The Battle Of Evermore

THE BATTLE OF EVERMORE
By: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
Led Zeppelin
Key: C

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The queen of light took her bow
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And then she turned to go
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The prince of peace em-braced the gloom
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And walked the night a-lone

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Oh, dance in the dark of  night
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Sing to the morn-ing light

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The dark lord rides in force to-night
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And time will tell us  all
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Oh, throw down your plow and hoe
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Rest not to lock your homes.
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Side by side we wait the night
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of the dark-est of them all


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I hear the hors-es' thun-der
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Down in the val-ley be-low
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I'm wait-ing for the an-gels of Av-a-lon
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Wait-ing for the east-ern glow

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The ap-ples of the val-ley hold
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The seas of hap-pi-ness
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The ground is rich from ten-der care
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Re-pay, do not for-get, no no
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Oh,  dance in the dark of night,
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Sing to the morn-ing light
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The ap-ples turn to brown and black
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The ty-rant's face is red.

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Oh, war is the com-mon cry
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pick up your swords and fly
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The sky is filled with good and bad
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That mor-tals nev-er know.

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Oh, well, the night is long
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The beads of time pass slow
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Tired eyes on the sun-rise
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Wait-ing for the east-ern glow

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The pain of war can-not ex-ceed
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The woe of af-ter-math
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The drums will shake the cas-tle wall
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The ring wraiths ride in black, ride on

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Ah, sing as you raise your bow
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Shoot straight-er than be-fore
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No com-fort has the fire at night
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That lights the face so cold

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Oh, dance in the dark of night
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sing to the morn-ing light
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The mag-ic runes are writ in gold
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To bring the bal-ance back
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Bring it back

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At last the sun is shin-ing
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The clouds of blue roll   by
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With flames from the drag-on of dark-ness
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The sun-light blinds his    eyes

(Duet)
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Repeat instrumental part and fade