Loreley 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   :|
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