From: Richard J Kinch <kinch@truetex.com>
Subject: e/enya/may_it_be.crd
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 01:09:09 -0500 (EST)

MAY IT BE

>From the 2001 film, _The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring_.  and
the soundtrack album (Warner Bros, ASIN B00005QZWI).  Composed and performed
by Enya (http://www.enya.com). Lyrics by Roma Ryan.  Guitar chord
interpretation by Richard J Kinch <kinch@truetex.com>, December 2001.  Key of
F#m modulating to A.  Use capo 2 on guitar to play from Em and G.  The low,
modest melody should be within the range of most any female or male voice. The
key is also suitable for a D pennywhistle.  This transcription is my own
scholarly work and represents my interpretation of the song.

[This simple Celtic-style tune is a touching expression of the farewell at the
breaking of the company at the end of the _Fellowship of the Ring_, and sets
forth the concerns and manifest hopes of all for the ring bearer, ending on an
unresolved major third to evoke the unfinished yet promising remnant of the
story. I find it also a fitting lullaby.--RK]

GUITAR CAPO 2
VERSE 1:

Em                   C           G         D
May it be ...

Em                      C          G             D
May it be ...

    C             G             Am               G D
You walk ...


CHORUS:

G    Em  C   D
Morniee utuliee (Darkness has come *).

  G         D        Am        D
Believe ...

G    Em  C    D
Morniee alantiee (Darkness has fallen down *).

  Em      C         D      G
A promise ...


VERSE 2:


Em                     C         G    D
May it be ...

       Em             C     G         D
May it be ...

         C            G            Am               G D
When the night ...


REPEAT CHORUS


Bm Em      C         D      G
A  promise lives ...

(*) Translation from Quenya, the high language of the elves.