Mirror Mirror Lyrics

As recorded by Blind Guardian
(From the 1998 Album NIGHTFALL IN THE MIDDLE-EARTH)
Words by Krsch Music by Olbrich / Krsch
x x 6 x 4 x B5/F#
x x 6 5 4 x Bm/F#
x x 3 1 1 x Eb/BbV
C/AXVIII
x x 20 18 18 x GXVI
x x 18 17 16 x FXIV
x x 16 15 14 x Dm/AXIX
Gtr I (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Rhythm Guitar'
Gtr II (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Lead Guitar'
Gtr III (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Additional Guitars'
Gtr IV (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Keyboard Background'
Gtr V (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Keyboard Melodies'
Q=180
Gtr IV
W Q Q Q Q W Q Q H
Gtr I
W Q Q Q Q W Q Q H
W Q Q Q Q W Q Q H
W Q Q Q Q W Q Q H
| Gtr V
| W Q Q H W W
W Q Q Q Q
W Q Q Q Q
||o-----------------|---------------------|
||o---8-------------|---6-----8--------3--|
| Gtrs II, III
| H H Q Q Q Q
||o--14------14-----|--13----14----7--13--|
||o-----------------|---------------------|
| H H Q Q Q Q
| Gtr V
| H H Q Q Q Q
||o-----------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------|---------------------|
W Q Q H
W Q Q H
|-----------------|------------------o||
|---4-------------|---3-----4--------o||
| H H Q Q H
|--14------14-----|--13----14--------o||
|-----------------|------------------o||
| H H Q Q H
| H H Q Q H
|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|------------------o||
H H Q Q H
H H Q Q H
| H Q. E S S E Q H
|--------------9-|--8h=9p=8-----------|
| H Q. E S S E Q H
Q Q H Q Q H
Q E E H Q E E H
| Q Q Q. E Q Q E E Q
| Q Q Q. E Q Q E E Q
H H Q Q H
H H Q Q H
| Gtrs II, III
| H Q. E S S E Q H
|----------------(9)-|-(8)h(9)p(8)--------------|
| H Q. E S S E Q H
| H Q. E S S E Q H
|--13------13----16--|-15h=16p=15--11----13-----|
|--10------10----13--|-12h=13p=12---8----10-----|
Q Q H Q Q H
Q E E H Q E E H
| Q Q Q. E Q Q E E Q
| Q Q Q. E Q Q E E Q
Verse I
W +W
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S
||o-----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o-8-------------8-------------|--8-------------8-----8-----|
W H H
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-------------4-----4-----o||
W +W
Gtr I
Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S
||o--------------------------------|-------------------------|
||o--8--------------8--------------|--8----------8-----------|
| Gtrs II, V
| Q. S S E E E E H H
||o-11-------14p13h14-11-13--------|-11----------------------|
||o--------------------------------|-------------------------|
W W
Q S S S S Q S S S S W
|--------------------------------|--------------------o||
|--4---4-4--4--4--4-----4-4--4-4-|--6-----------------o||
| Q. S S E E E E Q. E E E Q
|-14-------14-------14------13---|-------11-13-14-13--o||
|--------------------------------|--------------------o||
Interlude II
W H H
Gtr I
Q S S S S Q S S S S Q Q Q S S S S
||o---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--8-----------8------------|--6--------6---8----------|
| Gtr II
| H Q. E S S E Q H
||o-----------------------9---|--8h=9p=8-----------------|
||o---------------------------|--------------------------|
| Gtr V
| H Q. E S S E Q H
||o---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o---------------------------|--------------------------|
W H H
Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q Q
|----------------------------|--------------------------o||
|--4---4-4-4-4--4---4-4--4-4-|--6------------4-----4----o||
| Q Q Q. E Q Q E E Q
|----------------------------|--------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------11----o||
| Q Q Q. E Q Q E E Q
|----------------------------|--------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------o||
W W W H H
Gtr I
W W W H H
||o--------------------|-----------|-----------|----------------o||
||o--8-----------------|--6--------|--6--------|--4--------6----o||
| Gtrs II, III
| H. +Q W W H H
||o-16b18=======(16)r--|-16--------|-----------|----------------o||
||--17b18=======(17)r--|-17--------|-15--------|-17b18----17-----||
||o--------------------|-----------|-----------|----------------o||
| H. +Q W W H H
| Gtr V
| W W W H H
||o-18-----------------|-16--------|-----------|----------------o||
||o--------------------|-----------|-----------|----------------o||
C/AXVIII
W
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o------------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------------|
| H. +Q
||o-16b18========================(16)r-------|
||--17b18========================(17)r-------|
||o------------------------------------------|
| H. +Q
| W
||o-18---------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------------|
GXVI
W
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| W
| W
| W
Dm/AXIX FXIV GXVI
W H H
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--------------------------------------o||
| W H H
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
| W H H
| W H H
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
H Q Q H Q Q
H Q Q H Q Q
