Nightwish – Elvenpath (Guitar)

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Please note that nightwish usually performs songs Elvenjig and Elvenpath together. Only Elvenjig has no lyrics, its a music piece with flute and xylophone, not included in here. [Intro-story] (***soft hum in Am on the background***)
Am
In the sheltering shade of the forest

Am
Calling calming silence

Am
Accompanied only by the full moon

Am
The howling of a night wolf

F          Dm            Am
- And the path under my bare feet

    Am         F G
The Elvenpath
[Interlude] | Am | Am | Am | F G | | Am | Am | Am | F G | | Am | Am | Am | F G | | Am | Am | Am | F G | [Verse 1]
 Am     Bb              G      Am
Hearing music from the deepest forest

 Dm           F         Am
Songs as a seduction of sirens

    Bb           G      Am
The elf-folk is calling me
[Verse 2]
Am                Bb            G
Tapio, Bear-king, Ruler of the forest

 Am                   Dm
Mielikki, Bluecloak, Healer of the ill and sad

Am                Bb      G         Am
Open the gate and let me follow the uncurving path
[Chorus]
     C          G
The way to the lands

           Bb      Am
Where as a hero I stand

                F              Dm
The path where Beauty met the Beast

      E
Elvenpath

          C                G
It's the honesty of these worlds

         Bb                 Am
Ruled by magic and mighty swords

               F                 Dm
That makes my soul long for the past

      Am
Elvenpath
[Interlude] | .. | Am | Am | F G | | Am | Am | Am | F G | | Am | Am | Am | F G | | Am | Am | Am | F G | [Verse 3]
     Am        Bb           G         Am
The moonwitch took me to a ride on a broomstick

     Dm               F          Am
Introduced me to her old friend Home Gnome

 Bb         G        Am             F
Told me to keep the sauna warm for him
[Verse 4]
        Am                         Bb         G
At the grove I met the rest - the folk of my fantasies

Am               Dm           F
Bilbo, Sparhawk, goblins and pixies

 Am             Bb                 G
Snowman, Willow -- trolls and the seven dwarves

     Am
The path goes forever on
[Chorus]
     C          G
The way to the lands

           Bb      Am
Where as a hero I stand

                F              Dm
The path where Beauty met the Beast

      E
Elvenpath

          C                G
It's the honesty of these worlds

         Bb                 Am
Ruled by magic and mighty swords

               F                 Dm
That makes my soul long for the past

      Am
Elvenpath

[Interlude]
   Am                Am
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B|-1---1---1-3-----|-------------3---|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|

   Am                F
e|-----------------|-----------------| x2
B|-1---1---1-3-----|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-2---2---4-------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
[Story] (***spoken text***)
Em
- Long ago

              F                  E
In the early years of the second age

          F                                 E
The great elven-smiths forged the Rings of Power
[Bridge]
Am
- As I return to my room

         Gb                  Am
And as sleep takes me by my hand

      Am
Madrigals from the woods

      Dm          Am
Carry me to neverland

         Am
In this spellbound night

     Gb                Am
The world's an elvish sight

         Am
In this spellbound night

     Dm                E
The world's an elvish sight
[Outro] (***spoken text***)
     Em                 F
But then the dark Lord learned

                  Em
The craft of ring-making

              Am
And made the Master Ring