Enya - Marble Halls guitar tab
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From: kharding@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Karol Harding)
MARBLE HALLS/I DREAMT I DEWLT IN
Recorded by Enya on Shepard Moon
Originally written by Michael Balfe (1883)
for the opera "Bohemian Girl; Balfe was a musical prodigy
born in Dublin, Ireland.
TAB VERSION:
3/4 (key of A)
E|--0--0---5--4---|--0---4----2----|--0--2--0-------------|
B|----------------|----------------|-----------2----------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------2-----|
D|----------------|----------------|--------------2-------|
A|-----0----------|----------------|--0--------0----------|
E|----------------|--0-------------|----------------------|
E|----0-----------|--0-------------|----------------|
B|-2-----3-----0--|-----3-----2-0--|---------0------|
G|---------3------|----------------|-2-----------1--|
D|----------------|----------------|------------0---|
A|----0--2--------|----------------|-0---------2----|
E|----------------|--0-------------|---------0------|
E|--0--0--2--7-5-5|--2--7---5---2--|--7---5--0------|
B|----------------|----------------|---------2------|
G|----------------|----------------|---------2------|
D|--------0-------|-------------0--|----------------|
A|--0-------------|-----7----------|---------0------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|-0--0----0---2--|--2-4------5----|--4-----2---|-0--0--5--4--0--|
B|------4---------|----------------|------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|------------|----------------|
D|----------------|--0-------------|--2---------|----------------|
A|------2---------|----------------|------------|----0-----------|
E|----------------|----------------|--0---------|-------------0--|
but I also...
E|--4--2--0---2-0-|------------|-0--------------|-0--------------|
B|----------------|--2-----2---|----3-----------|----3-2-0-------|
G|----------------|------------|-------3--4--0--|-----------2----|
D|----------------|------------|----------------|-----------2----|
A|--------0-------|--0---------|----2-----------|-0---------0----|
E|----------------|------------|----------------|----------------|
***REPEAT ONCE:
E|--0-0--2--7--5--|--0-0--2--7--5--|--4----2--------|-4----5-----|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|------5-----|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|------6-----|
D|--2----0--------|-------1--------|--2-------------|-2----------|
A|----------------|--0-------------|----------------|------7-----|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|
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E|-0--0--2--4--5--|--9--7----2-----|--4---------|--5-------------|
B|----------------|----------------|------------|------5-----5---|
G|----------------|-------------2--|------------|--6------6------|
D|-------0--------|--7-------0-----|--2---------|----------------|
A|-0--------------|----------------|------------|--7-------------|
E|----------------|----------------|--------0---|----------------|
FINAL ENDING:
E|----------------|----------------|------------|---------|
B|----------------|--2--0----------|------------|--2------|
G|----------1--2--|----------------|----1-------|--2------|
D|--2-2--4--------|--------4-------|------------|--2------|
A|----------------|--------5-------|------------|--0------|
E|----------0-----|----------------|----0-------|---------|
"The original appears to be in key of Bf; if you love bar chords
try this with bflat, F7, cminor instead. I have written it in the
key of A for sanity.
Enya does this with a simple pick: T234 T3 (or some variation thereof)
VOCAL VERSION:
(it's simple, but it works) -just pick the chords; this song is meant to
show off vocal improvisation, and the very nice slides up to the higher
notes. And don't spare the sentimentality; Remember valentine's day
isn;t that far away!
Time sig: feels like a 3/4 to me:
A E7 A
I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls
E7 (bm) (E7) A
with vassals and serfs by my side
A E7 A
And-of all those who assembled within those walls
E7 (Bm) (E7) A
that I was the hope and the pride.
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**if picking ignore the optional chords; nice for strumming)
A E7 Bm A
I had riches too great to count
E7 Bm E E7
and a high ancestral name ...... but
A E7 A
I also dreamt which pleased me most .....that
E7 (Bm) A
you loved me still the same.
A Bm (A) E7 Bm A
That you loved me.... you loved still the same;
A Bm (A) E7 Bm A
that you loved me ...you loved me still the same;
A E7 (Bm) D E7 A
that you loved me still.........the same..
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vocal note: keep up the momentum, building on the last
4 lines; don't insert a rest between lines.
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ENDING TAB:
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-------------------2---0-----------2-----------
-----------1--2----------------1---2------------
--2--2--4------------------4-------2------------
-------------------0-------0-------0-----------
-----------0-----------------------------------
Second verse:
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A E7 A
I dreamt that suitors sought my hand
E7 (bm) E7 A
that knights upon bended knee
A Eu A
and with vows no maiden's heart could withstand
E7 (bm) E7 A
they pledged their faith to me.
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A E7 Bm A
And I dreamt that one of the noble host
E7 Bm E E7
came forth my hand to claim.....But
A E7 A
.. I also dreamt which pleased me most....that
Bm (A) Em Bm A
you loved me , you loved me still the same........
A Bm (A) E7 Bm A
that you loved me ...you loved me still the same;
A E7 (Bm) D E7 A
that you loved me still.........the same..
(REPeATS)
