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TIMO TOLKKI - LORD OF THE RINGS (From classical variations and themes)
Music By: Timo Tolkki

Transcribed by: Niclas Buss (Tabbed:30.10-1.11.98)
Email: Nbjbuss@hotmail.com
       Dabuss@xoom.com

If you find any mistakes, please mail me!


Tune Down Ѕ Step

 Clean sound
			              x4
E---------0-----------------0-------------0-1-----------0-1-----------0-1-----------0-------4-|
B-------0---0-----------0-1---0-1-|-----3-----3-------3-----3-------3-----3---------------0---|
G-----2-------2-------2-----------|---2---------2---2---------2---2---------2-----4-----1-----|
D---2-----------2---2-------------|-0-------------------------------------------2-----2-------|
A-0---------------0---------------|---------------3-------------2-----------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------0---------------|

E------------0--------------3---------------0---------------3-----------1-------1-------2-----|
B-------0-1----0-1------------0-----------1---1-----------2---2-------3-------3-----1---------|
G-----2-------------------0-----0-------0-------0-------2-------2---2-------2---------4-------|
D---2-------------------0---------0---2-----------2---2-----------0-------0-----------------4-|
A-0------------------2--------------3---------------4-----------------------------2-------2---|
E------------------3--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E---2---------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-|
B-----------1---1-----------1---1-----------0---0-----------0---|
G-4-------2-------2-------2-------2-------1-------1-------1-----|
D-------2-----------2---2-----------2---2-----------2---2-------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------|

E-1---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0--|
B---3---1-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------4---2---1-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------3---2---0---3---2---0-------2---0-----------0-------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------3-----------3---2-------3---2---0---3----2---0|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

			    Dist.
E---0---0---0---0---0-----------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------9--------10--7--9---------12--10-|
D----------------------9--------10--7--9---------12--10-|
A-----2---0------------7---------8--5--7---------10---8-|
E-4-----------4---1----0----0-0-------------0-0---------|
				  Pm...|		Pm...|

  Riff 1				   x3  w/Riff 1 (4 times)
E----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|-17---18-18-17-17h18p17-15h17p15-13-12---13-13-12-12h13p13|
G-9--------10--7--9---------12--10-|*---------------------------------------------------------|
D-9--------10--7--9---------12--10-|*---------------------------------------------------------|
A-7---------8--5--7---------10---8-|----------------------------------------------------------|
E-0----0-0-------------0-0---------|----------------------------------------------------------|
     Pm...|		   Pm...|

E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-10h12p10-9h10p9-6-6-5-5--6-6-5-5-3-3----------------------------18-17h18p17p15h17--18-18-17-|
G--------------------------------------5-5-4-4-2-2--------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------5-5-3-3-2-2~~------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-17h18p17-15h17p15-13-12---13-13-12-12h13p12-10h12p10-9h10p9-6-6-5-5--6-6-5-5-3-3------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-5-4-4-2-2|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

		    Gtr.1
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------10---9--12-13--15-17b18r17-15---10---9--12-13~~--|
G----------------10---9--13-14--16-17b19r17-16---10---9--13-14~~-*|
D-5-5-3-3-2-2~~--------------------------------------------------*|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|
											|
		    Gtr.2								|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------10---9--13------4--5--7---------10---9--13-------|
D----------------10---9--13--7---4--5--7---------10---9--13--7----|
A-----------------8---7--11--7---2--3--5----------8---7--11--7----|
E----------------------------5-------------------------------5----|

Clean sound

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----6-----6-------------------5-----5-------------------3-----3---------------1-0---1-0---|
G-7-9---7-9----0-2-4-0-2-4--5-7---5-7--------2-----2--4-5---4-5--------1-----1------2-----2-|
D----------------------------------------3-5---3-5-----------------2-4---2-4----------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E--------------5---------------3---------------1-0------------------|
B-5-3-2-5-3-2----5-6---3-1-0-----3-5---1-0---------4--1--0--------0-|
G------------------------------------------2----------------2-1-2---|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm guitar during solo

