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Scorpions - Lorelei Tabs

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Lorelei Tabs

(ver. 1)
Scorpions
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Tuning: Standard (e B G D A E)

INTRO:
  G#m                             C#m              F#
e|-4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------2-------2---------|
B|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5---2---2---2---2-----|
G|-----4-------4-------4-------4-------6-------6-------3-------3-----|
D|---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---4---4---4---4---|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

  G#m                             C#m              F# *let ring
e|-4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------2-----------------|
B|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5---2-----------------|
G|-----4-------4-------4-------4-------6-------6---3-----------------|
D|---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6-4-----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------4-----------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------2-----------------|


VERSE:
The 1st guitar plays the chords with the same pattern as the intro and the 2nd strums the chords.

G#m                                  D#m
There was a time when we sailed on together
D#7                                    G#m 
once had a dream that we shared on the way
E                                        B  *Fill #1*
there was a place where we used to seek shelter
C#m               A                        D# 
I never knew the pain of the price I would pay
G#m                               D#m *Fill #2*
You led me on with a cloak and a dagger
D#7                                  G#m *Fill #3*
and I didn't know you had made other plans
E                                         B *Fill #4*
and had me believe we were meant for forever
C#m                   A                          D# 
I really thought my heart would be safe in your hands

     Fill #1      Fill #2   Fill #3     Fill #4
e|-------------|----------|-----------|------------|
B|-------------|----------|-----------|------------|
G|-------------|-6br~~----|--6br------|-----6b-----|
D|-----2~--4/6-|----------|------9-6~-|-6h9----9~~-|
A|-2h4---------|----------|-----------|------------|
E|-------------|----------|-----------|------------|

CHORUS:

G#m 
E              B 
My ship has passed you by
                C#m 
and though you promised me to show the way
D# 
you led me astray
              G#m
you were my lorelei
E              B
what kind of fool was I
           C#m  
cause I believed in every word you said
    D#  
and now I wonder why
   G#m 


Repeat Intro with 2nd Guitar Licks (listen to get the right timing):

e|------------------|-----------------|
B|------------------|--4h5~~p4--------|
G|-4~-4h6h8p4~------|----------4h6~~--|
D|-------------6~~--|-----------------|
A|------------------|-----------------|
E|------------------|-----------------|

VERSE:

G#m                                  D#m *Fill #2*
There was a time when we held one another
D#7                                    G#m  *Fill #3*
Bearing our souls in the light of the flame
E                                         B *Fill #4*
Those were the days now I've lost my illusions
C#m                       A                        D# 
Sometimes I wake in the night and I call out your name

CHORUS:

Bbm
F#            C# 
My ship has passed you by
                  D#m
and though you promised me to show the way
F 
you led me astray
              Bbm
you were my lorelei
F#            C#
what kind of fool was I
           D#m
Cause I believed in every word you said
     F
and now I wonder why
   Bbm 

SOLO:
                                                                    *let ring
e|--------------------------------9p8p6-----------------------------------|
B|-9br~~-6h7h9-----6h7h9----------------9br~~-6h7h9-----7p6---7p6---------|
G|-------------6~~-------6-8br----------------------6~~-----6-----6-6/8~~-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

VERSE:
(Same as the first verse)

G#m                                    D#m
now there's a light that shines on the river
D#7                          G#m *Fill #3*
Blinding my eyes from so far away
E                                        B *Fill #5*
Shot through the heart but now I know better
C#m                  A                        D# *Fill #6*
As hard as it is to resist the song that you play

         Fill #5       Fill #6
e|-------------------|------------------------------|
B|-------------------|------------------------------|
G|-----4h6-6h8-6p4---|-/13-12--10-------------------|
D|-4h6-4h6-6h8-6p4-6-|-/13-12--10-12p10-------------|
A|-4h6-------------6-|------------12p10-------------|
E|-------------------|------------------------------|
(Not sure about these)

CHORUS:

Bbm
F#            C# 
My ship has passed you by
                  D#m
and though you promised me to show the way
F 
you led me astray
              Bbm
you were my lorelei
F#            C#
what kind of fool was I
           D#m
Cause I believed in every word you said
     F
and now I wonder why
Bbm

REPEAT INTRO

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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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