Easiest ways to play it:
1. Standard tuning, capo 6
2. Half step down tuning, no capo (transpose 5 steps down to the key of Em, play open chords)
3. Standard tuning, no capo (transpose 6 steps down to the key of Ebm, play bar chords)
4. Half step down tuning, capo 7
-You could play with more people tuned in these different ways (combination of 1
and 2 might sound very powerful, add 3 or even 4 and you'll have the entire
orchestra covered? kind of).
-1 and 4 will probably sound the same, for your information.
Both lyrics and chords I transcribed by ear in about two hours.
My Youtube channel is www.youtube.com/CompleteDistortion
You can kind of guess the chords of course, but I'll still point out how I play it.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE "Am/D" BELOW.
Am/D (actually it's a "C 6add9(no 5th)", but I wrote it as Am/D because that's easier to follow)
x00210
[Am]x02210
[Asus2]x02200
[Cmaj7]x32000
[Fmaj7]x33210
[G]32003x
[F]
[133211]
[Dm]xx0231
INTRO:
[(Am] [Asus2] [Am] [Asus2)]
VERSE 1:
[Am]To [Cmaj7] be [Am/D] rich[Fmaj7] is
[Am]to [Cmaj7] still [Am/D] re[F]- member
[Am]To [Cmaj7] treasure your f[G]irst di[F]me
[Am]To [Cmaj7] have [G]a chance to say farew[F]ell
CHORUS:
[Am]Story of your life
Time of solit[C]ude and strife
Freedom of the[G] northern road
Hoping many [F]miles to go
[Am]Promises to keep
Countless gold f[C]ields to reap
To be rich[G] is to seek
To reliv[F]e the memory
VERSE 2:
[Am]Far off [Cmaj7]lands, [Am/D] quests o[Fmaj7]f old
[Am]Self res[Cmaj7]pect, [Am/D] true [F] grit
[Am]Never c[Cmaj7]are, my f[G]ortune, my wife[F]
[Am]To [Cmaj7] seek i[G]s to be[F] rich
CHORUS:
[(Am]Stor[C]y [G]of[F)] your life
Time of solitude and strife
Freedom of the northern road
Hoping many miles to go
Promises to keep
Countless goldfields to reap
To be rich is to seek
To relive the memory
BRIDGE:
[Am]All the strangers on your path[C]
Crossroads that lead us from home[G]
The cooling hymn for soulful Yulet[Dm]id hearth
[Am]All the songs of wilde[C]rness
The truth in which you fall[G]
They're your lost troves, but that's what yo[Dm]u recall[F]
CHORUS:
[(Am]Stor[C]y [G]of[F)] your life
Time of solitude and strife
Freedom of the northern road
Hoping many miles to go
Promises to keep
Countless goldfields to reap
To be rich is to seek
To relive the memory
(repeat chorus)
Guitar solo (which is very, very long?)
[(Am] [C] [G] [F)]
Outro
[F]
[++++++]
Thanks for stopping by, I'm very much looking forward to Tuomas' upcoming solo
album "The Life And Times of Scrooge McDuck."
OFFICIAL TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN WEBSITE:
http://www.tuomas-holopainen.com
https://www.facebook.com/Tuomas.L.J.Holopainen
1. Standard tuning, capo 6
2. Half step down tuning, no capo (transpose 5 steps down to the key of Em, play open chords)
3. Standard tuning, no capo (transpose 6 steps down to the key of Ebm, play bar chords)
4. Half step down tuning, capo 7
-You could play with more people tuned in these different ways (combination of 1
and 2 might sound very powerful, add 3 or even 4 and you'll have the entire
orchestra covered? kind of).
-1 and 4 will probably sound the same, for your information.
Both lyrics and chords I transcribed by ear in about two hours.
My Youtube channel is www.youtube.com/CompleteDistortion
You can kind of guess the chords of course, but I'll still point out how I play it.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE "Am/D" BELOW.
Am/D (actually it's a "C 6add9(no 5th)", but I wrote it as Am/D because that's easier to follow)
x00210
[Am]x02210
[Asus2]x02200
[Cmaj7]x32000
[Fmaj7]x33210
[G]32003x
[F]
[133211]
[Dm]xx0231
INTRO:
[(Am] [Asus2] [Am] [Asus2)]
VERSE 1:
[Am]To [Cmaj7] be [Am/D] rich[Fmaj7] is
[Am]to [Cmaj7] still [Am/D] re[F]- member
[Am]To [Cmaj7] treasure your f[G]irst di[F]me
[Am]To [Cmaj7] have [G]a chance to say farew[F]ell
CHORUS:
[Am]Story of your life
Time of solit[C]ude and strife
Freedom of the[G] northern road
Hoping many [F]miles to go
[Am]Promises to keep
Countless gold f[C]ields to reap
To be rich[G] is to seek
To reliv[F]e the memory
VERSE 2:
[Am]Far off [Cmaj7]lands, [Am/D] quests o[Fmaj7]f old
[Am]Self res[Cmaj7]pect, [Am/D] true [F] grit
[Am]Never c[Cmaj7]are, my f[G]ortune, my wife[F]
[Am]To [Cmaj7] seek i[G]s to be[F] rich
CHORUS:
[(Am]Stor[C]y [G]of[F)] your life
Time of solitude and strife
Freedom of the northern road
Hoping many miles to go
Promises to keep
Countless goldfields to reap
To be rich is to seek
To relive the memory
BRIDGE:
[Am]All the strangers on your path[C]
Crossroads that lead us from home[G]
The cooling hymn for soulful Yulet[Dm]id hearth
[Am]All the songs of wilde[C]rness
The truth in which you fall[G]
They're your lost troves, but that's what yo[Dm]u recall[F]
CHORUS:
[(Am]Stor[C]y [G]of[F)] your life
Time of solitude and strife
Freedom of the northern road
Hoping many miles to go
Promises to keep
Countless goldfields to reap
To be rich is to seek
To relive the memory
(repeat chorus)
Guitar solo (which is very, very long?)
[(Am] [C] [G] [F)]
Outro
[F]
[++++++]
Thanks for stopping by, I'm very much looking forward to Tuomas' upcoming solo
album "The Life And Times of Scrooge McDuck."
OFFICIAL TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN WEBSITE:
http://www.tuomas-holopainen.com
https://www.facebook.com/Tuomas.L.J.Holopainen
