be ...
Em C G D
May it be ...
C G Am G D
You walk ...
CHORUS:
G Em C D
Morniee utuliee (Darkness has come *).
G D Am D
Believe ...
G Em C D
Morniee alantiee (Darkness has fallen down *).
Em C D G
A promise ...
VERSE 2:
Em C G D
May it be ...
Em C G D
May it be ...
C G Am G D
When the night ...
REPEAT CHORUS
Bm Em C D G
A promise lives ...
(*) Translation from Quenya, the high language of the elves.
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP,
representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and
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