||o-------------------------|----------------------------|
||o--8-----------4-----6----|--8-----------4-----6-------|
| Gtrs II, V
| Q. S S E E E E Q. S S E E S S E
||o-11----11h13----14----13-|-11----11h13-14----13h14p13-|
||o-------------------------|----------------------------|
H Q Q H H
H Q Q H H
|-------------------------|-----------------------o||
|--8-----------4-----6----|--8-----------3--------o||
| Q. S S E E E E Q. S S E E Q
|-11----11h13----14----13-|-11----11h13-14----11--o||
|-------------------------|-----------------------o||
Interlude III
W +H Q Q
Gtr I
Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q Q
||o------------------------|---------------------|
||o--8----------8----------|---8-----------6--3--|
| Gtr V
| W +W
||o-14---------------------|-(14)----------------|
||o------------------------|---------------------|
W Q Q H
Q S S S S Q S S S S Q Q H 4x
|------------------------|-------------o||
|--4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-|--3--4-------o||
| W W 4x
|------------------------|-16----------o||
|------------------------|-------------o||
Bridge II
W +W +W W
Gtr I
Q E E Q Q Q Q H Q E E Q Q Q Q H
||o------------------|---------------|------------------|------------o||
||o--8---8--8--8--4--|--6---8---8----|--8---8--8--8--4--|-6--4--6----o||
Verse II
W +W
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S
||o-----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o-8-------------8-------------|--8-------------8-----8-----|
W H H
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-------------4-----4-----o||
Bridge III
H H H Q Q
H H H Q Q
||o-----------------------------|------------------|
||o--4---------------4----------|--6--------4---6--|
| Gtrs II, V
| Q S S S S E E E E Q. E Q Q
||o-14--14-16-18----------18-14-|-16----14-16--18--|
||o-----------------------------|------------------|
H H H Q Q
H H H Q Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------o||
|--4---------4----------|--6--------4-----6-----o||
| Q E E E E E E Q. E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------16-18--o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------o||
W W W H H
Gtr I
W W W H H
||o--------------------|-----------|-----------|----------------o||
||o--8-----------------|--6--------|--6--------|--4--------6----o||
| Gtrs II, III
| H. +Q W W H H
||o-16b18=======(16)r--|-16--------|-----------|----------------o||
||--17b18=======(17)r--|-17--------|-15--------|-17b18----17-----||
||o--------------------|-----------|-----------|----------------o||
| H. +Q W W H H
| Gtr V
| W W W H H
||o-18-----------------|-16--------|-----------|----------------o||
||o--------------------|-----------|-----------|----------------o||
C/AXVIII
W
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o------------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------------|
| H. +Q
||o-16b18========================(16)r-------|
||--17b18========================(17)r-------|
||o------------------------------------------|
| H. +Q
| W
||o-18---------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------------|
GXVI
W
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| W
| W
| W
Dm/AXIX FXIV GXVI
W H H
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--------------------------------------o||
| W H H
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
| W H H
| W H H
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
Interlude IV
W W
W W
||o----------------|-----------------|
||o--8-------------|--6--------------|
| H H H E E Q
||o-------16b18----|-16--------------|
||o----------------|-----------------|
| H H H E E Q
| H H H E E Q
||o----------------|-----------------|
||o----------------|-----------------|
W +W
W +W
|----------------|-------------------------o||
|--8-------------|-(8)---------------------o||
| H H H S S S S Q
|-18----20b21----|-20-----18h20p18-16------o||
|----------------|-------------------------o||
| H H H S S S S Q
| H H H S S S S Q
|----------------|-------------------------o||
|----------------|-------------------------o||
W +W
E E E E Q E E W
| Gtr II
| E E E E Q E E W
| Gtr V
| W E E E E Q E E
W +W
+W +W
E E E E Q E E W
| E E E E Q E E W
| W E E E E Q E E
W +W
W W
W W
| E E E E Q S S S S W
| W E E E E Q Q
W W
W W
| E E E E Q S S S S H. Q
| W E E E E Q Q
Guitar solo
H. Q W
Q S S S S E S S Q Q S S S S E S S E S S
| Gtr II
| E S S E E E E E E Q S S S S Q S S S S
| Gtr V
| E S S E E E E E E Q S S S S Q S S S S
H. Q W
Q S S S S E S S Q Q S S S S E S S E S S
| E S S E E E E E E Q S S S S H
| E S S E E E E E E Q S S S S H
Eb/BbV Dm/A Eb F
H. Q H. Q
Q S S S S E S S E S S Q S S S S E S S E S S
| Gtrs II, V
| Q E E E E S S S S Q E E E E S S S S
H. Q H. Q
Q S S S S E S S E S S Q S S S S E S S E S S
| Q E E E E S S S S Q E E E E S S S S
W W
W W
| Gtrs II, V
| E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
| Gtr III
| W W
m/
H H W
H H W
| S S E E S S E E E E Q S S S S H
| W Q S S S S H
W W
W W
| Gtrs II, III
| Q E E H Q E E H
| Q E E H Q E E H
| Gtr V
| Q E E H Q E E H
m/
H H W
H H H. Q