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From: ksm@be.seas.upenn.edu (Ken MacFarlane)
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Subject: CHORDS: Battle of Evermore
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I saw that someone requested "Battle of Evermore" a while back, so here is
what I remember. Sorry, no tabs, just chords.
Am Am G Am Am C Am Am G Am Am C
Queen of Light, took her bow, and then she turned to go
Am Am G Am Am C Am Am G Am Am C
Prince of Peace, embraced the gloom, and walked the night alone
D D D D D D D D
Oh,........(sorry, don't remember this verse)
(continues Am Am G Am Am C etc. until:)
Am D Am D
I hear the horse's thunder, down in the valley below
G7 C G7 C
waiting for the angels of Babylon, waiting for the eastern glow
and so forth...
It's probably a good idea to listen to the song to get the rhythm down
correctly.
I hope this helps at least a little...
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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tim Rhythm Player |
#1 by tim cronin at Sep 27, 2007 at 4:37 AM EST |
| the great voice in this song belongs to Sandy Dennis, the singer from fairport convention | |
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Brett Professional |
#2 by Brett Czap at Sep 28, 2007 at 3:24 AM EST |
| Ugh a big editing mistake their, I wrote '2nd' twice, I meant to say is the 2nd voice in the song also Plant. Sorry. | |
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Gabe Average |
#3 by Gabe Hawkins at Sep 29, 2007 at 9:40 PM EST |
| well i dont really agree with the very last comment... but i do agree with the other ones.. realplastictrees you may have to read tolkien's books and that might change your point of view here.. | |
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Cory Wanna Be |
#4 by Cory at Oct 1, 2007 at 10:17 AM EST |
| The "Battle of Evermore" is between Tolkien fans and anyone with a life. | |
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Nileppezdel Lead Player |
#5 by Nileppezdel at Oct 1, 2007 at 6:29 PM EST |
| OH BY THE WAY THIS SONG ROCKS, DEFINITLY ONE OF ZEPS TOP 3 | |
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gabby Professional |
#6 by gabby at Oct 4, 2007 at 1:46 PM EST |
| you are right, it is about the final battle in the third book. the queen of light is Arwen, the prince of peace is Aragorn. the magic runes is either a reference to the ring or to Sam's sword, both of which have runes on them, and both are pivotal in that final battle. | |
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Dominic Badass |
#7 by Dominic Smith at Oct 6, 2007 at 9:06 AM EST |
| i got into lord of the rings a few years ago, and now i that im way into led zeppelin, its so awsome, led zeppelin really is the best rock band ever, and from what music looks like today for the most part, i dont think anyone is gonna take that title from them anytime soon. | |
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Secondhand Smok Wanna Be |
#8 by Secondhand Smoka at Oct 6, 2007 at 11:58 AM EST |
| Umm ok....I know nothing about LOTR. I'm sure you guys are right though. Is the 2nd voice in the 2nd Plant as well? His voice goes high, but it sounds like female. I dunno though. Great song, the guitar is awesome. | |
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Mauricio Average |
#9 by Mauricio Avendaņo at Oct 7, 2007 at 6:34 AM EST |
| I wonder if this song could be an allegory to the endtimes of Christian prophecy. The title seems like a good giveaway: "The Battle of Evermore". Evermore, as in forever, eternity and, hence, the suspicion for it being about the "endtimes". From what I understand, the prophecy of the end from the Book of Revelations catalogs the steps toward the ultimate victory of good over evil. In the first line of the song, the lyrics reference the "Prince of Peace" - a title given to Christ. In various books of the Bible, Jesus describes his return riding on the clouds with a train of angels. I don't know what the "embraced the gloom" part may be about. Maybe it's to describe Jesus mood for the task he must do which is, namely, to judge the souls of humanity. Probably not a very uplifting job because it means that people will perish. The song repeatedly refers to the "darkness" and the "dark of night" (wait for the eastern glow). I think there is some line in at least one of the books of the Bible about the sun being shrouded in darkness during the last days. Also, the lyrics refer to the "Dark Lord" in riding in force and the "tyrant's face is red". Could this be a reference to the devil? The devil is often depicted as a red-skinned satyr-like creature, and he is often reffered to as the "Prince of Darkness". Satan is supposed to gain control of the whole world through agents in high places (ten kings) and, subsequently, through the embodiment of the antichrist. Some of the next lines