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)

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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--------------------------------

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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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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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-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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--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:

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--5------------8--7------5-----7-----------------------------------

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(Guitar Riff F) twice (same as E, one octave higher)

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(Guitar Riff G ) twice    (not real sure about it.)

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--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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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.



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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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