Grendel

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 To: freaks@bnf.com, jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu 
 From: "Dan Newcombe"   
     
      
 Date:         6 Oct 93 08:22:39 EDT 
 Subject:      TAB for Grendel by Marillion 
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 [I told someone I'd post this last week, so here it is...share and enjoy] 
  
 Okay, this is gonna be a PAIN as the song is 18+ minutes long!!! 
  
 I love the story of Beowulf and Marillion, and this is one of my favourite 
 songs, so I have tried to do my best on it. 
  
 Sure, there may be some parts that aren't correct, but it's better than 
 what was out there, which was nothing.  If I receive any flames I will 
 forward them to the postmaster at your site along with a complaint. :) 
 Nice advice/thanks/critisism is welcome though! 
  
                     -Dan Newcombe 
                      dnewcomb@cybernet.cse.fau.edu 
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 A little guide to some of my own notations: 
  
 6 lines of ----   are guitar tab (From top to bottom E B G D A E) 
 5 lines of ----   are keyboards (yeah, it's a guitar group, but there 
                    are more flames and discussions so at least this is 
                    music :) 
 For Key music - & is treble cleff, ) is bass clef and o is a note, 
     listen to the music for the length/beat/other. 
  
 And Now... 
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 Grendel  by   Marillion      (from B-Sides Themselves) 
 as heard by Dan Newcombe (newcombe@aa.csc.peachnet.edu for now) 
  
 Guitar Riff A: Intro    (Played Twice) 
 ----------0------------2-3-2h3p2p0---2-0-2-----0-2-0------0-2-0---------- 
 --0---2h3---3-0---0----------------3-------2---------3-2--------3-2------ 
 ----------------2-------------------------------------------------------- 
 -----------------------0------------------------------------------------- 
 -----------------------------------4------------------------------------- 
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 --------0-2-3-2------------- 
 --0-2-3---------3-2h3p2-0--- 
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 Guitar Riff B (Mainly just chords, one note at a time.) 
 (This is how I play it.) 
 Bm                    A 
 --------------------0------------------------------0----------------------- 
 -----------3-----------3----3---------------2--------2-----2--------------- 
 --------4----4-----------4----4-----------2---2--------2-----2------------- 
 -----4----------4---------------4-------2-------2--------------2----------- 
 --2-----------------------------------0------------------------------------ 
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 G               F# 
 -------------3------------------------------2------------------------------ 
 ---------------0------0-----------------------4-----4---------------------- 
 -------0---------0------0-------------3---------3-----5-------------------- 
 -----0---0----------------0---------4---4---------------4------------------ 
 ---2-------0----------------------4-------4-------------------------------- 
 -3------------------------------2------------------------------------------ 
  
 Keyboard: Main Rythym A (lightly, in the background) 
 B  |  A  |  G  |  F#    <-Played one full measure each 
  
 Midnight sun bids moors farewell, retreats from charging dusk 
 Mountains echo curfew's bell, signal ending tasks 
 They place their faith in oaken doors, cower in candlelight 
 The panic seeps through bloodstained floors as Grendel stalks the 
    night 
  
 Guitar and Keys: Main Riff A - LOUD 
  
 Earth-rim walker seeks his meals, prepare the funeral pyres 
 The shaper's songs no longer heal the fear within their eyes, 
 Their eyes, their eyes, their eyes, their eyes 
  
  
 Guitar: Riff B 
 Keyboard: Main Rythym A - softly, a little more presence than above. 
  
 Wooden figures, pagan gods stare blindly cross the sea 
 Appeal for help from ocean fogs, for saviors born of dreams 
 They know their lives are forfeit now, priestly heads they bow in 
    shame 
 They cannot face the trembling crowd that flinch in Grendel's name 
  
  
 Guitar and Keys: Main Rythym A - LOUD 
  
 Earth-rim walker seeks his meals, prepare the funeral pyres 
 The shaper's songs no longer heal the fear within their eyes, 
  