in the song are: "I hear the horses' thunder down in the valley below,/I'm waiting for the angels of Avalon, waiting for the eastern glow." Could those horses be reffering to the Horses of the Apocalypse, commandeered by the agents of destruction (Pestilence, Famine, War, and Death)? The valley, too, is significant. The valley of Har Meggido, in Israel, has been sighted as the spot of the final showdown between the forces of good and the forces of evil. The name also happens to be where we get the word "Armageddon". The valley of the song apparently has apples growing in it, apples which "hold the seeds of happiness". This line of lyrics made me think of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, an apple, which Adam and Eve ate and which got them kicked out of the Garden of Eden. From Milton's "Paradise Lost", the act of eating that apple is treated as an almost gleefully wicked thing to do relating it to the "seeds of happiness". The next line, "The ground is rich from tender care, repay, do not forget, no, no," seems like further biblical allegory as Adam was assigned to "care" for the Garden of Eden and tend it. Also, the phrase repay is significant. Because of Adam's trespasses like eating the sinful apple, he was consigned to die someday. The debt he has incurred, death, must therefore be repayed. That repayment comes in the form of the tribulation and redemption of Adam's heirs - the human race - during the last days. The last lines of the song, "At last the sun is shining,/The clouds of blue roll by,/With flames from the dragon of darkness, the sunlight blinds his eyes." could detail the last stroke of the battle between God's forces and the devil's. In Revelations 12:9, the devil and his forces are cast from heaven and it is described this way: ""and the great Dragon was cast out, that old Serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world." The sunlight which "blinds his eye" (the devil's) could be God himself as Milton describes God as a pure white shining light in his poem "Paradise Lost". Not to discount the clear reference to the Ringwraiths in the song, and the possiblity that the "Queen of Light" could be the character Arwen or Eowyn and the "Prince of Peace" Aragorn, there is more biblical allegory here than Tolkien's works. | |
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nick Average |
#10 by nick caldwell at Oct 11, 2007 at 9:00 PM EST |
| this song has very litle to do with the tolkienn books. it is about amargeddon. the angels of avalon are the fallen angels. look int some celtic mythology. the morning light is lucifer the morning star. christ will come from the east. this song is a demonic prophecy. being luciferians, zeppelin see lucifer as the sun. and christ as the dragon. | |
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i wud give da w Wanna Be |
#11 by i wud give da world 2 frankie if it was mine! at Oct 12, 2007 at 6:31 PM EST |
| bite me is definetely a moron i have followed a couple of his idiotic replys.. one of his most mature replies he tells someone to have relations with a camel.. a real classy guy | |
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Matt Average |
#12 by Matt Waas at Oct 15, 2007 at 3:35 PM EST |
| id have to stick the to the lord of the rings theory too because he mentions ringwraiths in the song (The drums will shake the castle wall, the ringwraiths ride in black, Ride on.) the ringwraiths are a major part of lord of the rings | |
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Damien Wanna Be |
#13 by Damien Pritchard at Oct 16, 2007 at 1:53 PM EST |
| actually, this song makes quite a bit of sense... you guys are correct, except... the queen of light is galadriel. "queen of light took her bow, then she turned to go" passing the last test of the ring, galadriel knows that now that she hasnt taken the ring for her own power, all elves' time in numenor is coming to and end and the last stronghold of elves in middle-earth, lothlorien, must decay and move back to the gray havens (not a bad place to live;]) ... anyway, arwen is a princess if anything, being the daughter of elrond. her part in the movie was augmented greatly. but damn liv tyler was hot in the part... phew... shrug | |
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mike Average |
#14 by mike duncan at Oct 16, 2007 at 7:43 PM EST |
| well i dont really agree with the very last comment... but i do agree with the other ones.. realplastictrees you may have to read tolkien's books and that might change your point of view here.. | |
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Flash Average |
#15 by Flash Jaxon at Oct 17, 2007 at 8:01 PM EST |
| From what I understand this song is about Lord of The Rings. The song is very cryptic though, Led Zeppelin apparently were big fans of the books. Any other meanings? | |
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