Blackmore's Night – Loreley (Guitar Tab)

Now I'm not completely sure about the main melody but it sounds decent to me. And it works very well with those chords beneath :) This is my first time tabbing so excuse my confusing way of writing the melody. But with these notes you'll figure out the rhythm pattern very easily by listening to a song.

e|-----------------|--------------|
B|3-3---3~35653----|3-3---3~33----|
G|-5-525-------524~|-5-525----542~|
D|-----------------|--------------|
A|-----------------|--------------|
E|-----------------|--------------|

I play it on the third fret of the B string but you could also play it higher on the neck. And it would look like this.

e|10--10------10~1012131210-------|10--10------10~1010-------|
B|--13--131013-------------131012~|--13--131013-------131012~|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------|

Play this chords over the melody. |: Am | Dm Am | Am | Dm C Am :| Dm C Am Verse 1: Am Dm Am Merrily we sailed along Though the waves were plenty strong Am Dm C Am Down the twisting river Rhine Following a song... Am Dm Am Legend's faded storyline Tried to warn us all Am Dm C Am Oh, they called her "Loreley" Careful or you'll fall... Bridge no.1 => Repeat the intro melody over these chords. | Am | Dm Am | Am | Dm C Am | Verse 2: Am Dm Am Oh, the stories we were told Quite a vision to behold Am Dm C Am Mysteries of the seas in her eyes of gold... Am Dm Am Laying on the silver stone, such a lonely sight Am Dm C Am Dm C Am Barnacles become a throne, my poor Loreley... Chorus => |: Dm Am Dm Am And the winds would cry, and many men would die F Am C G Dm Am And all the waves would bow down to the Loreley :| Bridge no.3 => Again repeat the intro melody. | Am | Dm Am | Am | Dm C Am | Verse 3: Am Dm Am You would not believe your eyes, how a voice could hypnotize Am Dm C Am Promises are only lies from the Loreley Am Dm Am In a shade of mossy green, seashell in her hand Am Dm C Am She was born the river queen, ne'er to grace the land... Dm C Am Chorus => |: Dm Am Dm Am And the winds would cry, and many men would die F Am C G Dm Am And all the waves would bow down to the Loreley :| Bridge => |: Dm | Gm Dm | Dm | Gm F Dm :| Here I think the band does a modulation in fourths,not completely sure so correct me if I'm wrong but the melody changes to this.

e|3-3----3~35653----|3-3----3~33----|
B|-6-6356-------635~|-6-6356----653~|
G|------------------|---------------|
D|------------------|---------------|
A|------------------|---------------|
E|------------------|---------------|

Then Blackmoore plays a lead passage basicly outlining the E major scale, while the band is sticking to the E major chord. The way that I play that passage is sort of like this. But basicly you can improvise anything in E major and it will sound okay.

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------9-10-9109--9-------------------|
G|-------------8-9-11----------11-11-9-8-9-898-6-8-9~|
D|------7-9-11---------------------------------------|
A|7-9-11---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

Those 9109 and 898 are to be played as triplets. Verse 4. Am Dm Am Oh, the song of Loreley Charms the moon right from the sky... Am Dm C Am She will get inside your mind, loveley Loreley... Am Dm Am When she cries "Be with me until the end of time" Am Dm C Am You know you will ever be with your Loreley... Dm C Am Chorus => |: Dm Am Dm Am And the winds would cry, and many men would die F Am C G Dm Am And all the waves would bow down to the Loreley :| |: Dm Am Dm Am And the winds would cry, and many men would die F Am C G Dm Am And all the waves would bow down to the Loreley :|