 Their eyes, their eyes, their eyes, their eyes 
  
  
 Guitar plays Main Rythym A until solo. 
 Keyboard Run Number One 
 Repeat each run for one whole measure| 
     Bm       A       G       F#      | 
 -#---O-----|-------|-------|---------|----------------------------------- 
            | O     |       |         | 
 -------O---|-------|-O-----|---------|----------------------------------- 
   #        |   O   |       |  O      | 
 ---------O-|-------|---O---|---------|----------------------------------- 
            |     O |       |    #O   | 
 -----------|-------|-----O-|---------|----------------------------------- 
            |       |       |       O | 
 -----------|-------|-------|---------|----------------------------------- 
  
 As Grendel leaves his mossy home beneath the stagnant air 
 Along the forest path he roams to Hrothgar's hall so fair 
 He knows that victory is secured, his charm will testify 
 His claws will drip with mortal blood as moonbeams haunt the sky 
  
 (Solo) - Pretty much that's it, except the fast part - no clue 
  
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 Guitar Riff C: 
 Background plays Main Rythym A 
 The *'s are the main notes that stand out, the other are just little 
 trasnsitional fills. 
     *              *         *             * 
 --------7--9b10b9------5-5-------2h3p2p0-------------------------------------- 
 ----7--------------5---5-5---3-------------2---------------------------------- 
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 As Grendel leaves his mossy home beneath the stagnant air 
 Along the forest path he roams to Hrothgar's house so fair 
 He knows that victory is secured, his charm will testify 
 His claws will drip with mortal blood as moonbeams haunt the sky 
  
 Guitar and Keys: Main Rythym A - LOUD 
  
 Earth-rim walker seeks his meals, prepare the funeral pyres 
 The shaper's songs no longer heal the fear within their eyes, 
 Within their eyes, within their eyes, within their eyes 
  
  
 Bass: Octaves (On a E or B?) 
 Guitar Riff D: (Done on electric using volume swells. I also 
 use delay during this part, to make it sound a little more errie) 
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 --12-----10------13-----17---------- 
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 (Assorted growls) 
 Silken membranes, span his path, fingerprints in dew 
 Denizens of twilight lands, humbly beg him through 
 Mother Nature's bastard child, shunned by leaf and stream 
 An alien in an alien land seeks solace within dreams 
 The shaper's lies, his poison tongue maligned with mocking harp 
 Beguiling queen, her innocence offends his icy heart 
  
 (BIG Sounding Keyboard Riff) 
 Big Soudning Organ Riff. 
  E     D      D?     D     Em   D        Bb    Em     E 
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 --------------O--------------------------O------------------------------- 
  
 --O------------------------O-------------O-----O------O------------------ 
         O     O      O      O 
 -#O------------------------O-------------------O-----#O------------------ 
        #O    #O     #O         #O   #O 
 --O------------------------O-------------------O------O------------------ 
     O        O      O 
  
 (guitar Rythym) Play once before keyboard comes in. 
 Em                     C 
 -3------3-------3-----3--------3------3--------3------3--------------- 
 ---5------5-------5-----5--------5------5--------5------5------------- 
 -----4------4-------4-----4--------5-------5-------5------5----------- 
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 D               F# 
 -2-------2-------2-------2--------2------2------2------2---------------- 
 ---3-------3-------3-------3--------3------3------3------3-------------- 
 -----2--------2-------2------2--------4------4------4------4------------ 
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 (Keyboard Riff) 
 Hounds freeze in silence, bewitched by the reptile's spell 
 Sulphurous essence pervades round the grassy dell 
 Hero awaits him like lamb to the butcher's knife 
 Stellular heavens ignore even children's cries 
 Screams are his music, lightning his guide 
 Raping the darkness, d- d- d- d- death by his side 
  
 Chants rise in terror, pray round the oaken beam 
 Flickering firelight portraying the grisly scene 
 Warriors advance, prepare for the nightmare foe 
 Futile the sacrifices even the hearts must know 
 Heroes' delusions with feet in the grave 
 Lurker at the threshold, he cares not for the brave, he cares not 
    for the brave 
  
 Keyboard Riff (This is a little to fast for me to really hear and catch) 
  
 (Guitar riff E) C B C  E 
  
 Keyboard Riff (This is the same as above) 
  
