'Battle Of Evermore' by Led Zeppelin - Guitar Tutorial

            Notation:
3__3 = tied note
3. = dotted quarter note
} = eight rest
/ = quarter rest
# = half rest
Unless noted, all notes are eighth notes
q = quarter note
h = half note
w = whole note

 Acoustic guitar The Queen of Light...
E|------------------|--------------|-----------|
B|------------------|--------------|-----------|
G|------------------|-}------------|--#--0-0.--|
D|------------------|-}------------|-----------|
A|-------------- q -|--------------|-----------|
E|-3-3-3-3__3-3--3--|---3-3-3__3.--|-----------|


Rhy. Fig. 1
E||--------------------|---------------------||
B||--------------------|---------------------||
G||@-------------------|---------------0-0--@||Repeat 3x
D||@--2-2-2-2  2-2-0-0-|--2-2-2-2  2-2-2-2--@||
A||---0-0-0-0__0-0-2-2-|--0-0-0-0__0-0-3-3---||
E||--------------------|---------------------||


 Rhy. Fig. 2
 Oh.....dance in the dark of night...
E|--2--2--|--2--2--|--2--2--|--2--2--|--2--2--|
B|--3--3--|--3--3--|--3--3--|--3--3--|--3--3--|
G|--2--2--|--2--2--|--2--2--|--2--2--|--2--2--|
D|--0--0--|--0--0--|--0--0--|--0--0--|--0--0--|
A|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E|--h--h--|--h--h--|--h--h--|--h--h--|--h--h--|


[Play Rhy. Fig. 1] 2x
The dark Lord rides in force...

[Play Rhy. Fig. 2] 1x
Oh...throw down your plow and hoe...

[Play Rhy. Fig. 1] 2x
Side by side, we wait the might...

[Play Rhy. Fig. 2] 1x
...all...

[Play Rhy. Fig. 1] 2x


 Rhy. Fig. 3
   I hear the horses thunder...
E||-----0-0  0-0-0-0--|---2-2-2  2--|---0-0-0---0-0-0--|
B||-----1-1  1-1-1-1--|---3-3-3  3--|---1-1-1---1-1-1--|
G||--#--0-0  0-0-0-0--|---2-2-2  2--|---0-0-0---0-0-0--|
D||-----2-2__2-2-2-2--|---4-4-4__4--|---2-2-2---2-2-2--|
A||-------------------|-0-----------|-0-------0--------|
E||-------------------|-------------|------------------|


E|---2-2-2 2-2-2-2--|-------------------|---0-0-0  0-0-0-0--|
B|---3-3-3 3-3-3-3--|---0-0-3  3-0-0-0--|---1-1-1  1-1-1-1--|
G|---2-2-2 2-2-2-2--|---0-0-0  0-0-0-0--|---0-0-0__0-0-0-0--|
D|---4-4-4__4-4-4-4--|---0-0-0__0-0-0-0--|-------------------|
A|-0-----------------|-2-----------------|-3-----------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|


E|-----------------|-0--0  0-0-0-0--||
B|---0-0-3  3-0-0--|-1--1  1-1-1-1--||
G|---0-0-0 0-0-0--|-0--0  0-0-0-0--||
D|---0-0-0__0-0-0--|-2--2  2-2-2-2--||
A|-2---------------|-3--3__3-3-3-3--||
E|-----------------| q -------------||



[Play Rhy. Fig. 1] 4x
The apples of the valley hold...