 Vol.
 <<<<  Riff 2             			      x 4   Riff 3 (play until end)
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G-9---|-9-9---7------7-10-7---9-9---7------7-12-10--|*-11-11-----9-------9-12-9---11-11-----|
D-9---|-9-9---7------7-10-7---9-9---7------7-12-10--|*-11-11-----9-------9-12-9---11-11-----|
A-7---|-7-7---5------5--8-5---7-7---5------5-10--8--|---9--9--9--7--9-9--7-10-7----9--9--9--|
E-----------0----0-0--------------0----0-0--------------------------------------------------|
	     Pm   Pm..|		   Pm   Pm..|		   	 Pm	 Pm..|		    Pm


E------------------|
B------------------|
G-9-------9-14-12-*| end Riff 3
D-9-------9-14-12-*|
A-7--9-9--7-12-10--|
E------------------|
    Pm..|

Guitar Solo

 w/Riff 2
E--------------12-13-16---19-16-13-10b12--10p8p7---13-12-10-12-10---------------------------|
B--15b17--r15-----------------------------------------------------13-12-10----12-10---------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------13-------13-10-9-|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------15-17-17b18--18-17-15--------------------------------18b20--18-|
G--------------------------------------------------17-16-14-----------------14-16-----------|
D-12-10-9---------------------------------------------------18-15-14--14-18-----------------|
A---------12-11~~--5-7~~-5-7----------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
			Pm	Pm..|

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-17-18--17-18-17-15----------------------------------------------------------------15-17-18|
G--------------------17-16-14----------17-16-14-16-14----------------------14-16-17---------|
D-----------------------------18-15-14----------------18-15-14~~--14-15-17------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-17-15----------------15-17-18-17-15-------------------------------------------------------|
G-------17-16-14-16-17----------------17-15-14----------17-15-14----------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------18-15-14----------18-15-14-------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------17-15-14----------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------17-16-13-|

												  w/Riff 3
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15-16-|
B-------------------------------------16-17-19-17-16---------------------|-18b20--r18-------|
G----------------------------14-16-17----------------17-16-14------------|------------------|
D------14b15r14-14--14-15-17----------------------------------17-16-14~~-|------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
E-12~~--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
               	 Pm..........|

E-19-20~~--19-16-15-13-11~~-10-8-7b7&#1029;r7~~---------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------8-8---9-8-9p8h9p8--8-9-11-12--11-9-8-15-13-12-13-|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-12------------------------------------------12-13-15-16-19b20~~-r19--20-19--20p19h20p19-17|
G----13-12-10------------------------10-12-13-----------------------------------------------|
D-------------13-12-10-9~~--10-12-13--------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
				   Pm............................|
												 Fade Out
											   (On this part I'm not
											    really sure)
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-19-17-15h17p15-14-15-14-12h14p12-11---------------------------------------------------10-12|
G-------------------------------------12-11-12-11-9h11p9-7--6-12-11~~-11-12-11-10-11-12------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-10----10-12-14-15-14-12-14-15-17-19-17-15-17-19-17-15----------15-17-19-17-15-14-15-14----|
G----12-------------------------------------------------18-16-18-------------------------16-|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E-------------------------------------12-14b15-14-14--15-15-18-18-19-19b21--19-19-21-21-22-22|
B-14-15-14-12-11----------11-12-14-15------------------------------------/-------------------|
G----------------12-11-12------------------------------------------------/-------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------/-------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E-23-23-21-21-22-22-24-24-24b26-24b26--24-24-24b26-24b26--24-24-24b26-24-24-24-24-23-23-21-21|
B-----/-----------------------------/------------------/-------------------------------------|
G-----/-----------------------------/------------------/-------------------------------------|
D-----/-----------------------------/------------------/-------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E-21b22r21---21\---------------------------||
B------------------19-17-15----17-15-------||
G---------------------------18-------18-16-||
D------------------------------------------|| end
A------------------------------------------||
E------------------------------------------||

TABLATURE EXPLANATION
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pm..| = Plam mute

p = Pull off

h = Hammer on

b = bend

~~~~ = vibrato

|	 |
|*	*| = Repeat from *  to *
|*	*|		     *     *
|	 |

19 = Tremolo Picking
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