Enya - May It Be guitar chord

From: Richard J Kinch

Subject: e/enya/may_it_be.crd

Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 01:09:09 -0500 (EST)

MAY IT BE

>From the 2001 film, _The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring_. and

the soundtrack album (Warner Bros, ASIN B00005QZWI). Composed and performed

by Enya (http://www.enya.com). Lyrics by Roma Ryan. Guitar chord

interpretation by Richard J Kinch , December 2001. Key of

F#m modulating to A. Use capo 2 on guitar to play from Em and G. The low,

modest melody should be within the range of most any female or male voice. The

key is also suitable for a D pennywhistle. This transcription is my own

scholarly work and represents my interpretation of the song.

[This simple Celtic-style tune is a touching expression of the farewell at the

breaking of the company at the end of the _Fellowship of the Ring_, and sets

forth the concerns and manifest hopes of all for the ring bearer, ending on an

unresolved major third to evoke the unfinished yet promising remnant of the

story. I find it also a fitting lullaby.--RK]

GUITAR CAPO 2

VERSE 1:

Em C G D

May it be ...

Em C G D

May it be ...

C G Am G D

You walk ...

CHORUS:

G Em C D

Morniee utuliee (Darkness has come *).

G D Am D

Believe ...

G Em C D

Morniee alantiee (Darkness has fallen down *).

Em C D G

A promise ...

VERSE 2:

Em C G D

May it be ...

Em C G D

May it be ...

C G Am G D

When the night ...

REPEAT CHORUS

Bm Em C D G

A promise lives ...

(*) Translation from Quenya, the high language of the elves.