 (Guitar riff E) C B C E 
  
  
 (Guitar acoustic) - Play xx times 
 Em                       G/Em         F#/Em 
 ---------0----------------0----------------0----------------0--------------- 
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 -------0---0------------0---0------------0---0------------0---0------------- 
 -----2-------2--------2-------2--------2-------2--------2-------2----------- 
 ---2-----------2----2-----------2----2-----------2----2--------------------- 
 -0---------------0-----------------3----------------2--------------2-3------ 
  
  
 (Octave guitar riff for a while) E e EE e E ee 
 (The guitar is pretty much just playing The low E string and 
 and E or E "power" chord on the 5th string) 
  
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 -(9)--(9)(9)----(9)-------------------------------------------------------- 
 --7----7--7------7--------------------------------------------------------- 
 ----0--------0------0--0--------------------------------------------------- 
  
 So you thought that your bolts and your locks would keep me out 
 You should have known better after all this time 
 You're gonna pay in blood for all your viscious slander 
 With your ugly pale skins and your putrid blue eyes 
 Why should I feel pity when you kill your own and feel no shame? 
 God's on my side, sure as hell I'm gonna take no blame, 
 I'm gonna take no blame, I'm going to take no blame 
  
 (Keyboard riff/fill) 
 (More emphasis on the E chord - Here, the guitar starts playing more 
 full E chords instead of just the power chords.) 
  
 So you say you believe in all of Mother Nature's laws 
 You lust for gold with your sharpened knives 
 Ooh, when your hordes are gathered and your enemies left to rot 
 You pray with your bloodstained hands at the feet of your pagan gods 
 And you try to place the killer's blade in my hands 
 You call for justice, distort the truth 
  
 Well I've had enough of all your pretty, pretty speeches 
 Recieve your punishment expose your throats to my righteous 
    claws and let the blood flow, 
  
 (Keyboard riffs) 
 let the blood flow, let the blood flow, let the blood flow, flow, 
 flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, let the blood flow, 
 let the blood flow, let the blood flow, let the blood flow, 
 let the blood flow, flow, let the blood flow, let the blood flow, 
 let the blood flow, let the blood flow, flow, flow, let the blood 
 flow, let the blood, let the blood, let the blood, let the blood, 
 let the blood, let the blood, let the blood, let the blood, 
 blood flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow 
  
 (Guitar Riff E) twice: 
 -----7---5h7p5--------------5-------------------------------------- 
 --5------------8--7------5-----7----------------------------------- 
 ----------------------7-------------------------------------------- 
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 (Guitar Riff F) twice (same as E, one octave higher) 
 -----19--17h19p17----------------17-------------------------------- 
 --17--------------20--19-----17------19---------------------------- 
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 (Guitar Riff G ) twice    (not real sure about it.) 
 -----7--5h7p5----5h7p5h7p5h7p5----5h7p5h7p5h7p5-------------------- 
 --5-----------------------------7----------------8--5-------------- 
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 (Guitar Riff  ) twice 
 ---12---12----14--14b(15)r14--12---10--7--5--5h7p5--3--2--0-------- 
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 (Outro) - I don't do solos.  I mess them up too bad and I prefer 
       not to copy others solo. I usually meddle around this 
       part on an E Minor Penatonic scale(12th fret) on the middle 
       four strings. 
 Starts off with: 
 --15b--15b-15b-15b------------------------------------------------- 
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 (Keyboard Voice Sound comes in the background) 
  
 Solo/Song ends with: 
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 -(18)r17---15---14---10........---12------------------------------- 
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 Well that's it.  It may not look like something publsihed in Guitar 
 Magazine and some of the leads are iffy, but if you listen to the song 
 and follow along you should be able to figure it out.  If I hear 
 Grendel again, it'll be too soon. 
  
 -- 
 Daniel A. Newcombe                                  Clayton State College 
 Computing Services                                  Morrow, GA 30260 
 E-Mail Address: newcombe@aa.csc.peachnet.edu        (404)-961-3421 
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 -  Set the controls for the heart of the sun. 
                                     Pink Floyd