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Grendel by Marillion
Grendel
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...
Guitar Riff A: Intro (Played Twice)
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--0---2h3---3-0---0----------------3-------2---------3-2--------3-2------
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--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
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--------4----4-----------4----4-----------2---2--------2-----2-------------
-----4----------4---------------4-------2-------2--------------2-----------
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G F#
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---------------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.
* * * *
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----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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(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
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-----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---------------------------------------------------------
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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-----------------------------------
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(Guitar Riff F) twice (same as E, one octave higher)
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--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
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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:
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(Keyboard Voice Sound comes in the background)
Solo/Song ends with:
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I. Heorot's plea and Grendel's awakening
Midnight suns bid moors farewell, retreats from charging dusk
Mountain echo, curfews 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
Earth rim walker seeks his meals
Prepare the funeral pyres
The shaper's songs no longer heal the fear
Within their eyes, [their eyes]
Wooden figures, pagan gods, stare blindly cross the sea
Appeal for help from ocean fogs, for saviour born of dreams
They know their lives are forfeit now, priestly head they bow in shame
They cannot face the trembling crowd that flinch in Grendel's name
Earth rim walker seeks his meals
Prepare the funeral pyres
The shaper's songs no longer heal the fear
Within their eyes, [their eyes]
As Grendel leaves his mossy home beneath the stagnant mere
Along the forest path he roams to Hrothgar's hall so clear
He knows that victory is secured, his charm will testify
His claws will drip with mortal blood as moonbeams haunt the sky
As Grendel leaves his mossy home beneath the stagnant mere
Along the forest path he roams to Hrothgar's hall so clear
He knows that victory is secured, his charm will testify
His claws will drip with mortal blood, as moonbeams haunt the sky
Earth rim walker seeks his meals
Prepare the funeral pyres
The shaper's songs no longer heal the fear
Within their eyes, [their eyes]
-=o=-=o=-
II. Grendel's Journey
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 poisoned tongue malign with mocking harp
Beguiling queen her innocence offends his icy heart
-=o=-=o=-
III. Lurker at the Threshold
Hounds freeze in silence bewitched by the reptile spell
Sulphurous essence pervades round the grassy dell
Heorot 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-death by his side
Chants rise in terror, free round the oaken beams
Flickering firelight portraying the grisly scene
Warriors advance, prepare for the nightmare foe
Futile their sacrifice as even their hearts must know
Heroes delusion, with feet in the grave
Lurker at the threshold, he cares not for the brave, he cares not for the brave
-=o=-=o=-
IV. Finale
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 vicious 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 gonna take no blame
So you say you believe in all of Mother Nature's laws
You lust for gold with your sharpened knives
Oh when your hoards are gathered and your enemies left to rot
You pray with your bloodstained hands at the feet of your pagan gods
Then you try to place the killer's blade in my hand
You call for justice and distort the truth
Well I've had enough of all your pretty pretty speeches
Receive your punishment
Expose your throats to my righteous claws
And let the blood flow, and [let the blood flow], flow, flow, flow.
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