Fantasy Serenade Lyrics

The song is called "Fantasy Serenade", it is on "Just a Game" by
Triumph. It's one of those wild and wonderful Rik Emmett acoustic
pieces that make you realize just how tough it can be to play guitar.
There are probably some mistakes in this; it's been years since I
lifted the song so I may have misremembered something :) If someone
has a better way to play some of these parts (either alternate
fingerings, or voicings that are closer to the original) I'd like to
hear about them.
All in all this is a fun song to play... even though after years I
still can't do the party I marked 'nasty' that well.
Enjoy,
Dean
This song is played with the 6th string tuned down to a D.
You probably don't want to use a pick for this.
\ Indicates that the chord should be strummed from low to high strings.
/ Only chords marked like this should be strummed -- the rest should
\ be fingerpicked.
D --------/0--------/0--------/0-----------4-----4p0-----------------
harmonics
- -----3-----3--------5-------5--3--3--3p2-----3-----------(7)-------
The synth violins start here. I suggest that you look at the chords that
the notes form, and use whatever natural fingering you would for that
chord.
This part is nasty. It's good pinky exercise though :)
The rest is just heavy strumming with lots of open strings. You will
have to listen to the song to get the rhythm. I use the top of my
nails, and rake them across the strings. Where I place a 'u' above the
tab I rake just my thumb nail up the strings (high to low). Where I
place a 'd' I rake my middle and ring finger nails down the strings
(low to high). I generally hit the strings really hard here; so the
open low strings should resound through the entire passage even where I
don't explicitly mark them. I'm not sure if this is the right way to
do it; but I'm self-taught and this works for me.
dudddduddddudd
At this point I pretend I'm holding a pick between my thumb and index
finger, and use the top of the nail to strum the strings. 'u' and 'd'
just represent strumming directions now.
dduddduddduddddd
d d u d d d d d d d u d ad lib ududud...
- --10--10--10--10--10\8--8--8--8----10--10--10--10-->>>>>>>>>>>>>>--
- --10--10--10--10--10\8--8--8--8----10--10--10--10-->>>>>>>>>>>>>>--
- --11--11--11--11--11\9--9--9--9----11--11--11--11-->>>>>>>>>>>>>>--
- --0---0-------0---------0--0--0----0---0---0---0--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>--
finish up with heavily accented chords:
ddd