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The Fountain of Lamneth in the Valley Guitar Tablature
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Rush - I In the Valley

[Riff 1] - Freely

    D                   A/C#                Bm
e:----5-----5---------|-------5-------5--|---------7-------7-----|
B:------------8-7-----|---5------7-------|----7-------7----------|
G:--7----7--------7---|-6---6------6----6|--4----7------7----4---|
D:------------------7-|------------------|-----------------------|
A:--------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
E:--------------------|------------------|-----------------------|

   D                     G                 G/F#
e:---------7-------7---|-------3----3-----------------3-------|
B:----7-------7--------|---------0----3----------3------3-----|
G:------7-------7------|-----0----------0------0----------0---|
D:-7-------------------|------------------0--------0--------0-|
A:---------------------|--------------------------------------|
E:---------------------|-0-3-----------------2----------------|

   E                   A
e:------0-----0-----0---------------------------------------|
B:---0----------0------2--------------------5---------------|
G:--------1-------1----2------6---4--7---6------------------|
D:-2-------------------2---7--------------------------------|
A:---------------------0------------------------------------|
E:----------------------------------------------------------|

*** Since it features so prominently, here is how the first measure
        is played on the repeats:

     D
e:--------------------|
B:------7----8-7------|
G:--7~----7------7----|
D:-----------------7--|
A:--------------------|
E:--------------------|

[Riff 2] Freely
  D5 D/E D/F# G(addA)                       play this the last time
   / / /   /  A                          /
e:------------3--------------------------|--------------------|
B:-3--3--3----0---2----------2-----------|---2----------------|
G:-2--2--2----2---2----------2-----------|---2----------------|
D:-0--2--0----0---2--2-2--2--2--2-2--2---|---2----------------|
A:-------x----x---0--0-0--0--0--0-0--0---|---0----------------|
E:-------2----3--------------------------|--------------------|

[Riff 3]               Play 2x
B(addE) A(addB)        D5    C5
e:---------------5-|----------------------------------------|
B:-0--0---0--0---7-|----------------------------------------|
G:-8--6---8--6---7-|o--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-7-7-----------------o|
D:-9--7---9--7---7-|o--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-7-7-----------------o|
A:-0--0---0--0---5-|---3-3-0-3-3-3-3-3-5-5------------------|
E:-----------------|----------------------------------------|

[Riff 4] Freely arpeggate
   Em7      G  G/F#
e:--0-------3---3-------------------------------------------|
B:--3-------3---3-------------------------------------------|
G:--0-------0---0-------------------------------------------|
D:--2-------0---0-------------------------------------------|
A:--2-------2---x-------------------------------------------|
E:--0-------3---2-------------------------------------------|

Progression:

[Riff 1] x1

[Riff 1] x2 w/ lyrics:

I am born; I am me.
I am new; I am free.
Look at me; I am young.
Sight unseen; Life unsung.

[Riff 2] x5

[Riff 3] x2

[Riff 3] x2 w/ lyrics:

My eyes have just been opened and they're opened very wide.
Images around me don't identify inside.

Just one blur I recognize, the one that soothes and feeds.
My way of life is easy, and as simple are my needs. [strike A5]

[Riff 4] x2

[Riff 4] x2 w/ lyrics:

Yet my eyes are drawn towards the mountain in the east.
Fascinates and capitaves; gives my heart no peace.

      D                                C
The mountain holds the sunrise in the prison of the night,

      D                                     C         Fmaj7
till bursting forth from rocky chains, the valley... floods...

       G6
with light. 

[Riff 3] x2

[Riff 3] x2 w/ lyrics:

Living one long sunrise, for to me all things are new.
I've never watched the sky grow pale, or strolled through fields of dew.

I do not know of dust to dust, I live from breath to breath.
I live to climb that mountain to the Fountain of Lamneth. [strike A5]

[Riff 4] x2

[Riff 4] x2 w/ lyrics:

Yet my eyes are drawn towards the mountain in the east.
Fascinates and capitaves; gives my heart no peace.

      D                                C
The mountain holds the sunrise in the prison of the night,

      D                                     C         Fmaj7
till bursting forth from rocky chains, the valley... floods...

       G6
with light. 

[Riff 3] x1 [last half an extra two times]
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