 Rhy. Fig. 4 (slight variation to Rhy. Fig. 2)
   No...dance in the dark of night...
E||----2-2  2--2-2 | 2-2-2-2  2-2-2-2--|---2-2  2-2-2-2--|
B||----3-3  3--3-3 | 3-3-3-3  3-3-3-3--|---3-3  3-3-3-3--|
G||-/--2-2  2--2-2 | 2-2-2-2  2-2-2-2--|-2-2-2  2-2-2-2--|
D||-/--0-0__0--0-0_|_0-0-0-0__0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0__0-0-0-0--|
A||-------- q -----|-------------------|-0---------------|
E||----------------|-------------------|-----------------|


E|----2-2-2  2-2-2-2--||
B|----3-3-3  3-3-3-3--||
G|-}--2-2-2  2-2-2-2--||
D|-}--0-0-0__0-0-0-0--||
A|--------------------||
E|--------------------||



[Play Rhy. Fig. 1] 2x
The apples turn to brown and black...


 Rhy. Fig. 5 (slight variation to Rhy. Fig. 4)
  Oh.................war is the common cry...
E||----2-2  2-2-2-2--|---2-2  2-2-2-2--|-2-2-2-2  2-2-2-2--|
B||----3-3  3-3-3-3--|---3-3  3-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3  3-3-3-3--|
G||-2--2-2  2-2-2-2--|-}-2-2  2-2-2-2--|-2-2-2-2  2-2-2-2--|
D||-0--0-0__0-0-0-0--|-}-0-0__0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0__0-0-0-0--|
A||-0----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E|| q ---------------|-----------------|-------------------|


E|---2-2-2  2-2-2-2--||
B|---3-3-3  3-3-3-3--||
G|-}-2-2-2  2-2-2-2--||
D|-}-0-0-0__0-0-0-0--||
A|-------------------||
E|-------------------||


[Play Rhy. Fig. 1] 2x
The sky if filled with good and bad...

[Play Rhy. Fig. 5] 1x
...Ah...

[Play Rhy. Fig. 1] 2x


[Play Rhy. Fig. 3] 1x
Oh well, the night is long...

[Play Rhy. Fig. 1] 4x
The pain of war, cannot exceed...

[Play Rhy. Fig. 4] 1x
on...sing as you raise your bow...

[Play Rhy. Fig. 1] 2x
No comfort has, the fire at night...

[Play Rhy. Fig. 5, but only first two bars] 2x
....Dance in the dark of night...

[Play Rhy. Fig. 1] 2x
magic runes, are writ in gold...

[Play Rhy. Fig. 4] 1x


[Play Rhy. Fig. 1] 2x


[Play Rhy. Fig. 3] 1x
At last, the sun is shining...


 Rhy. Fig. 6
   ...eyes............
E||--------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
B||--------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
G||-#------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
D||--------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
A||----0---|--0---0---|--0---0---|--0---0---|--0---0---|
E||--- q --|- q - q --|- q - q --|- q - q --|- q - q --|

Oh, oh...
E|----------|----------|----------||
B|----------|----------|----------||
G|----------|----------|----------||
D|----------|----------|----------||
A|--0---0---|--0---0---|--0---0---||
E|- q - q --|- q - q --|- q - q --||


 Rhy. Fig. 7
   Aahhh..........
E||---------------------|--------------------||
B||-----1-1------1-1----|----1-1-----1-1-----||
G||@----2---2----2---2--|----2---2---2---2--@||Repeat 4x
D||@----2--------2------|----2-------2------@||
A||--0--------0---------|--0-------0---------||
E||---------------------|--------------------||


 Rhy. Fig. 8 Bring it
E||---------------------|--------------------||
B||-----0-0------0-0----|---0-0------0-0-----||
G||@----0---0----0---0--|---0---0----0---0--@||Repeat 4x
D||@----2--------2------|---2--------2------@||
A||---------------------|--------------------||
E||--0--------0---------|-0-------0----------||

 
[Play Rhy Fig. 1] 4x
back....bring it back....bring it back...


[Play Rhy. Fig. 4] 1x
Oh now, Oh now, Oh now...


[Play Rhy. Fig. 1] 1x
...bring it back....bring it back...


[Play Rhy. Fig. 4] 1x
Oh, now, Oh now, Oh now...


[Play Rhy. Fig. 1] 4x, then fade
Bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it......bring, yeah!