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A Kind Of Magic - Who Wants To Live Forever

Arranged for classical guitar solo.


Sketch. This arrangement is not worked out fully,
and not rhythmized either. Some parts of the arrangement
are beased on the instrumental "Forever" version.


Intro
|-------------0-2-3p0--------------------------------|
|-----------1---------1-----------------------0------|
|---------0-------------0---0---0---0---0------------|
|-----2h4-----------------4---4---4---4--------------|
|---2------------------------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------------------0------|


Verse
|(0)--------------------------------0------------------0---|
|---------0-----1-1-----------------3-----3-1--0--0...-0---|
|-----2-------2---2---2-------------2---2---0------...-0---|
|-2-------2-2-----2-2---2---...-------4-----2------...-0---|
|---------0---------------0-...--------------------...-----|
|(0)--------------------------------2-------0--------------|


|------0-2-3---------0---------3---3-...-2---2...---|
|--2---5---3---3-3---2---0-----3---3-...-3---3...---|
|--2---0-2-4-------4-2-----2-0-4---4-...-2---2...---|
|--2-------0-------------------0-0---...-0-0--------|
|--4-----------------4------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

|-------------0-------------0----2---2-2-3---|
|-1----3----3-------1p0-----1----3-----1-----|
|-0----0----2-----------2---0----0-----2-----|
|-2----0----------2-------2------------------|
|-3----2----0---------------3----2-----0-----|
|--------------------------------------------|

xx0433 xx232

repeat VERSE

figure after "...chance for us"

|------------------|
|-0---0---0---...--|
|-5---5---5---...--|
|---7---7---7-...--|
|-0----------------|
|------------------|

figure after "decided for us"

|-7---7---7---7---7---7--------|
|-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-...--|
|---9---9---9---9---9---9-...--|
|-----------------0-------...--|
|------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------|


altered ending of 2nd Verse:
|-7---8-7-5----7--5--3--5p3p0--|
|-8-------7-------------0------|
|-7-------7-------------0------|
|-0-------0--------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-----------------------0------|


Solo
|-0------------------3____________----2-----0----|
|-0--h1p0---------0--0--h1p0-------------0--1----|
|-0------h2h4--------0-------h2h4-----------0----|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------3----|
|-0------------------0---------------------------|


|-3--------------2h3-2-----0----2--3-3-------------0--2--3-3-h5-7--|
|-0--h1p0---------------0--1---------0--h1p0-----------------------|
|-0------h2h4--------------0---------0------h2h4-----------5-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------3-------------------------------3-------|
|-0----------------------------------0--------------------(0)------|


|---0-2-3-p2-3-p2-3-php2p0---0-------------------|
|-0-----0---------0--------3---3-0-----------1---|
|-------0--------------------------2-0-------0---|
|--------------------------------------4-2-0-2---|
|--------------------------------------------3---|
|-------0----------------------------------------|


"touch my tears" - section:

Em C Em C   (you can play lead melody on top "e" string)

Chorus
G D/F# Em  G D/# Em (G)

(A7/9)/C#  (= 977987) A/C#  G(9)/D (x554x0 > x5543x)  Bb/D (xx0331)


repeat CHORUS


Em C Em Cm Am Fm Dm Bm Gm

more orchestrated harmonies arranged for guitar (sketch):

 Em          C   Am            Em  Bm  A  E5/7 A  Em   D   Em
|-0----3--2--3---5-------7--5--3---2---0---0-----------2---0--<0-|
|-0----------5---8----7--------5---3---2---3---2---0----3--0-->0-|
|-0----------5---5-------7-----4---4---2---4---2---0---2-2-0--<0-|
|---------------------------7------------------2---2---4---2-->2-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------<2-|
|-0----------0-----------------0-------0-------0-------------->0-|

  D                                 E5
|-------------------0h2-/5--10-------------|
|-----------------3---------10------0------|
|---------------2-----------11-------------|
|-0-------0h2h4--------------0------2------|
|-------0----------------------------------|
|---0h2-----------------------------0------|





Credits: Tr: PD. april, 2002